wagner group sees that early on as a key objective, they pretty much walked in. they have held it since. they left a reasonable force, we think, in that area. although, at the moment, there is some local opposition from the chechens who are approaching rostov. they are very loyal to the regime. that is sort of developing in the city at the moment. so they have seized the city, they didn t have huge strength there, but they do have their headquarters. most importantly, that headquarters. most importantly, that headquarters and the south controls on the communication. so it s really strategically important. prigozhin isn t a critic of the war, he is a critic of the way it is being fought. he thinks it should be fought. he thinks it should be fought more strenuously than it is. they have no interest in stopping the war in ukraine there, it is continuing but under wagner supervision at this point. there is this flying column that is making its way towards masco and we know that i
absence. we will be live at the high court. hello, iam hello, i am matthew and welcome to cap his verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. lots to dig into intraday s programme, especially what is happening on the battlefield in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counteroffensive. the key of says it is, shifting to offensive actions in some areas. ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut is the epicentre of hostilities and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the self. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it has faltered in major ukrainian attack in the same regions. its defence ministry has released this
voicing his biggest fear. i think if this technology goes wrong it can go quite wrong and be want to be vocal about that. we want to work with the government to prevent that from happening, the bbc finds a uk conservative party donor is a british businessman whose companies are linked to a money laundering investigation. and glitz and the glamour of the 76th cannes film festival. we re live in the south of france. ukraine s military says it s shot down, six advanced russian kinzhal hypersonic missiles, that president putin has claimed are unstoppable. the volley came during a fresh overnight barrage, described by officials as exceptional in its density . ukraine says, all 18 missiles of various types, were shot down. this footage showing kyiv s air defences in action. at least three people were injured by debris. in a tweet, ukraine s defence minister said: another unbelievable success for the ukrainian air forces . last night, our sky defenders shot down six russian hype
attack drones, more air defence, a new uk flying school for pilots. the europeans are keen to support ukraine s expected counteroffensive, but can they provide president zelensky with the kit he needs? we will get the view from kyiv and london. at home, rishi sunak is marshalling his troops. a downing street reception tonight, to officially celebrate the coronation of king charles iii. but is it also a much needed charm offensive, amid more splits in tory ranks over brexit and immigration? speaking of which, who s going to pick the spring cabbage and the rhubarb? the farmers said today they need more labour and higher prices to solve the food crisis in britain. and we will take a look tonight at those election results from turkey no victor in round one but early advantage president erdogan. but we start tonight with president zelensky s visit to the uk. ukraine he says, can defeat russia by the end of this year, with the right kind of western help. the latest tranche of sup
hello. pakistan s former prime minister, imran khan has been arrested at the high court in the capital islamabad. he was there for an unrelated hearing on corruption charges one of several court cases mr khan is facing. footage showed paramilitary forces in armoured personnel carriers detaining mr khan after he entered the court compound, before driving him away. mr khan was ousted as prime minister in april last year and has been campaigning for early elections since then. mr khan was arrested at the islamabad high court this morning where he was arrested on corruption charges. he was taken according to footage that was circulating, circulated by his party on whatsapp, the pti, images were shown of him being taken by police and put into a police vehicle. there is also footage which appears to show police in riot gear. now, we have also had confirmation since then from the islamabad police, who confirmed that they had arrested him on corruption charges. they have also issue