The bombing is relentless. Explosion. Shallow trenches offer the barest of protection from russian fire. Come on this way. Down. Down, down, down, down. Get in, get down. We follow closely in their daily life and death struggle to halt their enemy. Outgunned and outmanned, they refuse to give ground. Explosion. They are the defenders of donbas. First light on the Eastern Front. And the opening battle of the day for Ukrainian Forces heading forward. Is with the mud. War has left donbas ploughed and churned. This is their Second Spring since russia invaded, their Second Season of muck and misery and their second year in their struggle to keep their country free. Ukraines Eastern Front stretches for nearly 1,000 kilometres, mostly across the luhansk and donetsk regions that make up donbas. Capturing here is now russias principal war aim. We met up with ukraines 1st Tank Brigade on the zero line just outside velyka novosilka. Few know how to handle this heavily contested ground better than
It comes five days after a Ukrainian Drone attack in the same area. Now on bbc news, defenders of donbas. Theyre one of ukraines most decorated brigades in a daily battle to hold back russia on the Eastern Front. For the 1st Tank Brigade, its the fight of their lives. Under constant attack from airand ground. Come, quickly. They gave us unprecedented access to their front lines. While they fight to keep russia out from a town under constant attack. Dog barks explosion the bombing is relentless. Explosion shallow trenches offer the barest of protection from russian fire. Come on this way. Down. Down, down, down, down. Get in, get down. We follow closely in their daily life and death struggle to halt their enemy. Outgunned and outmanned, they refuse to give ground. Explosion they are the defenders of donbas. First light on the Eastern Front. And the opening battle of the day for Ukrainian Forces heading forward. Is with the mud. War has left donbas ploughed and churned. This is their Sec
it comes five days after a ukrainian drone attack in the same area. now on bbc news, defenders of donbas. they re one of ukraine s most decorated brigades in a daily battle to hold back russia on the eastern front. for the 1st tank brigade, it s the fight of their lives. under constant attack from airand ground. come, quickly. ..they gave us unprecedented access to their front lines. ..while they fight to keep russia out from a town under constant attack. dog barks explosion the bombing is relentless. explosion shallow trenches offer the barest of protection from russian fire. come on! this way. down. down, down, down, down. get in, get down. we follow closely in their daily life and death struggle to halt their enemy. outgunned and outmanned, they refuse to give ground. explosion they are the defenders of donbas. first light on the eastern front. ..and the opening battle of the day for ukrainian forces heading forward. ..is with the mud. war has left donbas ploughed and chur
max foster here in london. just ahead great likelihood is that we will have a recession. this 40 year high in inflation is having a real impact on the economy. consumers are shifting their spending to more essential categories like food and fuel. our investigation though it is not a criminal investigation certainly has brought some things to light that doj is watching. doj is now inside the white house for the first time. that is a big change. it is a hard grind, that is what ukrainian commanders are predicting to try to push the russian troops back. it is wednesday, july 27. 9:00 a.m. here in london, 4:00 a.m. in washington where in the coming hours, the u.s. federal reserve is expected to hike its benchmark interest rate in the latest attempt to cool the economy and tame inflation. the country s gdp will be released tomorrow with analysts waiting to see if the numbers show that the economy has slowed again. add in soaring prices, rising expenses and an ill p
mike pence were questioned in front of a grand jury about the scheme to use fake electors to overturn the 2020 election. that includes the role of trump lawyers john eastman and rudy giuliani. washington post and new york times report that the prosecutors asked directly about former president trump s involvement. daniella diaz is on capitol hill for us. this would be a big step asking insiders directly about trump. what is the attorney general saying about this case? reporter: the justice department will not comment directly on this grand jury testimony, but look, merrick garland making it clear that no one is above the law. he said that they will not hesitate to prosecute former president donald trump if they find evidence in their investigation that he stood in the way criminally of that certification of the 2020 results of the election. look, he spoke to nbc last night in an interview where he commented on this. take a listen to what he said. look, we pursue justic