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For which they have been preparing a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated for this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are there, we will be fighting. we will defend ourselves and do everything that we must to keep what's ukrainian. what is not, we simply don't need it. that was president volodymyr zelensky. earlier, the secretary of ukraine's national security council said russian forces had tried to break through almost the entire front line in the donetsk, luhansk and kharkiv regions. thousands continue to flee as russia steps up its new offen...

Severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia's unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions let's go. well, wejust came here to go to a shelter, but there's shelling a bit close to us, and so we've had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas, but that didn't save svyatogorsk�*s historic monastery from being scarred by a russian air strike. this was once a popu...

For millions of americans the death of richard nixon, in a new york hospital, has meant conflicting emotions. a national day of mourning next wednesday sitting somehow uneasily with the abiding memories of the shame of watergate. and liftoff of the space shuttle discovery, with the huddle space telescope, our window on the universe. this is bbc world news. with me, david eades. the latest headlines: ukraine says russia has launched its large—scale offensive in the east of the country. president zelensky warns the battle for the donbas region is under way. seven people die in the western city...

Where ukrainian forces have been fighting russian—led separatists for the past eight years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports from eastern ukraine. this is now the sight and sound of the donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia's unrelenting bombardment. we tried to enter to speak to families taking shelter, but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. explosions let's go. well, wejust came here to go to a shelter, but there's shelling a bit close to us, and so we've had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment. nothi...

It may be that the russians are doing what they said they were going to do which is try to interdict this flow of supplies which has been really critical to the ukrainian resistance. and critical to russia's new approach to hit hard on the donbas region. i think we got a sense from president zelenskyy that there that, i wouldn't say a sense of awe about what is to come but that this is going to be a very heavy—duty. absolutely, this is the moment we've been expecting for a couple of weeks now, as they move their troops to the east, we knew they were going to launch a new offensive, an offens...