Second of a series of films for BBC Newsnight featuring the Ukrainian 24th Brigade who were fighting in the eastern Donbas region. This film documents the toll taken on the soldiers, their relatives and community.

On the Ukraine war’s eastern front, one Ukrainian unit has granted the BBC rare access to life on the frontline. The BBC follows the 24th Mechanised Brigade as it straps DIY bombs to commercial drones, positioned just metres from the enemy. Here, soldiers must be well-camouflaged as they are hunted by the Russians. Subscribe here: http://bit.ly/1rbfUog Correspondent: Mark Urban Producer: Louis Harris-White Camera: Jon Hughes Editor: Richard O’Neill #Ukraine #Russia #BBCNews

Filmed and edited for BBC News during early days of the Ukraine war. The film shows people preparing for war in the eastern city of Dnipro.

Filmed and edited for BBC News. Dnipro residents take shelter in a bunker during early days of the Ukraine war.

Filmed and edited for BBC News. The package shows the city of Kharkiv during the early days of the Ukraine war. The city was under siege with many trying to escape while others sought refuge in underground stations.

Hamas’s 7 October murderous rampage through southern Israel provoked a major hostage crisis and a devastating war. More than 32,000 Palestinians are reported to have been killed so far in Israel’s retaliatory attacks, according to the Hamas-run health ministry. Israeli operations, intended to root out Hamas, have left much of the territory in ruins.  Six months on, the BBC’s chief international correspondent Lyse Doucet presents searing accounts of the human cost on both sides, with eyewitness reports from both Israel and Gaza.  Black Dawn is a first-hand chronological account of the horror of the Nova massacre: 24 hours that began with an open-air music festival and ended with more than 370 people murdered by Hamas, and over 40 taken hostage. The film, from award-winning Israeli film-makers Duki Dror and Yossi Bloch, incorporates chilling footage shot by festival-goers as the tragedy unfolded and features raw and moving interviews with survivors.  Gaza 101: Emergency Rescue offers rare, intimate access to work of the Palestinian Red Crescent Society (PRCS) following the outbreak of the war.  Within a week, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) dropped 6,000 bombs on northern Gaza. Within four weeks, 10,000 Palestinians were killed. Filmed by local Palestinian journalist Feras Al Ajrami, this World Service documentary produced by BBC News Arabic shows the immense personal sacrifice Palestinian volunteer first responders are making in a time of war, cut off from the outside world.  Providing insight and context, Lyse Doucet brings her decades of experience of covering the region to explore how Israelis and Palestinians now view the prospects for peace and security after these darkest of days.