good evening. when russia invaded ukraine in february last year, the ukrainian navy was outnumbered 12 to one by the russian black sea fleet. they were not considered a meaningful force in any way. in the last ten days, ukraine has destroyed a kilo class submarine one of only six that russia operated in the black sea a large landing ship that russia planned to use for an amphibious landing in odesa, a communications centre of the russian black sea fleet on the crimean peninsula and, today, they hit the fleet s main headquarters in central sevastopol. the naval drones and missiles developed and adapted in ukraine now target russian ships in their own home ports. that has eroded much of russia s naval superiority. so much so that this past week, six commercial vessels have left ukraine s main port of odesa through a temporary corridor. two of them sailed with 20,000 tonnes of grain for asian and african markets without any permission being sought from russia. this is clearl
progress. more on that story in a moment. as ukraine faces a second winter of war, it is suffering heavy losses on the battlefield, but the military does not release figures for those killed and injured. the bbc has been given access to one of the main hospitals receiving casualties from the front lines. doctors there have treated more than 20,000 wounded soldiers since russia s full scale invasion in february 2022, many of them amputees. from south eastern ukraine, our international correspondent 0rla guerin reports. sirens. under a blanket of darkness, the wounded are brought in. on arrival each one is numbered. each one a husband, a father or a son. this is the pain of a generation. staff here treat 50 to 100 new casualties every day. another badly wounded soldier has just been brought in. he s in his 20s and one of his legs has already been amputated. this is where you can see the cost of the war, the cost for soldiers, the cost for ukraine and there s no let up, the casu
here s our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. a smiling sara sharif, seen here in a picture much more recent than those we had seen before. surrey police have released the image and a school photograph in the hope more people will come forward with information about her and her family. both pictures show her wearing a headscarf, as she usually did in the last few months before her death. the ten year old was found dead six weeks ago at her family home in woking. she was found to have what prosecutors called a constellation of injuries which police said were multiple and extensive. her uncle, faisal malik, herfather earl urfan extensive. her uncle, faisal malik, her father earl urfan sharif and her stepmother beinash batool appeared via video link at the old bailey on tuesday charged with murder and causing or allowing the death of a child. the three left the country for pakistan the day before sara was sent dead. they flew back last wednesday but without sara s five