To the program. We begin in russia where President Putin has carried out a rare reshuffle of his security chiefs. His top Defence Minister, Sergei Shoigu has been removed from his post. Hes a long standing ally of Vladimir Putin and has served as Defence Minister since 2012, Playing A Key role in russias invasion of ukraine. His replacement will be andrei belousov, an economist and the deputy Prime Minister. Earlier our russia editor Steve Rosenberg explained that at the kremlin, reshuffles are unusual. Whoever the russian government ministers are, whoever s sitting around that cabinet table, there is one man and one man alone in russia who calls the shots, and that is Vladimir Putin. Hes the man with all the power. Having said that, a Government Reshuffle in russia is interesting, particularly when key ministers like the Defence Minister is being changed. They dont happen too often. The foreign minister, hes been in his post for 20 years. Mr shoigu, he has been Defence Minister for 12
Been able to verify. There have also been strikes on the russian side of the border in belgorod on sunday. The Russian Military claimed a ukrainian airstrike destroyed a section of a 10 storey apartment block. With the latest on the conflict, our defence Correspondentjonathan Beale reports from vovchansk in Kharkiv Under Russian attack. The road to russia, just a few miles from the border. And proof that the russians are back in the Kharkiv Region again. The town of vovchansk was liberated in a surprise ukrainian offensive less than two years ago. Now its at risk of falling back into russian hands. Alexi, a local policeman, is once again telling the population to leave. He says its better than dying. The shelling is constant and chaotic. And its all over the town. We quickly move on at the sound of a russian drone. This is all thats left of sergeis home. The familiar russian tactic of reducing towns to rubble. But sergei says he cant leave. He needs to look after his goats now his only
Barely any aid had been reaching the region after other crossings were closed. With me is mohamed taha from bbc arabic. Good morning to you. So, lets talk about rafah to start with before we move onto humanitarian aid. What is happening in rafah . The humanitarian aid. What is happening in rafah . The idf are askin happening in rafah . The idf are asking more happening in rafah . The idf are asking more people happening in rafah . The idf are asking more people to happening in rafah . The idf are asking more people to leave asking more people to leave rafah, they asked last week that people in the eastern part of rafah to leave near khan younis. Now they are expanding this area to a larger area to ask people to leave rafah, the ground of enzyme rafah, there are many warnings from the united states, from the uk, from the National Agency that this widening area of fighting in rafah lots of humanitarian crisis, would cause lots of Human Casualties between civilians and the situation in ra
Their Surprise Offensive two days ago, they claim to have taken nine villages altogether, something the bbc has not been able to verify. There have also been strikes on the russian side of the border in belgorod on sunday. The Russian Military claimed a ukrainian airstrike destroyed a section of a 10 storey apartment block. With the latest on the conflict, our defence Correspondentjonathan Beale reports from vovchansk, in Kharkiv Under Russian attack. The road to russia, just a few miles from the border. And proof that the russians are back in the Kharkiv Region again. The town of vovchansk was liberated in a surprise ukrainian offensive less than two years ago. Now its at risk of falling back into russian hands. Alexi, a local policeman, is once again telling the population to leave. He says its better than dying. The shelling is constant and chaotic. And its all over the town. We quickly move on at the sound of a russian drone. This is all thats left of sergeis home. The familiar rus
There have also been strikes on the russian side of the border in belgorod on sunday. The Russian Military claimed a ukrainian airstrike destroyed a section of a 10 storey apartment block. With the latest on the conflict, our defence Correspondentjonathan Beale reports from vovchansk in Kharkiv Under Russian attack. The road to russia, just a few miles from the border. And proof that the russians are back in the Kharkiv Region again. The town of vovchansk was liberated in a surprise ukrainian offensive less than two years ago. Now its at risk of falling back into russian hands. Alexi, a local policeman, is once again telling the population to leave. He says its better than dying. The shelling is constant and chaotic. And its all over the town. We quickly move on at the sound of a russian drone. This is all thats left of sergeis home. The familiar russian tactic of reducing towns to rubble. But sergei says he cant leave. He needs to look after his goats now his only worldly possessions.