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Further north on the beach is a bunker. running through it is this trench. bbc verify has measured it at around 15 miles. also note these piles of wood. they are being used by the russians to reinforce the trenches that they are building. i'd also highlight this. a fortification of this nature could be used by a tank or an armoured vehicle should it want to face the sea. now, we should add that we don't know if ukraine has the capacity to attack crimea from the sea. what we can be more certain of, though, is the resources that russia has committed to fortifying all along the front line. and no...

Armoured vehicle of some description facing towards the sea. we should say we are clear —— we are not clear that ukraine could attack from the sea, but what is certain is the scale of the fortifications that russia have built through the winter and now they wait to see if ukraine attacks. our top story this afternoon: suella braverman denies any controversy ore her handling of a speeding offence. and still to come — a warning that criminals are getting smarter at targeting victims to gain access to banking apps on mobile phones. coming up in the sport on bbc news, real madrid go to spain...

This is ongoing work for the russians, and then this fortification here could be used by a tank or armoured vehicle that is facing out to sea, though we should emphasise that it is far from clear if ukraine has the capacity to attack crimea from the sea. what is certain though is the scale of the fortification the russians have carried along the front line. now it waits to see if ukraine attacks. earlier, i spoke tojustin crump, a former british army tank commander and the ceo of sibylline, an intelligence consultancy. i started by asking him why the battle for bakhmut has been so important: i...

I'd also highlight this. a fortification of this nature could be used by a tank or an armoured vehicle should it want to face the sea. now, we should emphasise that we don't know if ukraine has the capacity to attack crimea from the sea but this is what russia has put in place. what we can be more certain of, though, is the resources that russia has committed to fortifying all along the front line. and now it waits to see if ukraine attacks. ros atkins there. and you can find out more about the bbc verify service, what it's going to do and how it's going to do it, on the bbc news website. the ...

Image, you can see that an anti—tank ditch is the very first line of defence. so that is one location we have looked at. here is another one that bbc verify is examining. it is on the crimean peninsula, annexed by russia in 2014. this image shows us a beach on the west coast of crimea. you can see dragon's teeth running up the shore of the black sea. there is a bunker to the north. this trench here runs to around 15 miles, we estimate, and there are also piles of wood for the russians to reinforce the trenches they are digging. so this is ongoing work. i would also highlight this fortificati...