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of that competition. this time last year, we were seeing clear signs that ukraine's much—heralded summer offensive wasn't doing very well. russia had had plenty of time to prepare its defences and ukraine simply couldn't break through them. the next phase, inevitably, would be a russian spring offensive, after the snow and mud of the winter gave way to firmer ground under the tracks and wheels of the tanks and armoured personnel carriers. ukraine's supporters around the world were nervous. might this be the moment when russia came crashing back, recapturing the ground it had lost a...

from the bbc�*s headquarters here in sunny london. in our programme today: is russia's summer offensive turning out to be as successful as ukraine feared? this summer, notably, for the first time, they are saying things like, "we don't really know what our goal is other than to stay alive." the idea of pushing the russians to the border, certainly in the east, feels far—fetched to them. who owns the moon? and what are different countries planning to do there? you look at pictures of the moon, and it looks as bare as anything, but people have valued what's up there as being anywhe...

sun, but it will be even warmer tomorrow. i'll have the details later here on breakfast. it's saturday 22 june. our main story: the search for a missing teenager enters its sixth day in tenerife. 19—year—old jay slater was due to arrive home in lancashire yesterday after his holiday. rescue teams on the island still haven't found any trace of him. our correspondent fiona trott is in tenerife. this is the challenge they are facing. police are searching mountainous terrain above masca, dipping down into the ravine not far from where jay slater was last seen. watching on, concerned ...

The trips, which took place on various days and in several regions, aimed to fortify soldiers' determination as the war nears its 14th month and Kyiv gets ready for a potential counteroffensive with weaponry supplied by the West

Try and secure the city, bakhmut. now that there is much left of it. and ukraine maintains its defence for a simple reason. they are killing an awful lot of russian soldiers. so ukraine is there to defend, not the rubble but it is to kill russian soldiers. to degrade russia's military machines that its potential to launch a further offensive down the line is diminished and its capacity to withstand a potential counteroffensive by ukraine is also weekend. it is a brutal calculation of ratio of lives that is being played out every day in extraordinarily bitter conditions. brutal indeed. and fina...