again on 23rd january. i know there s a lot of controversy about us striking, and that we re not kind of getting those calls and getting to patients today, but in realistic terms, day to day, we re not getting to patients. we ll be talking to a paramedic in devon who says it s notjust about pay, it s about the intense pressure on staff. it s notjust the nhs, 100,000 civil servants are to strike on 1st february in their campiagn for better pay. also tonight. as russian forces intensify their efforts to occupy eastern ukraine around the mining town of soledar, there s a heightened concern about the fight of two british men who have disappeared in eastern ukraine, where they were helping locals. and could the elgin marbles be sent back to greece on loan? and stay with us here on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening. the national health service is facing the prospects of more is facing the prosp
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Russian ministry of defence and the generals, saying that they have been making serious mistakes in the war. the wagner group had been operationalfor some the wagner group had been operational for some years in syria, libya, in the central african republic. they have been kind of semi covert arm of russian foreign policy, but now they are much more out in the open. this gain for them in donbas is very important. 0ne in donbas is very important. one thing that has happened and has also been announced today is that the general who used to be in charge of russian forces in syria is still there, but another general has been put on top of him. he was one of the people behind the initial invasion which, as you will recall, did not go very well. so it could well be that the different messages you are hearing from the wagner group and the russian mod about soledar and these movements of personnel show that there is some politicking going
Joining me now is our international editor, jeremy bowen. why is soledar so significant? as ou why is soledar so significant? is you have been hearing, it is strategically important, the russians really need a victory at the moment. they want to go ahead and get it there. i was in soledar in the summer. at that point, it was already being shelled. there were very few civilians around, there were big holes and craters everywhere. it was a very scary place. you can only imagine the extent to which that has moved on. as well as that, these tunnels and mine shafts are considered by both sides to be quite strategically important places. for example, places where you could hide weapons. lots of talk in recent days about the wagner group of fighters. why is it getting so much attention? the man behind it getting so much attention? the man behind it it getting so much attention? tue: man behind it is it getting so much attention? tte: man behind it is very it getting so much attention? tt