Fourteen people killed in Russian attacks across Ukraine
Newshour
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4.4 • 984 Ratings
🗓️ 8 March 2025
⏱️ 48 minutes
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Summary
The attacks came hours after the United States confirmed that it had limited Ukraine's access to commercial satellite imagery, on top of pausing military and intelligence aid.
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(Picture: emergency services in Dobropillya, in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Credit: Donetsk Emergency Service)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to NewsHour live from the BBC World Service in London. I'm Rebecca Kesbby. |
| 0:10.0 | US President Donald Trump has repeatedly said he's convinced his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, |
| 0:16.2 | wants peace in Ukraine. But major drone and missile strikes on Donetsk and Kharkiv, as elsewhere last night, |
| 0:24.3 | suggest otherwise at least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured. It seems mostly |
| 0:30.3 | civilians. A spokesperson for the Donetsk Police Service gave more details of the attack there. |
| 0:40.3 | This is an ordinary residential building. There were people inside. |
| 0:45.2 | Several entrances were completely burnt out, and this is just one of the damaged buildings. |
| 0:50.3 | The others also suffered significant damage. Windows were smashed. |
| 0:57.2 | Vehicles that were parked near the site of the shelling were damaged. |
| 1:05.7 | Well, earlier this week, President Trump announced he was suspending all military aid to Ukraine with immediate effect. |
| 1:11.1 | A couple of days later, it was announced that the US would no longer share intelligence with Ukraine. And its would also ban other allies such as the UK from sharing US intelligence with Ukraine. |
| 1:17.3 | Now the Trump administration has limited Ukraine's access to commercial satellite imagery. |
| 1:23.1 | The American firm Maxar has been helping Ukrainian soldiers to see real-time images of the battlefield, |
| 1:29.4 | which has allowed them to track Russian troop movements and supply lines amongst other things. |
| 1:35.1 | In a statement, Maxar said it was blocking access to Ukraine in line with US President Donald Trump's wishes. |
| 1:42.0 | And a couple of hours ago, I spoke to Major Volodymyr |
| 1:44.8 | Omlian. He's a former Ukrainian Minister of Infrastructure, but is now serving on the front line. |
| 1:51.0 | And I asked him how useful satellite imagery has been in the defense of his country. |
| 1:57.0 | It played significant role because using this intelligence, using satellites, we are able to foresee |
| 2:04.5 | Russian Red Army actions to understand what kind of supply they provide to the front line, |
| 2:10.8 | to understand what kind of attack they already doing, by cutting that we become almost blind. We still have some access to our own |
| 2:21.7 | surveillance, but it's mainly short, mid-range. You cannot prevail or you cannot destroy the enemy |
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