crimea. now a new danger looms. t am crimea. now a new danger looms. i am read to crimea. now a new danger looms. i am ready to fight crimea. now a new danger looms. i am ready to fight back. crimea. now a new danger looms. i am ready to fight back. i crimea. now a new danger looms. t n ready to fight back. i am confident the enemy will not reach kyiv. we ukrainians have always been good at self organisation. and we will be the first to support the ukrainian army. the first to support the ukrainian arm . , ., the first to support the ukrainian arm . , . , army. they have said they will defend their army. they have said they will defend their capital army. they have said they will defend their capital street - defend their capital street by street if they have to do. if diplomacy to deter an invasion fails. caroline hawley, bbc news. our top story this lunchtime. borisjohnson faces mps in a rowdy house of commons as westminster awaits the report into lockdown parties in gover
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at least six dozen men and women take part in routine exercises here, take part in weekly exercises here, in a forest near kyiv. translation: you re getting basic i infantry skills one can t really i develop in a shooting gallery orfrom an instructor, because you ve got to practise it in a group, and we have motivated people here who are ready to help you. satellite imagery shows that russia has amassed around 100,000 troops along the border with ukraine. and although war is not inevitable, volunteers like vasyl are preparing to defend kyiv block by block, if they have to. translation: i am ready to fight back. i am confident the enemy will not reach kyiv. we ukrainians have always been good at self organisation, and we ll be the first to support the ukrainian army. myroslava petsa, bbc news, kyiv.
it his normal life, this man works in logistics, but every saturday he trains as a soldier. he has wanted to do this, he says, since russia s invasion in 201a of crimea. and now a new danger looms. translation: i am ready to fight back. | i am confident the enemy will not reach kyiv. we ukrainians have always been good at self organisation. and we will be the first to support the ukrainian army. they ve said they ll defend their capital street by street if they have to do if diplomacy to deter an invasion fails. caroline hawley, bbc news. two thirds of people recently infected with the omicron variant of coronavirus say they ve had covid before, according to research. the findings come from the react 1 study which also found that earlier this month, 1 in 23 people in england would have tested positive that s the highest rate ever recorded. here s our health correspondent, anna collinson.