pictures in moscow on this bright sunny day is as a security correspondent frank gardner. it is interesting, frank, a lot of speculation that he would say this was a war, that he would say this was a war, that he would say this was russia fighting against the west and nato. half of that came out of the dispute but know that he was declaring it has a full blown war? yes, russia denied that they would call it a war, that i think there was a certain scepticism about that, because in the run up to the invasion, russia also denied it would invade. so people thought, we will take that with a who knows what is really inside the mind of this man we are seeing work along here in the centre? president putin visibly smaller than some of the people surrounding him, and walking through what is known as red square, with the kremlin walls beside him. saint basil s cathedral at one end, the spassky tower, all these famous monuments of moscow, and i think it s worth mentioning that russians feel immens
part, 131 vehicles and also some 77 aircraft. now, we haven t seen any pictures of those aircraft yet, and there was a lot of speculation that, when the aircraft and fly over red square and over those domes of saint basil s just square and over those domes of saint basil sjust in the square and over those domes of saint basil s just in the corner there, they would be flying in a z formation, picking up on the z letter, which doesn t exist in the cyrillic alphabet, but which has come to define the conflict there. it has been a rallying call, in fact, for many russians in the country in the russian diaspora for those who support president putin in his war in ukraine. i m not sure if we canjust hear some his war in ukraine. i m not sure if we can just hear some of the atmosphere from red square. president putin looking much perkier and sharper than he did when he was filmed talking to the man behind him, the defence secretary. but here, as you can see, applause.
but not enough is being done to help loved ones stay together, homelessness charities have told the bbc. adam eley has been to meet rhyss mackay, who slept rough in newcastle for almost five years without seeing loved ones but whose life has been transformed. i missed them lots, especially at times like birthdays and christmases. when rhyss left home aged 18 after disagreements with his mum, he lost contact with his family altogether. for almost five years he slept rough on the streets of newcastle. the longer it got, the harder it got to reach out and speak to them. i thought about them all the time, but i had deteriorated quite a lot. i looked very unwell, didn t want them to see the way i was. family breakdown is one of the leading causes of homelessness. west midlands based charity saint basil s says more must be done to help families stay together, where appropriate. ultimately, if we are just putting a roof over people s heads and we are not dealing with the issues that led to th