markets. meanwhile, ministers continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday - continue to defend plans. we had to act really quickly last friday to - act really quickly last friday to give people confidence on energy. in give people confidence on energy. in the afghan capital kabul a blast targeting students preparing for exams kills at least 19 people. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england with more than 40,000 leaving in the last year. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in ukraine, 23 civilians have been killed in the southern city of zaporizhzhia after a russian missile struck a convoy of vehicles. that s according to the governor of the province. initial pictures that have started coming in show ambulances arriving at the scene. 0ur correspondent who s just arrived there reports that
Have the situation under control and everything will be ukraine. lets talk more about everything will be ukraine. lets talk more about the everything will be ukraine. lets talk more about the annexation of that territory whether eastern european correspondence, sarah raynsford. what you read into that attack, sarah? also in the context of what s happening with the annexation. i of what s happening with the annexation. of what s happening with the annexation. . , ., ., , annexation. i have been to that site was targeted. annexation. i have been to that site was targeted. i annexation. i have been to that site was targeted, i know annexation. i have been to that site was targeted, i know it annexation. i have been to that site was targeted, i know it is. - annexation. i have been to that site was targeted, i know it is. i- annexation. i have been to that site was targeted, i know it is. i think i was targeted, i know it is. i think every body in ukraine knows that spot becau
I m joined now by former british ambassador to the russian federation, sir roderic lyne, in london. thank you very much for your time today. ijust want thank you very much for your time today. i just want to get your reaction to that missile strike in these upper asia region, and what do you think we can read into it, given that parts of zapper asia are among those being annexed by russia, illegally annexed by russia today? zaporizhzhia. i think putin will go on pummelling ukraine in any way he can and the more his forces are on the back foot the more he will lash out in this rather inhumane way. but this annexation is going to be announced today is pure alice in wonderland, it is farcical but it is also tragic. you will remember that in lewis carol s story, alice sees not a cat with a grin but a grin without a cat, and what we are having today is putin announcing
On the the day when president putin is to complete his illegal annexation of parts of four ukrainian regions seized by force. a verdict s expected in to the death of school girl molly russell the 14 year old viewed thousands of posts online in the months before she took her own life in 2017. record numbers of nurses are quitting the nhs in england more than 40,000 have left in the last year. steve wright will host his final radio 2 weekday show this afternoon but stresses he s not retiring and will continue at the station. a coroner will shortly outline whether he thinks social media contributed to the death of 14 year old schoolgirl molly russell.
War, is there, because he is now calling on russian reservists, russian men, tojoin the calling on russian reservists, russian men, to join the fight, calling on russian reservists, russian men, tojoin the fight, and a lot of them are not keen on that. will this give president zelensky pause for thought in terms of strategy? he says he will defend these territories and their people, but with this annexation, any defence of those territories, that brings further risk from his perspective as well. what do you think ukraine s next moves might be? i think the risk is real and can t be dismissed. i know people in ukraine are worried about potential nuclear escalations, which is a massive new step. i think people in russia are worried about that as well. you can t exclude the fact that russians don t want to have an all out nuclear war. it is not what people want. the rhetoric from ukraine has been very clear. they will continue to push forward, they want to liberate their territory, and the