Russia has condemed their return, saying it breaks the terms of a prisoner swap agreement. here s lee milner. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky, welcoming home five commanders of ukraine s former garrison in mariupol at a ceremony in lviv. they were brought home by the president after a visit to turkey. translation: they were fighting for ukraine. - they survived russian captivity. they spent over 300 days in turkey. it is time for them to be home. applause. reunited with family and friends, the five commanders hailed as heroes in ukraine led last year s defence of the southern port of mariupol, the biggest city russia has captured in its invasion. the ukrainian defenders who held out in tunnels and bunkers under a steel plant were finally ordered by kyiv to surrender in may last year.
The us president, joe biden, has begun hisjourney to the uk, traveling from the dover air force base in delaware en route to london ahead of a meeting with the prime minister, rishi sunak. the two allies have disagreed in public over the us decision to send controversial cluster bombs to ukraine. the issue has dominated the build up to the visit. in addition to his meeting with the prime minister, president biden will also meet king charles at windsor castle. ukraine has welcomed home five army commanders, who were being held in turkey, after a prisoner swap. the men were captured over a year ago, during the fierce and prolonged battle for control of the azovstal steel plant in mariupol. russia has condemed their return, saying it breaks the terms of a prisoner swap agreement. here s lee milner. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky welcoming home five commanders of ukraine s former garrison in mariupol at a ceremony in lviv. they were brought home by the
After a prisoner swap. the men were captured over a year ago, during the fierce and prolonged battle for control of the azovstal steel plant in mariupol. russia has condemed their return, saying it breaks the terms of a prisoner swap agreement. here s lee milner. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky welcoming home five commanders of ukraine s former garrison in mariupol at a ceremony in lviv. they were brought home by the president after a visit to turkey. translation: they were fighting for ukraine. - they survived russian captivity. they spent over 300 days in turkey. it is time for them to be home. reunited with family and friends, the five commanders hailed as heroes in ukraine led last year s defence of the southern port of mariupol, the biggest city russia has captured
And will continue to do our part to support ukraine against the illegal and unprovoked russian invasion. a sensitive subject and difference of opinion on the crucial issue of support for ukraine in response to the russian invasion. but there will be ceremony as well as substance to this visit. after talks with the prime minister in downing street, the president will meet the king at windsor castle. jonathan blake, bbc news. ukraine has welcomed home five army commanders who were being held in turkey, after a prisoner swap. the men were captured over a year ago, during the fierce and prolonged battle for control of the azovstal steel plant in mariupol. russia has condemed their return, saying it breaks the terms of a prisoner swap agreement. here s lee milner. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky welcoming home five commanders of ukraine s former garrison in mariupol
The men were in charge of ukraine s garrison in mariupol, which was captured by russia. under a prisoner exchange, they were meant to remain in turkey but, instead, they ve been allowed to go home. russia has denounced the release of the men, claiming it violates the prisoner exchange terms. here in the uk. a bbc presenter has been accused of paying a teenager for sexually explicit photographs, beginning when they were 17. the sun newspaper reported that the unnamed male presenter had all paid the teenager tens of thousands of pounds. it is understood that the bbc is looking into the allegations. broadcasters rylan clark, jeremy vine and gary lineker have all tweeted to say it s not them. our correspondent lizo mzimba has been giving us the very latest. this story first emerged in the sun newspaper. the story contains allegations against someone the newspaper describes as a top bbc star . we understand that the bbc
Russell James Bankey, 75, was convicted on one count of felony first-degree criminal sexual conduct with a victim under the age of 16 with whom he had a significant relationship.
Next to us. the russian soldiers just walked over to the ukrainians, and they re, like, we re done, please give us food and water, and we d rather be a prisoner than continue fighting. wow. garrison, thank you very much. i appreciate it, and garrison is operating on the front lines here. and we very much you being here with us tonight. thank you for having me on. next we re going to see how the forces are getting pushed back. the counteroffensive is just over [ sound of gunfire ] so far the ukrainians are only inching forward. plus, i ll talk to the ukrainian soldier who s been on this show several times and was at the restaurant in kramatorsk when it was hit yesterday. the death toll there going up. what is his response to the kremlin saying they were targeting an army command post?
Control where there were a number of private military arm is competing with each other and one of them apparently challenging the president himself. another question is what wagnerfighters himself. another question is what wagner fighters will do and i have seen reports of discontent, some apparently saying they have been betrayed by their leader so that is another subject to watch.- betrayed by their leader so that is another subject to watch. lord dannatt is a former head of the british army. hejoins me now from norfolk. thank you for doing so. give us a sense of context as to the destabilising nature of the events because of the parts of the world we sometimes see uprisings over pay issues for a garrison or barix and that gets suppressed quickly and gets resolved but this strikes me as something far more existential,
Ended this rebellion. as you said, prigozhin is agreeing to go into some form of exile in belarus. in return for the criminal case against him being dropped. the kremlin is also saying it is prepared to give amnesty to his wagner mercenaries who took part in this rebellion. it is saying that those who did not take part will be allowed to join the regular russian military. many, many more questions than answers at this point. nicole, you asked me last hour, did prigozhin gets anything, especially in terms of his demands, that russia senior military leaders, the defense minister, garrison of the general in charge, be removed from their posts? the kremlin is saying they are not aware at this point of any changes in russia s senior military leadership. so it appears that they have not made concessions to prigozhin at this point. and nicole again, it is early hours. there is a lot of fog of war