let s get some of the day s other news: airline industry experts have expressed fears that ground to air missiles sent to ukraine could end up in the wrong hands. safety analysts say they could end up on the black market and be bought by militant groups. the british starstreak missile is just one system being offered to kyiv to help troops there defend against russian attacks. the international atomic energy agency says the ukrainian authorities have confirmed they ve lost all communications with the chernobyl nuclear power plant. on wednesday, ukraine said all external power supplies had been cut to the site, which was seized by russian forces two weeks ago. chernobyl is no longer a working power station, but it still requires constant management. meta, the parent company of facebook and instagram, says it s changing its rules on violent speech in several countries, including russia, because of the ukraine invasion.
like a trail of chaos, death and destruction. irpin, to the north of kyiv, is now back in ukrainian hands. but a bloodied and bruised russian army says it s now refocusing its military offensive to the east of the country. it s still meeting resistance there too. this, a russian helicopter shot down over luhansk yesterday, believed to be the first time ukrainian forces have used the british made and supplied starstreak missile. yet russia s brutal bombardment in the east continues. these some of the survivors from its relentless siege of mariupol, which has been going on for weeks. translation: they ve killed everyone and - destroyed everything. they are animals. there is nothing left there any more. no houses, nojobs, no people. her husband maxim says
down over luhansk yesterday, believed to be the first time ukrainian forces have used the british made and supplied starstreak missile. yet russia s brutal bombardment in the east continues. these some of the survivors from its relentless siege of mariupol, which has been going on for weeks. translation: they ve killed everyone and - destroyed everything. they are animals. there is nothing left there any more. no houses, nojobs, no people. her husband maxim says mariupol, the city he grew up in, no longer exists. when i left i couldn t even recognise it. the city is nowjust dust and smoke. these people have been escaping any way they can from cities, towns, villages that have been under russian bombardment and are now in russian occupied territory in ukraine.
this, a russian helicopter shot down over luhansk yesterday, believed to be the first time ukrainian forces have used the british made and supplied starstreak missile. yet russia s brutal bombardment in the east continues. these some of the survivors from its relentless siege of mariupol, which has been going on for weeks. translation: they ve killed everyone and - destroyed everything. they are animals. there is nothing left there any more. no houses, nojobs, no people. her husband maxim says mariupol, the city he grew up in, no longer exists. when i left i couldn t even recognise it. the city is nowjust dust and smoke. these people have been escaping any way they can from cities, towns, villages that have been under russian bombardment and are now in russian occupied territory in ukraine. and you can sense their relief when they arrive here.