march. in 2000, during training exercises, the nuclear powered submarine sank to the bottom of the sea. putin was on vacation. reluctantly only returning to moscow near a week later. 218 men died. what happened? reporter: when confronted back then, putin s stark comment. it sank. litt noting rescue boats picked up only 54 of them. russia s most disastrous naval disaster was 117 years ago. they lost the whole fleet.
ship. putin s losses mounting. his apparent callus indifference to naval losses has a track record as long as his reign. in 2000 during training exercises the nuclear powered kirsk submarine sank to the bottom of the sea. putin was on vacation, only returning later. 218 people died. when confronted back then by cnn s larry king putin s stark solitary comment. it sank. lithuania s defense minister claimed 785 crew were onboard. state tv claims all the crew survived. russia s most disastrous naval adventure was 117 years ago against japan. they lost the whole fleet.
equipment, those who proved that russian planes were defenceless, and those who proved that russian ships can only go to the bottom of the sea. but in the east of the country, invading troops continue their operations. the ukrainian government fears their main goal now is to destroy the donbas region. russia may have sustained a heavy defeat, but it is still very much in this war. tim allman, bbc news. ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky says european countries that continue to buy oil from russia are aiding the country s war against them and they will have blood on their hands. he s urged western leaders to speed up the delivery of military aid to help ukraine. our correspondent clive myrie is in kyiv and he spoke to president voldymyr zelensky about the conflict. first, he gave us his reflection on spending time with the president. very affable, very charming, he
ukrainian officials claimed they used decoy hit that russian ship with antiship missile and while russia acknowledges of fire aboard nus and other officials have not confirmed what caused the fire but either can wait roughly 500 russians had to abandon that ship. as a result now, the russian warships have moved further away from ukrainian southern coast. ukrainian president zelenskyy said russian ships can go to the bottom of the sea. and as you mention white house press secretary jen psaki said president biden will not be sent here to ukraine, although this was the president s response when he was asked about coming here. we are making that decision now. back to you. what is the reason? are you ready to go? yeah. and the cia now says chinese
in several days. and there were reports of powerful explosions in the capital kyiv. in his latest video message, president zelensky made reference to the fate of the moskva. he praised the ukrainian people, those who stopped the advance of endless columns of russian equipment, those who proved that russian planes were defenceless, and those who proved that russian ships can only go to the bottom of the sea. but in the east of the country, invading troops continue their operations. the ukrainian government fears their main goal now is to destroy the donbas region. russia may have sustained a heavy defeat, but it is still very much in this war. tim allman, bbc news. let s get more on this from our correspondent danjohnson, who s in the western city of lviv.