another ukrainian breakthrough. the men of the 68 brigade fought russian marines for three days to take this village. here is very difficult, very difficult because this is the main difference, the main area of activity for russian soldiers. what we can see here is there has been fighting house to house and room by room, very close? yes, very close. he is already giving orders for the next attack. it is imminent. translation: listen, it is very important, i you need to listen to people, you need to listen very closely and smile, why are you worried? we are winning this war. with hours to go they re packed up and ready to go to trenches. this drone unit will play a vital part in the assault. while artillery sounds all around them, they have to move fast to get closer still to russian positions. the cost of this fight is everywhere to see, destroyed western built armour litters the battlefield but russia too has also lost dozens of tanks and vehicle since this offensive began.
hello. i m anna foster. let s start in the middle east, where israel s opposition leader has urged the prime minister to accept a proposal unveiled by president biden aimed at securing a permanent ceasefire in gaza. yair lapid says if right wing members of benjamin netanyahu s coalition resigned in protest, his party would continue to support the government. it is unclear what that would mean in practice. it comes as mr netanyahu says israel will continue to focus on the destruction of hamas and the freeing of all hostages. he was responding to a three phase proposalfrom presidentjoe biden who says hamas is no longer capable of launching another october the seventh style attack on israel. meanwhile, egyptian state linked tv is reporting a meeting between egyptian, us and israeli officials will take place on sunday to discuss the re opening of the rafah crossing. a short time ago, i spoke with the uk s foreign secretary, lord cameron. i began by asking him what this deal conta