hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysychansk, but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures, from russia s state owned domestic news agency, ria, show drone images of battles near the city. but kyiv denies claims that russian backed fighters have encircled the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine s military says the city of mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles, targeting the port, and other industrial infrastructure. it s not yet clear if there are any casualities. ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets, in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons, captured by russian forces in ukraine, have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state me
ukraine says its forces are enduring intense russian shelling in the eastern city of lysycha nsk but it denies claims its troops are surrounded. lysychansk is the last ukrainian held city in luhansk, which is part of the industrial donbas region. these pictures from russia s state owned domestic news agency ria novosti show drone images of battles near the city. elsewhere, russia is continuing its missile strikes. in the south, ukraine s military says the city of mykolaiv has been hit by ten missiles targetting the port and other industrial infrastructure. it s not yet clear if there are any casualities. ukrainian authorities have accused moscow of hitting civilian targets in an effort to force them into making territorial concessions. meanwhile, two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. it comes after two other british men were sentenced to death last month. joe inwood reports. andrew hi
britain s prime minister borisjohnson dismisses threats to his leadership as the row over lockdown parties in downing street continues. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine is urging the united nations and other international organisations to do more to rescue civilians and provide critical aid to areas under attack from russia. in particular officials say more helped is needed to get to people in the besieged southern city of mariupol. there will be a fresh attempt to establish another humanitarian corridor later. ukraine s deputy prime minister says if all goes to plan, evacuations will begin midday local time. russian forces have been trying to take full control of mariupol for several weeks. un secretary general antonio guterres is due to meet the russian president vladimir putin in moscow, before travelling on to kyiv. president zelensky claims russia is intending to invade other countries, as simonjones reports. underattack, ukraine s second city, kharkiv. russia s as
a russian attack on ukraine s strategic port city of odesa. the council in ukraine s third biggest city said two missiles were shot down by ukrainian forces, but that others hit a military facility and residential buildings. has led to reports that several people have been killed. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. in an online post, zelensky s chief of staff andriy yermak says at least five people were killed and 18injured in the missile strike. in the city of mariupol, russian forces appear to be trying to storm the azovstal steel works, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are holding out. russians are said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south east of the country.from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. more ukrainian homes are coming underfire. shelling s intensified in kharkiv than across the east of the country, but intelligence assessments say the russians aren t gaining much ground. still, the ukrainian pre
hello, welcome. officials in ukraine say five people, including a three month old baby, have been killed in a russian missile attack on the port city of 0desa. 18 others were wounded. this video shows the aftermath of a strike on a residential building. the russian defence ministry says its missiles destroyed a logistics terminal in the port city, where it said foreign weapons were stored. 0ur correspondent caroline davies has just sent this report from 0desa. siren wails thick black smoke that cut through the calm of a saturday afternoon in 0desa. this was the aftermath of missile strike on the city. 0n the ground blown out glass, debris, burning cars. and ukraine s firefighters and army trying to limit the destruction. vitalia and her son, nikita, were on the 12th floor when it hit. translation: there was a very strong explosion directly on top of us. - it broke all the windows in the apartment. i smelled smoke very strongly. we collected what we could and then we ran. wh