while the IDF did not respond to questions about the commander.

Student sent his family abroad for safety soon after Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022 and has been unable to see his two daughters since then.He and his men are a mobile fire unit from Ukraine's 117 Territorial Defence Brigade – all locals trying to defend not just their hometown but their country.

In Ukraine's north-eastern region of Sumy.Neither did anyone else around us.and we have no idea how long all this is going to last.

A hundred Shahed drones a night is standard for Sumy.Additional reporting by Wietske Burema.

And it's very hard to detect them when it's raining.

And even if it does end in six months with some kind of ceasefire.that those on board were now in danger.

A French police officer uses a knife to slash an inflatable boat with migrants in the English ChannelA few metres offshore.BBC on French beach as police slash migrant 'taxi-boat' heading to UKWatch: BBC on French beach as police slash migrant 'taxi-boat' heading to UKFrench police have waded into shallow waters off a beach south of Boulogne and used knives to slash an inflatable small boat - packed with men.

that the rules forbidding intervention in the water remains in place and officers must continue to prioritise safety on the beaches.There had been some speculation that this rare incident could be evidence that the French police - under growing pressure to stop a surge of small boat migrant crossings to the UK - are changing their tactics.