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British military intelligence says ukrainian forces are successfully driving back russian troops from around the capital, kyiv. as you can see from this map showing russian advances has remained practically unchanged over the past fortnight. the uk ministry of defence say ukrainian counter—attacks, and russian forces falling back on overextended supply lines, have meant ukrainian troops have been able to reoccupy towns up to 20 miles east of kyiv. it comes as the authorities in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol now say they believe around 300 people may have died when russia bombed a t...

This is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm jane hill. our top stories — ukraine's president says his country is on the verge or surviving its war with russia. the ukrainians say they've carried out a series of successful counter—attacks against the russian invaders. but there's still heavy fighting on severalfronts — and military experts believe russia will continue its indiscriminate attacks. and a russian billionaire sanctioned by the uk says he no longer owns many former properties, potentially putting them beyond the reach of the law. and ...

Past you and these men? i think no. we will not surrender kharkiv. our loved ones have got our backs. they won't get through here. quentin sommerville, bbc news, kharkiv. well, three weeks ago, a huge convoy of russian troops moved towards the capital kyiv, but its advance was stalled. since then, fierce fighting has taken place in the towns and cities outside the capital — and ukrainian forces now claim they've succeded in pushing russian troops back with a series of counter attacks, asjeremy bowen reports. in small groups, ukrainian soldiers are crossing the river irpin, joining the monthâ...

Mixed messages. does russia have a strategy? i think they probably recognise they can't capture the major cities quickly, so they are going to stop that effort and they are going to dig in. 0bviously they are going to focus very much on the donbas to secure that, but i don't think we should assume that is it for the war in terms of the rest of ukraine. the attack on lviv and the west of ukraine are indicative of that. the russians will seek to defend against ukrainian counter attacks, build up the logistical base and build and build up the material war stocks again. when the weather improves, ...

Path of behavior where russia has been targeting this sort of support infrastructure. it's the third fuel depo in recent days to be destroyed in different parts of the country along with weapons storage areas and that sort of thing. it's a clear campaign to knock out the logistics and support sigh sites that russia thinks the ukrainian military is relying on. >> phil, tell us about what is going on on the ground in terms of the ukrainian counter offensive. >> reporter: so, we've been talking this week about ukrainian counter offensives in and around the capital of kyiv. making progress there t...