commitment. let s go back to lewis in vilnius. in terms of what we had today, so much frustration from president zelensky, but in terms of the g7 nato embracing ukraine today, in a sense sweetening the. that the g7 nato embracing ukraine today, in a sense sweetening the. . . in a sense sweetening the. that is absolutely right. in a sense sweetening the. that is absolutely right. fundamentally, i in a sense sweetening the. that is| absolutely right. fundamentally, the overall goal of presidents lenski has not been achieved. he wanted a timetable for ukraine to join nato, didn t get it, didn t achieve his goal. however, the consolation prize is substantial. he has had. seven rich countries have come together and agree to provide long term security commitments, rishi sunak, uk prime minister, describing it as
with volodymyr zelensky, ukraine s president, alongside canada s premier, justin trudeau, residents lenski was asked the question that, in the last 2a hours, we have heard from russia s president, vladimir putin, who confirmed or said that the counteroffensive on the ukraine side had begun. just have a listen to what he had to say. translation: the counter-offensive and defence actions are taking place in ukraine. i will not speak at what stage or phase they are, but i am sure that we will feel all of that definitely. i would not trust these or those telegram channels, and, in particular, putin. it seems to me we had lots of occasions and steps after which we understood that we could not trust this kind of information. we need to trust, as it seems to me, our military, our soldiers, and i trust them. daily, i am in touch with our
at the same time as that russian parade ukraine has been celebrating your day. here s a correspondent will stop as victory day celebrations were held in russia president zelensky hosted the head of the eu commission. here president zelensky hosted the head of the eu commission. of the eu commission. here in key mac a clear of the eu commission. here in key mac a clear sign of the eu commission. here in key mac a clear sign of of the eu commission. here in key mac a clear sign of of the eu commission. here in key mac a clear sign of kyiv - of the eu commission. here in key mac a clear sign of kyiv break. mac a clear sign of kyiv break from russia. he set we need to be. this happened as presidents lenski is moving to shift ukraine marks victory day which is the victory day of nazi germany in 19115. from may the 9th when russia celebrates it to may the 8th the day that western
of ukraine to know as well, the american people have been with you every step of the way and we will stay with you. we will stay with you. president zelensky is only the second wartime leader to address congress since winston churchill in1941. he will return directly back to ukraine after this significant, if short, visit to prepare for the next phase of the war. nada tawfik, bbc news, washington. we re joined now by our reporter in kyiv, hugo bachega. morning to you. of course there was a lot of symbolism in what happened yesterday, meeting the president a ski face, addressing congress, making history. this was all about getting results for president zelensky. what do you think was achieved? ~ ., , zelensky. what do you think was achieved? , . zelensky. what do you think was achieved? , achieved? morning. very symbolic and achieved? morning. very symbolic and a very significant achieved? morning. very symbolic and a very significant visit achieved? morning. very symbolic and a
is relatively close to the front line in that part of the country. this as the ukrainians are going ahead with making gains. presidents lenski said last night three more villages were recaptured from russian forces. president zelensky. ukrainian military have entered the important region of luhansk. this as ukraine continues to make gains on the battlefield. protests against the iranian regime have entered their third week, following the death of a 22 year old woman in police custody. schoolgirls and students have been defying the country s strict laws on wearing head coverings, after mahsa amini was detained for not wearing her hijab correctly. a number of demonstrators have been injured or killed as protests spread across the country. rana rahinpour reports. this was nika shahkarami.