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hello, i m lucy hockings. russia has blamed the united states for wednesday s alleged drone attack on the kremlin. moscow initially blamed kyiv directly, but the kremlin spokesman, dmitry peskov, has now told reporters that the decision to attack was made in washington, with kyiv executing it on us orders. he gave no evidence. kyiv has denied any involvement, saying it s focused on defending its own territory. the foreign ministry in moscow has separately accused ukraine of launching an unprecedented wave of sabotage attacks against russia. in the hague, president volodymyr zelensky has called for a fully fledged tribunal to hold russia accountable for its war of aggression against ukraine. he made the comments in a speech after visiting the international criminal court. it has symbolic importance, coming less than two months after the icc issued arrest warrants for vladimir putin on war crimes charges. let s listen to what he said at the hague. lasting peace after vict ....
across england and wales. the un secretary general is in lviv for talks with president zelensky and turkey s recep tayyip erdogan. a 44 year old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the fatal stabbing of thomas o halloran on a mobility scooter in west london. and wonky vegetables could soon be on the menu as farmers warn the drought and hot weather have affected how their crops grow. i like a wonky carrot don t we all? also, i like fruit and veg that makes you smile. and often apples that are slightly misshapen, you know, if the plant has been under stress, sometimes they taste a bit better. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a level, t level, and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there s been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at ....
Food price stability. this will remain the focus of my efforts, taking into account the rise in human suffering and that will inevitably result from today s decision. live now to hannah shelest, security studies programme director for prism a ukrainian think tank. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. let me ask you first of all for your reaction to the news today which is wholly expected and many people are also putting forward the belief that it is not really as bad as it was back in february 2022 because there is some level of preparedness now and the plan b for ukraine to get the green and food out. i ukraine to get the green and food out. , ., ., ., out. i will start on the and because there is no out. i will start on the and because there is no actual out. i will start on the and because there is no actual plan out. i will start on the and because there is no actual plan b, - out. i will start on the and because there is no actual plan b, that - out. i will start on the ....
President zelensky now meeting the dutch minister for further talks on assistance to the ukraine. let s take you to the ukrainian city of odesa. hannah shelest is a senior fellow, center for european policy analysis and editor of ukraine analytica. thank you forjoining us. firstly, what did you make president zelensky s words in the hague today? they resonated to me, we hurt a lot from the portuguese minister of defence, she said peace without justice is just a truce. we are all talking a lot about peace that is just equal to the ceasefire. but we have so many victims of this aggression that they would like justice and they would like to see those accountable for this war crime because we have so many war crimes ....
But it is, ithink, a remindertoo that for vladimir putin, this was never simply about ukraine, it was about challenging the west and its security architecture. all of that leads us to a couple of really significant and unanswerable questions. what will vladimir putin do next if his troops manage to take the donbas region? but perhaps more importantly, what will he do if they don t? we can speak now to hannah shelest, editor in chief of ukraine analytica. she studies foreign and security policy. we have had up days there from both sides, and the perspective on both sides, and the perspective on both sides of the border. we are seeing that escalation in violence, a attacking positions along the eastern line in donbas. what does ....