Is the defence minister very rarely comes up with figures about the number of russian soldiers that have been killed. the last time he came out with some figures was last september, last autumn. forsome reason, he was talking about 71 russian soldiers killed in the last three days in what he said was a ukrainian counteroffensive. thank ou. let s ukrainian counteroffensive. thank you. let s continue ukrainian counteroffensive. thank you. let s continue with ukrainian counteroffensive. thank you. let s continue with this - ukrainian counteroffensive. thank you. let s continue with this and l you. let s continue with this and speak to our diplomatic correspondent james landale in the newsroom. james, when you look at what happened in the dam, strategically, one has to ask, who benefits most from what has happened? to one has to ask, who benefits most from what has happened?- one has to ask, who benefits most from what has happened? to pick up on what steve from what has happened? to
Live from london. this is bbc news. ukraine accuses russia of blowing up a crucial dam on the dnipro river unleashing a flood of water. dozens of towns and settlements are being evacuated. moscow denies involvement and says ukraine has sabotaged its own dam. water levels are still rising. before, here was a passage. you can see the trees, the level of the trees. and here are the steps which were coming into the river. we ll speak to ukraine s public prosecutor. a dramatic day in london as prince harry takes on the tabloid press at the high court. he says the papers behaviour had him in a downward spiral . i m nancy kacungira live from outside the court we ll bring you all the details
Asking for the icc to add to this investigation into their main case which they investigating the situation in ukraine. let which they investigating the situation in ukraine.- which they investigating the situation in ukraine. let me ask ou, do situation in ukraine. let me ask you. do you situation in ukraine. let me ask you. do you have situation in ukraine. let me ask you, do you have any situation in ukraine. let me ask you, do you have any evidence l situation in ukraine. let me ask. you, do you have any evidence at this stage that does point the finger at russia? what is it? firstly, we have a lot of intelligence information. secondly, we suspect that russia has. at this time president zelensky addressed the issue. he said a mission should be set up at the dam. this hasn t been done and we are now witnessing the aftermath. as we have said, we will carry out all necessary examinations. the territory of the dam is temporarily and do control of the occupying forces. numerous in
Evacuated from these various areas. we were talking earlier this afternoon and you were saying to me that this whole concern around the dam has been there on the radarfor the ukrainians for some while. yes. the ukrainians for some while. yes, i read a the ukrainians for some while. yes, i read a speech the ukrainians for some while. yes, i read a speech the the ukrainians for some while. yes i read a speech the zelensky giving october where he tells a story of what has happened over the last 12 hours. in my new detail, warning the world. saying this is a sort of thing that could happen and calling at the time for international inspectors to try to prevent such a thing happening. it has clearly been on the radar and they clearly knew it was something they could do. the problem is there wasn t a great deal that the ukrainians could do to prevent this because they were not in control of that. yes, it doesn t help russia in every capacity because it could potentially limit water flows
That this dam and power station was occupied on the first day of invasion. this was all under control of russian forces. you invasion. this was all under control of russian forces. invasion. this was all under control of russian forces. you were there at the meeting of russian forces. you were there at the meeting with of russian forces. you were there at the meeting with president - of russian forces. you were there at| the meeting with president zelensky. in terms of the help being provided for people in the areas where there are floodwaters, what help is actually being given and what are you hearing about floodwaters and how fast they are rising? floodwater is cominu how fast they are rising? floodwater is coming and how fast they are rising? floodwater is coming and we how fast they are rising? floodwater is coming and we expect how fast they are rising? floodwater i is coming and we expect the maximum will come in several hours. the evacuation was started immediately ea