are going to push as far as they can in russian territory. what do we know did the counter offensive that continues?, right? reporter: yes. it continues even as the referendums continues. the state agency putting out new numbers this morning. this is in the 1960s. as you say, this counter offense continues. and ukraine president zelenskyy said it addressed on monday evening. and now it is the priorities. they said they want to cain goal over it. that is one of the key objectives. it is continuing to try and push this. we want to thwart all and my activity. russia supporting this shell schools in the enhanced regions. this is being used as a polling center. is it one of the ways that they are trying to thwart the enemy activity is by thwarting the rev referendums. this is happening in the presence of armed guards. we are expecting to move quickly once the voting is over and russia declare that the regions said they will join the region. they said they believe they ha
and that does suggest a real intelligence failure by the russian side. britain, meanwhile, isjust starting to get over the extraordinary last few days when the world s leaders came to london to pay their respects to queen elizabeth ii. i think the leaders enjoyed the fact that they were going to the most extraordinary diplomatic reception in buckingham palace. and how are iran s women responding to the increasingly brutal crackdown on the way they dress? what s fascinating about these protests is seeing these young, brave women who are not scared. president putin has given his clearest warning yet that he could use nuclear weapons if ukraine attacks russian territory. and he s going to turn four regions of russian occupied ukraine into russian territory. the areas, that is, which the ukrainian forces are starting to recapture. and president putin is getting legislation passed to make it possible to introduce partial mobilisation in russia and martial law if necessary. the
Territory. Two returned back safely but the one carrying the president and Foreign Minister crashed in mountainous territory in heavy fog. All contact was lost. Our correspondent Caroline Hawley reports. You can see how bad conditions were in the area, as the Rescue Operation was under way. A fleet of ambulances on standby. The army is reported to have ordered all resources needed to be thrown at the search. Members of irans red crescent scoured the rugged landscape on foot for any sign of the missing helicopter, but Poor Visibility made it difficult for the rescue teams to reach the scene of the crash even to locate it. Translation there are currently three drone teams in the area but due to the thick fog and low visibility, the drones were not able to successfully operate. There are also three teams with rescue dogs in the area. We are searching and we hope well be able to reach positive results very soon. The first indication that something had gone wrong came on state run televisio
The aircraft since. And one line of Breaking News for you Iranian State tv are reporting that a turkish drone has identified a source of heat suspected to be the wreckage and turkey has shared the coordinates with iran. The bbc s Caroline Hawley has more on what we know so far. You can see how bad conditions were in the area, as the Rescue Operation was under way. A fleet of ambulances on standby. The army is reported to have ordered all resources needed to be thrown at the search. Members of irans red crescent scoured the rugged landscape on foot for any sign of the missing helicopter, but Poor Visibility made it difficult for the rescue teams to reach the scene of the crash even to locate it. Translation there are i currently three drone teams in the area but due to the thick fog and low visibility, the drones were not able to successfully operate. There are also three teams with rescue dogs in the area. We are searching and we hope well be able to reach positive results very soon. T
Of the dam and the helicopter he was travelling in. A convoy of three helicopters is believed to have then travelled across iranian territory. Two returned back safely, but the one carrying the president and Foreign Minister crashed in mountainous territory in heavy fog. All contact with it was then lost. Our correspondent Caroline Hawley reports. You can see how bad conditions were in the area, as the Rescue Operation was under way. A fleet of ambulances on standby. The army is reported to have ordered all resources needed to be thrown at the search. Members of irans red crescent scoured the rugged landscape on foot for any sign of the missing helicopter, but Poor Visibility made it difficult for the rescue teams to reach the scene of the crash even to locate it. Translation there are currently three drone teams in the area but due to the thick fog and low visibility, the drones were not able to successfully operate. There are also three teams with rescue dogs in the area. We are sear