

Then a green sign will materialise, warning people not to cross.

It often starts with a line ploughed across a field. Julian Borger is reporting from Georgia, where the situation in Ukraine is being watched closely.Īround the Georgian village of Khurvaleti, Russia’s occupation can creep forward a few yards at a time, often in the middle of the night. So the whole country is in a very tense situation right now because whether you are fighting and living in the combat zones, or you are living in Kyiv, or you are living in western Ukraine, you are still countering Russia’s aggression.” Every time that Ukraine gets an upper hand in the war zone … launches missiles and drones on the peaceful cities in the western Ukraine and especially on Kyiv the capital.

Vasylenko said the counteroffensive was affecting everyone in the country, even those far from the frontline. “As the UK and the world celebrates Father’s Day, in Ukraine and millions of children are separated from their fathers, who are either fighting on the frontline or the Ukrainian children are outside in countries like the UK seeking refuge while their fathers remain ready for battle in Ukraine,” she said. She also reminded viewers of the situation for Ukrainian children spending Father’s Day separated from their dads. Vasylenko said rebuilding roads was “the biggest challenge right now”, adding that there were about 25,000km of road that needed to be rebuilt “right now for communities to continue to function properly”. Speaking ahead of the Ukraine Recovery Conference, which starts in London on Wednesday, she said that daily and nightly shelling continued to cause havoc and “massive destruction to the critical infrastructure needed for the country to run”. The Ukrainian MP Lesia Vasylenko has been speaking to Sophy Ridge on Sky News about the impact of the counteroffensive and efforts to rebuild the country.
