who joins us from washington. hello, welcome to the programme. the news emerging from the steel plant in mariupol is hard to verify, but it does seem tonight from the reporting of several news agencies, that the most severely wounded ukrainians have been taken out of the plant. 40 wounded ukrainians that need urgent treatment and we are told around a dozen buses have left the plant in the last few hours. the russian ministry of defence said those troops that do surrender would be taken to hospital in a nearby town, in separatist held ukraine, where they will then become prisoners of war. we will keep across that and bring you details as we get it. meanwhile there is some evidence emerging that vladimir putin is directly overseeing battle plans for ukraine. western intelligence sources believe the russian president, together with his military chief general garasimov, are intervening in day to day tactical operations and are making decisions that would normally be made by morej
is contingent on satisfying the dup demand in respect of the protocol, thereby affording to one section of unionism, of political unionism, a veto that is entirely unadaptable. we are going to bring in mark devonport. nice to see. it seems to me that the dup are going to reserve judgment until they see what is in this legislation proposed by boris johnson later this week. that this legislation proposed by boris johnson later this week.- johnson later this week. that is exactly the johnson later this week. that is exactly the case. johnson later this week. that is exactly the case. what - johnson later this week. that is exactly the case. what we - johnson later this week. that is exactly the case. what we are i exactly the case. what we are expecting is the british government to reveal at least their intentions if not a full draught this week. and the intention appears to be to override parts of this controversial brexit protocol to try and change the whole approach to goods moving