it s been another day of unrelenting chaos for the british prime minister, liz truss, and her government. it was just after ii:00pm when reports started coming in about the resignation of suella bravermann, the home secretary. it wasn t long before her resignation letter was made public, containing sweeping criticism of the government. there were also angry scenes in the commons, where senior ministers were accused of manhandling tory mps to make sure they backed the government in a test of loyalty. our political editor, chris mason has the latest from westminster. tonight at westminster, rolling case studies in chaos crises engulfing the government by the hour. the home secretary resigns. those at the highest level in government don t even know if others have followed her. at teatime, a man who was rebelling against liz truss just days ago was appointed by her as home secretary. i accept that the government has obviously had a very difficult period. what i do know is that
defensive lines are making it harder for military pigment including western supply tanks and armoured vehicles to advance. ukraine counteroffensive in an the second month of progress is slow. areas are shown in red are currently under russian military control and think with the cities of donetsk and mariupol. defence correspondent jonathan beale reports from southern ukraine. hidden in a forest evidence of ukraine s stuttering offensive in the south. a makeshift repair yard trying to salvage not old soviet equipment, but recently donated western armour. these us made bradleys may have saved lives, but they ve also been damaged by what s slowing them down russian minefields. sirhiy says some can t be repaired so they ll scavenge the parts. this was the same brigade in the first days of the offensive, especially
are donetsk, luhansk, kherson and zaporizhzhia. 0ur correspondent jonathan beale reports from the frontline in the donbas, a warning that his piece contains distressing images. the road of retreat. a dead end for some, where these russian forces met their own armageddon. the carcasses of tanks, armoured vehicles and bloated dead bodies scatter the ground of the recently liberated east. a village now the new front line for these ukrainian troops. artillery still within range of russian artillery, the signature sound of this war. russian positions are just 500 metres away. you can see they re getting telling us to get down here. come on, let s go. but this war also involves close quarters combat, as we re about to find out.
thousands of people are continuing to flee eastern ukraine as russian forces step up their bombardment. russia continues to mass troops for a renewed offensive in the donbas region. ukrainian forces have been fighting russian backed separatists there for the past eight years. but as our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports, they re now facing an attack from multiple directions. he s been speaking to people in the area just a few miles from where russian troops are thought to be advancing. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter, to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer.
russian troops could head to the donbas region, which as our defence correspondent jonathan beale reports, is already under heavy attack from multiple angles. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter, to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. we just came here to go to a shelter, but there s shelling a bit close to us, and so we ve had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. we travelled north to svyatogorsk, once a popular tourist destination. now, it sjust another town in the donbas from which people flee. translation: what can i say? i m overwhelmed with grief. i m 70 years old and i ve nowhere to live. the few who have stayed behind have to queue for food. they re notjust hungry, though they re scared. there is now a strong military presence in this town. just a few miles down the road, russian forc