but it would appear that it's military infrastructure that has been the main target of attacks by landon c or i to under someone's life us there in the ukrainian capital, kim andrew stacy fed. thanks for now. well, let's just remind you that the operation began despite those launched last ditch appeals from members of the un security council. ukraine's ambassador to the un says, says security has failed to act on the ongoing crisis. it's a historical embarrassment to the humanity. and to this particular organization that has failed to take the necessary actions in the course of the last 8 years, i demanded in the security council that i'm best and in benzo, russia relinquish his responsibilities as a chair as

a president. so security council, as a representative, oh country that's egregiously. why late it the charter that he pass his duties to someone in the school council who is capable to perform the duties of the president of the council. so it's now, oh, $600.00 g m t here, let's just bring you up to speed with fast moving events in ukraine. the russian president, vladimir putin has ordered what he's calling a special military operation in ukraine. he's told ukrainian troops to lay down their arms. it says the operation is to protect civilians in the east. it says ukraine says, this is a full scale invasion though it's military says it has shot down a russian plane in the east explosions have been heard across multiple cities, our bosses telling us and couldn't hear the capitals of khaki as well as the you and 2nd general is demanding that russian president vladimir putin order his troops back. president biden. meanwhile, he's been responding,

he's promising to support ukraine and the german chancellor, calling it a dark day for europe when the cranes foreman has done. dmitri clayborne treated out this statement, he said putin has just launched a full scale invasion of ukraine. peaceful ukrainian cities are under strikes, this is a war of aggression. ukraine will defend itself and will win the world can, must stop putin. the time to act is now well, the thought of the russian military operation coincided with an emergency meeting at the un security council. and what became a rather heated session, ukraine's ambassador to the un told his russian counterpart he should step down as chairman, relinquish your duties as a chair, call puttin, call lever off to stop aggression. and i welcome the decision or some members of this council to meet as soon as possible to consider the necessary decision. it would condemn the aggression that you launch on my people.

there is no purgatory for war criminals. they go straight to hell, ambassador. at the exact time, as we are gathered in the council seeking peace, potent delivered a message of war in total disdain. for the responsibility of disc. this council. this is a grave emergency. the council will need to act and we will put a resolution on the table to morrow. all right, let's bring in a hot abdul hamid. she's live for us in. come a toss that's in east and ukraine hotter. when we came to you a few hours ago. you said that things were looking pretty calm. that still seems to be the case where you are at the moment. yes it is. we haven't heard any more explosions since the one that basically walked out and the

entire city out of bed around 5 am, several loud explosions, one after the other. and i think what has been targeted is the military base that was just on the edge of this city. apart from that, we have seen also some a ukrainian plains and flying overhead, quite white at the low altitude. and now we are hearing from the ministry of defense and i've just been a portion of this report at the moment because we haven't been able to confirm it. that actually the number of planes that have been down by the ukraine is would be 5 at this stage, plus one helicopter. i do caution still because we don't have full confirmation of that, but it's been reported now in the local media that would have happened some way here in it use eastern ukraine will bring you an update about that fairly soon.

although i know it's quite difficult where you are to assess sort of what targets have been here to many, you know, you've heard bears explosions. you've heard reports of, of, of air cropping shut down, and so on. and what are you hearing there about the targeting the military targeting on the ground in coming up where you are with? well, it seems that really is the military infrastructure that is being targeted at, at the moment. and we also hearing from people who are living on the front line villages and towns, people that we met over the past few days at this by the heavy shut selling and artillery explosions of going on. it seems in both directions. now it does feel really that the ukranian army at the moment is in as sort of defensive position and not able to be on the fence. and certainly i think these explosions and these attacks that took everybody by surprise at 3 doors this morning. or what were aimed

at that the russians are trying to diminish ticket ability of the ukrainian army as much as possible. but let me just get a final thought for you. we were talking to you earlier about civil defense and what, what people, their ordinary people are being told where to go, what to do as they face up to what is an invasion, what, what, what are people being told there? well, i duly haven't heard anything much from the local authorities in the past. we have been asking people, what are you contingent plans? do you have an evacuation plan? most of the people in villages so still does that. they have their own shelters in their home that hadn't been told anything yet. in the bigger cities they are shelters that have been prepared. ah, but more than that, i don't think. and there has been a plan where at least people don't know about that. the government did allow it by

the parliament rather did pass a bill just 2 days ago, allowing civilians to carry fire arms. many people said that that already had firearms because back in 2014, they had bought one. and people said that this dime, they will be fighting for their own cities that they were ready for that. but that was before all of this started. now once you hear the explosions, once you hear the news unfolding, certainly the, the atmosphere changes and the thoughts change. let the government has put in place these territorial civil defense units that are supposed to be sort of low of units in every city and town that they're, they're deployed to protect the infrastructure, to protect the engine exists of the cities and secure civilians who haven't seen them yet here in melma torres, but certainly we have seen them train over the past few weeks of it of past month.

and that was the aim does about the it, there's about $600000.00 of them all over ukraine. so they should be coming in to place at some point, maybe already now they are there, had been mobilize. so at some point we should be seeing them and the government hasn't said that all we did is hear from president zalinski earlier saying that now the country is under martian law. yesterday evening at the farm had passed a state of emergency, which also gives local authorities the right to come up with their own plans according to the development on the ground. but if you look just behind me, i mean things are going fairly normal. we don't see panic among people, we so people going to to do their work. you so employees coming into our hotel just resuming their normal jobs at the moment. who is not that sense of panic here in

the east? it could be also the atmosphere quite different because you do have a large population, or maybe in some cities, 50 percent in other places, may be more than that, that do support russia. they do tell you that they feel that this part of the country is actually russia land and probably russia would not like to i'll get nate at those people, bombs, bring destruction if there is, is civilian casualties. if it is damage to civilian houses, then they risk alienating those people. so i think at the moment because of that, people feel fairly safe. but these are early hours now you do have to people who do support youth re yet just yesterday evening. there was a big rally in the main square he and grammar doors. i think they would feel a bit more or scared a, you know, everybody knows who's who in the cities and towns. this is not the 1st time. this sort of divide comes up to the surface and they would feel much more at risk and

much more scared. they would probably think about packing and going simply because the other side would feel emboldened but what's unfolding now. all right, so i'll just say it was harder. abdul hamid there in a crime, a tossed that's in easton, ukraine falling the situation there for us. when i hear some of the televised address that russian president vladimir putin made as he announced that military action and told ukrainian forces to retreat. but his away was mimi in the was it does it. we urge you to lay down arms immediately and go home. i will explain all service men of the ukrainian army who comply with this requirement can freely leave the area of military actions and returned to the families claims in the when you what the hell said when your shirt or waiver would try to stop us and further create threats to our country, to our people should know that russia's response will be immediate and lead you to such consequences that you have never faced in your history. we are ready for any

outcome. can you watch on us? are for moscow as tatyana cook a reva. she's deputy head of news at sputnik news and tatiana good tabby with us here. now just hear us. what is the justification then for russia's invasion of a sovereign nation? of good morning to you to i just as the president just said to you, made the clip and i'm sure that you are list knives is address. as we all did. and we, he said that this ministry operation, which was, we're not calling an invasion and it's, it's not supposed to be called invasions measure operation in an effort to de escalate attention that we've seen. you know, it's been 3 days since our russian made a step to recognize the independence of the nearest gas group up next. and yet we've seen no enter. still it is the showing didn't stop. so this is the last attempt to save the civilian population of the 2 regions that have in you would

violence or 8 years now since their decision to see from m. yeah, you now to say that you say that protein says the, this is not an invasion. it's a limited millage operation, but that's not how ukrainians feel particularly east of the country. well, of course that's not how ukrainian speak. why would they? ukraine has been saying that it's been at war with russia for 8 years. if you remember correctly the rule of 8 years when there were no signs, no, no actual proof of any new invasion. and they secured white's white, substantial funding for those claims. so it was a ukraine plains, it's an invasion, the ministry of defense, the russian federation. i said, and it's raises that now civilian targets have ever been targeted in this operation that's been going on since the very early hours of yeah, but that doesn't justify the operation that said just because no civilian targets

have been hit but it's okay to do this. right, well i'm sure that's so that's not for us to decide and definitely not, not for me to justify and not justify image of ration. i'm not a member of the government, i'm not the president. however, i do believe that in the time when, as a whole world is now saying, you know, claiming that russia is on just wanted actions. well, that those agreements and the d escalation that russia demanded that russia asked for politely, then demanded, they should have happened. this should have been middle she or you know, diplomatic action is, should been, have been pressure on ukraine to stop the violence, to stop the killings in the done here. it's kind of gone screens to stop what the russian president has already called genocide the p. okay. and let's just pick a push for time, talk about some of the politics here, because putin had still insist there's room for diplomacy, but that can't be the case. i mean, you know, he's invaded

a sovereign nation. he's invaded ukraine. he's talking about room for diplomacy. he's gone ahead with the military operation. has he, in fact, has he in effect, let me ask you ripped up the minsk accords because he's gone ahead anyway as me. what looks there's a cool is we never really observed is not a you know, and why is then a rate for flood honesty. why is that the case? because look, the has to be something that, that, that is done to stop the hostility to stop the killing the auction, the russian ministry operation is any targeted ministry targets. they've just announced that they've just really officially neutralized the edge and systems when not targeting civilian population. this is a military operation to stop the killings of civilian of touch on the limit. gotta let me get a final point. let me get a final point from you. i'm so then,

you know you're saying it's not an invasion. you're saying assimilate, reparation. so what, whatever it is, whatever you want to call it. what is putin's end game in ukraine? is it about regime change? is a using don bass as a pretext as a platform, perhaps from much broader operation to, to, to, to change the regime in ukraine. not what he wants, isn't it? why would he went back? will you tell me i'm up to you look look the president has already said it and he said it's not even twice. he said it at least 3 times. if not, i'm not mistaken. within those 3 days that there was never any intention of occupying the crane. the only thing that russia want, the only thing that rushes ever wanted was in those 8 years is a stop to the death of civilian population. the ukrainians can elect whatever president they they deem necessary. you know, and let's not forget about the violence that happened since the couldn't thought

the completely legal change of our ukraine back when my dad happened. let's not forget the killings in odessa. let's not forget that. those regions don't, yes, the bonds were not even the only ones that wanted to secede from craig, that didn't want to route to be ruled by that government. again, russia was never looking for any regime change. it's not looking to occupy any sovereign nation. any nice. okay, well, well we'll have to see how things developed in the days and weeks ahead. we have to leave it the touch on a cooker at a thank you very much and have a talking to our 0. thank you. well, as tatiana mentioned there, the long running conflict in easton ukraine, let's put that into some perspective because in 2014 separatist, carved out territory highlighted in yellow, from ukraine's donates. and the hands provinces, they declared their own people's republics, which are recognized only by themselves. and now russia, overall about 2000000 people live and done the x province and a 1000000 the half in law ganske. many especially in the rebel controlled errors of

obtained russian passports. both provinces are industrial hubs, dominated by mining with vast coal reserves and important asset for all sides. it's estimates at least 14000 people have been killed in fighting for control at the regions in the past 8 years. let's go live again to dos, jibari in moscow dos or other russians making any distinction between what the ukrainian c as an invasion of sovereign territory. and what president putin says is a limited military operation in the east of the country. we have not heard from any officials as of yet since that announcing was broadcast on state tv here at 6 am local time in moscow. at this morning we're just getting some information from the russian defense ministry. that said, a claim that the air defense systems of the armed forces of ukraine have now been suspended and neutralized. and this is the aim of this operation as letting me put, had called it earlier this morning, saying that they wanted to really

d militarize i ukraine. he said that a ukraine posed a threat to russia and it's ambitions to try and join nato was really a security concern for this country. for many months at vladimir putin said that he made this decision to go send russian troops into dumbass. but as we're seeing this morning it's, i'm on a much larger scale, this a military operation, this a invasion, really at we hearing now for russian troops from many different sides, a really trying to and neutralized the ukrainian a military. and, and that, that really is the position here. they want to avoid any civilian casualties. and we are, we have yet to hear from any high ranking officials this morning. we expect the foreign ministry to make some comments later as well. and we know, interestingly enough, i have to say the prime minister of pakistan is in moscow. he arrived late last night. he's due to meet with that vladimir putin today. and we're likely to hear

from the russian president whether or not that will still take place. that meeting, we'll have to wait and see. but of course, are russia has also announced that as of today, temporarily, they've temporarily suspended flights to a number of airports until the early hours of march 2nd. and we expect this to continue until at least that time, i think a nationalist i spoke to just a short while ago said whether or not it goes any further. it will depend on ukrainian leadership and the international community. i think this is really a vladimir putin final act, really in terms of am just being fed up with what he was trying to get out of the united states government. a conversation with and joe biden, you as president about nato expansion. but the reality now here is things have really gone far beyond a point of return. the this country commemorated their version of remembrance day

on wednesday was a national holiday. it is called a day of fatherland. and i spoke to a number of people who were commemorating it by laying flowers at the tomb of the unknown soldiers by the kremlin. and i asked them about the possibility of conflict with ukraine just less about 24 hours ago now. and it, all of them the ordinary russians i spoke to said it is absolutely unthinkable. it is preposterous for this country to be at war with that ukraine. there is no reason for us to fight with ukraine. ukrainians are our sisters and brothers. we don't have a, any reason to be at war period that they were not receptive to any explanation that would be coming from the president or the kremlin, about justifying what is now unfolding in ukraine door. so if you can just just remind us of the tell tale signs that an invasion was imminent. because we heard a hardening of putin's language over the last couple of days, didn't we?

yes, i think there was certainly a shift here in the tone and then moved from officials after emmanuel mc wrong visited vladimir wooten about 2 weeks ago i think it was in mid february at where they had that very long, 7 hour meeting and dinner. and then the menu micron left moscow went on to ukraine . i think after that point it became very clear. vladimir put was not satisfied with the answers he got from the french president and things really escalated from that point moving forward. and i think, but really things started to go much worse. they gave to get much worse. as of monday, we saw an extraordinary session of a russia security council were vladimir putin asked a number of his high ranking ministers and defense officials about the current situation around russia's borders. he specifically asked survey love about the threats of sanctions from western countries and love rob said to him that basically

they were going to sanction us anyways. they're going to sanction us no matter what we do. and after that, a few hours later, vladimir putin and broadcast had televised address to the nation in which he declared recognition of independence for the 2 regions in dumbass of danielle and began school. he was joined by their separate his leaders of those 2 regions of the kremlin where they signed the decree. that the queen went on to the duma, where it was verified by the legislature, officials on tuesday. and then at the same time, vladimir putin send their request to the upper house of parliament here to be able to deploy russian troops at any time for any reason for any specific operation. now he is the commander in chief friend. oh, he thought this was quite odd because as the commander in chief, he has the authority to do so. this was seen as very much a show. and possibly now we understand to try prepare the russian public as well for what was to come. the senators in the upper house of parliament approved the

request unanimously, $153.00 of them voted in favor of giving him the power to do so. and then on wednesday, we heard from those separated leaders in eastern ukraine, asking for russian troops to be sent to that region, asking for their assistance in fighting against the cranium military. and then 6 am this morning we heard the official announcement from the commander in chief and the president of russia saying that the troops have gone in. i don't live in moscow dos . thank you. one more reaction now the british foreign sexual lives trust is treated. i strongly condemned the appalling unprovoked attack president putin as noise in the people of ukraine. we stand with ukraine and we will work with our international partners to respond to this terrible act of aggression with the cranium president flooded me. as the lensky has posted the video online saying he's now declared marshall, no, john. so when you were active, dear ukrainians,

this morning president putin announced a special military operation in dumbass. russia carried out strikes and military infrastructure on a board of gods. explosions were heard in many cities of ukraine. we introduced martial law throughout the state. i had a conversation with us president joe biden, us the starting together. international support today we need you, each of you to become if possible, stay at home please. we are working, the army is working, the ty, security and defense sector of ukraine is working out of areas under simmons joined again from ukraine's capital kim andrew. so just talk us through what you're seeing in terms of ground forces that well, that's is what we're here and there was a lot of bang near by. so bear with me right now. what we're hearing about ground forces is, is not good. and there are a number of armored columns coming from the bella, luce, it's the country,

which is now in a situation whereby there's a, a very large number of tanks traveling through a warm border crossing where we were actually present yesterday said keith car is the border crossings where bell ruse, russia and ukraine's borders come together. now it would appear that the, this is really, this whole bella, luce area was really teeming with armory. hundreds of airplanes being used from there on various air fields. that had been the new intelligence from satellite imagery, which we were working off at the time. or we could see the hundreds of new military vehicles in place and hundreds of of tents for troops, new deployments. so this is on top of the 30000 soldiers based in bel roofs on what was supposed to have been

a military exercise. but obviously the intent wasn't just that. and we're now hearing that the armored column is heading south in a key of direction. we don't know, obviously where that sir, where that, that force is intended to stop if at all. and we're not sure about the situation with air support a but so not wishing to be alarm as it is heading in this direction. and we have seen video of that on what looked like a cctv image, but we were there or as i say on wednesday we could see our defenses. pool the sensors on the, on, along that border and in the, in the trees apparent monks, the forest. apparently there were a special forces which were we were told would be available at very short notice should there be a movement towards that border, but that border is key. and that's that force which sure everyone has been

speculating about for some time that large force and bell roofs and is in, is heading into the country. there is no doubt about that. and re, andrews that then represents a significant escalation in terms of the ground forces, the mechanized ground forces that could be heading towards care of where you are. most certainly would seem to, we don't, we don't know that we're not certain that this they could stop. they could peel off, they could go in different directions. but that is that the fear that, that, that much discussion about the fact that, that the only to less than 200 kilometers away is a lot of military hardware. a mit multiple missile launchers. and there are also are air defense capabilities there as well. a lot of the, a lot of the, the, the missiles may well have been fired from, from belarus. we're not sure of that, but a cruise missiles have been used according to,

into interior ministry and sauces. furthermore, i mean the, the attack from the air has pretty intense. in the early hours of this morning, crashes on the outskirts of the city, mainly it would appear the central, the city has not been attacked military installations on the outskirts. the main international airport came under attack. drones were used apparently, according to the fact that the, at, according to civic officials and the calls from the president you've heard for people to stay indoors. well, that doesn't seem to be happening in this district. a lot of people are taking their belongings and leaving than of course there are traffic jams as a result of that. and there is a, there is a, a whole list of, of 4 parts of the country that have come under attack. and that, that naval herb landing in on the sea of the offer sea of out of the coast

there. we know that sir mary paul has come under attack huck. he was cambro attack and information now confirmed by the general staff of the military, the army that 5 russian aircraft and a helicopter have been shot down over. and that that's in the precise location. but it was in the law handsome region, not on the on in the don barza area, which is are the of that the republic breakaway republics. this was in the ukranian part of law hands. and her, those 5 russian aircraft apparently shot down. although we're hearing from russia now that all the air defenses have been neutralized in ukraine, that might be a little, far fetched. it seems because there seems to be still active air defense going on. but in terms of ukraine's military action, it's defense moves. we don't have details, obviously that aren't giving much away,

but it's a very worrying point. the, we're now seeing a lately, the army heading into the earth, into this country, in very large quantities. and it would seem, we're not hearing from, from the southeast at all, that there could well be a move from a north, from the south, and, and from the, from the east, where, where it hearing all sorts of reports of movements, fly, land, air, and sea. all right, so we're at andrew simmons life was there in the ukrainian capital. give andrew. thank you for that, sir. andrew painting a picture there of what could be at the start of the mechanized operation. we're hearing about columns of armored vehicles coming in from the bell russian border, or we haven't confirmed where it's going or, or, or, or how long it, it is. but we're just hearing now that sir, that build up of mechanized force is on the bell. russian border has now moved into an armored column, some kind of ahmed column moving perhaps in the direction of keith. all right?

right. so these are pictures ah, of so right so, so, so what we're seeing an excuse me because these pictures are coming in thick and fast in the situations really changing quickly on the ground. so we heard back from andrew about the about these armored columns coming in from the bell russian border . those apparently we're just pictures of the roads and bears traffic, of those of those armored vehicles. all right, let's go now to child stratford. he's in mary, a pole in southeast, from ukraine, and charles is in a car for us. tony. just tell us where you on what you're doing and what's happening that hi, darren. yeah. will you join us now in a car we've come to do? i have a look around the city i'm, i'm going to turn the camera round now so you can see it. i mean there are still people on the streets. it is oversee increasingly quiet. and in the last 10

minutes or so, there have been another series of allowed last chemical for where but as you see, i know they're all, they're all pedestrians moving around. there is light traffic. we're on our way to one of the city's exits and to try and get a stare on how many people are trying to leave the city. as you agree, reporting mario full of great strategic importance. one would think to any kind of invasion by russian forces, largely because of its huge port. it's naval base and potentially as a, as a hub to be able to connect areas of the east. the east in front in don bass weighs what analysts say could be a plan. why boots into connect that with the section north of crimea to greg? what atlas describe as a corridor? as you can see, there's people here waiting by bus stops very,

very little traffic. the shelling had started in the early morning. it has been very sporadic and we are getting reports from a naval base interestingly, around a 100 kilometers west of west of mariel, full, a town cor, berrydunn, the military. they're saying that they were positions in that area that were being shell. they said they believed from a russian forces in russian, annexed crimea. so yeah, i mean, as you can see, very, very quiet streets. and there i'm positive. interestingly, this is a bank. and so you can see people overseas desperate to trying them, grossly desperate to try and get money and get money out. and we have been expecting some sort of some sort of cyber attack, if you like. the networks obviously still going strong as we wouldn't be able to bring you these pictures. but it's quite a surreal experience. chairs,

as you can see on the streets, there are still, you know, people walking, walking around. we've also heard reports. we've been speaking to people in some of the villages that we've been visiting in the last week or so on. the ukrainian government controlled side villages on the front line. people in those villages saying that they are hunker down in their sellers. the shelling has been very heavy overnight and it was ongoing this morning. and those villages i suppose, are around 50 kilometers from here. we've also had reports as a say on which we cannot confirm all of a village that we visited north of called a cave. about 2 weeks ago, directly on the border with russia. now this was an area that had c absolutely no fighting whatsoever in the 8 years of the conflict. and certainly according to our sources. one source now describing that village as being, having been flattened so reports their of, of heavy shelling,

potentially fighting norse of khaki. but as i say, we are unable to, to confirm that charlie just, just, just so cut me through you. if you are mentioning earlier, charlie about gone down, so i thought i was interrupted, you were talking earlier about the strategic importance. i mean, i think it's worth just reminding our viewers about the strategic importance of mary paul. you are saying it acts possibly as a potential hub for some kind of corridor or across from don bass down to crimea. just just just talk through how that would work. charlie will the theory is, is that if there was a push i, russian forces and separatist russian back separatists from the dumbass region in the east. that push could well be joined by a civil, a similar tiniest push by troops by russian forces in crimea. they would push up towards towns like cattle song,

big cities that we visited in the last few weeks. they would push up north from that and they would head east. the forty's coming out of don bus would head west and there is a very strategic road there, which i believe is the m 14. if i'm not, my memory serves me well in full to university road. take that area of land to control that and join up russian forces in crimea with obviously the, the pro rush separatists in the separatist l areas. now the reason why analysts have been saying this is a potentially important move. and i've been saying this for months now is because in 2014 the ukrainians once after, after the russians have taken go annex crimea, the ukrainians took control of the water resources north of crimea. there are canals there that run off the deeper river that supplied to 85 percent of the

peninsula of the crimea is put into the water. now we know that the russians, russia has been building wells in the subsequent years. we're trying to build wells on the climate parents that we know that very quickly. they built a bridge across the coach straight to connect. the climate prints that with the russian mainland, but the theory is that they are still suffering very, very difficult conditions with water. so that certainly according to military analysts would be a viable and not inconceivable option for russian forces to, to create that corridor from the east, the dumbass region, a just controlled area don't that's region to those areas and building quite man, charlie, it is actually watching you driving around in mario paul, while this invasion is happening, let me get a final quote from you charles. i mean there, not many people walking around on the street. and that's a back could give an indication of just that,

that the atmosphere that people are scared. is there an atmosphere of fear of trepidation? you know, do people think this is the calm before the storm? what i think was interesting, as well as you can see, the st care continue, we busier than the streets we, we, we saw when we initially came live or 5 minutes or so ago is a lot more traffic here. and the traffic is moving in both directions and we're heading in the direction of going out of town. busy certainly the shelling that we heard earlier we understood was, was along the coast. and that's where we were close to where we started started reporting started talking to a few minutes ago. one thing that we hear those throughout our travels in this area over the last few weeks, it's surprisingly surprising how, how, how, how seemingly little afraid many people are in this,

in this area. they kind of resigned to the fact that this conflict has gone on for 8 years. and it's also important to recognize that a lot of people in this area are very sympathetic to russia as well. they have a cultural identity, a language that they used to use russian so they allow them to identify with russia . but the overlying feeling certainly in the town like maribelle, as you can see this morning, you can see traffic moving around. there's a couple of them very relax walking around and there's this feeling that said, well, surely this couldn't happen. they couldn't be a battle to take control of this huge city on the, on the as off. see, so yeah, by large people all have been very sort of controlled in their descriptions of the absurdity of that of their emotions. that there is no underlying sense of panic that we are seeing at the moment. i'm this is a, this is quite

a popular shopping area. it doesn't look like these people are rushing to get out of the city. does it? so yeah, it's gonna be interesting. we'll, we'll no more the, the closer we get to the out the outskirts of, of the city. but yeah, this is where we are at the moment. i think, as i mentioned earlier, it's also important to recognize that mario full has a lot of fighters in it. a lot of military and a lot of paramilitaries in groups that so there's another q there, i think for a bank. yes. so you people killing they're out of atm. yeah. that the city's got a lot of weapons in it. a lot of our men a lot amended a prepared to fight and. 3 a some of these permit issue groups have been very successful in defending the city in 2014 for example. so if there was to be some sort of push into the city, i think it would be not inconceivable that things could deteriorate very rapidly. indeed, and you could well be saying, yes, potentially

a lot of civilian casualties. orator out there as child stratford, they're driving along the streets of maribel reporting for us there on a city that appears initially now and not to be panicking, but of the people where that you know, things could change on the ground very, very quickly. all right, so let's just take you back now to those are cctv pictures which he brought to you earlier. this is are russian armor which is on the bellow roofs ukraine border. now we don't know andrew, andrew simmons or who's our report it in kev made actually told us about this that this armor which was congregating on the border has now kind of changed into an armored column. we don't know if it's moving, we don't know where it's going. we don't know what its aim is, but it's interesting to note that all this arm that was massing on the bell russian border could now be on the move. of course, we'll give you more details on that as we get it,

but these are the later cctv pictures. we have of this armored column you can see moving away from right of screen or up to the top of the screen. and these mechanized vehicles are armored personnel carriers moving away so, so, so those pictures coming to us from the bell russian, a border with ukraine. ok now russian troops at had now launch strikes on ukraine from multiple france. let's take a look at the map. there are reports of attacks on the capital kia and on the next 3 larger cities that can't give odessa and an e pro, a number of other cities and towns i've also reported had been targeted across the eastern regions. let's bring in hannah shall s cheese, director of security programs that ukrainian prism, which is a think tank into joins us from odessa in southwest ukraine. odessa, of course, i am hannah, a very strategic area for any russian forces trying to make a move. tell us what you've been hearing and seeing there, where you are. all we woke up around 5 am also from the sounds of the shelling spots to look to that were the let's try work

our forces because he attempted to use the ration that we want to buy. some media was not confirmed later. so as for now we see the tv quite a call la, where were the cds on the high alert? because there were several options from the navy. i mean, from the time to mean the saw the ration from there. the 2nd in case anything you successful from the russian side from near we are definitely the next one in the line. but don't forget that we also have the washing forces on our west interest, nice area, and other nice staff to read that russia situation support the sandwich or the last 2 miles over to the top. so you can get the attacks on 3 sides, but we have they have which are of navy, several other bases evolved here to we hope for quite a serious chance. yeah,

i mean, how difficult is it? so how easy is it to get information about, about what's happening in odessa, in terms of just painting that picture? i mean, obviously, as we say, it's a huge strategic importance. but i mean, how difficult has it been for you getting information about what's happening across the city, because it will to report that russia naval force had also landed in odessa as well . know these information is not confirmed as for now, it's been over to debunked officially. first of all, luckily we have internet and mobile phones working. so we have the ability for communications around the c t. and the 2nd is the downtown, the embassy work, that's russians who definitely try to attack in case they decide. so is just the very downtown and it is very easily to see what is happening around in the harbor. so we filled the close a real, something like the so death is completely flat. so any actions there are the heard the are visible. it's very difficult to hide. when you have mountains or some kinds

of terrain, like the russian president vladimir putin has painted this as a limited operation, which is targeting military targets only to protect lou hums. i'm done. it's do people day in odessa believe not only in odessa, but i already had the opportunity to talk with my colleagues all around the country . i have a big amount of colleagues and showed me give, i'm, they've been ever waiting because the activities are happening. there are people in harkey what computer is the same because harkey was definitely most threatening guns. but also if you follow the information where are the foreign military actions are happening? that is the, as you create him, controls territory. not where the military base is like the shaft. yeah, it is the competitive, beautiful town. they've been liberated to sell them for teams. but for the last few days, being on the heavy shelling and now the big about what's happening around it and

several other villages near by. i'm. i'm going to get a final thought from you. i mean, how worried are people about what could evolve in terms of the hours and days ahead? so definitely people are really worrying, doesn't matter your professional where you are just the regular citizen because of the unpredictability of the developments we over, you know that the. * statement from watching the boat to the child is being recorded on the 21st. so 2 days ago has been preparing for these. but at the same time, we are representatives of the united nation to yesterday. same completely different things called russia. the wants of war. that they are just factoring some territories. so these and predictability, the level of aggression and hatred against ukraine that you've heard and all his creatures within the last few days. some of my americans even named the be racial feelings that they fell to in the speech of me supporting against the graeme and ukrainians. that's something that you can't control and it comes produce. all kind

of she'll have to tell the program, please stay safe. she left the in odessa, that's in southwest ukraine. honda, thank you for that. all right, that's cost. but now a to come a toss again in eastern ukraine, tops out zeros. hold abdul hamid. how to just bring us up to date. now, with any developments what you're seeing and hearing, they're on the ground where you are well, i was just actually listening to charlie and i think is exactly this. i would make the exactly the same picture of what's happening here. the is that com as if people were quite resigned to what was going to happen. that has been this talk all along that after the end of the winter olympics in beijing and then the conflict would start. and so it doesn't come as a surprise. it's now a bit around 9 am here and now people i do see people, for example, just behind us is an atm machine. and the cues are getting longer. we're also

hearing from our driver who went to fill up some federal that they are long use at the federal station. so people are sort of taking their own precautions and taking their own measures, stalking up on things we haven't heard more explosions ever since. those loud bangs at the round pre dawn. ah, but there is a feeling that this is just the early stages. what if at the front line we spoke closer to several people just in the last half hour? well, now they're saying that it's very calm that there's nothing ongoing debt. it's quite interesting. one prison was saying that this is cleared up at the moment. it's russia, that is m bombing, the military targets around ukraine. that the separate is the russian back separate is, are not on the move at least for now. that obviously could change. since we know that

the territorial ambition is to get the entire of the internet and against region, including for example, grammar tours where i'm standing. but at the moment they are way quiet. and it's quite interesting that we haven't heard any kind of statements coming up from the separate as leadership in both done yet. and again. now, how do people feel about this war? well, i was just speaking yesterday to some are here in cromwell doors, and over the past few weeks, during our travels, a lot of people would tell you the date, due as the side with russia, they do good leave, that this part of the country, it is a russian and a lot of people with it and they feel also very angry at the government didn't give that lead the situation deteriorate that some of them also blame the government and give for refusing to have any kind of conversation with these separate isn't done yet. and new gods, but you also have those who fully support the government didn't give who say that

this is ukrainian land. and i think one of the, the biggest fears at the moment for the civilians livings in cities and towns is actually those divisions coming up to the surface they did in a very bad way back in 2014 and 15. a full size, waste family full arise. there was violence between the 2 sides. and i think that's what people are very afraid of at the moment. all right, to how to abdel, i'm you reporting the from east of ukraine. how to stay safe will no doubt come back to you in the hours ahead. let's get some of the political reaction. now you as president joe biden as release a statement on what he's called russia's unprovoked and unjustified attack on ukraine. he said, president putin has chosen a premeditated war that will bring a catastrophic loss of life on human suffering. russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring. and united states and its allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way the world will hold russia accountable, escrow back,

now live now to auditor castro in washington dc. so heidi, president biden responding that to events unfolding on the ground in ukraine. he said, rushes unprovoked and unjustified attack on ukraine. what more did he have to say? that's right. and he spoke not only through that statement to the american people, but also directly to president involved their lensky of ukraine on a call that began shortly after russia launched its attack. and according to a white house, read out of this call, the u. s. president informed zelinski of the, of the steps washington is taking to rally international condemnation of russia's attacks at tomorrow morning. we know by the plans to meet with g 7 leaders is a previously plan meeting, but this will be the top of the agenda, of course. following that around noon time here in washington, that's when we expect the president to announce the more strict, more severe sanctions against russia,

which is what he has promised. but what will they entail specifically, that is still unknown, of course, occurred set of sanctions involved, sanctioning the russian banks as well as the north stream to companies and their, their corporate officers, as well as cutting off russia sovereign debt from western financial markets. but there is still a lot of room, and that is why these sanctions were designed to be put in place in traunches as a white house puts it. and today, white house spokesperson, i should say, yesterday a white house spokesperson said that there would be no financial institution in russia that could be saved. is that safe from these potential sanctions? the goal to not only to punish russia for its invasion of ukraine unfolding now, but also to deter it from further aggressions against the nato ally. that is

a point stressed by president biden's response as well. we're also hearing from the u. s. defense and state secretaries who have spoken with nato secretary general talking about the re hans to our rushes, aggressions, and also ensuring that the security of nato's eastern flank would be protected. how do you live? it has got a final thoughts from you. i mean, in terms of the big politics, how is this playing out politically for president biden? i mean, he faces accusations of being weak of a russian that these latest us sanctions, a rule rather tepid and ineffective, such so is, is proving to be, do you think his most difficult foreign policy challenge yet? well right now, in congress there seems to be a bipartisan support for or a tough response to russia. and there has been support from both parties for biden's response thus far. but yes, as you suggest, there are republicans who have said that these sanctions should have come earlier and should have been stronger from the, from the get go to be

a deterrent from what we're seeing unfold now. but it is interesting, there is on the far right of conservative voices led by none other than former president trump. there has been a different response to this trump earlier days. actually said putin's do doing this was his words, a smart move and there is a now a french, but influential group of conservative voices in the us who appear to be supporting russia as they undertake this assault or to how does the customer live for stay in washington dc with political reaction. heidi, thank you. well, estimates very, but it's thought they're all between a 150 and a 100. $90000.00 russian troops around ukraine. the european council on foreign relations believes there are 10250001 the russian ukrainian border by ukraine's estimate there also about 35000 russian back surf, which is fighters and donates, come against in russian annex crimea. it's thought there are for the 32030000 in

bella roofs plus another 1000 in moldova. at least 13 russian battleships have been conducting life. i exercises in the black and as of seas. what earlier i spoke to peters on my, the executive director of your age of democracy initiative and contributor to the desk review. he has more what he makes. the latest developments, most analysts sitting here in ukraine would tell you that he would start with a shock in all campaign in the east of ukraine for now. and not very many could have predicted that he would be striking at so many multiple targets at once. you know, he wouldn't have said that he's only going in the military installations and not going to target population centers directly. it seems like what they were seeing and i tried to poke the west in the i put in this isn't a rush of responding to progress. the bombing of the nato binding of yugoslavia in 1999 with eric. and i wouldn't, they wouldn't,

it wouldn't work. i wouldn't take it to the bank and when he says he's not, does not have occupation of ukraine in mind. only to disable that military. well, you know, we'll see what happens. but maybe he's just softening up, be what? there is a massive land invasion. there's already in the information of the troops moving towards a desk and hard give, you know, and then he's also, there's another i'm in a very ominous don't regard to ukraine leaders that, that is going to take them to court for the military crimes against the net that might mean that we'll try to go in to actually arrest those people. so anything is possible, you know, the situation is developing very, very quickly. and, you know, obviously this is very scary, but ukraine of the founding resolve there. they're there. now we've heard from, you create individual, they're willing to fight, you know, we'll see what really,

you know, developed when the current president, believe me, as the lensky has posted a video online saying he's now declared marshall. no, i'm again sure. when you are active dear ukrainians. this morning president putin announced a special military operation in dumbass. russia carried out strikes and military infrastructure on a board of gods. explosions were heard in many cities of ukraine. we introduced martial law throughout the state. i had a conversation with us president joe biden, the us starting together international support and today we need you each of you to become if possible, stay at home please. we are working, the army is working. the tri security and defense sector of ukraine is working on some more global reaction. australian prime minister scott morrison is calling on the russian government immediately withdraw from ukraine. the russian government launched a brutal invasion unprovoked on the crime and should be condemned for doing

so. and a strategy does, together with the international can community. we are banding together in strong terms to condemn the righteous x in the strongest possible terms. the footage that is a merging of missile strikes a ride sirens and reports of hundreds of casualties, yet unconfirmed. as sadly not surprising, given the events we have been witnessing for some time now and have been wanting about. but even as these events continue to take place, we do call on the russian government to withdraw. well, let's remind you that the operation began despite last ditch appealed from members of the un security council. ukraine's ambassador to the un says the security council is fail to act on the ongoing crisis. historical embarrassment to

the humanity. and these particular organizations that is failed to take the necessary actions in the course of the last 8 years i demanded in the security council that ambassador in benzo, russia relinquish his responsibilities as a chair as a president. so security council, as a representative. oh, country there to agree to see why lated the charter that he pass his duties to some one in the school council who is capable to perform the duties of the president of the council. it is 700 d g m t here and doha am has a c k. welcome you all watching all continuing coverage of what russia is calling

its military operation in ukraine. let's bring you up to speed. now we are around for hours into russian president vladimir putin, military operation on ukraine. he's told ukrainian troops to lay down their arms, his military, so ukraine's air defenses and basis have been destroyed. tanks have also been seen coming across the border from valerie. the ukraine says this is a full scale invasion and its air force. it has shot down several russian aircraft in the east. now explosions have been heard in multiple cities as well, including key of the capital. the european union says it will impose what it cause massive and severe sanctions against russia. the german chancellor is calling it a dark day for europe. let's hear some of the televised address now that the russian president vladimir putin made as he announced the military action. and told ukrainian forces to retreat please away with me and let me get you to lay down on

the immediately and go home. i will explain all serve.