BBC Ukraine Update - 10/06/2022

10/06/2022. To the war in Ukraine now... And Ukrainian officials say their forces are suffering heavy losses as Russia continues its onslaught in the east; they've appealed again for more heavy weaponry. And Poland's president has criticised the leaders of Germany and France for continuing contacts with Vladimir Putin -- suggesting it was like talking to Hitler during the Second World War. Here’s your update from the BBC...

The UK is sending multiple-launch rocket systems to Ukraine for the first time. Source: Gettyimages.

Ukrainian casualties: Kyiv losing up to 200 troops a day - Zelenskyy aide

BBC. A senior Ukrainian presidential aide has told the BBC that between 100 and 200 Ukrainian troops are being killed on the front line every day.

Mykhaylo Podolyak said Ukraine needed hundreds of Western artillery systems to level the playing field with Russia in the eastern Donbas region.

He also said Kyiv is not ready to resume peace talks with Moscow.

Ukrainian troops are under relentless bombardment as Russian forces attempt to take control of the whole of Donbas.

"The Russian forces have thrown pretty much everything non-nuclear at the front and that includes heavy artillery, multiple rocket launch systems and aviation," Mr Podolyak said.

He repeated Ukraine's appeal for more weapons from the West, saying that the "complete lack of parity" between the Russian and Ukrainian armies was the reason for Ukraine's heavy casualty rate.

 "Our demands for artillery are not just some kind of whim... but an objective need when it comes to the situation on the battlefield," he said, adding that Ukraine needs 150 to 300 rocket launch systems to match Russia - a much higher number than it has received so far.

Mr Podolyak also said peace talks could only resume if Russia surrendered the territory it had gained since it invaded on 24 February.