Spoke to a surgeon at Ohmatdyt who was performing open heart surgery at the time of impact. He covered child’s body with his own and proceeded to stabilise her with a bypass device. “We hoped for the best. There was chaos, glass flying everywhere.”

The children sat in stunned silence, their fragile bodies still tethered to medical drips outside the Okhmatdyt children’s hospital in Kyiv... A woman rushed past, cradling an infant covered with blood. Some of the terrible scenes from today's Ru strike theguardian.com/world/article/…

One year on from the total ban on gender reassignment in #Russia bbcrussian talks to 3 exiled trans Russians. Shocking stories of 'conversion therapy' & losing their children. Huge backward step for a country that pioneeered g/r surgery in the 70s. youtube.com/watch?v=Xee2zU…

We made a short film about two brilliant musicians, about love, and compromises. It features the Russian émigré pianists Pavel Kolesnikov and Samson Tsoy. Celebrities in the world of classical music, they're also an artistic duo and a couple. Watch here youtube.com/watch?v=E3HHDa…

“It’s absurd. I can’t get my head around what’s happening,” 68-year-old paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova tells me. Minutes later she’s sent to prison for 5 1/2 years for alleged comments on the war in Ukraine. Our report for BBC News (UK) Camera anton chicherov Producer @BenTavener

Must read: How Russian courts are reversing rehabilitation orders of people wrongly convicted under Stalin. bbcrussian bbcrussian.substack.com/p/why-russian-…

What next for Syria after Assad. What do Syrians think of Russia, after a decade of brutal military intervention in support of the regime. We sent our reporter Grigor Atanesian to Damascus find out. Follow him and bbcrussian to find out more.

"Christmas will be a test for us" Grigor Atanesian talks to Syrian Christians in Damascus about their hopes and fears for the future. The first of several special reports from Syria after Assad for bbcrussian. Follow us to read more. bbc.com/russian/articl…

Our statement today on bbcrussian journalist Olga Ivshina being designated a foreign agent by Russia's Justice Ministry. Last week our colleagues лотарева and Andrey Kozenko were also added to the foreign agent list. Proud of them and of all our courageous team at BBC News Russian.

Some days remind us why what we're doing is important. It's one of those days for bbcrussian. BBC statement below as Liza Fokht and Ilia Abishev, join Илья Барабанов лотарева Andrey Kozenko & Olga Ivshina on the Russian foreign agents list. We all stand with them. We will not be silenced.

Russia has designated two more journos from BBC News Russian as ‘foreign agents’. The BBC has condemned this, and promises ‘Our reporters will continue serving our Russian-speaking audiences just as they have done for almost 80 years: independently, fairly, and fearlessly.’

For the 4th week in a row Russia has added bbcrussian journalists to the foreign agent list. Solidarity today with голубева We take it as a sign our voices are being heard and our reporting matters. We will not be silenced. bbc.com/russian/articl…

“We deeply regret this restrictive move against press freedom.” Solidarity with our ⁦BBC News Azərbaycanca⁩ colleagues, as #Azerbaijan orders suspension of BBC News Azerbaijani in Baku. bbc.com/news/articles/…

Midnight in Kyiv and air raid sirens are wailing. Russia, the aggressor which invaded Ukraine 11 years ago and then again in 2022, is launching another attack on the country. Listen, this is Ukrainians’ reality every day here.

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is a world treasure. For 75-years, this storied organization has made the world safer. Audiences view us as lifelines to the free world. Attempts to defund Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty would be a massive gift to America's enemies, many of whom are already celebrating

‘I fear for my loved ones.’ Please do read this piece about the price our bbcrussian journalists are paying for just doing their jobs. With contributions from лотарева Liza Fokht Илья Барабанов Andrey Kozenko Olga Ivshina and Ilya Abishev.

27 lives per kilometre: How Russia took record losses in Ukraine in 2024 bbc.in/3GHfUNR

15 July 1931 | A French Jewish girl, Berthe Pakman, was born in Paris. In July 1942 she was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

15 July 1943 | A Hungarian Jewish boy, Robert Blau, was born. In June 1944 he was deported to #Auschwitz and murdered in a gas chamber.

15 July 1905 | Czech Jewish woman, Irma Klinenbergerová, was born. She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Theresienstadt ghetto on 6 October 1944. She did not survive.