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And i could see three points of smoke, one over there, one there, at one end that direction. what had happened is a series of russian missiles had come in, targeting electricity substations. the impact for the city was a loss of power in parts, some parts of the water supply were damaged, but we understand the intention of the russians was to take on the real network. they put out a statement saying they targeted six train stations, cannot confirm the number, but they say they were trying to stop the flow of weapons coming into ukraine, we are currently seeing large amounts of heavy weaponry given by the us, uk and eu nations coming into help the ukrainian war effort, that comes in on rail lines, it travels often through places like lviv and in the front in the donbas, and in the russians say they were trying to stop that flow of weapons. isn t lviv one of these transition points that we were being used by ukrainians to leave the country? ....
A bbc news investigation into the government s homes for ukraine scheme has found that some would be hosts with a reported history of violence are trying to exploit the system. they ve been making contact with women fleeing the russian invasion to arrange possible placements, using refugee support groups on facebook. the bbc also found that some ukrainians have been placed in unsuitable and unsanitary housing. we can talk now to robina qureshi, chief executive of positive action in housing which pioneered the room for refugees scheme in 2002 a network which matches refugees with hosts. thank you forjoining us. first, what do you make of these findings? you re not surprised, i gather? m0. you re not surprised, i gather? no, ....
Thank you very much for that. - more now on our top story as millions of refugees flee the conflict in ukraine, a bbc news investigation into the british government s homes for ukraine scheme has found that some would be hosts with a reported history of violence are trying to exploit the system. they ve been making contact with women fleeing the russian invasion to arrange possible placements, using refugee support groups on facebook. the bbc also found that some ukrainians have been placed in unsuitable and unsanitary housing. earlier i spoke to robina qureshi, chief executive of positive action in housing which pioneered the room for refugees scheme in 2002, a network which matches refugees with hosts. i asked her what she made of the findings. we are shocked that still even basic dbs checks detecting that a single man offering a room to a single woman has not been picked up or stopped. ....
And gas after invading crimea and open to blackmail from putin. the prime minister is headed to saudi arabia this evening to explore other options for oil. and more than 43,000 people are signed up to take in ukrainians under the government s homes for refugees scheme. martha reports. with hailed progress in peace talk, russia s warplanes continued their relentless bombardment across the country. the second city of kharkiv coming under heavy fire last night. there is a crackdown on the war in russia but from the bleakness came this act of bravery. in a country where denouncing the invasion of ukraine, this employee interrupting one of russia s most watched news ....