The skyscrapers are in moscow. You will remember that is an area that has come under attack twice at the beginning of this month. No casualties reported. Russian media showed damage to an Exhibition Centre in that area, west of the city centre. But it wasnt completely clear whether that damage was caused by debris from the drone falling, or whether actually, the drone hit its target. Drone attacks in areas around moscow are relatively common. In fact, we hear almost every day about drones being shot down or drones being discovered on the ground. But it is relatively rare for a drone to get this far into the city centre and this close to the kremlin itself, about three miles away was where this incident took place. You will remember at the beginning of may, the kremlin itself was attacked by two drones. Well have more later on the use of joes by ukraine in the war with russia. Saudi arabian officials have confirmed that the British Government has invited Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman
Dan roan, she said the team has usually in areas around moscow, bought for a drink to get to the city centre is quite unusual, it is wholly happy few times. You mention the unusual nature of this, last month president zelensky said the war was coming to russia, it is beginning to feel that way for ordinary russians . It is beginning to feel that way for ordinary russians . Well, the short answer is not ordinary russians . Well, the short answer is not really. Ordinary russians . Well, the short answer is not really. If ordinary russians . Well, the short answer is not really. If you ordinary russians . Well, the short answer is not really. If you talk ordinary russians . Well, the short answer is not really. If you talk to | answer is not really. If you talk to russians, mention, ask them about specific things, if they are concerned about drones hitting buildings, are you worried about the wagner group staging another mutiny. They shrug and say not really. If you asked more generally,
we can t have these conversations without you, so i know you are juggling a lot of things. but thank you very much for making some time to talk to us. we re grateful. e time to talk to us we re grateful . ,. . it to the to th according to russian state media, the criminal case against yevgeny prigozhin, the head of the wagner group, a private mercenary army in russia critical to russia s ability to wage war in ukraine, will be dropped. that s what they re saying at least. and he will be an exile in belarus. so far, it is not clear if you will actually give up leadership or commands of the wagner group. but he sent a voice note signaling that his forces would stand down. that order comes after a day of putin back negotiations with prigozhin to avoid russian losses inside russian territory. with promises of safety guarantees for the wagner fighters. until just a few hours ago, wagner forces were marching toward moscow. appearing to be ready to wage an armed result against
Time. desperate hope i think amongst ukrainians. they re not looking at a multiyear conflict here, but yeah, the hatred you hear from ukrainians who have lost family members, who have seen their homes torn apart by this war will run deep for generations. in talking to those men as well, they ve heard, too, some of the criticism. some very public criticism from western officials about how the counteroffensive is being prosecuted. i think it does engender some anger and confusion, too, some of their allies talking them do down. they know here it s hard, it s slow. they re facing a pretty well dug in russian enemy. they are seeing some progress. certainly this day around a key village, a tiny one, but one there s been a lot of fighting around. ukraine has said it s moved into there. incremental progress, but at some point, some of these small
Are not looking at a multi year conflict here. but yeah. the hatred that you hear from ukrainians who have lost family members, who ve seen their homes torn apart by this war will run deep for generations. and talking to those men, as well, they ve heard, too, some of the criticisms, some very public criticism from western officials about how the counter offense is being prosecuted. i think it does engender some anger, and frankly confusion as well, that some of their allies talking them down this early on in the counteroffensive. they know here that it is hard, that it is slow, that they are facing a pretty well dug in russian enemy. they are seeing some progress, certainly the stay around rob tina rabatina ukraine has now said it s moved into their, incremental progress. but at some point some of the small changes to odell, likely, in a bigger change in russia s ability to defend these frontlines. we might be seeing, possibly,