on al jazeera o, unprompted and uninterrupted discussion from a london broadcast, santa ah, ah, ah, invasion, russia attacks ukraine from the air, land, and sea. a full scale assault continues across large parts of the country. ah, oh, i'm adrian said again. this is al jazeera alive from dough ha. also coming up, put his aggression against ukraine will end up costing russia dearly economically and strategically. we will make sure that the u. s. president's unveils

a new wave of sanctions targeting russia. the latest attempts to punish flooded may have put in a looming refugee crisis in the making ukrainians fleet and neighboring countries to escape the violence and protests in solidarity with ukraine across the world. but back home police crackdown on demonstrators across russia. ah, the u. s. and the european union of announced saw the sweeping economic sanctions on moscow. on the day, the washing forces launched a multi pronged invasion of ukraine. it follows a wave of international condemnation. e leaders met in brussels to finalize what their calling severe sanctions targeting financial energy and transport sectors. washington announced export controls on high tech products. and along with the u. k is targeting washing banks and oligarchs. it's all in response to russia's land.

see an air attack on ukraine, which has been denounced by work leaders as barbaric. kim says that 137 soldiers and civilians have been killed. the un estimates that around $100000.00 ukrainians, fled their homes. ukraine's president followed him as a landscape called the attack a declaration on of war on all of europe, warning of a new iron curtain, he signed a decree to mobilize all able bodied men of fighting age to join in defending the country. russia's president vladimir putin says the assault aims to demilitarized ukraine and protect civilians in the east, where ukrainian forces been battling russia backed separatists for years. meanwhile, had been protest in support of ukraine across the world, including in russia, where police have detained more than 1700 demonstrators in dozens of cities. anticipated out zeroes. andrew simmons begins our coverage from ukraine's capital

give. ah, the russian invasion was lost with terrifying speed and against a wide range of targets. right across the country. along military build up around the cranes borders. finally and least fight holder of the kremlin helicopter gunship fighter jets miss isles tanks. convoys of armored vehicles are all involved in what russia calls a military operation. for the moment, the targets appear to be specific and strategic. they include ukraine's airfields and military bases. this video from really to poll in southern ukraine, appears to show the destruction of the cities airfield, with shrapnel and shells are also reported to have landed in civilian areas including the capital key. if you have any the letter hold up until the very last

moment i didn't believe it would happen, but i thought it might just involved in it's in the hands, but i didn't ever think it would involve kiev who's got it. most likely. war has now begun. every one is leaving everywhere as shut nobody to care you, your car. i hate the country that started this war. i speak as a mother and as a ukrainian, and i call on the whole, well to help us. and scott aggressive, ukraine's government declared martial law or 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 ty, security in defense sector of ukraine is working in. the russian military offensive follows a carefully choreographed strategy of russia's president vladimir putin. he unilaterally recognized to separate his regions in eastern ukraine as independent of give and

then sent russian soldiers in, under the pretext of being peacekeepers. the battle for lo hans and don, yet skin eastern ukraine has been going on since 2014. with more than 14000 people killed in fighting between the russian back separatists and the ukrainian army. now putin caused peacekeepers the only attack and the russian leader is warning ukrainian soldiers not to resist the when you put dell. so when you shed, a waiver will 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 al hunker. the russian invasion began to spite last ditch appeals from members of the united nations security council to ease tension ukraine's ambassador to the un

demanded. his russian counterpart stepped down as chairman, co putting cola rove to stop aggression. there is no purgatory for war criminals. they go straight to hell, ambassador o, as news of the invasion spread in ukraine's capital, kiev main highways out of the city quickly became gridlocked with traffic in the 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 on the ground taking shelter. others have been flocking to the supermarkets and frantically stalking up on essential items. this was the scene in chrome at also in the east of ukraine as

shoppers grab what they could to fill their cupboards. the ukrainian army and air force are putting up a fight and resisting the russian attack. this video from the defense ministry said to show a russian helicopter shot down by ukrainian forces near keith. but there will be no reinforcements from nato, and the olds look heavily stacked against ukraine's forces. andrew simmons al jazeera give. russia has been preparing to invade ukraine some months. nearly $200000.00 soldiers were deployed around the country, including the rebel held areas of new hon scandal next in the east and crimea, which russia annexed in 2014. russia has attacked the capital kiev and the major cities of can't keep mario poll and an e probe, at its military immediately target of ukraine's air defenses, as well as caves main important air bases and other cities. russian military

vehicles have been deployed from crimea and bella roost where russian troops were taking part in joint military drills. and in the east, the ukrainian military says that it's killed 50 troops in little hand screeching and down 6 russian war plans. will ukraine says that russian forces have taken the chernobyl nuclear plant? this video from inside the zone appears to confirm that it's the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, and lies just 130 kilometers from the capitol. they exploded. reactor is covered by a protective shelter to prevent radiation leaking. the entire plant has been decommissioned. u. s. president joe biden wants sanctions. he's just on vale to impede russia's ability to do business. our white house correspondent, kimberly. how could reports after consulting with his national security council in the white house situation room, and a virtual meeting with g 7 leaders? you as president joe biden made good on his promise to inflict massive costs on

russian president vladimir putin for invading ukraine. who is the aggressor who chose this war? and now he and his country will bear the consequences. the new sanctions target major russian bags and russian, the leads and in coordination with allies, representing more than half the global economy, are designed to cut off russia from the world financial system. russian assets in the us are also now frozen. we will limit russia's ability to do business in dollars euro's pounds and yet export controls to curtail russian high tech imports are also being opposed to cripple russia's military and high tech capabilities. the moves are backed by top, congressional democrats, like senate leader, chuck sure, who condemned russia's invasion and pledge support for ukraine. ukrainians are tough and resilient. i know they will not give up their country. they will fight

fiercely for it. but senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is blaming biting for the crisis. i think the precipitous withdrawal from i've got a fan of august was a signal to couldn't. and maybe to chinese frozen she as well. that america was and retreated across america, demonstrators protested hooton's invasion after a generation of fighting in iraq and afghanistan. most americans are war weary. in a recent poll just 26 percent of americans support the u. s. playing a major role in the russian ukraine conflict biden has promised us. 2 troops won't be said to ukraine, but if the conflict spreads to a nato country, us soldiers already states europe would be obliged to fight on thursday, fight and reaffirm that commitment to collective nato defense. united states will

defend every inch of nato territory with the full force of american power. president biden has announced a nato summit will be convened on friday. the purpose to a firm support for ukraine and map out the next steps necessary to strengthen the nato alliance. kimberly help it al jazeera, the white house that's go live had a washington houses. harris alan fisher is that allen, president biden insisting that us troops will not engage on the ground with washing forces. but he's announced this swinging set of sanctions. what exactly are they designed to do or had some delay saying, who is the deputy national security adviser? he's been talking in the white house briefing room in the last couple of hours. he said that the sanctions had to be calibrated, sustainable and flexible, calibrated so that all the nations that joe biden has brought together into this alliance work at the same time sustainable so that each country is comfortable with

what is in the sanctions so that they can sustain them for a long period of time and flexible so that they can dial them down. if the russians start to withdraw or dial them up, if they think they need to put more pressure on the russian economy, know people are saying that it's had no impact on the russians or will have little impact on the russians. but their stock market or on thursday, was don't buy 50 percent inflationary pressures are already rising. the ruble against the dollar is at one of its lowest levels in several years. and so they feel that there is the opportunity here to put pressure economically on the russians that there are some calling for russia to be kicked out of the swift banking system. essentially, the pipes that link all the international banks and can move money around through their messaging system. that's not going to happen at the moment, not because the u. s. doesn't want that to happen, but because they're seeing some of position from both the germans and the italian. so the easing off on that, although the ukrainians and last 24 hours have ours western nations to pull russia

out of the swift system. it's been done once before, essentially seized up there in the an economy when it did that. now, as for what's going to happen in the coming hours at u. s. intelligence sources are seeing that they expect a massive bombardment on ukraine in the coming hours at the rec, in the it's going to be long, and it's going to be brutal. so they're telling people to be careful. one big question, the americans of been asked about several times, what happens to president celeste, that he himself, in the last few hours has said that he believes he is enemy number one. that is a concern that he could be seized by the russians. if they took the capital and then they would put them up in some sort of sure, tra jen sack, he said the president biden spoke to president. so leslie, in the last few hours, they are aware of where he is and they are taking measures and offering him a range of support to ensure that his safety is protected. so that is very much in the thinking of the americans at the moment. will the americans go to ukraine and

fight the russians? that's not going to happen. the big concern is any threat to nato countries, and that is why the u. s. is putting $7000.00 more troops into germany, ready to react? if there is any incursion into the baltic nations romania or poland. it would it that if there was, that would automatically trigger article 5. an attack on one is an attack on all. and that's when the americans could be involved in fighting. but as for the moment, president biden believes these sanctions are appropriate. and he hopes that the russians will feel enough financial pain that they'll start to withdraw. as, as arizona fisher reporting live for washington, many thanks. ellen at christine was inner, is a senior fellow and head of the geo politics team at the german marshall funds alliance for securing democracy. she joins us now live from washington. good to have you with us, sir. christine, are these sanctions targeting the right institutions and people these are very significant sanctions, but the us and also your

a p and partners of have to be looked at the us sanctions. today we are addressing very large banks that control a very significant portion of the, of the russian economy. as well as, for example, the import export restrictions to, to, for high tech goods to russia. what limit russia's base, another high tech sectors which would of course have long term pain on the country . this is very important to many have argued in some way. it is more important than swift sanctions, which many, including the gradient have been calling for. because there are ways around flipped, but if you are the base themselves are not allowed to interact with dollars with pounds, with heroes. that not really does have a lot of bite. but the know to the 2nd question on top about which is what hasn't been done. and sure you can do this and you can go after the very symbolic and powerful move sanctioning. i'm pulling russia out of the system and many ask why

not do more, right? now, on the eve of another terrible night in q and across ukraine, president biden insist that the us troops weren't engaged on the ground. what do you make of the west's support of ukraine over the last 2 years, the last few months in particular? as it left ukraine, open to the inevitable. how much blame should the west and nato be shouldering for what's happened here? i think many countries in the west to do a reckoning about the situation. there has been a lot of surprise in many parts, many countries that this actually came to pass, but it isn't a small localized activity in desk and the cons, but it isn't something just involving subterfuge as we saw in crimea, but a full on missile driven. now followed by tanks and soldiers on the ground invasion

of ukraine, the shock that that could actually come to pass the shock is really also part of why many didn't things would happen and didn't provide what i would consider sufficient arms and military to support to ukraine in past ones, but more importantly, over the last 8 years, we've seen russia have this belligerent posture towards ukraine taking territory because it wants to, since 2014, we should have given you credit plenty of time to provide to build up a sufficient defense to protect itself better that it can today, and today we're in a different place. they were 36 hours ago 48 hours ago a week ago when additional defensive arms would have been able to make it in and been absorbed. that is not the case where we are at this particular moment in the active onslaught. and so, you know, could they having an iron don't in ukraine, made a difference perhaps having the international community say,

we view yours for that perception that us intelligence as correct. we believe that you because you want to join us in the process of becoming democratic enough, free enough, but developed enough to join us while you are doing that. we have your back. i don't think there was enough of that in the weeks, months and years prior. christine, really good still too many thanks. did christine busy another washington? more coverage of the ukraine crisis shortly. also more on how the russian attack or ukraine is shaking up the global economy. ah, ah, look forward to burritos guys. with sponsored by capital airways there, here's your weather update for asia, and once again it's

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ah. hello again, this is al 0. let's remind you of the bad news. the saw ukraine's president says the 137 people have died on the 1st day of a full scale washing military invasion. laudermill zalinski was called up reservists across the country. the un estimates that around $100000.00 ukrainians of fled, the hopes western powers are hitting washer. with more sanctions, the u. s. is blocking the assets of rush and banks, sanctioning oligarchs and restricting access to high tech goods. the you is targeting the trade energy and transport sectors. the u. s. president says that he'll be announcing further measures against moscow after meeting with g 7 of nato allies on friday job life. so the washing leda was trying to test western resolve. global stock markets have been tumbling. the price of oil has talked $100.00 per

barrel. i'll just here is gabriel elizondo has the wrap up of how financial markets affecting the customary cheering at the opening bell on wall street. could a mask, the fear built by many investors at the start of trading news of russia's invasion of ukraine, sen, stocks tumbling following a global trend, but also hit asia and europe. the dow and s and p were deep in the red most of the day. and despite elite rally, investors for the long term are fearful in russia stock spell over 30 percent. and the rubel dropped to record low. i think recruit and as essentially decided to put glory and imperial conquest and also revenge ahead of the economic prospects of his own country and fellow russians. that's the simple calculation he's made. making matters worse, the global economy was already unsettled, still trying to recover from the economic effects from the pandemic. inflation

continued supply chain issues and slower growth. and now a war. in many ways, it's the perfect storm. oil prices reached over $100.00 a barrel for the 1st time since 2014. russia is the world's 2nd largest exporter and analysts predict that, along with supply chain issues, the war could push prices at the pump even higher than they are now. prices for european natural gas, most of which is supplied by russia, skyrocketed 50 percent wheat and corn prices jumped to their highest point in a decade. both russia and ukraine, or major producers, and consumers might ultimately pay the price and more expensive food products. with the global economy now shaken from war, the question is no longer if there will be a downturn, but now how deep. and for how long? gabriel's gondo al jazeera new york, well leaders have widely condemned russia's aggression against ukraine,

but china has so far refused to refer to the attack as an invasion. moscow faces now the round of sanctions from western allies. leap bunker reports you would need is missiles fell on ukrainian cities. so international condemnation rained down on vladimir putin and the russian attack. early this morning, russian troops invaded ukraine, a free and sovereign country. and once again, in the center of europe, innocent women, men and children are dying of fear for their lives. we condemned this barbaric attack for you from national capitals, leader of the leader promised a coordinated and unprecedented sanctioned responsive aimed at president putin. the, the russian elite and the source isn't havens of russian wealth, hoping against hope that they will make a difference. we will limit russia's ability to do business in dollars euro's

pounds, and yet to be part of the global economy. will limiter bill? did you do that? we're going to start the ability of to finance and grow, rushed the russian military. we're going to impose major and we're going to pair their ability to compete in high tech, 21st century economy. we're taking new powers to target russian finance. earlier, the british prime minister also announced to salvo of sanctions with the banning russian companies from its markets and rushes national airline from british airports. the measures include asset freezes against major russian state banks and individuals and a holton high tech exports. those responsible for propping up putin. he said we'll have nowhere to hide. this includes all the major manufacturers that support hooton's war machine describing the russian president and an address to the nation as a dictator for all his bombs and tanks and missiles. i don't believe that the russian

dictator will ever subdue the national feeling of ukrainians, and that passionate belief of their country should be free. worldly, it is half, however, fallen short of banning russia from the swift international payment system through which moscow receives foreign currency. some european countries pay a billions of dollars of russian debt won't be repaid to european creditors if moscow's forced out of the scheme. ukraine's urged western leaders to reconsider him while determine efforts continue by a number of countries to supply ukraine with lethal and defensive weapons. no one's offering to stand shoulder to shoulder with t. evan fight. we have it. we don't have any plans. an intentional deploy nato troops to ukraine. or what we have met fair is that we have pulled an increase and we are increasing the presence of natal troops in the eastern part of the ice on april territory. that will not be

a factor in putin's plans for now. a neighbouring come, please have other problems to consider. the polish governments as 9 reception points will be opened along ukraine's border to receive an expected wave of refugees. a country that in recent months has used cause to repair refugees from the middle east. must now brace for ukrainians, fleeing war in their thousands. neeve park him al jazeera, more than 1700 people are reported to have been arrested during anti war protests in russia. thousands converged on the streets of at least 50 cities after learning of their presidents order to invade ukraine. bernard smith reports from moscow just a few hours after launching the biggest invasion of a european countries in the 2nd world war. it looked like business as usual at the kremlin. pakistan's prime minister was the guest. but my vladimir putin's mind have been elsewhere. as the 2 men talked, russia's military was advancing in ukraine. these trucks were headed from crimea to

the cranium border, part of an army that had surrounded a country of 40000000 people, a country that russia's president has said he doesn't think should exist in an address to russians on ukrainians. putin said his aim was to demilitarize ukraine, and he made clear his antipathy for the government in kiev bosun about it. it's the equal. i have to also address the ukrainian military. dear comrades, your father's grandfather's, great grandfathers fought against the nazis defending our coleman motherland. not for today's neo nazis to take power and key. if you took the oath of allegiance to the cranium, people, not the john to robin ukraine and bowling its own. people do not follow its criminal orders. i urge you to immediately lay down your weapons and go home. russia's defense ministry says it's met all its targets for thursday, destroying 83 ground facilities of the ukrainian military. and it insists they're

not targeting civilian areas. so some of them are the high precision weapons or the russian armed forces on to destroy the military infrastructure. these are objects of air defense, military airfields, evasion of the armed forces of your grain stage to video of human with mass casualties. amanda civilian population was filmed in ukrainian cities. there have been some attempt in russia to protest against the invasion. several 100 turned out in moscow. the shouting no, to war, judging the russian public reaction is difficult because it's almost impossible to protest freely here. but vladimir putin approval rating was at 69 percent in the build up to the wall. this is a whole blown invasion. and the president puts you, not you a couple of days before outlined in his speech. what he wants to get from you green washington grange should do, and that included therefore, a total demilitarization of the country. at an afternoon meeting with businessman,

no one admitted to vladimir putin any worries about sanctions. russia central bank says it's got $631000000000.00 in cash reserves to cushion the economy has, if it's closed off from the global financial system. and in a late night phone call on thursday, the french president told vladimir putin, he was exposing himself to massive sanctions. the kremlin, said putin and emanuel micron had a serious and frank exchange of views. whatever was said, it was unlikely to have been enough to stop the russian military advance until bernard smith, al jazeera moscow. ah, hello again. adrian finnegan here in doha bad lives and al jazeera ukraine's president says 137 people have died on the 1st day of a full scale russian military. and.