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this is how the battlefield currently looks, according to uk military intelligence, the red areas are russian occupied, with the arrows showing likely points of russian attack. the recent focus of attention is here, in the north east, near kharkiv, where fierce fighting has been taking place, the yellow represents new gains claimed by russia. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, sent this special report from the front line. near the village of lyptsi, the russians are closing in. the fire from a recent rocket attack near a ukrainian position. we are told to immediately head to a bunker. taking shelter, recently arrived ukrainian reinforcements. a week ago, they were fighting elsewhere on the front. andrei tells me the situation is dynamic and tense. from a drone feed, they are nervously watching and waiting for another attack. he says it s time to leave. they ve just spotted enemy forces advancing. this is where they are directing artillery fire. they are telling ....
on military recruitment. we need to staff the reserve. there are a serious number of brigrades which a large number of them are empty. we need to do this so the guys can have a normal rotation, then their morale will be improved. let s speak to our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse in kyiv. james, good to have you. when the war began there are so many recruits volunteering. what is the war began there are so many recruits volunteering. what is the morale like now? it volunteering. what is the morale like now? , . , like now? it is a very different cha ter like now? it is a very different chapter of like now? it is a very different chapter of this like now? it is a very different chapter of this war, like now? it is a very different chapter of this war, really, . like now? it is a very different i chapter of this war, really, since the early stages of the full scale invasion, where you have ukrainian forces which are thought to make up around half a million person ....
water or sanitation. more than a million palestinians had taken refuge in the city after it was designated a safe zone early on in the conflict. this development comes as israel s military says it s recovered the body of another hostage inside gaza. the remains have been identified as ron binyamin, who the military says was killed in the october 7th attack by hamas. and in a further development, the israeli war cabinet minister, benny gantz, is threatening to bring down prime minister benjamin netanyahu s government if he doesn t agree to his post war plan for gaza within three weeks. here s what he said. translation: the people of israel are watching translation: the people of israel are watching you. translation: the people of israel are watching you. you translation: the people of israel are watching you. you must - translation: the people of israel are watching you. you must choose i are watching you. you must choose between zionism and cynicism, between zio ....
we ve heard repeatedly from president zelensky about the need for more ammunition and the need for more weapons. can you tell us what the situation is this time? the situation is this time? well, he has alwa s the situation is this time? well, he has always plonked the situation is this time? well, he has always plonked air the situation is this time? well, he has always plonked air defences i the situation is this time? well, he has always plonked air defences at | has always plonked air defences at the top of his wish list. that s been the case for the last year or so because of two things, really, russia has continued to launch missile attacks on cities across ukraine but also russia has become far more superior, more dominant in the air right across the front line. so you have exhausted, thinly stretched ukrainian troops trying to defend cities and russian fighter jets flying in and dropping missiles and glide bombs and as for the situation in the north east whe ....
later~ it s saturday the 18th of may. our main story. more than hundreds of thousands of unpaid carers are being forced to repay £250 million, after being wrongly overpaid their carer s allowance. on average, that means they owe £1800 each money that many of them say they don t have. radio 4s moneybox reporter, dan whitworth has more. unpaid carers do an incrediblejob caring for loved ones, often day in and day out, we can and week out, with few if any breaks but thousands of them unwittingly or accidentally received overpayments of carers allowance and now they have been asked to be paid back. carina s daughter requires round the clock care. she is having to pay back £11,000 after this. i care. she is having to pay back £11,000 after this. care. she is having to pay back £11,000 after this. i have been rea in: £11,000 after this. i have been repaying my £11,000 after this. i have been repaying my overpayment - £11,000 after this. i have beenl repaying my overp ....