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From Our Own Correspondent: Back and forth on the frontlines in Ukraine

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Ukrainian soldiers stand in a dugout on the front line, near Avdiivka, in Donetsk region.

07/12/2019 GMT

Back and forth on the frontlines in Ukraine

BBC World Service - From Our Own Correspondent, Back and forth on the frontlines in Ukraine

Could military manoeuvres signal progress in the conflict between Kyiv and Moscow?

Could Kyiv and Moscow come to terms over eastern Ukraine? Plus: a ringside seat to the US impeachment process, high-tech taps in Tanzania and Saudi Arabia's new mood in public

As Ukrainian troops and Russian-backed rebels step back from their positions, the BBC's Jonah Fisher reports from Kyiv and the Donets River on what thesemilitary moves might signal for the ongoing conflict in eastern Ukraine.

Pascale Harter introduces this and other stories from correspondents, authors and reporters around the world. 

Anthony Zurcher has a ringside seat to history, reporting from the impeachment hearings which are roiling Washington DC and the United States of America. He reveals what it's like within those rooms - and gauges how the political theatre is playing outside the nation's capital.

Chloe Farand tells the tale of a tap in Tanzania - and how it's using wireless technology to save the women of one village hours of waiting.

And in Saudi Arabia, Sebastian Usher sees the streets of Riyadh transformed, as public music, women drivers and mixed crowds at sporting events become part of the cityscape. Crown Prince Muhammad bin Salman argues that he's opening up the country to the outside world - but are the changes just skin deep?

(Image: Ukrainian soldiers stand in a dugout on the front line, near Avdiivka, in Donetsk region. Credit: Anatolii Stepanov/AFP via Getty Images)

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