hello to you. and welcome to the programme. is the bloody battle for bakhmut over? the head of russia s wagner mercenary group says its forces will hand over the city to russian forces as it declares victory and withdraws. kyiv, though, says it still controls pockets of the city. also in the programme: migration is not out of control. the uk prime minister says the number of people coming to the uk is still too high after new figures show net migration hit a new record high. as business demands more workers, we ll assess proposals for a new skills based visa system. armed officers descend on central london after a car crashes into the gates of downing street. police say a man was arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and dangerous driving, but the incident is not being treated as terror related. and after a storm of racist abuse against real madrid s vinicius junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to
group regaining that ground. the wagner group and regaining that ground. the wagner group and prigozhin s statement to really group and prigozhin s statement to really defy common sense from a military really defy common sense from a military perspective. you don t announce military perspective. you don t announce when you are going to have announce when you are going to have a relief announce when you are going to have a relief in announce when you are going to have a relief in place. it is a very, very difficult military operation that has very difficult military operation that has to be very carefully choreographed, normally between units that choreographed, normally between units that are very, very familiar with units that are very, very familiar with each units that are very, very familiar with each other, i mean, the british expeditionary forces in france in world expeditionary forces in france in world war expeditionary forces in france in world war i develop
junior, the president of la liga denies that the spanish football league is racist, but he calls for new powers to prosecute those who are found guilty. what could the league learn from britain s premier league? we will assess that. we start with ukraine, and officials there have dismissed claims that the city of bakhmut has fallen to russia, after wagner mercenaries said they d begun handing over control of the eastern city to moscow s army. the battle for the city has been the longest and bloodiest of the war. this aerial footage taken earlier this month shows intense shelling in a residential area. most people had already fled before the fighting started happening. bakhmut is of little strategic value to moscow, but its capture would be a symbolic victory for russia. here s part of the recording by mr prigozhin. translation: we are withdrawing units from bakhmut. today, it s 5am on the 25th of may.
understands what strategy is of the russian army since day one of this full scale invasion. and i think prigozhin hasjust full scale invasion. and i think prigozhin has just confirmed full scale invasion. and i think prigozhin hasjust confirmed in full scale invasion. and i think prigozhin has just confirmed in the beer you have provided yet another failure of the special wagner group, which i am sure will be recognised by many national parliaments and the council of europe, where we work here in riga these days, as a terrorist organisation helping regular russian army, which is now, as is cited, taking over in bakhmut even though the events on the flanks with artillery fire which russian army and try to attack us with is failing, so the flanks are still controlled by ukrainian army. and this is just yet another example of the escalations would have been rolling for the 15 months of the invasion. we have been watching
perspective, and in this particular case: perspective, and in this particular case, i perspective, and in this particular case, i think it would. it is very simple case, i think it would. it is very simple i case, i think it would. it is very simple ido case, i think it would. it is very simple. i do not think anybody knows what the simple. i do not think anybody knows what the russian strategy is. i think what the russian strategy is. i think this what the russian strategy is. i think this is, this effort in bakhmut that has gone on now for a number bakhmut that has gone on now for a number of bakhmut that has gone on now for a number of months, at great cost to the wagner number of months, at great cost to the wagner group and to the russians that are the wagner group and to the russians that are supporting them, the logistics that are supporting them, the logistics chain that has been supporting the wagner group, and also obviously to the ukrainians, i am not al