you have not been able to tell that much during the last year because of the war, about the fact that this country has a rich and distinct culture? i was standing in between two great cathedrals. one cathedral is behind you, saint sophia of the 11th century. and this, one st. michael s cathedral, was ruined by the way, by bolsheviks insurgents, and was fully rebuilt. but this is the great square, it shows how rich the ukraine history is, and russia right now, they are robbing artifacts from museums, so they steal also our history, because ancient kyiv started from here the place where we are standing right now. and russians all the time or trying to take this on their behalf, the rich history of ukraine. but going back to the 30s, this has been a struggle for ukrainians. they have always felt that association with russia is meant to diminish the cultural heritage. vladimir putin said it on the night he declared the special military operation, that it is not a place of
heavy rain. two brothers from pakistan who were held in the us military prison at guantanamo bay for nearly 20 years are released without charge. and roald dahl s multimillion selling children s books are to be printed in their original form after a backlash against editing them for modern audiences. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president biden has ruled out sending f 16fighterjets to ukraine, saying the planes are not needed for now. it comes despite increased pressure from ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky for urgent air support to help protect its skies from russian attacks. president zelensky has marked the first anniversary of russia s invasion of ukraine by hailing his nation s year of invincibility . james waterhouse reports from kyiv on how the first anniversary was marked. the morning, wore rained down on ukraine. war. air raid siren wails a shadow with haunting consequences. the once unthinkable playing out as the world on.
we are live in ukraine as the country marks a year to the day since russia s invasion. we have a special report on the battle for one strategic town. a t20 world cup semi final. on bbc london: a year after the war in ukraine began and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. harry brook breaks another test record to put england on top in the second test against new zealand. action for three days, it s got a pretty difficult to deal with across the nhs. there will be other parts of the nhs taking industrial action in march. there will also be ambulance worker strikes on 6th march, 8th march, 20th march involving three separate unions. there is no strike action in scotland after a higher pay offer and some unions are considering an offerfrom the welsh and some unions are considering an offer from the welsh government. the royal college of nursing is in talk with ministers about pay in england. but no news yet on how that is progressed. thank you. pol
if the week, the polish president said that if the war week, the polish president said that if the war would last another year, there if the war would last another year, there would be a threat of russia invading there would be a threat of russia invading another country. how are you stopping the russian aggression here? you stopping the russian aggression here? is you stopping the russian aggression here? s it you stopping the russian aggression here? is it theoretically possible for russia here? is it theoretically possible for russia to invade another country? for russia to invade another country? for russia to invade another count? ., ., country? unfortunately, yes, i believe this country? unfortunately, yes, i believe this is country? unfortunately, yes, i believe this is possible. - country? unfortunately, yes, i believe this is possible. and . country? unfortunately, yes, i. believe this is possible. and that can happen. i can explain why. you see
continues with no end in sight. we report from the front line to assess the impact the conflict has had on ukraine. amp presidentjoe biden has announced new sanctions and an additional $2 billion support package helping the ukrainians in theirfight. welcome to the programme. it s the first anniversary of the ukraine war, one year since vladimir putin ordered his forces to launch an all out assault on ukraine with the aim of taking kyiv within days. the strategy failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce, though it has come at an immense cost. many have died on the battlefield, and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops have shocked the world. the war has changed europe and the world, leaving russia diplomatically isolated and revitalising the nato alliance. some have thought was losing its justification. our international editor jeremy bowen has reported on the conflict from the very beginning. he s kept in touch with many of the ukrainians he s spoken to along the