hello, i m sally bundock, welcome to the programme. ukraine s president zelensky is returning home from a meeting of g7 leaders injapan. he left the summit having secured further promises of financial and military support, including american made f 16 fighterjets. the commander of ukraine s ground forces says they re close to surrounding the eastern city of bakhmut. ukraine has disputed the russian claims to have taken full control of the city. russia has lost thousands of men in the assault on bakhmut many from the wagner mercenary group. our diplomtaic correspondent james landale reports from kyiv. for more than eight months, in what s now the longest battle of this war, ukrainian forces have defended bakhmut. the eastern city is now largely in ruins and largely in russian hands in particular in the hands of fighters like these from the wagner mercenary group, whose leader yevgeny prigozhin claimed to have full control here. from house to house, he said, we took the
thanks forjoining us. it s been an eventful weekend at the g7 summit injapan. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky returns home after securing a pledge of unwavering support , as well as more military equipment from his allies. at the summit, dominated by talks of russia s invasion, us presidentjoe biden confirmed that the us and its allies will help train ukrainian pilots to fly western fighterjets like the f 16, which zelensky had long asked for. biden also promised to support ukraine with more ammunition and armored vehicles, partly as a demonstration of western resolve. we will not waver. putin will not break our resolve as he thought he could two years ago, almost three years ago. we are going to continue to provide economic and humanitarian and security assistance to ukraine so it can stand strong as long as it needs to. meanwhile, president zelensky thanked world leaders for their enduring support at the end of the summit and said that russia s defeat would result
elections. the new democracy party of kyriakos mitsotakis has over 40% of the vote, with more than two thirds of ballots counted. but it appears to be five seats short of an outright majority. it was a disappointing day for the centre left opposition syriza party which got only 20% of the vote. under a complicated greek electoral system, mitso takis will need to face another vote in july to achieve an absolute majority. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. mix puppy and her squeezy toy. she can hear it but can t see it. her owner discovered she had lost her sight at the start of the pandemic. had lost her sight at the start of the pandemic. when we got our diagnosis, of the pandemic. when we got our diagnosis, i of the pandemic. when we got our diagnosis, i was of the pandemic. when we got
to be negative. the greek elections have been won by the governing centre right new democracy party. its leader, the prime minister kyriakos mitsotakis, described the victory as a political earthquake . with almost all the votes counted, his party is on almost 4i%, leaving them five seats short of a majority. mr mitsotakis said the people had given his party a mandate for a four year government. it was a disappointing day for the centre left opposition syriza party led by alexis tsipras with just 20% of the vote. under a complicated greek electoral system, he will need to face the people again injuly if he hopes to achieve an absolute majority. 0ur europe correspondent nick beake has more from athens. this has been a very good night for prime minister mitsotakis. the changes to the electoral system that he inherited meant it was always going to be very difficult to win an outright majority, although he has come very close to doing that.