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Hello, I'm Lucy Hockings.
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Welcome to BBC News Now.
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We start this hour with the latest developments in the war in Ukraine.
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As Kiev says, Russian forces are preparing for a major summer offensive.
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It has been a brutal couple of weeks in Ukraine,
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with hundreds of missile and drone strikes across the country.
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Just to give you an idea,
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overnight Russia attacked eight regions.
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President Zelensky saying Russia used 524 attack drones and 22 missiles,
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both ballistic and cruise missiles in Dnepro alone.
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26 people were injured in the region,
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with Russian strikes hitting residential and public buildings, cars and business.
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Meanwhile, President Zelensky has also been defending a massive drone attack on Russia,
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saying it was entirely justified.
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At least four people were killed and Moscow's main oil refinery was hit.
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Russia says it intercepted nearly 600 drones.
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Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale is in Kyiv at the moment,
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and he updated us on the current status of the conflict.
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It's been a brutal winter for Ukraine,
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but I think there is some sense of at least optimism here in Kiev amongst certainly diplomats,
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but also the military who I've spoken to,
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who see some signs to be positive,
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such as, for example, if you look at how much territory Russia took last year,
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advancing about nine kilometres a day,
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Now it's advancing just over two kilometers a day.
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Last month, Ukraine took back more territory than it lost to Russia,
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about 100 square kilometers, mostly in the Zaporizhia region.
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And also, if you look at the casualty figures,
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so this has been happening over a period of months,
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but Ukraine is inflicting heavy casualties for those advances on Russia,
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about 35,000 Russian casualties.
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That's killed and wounded a month.
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And that is close to the figure that Russia is recruiting to replace those soldiers every month.
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So Ukraine's goal is to increase that figure to 50,000.
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So there are some positive signs on the battlefield,
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but no doubt about it,
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Russia is still committed to this war.
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President Putin clearly still wants the entire east of the country,
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which has long been his goal
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and it's too early to say whether this is just the change in fortune
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that will last or whether once again russia will invest more heavily over the summer months
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and make it cost a lot more for ukraine too well
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moscow's troops are already approaching the outskirts of another strategically important
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city in the east of ukraine kostan chumnyovka defending this area
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is becoming even more challenging as drones are transforming how the war is fought.
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It is forcing soldiers to stay in position, sometimes for months.
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Abdul-Jalil Abdul-Rasalov spoke to Ukrainian infantrymen living inside what they call the kill zone.
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This is one of the most dangerous places in eastern Ukraine now.
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The city of Kamikaze drones hunt down anything that moves here.
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The area within the range of these flying machines is called the kill zone.
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Kenya, an infantryman from the 93rd Brigade,
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has just come out from the front line.
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He and his teammates spent 225 days inside the kill zone.
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tried to change us several times,
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but each time our replacement failed to reach us because of drones.
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In the end Fogg helped the incoming team and we were swapped.
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Gone are the battles where columns of tanks charge enemy positions.
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In the edge of drones speed is more important than armor.
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Eat, sleep and fight in tiny trenches like this.
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They call it a foxhole and rarely leave it.
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They even use a plastic bottle to urinate since it's too dangerous to go outside.
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Hani spent 122 days at the front line.
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He barely survived when Russian forces discovered his position.
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First, they dropped explosives and sent kamikaze drones.
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Then two assault troopers tried to go into the basement where we stayed.
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They threw grenades and blew up an anti-tank mine that destroyed the entrance.
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This is how Honey's team received supplies.
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There was constantly a shortage of water and food.
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Drones that delivered supplies would often get destroyed before they could reach us.
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In winter it was extremely cold.
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This was one of the harshest winters in Ukraine for many years.
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How did you survive it?
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Some of us survived, some didn't.
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My comrade got very ill,
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and one day he didn't wake up.
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He died from hypothermia.
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These Ukrainian infantrymen remain at their positions despite all odds.
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And while most fighting is done by drones today,
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it is the foot soldiers who hold territory.
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Abdujelil Abdurasolov, BBC News, Eastern Ukraine.
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Very vivid account there of what it's like for those soldiers on the front line.
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But what's happening with diplomacy in terms of any moves to try and bring an end to the conflict?
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I asked that question to Jonathan Beale.
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The America tried to essentially force Ukraine to sign some kind of peace agreement and they're still looking for reassurances.
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So we did see a Ukrainian senior official,
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former Defense Minister Umarov, going to Miami to meet with Steve Wyckoff.
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That was just before Ukraine and Russia agreed an American-brokered ceasefire,
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which was time to coincide.
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So Moscow said President Putin could hold his Victory Day,
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May Day parade in Red Square.
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And then President Zelensky said he would allow President Putin to have that parade.
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So there is clearly still U.S engagement.
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But I was talking to,
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you know, a number of Western diplomats here who have said
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that the faith in the Americans has clearly been dented because of their failures,
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their efforts at the moment to try to achieve a peace in the Middle East have not worked so far.
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So I think it's true to say that Ukraine is looking more to Europe,
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but it still needs America.
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And certainly you do not hear any language from President Zelensky,
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which is designed to cause offense in Washington.
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They know President Trump is very important in terms of providing security guarantees if there is going to be a long-term peace.
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But I think their confidence in whether certainly Steve Wyckoff
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and Jared Kushner can broker a peace deal and one that is fair,
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one that Ukraine would find acceptable.
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I think that confidence has been dented because of what they've seen in the Middle East.

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