“It’s very hard to lose people because we were one big family.”
A commander of an elite unit of Ukrainian marines has told Sky News the majority of his best trained troops have been injured or killed
“My unit was 100% made up of professional soldiers."
Speaking to Sky News near the front line south of the city of Severodonetsk, a company commander called Oleksandr said a core of experienced soldiers who had been fighting together since 2018 had been lost
Commander Oleksandr claims Russian combat losses are even higher, taking Sky News to the site of a major battle near the town of Avdiivka to make his point.
He said his unit destroyed 19 Russian vehicles, and killed dozens of enemy soldiers
“I hate war, I would never be here… Russia started this war, so what do we do? This is part of our country that we have to fight for. I don’t see another way.”
Since February 24 Iryna has dedicated her life to care for wounded soldiers
For four days in May the Mikhail Nenashev, a Russian cargo ship, seemed to disappear in the Black Sea.
Its transponder stopped recording its position on 22 May, only for it to reappear four days later less than 7 miles away. What happened in those 4 days? trib.al/9WOv7WX
Sky News has tracked the ship - which was named in US State department cables leaked to the New York Times as a suspected carrier of grain stolen from Ukraine - to a port in Turkey where satellite images suggest the grain was deposited
On 23 May, whilst its tracker was off, satellite imagery picked up the ship docked at the Avlita grain terminal in Sevastopol, Crimea, being loaded with cargo.
It is alleged by Ukrainian officials that Sevastopol is the destination of most stolen grain
On 24 June 2022, six out of nine Supreme Court justices voted in a favour of upholding the 2018 Mississippi state ban on abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy.
The case is known as Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization
So how does it impact the rest of America?
The Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organisation ruling is about a piece of legislation passed by the state of Mississippi in March 2018, banning abortions after 15 weeks, with no exceptions for rape or incest
Traces of the polio virus have been found after samples were collected from the Beckton Sewage Treatment Works in London, leading UK health officials to declare a national incident.
So what is polio - and what’s the risk to the public?
Several closely-related polio viruses were found in sewage samples between February and May.
Officials believe there has been some spread between individuals in northeast London and they are shedding the type 2 poliovirus in their faeces
So what is polio?
Polio is a contagious virus that can be transmitted through coughs and sneezes, but also through food, water or objects that have been in contact with the faeces of someone infected with it.
It can live in an infected person's throat and intestines for weeks
‘If an intervention does not happen quickly we will witness the mass death of children in coming months’.
Sky’s @DominicWaghorn reports from the self-declared people's republic of Somaliland where UNICEF say there is an urgent need for international help
@DominicWaghorn In the village of Geyodadheer two of three wells have run dry and half its people have fled unable to support themselves after the deaths of their livestock.
At the last well left, camel herds were watering their animals
@DominicWaghorn 90-year-old Gideis resident Ismail Mohamud says this is the worst drought he has ever lived through.
Temperatures have not yet reached their summer zenith and rains look set to fail for a fourth year running
‘If an intervention does not happen quickly we will witness the mass death of children in coming months.’
Sky’s @DominicWaghorn reports from the self-declared people's republic of Somaliland where UNICEF say there is an urgent need for international help
In the village of Geyodadheer two of three wells have run dry and half its people have left unable to support themselves after the deaths of their livestock.
At the last well left, camel herds were watering their animals
90-year-old Gideis resident Ismail Mohamud says this is the worst drought he has ever lived through.
Temperatures have not yet reached their summer zenith and rains look set to fail for a fourth year running
Susan is a carer in Sunderland, but despite working full-time she is struggling to pay her bills and get enough food.
She is now having mental health issues due to the cost of living crisis
Millions of Britons are now struggling with soaring prices, rising energy costs and record inflation.
Chief Executive of Mental Health Concern Adam Crampsie says 20% of people in the lowest income brackets are 2 to 3 times more likely to have mental health struggles