i am, i only got my on my nigeria on al jazeera. ah he crane's capital under it, sad cuz russia continues its assault on the country. the ukrainian foreign minister says keir for suffered horrific strikes over night. ah, hello and welcome. i'm peter w. a watching al jazeera live from doha, also in the next hour, international condemnation with the u. s. and the e. u leading sanctions on russia. but ukraine's president says that is not enough

to stop moscow. demonstrations across the world to denounce russia's military attack in ukraine, demanding an end to the military operation. ah, the green says his capital has suffered quotes, a rift rocket strikes, overnights russian troops are moving closer to kia on the 2nd full day of this attack. ah, it has been a nights of unrest for thousands of ukrainians. his missiles struck the city residential buildings on the outskirts we're hits, and firefighters still putting out the flames. we understand the ukrainian army says russia fight on civilian areas, but its air defense systems have repelled attacks. ah brennan's in the capital. waking up to that sound, the sound of sirens this morning there press didn't load amuse,

zalinski as warning of what he calls enemy sabotage groups already inclusive. in the early morning address, zalinski said he's a target, but dismissed rumors that he has fled the capital. my mine for my see, but this sure gives actually these information that enemy sabotaged groups have entered. keir so i asked the people of give be careful respect the curfew rules. i am staying in the government course together with all those who are needed for central government to work. according to the information we have. the enemy has designated me as target number one, my family is target number 2. they want to destroy ukraine politically, by destroying the head of state quality. just after 7 hours, g m t, that's 9 am local time in kia under. simmons is our correspondent there. andrew, just take us through what's been going on overnight. there heretic horrendous o adjectives that are accurate in what's been happening here. overnights

a litany of air strikes. there was also a one successful ukrainian defense in that they shut down one of the fighter jets fight a bomber should i say. and that unfortunately crashed down into a civilian area, unknown number of casualties, but at least one dead. there has, i'm sat to reports, been a large number of air raids since dawn. and we've had nuff on 3 occasions or the air raid sirens going off. and a civilian area was struck by one of those 1st one of those air raids were assured, sadly, we don't know what the level of impacts in terms of civilian loss. we also hearing now, and this is very new and an unconfirmed reports that ukraine has fired a ballistic missiles at some miller ovo or airports that's of military air

field. i'm near aust off in russia proper. that's over the border. so this is escalating in every respect, not just in the air, but on the ground as well armored columns all heading towards the city. the latest report is about 30 kilometers away with one column coming it coming down southwards. at to this city of the has been some successes on the ground by the ukrainians. they've repelled, they've counter attacked it hoster mail, which is a, an air field about 15 kilometers away from the capitol. that airfield had been attacked on thursday by helicopter gun ships, russian helicopter gun ships. i'm really causing a lot of damage not to the runway, but taking out the the, the whole i failed to allow a reportedly paratroopers set to land in enlarged troop carrying aircraft. but

that is a that has not come to fruition that though we are, we understand that whatever happened, those paratroopers didn't arrive, but what did happen was that the ukrainians launched a counter attack and took their field back. that's the latest there. and in terms of these armored columns that the ukrainian seemed to be having some success with their new weaponry, their missile launchers and there apparently did repel. one attack em, which was sir. and coming down from the bell roost border, they'd set something like 4050 kilometers away from that border. there came up against very fierce resistance. and what we're also hearing is that sir ukrainian special forces are, are blowing up bridges in key points. they're not giving the details of all of them for obvious reasons, but they are attacking bridges that blowing them up in order to, to actually bring the advancing ground forces to

a halt. but it's an overwhelming in the words of, of, of the press office for the military. they're using the worm over the word overwhelming force being used by the enemy. so this is colossal it sir. sean's that hadn't been witnessed since the 2nd world war and, and now sadly, we're getting civilians involved. this is a look back at the past 24 hours. ah, the russian invasion was lost with terrifying speed and against a wide range of targets. right across the country. a long military build up around it. cranes borders finally unleashed by old roof the kremlin helicopter gun ships, 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 milly to poll in southern ukraine appears to show the destruction of the cities airfield. what shrapnel and shells are also reported to have landed in civilian areas including the capital key. if you have any letter hold up until the very last moment i didn't believe it would happen. 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 a few. most likely war has now begun. every one is leaving everywhere as shut knowledge as you can. you look up, i hate the country that started this war. i speak as a mother and as a ukrainian, and i call on the whole world to help us and stop this aggressor, 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 tie, 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 engines in eastern ukraine as independent of give and then sent russian soldiers in under the pretext of being peacekeepers. the battle for la hans and don, yet skin easton, 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 calls peacekeepers the only attack and the russian leader is warning ukrainian

soldiers not to resist the when you put them up when you shed. 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 russian invasion began despite 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 call of 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 good lot 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 underground, taking shelter. others have been flocking to the supermarkets and frantically stocking up on essential items. this was the scene in cremmit tours 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. so and day 2 of this invasion has the civilian population bearing up under what must

be incredible pressure. yes sir, that is the right. so peter, that, that's, it's just a horrendous for them. many thousands. we think i managed to get away. they took an immediate decision before dawn of the beginning of the strikes and the ground false invasion. they got away and they got into poland. and we've been seeing pictures of them all. crossing the border and going through the process with the, with the visas but saw the majority of the mom had, well, they were dazed and confused in some places, but that they had to take shelter. and, and right now this friday, well, it's horrendous for them. they're all basically getting into positions where they can get safe when the air raid sirens go off for the air. raid sirens sometimes don't give a lot of warning. i mean, that's the nature war, and you don't have time to get into a place of safety. there are 4 main metro stations where people are basically

living. now, i'm, there's real anger in the air. a people are really furious. there's a, the hatred for vladimir putin, his is palpable. and furthermore, of there are a number of places in the city and where you can get any gun of your choice, particularly in a k 47, a to defend yourself. and that is the policy of the presidency. vladimir zelinski is of a mood where he wants everyone to fight a. he's a stepped up. the mobilization, know that we're written is reported that no males of fighting ages are allowed to get out. now, he wants everyone that hunker down and trying to avoid the, the, the air raids, anyone fits enough should be fighting because that's what they're ready for. every place of shelter is a wash with rumors and also hatred for letting me put in as i saying. and what

we're going to find is, when these forces might say when it's not, if we, it does look like when the russian forces reach the capital, there is likely to be fierce resistance. and we're getting a warnings also that there are under cover. russian agents heavily armed in the city that deserve that the presidency. say that that is the case. be careful. watch out. if you're out on the streets, it's utterly well the few cars driving around there, invariably, driving around high speed, responding to various reports, all of activity i. but the, as i say, we can't show you pictures, we can't get there right now, but the hospitals are struggling with the level of casualties right now, and also to bring you up to date with what, what amir zalinski has been saying, his latest figure this morning, was a 137 dead and of those 10 officers were talking about losses in

the field. we're talking about losses of, of soldiers, or who will old posthumously be given the metals of honor. however, the civilian numbers of casualties is not clear. i think you could almost say from what we're hearing, that that figure has gone up quite, quite considerably in a possibly near 200 when you're hearing about all the reports. we're getting of these, these attacks. but some the overall mood to answer the question in a sentence is one of an absolutely horrendous fear of what's going to happen next. andrew, thank you very much. stay close. andrew simmons are correspond in their life for us in the ukrainian capital key as well. here's a snapshot of what's happening on the ground as far as we can tell you, russian forces of attacked areas across ukraine. multiple cities are under fire. this is the approximate location of those strikes. russian troops have moved in by land, air, and sea, the east from russia, south from crimea,

and north from bella, the bella, russian side, and have also been naval attacks from the sea of as off of delta me join slightly from color, tore skin easton ukraine, hold on what's the latest this been going on on the ground there overnight? well actually as that lady in the report from and it just said that everyone was expecting that the big push, the beginning of this world would have started here in the east with all these and more than a 100000 russian troops just across the border. well, none of that happen, yes, the is sporadic shelling on along the front line between the ukranian army and the separate. the separate is have tried a 1st in regard to redo region sort of north east from where i'm standing. they managed to go across and appoint colchester, but then the ukranian took that back. so there hasn't been any major movement along

that line we are hearing now that in the south, in the vicinity of my youthful obviously there, there has been much more activity for the last 24 hours. there's been a lot of attacks the russians trying to put a lot of pressure on the ukraine is in the area and we are hearing that they might be advancing towards bird dance, which is a city just on the coast on the along b as of c but we still don't, it's still not confirmed how far they have been. but what is clear is that at the moment from what we have seen unfolding in the last 24 to 36 hours, is that russia, by attacking kids, by attacking her, he is trying to put pressure there to den, have the do over ukrainian army units that are posted here in the used that are supposed to be a reputed to be the strongest,

and the better equipped to capitulate at the moment there are standing strong and there is no major foot because the rats de separate. this can't do it alone. if they were to push game, the russians with them should be able to push because at the end of the day, the ukrainian army is a regular army is strong. it's been there for the last 8 years. it's well entrenched and it's well equipped. i'm just wondering if we can pull up the map, potter, so we can show the view as exactly where you are because crana tours is kind of directly ju, north of mary, a pole down there, which is towards crimea. so it's in that cora door area from eastern ukraine and where you are hotter is one of those areas, one of those towns that kind of exposed in a way because it's kind of isolated, it's not close to key if it's close to western central russia. so that must be an awareness that the people have their what a base saying the people of the city. because we had 4 months of

a build up of russian military. but when it came, when it came to it this time yesterday, it still clearly came as a surprise. it did, however, surprising to just to, for our viewers to understand coming towards is a major commercial hub in this is one of the main cities and it's only a 10 minute drive from love. yeah. back in 201415. well, we separate, it had pushed all the way to live. yeah. that's one of the 1st move they had does it says symbolic safety for them. and they had taken over the 50 pounds, so there they have surrounded with rubber tires. and that's where you also had the wash and advisors base. so many people expected that that would be a push from the step with this, this side. now you have pro russia, people here and all over the region of done yes. and the gods in some places is

5050. in some places you have a majority of the pro ration opinions. very interesting. i was talking this morning to a young man who is from come at doors, who is for russian, whose friends are pro russian. well, he said, i would like to have bachelor relations with moscow. i would like that ukraine and russia be much better job. he's not necessarily put a separate because that is a sort of memory there of the when to separate as were ruling in the city. and in this area, and they are not good memories box. he said with all was unfolding care. well, he doesn't agree with that anymore. he said to me that his friends don't agree with that anymore. that one shot god's way too far as that is what i think the movie is, i guess because he's keeping this part of the country. the one where he has the most support. i'd be at the moment. yes. there has been sporadic bombing. yes, he has started some bases and some military units specially away from the frontline

here in chromos doors that work lock in the morning yesterday when it started and they were loud explosion box. if you couldn't tell if this continues, well, people here are going to be alienated because the pictures are circulating everywhere. what is unfolding in here is shocking people here. and i think ready new britain would lose a lot of support. as long as what's the unfolding here really even is how to places continues to happen. now, are they expecting a war here? are they expecting the push to have in here? yes, because the end game is over the he to take the entire done. yes. and without and against region, because what that's what the separate is want. that's what they have written in the constitution. and that's what they see as their historic land. so it is a very interesting situation. let me put in saying that he is protecting the ethnic russians in this part of the country. he is protecting the russian speakers and discard of the country where he is alienating some of them at the moment. and i

think with more with the hours to pass and more you know, fighting going across and what was unfolding a kid. he might lose that support order. thank you very much. her. up from you. 30 wilkins was life from, from a course in eastern ukraine. charl stripes would so so there is just are so mary paul on thursday did see a convoy tanks, 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 distinctive thought of what sound to bay grab my soil being used. these are these missiles with that you see the

coming out heading to mary awful. as i say, the last few minutes we've heard the distinctive south of broadway south used in the fall. this is now across the field here. they're all you've created military installations that we on the side ways earlier. we're going slow coming problem not to come with me that way. being towed just it may well have been hit but yeah, also increasingly we're seeing more more people leaving from this checkpoint is

checkpoint. the road going down towards the west towards cities like very dense only as or c as well as denise prob, in the north, north west. but 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 came on the fire from russia neighbors, russian naval vessels at forcing them back to base charles scott for the near maria pole, spring in february, spotty, a. he's a chief strategy officer of the political consultants, rasmussen, global. he's also formerly a director of policy planning at nato. he's joining us from san honda in spain for bri spotty ben wallace. the u. k. defense secretary just saying on domestic, british television, that the russian forces have not achieved yet what they wanted to achieve on day

one. but he's also saying, in his opinion, russia wants to take all of ukraine. is he right? well, he probably has more diligence than than me, but it looks like indeed petite decided to go for 4 clearly for calf. so it's a behaving strategy that we are watching here. and yes, the russian forty's not probably made as quickly progress as the expected. but if you look at the numbers, if you look at the equipment and the when i think it's pretty, pretty obvious that the russian forces will prevail at some point. also given the kind of technology and military gear that the, for the russian forties have, like jamming and any television. so yes and recommit since the ukraine. i'll be ease of the see, but from a was 8 years ago by the train. better equipped, but it's still kind of an symmetry criteria. so i have to say that yes,

it looks like if it's the whole ukraine and especially for kiff. and then i think what he wants to do is to, to impose the terms he wants probably to have a regime that he could to, to. he's a twisted vision of these great russia. he probably wants to consolidate some kind of territory. we sub language called going from the east and the bass all the way to order. so i think this is what we are, what she now and decide truth is, is the west is just standing by and watching. because sanctions important. you need to talk a potent but now we are in the sequence of military competition. and against that you can only respond by force. and we are not at all managing. this is collation putting the has the hand on the escalation and keeping the strategic advantage. if they won the 1st 24 hours is not gone in the desired direction, as far as the russians are concerned to,

they now have to start rethinking their strategy because we have to engage with the growing reality. don't me, which is there was a perception that the front line was where easton ukraine meets south central russia. but there are other front lines up north and ukraine where it abuts bella, russia. there is a frontline there and also coming from the south from the sea in and around about crimea. it seems but again, i'm not a tactical specialist and they don't have a much intelligence government official. but it seems that the russian forces that try to circle the strongest and best ukrainian forces that they probably don't the so called compact line. you know, the to basically the put them in front of a died in mouth. you fight to death or you just have to give up. so it's filled that, that tried to circle and the core of the ukraine forces and going for care for as

quickly as possible in order to have basically a political capital nation. i think this is really what we're watching. when you use the word to pitch elation f a brace is that what mister putin wants to go for? would he back off? if he got capitulation surrender. let's come up with another word. that means the same thing because he could have done what he's doing just now at any point over the past 8 years, but he's chosen to do it. after 4 months of warning, the world i am building up my supply, my stock of my fighting machine across the border from easton, ukraine. yes, i mean, i think it's pretty clear that he wants to change the regime and regime that should be nice. view, sympathetic to russia, interest starting wave, obviously turning down the nato and the e u membership path claiming some kind of neutrality of finland

position. so i think this is one of these goals, but didn't ski is going to put on the fight and obviously we should not forget because this is the most important that a month of what is happening. you have more than 40000000 ukranian people who feel ukrainian who don't want this city to be part of russia. and therefore putting those very well the, as a look at paying power. russia will face a growing cost of, of the separation. so he's trying to go for, for a quick operation. you know, that too quickly was the stance. and probably after i withdraw, i got for the day to present in more friendly territory. so this is, this is the, the, the game way in. but is that in skills from those very well that of course they can be a people with the star. so this is what he's calling on. but this will be dramatic

cause for, for ukraine, people population then the ukranian economy. so this is, this is of a dire situation and you decide to see that the west is obviously claiming to put together some significant sanctions. that means coming up with important the statement of unity and the result. but at the end, the west is not going to sing nato so dear on ukrainian soul. and this is what could make the only difference right now. ok, so please do stay with us because i want to talk to you about those functions and the potential impact of e u driven sanctions. because european union leaders have agreed to impose sanctions at the target 70 percent of the russian banking market, as well as maybe state own companies after close coordination with the white house in washington. that being submitted for approval at a meeting due to be held in brussels today. but the sanctions stopped short of blocking russia from the swift global inter bank payment system. that one is based in belgium. will the european union held an emergency summit to discuss the crisis

in ukraine? the president of the commission outlined the strategy being taken to confront russia bombs, falling on innocent women, men and children. they fear for their lives and many are dying. and all of this happens in 2022 in the very heart of europe president put in chose to bring back war to europe. this is a fully fledged invasion in ukraine. and this one mentally puts into question our piece order. but today i also say the european union stance united tonight, european leaders were fully aligned in condemning the atrocious and unprovoked attacks. now we have to meet the moment. we will hold the kremlin accountable. american sanctions are also targeting rushes, financial system, the u. s. press.