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The event commemorates the historic soviet defeat of nazi germany. it would be a good day for mr putin to present russians with a victory of his own. there is now here a sense of increased urgency, of increased aggression. vladimir putin has stated his aim, to take the whole of the donbas region. that leaves two big questions — the first, can his troops achieve it? and the second, if they can, would it be enough to satisfy his ambition? jenny hill, bbc news, moscow. there have also been attacks in the west, notably lviv. mark f cancian is a senior adviser at the center for strategic studies ...

Nothing appears to be sacred when russia wages war. this, one of the holiest sites in the donbas, but that did not save svaytogorsk�*s historic monastery from being scarred by a russian air strike. the few who have stayed behind have to queue for food. they are notjust hungry, though. they are scared. translation: i cry every day. what kind of god would allow this to happen? i cry every day. what kind of god should we ask to stop all this? there is now a strong military presence in this town. just a few miles down the road, russian forces are advancing from the north. a ukrainian soldier sha...

Where do you think we go from here? there is an anticipation of escalation in the donbas and we have seen strikes in gear. what escalation in the donbas and we have seen strikes in gear.— seen strikes in gear. what happens next? after— seen strikes in gear. what happens next? after that, _ seen strikes in gear. what happens next? after that, what _ seen strikes in gear. what happens next? after that, what we - seen strikes in gear. what happens next? after that, what we see - seen strikes in gear. what happens| next? after that, what we see right now in mariupol and bucha, russia sees they...

Russian side, but also it means that ships that try to make an amphibious landing around odesa as was planned are going to face the same kind of missiles, the neptune missiles that apparently destroyed the moskva. and the moskva was the ship which provided the air support, air cover for planned attacks. so, yes, amphibious landings are going to be much harder, and it's not clear that the russians will even continue to focus on odesa at this point. they may choose to change their -- to narrow their goals to just the land bridge to the east of crimea plus the donbas itself. >> daniel, thank you ...

It includes a section on what councils do, why you should vote, and who is entitled to vote in just over two weeks' time. that's all for now — i'm back in half an hour. good morning, welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and dan walker. our headlines today. the battle for eastern ukraine begins — president zelensky vows to stand firm against russia's onslaught of donbas. translation: no matter how many of the russian | troops are driven there, we will be fighting. we will defend ourselves. the hangover continues — boris johnson faces mps today for the first time since he was fined for ...