hello and welcome to bbc news. russia has admitted that its forces targeted the ukrainian port of odesa on saturday, a day after moscow and kyiv agreed to allow grain shipments to leave the port. russian foreign ministry spokeswoman maria zakharova says cruise missiles destroyed what she described as a ukrainian military boat. the attack on odesa did not appear to hit anything connected with the storage or shipment of grain. but ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, called the strike barbaric, saying it shows moscow cannot be trusted. from odesa, our ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, sent this report. in a war littered with broken promises an especially devastating betrayal, two missiles launched from the black sea hitting odesa s port. two others were taken out by air defence systems. for coffee vendor sergei, there was only one thing to do. translation: i saw black smoke after the missiles hit, so i knew i had to run to a bomb shelter and hide. it was very scary
hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian soldier has pleaded guilty to killing an unarmed civilian in the first war crimes trial in ukraine since the russian invasion began. appearing in court in kyiv, the 21 year old admitted shooting dead a ukrainian man as he pushed a bicycle on the road. our correspondent, sarah rainsford, sent this report. this was a major moment for ukraine, the first russian soldier accused of a war crime already up in court. vadim shishimarin is a russian tank commander. he s on trial for shooting and killing a civilian. all the time, the widow of the man killed was just the other side of the glass. the soldier seemed nervous and said little, until the words that mattered. asked whether he admitted his guilt, vadim shishimarin told the judge, yes, completely. it was the very start of this war, as russian tanks rolled south through sumy. vadim shishimarin s unit came under attack then and were forced into retreat. in the chaos, he and four others en
just why are america s politicians and defence chiefs taking unexplained aerial phenomena so seriously? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the evacuation of ukrainian troops from the azovstal steelworks in mariupol has continued, with a convoy of at least seven buses carrying soldiers escorted by pro russian forces. more than than 260 soldiers left, after a negotiated surrender. they ve been taken to areas held by russian backed rebels. meanwhile, western military sources say, vladimir putin is now directly involved, in the day to day running of the war, taking decisions, normally made by senior military figures. our correspondent laura bicker, reports. it has been a brutal and bloody 83 days, but their battle is over for now. the wounded from azovstal are carried out of the vast steel plant filmed by the very force they ve been fighting. russia will be keen to air these images which they say show surrender. but the ukrainians say this deal is abou
me, directly or indirectly. and, art in the shadow of war. the ukrainian entries at this year s venice biennale. and around the globe. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america, and around the globe. the united nations has described the war in ukraine, as a horror story of violations against civilians and says there s growing evidence war crimes may have been committed. on saturday, it will again be attempted to establish humanitarian corridors out of the besieged southern port city of mariupol, which russian forces have been trying to fully capture for several weeks. our correspondent, catherine byaru hanga, is in southern ukraine. a warning her report contains some images viewers may find upsetting. haunting, apocalyptic scenes in mariupol. explosions russia has bombarded this city into near submission. once home to about 500,000 people, thousands are believed to have been killed. emergency workers from russia are filmed here, retrieving the dead. moscow has repeatedly den
You can reach me on twitter i m @chrisrogersnews. for now, thank you for watching. hello. a real mix of weather prospects across the uk for sunday. heavy downpours in places, especially across the north and west, further south and east, some sunshine and heat with temperatures getting into the low 30s but it was a really wet night last night across northern ireland, more than 30 millimetres of rain falling in an hourin millimetres of rain falling in an hour in parts of co tyrone. the rain drifted north eastwards across scotland and we saw rain developing through the morning across lincolnshire and the midlands and wales. this band of rain may drift further north through the afternoon towards parts of merseyside, greater manchester and south yorkshire. sunshine and heavy showers for scotland and northern ireland, the