I'm David Knowles and this is Ukraine the latest. Today we bring you

updates from across Ukraine report live from the D-Day anniversary in Normandy,

and we discuss the stories of foreign volunteer fighters.

Bravering takes you through the most unimaginable hardships

to finally reward you with victory.

If we give President Zelensky the tools, the Ukrainians will finish the job.

Slava Ukrainian.

Nobody is going to break us.

We're strong.

Where Ukraine is.

It's Thursday the 6th of June.

Two years and 104 days since the full-scale invasion began.

And today I'm joined by our assistant comment

editor Francis Dernley and foreign correspondent Colin Freeman.

I started by summarising the latest news from Ukraine. We reported yesterday on the increasing number of

blackouts across the country. The Key of Independent have a comprehensive report

that I will quote from quickly just to give a sense of what it's like in the city at the moment and of course we'll include a link to this piece by Chris York and Katerina Denisova in the show notes.

They write Rolling blackouts across the city mean that for large portions of the day,

residents must negotiate tower blocks without lifts, road crossings without traffic lights,

and the constant noise and fumes of countless diesel generators used to sustain shops and cafes.

Russia intensified its attacks against Ukraine's critical infrastructure in the spring

as part of a renewed assault against the country's energy grid.

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