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We hear from the 大象传媒鈥檚 James Waterhouse who is one of the first journalists to visit a newly freed village in the eastern Donetsk region.

Also, the day after Russia celebrates its national day, missiles rain down on the home city of Ukraine鈥檚 president killing at least 11.

Sunday Times correspondent Christina Lamb and 大象传媒 security correspondent Frank Gardner assess the dramatic developments in the last week including the floods in Kherson and the start of Ukraine鈥檚 counter-offensive.

Today鈥檚 episode is presented by Victoria Derbyshire and Vitaly Shevchenko.

The producers were Arsenii Sokolov, Clare Williamson and Drew Hyndman. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The editor is Sam Bonham.

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