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Defending the city, colonel general oleksandr sirsky, was handing out promotions and medals today. he's been fighting the russians in eastern ukraine since 2014. now, they're on his doorstep. the russians are four kilometres from here. is it painful for you that they have come so far on this soil? it's painful, yeah. especially here, because i fight against russia eight years, during eight years. so i'd like to say, together, we are stronger. and, er, we will...win. he told me his men are

North of the capital. keeping watch on a critical front line to the north of the capital. the russians now say they will drastically reduce attacks around kyiv. these ukrainian troops will not be dropping their guard. the man in charge of defending the city, colonel general oleksandr sirsky, was handing out promotions and medals today. he has been fighting the russians in eastern ukraine since 2014. now, they are on his doorstep. the russians are four kilometres from here. is it painful for you that they have come so far on this soil? it is painfulfor me. especially here because i fight agains...

They will drastically reduce attacks around kyiv. these ukrainian troops will not be dropping their guard. the man in charge of defending the city, colonel general oleksandr sirsky, was handing out promotions and medals today. he has been fighting the russians in eastern ukraine since 2014. now, they are on his doorstep. the russians are four kilometres from here. is it painful for you that they have come so far on this soil? it is painful, yeah. especially here because i fight against russia during eight years. so i would like to say

Just examples of that, the new media sanctions also in the uk i know they sanctioned a top russian military general that they called and i quote, the butcher of mariupol what are they saying about him and his role? >> reporter: yeah, that's right. this colonel general which is very high ranking military figure in russia, he's believed to have been the individual who orchestrated the siege and the attack on mariupol in southern ukraine, on the sea of asov, that battle of course still underway, a battle in which thousands of people have been killed, potentially civilians, predominantly, inside m...

The outskirts of the city. the ukrainian general in charge of defending kyiv has told the bbc today that russia is suffering heavy losses and cannot win. 0ur international correspondent, 0rla guerin, sent this report from a front line north of the capital. ukrainian forces keep watch on a critical front line to the north of the capital. having said it had no plans to invade, russia now says it will drastically reduce attacks around kyiv. these troops won't be dropping their guard. the man in charge of defending the city, colonel general 0leksandr sirsky, was handing out promotions and medals t...