guns that you can hear. also on tonight s programme. having your say on your neighbours home extension ministers announce new planning proposals. there could be street votes to determine what gets built but critics say the plans will make the housing shortage even worse than it already is. i understand the need for housing. i mean, it would change my outlook on it obviously if it was built right on my doorstep, but that s probably a bit selfish. the hidden curse of chronic pain up to a quarter of people in uk suffer in silence, and many end up on opioid drugs that aren t the answer. the one time friends who are now facing off in court rebekah vardy admits she asked her agent to monitor coleen rooney s instagram account. and coming up on sportsday later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the scottish premiership title could be celtic s tonight. theyjust need to avoid defeat at dundee united. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from the ukrainian ca
with labour and the liberal democrats taking control of a number of councils. in other news more attempts are being made to rescue civilians trapped at a steelworks in the beseiged ukrainian city of mariupol. 50 people were taken out of the city yesterday. ukraine says it has recaptured five villages north east of kharkiv, as it continues a counter offensive against russian forces. the ukrainian military say they could soon make it impossible for russia to use their artillery on the city. moscow has succeeded in making small advances in the eastern donbas region, although those have been described as costly. with all the latest developments, joe inwood has this report. it was a simple house, but built with his own hands. this man fought for the soviets during the second world war. a few days ago, his home, along with all his possessions, were destroyed by russian shelling.
moscow has succeeded in making small advances in the eastern donbas region, although those have been described as costly. joe inwood reports from ukraine. it was a simple house, but built with his own hands. ivan lysun fought for the soviets during the second world war. a few days ago, his home, along with all his possessions, were destroyed by russian shelling. transaltion: if i had the strength, i would be the first to defend. - i would stand and help our troops. you know, it hurts a lot. what did we fight for? what did we set free? but it seems ivan could be one of the last victims of russian shelling in kharkiv. explosion ukrainian forces say they ve recaptured a number of villages on the outskirts of the country s second city. analysts believe the russians could soon be pushed out of artillery range. that would be welcome news to the defenders of barvinkove, a strategic town on the edge
happening on the battlefield in ukraine, especially in the east, because we have been getting those reports that ukrainian forces are successfully counter attacking the russians around ukraine s second city, kharkiv. let s discuss this a bit more with a militaryjournalist and analyst for ukrainian television. can you, you have been out to the east, you have been watching your soldiers in action. in fact, you got wounded earlier on in the conflict. what is the latest around kharkiv in particular? such a big city, ukraine s second city and your troops are doing quite well there? what we see on the ground is a slight transformation of simultaneous counter strikes, counter attacks into a bigger, broader counter offensive operations. ukrainian forces are creating a broad art, a broad bow