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hello to you. and welcome to the programme. is the bloody battle for bakhmut over? the head of russia s wagner mercenary group says its forces will hand over the city to russian forces as it declares victory and withdraws. kyiv, though, says it still controls pockets of the city. also in the programme: migration is not out of control. the uk prime minister says the number of people coming to the uk is still too high after new figures show net migration hit a new record high. as business demands more workers, we ll assess proposals for a new skills based visa system. armed officers descend on central london after a car crashes into the gates of downing street. police say a man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. and after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid s vinicius junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin with remarkable new insights into ukraine s president and the desire to hit russia on home soil. the washington post said president zelenskyy has suggested bold attacks behind closed doors including blowing up a pipeline and attempting to occupy russian border villages to gain over moscow. zelenskyy made such suggestions months ago. still, the pentagon did not dispute the authenticity of the leaked materials. this comes as we re getting new signs that the long-awaited ukrainian counter offensive could be getting underway soon. sources tell cnn, ukraine has begun shaping operations and cnn s sam kyly has more details on that. reporter: there have been signs, i think, very clearly now, that there are shaping operations going on ahead of a summer offensive by ukraine to try to recapture this territory that was taken by the russians. both in 2014 and more recently last year. what we ve seen is psychologi
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