of hokkaido injapan. have and a very warm welcome to the programme. there are reports that russian forces are trying to storm the azovstal steel works in mariupol, where ukraine s remaining forces in the city are holding out. russians are said to have resumed air strikes on the plant in the south east of the country. ukraine has called on the united nations to provide urgent help to evacuate civilians from mariupol. these are the latest positions of russian forces in ukraine, with much of the fighting now in the east and in particular the south east. parts of south western port city of odesa have also been targeted by russian rocket fire, including a iii storey residential tower block. from ukraine, danjohnson sent this report. more ukrainian homes are coming underfire. shelling s intensified in kharkiv and across the east of the country, but intelligence assessments say the russians aren t gaining much ground. still, the ukrainian president is warning of the fight he believe
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will reap the whirlwind of all this on polling day at those local elections. jonathan blake speaking to me a short time ago. jonathan blake speaking to me a short time ago. supermarkets across the uk are limiting how much cooking oil customers are able to buy, as supplies are hit by the war in ukraine. the british retail consortium says the restrictions are a temporary measure to ensure availability for everyone. restaurateur, author and home cook asma khan spoke to me earlier about the importance of sunflower oil in food preparations for ramadan and eid. for us, ramadan is, of course, you know, we don t eat from sunrise and sunset but the tradition as we all have become a resource it is a big feast. you know, you haven t eaten fori6 feast. you know, you haven t eaten for 16 hours. finally after two years we are able to have friends and family than to break bread and