cyril ramaphosa. at least nine people were injured and it caused widespread damage. james waterhouse has the latest. it was last in bakhmut at the start of the year when his forces controlled the city, which is now pretty much in ruins. now he has visited advanced positions on the outskirts where he has thanked his troops. he hasn t gone into detail about what their plans are. he even posed with them in a petrol station having a coffee, which is a ukrainian pastime. you often see soldiers in petrol stations making long journeys back and forth from the front. ukraine is attempting its counteroffensive, there are small hard fought gains taking place, and this is the political effort alongside that where he wants to be seen near the front to preserve that morale. james, we were just seeing pictures now of president zelensky meeting those soldiers. in terms of where the ukrainians are with bakhmut, you have been there, what is the position at the moment? if you can imagine, it s
the eurovision song contest final. hello. i m nancy kacungira. ukrainian president volodimir zelensky has arrived in the italian capital rome, where he ll meet italian political leaders and have an audience with the pope. we are showing you live shots at the president s residence in rome. italy s prime minister, giorgia meloni, has been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons. mr zelensky tweeted that it was an important visit for what he said was the approaching victory for ukraine. those live pictures there, in rhyme. live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. well, zelensky has said this is an important visit for his approaching victory. what message will he be trying to send? victory. what message will he be trying to send? president zelensky has landed in trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome trying to send? president zelensky has landed in rome about - tr
this was the moment he arrived at the prime minister s residence in rome, where he was greeted by italian president sergio mattarella. shortly after this, he met italian prime minister giorgia meloni. she s been one of ukraine s more vocal backers, although polls suggest that italian people overall are opposed to sending ukraine more weapons. as are some of her coalition partners. live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. out, members of the rmt union are back on picket lines. another 24 hour strike at their long running dispute, with live now to the bbc s sofia bettiza in rome. president zelensky has had a meeting with his counterparts. this private meeting lasted for 25 minutes and some of these things discussed were economic functions against russia, the kidnapping against ukrainian children, and they need to set up. after the meeting, president zelensky said i want to thank italy each italian one by one for to show italy s continued support for ukraine. quite a few sym