steve rosenberg, our russia editor, has the very latest from moscow and there are some upsetting scenes in his report. screaming. gunshot. a russian concert hall under attack. gunshots. gunmen had stormed the venue near moscow, the crocus city hall. they went on the rampage, shooting their way through the building. screaming. ..and into the auditorium. there was supposed to be a rock concert here. gunfire. instead, this. gunfire. the attackers walked through the stalls, firing indiscriminately. dozens of people are reported to have been killed. they ve set the hall on fire! the hall s on fire, he says, as more shots ring out. then, the rush to escape. there s panic! panic, she says, as the crowds fled from the auditorium and tried to get out. soon, the whole building was ablaze. the mayor of moscow said it was a terrible tragedy. the russian foreign ministry called it a bloody terrorist attack. i saw how the terrorists came in and started shooting everyone, he says.
as ukraine s war enters its third year, there is still no end in sight. both ukraine and russia have suffered heavy losses. neither country discloses the full scale of casualties. but ukraine has released some details of the many injured peope, including more than a thousand who ve been blinded on the battlefield, half of whom have also lost most of their hearing. many are being helped to readjust to their new lives by ukraine s many volunteers. translation: i can t say i love to talk about the war. i don t like to get into these details. but of course, it has affected me, my family, and all people i love. we met in a local cafe. on the 14th of february, we went on our first date. we had to separate because vlad went to the front line. we couldn t see each other for half a year, but we were always in touch online, texted each other. translation: i went to the front line as a volunteer, 100 force batallion, defence of bakhmut city. from the beginning till then, we were doi
but ministers have described the pay claim as unreasonable. as ukraine s war enters its third year, ukrainians are now realising this will be a long war. both ukraine and russia have suffered heavy losses. neither country discloses the full scale of casualties including the dead and injured. but ukraine has released some details of the many injured including more than a thousand who ve been blinded on the battlefield, half of whom have lost most of their hearing. many are being helped to readjust to their new lives by ukraine s many volunteers. translation: i can t say i love to talk about the war. i don t like to get into these details. but of course, it has affected me, my family, and all people i love. we met in a local cafe. on the 14th of february, we went on our first date. we had to separate because vlad went to the front line. we couldn t see each other for half a year, but we were always in touch online, texted each other. translation: i went to the front line as a
the funeral they said he deserves. the country s most vocal kremlin critic was found dead in a siberian prison 9 days ago. according to russian accounts, the 47 year old took a short walk, said he felt unwell, then collapsed and never regained consciousness. on friday, his mother, lyudmila navalnaya, was given an ultimatum to hold a secret funeral for her son or he would be buried at the penal colony where he died. she was given three hours to make her decision. our correspondent olga ivshina from bbc russia provided some context to the returning of navalny s body. navalny s sudden death, which came as a shock to many of his supporters, analysts and many, just most of the people who follow russia. yeah, everyone was watching for this and waiting after yulia navalnaya recorded that speech where she raised the stakes. so i guess at least this comes as a relief to his family that they would be able to get him buried, because one of the scenarios described by the officials ac