Thank you forjoining us as ever on bbc news. i want to begin by taking a look at a map of ukraine. this shows how the front line has changed one year on. you have been monitoring this very closely, initially it was thought russia would overpower ukraine in the early days. would overpower ukraine in the early da s. ~ : would overpower ukraine in the early da s.: . we are on the one year anniversary of a lightning special military operation by russia, i think the three day claim you see pushed around is still a bit over wrecked but i think they were looking at about a three week to have everything completed and achieve the objectives they wanted to in ukraine, they pretty much failed to achieve any of their initial objectives one year on, and this will drag on certainly without
Hands, but ukraine fought back, forcing the kremlin to abandon its attempt to take the capital. and pushing russian forces back, first in the north east and then in the south, where the city of kherson was liberated. the cost in soldiers lives has been immense. ukraine is thought to have lost as many as 100,000 dead or wounded. for russia, it s been much worse. as many as 200,000 casualties with a much higher proportion of those killed. the west has sprung to ukraine s defence in one of the most remarkable efforts of its kind ever seen. from anti tank weapons that began to flood in early on. ..to sophisticated artillery systems that allowed ukraine to go on the offensive and tanks and armoured vehicles that are even now on their way. ukraine s allies have so far promised more than $65 billion of military aid. the united states has been by far the biggest donor. none of this, of course, has brought the warto an end. most people agree that it s likely to go on for a lot
The un reckons that at least 8000 ukrainian civilians have been killed. over 13,000 are injured and those are just the figures we know about. more than 13 million people are homeless. 8 million are now refugees in europe. millions more are still in the country, but not in their homes. the un believes 21 million people, more than half of the country s pre war population, need help. large parts of eastern and southern ukraine lie in ruins. more than 1,000 educational buildings have been attacked. and more than 750 health care facilities, theatres, libraries and religious buildings have also been targeted. russia s attack was fast. within days of invading, its forces were at the gates of the capital, kyiv. huge chunks of the east and the south where in russian
Appear to be moving closer and closer together, at a time when the chinese government is already accused of supplying non lethal aid to the russian war effort and a time when the us government says china is preparing to supply actual weapons to russia, this position paper has been released by the chinese government effectively as a means of trying to convince the world that it remains neutral in terms of the war in ukraine. we have heard the lines before, basically beijing saying that russia and ukraine direct talks. they are saying the territorial integrity of ukraine needs to be respected, but legitimate security concerns of moscow also need to be considered. already the head of the eu delegation in the city has said it is not really a peace plan and china should be condemning the invasion outright. the government in ukraine