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this time last year, we were seeing clear signs that ukraine s much heralded summer offensive wasn t doing very well. russia had had plenty of time to prepare its defences and ukraine simply couldn t break through them. the next phase, inevitably, would be a russian spring offensive, after the snow and mud of the winter gave way to firmer ground under the tracks and wheels of the tanks and armoured personnel carriers. ukraine s supporters around the world were nervous. might this be the moment when russia came crashing back, recapturing the ground it had lost and even maybe threatening kyiv, the ukrainian capital? the delays in getting the big us support package through seemed to make things much worse. and yet it hasn t happened. russia has made some gains, admittedly, but there s been no actual breakthrough. the bbc ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, is back in london briefly, and i asked him for his view of what was happening. after ukraine weathered that initi ....
of that competition. this time last year, we were seeing clear signs that ukraine s much heralded summer offensive wasn t doing very well. russia had had plenty of time to prepare its defences and ukraine simply couldn t break through them. the next phase, inevitably, would be a russian spring offensive, after the snow and mud of the winter gave way to firmer ground under the tracks and wheels of the tanks and armoured personnel carriers. ukraine s supporters around the world were nervous. might this be the moment when russia came crashing back, recapturing the ground it had lost and even maybe threatening kyiv, the ukrainian capital? the delays in getting the big us support package through seemed to make things much worse. and yet it hasn t happened. russia has made some gains, admittedly, but there s been no actual breakthrough. the bbc ukraine correspondent, james waterhouse, is back in london briefly, and i asked him for his view of what was happening. after ukraine ....
from the bbc s headquarters here in sunny london. in our programme today: is russia s summer offensive turning out to be as successful as ukraine feared? this summer, notably, for the first time, they are saying things like, we don t really know what our goal is other than to stay alive. the idea of pushing the russians to the border, certainly in the east, feels far fetched to them. who owns the moon? and what are different countries planning to do there? you look at pictures of the moon, and it looks as bare as anything, but people have valued what s up there as being anywhere between sort of billions of dollars and quadrillions of dollars. and with the euros in full flow, who stands to gain from football success? if you get to a stage, and we ve seen this in certain leagues in europe, one team dominates too much, then perhaps that will begin to affect the popularity and the appeal of that competition. this time last year, we were seeing clear signs that ukraine s m ....
sun, but it will be even warmer tomorrow. i ll have the details later here on breakfast. it s saturday 22 june. our main story: the search for a missing teenager enters its sixth day in tenerife. 19 year old jay slater was due to arrive home in lancashire yesterday after his holiday. rescue teams on the island still haven t found any trace of him. our correspondent fiona trott is in tenerife. this is the challenge they are facing. police are searching mountainous terrain above masca, dipping down into the ravine not far from where jay slater was last seen. watching on, concerned friends anxiously waiting for news. and the weight continues back home in lancashire. when you feel helpless thousands of miles away in oswaldtwistle, this is what you do. tie ribbons of hope. tie ribbons of hope. there s not much we can tie ribbons of hope. there s not much we can do tie ribbons of hope. there s not much we can do over tie ribbons of hope. there s not much we can do over ....
well, there is a list of problems facing this year s french open and it has just got longer. novak djokovic has withdrawn from the touranment with a knee injury, ending his own defence of the title at roland garros. the world number one had been involved in the latest finish in french open history, before returning on monday to deal not only with another marathon match but also a slippery court. djokovic then claimed that had contributed to the injury which has now forced him to pull out. here s our tennis correspondent russell fuller. it has been described as a torn medial meniscus, right knee problem. we don t know the severity of this injury, but it is a huge concern to novak djokovic with wimbledon starting in just underfour weeks time and the olympics beginning in just under eight. he is desperate to win an olympic gold medal for the first time in his career, and both of those events must have big question marks attached to them. it was a problem that he had, ....