this is bbc news, the latest headlines: the us is expected to announce its biggest single military aid package to help ukraine, worth around $3 billion. as the conflict approaches the six months mark, ukrainians try to observe their independence day amid warnings of renewed russian attacks. refugees from ukraine are still making their way to the uk and other countries. 0ur correspondent, jon kay caught up with some of the families trying to build a new life in south west england. 2000 miles from ukraine, the somerset village of oak hill,
around the world can t do. i think it shows great leadership, actually, to be able to put yourself out there and express some of the difficulties that you ve had to go through. there. joe root there. that s all the sport for now. as we ve been hearing, today marks six months since russia began its full scale invasion of ukraine, prompting the biggest refugee crisis of modern times. here in the uk, around 115,000 ukrainians are rebuilding their lives many staying with host families. jon kay has been to one village in somerset to meet some of them. 2000 miles of ukraine, the somerset village of oak hill, 2000 miles from ukraine, the somerset village of oak hill, now home to dozens of refugees. do you want to come on in? robin s front room is no longer his own.
to face any enemy, including russia. this independence day poses some difficult realities criticisms over why ukraine didn t act on warnings from the west, and the country s continued dependence for help to stay independent. james waterhouse, bbc news in kyiv. the invasion six months ago triggered the largest displacement of people in the world today. a third of ukraine s population has been uprooted by the war. there are now an estimated 6.5 million refugees across europe. many have been re homed here in the uk. so how is the uk refugee programme going, and what more can be done to help? jon kay has been finding out. 2,000 miles from ukraine, the somerset village of oak hill, now home to dozens of refugees. do you want to come on in? robin s front room is no longer his own.
eating out in general is costing a lot more. £15 for four of us more, eating out, and we ve noticed it since easter. it s a delicate balancing act for the fresh fryers. if you increase prices too much, you drive customers away. just ask at the bishopston fish bar. we have had to increase our prices two or three times this year already, hopefully not again, but it has dropped business by about 30% but we are still going. here, as in so many other places, they have had to reduce hours they are open to cut costs. 66% of shops have reduced their opening hours to reduce costs, if you re not open you re not using as much electric, don t need as many staff, so they reduce staffing levels by about four people on average and unfortunately this situation is potentially an extinction event for small businesses like nothing we ve seen before. the government is being lobbied by chip shops for help with electricity bills and a vat reduction. they ve secured a meeting this week. whoever becomes our
for the ukrainians, and for their host families, the months ahead will undoubtedly see more challenges. but in this peaceful corner of somerset, there is a real determination to stick together. jon kay, bbc news, oak hill. live now to kyiv and our correspondent there, hugo bachega. to what extent do you feel or do we have an idea of who has the advantage, who has the momentum now? the conflict seems to be at a deadlock. it has become a war of attrition. forweeks deadlock. it has become a war of attrition. for weeks there hasn t been any major change in terms of military position. the ukrainians are heavily reliant on weapons being sent by the west and that is giving them hope that they can push the russians out of their country. today, independence day, western