has been spending time with ukrainian troops, in the capital. gunfire for the defenders of kyiv, the battle isn t over. this time, it s training, but while the enemy has retreated to the east, the danger still looms. vlad was a phd law student until the russians tried and failed to seize his city. do you think it is possible that they could come back? let s say we lose our positions on donbas or luhansk region, and then they see that we don t have enough troops and resources to protect kyiv, they would come back for their initial aim to take over our capital and take over our government. in the forests of kyiv we can t disclose where the 131st battalion is dug in, a crucial line of defence for the capital.
guterres announced plans to fly to moscow on tuesday, for talks with president putin. he is also planning a separate meeting with ukraine s president zelensky. russia has also now given its figure for the number of casualties when its flagship cruiser moskva sunk earlier this month. it says one person died and 27 others were injured. moscow has never accepted ukraine s claims that one of its missiles caused the ship to sink. while the fighting intensifies in eastern and southern ukraine, the ukrainian military has been reinforcing its defences around the capital kyiv. our correspondent, mark lowen, sent this report. gunfire: for the defenders of kyiv, the battle isn t over. this time, it s training, but while the enemy has retreated to the east, the danger still looms. vlad was a phd law student until the russians tried and failed to seize his city. do you think it is possible that they could come back?
borisjohnson announced that british diplomats will soon work in kyiv. 0ur correspondent mark lowen has been spending time with ukrainian troops, in the capital. gunfire for the defenders of kyiv, the battle isn t over. this time, it s training, but while the enemy has retreated to the east, the danger still looms. vlad was a phd law student until the russians tried and failed to seize his city. do you think it is possible that they could come back? let s say we lose our positions on donbas or luhansk region, and then they see that we don t have enough troops and resources to protect kyiv, they would come back for their initial aim to take over our capital and take over our government. in the forests of kyiv we can t disclose where the 131st battalion is dug in, a crucial line of defence for the capital.
kyiv, as a precaution should russian troops return. life is a little less precarious now, after the city was successfully defended few weeks ago. our correspondent, mark lowen, has been spending time with ukrainian troops, in the capital. gunfire for the defenders of kyiv, the battle isn t over. this time, it s training, but while the enemy has retreated to the east, the danger still looms. vlad was a phd law student until the russians tried and failed to seize his city. do you think it is possible that they could come back? let s say we lose our positions on donbas or luhnask region and then they see that we don t have enough troops and resources to protect kyiv, they would come back for their initial aim to take over our capital and take over our government. in the forests of kyiv,
this time, it s training, but while the enemy has retreated to the east, the danger still looms. vlad was a phd law student until the russians tried and failed to seize his city. do you think it is possible that they could come back? let s say we lose our positions on donbas or luhansk region, and then they see that we don t have enough troops and resources to protect kyiv, they would come back for their initial aim to take over our capital and take over our government. in the forests of kyiv we can t disclose where the isist battalion is dug in, a crucial line of defence for the capital. how many kilometres of the trenches? i don t know. ten kilometres, 20 kilometres, i don t know.