correspondent orla guerin is in the ukrainian capital, kyiv tonight, and joins us now. is the counteroffensive intensifying? is the counteroffensive intensifying? is the counteroffensive intensi inc? ~ , ., intensifying? well, it has been a bus da , intensifying? well, it has been a busy day, sophie. intensifying? well, it has been a busy day, sophie. from - intensifying? well, it has been a | busy day, sophie. from ukraine s point of view, a successful one. it has managed to hit the headquarters of russia s black sea fleet in the crimean peninsula with a missile. we know there is damage to the building. we are not sure how much. one ukrainian spokesman has said on social media, we wanted a bigger hole. but undoubtedly, ukraine could hardly have picked a more symbolic target. it s a headline grabbing attack, it is a showy attack. it is not the first time that ukraine has struck at russian military and the structure in premier. as ukraine faces into the second winter of war
and that s bbc news at six. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, hugh ferris. wales against australia, ireland and south africa. it is the weekend of heavyweight contests at the rugby world cup. this international fixture always has a lot riding on it. england against scotland is quite the way to ring in a new nations league. and a cross atlantic rivalry takes centre stage in golf, with the usa storming to an early lead in the solheim cup. hello again. if the rugby world cup has been a slow burn so far, this weekend it s likely to fully ignite. by the end of it a contender could be heading out, and the fate of the four home nations involved could be a lot clearer. among their games, there are two huge contests against southern hemisphere heavyweights to look forward to. so let s do just that with our correspondent andy swiss who s in paris. with our correspondent andy. with our correspondent things seem to be going so well for france, this is potentially a really serious b