in conversation with our partners, with our city mayor, and the demand is simple. free him immediately. live now to our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. four days this convoy has been closing in on the capital city. how far away are they now? if closing in on the capital city. how far away are they now?— closing in on the capital city. how far away are they now? if you ask uk defence officials, _ far away are they now? if you ask uk defence officials, they _ far away are they now? if you ask uk defence officials, they are _ far away are they now? if you ask uk defence officials, they are thought i defence officials, they are thought to be more than ten miles away. we know there is heavy fighting half an hour drive away from here in the north—westerly direction around the town is there. some people are able to get out, but it is the spreading out of the a0 mile convoy that is adding to worries russia is preparing to mount a much larger attack on the capital. 0ne preparing to mount a much larger attack on the capital. one of the things hard to compute is what will happen next. of course we are seeing a continuation of cities being surrounded, certainly with kharkiv in the east, especially mariupol in the south—east where conditions are