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biggest attack by one state against another in europe since well, the 2nd world war. let's take you through the latest developments. and there are debts reported on both sides. potentially dozens of ukrainian and russian soldiers killed and according to ukraine, many civilians, as well as fierce fighting ongoing, along a lot of ukraine's border with russia and cities, including the capital, kia, have been hit as have air bases and a ports russian tanks crossed ukraine's northern border from billers from the east as well and from the russian annexed crimea. in the south. key of says it's a full scale invasion and assessment shared by nato and western allies. the kremlin, though, it calls it a demilitarization of ukraine. in response, nato says, a little deploy additional forces along its eastern flank rushes. sorry. ukraine's neighbors are preparing for an influx of people trying to flee. and voldemort

zalinski is urging any one who can pick up a weapon to join the fights. let's start with her bill hommage. she's in crockett horse in easton ukraine, in one of those disputed regions in the east high. her um seems a lot quieter behind you now than it was earlier. yeah, it is a lot quieter. i was actually say it is either really quiet. i mean you can see behind me. busy the streets are quite empty. none of the businesses open to day, whether it's the bank or the shop said around. now yesterday at this time this street was buzzing. it's one of the main streets here in chrome i chose just leading to the main square. that's just an indication that even if there hasn't been any more, a loud explosions as the one that walked the city out of bed. the pre dawn targeting a military base. busy about 5 to 6 kilometers away from here. dragon been anything

since, but people are now taking their precaution, it kind of sank. an this is a major escalation and considering that this down and near buys lions are very important for the russian back. separate is they do braced themselves that eventually something will happen here. and how about earlier on today you how to tell us about so what you it's not often i ask this, but your trip to the supermarket this morning, which we saw earlier is absolutely, i mean this morning i was actually quite surprised. i so people with a walking about it seemed that they were going to, to work or even the employees of this hotel showed, showed up to their duty. it seemed that people were brushing off what was happening

. and i think the more they, so the new, ze, no more they, they got messages. the more he started thinking and, and then we sold very long queues at the cash dispenser machines. now they're actually out of cash. and people are quite angry with that. they think that probably the bank should have made provisions, considering that they was there has been talk about an imminent war 4 weeks now. at the supermarket, also quite calmly and collected no scenes of people room, you know, panic in their face, but making their provision, buying lots of food, long queues at the petrol station. people buying to train tickets. she get out of here. if things get worse. so yes, they are now fully understanding what good, how happened, and i would, you know, if you had talked to them, i would think even 2 or 3 days ago,

some of them would have told you that they didn't think that an invasion would happen. now this is a divided city like many of the place, the urban areas around live, probably the region. yes. and new gans, you have people who do support russia. yesterday i was talking to 2323 young men. they were, they work in i t, they were maybe in the early thirty's. well they're, all 3 of them told me that they thought that this part of the country was russia, but they said that they were torn because now they also felt ukrainian base. they said that they were upset with the government in care because they thought that this, this escalation was just a matter of time. and in all these years, 8 years, really, since the immense agreement was signed, 7 years. rather, this should have been an overture. the government should have tried to do something

to have some sort of compromise with the separate as they blame the, the government for not having any kind of dialogue for refuting to speak to the government. now the government's point of view is that it is actually not them, they have to speak to it is actually russia is actually russia that is backing at the separate it, which is true. and it has been true since the beginning of this call flag. so you do have those divisions, and those divisions make it very difficult for the soldiers who are on the front line. because in front of them they have the separate is backed by the russians that good over run them. because behind them, they don't have the full support of the people. they have people who want them to lead out. people who say, well, if they leave our town, if they leave our village, things would be much better. so it is a very difficult situation for them. and i was speaking to some of the so did we

where the frontline just 2 days ago and they said one of them said to us, we need more troops here as soon as possible. we are in the way of the territorial ambitions of the separatists. and they can just overrun us if we don't get that sort of, we don't get beefed up. if our ranks don't get beefed up. now with all that has been unfolding, it will be very difficult for columns and convoys of soldiers to just head to that part of the current gen to that front line. good stuff. hot abdul hamid in easton, ukraine thanks harder. now 2 kias and andrew simmons, there is a, in the ukrainian capital and, and like hot or you've managed to dispense with the, with the heavy protective equipment. what, how things like, how things in a what we moved now into the city center. this is, it is of,

i wouldn't say com. no air in the city has com right now, but it is as, as really airy stillness because there are no civilians here at all right now. they were evacuated so many of them have been evacuated from the city of the center of the city at summer, still taken shelter. others just stuck for hours and hours and hours in a solid traffic that just isn't moving out of the city towards poland. and there are now a 203 attacks reported by the military, ukrainian military, 203 russian attacks. and we're hearing from the presidential office that the allegation is being made that for very large, powerful ballistic rockets were fired amongst her. that's a whole blitzkrieg. they've actually been trying to deal with that. the herbs, civilian services, the fire, the ambulance service is stretched to the very maximum. and the attacks,

the move moving attacks with armory and air craft. and, and the at that in this, at the see there are a battleships and landing craft being used from the sea of as of attacking from the north, the south and the east. it all started around 5 am, with the crash of missiles hitting targets, just outside the capital, give the orange and yellow red flashes and sounds seconds later, of cracks of like thunder. this is how the day has looked so far. ah, the monthly build up of russian troops on the border with ukraine has turned now into an invasion ukraine, under attack, military bases, airports and aircraft, have been got it and bombed the skies over multiple cities,

including the capital cave, lit up waking up residence in the early hours of thursday was russian artillery advanced, not very many could have predicted that he would be striking at so many multiple characters. the civilian casualties are unknown though russia says it will only attack military posts. as a response, ukraine has declared martial law more children when i had a conversation with you as president joe biden, the u. s. is starting to gather international support. today, we need you each of you to be calm. if possible, stay at home, please. we are working, the army is working. the tie security and defense sector of ukraine is working. these attacks come after russian president vladimir putin declared to separatist areas in the don bass region in east, in ukraine as independent and said, russian civilians who live there need protection. whether we run into the battle

the landscape done yet in eastern ukraine has been going on since 2014, with more than 14000 people killed in fighting between russian back separatists and the ukrainian army. now putin has demanded ukrainian forces retreats, the when you put dell, said when you check however, we 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. the operation began despite last ditch appeals from members of the un security council to ease tension ukraine's ambassador to the un demanded. his russian counterpart stepped down as chairman, hol, putting call of rove to stop aggression. there is no purgatory, war criminals. they go straight to hell, ambassador in

a statement you as president joe biden warned of a catastrophic loss of life and human suffering. there's a mood of desperation developing now many people just jumping into their cars, getting their families together. and heading on the road, trying to get to poland. but the main auto roots are all jammed. there are so many people trying to do the same thing. others are going under ground taking shelter. the missiles are getting close and now emergency meetings have been called to reach an agreement. while the shelling of build up of military troops on both sides continues. this is ukraine's darkest day. well, we have an air raid sirens, mac going off for regular occasions, or the last was about something like half an hour ago. a people are getting into a ritual now of having to run and get in somewhere that of safety that needs to be

a credit discipline. drill on that. and that's this a tweet which has just come in from to metro collabo who's the foreign minister. this gives you an idea of the amount of anger politically right now. and he says putin's plunged europe into it's dark, his time since 1939. and he government hoping to sit this out, is naive. don't repeat mistakes of the past. hit russia with severe sanctions now help ukraine with military and financial support together we can win. now we've also heard from the president and the president has said quite clearly that he believes that the sanctions needs to be announced right now without any delay. it's the only weapon that can help this country because the 1st round of sanctions, even though the north stream to plan to hold any more, a development of that plan and really did rot russia somewhat. but it was the only

one out of all those sanctions. this is what we're being told by everyone in government here in ukraine that the only valuable sanction was, was the not stream. putin had already worked out ways of, of, of dealing with the yuke, the other swell ways of taking the, the, the impact of the other considerably important sanctions, but together not enough to have any effect on putin. let's face it, they're not gonna have any military help. other than the extra equipment. they've got the extra training that troops have got. they're putting up a big fight. there is no doubt about that. but ukraine is, is pretty much overwhelmed with a fire power. russia, how's those tanks coming in from the north over the the, the border from bella, luce, the, the ships coming up the courage, straits passed crimea. busy into the sea of as of that happened 2 days before the attacks they that were bringing in troops that were bringing in more armory. and

then of course, you have the movement of the, from mold over they the board remote over russian, russian or forces coming in from, from that area as well. and, and more are much more in the way of attacks at from the east, from where don bass, military zone, which is a, which has been a fight this been going on for, for 8 years. and with 14000 dead, some fierce fighting down there outside the, the front line. there have been russian forces a couple with the separatists at moving, trying to take more territory into that dumbass region. because that dumbass region is much larger than, than the to rip the popular republics that now have independence. the cost that was the independence is the issue that trigger the russian presence that triggered it was an excuse for russia to launch this invasion along with all the information war

with the false flag incidence. with the fake news that russia has been using the i'm not saying claims because there is evidence as there's a special unit, any grain has gone through a lot of the are the aspects of, of a false incidence. and also fake news that had a quite a big impact, or i would say on the russian population and a very big impact on people living in don't yet scan and landscape. so there is also a feeling that, that putin has gone to the stage of, of a final decision on ukraine. because talking to people and talking to politicians and talking as we did on wednesday at that check points up in the north. where bella, luce, is border, is to the, to the left, and russian border is to the right. it's a 3 way converged border. we spoke to the border guards there, and there was

a feeling that the putin had gone completely over the top. that he, he wasn't wrecking recognizing ukraine as a country. he wasn't recognizing its sovereignty. he felt that ukraine was part of russia at, on that night when he gave the, of course, the theatrical, i'm a display like a saw within this imperial palace. this is what i was saying. it was as if this was going to be going an obvious way, but he brought every one on the ministers on the intelligence cheats. and then progressed on this long and winding a history lesson which was very biased. the people here obviously feel and then that decision independence and then the, the whole move towards recognizing that not only recognizing the republics, but then bringing forces in an activating

a plan that was in his desk all along a massive clam. 30000 troops in bella, luce, so many others all up around a 150000. this is an incredibly dark day for ukraine. hey, andrew, real quick before i let you go, we've got a quick that i want to play here, else and sound as we like to say in the industry just haven't us. and then i'll get you to tell us about it. ah. so that was from our cameras earlier today. andrew, what is that noise? it's extraordinary. a yes. i mean that's happening quite frequently that that was film from just after we arrived in our new location here. and they have signals for all clear as well. they're getting into the system, but that was very late taking place, the crashes and bangs and, and shutters in the early morning in the darkness. there was no warning for that at

all, and it's just traumatized so many people. and we've also heard that there have been civilians killed and a number of places. we don't have full confirmation of, of who and exactly where some of them have been. but sir, they are, they, are, they, they are the military targets which ever were mentioned. the military targets are, may have been the brief for the russians, but obviously this is war. you're using really heavy weaponry than there are going to be civilian casualties and, and the, and then huck. he's, there was a particularly nasty attack that, that hit on the civilian block of apartments apparently. and there are, were quite moving, still pictures, awful of, of fur, of people trying to rescue their loved ones. and a man holding a dead person in his arms. it probably his wife or his partner. this they were

seeing now with smith going to be seeing over the coming days, some horrendous images or some, some horrific events because this is war and it's a war possibly like no other in, in europe since the 2nd world war. i mean, i don't think that's an overstatement when he consider the amount of firepower on the ground. andrew simmons fair with some of his own experiences from the day we get a break. now enter and catch up with you next hour. it starts at saying what the rest of our team have been up to. mario po festival were explosions, have been heard. and child stratford was there just outside mary, a police or a convoy of tank, some of them flying ukrainian flags. i'm close to a check point on the outskirts all my real military vehicles behind me heading down the road, heading west. nobody can see quite yet. on the other side of the road, there was

a convoy of tanks appearing in the last 1015 minutes or so. we've heard the distinct chip thought of what sound to bay grab my soil being used . these are these missiles that off with that, so you can see that coming out heading hate to marry awful as i say, the last few minutes we've heard the distinctive sounds of broad michelle being used in the fall. this is now across the veil there they're all you've created military installations that we on the side were here earlier, billowing smoke coming from the other. come

with interest to me. that tank being being towed just it may well have been hit but sir. yeah. also, increasingly we're seeing more more people leaving from this checkpoint is checkpoint, the road going down towards the west to wolf's cities like very dense. only adult c as well as denise prob, north, north west. interested me. we have been speaking to a source in the navy around paradox. he says that earlier today, naval force is off the coast of the coach. the presidents came under fire from russia, labor russian naval vessels and forcing them back to base. and we're also getting report, so again that we cannot verify that sir. russian forces may be planning an attack

from the north of crimea in schwartz cities like a cure song and merely a topple. which as i say, our west river. right. whose next bernard smith is in moscow, forrest this afternoon. i been at what sir president putin been doing since sir this massive announcement this morning. present putin has been making it look like business as usual, with a meeting of the kremlin, where the pakistani prime minister around con, earlier today, the 2 men, according to the official statements or from the kremlin, discussed cooperation between the countries, exchanged views on regional issues including the situation in south asia, i can't imagine that was what was on the minds really of the men in that meeting. but that is what the official statement was because as that meeting was going on, of course, as we know, vladimir putin had given the all, the, all the go ahead,

the largest invasion of a european country since the end of the 2nd world war. since then, other, other russian ministers have been out and about so gay lovers been meeting his chinese counterparts. the chinese say they understand the legitimate concerns that russia has on security issues. the chinese have been asked to recognize the 2 are republics that russia has recognized the netscape and le ganske know we're from the chinese on that. they will be very nervous. i would imagine about doing something like that. and the foreign ministry, where in relation to this invasion that the government of russia started, the foreign ministry says, this war has been going on for 8 years. now. it is ending burnett house, all this a cerebral question. i know. but how is this being viewed by russians? the fact that they country is now part of an armed conflict.

of course, it's very difficult for people to protest openly in russia these days any attempts, voicing opposition are quickly clamped down. or we know there's been a couple of attempts in saint petersburg and in moscow to day by a handful of protest is about half a dozen in saint petersburg, at least were arrested when they tried to unveil anti war. ready banners, or in the center of st. petersburg berries. an online petition that's been going around, sound sound fine. now by more than a $150.00 odd, low coal deputies across russia, condemning the attack of the russian army on ukraine. and there's been another similar letter signed by scientists and journalists. so there is some opposition coming out to what the government's doing, but it's very difficult to gauge exactly how much there is. we do know that before to day vladimir putin is popularity was actually taking up as the bill of troops

along the border and carried on beach from 61 to 69 percent of popularity and 5038 percent of russians didn't consider war was likely and half of them believed that both russia ukraine should be independent countries living side by side, so not to be put in himself, remains popular real opinion very, very hard to gauge, of course. okay, thanks burnett's bernard smith's in moscow. and now we're off to washington dc and our white house correspondent, kimberly, how can i, kimberly, and i will get the rundown from you about joe biden and what's expected today in a moment. but seeing as we were just talking to bernard about public opinion, maybe we can pick up on that with you and the public opinion on everything that's happening in the united states. well, the public opinion with regard to this conflict is $11.00 that the united states

public generally does not want to be involved in, in fact, just 26 percent. according to a poll taken in the last day or so has the support of the american public. so the reason that this is going to be a challenge for the u. s. president is that he was elected largely to address domestic issues. and certainly he has his hands full whether it be the coven crisis, or now the resulting conflict in terms of inflation, spikes in food prices and inflation across the board has been hitting the ordinary american pretty hard. and that is what most americans are focused on. so we know that in the coming hours, when the u. s. president does speak to the american public that he's going to have to make the case that this is about defending american values. this is about defending democracy. is nancy pelosi, the house speaker said just 24 hours ago. but again, when it comes to public opinion, it's going to be

a tough sell because americans are weary. they've just wrapped up of generation of war in iraq and afghanistan. the withdrawal still fresh in the minds of so many americans is not be particularly successful. they're not eager to see another conflict that the u. s. may have to support, even as the last president is promising, there will be no american boots on the ground and ukraine. the concern being, if this spills over into la sierra, neighboring nato country. then there will be this obligation of the united states to participate due to article 5, an attack on what is an attack on all according to the agreement under nato. and that is what worries a lot of americans is then there will be this sort of mission creep is. it's often called that americans will be drawn into this and they don't want to see that just real quickly. kimberly, what is the schedule for today with regards to president barton in the white house? yeah, in addition to the u. s. president talking to the american people in the coming

hours or more eminently as we speak right now, is that meeting of the g 7 leaders of virtual meeting taking place? we expect that talking about this next wave of sanctions that they promise will be punishing that will show the consequences of this invasion that many americans and a european allies that hope to avoid against russia. it'll isolate it, we presume, from the sort of financial system and also will really and europe's dependence on russian oil. so these are expected to be harsh. they're expected to be punishing. but in addition to that, we know that the u. s. president is also meeting with his national security council . in fact, we know that when he got up this morning and he has been monitoring this throughout the evening and overnight here in washington. but he convened in the situation room of the white house to speak with his the closest advisors on the next steps and how the u. s. might react. thank you. kimberly hawkins in washington, dc. the markets stock markets the tank as russia

announced its military operation. oh, that's the phil pictures. this will st opening up for the day. i'm as it is at 9 30 in the morning. they are in new york. every lozano is of course, one at the new york stock exchange. today what the future is indicating for today gabriel. very bad as might expect. the futures were all in the read. they had been dropping the stock futures down at about 800 points as of before the markets open just now the s and p futures last about 2.5 percent. and it's looking like it's going to be a very bad day on the markets. it already has been in europe and asia where there's a huge sell off the markets now here opening in new york and new york stock

exchange with the opening bell just a few seconds ago. so we'll get a better sense of where they're opening. now bottom line is this looks like it's going to be.