o'neill allows kalamazoo lounges iraq when ever you mm. oh, i welcome back to the newsroom here in al jazeera in doha, what you're looking at the very latest pictures, more areas around the capital t. f coming under attack on day 2 of russia's full scale attack on ukraine explosions and gunfire being reported in the northern district is called up alone. it is about 15 kilometers from the city center. pedestrians reported the running for safety to the sound of small arms fire. large blasts could be heard around the city center, the ukraine defense ministry as purged citizens. to stay at home,

we will stay with those pictures and re rack them for you. as we try to get a sense of what's going on there, so it's 9 hours g, m, c, that's 11 a m local time. andrew simmons is our correspondent there. andrew, dramatic events unfolding by the minute bow, where you are a mat column of tanks. we think making his way down from the board with belarus. yes, it's how much of the column of tanks is on. the move is unclear because a ukrainian force is blew up a bridge or which was approaching or below that bridge is it is completely destroyed that says impossible for the column to advance. beyond that bridge, we're not sure of the amounts of, of fire power that's crossed it. but we do know that there has been fast fighting between ukrainian forces and the them this column. i'm not sure whether they had

detachments of, of, of anti tank. a missile troops there or not, we're not clear on it, but it's been a large number of explosions. we've heard from here. it's a round about 15 kilometers, probably between 10 and 15 kilometers in this direction, which is the north west and, and we're hearing a number of things we're hearing that civilians were running for their lives. it is a residential district, a high rise apartments there. and we also hearing from the ministry of defense that which said has been calling on people to stay in doors, in this residential area, even though quite often that the air raid sirens are sounding. but there's been a bit, he's been reasonably quiet for the past 40 minutes, and they are being asked to throw molotov cocktails if they can somehow make such things with the clear bottles and, and petro, at any russian troops, they can see which is an extraordinary request from the ministry of defense,

but basically that is the a frame of mind. most people are in right now. if you want to do something, you've got to try to resist violently, the russian aggression. now that we're also hearing that serve the numbers, the amounts of, of ammunition being passed on to civilians as it is getting extraordinary. i mean like 10000, a k 40 sevens people. you see, we've seen people in the streets with rucksacks, with a k 40 sevens just shoved in. so we have a situation now where we do have a close contact now between ukrainian forces and russian forces within were within shouting distance. now that's exaggeration was certainly within 10 kilometers of the city on the north west entrance and a crimea. an armed, a russian column from crimea is approaching on another level altogether on a different a different direction. but effectively, what's trying,

what they're trying to do is 3 separate arm and columns with all the back up needed . and of course, air cover as well. and all the missiles being being thrown into the equation ah, could good to are trying to do a triangular action on the city to basically seal it off. and they were not sure exactly, obviously what tactics are going on in certain areas. but the ministry of defense is also warning about russian under cover saboteurs or within the city itself. the have been shooting incidents and you hear of them all the time. i'm a sort of unprovoked sometimes, but certainly there is a lot going on and, and a lot of tension. we'll get to what happened overnight in key if in a minute or 2 if we may and re, but just just to go back to this or to stay with that. the discussion on this column of tanks that you're reporting for us here, this hour. and it's a sizable distance from kiev to the border with bella luce,

if this long convoy of tanks and we, what we're also seeing on the foot is that we're playing in from this. and i know you guys can't see where you are, but we're playing in user generated content. and also news agency footage of what looks like armored personnel carriers or troop movement laurie's and trucks on the roads in that area. if that column tanks got from beller, bella luce, to 10 k from kiev, overnights, they did it quite quickly, and they didn't encounter much resistance because they're, they're, they've made it there on the outskirts of kiev. well, iraq, asking the right person to estimate timings on that because as a team we went to be on chip ne keys, which is a town where they did meet some resistance and further on to st keith car. now that is the furthest crossing point. you can find on the been a ruse. ukraine border the that she is

a 3 way border because it's the board with russia as well. now we visited there on wednesday and we saw at the sort of defenses that border had got. they were minimal . and the border guards who are vague, it's possible they're not alive anymore. the border guards we spoke to and said yes is going to be tough. it with me, we were better resistant, but we better call in forces that will and that, that border if you, if we drove it there and it was about 3 hours. yeah. it was 3 hours and go coming back. we stopped a few times. it was about 3 and a half. now bear in mind this, the, when the onslaught was launched on, on the wednesday morning in the early hours that started the 1st day morning in the early hours. there was a movement all around. it wasn't just air raids. miss our launches. it was a movement of armory from all borders at so if you actually worked that out,

it's taken, you know, a day a day and a night for that column to get on the outskirts of, of this city has met resistance. it's a long column, it's met a lot of resistance by air. i don't on the ground as well, but it's armory and it's got a cover. so it doesn't take a lot to really work out with mathematics that that column is on the outskirts of the city in what state it said, we're not sure. as you're talking to sandra, we have access to some more live pictures of what looks like her a downs or military aircraft someplace close to where you're reporting from. it looks like it either came down with a fireball, or it started a fireball as it landed just to fill in the back story to this, we've sort of, we flick a switch and we tap into the thick of our view. as watching as we tap into a feat of pictures, we have no control over what the camera crew they're on the ground and kia are filming. but they've chosen to rest that shot on

a completely and utterly destroyed building to the right of that. there is the remnants of what is clearly an aircraft. we saw the remnants of m, the aircraft fuselage, which is almost completely destroyed, a cup of aircraft engines. that's just one aspect andrew of what's been going on over night. just just walk us through how much fire, how much of the distant crump of conflict. could you hear their innkeeper leave in the hours of darkness? well, well the, that, that's a record you're looking at. i can tell you, i can confirm because it's, there's only one plane that's been shot down in the past 6 hours. it was a, a, a, a, a fight, a bomber blown out by ukrainian air defenses and sadly crashed into the building. and you're probably seeing the wreckage of that building and hit that civilian area and burst into flames naturally. and we don't know the,

the casualties there that we know that there is at least one person dead. that is what happens in war. not only was that plain blown out of the sky, but the ukrainians ministry of defense is saying that to cruise missiles was shot at were shot down by will they would have exploded obviously. so they, they would have reached the grant. they would have a hit the ground in flames that the remnants of them, they were hit overnight as well. so the ukranian air defenses are working. there may not be intensive, but they were working overnight. you could hear the outgoing a lot during the night and the thump of distant artillery, the crashes are of missiles hitting military targets on the outskirts of the city. but what we're finding now, as, as all the armory gets closer, is they're getting into civilian areas and the civilian casualty rate is going to increase. there's no doubt about it. i'm only talking about the capital here. remember,

just about every big city in ukraine is under attack hoc heave was having a terrible time of its are all the way through thursday, people in a desperate states and people in queues to donate blood at medical points. and here right now, well, the mood is, is not just sullen, but pretty desperate. this is a view back on the past 24 hours. ah, the russian invasion was lost with terrifying speed and against a wide range of targets. right across the country. alone, military build up around it. cranes, borders finally unleashed 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. what shrapnel and shells are also reported to have landed in civilian areas including the capital key. if they needed a little mold up until the very last moment, i didn't believe it would happen, but now 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 through 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 well to help us and stuff, vis aggressor rein, 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 re since 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 ukranian army. now war putin calls peacekeepers the only attack and the russian leader is warning ukrainian soldiers not to resist the when you put them. so when you shake, 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 called 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 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 on the ground taking shelter. others have been flocking to the supermarkets and frantically stocking up on essential items. this was the scene in cremmit, also in the east of ukraine as shoppers grab what they could to fill their cupboards. the ukrainian army and air force of 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 give. but there will be no reinforcements from nato. and the odds look heavily stacked against ukraine's forces. okay, we'll go back to andrew simmons a little later we're looking at right now, is sig, elaborate off the russian foreign minister?

having a conversation or insight, we assume the foreign ministry adjacent to the main kremlin building. let's just her listen to translation of what that conversation is. legal topic we asked for help, full protection. it under the circumstances that were turned out to be it even with a recognition our situation became worse. ukraine, a ukraine immediately after that recognition and increased tenfold if not 100 folds the ah, the shillings. and that they absolutely shaking the whole adjudication line. that was the ukraine's answer to this current step of the e russian federation. and we didn't have any choice the peaceful, a negotiation in men squared tightly blocked by ukraine. title rejection of the dialogue with us. and it was total rejection of any

obligations that they signed upon. those are the circumstances that brought to the situation that we have right now. and we asked for help to, to russian because of russian federation and went so happy the russian federation agreed to appeal and a took steps in order to bring back ukraine to the tesile ah, life. this operation on identification and demilitarization. it's the real acting tool, which will give us the results and returned on baths to the peaceful life. i have a book called the executed a childhood of don baths. i shall down life of children's life of don baths,

if you can have a look. and i want to introduce you one of the oath as of this book vitti, i'm in fact, a tears that dunbar is experiencing a war crimes against humanity and the genocide, genocide that was happening every day. and we would totally blame you crying in the children's deaths and injuries. what was happening for the last 8 years and we have to survive in those harsh circumstances. i just want to thank every everybody in the, in the republic and everybody in russia have decided say,

give us the military assistance. this book reflects the 3 chapters. first chapter is the children's dying. a numb in the, in republic and, and the 2nd half, it's about steps every day, life of children in the republic. and 3rd chapter, cookies, least interesting because it's the, it has a very interesting bits about those international law bits, ukraine cynically decides to break. and this is the book, so just wanted say, realize that your efforts are very important was your

efforts to protect us from the horrible horrible situation. yeah, we'll have this book in any case and the main thing that the so called intellectual community, i also read this book, who in the steady choir tightly denying the genocide in ukraine. and we'll have we are getting ready a special sites to exhibition for the members of the participants of certain united nations events. they will see with their own eyes. but we absolutely happy to give you all the, all the materials that you might need for that clearly everyone who is involved in those crimes should that should be punished. yeah, we'll,

we'll let our colleagues from my media go and then we'll discuss everything so sorry to get to gauge. carry on. ok. second lab off there in conversation with a gentleman, we think we are assuming as the deputy foreign minister of denette then ask of course, being one of the 2 recently self proclaimed and supported by moscow independent republics in eastern ukraine. he was saying that to sir lover of the cleaning forces increased by 100 fold, their shelling of the russian forces. that was their answer. so we didn't have any choice but to respond. there was a total rejection of any obligations that they signed up to. they being the ukrainian government and he then went on to say, don bass is experiencing will crimes. and genocide dawson body is joining us live from moscow. so daughter, again, this line, we didn't have a choice, we did what we had to do because we had to do it.

yes, had this is the kremlin narrative, and officials here are very much sticking to that line since i did me. bruton announced to this country that the russian troops would be going into eastern ukraine to help these new independently declared to as states in am dumbass on the ganske. i think i want to explain how people are reacting now. it's sad 20 for over 24 hours now since air russia will come to the news that their military was now engaged in a conflict with their neighbor, ukraine. we have heard from a number of people here, a very much well known figure as actors, politicians, as well as olympic athletes for this country that are very well known as they have been sharing their opposition to the decision by the president to take on this. um, this plan a they have been going to social media to voice opposition and as some of them have

said that dia, they hope this ends as soon as possible, like a bad dream. and there is a very well known former television host. her name is ex ano soap chuck, she is actually vladimir putin. god daughter, her father was the mayor of st. petersburg and putin was his deputy. she took to her social media accounts last night, a to say that we are all now locked in this situation. no exit, we will be dealing with all the consequences of today's, of today for many years to come. and there was also a impromptu gathering to people for people to demonstrate their opposition to the decision to invade ukraine in downtown moscow at last night. and as soon as people started to gather it, police came in and gather them and detained them there. so in police custody about 1700 people have been arrested last night here and they have yet to be released. now, the other interesting point to know is this is

a newspaper at one of the main independent papers in russia. it is a paper called naveja gaz yetter. and the editor in chief is dimitri. and we're are tough. he's a nobel peace prize laureates. and he just got it last year and he decided to, along with the editorial folder or of this paper to published today's edition of the paper in both the russian and ukrainian languages. on this side, there is a note in russian and on this side it's the same in ukrainian. and the title of their front page headline is that war is insanity. and the note from the editor is that we do not recognize the ukrainian people as an enemy, and we do not recognize the ukrainian language as the language of an enemy. i think this is very much the sentiment here. people are very angry or yesterday they were shocked and today they're very angry, though, so thanks very much. we'll keep us posted, i'm sure. but in the meantime,

we'll get back to later on, i suspect also jibari. they're talking to a slide from moscow. let's take a drill down, look, that was happening on the ground as far as we understand it right now. russian forces have attacked areas across ukraine, multiple cities on the fire. this is the approximate location of those strikes. russian troops moved in by land and sea to the east, from russia, south from crimea, and north from belarus. durable so be naval attacks from the sea of as off the ukrainian president. let me, as lensky has released a message saying they've been left alone to fight russia. whatever they do in most directions, the enemy has been stopped. russians are relying on the assumption that our forces will be tired, but we protect our land. and our guys as far as possible, we also had a horrible explosion and key of this morning house has been heads. that reminds us of what happened back in the 1941 when we were on our own. as before,

the most powerful forces in the world, they stay away and observe what's happening. foreign troops are still and out here at tree, and only our determination can stop them. crane's northeastern city of swimming has been hit in overnight strikes. the head of the regional state administration says russian troops the said to a court of all major cities there and they are quotes under siege. large amounts of russian equipment has reportedly passed through the area and is now heading directly to the west joint life from warsaw in poland. is melinda harring, deputy director of the atlantic, cancels eurasia center. melinda good to talk to you again. welcome back to our continuing coverage of events in ukraine. can i just 1st off, get your thoughts on these reports that we've seen and heard of a column of tanks? 1012, maybe 15 kilometers outside of kia. they've got there from the border with bella. bruce a good morning. dear. yes,

the situation in here is very hard to watch. here is under attack right now. the russian forces are in the city. there's reports of firing. there's been missile strikes this morning. and there's also reports that civilians have been hit. there's a lot of push on twitter of people taking refuge in metro stations across kia people as the train stations tried to get out of here the soon as possible. and then also the road, the major road to connect to louis, which is one of the big cities out in western ukraine is chock full of cars as well . so there's a lot of desperation and a lot of fear right now. and amongst that desperation and fear correspondent andrew was doing the number crunching for us. he was making the point that the northern border there were bella roost, comes together with russia and ukraine. that sort of triangulated border if you will, the border crossing very easy. they must have made that journey from the border south towards that point 1015 kilometers north of kia in under 24 hours. those

tanks can rumble along at 354050 kilometers an hour. is there a chance here? we could see russian tanks in kiev in the next hour or 2 literally. yes, there is a real chance of it. so there are, there are russian troops in bella. ruth. and like you said, tanks ready to roll, and that road from bell roof is not very far away and it moved pavement a beautiful pavement and those tanks will be able to roll in. so what's going on right now is this is the russian forces are trying to gain control of the air base . they're trying to get air dominance. they're trying to wipe out ukraine's airports and their air defense systems. and once they get dominance of, of the airways, then we should expect russians takes the role. and now it's going to be hard for russia is not going to be a cakewalk. we're going to see hand to hand combat. and the ends are arm to the teeth and they will fight and they will the,

the situation is going to get worse. there's going to be a lot of humanitarian casualties. if, if things continue at the current rate, we may see up to 5000000 ukrainian refugees pouring into europe. i'm in poland now an activist or you're preparing for refugees to start coming into poland. today, we know that the lines are long. it was taking 9 hours to get in into poland yesterday, and i expected numbers to increase today in the days to come. if this is about to mutate from being a russian forces rumble across country fight forested areas. there are lots of countrified village forested areas. up and down the country, this, the country of 40000000 people is a huge country. of course it is if it's about to go from being that to an urban ugly gorilla type warfare. does that speak to the ukrainian military strength because they will be on their home turf? they know those villages, those cities, those towns,

the russians by definition don't and that will make it a longer a much worse, protracted conflict to that spot on seater. so the ukranian soldiers are more motivated, they know their home territory, and they've been fighting the russians for 8 years. so this is not hooton's, 1st, rodeo in ukraine, and ukrainian soldiers know their city. so here it is an old city, it's up on a hill. it is a lot of the streets are very narrow and hard to get through. so like i said before, this is not, it's not going to be easy to take the city of key. if we know out yesterday zalinski the president of ukraine warned that that hootin is after him and wants to get rid of him. so i think today we should expect heavy fighting in here. it's not, he is not going to fall in a day. it's going to take a lot as the less he is undeterred, i urge your listeners to get on and watch his eye out and speak. he gave to the russian people last night. it's quite moving. he says that god,

that ukraine is not what you think it is that we want peace. and he urges people to get out on the streets of moscow into protest. and we saw yesterday more than approaches in more than 50 cities across russia. so i think a lot of your prudence days are numbered, and that the russian people do not want either country. i, you know, they're tearing, tearing apart their slavic brothers in ukraine. if pritchens days are numbered, melinda does not mean the regional consequences might be less or more. so i, i don't, i, you know, i'm not an old type testament prophet, and i'm not going to make predictions about buddhist longevity. but there's a lot of reasons to feel a sense that that, that this is not going to be easy and that i, it's not going to go his way, you know, i think wouldn't, has changed the putin that i've studied it ends, you know, read about since.