absence. we will be live at the high court. hello, iam hello, i am matthew and welcome to cap his verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. lots to dig into intraday s programme, especially what is happening on the battlefield in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counteroffensive. the key of says it is, shifting to offensive actions in some areas. ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut is the epicentre of hostilities and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the self. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims it has faltered in major ukrainian attack in the same regions. its defence ministry has released this
that genuinely there is a form of war. each side is to some extent, wrong. there has been some kind of military action, but whether they demand to full offensive, it is probably not. the other thing which we see is suddenly information warfare, which has intensified on both sides, directed at supporters, and also to the adversary base, so we see it as a collation of x. that is also something which is expected in the predawn of military action. and what we see are kind of probing operations from the ukrainian side. yuriy sak has rightly stressed that these counteroffensive is not like all troops move at the single beat of a drum. they are trying to probe russian defences, see where there is only weak spot and then if they find
counteroffensive. the start or otherwise of this counteroffensive. n, ., counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping up counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping up of counteroffensive. matthew, we have seen a real ramping up of claiming, | seen a real ramping up of claiming, counterclaim. that is parfor the course, but the rhetoric has definitely heightened. we have had russia first off claim to have repelled three attacks now. it has gone up throughout the day, along the front line. kyiv hadn t commented but is now claiming itself to be deputy defence minister claiming to have shifted, claiming that the forces have shifted to offensive action. she said in a post, we had to d continuing the defence that started last year, in some areas we are moving to offensive actions, in particular the bakhmut direction. that eastern city remains the epicentre of hostilities and there we are moving on a fairly wide
absence. we will be live at the high court. hello, iam hello, i am matthew and welcome to cap his verified live, three hours of breaking stories and checking out the truth behind them. lots to dig into intraday s programme, especially what is happening on the battlefield in ukraine and what appears to be the start of the counteroffensive. the key of says it is, shifting to offensive actions in some areas. ukraine s deputy defence minister described the eastern city of bakhmut is the epicentre of hostilities and claimed russian forces are on the defence there, as well as in the self. the ukrainian army has released these images, showing what it says are ukrainian forces destroying russian positions in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the direction of bakhmut. this is in the occupied eastern region of donetsk. in contrast, russia claims
life in london, this is bbc news. ukraine says it is moving forward on the battlefield in what appears to have used the start of the much anticipated counteroffensive. mil anticipated counteroffensive. all the anticipated counteroffensive. fill the ukrainian soldiers and tanks will gather in one place and then the general will come up with the starting gun and things will begin to happen. we are saying, look, whatever happens it is never announced. whatever happens it is never announced- whatever happens it is never announced. ,, . , , ., announced. service is resumed after announced. service is resumed after a deadly train announced. service is resumed after a deadly train crash announced. service is resumed after a deadly train crash in announced. service is resumed after a deadly train crash in india. - announced. service is resumed after a deadly train crash in india. a - a deadly train crash in india. a second investigation is launched as family members continue to search f