a harmful gene. hello and welcome to bbc news. dmytro kuleba, ukraine s foreign minister, has warned that countries which mistreated ukraine during the darkest moment of its history will be held to account after the war ends. in an interview with the bbc, he also warned western allies that delaying the delivery of weapons will cost the lives of ukrainian soldiers. our diplomatic correspondent, james landale, has been speaking to him, and began by asking him why the battle for bakhmut in the east of ukraine is so important. the battle for bakhmut is now the longest of the war. more than half a year of bloody fighting for control of what is little more than rubble. but ukraine s foreign minister told me holding the city was vital, and notjust for the damage it s causing to russia s army. defending bakhmut is emotionally very challenging, because people find it hard emotionally to take, carry the burden of this death, loss of human life and destruction. it s a struggle t
To face premier league leaders arsenal, who saw their european adventure come to an end last night in heartbreaking style. arsenal were on course to reach the quarter finals when granit xhaka put them ahead.. but pedro gonsalves produced a stunning goal for sporting s equaliser. not one aaron ramsdale will want to see again. arsenal did hit the post but it eventually went to penalties and sporting came out on top winning 5 3. but now the soul focus for arsenal is on their 11 remaining premier league games: we are all disappointed and we have to look at ourselves. i think that we have to do better, to have bigger margins to win the game and not rely on the last 20 minutes or extra time or a penalty shoot out to go through in the competition. now what we have is the focus, paris, the only focus that we have, and everybody thinking