the coast opposite taiwan, following president tsai ing wen s trip to the united states. you are watching bbc news, now ukraine: a year on the front lines. over the past 30 years or so, i ve covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. this is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in ourtime. there was a sense that the security architecture that we knew, the safety, the security that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. i was here injanuary and february of last year, counting down to the invasion. i was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. we were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. it s only 30 miles from the russian border. but inside the city, there was this surreal atmosphere of calm. and i remember we went to film in a supermarket. there was no panic buying. the shelves were full. we met a lady called tatiana, who was
from those who d never held a weapon, to experienced soldiers, british volunteers are fighting and dying alongside the people of ukraine. i did not find out until the day before he was coming. a lot of people are like, why you are here and why are you doing this? is there a kind of war tourism? as i tracked down the people who did not have to be in this war, we find stories of bravery. get me a chest seal, open the bag. ..and friendship. everyone 0k? i am proud of what i have achieved, but i m proud of the guys who i am out there with. ..of a search for adventure and of sacrifice. i wish we could have kept him here. we are on our way to the ukrainian border to meet up with a medical team that are helping to evacuate an injured british fighter, but their ambulance has broken down and they have had to get another one so fingers crossed they will make it out. thousands of volunteers have made this journey into the conflict, and i am on a mission to find out what they have been u
capital, sofia. police say they were in hidden compartments, and had suffocated. thirty four others, including five children, were rescued. now on bbc news our world brits in battle: ukraine. on the battlefields of ukraine, you will notjust find local soldiers but volunteers from all over the world. ukrainian officials say 20,000 international volunteers have travelled to help right back against the russian invasion. many of them came from brayton. they needed help so that is why i got out and help. i they needed help so that is why i got out and help. i got out and help. i have a purpose i got out and help. i have a purpose to i got out and help. i have a purpose to life. i got out and help. i have a purpose to life. from - i got out and help. i have a| purpose to life. from those i got out and help. i have a - purpose to life. from those who never held purpose to life. from those who never held a purpose to life. from those who never held a weapon purpose to li
border force staff at several ports, including calais, are on the second day of a four day strike about pay. at ten o clock we will be here with a full round up of the days news. first our world: brits in battle: ukraine. on the battlefields of ukraine, you won t just find local soldiers. slava ukraini. ..but volunteers from all over the world. guatemala, portugal, america. ukrainian officials say 20,000 international volunteers have travelled to help fight back against the russian invasion. many of them came from britain. they needed help so that is why i got up and went. i ve got a purpose in life out there. you didn t have any military experience previously? 100% civilian. from those who d never held a weapon, to experienced soldiers, british volunteers are fighting and dying alongside the people of ukraine. i did not find out until the day before he was coming. a lot of people are like, why you are here and why are you doing this? is there a kind of war tourism? as i tr
over the past 30 years or so, i ve covered conflicts in the middle east, in the balkans and in africa, but this is unlike anything that i have ever known. this is a war that we did not expect to see in europe in our time. there was a sense that the security architecture that we knew, the safety, the security, that we thought we had since the end of the cold war, that was gone. i was here injanuary and february of last year counting down to the invasion. i was sure it would come, but it turned out to be even worse than i expected. we were in mariupol, which is a port city in the east. it s only 30 miles from the russian border. but inside the city, there was this surreal atmosphere of calm. and i remember we went to film in a supermarket. there was no panic buying. the shelves were full. we met a lady called tatiana, who was 7a, and very feisty. and, i remember, she almost seemed angry that we had dared to ask the question, will the russians invade all? maybe it was denial. ma