steel plantd in mariupol, the resistance to the war that vladimir putin will not call a war, official inside the plant tells the washington post the situation is, quote, critical. translator: the shelling and storming of asovstal is not stopping but civilians still need to be taken out. women, many children remain there. president says, quote, if there is hell in the wuorld it s in asovstal. the hell is intense, growing darker by the hour by all accounts yet an official said russian troops entered the territory of the steel plant but, were, quote, repelled by defenders. again, that is the reality, one vladimir putin is trying to deny so he can secure, we assume, something that resembles a win four days ahead of a holiday special to the russian people that commemorates their victory in world war ii. and a war, vladimir putin s closest ally, dictator of belarus, said today, dragged on, russian troops weren t repelled because they never tried to enter the steel plant in the
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mark knopfler who wrote private dancer for tina turner fondly remembers the singer who died on wednesday. it s seven am in singapore and seven pm in washington where us officials say the russian wagner group mercenaries may be working through other countries to acquire military equipment for use in ukraine. the us treasury said in a statement it has imposed sanctions on wagner s chief in mali ivan aleksandrovich maslov. central to this is the battle for the eastern city of bakhmut, in ukraine. mercenaries have been fighting on behalf of russia there a battle that s taken on a symbolic significance. now, they say they re withdrawing and handing their positions over to the russian army. let s hear from the leader of the wagner group. it will make we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. today, it is sam on the 25th of may. the 1st ofjune, the main parts of ist ofjune, the main parts of the unit will be relocated at the unit will be relocated at the rear camp. there handin
a reservoir in connection with the disappearance of british girl madeleine mccann. it s 8am in singapore, and 3am in the russian region belgorod, where russia says it s hunting ukrainian saboteurs who crossed the border and injured eight people. the local governor said one village had been shelled and several people had suffered shrapnel wounds. ukraine has denied having anything to do with the attack but suggested russian paramilitaries were involved. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. smoke in the distance. the first hint of the drama ahead. russia said saboteurs had forced their way from ukraine into russian territory. the bbc has located this video to a border checkpoint south of belgorod. it appears to show military vehicles having crossed over. ukraine denied responsibility. it said russian citizens from two paramilitary groups were behind the attack. the russian army sent in reinforcements. local residents couldn t believe what was happening. the local govern