ukraine makes slow progress on the front lines. zelenskyy, meanwhile, acknowledging difficulties on the battlefield, but claiming his military is retaking territory. championing the fight ahead by drawing inspiration from ukraine s strongest backer, the united states, on their independence day. only the brave gain independence and only the best of the brave are able to pass the freedom from generation to generation. a prominent journalist is recovering after being brutally assaulted. elena milos, not a reporter with the independent news maker was attacked on the way to cover a court sentencing in grozny. the attention capital. she said armed men and kidnapped her and the attorney traveling with her. they cut off her hair, broker vickers and doused are in green dye. she describes how it happened. the assailants pulled the taxi driver out of the car. they put our heads down. they tried to tie my hands behind my back. it looked like they stepped alexander because blood starting pourin
But the international community needs to provide more assistance to finally hold Moscow to account for its long-standing pattern of invasion and war crimes
have been destroyed. it s a site that has echoes of other cities that have faced russia s brutal bombardments in other countries. from grozny in chechnya. from grozny in chechnya in 2000. moscow s intervention in syria reducing aleppo to rubble. to cities in ukraine. russia may claim bakhmut is theirs, but in reality, there is little left to control. 0lga malchevska, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to congressman seth moulton about where congress stands on us support for ukraine. we also discussed an op ed he wrote about the need to regulate how artificial intelligence is used in war. congressman, it s great to have you back on our show. let s start with ukraine. the head of the bag and a mercenary group have said they have captured the city of bakhmut. the
bbc verify has seen footage showing it is now used by the russian mercenary group wagner. here is the military group s founder at the winery on the 23rd of february. several months later, he is there again. using visible terrain and structures, we managed to match the video to the winery s entrance. this is exactly where he stood. as russian forces have moved across the city, entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. it s a site that has echoes of other cities that have faced russia s brutal bombardments in other countries. from grozny in chechnya in 2000, to moscow s intervention in syria reducing aleppo to rubble, to cities in ukraine. russia may claim bakhmut is theirs, but in reality, there is little left to control. 0lga malchevska, bbc news. meanwhile, away from
as russian forces have moved across the city, entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed. it s a site that has echoes of other cities that have faced russia s brutal bombardments in other countries. from grozny in chechnya in 2000 at the start of putin s rule, to moscow s intervention in syria reducing aleppo to rubble, to cities in ukraine. russia may claim bakhmut is theirs, but in reality, there is little left to control. 0lga malchevska, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to congressman seth moulton about where congress stands on us support for ukraine. we also discussed an op ed he wrote about the need to regulate how artificial intelligence is used in war. congressman, it s great to have you back on our show. let s start with ukraine.