But when will it be ready . Hello. Welcome to The Programme. Im Lewis Vaughan jones. We start in russia, where ukrainian forces have destroyed a strategic bridge in the kursk region, cutting a supply route, as they continue their incursion into russian territory. In his nightly address, ukraines president zelensky said we see that the occupier is suffering losses, and this is useful, very useful for our defence. Hes described the territory captured by ukrainian forces since they launched their incursion 12 days ago as an Exchange Fund, implying they could be swapped for ukrainian regions occupied by moscow. From sumy, near the border with russia, heres our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse. Ukraine isntjust targeting russian troops, but their Supply Lines too. A missile makes light work of a major bridge in russias kursk region. It was a counteroffensive which surprised just about everyone. Apart from the ukrainian paratroopers whove released this footage. Complete with dramatic m
Region of western russia, an area of about 1000 square kilometres. This map shows just how rapid the advance has been in the past seven days, with ukraine claiming to have taken more territory in a week, than russia has all year. Russia says it has destroyed more than 100 ukrainian drones and four missiles fired at its Border Regions during the night. Heres the governor of Russias Border Region of belgorod declaring that state of emergency. Translation the situation in our belgorod region continues to remain extremely difficult and tense. Daily shelling from the Armed Forces Of Ukraine destroyed houses, wounded and dead civilians. Therefore, we are making a decision from today throughout the belgorod region to protect the population and provide additional measures of support to victims by declaring an emergency at the regional level, followed by an appeal to the Government Commission to declare an emergency at the federal level. With me is our correspondent will vernon who spent severa
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North east of the capital since sunday. Conditions are expected to remain dangerous over the next few days, but a drop in wins does offer some hope. Joe inwood reports. Sometimes, faced with flames reaching up to 25m high, all you can do is stand and watch. But thousands have fled the wildfires that have now reached the outskirts of athens. Others, like 64 year old anna, have decided to try and stay and protect their properties. Translation early in the morning, we were constantly receiving messages telling us to evacuate. We were terrified. We thought the fire would go elsewhere, but suddenly it came to our homes. We panicked and evacuated then, but now weve returned to save whatever we can. Greece has just experienced its hottestjune and july on record, with strong winds helping the flames spread. Translation the feeling was scary| to see everything go Up In Smoke and to see the fire pass through and not be able to do anything. The authorities have been trying to beat them back, with