under pressure, venezuela's, defense minister, believe me, to pay the bill. you know, said the armed forces, we're applied to the friends that come through from your regular groups, but added that human rights needed to be respected and that the events at the border with be investigated. ah, nato secretary general against ulta is giving a media conference at this hour. we are expecting to hear from him very soon at this point as we join our continuing coverage of russia's attack on ukraine. ah, moscow is value to retaliate off to the european union in several countries,

including the u. s. imposed sanctions. ukraine's leda says those sanctions aren't enough and accuses allies of standing by as his country fights russia alone. and st. petersburg has been stripped of this year's champions. league final, in favor of paris. ah, ah ukrainian president vadim is the last key, has appealed to russia for talks, as russian troops close in on the capital here that you ensure us. i'm glad you took his interest. i want to appeal to the president of russia. he, all of ukraine is involved in the fighting. let's sit down and talk to stop people from dying with us. and now i want to appeal to the armed forces of ukraine. a stay strong, you're everything that we've gotten and everything that protects and defends our

country. we've said a thanks have road into all belong in northern kia people there have been asked to stay in doors. there's also been fierce fighting between russian and ukrainian forces in several cities at a military. airport near keith weapons are being distributed among residents who want to fight back a russia's foreign minister says, moscow is not going to occupy ukraine. say de la, rob says the criminal wants to restore democratic order. you ins. refugee agency says the violence has displaced a 100000 ukrainians. dash a gun name begins are coverage. ah, a 2nd don to vladimir putin's war on ukraine, a haze garage, and i little bit scared above my family and above my concrete. i don't want to go away from my land or my contrary will stay here. i will fight here for my freedom,

for my and abandoned for my nation devastation in the heart of the capital. kiev ukrainian air defenses shot down a russian jet over night. air raid sirens continue to pierce the sky. russian tanks are reported to be on their way to the seat of power, even if our enemy ah will come here. i will say the kremlin has launched a multi pronged attack by air land and sea military is hitting major cities across the country, including carcass maro, pull at me, bro. if you look at the numbers, if you look at the equipment and the will, i think it's pretty, pretty obvious that the russian forces will prevail at some point. what he wants to do is to, to impose the terms keyboards, probably to have a regime that he could back, i think, to, to he's a twisted vision of these great russia. ukraine has banned all men between the ages

of 18 and 6 from leaving the country. they're being told to stay and fight. many are desperate to leave. after weeks of threats, people here simply didn't believe it could happen the whole country before people were absolutely absolutely modern and sinking society and foss. and for me, especially, this is this, this is innovation. absolutely. unbelievable. now on day 2 of the onslaught, there are fears that the arrival of russian soldiers in the heart of the capital is imminent. natasha game al jazeera, a hot gl jaime joyce. we live now from climate torso, in east, in ukraine. so what's the latest you're hearing? first of all on the ground there?

well, if you really gone here and all eyes are on the front line, which is about 80 kilometers from where i am. but people here had been expecting that the 1st push of the russians, if indeed there was an invasion. and now that is the vision would have been on the east. so that is actually worrying people more. there is no panic on the street except that there is no one on the street. everything is shut down. the supermarket, people are talking of the cash machines are empty petrol stations. there were long queues today less because people have bought all what they needed. but they are looking also very closely monitoring what's happening in the rest of the country. and even here, where you have a population that would tell you that they are pro russia,

that they do want friendly relations between the 2 countries. that doesn't mean this is sadie that the, the separatists, but certainly that they do want to speak and russian. they are ethnic russians. many of them, they are horrified. many say about what's ongoing and they say that that is not what they wanted to see. so that is that you recall and if you recall is making people worry about what's going to happen next. they know that for me is going to move is going to move at some point and these separate is 1st order watches with them. they don't know exactly what what combination is going to be up to on the ground. nobody knows at this point, but they know they're going to come here because they have already been here. and because they look at this place as one of the, you places a part of the, of the constitutional right. especially when it comes to the separate is this according to the separate? this is their lab. so people extremely worried. some already have left the cities

and how to, what's the, the sensor you be getting from people there in terms of their a determination to, to kind of stay there and stick it out because we've been seeing lots of reports elsewhere. and you kind of people simply deciding to, to leave right away. well here you have a difference with the rest of the cleaning in the says that the war has been part of their daily life over the past a few especially when you're inch closer to those villages and towns and cities along the the, the control lie which now is not there anymore. i mean there is a frontline, especially there. they were say, we will leave our homes, but that is before they so war play the disguise of give before the tags on the street before there's so the board of bella, ruth, being open,

all of that really would increase the fear among them. i think there's a sense that somehow here because the because this is supposedly was president, putin says this is the part of the country he wants to protect. he said that there was a genocide going on in this part of the budget was, is not entirely true actually, is not true at all. well, he is supposedly protecting this part of the country and probably that's why the war didn't start in this part of the many people here feel that the tactical, that's what they think, at least that the tactic would be 1st to put pressure on give, have the government and give capital a and then you will have the soldiers that are the frontline, the yes and against regions capital a, because those are actually the best units of the ukranian army. and that's where a lot of content creation has been put on. so it is expected that if there is

a push from that, that would be the most difficult battle for the separatist and whoever is with them when, when, when, and if they decide to make a push. so it's a very weird situation. actually, i've never seen that where people are sitting at home waiting for the war to arrive to the doorsteps. i mean, there was a clear message on the 1st night when the bombing started and it started here in chrome. i thought at the same time, more or less so it was clear that there was a message give being given to the fore, ukrainian forces who are in this area. very basic. not very far from here. it was the 1st hours the message was clear. and then now you have the situation where they wondering when is this war coming when it scales arriving to our streets? so it is, it's very you is all i can say. hold out the honey live 1st there and crime,

a torso in easton, ukraine. things hold up. as we were telling you earlier, later, leaders are meeting shortly to reassure the alliances eastern flight. the security will be guaranteed. this is ally shop from brussels, where they are currently meeting sector general yen stoughton buck who we are expecting to hear from soon has maintained that nature will defend every one of its members against any attack on its territory. diplomatic as the change space is lifeless in raso. so james, we've heard the announcements of a number moves by nato to shore up its defenses in those countries that are geographically closest to russia. what else are we expecting out of this meeting? well, i think lots of things will be discussed because this is since the russian invasion started. this is the 1st meeting of the nato council meeting at lead level. you can

see the room looks very busy. most of those around the table actually are ambassadors of nato. and you can see the screens on either side. those are the screens where the leaders are going to get being in to this meeting by secure video conference. we're not going to see those pictures very soon after the start of the meeting, because what they're going to discuss is going to be confidential. and i think they're going to get a, a clear view. i think intelligence view of what the situation is and how long the government and key i've according to intelligence and you can be sure. ready that nato countries, particularly the u. s, have got that spy satellites focused on the ukraine. they've got all of their intelligence assets in ukraine and russia. working on this. how long will the government in kiev survive all of the 30 nato countries taking part in this meeting young stilton berg. the 2nd general of nato will open the meeting. fact that will

be public. the only other nato leader in the room is victor all the prime minister, stuff of hungary, all the others, a joining, including president biden joining by secure video conference for this meeting. and also i think showing the coordination that's going on here. you've also got the, you joining this meeting, the you is not the same as the european members of nato. there are some nations with our nato members. and clearly there are some european nations like the u. k. a no way. they're not members of the e. u, but they're trying to show coordination this meeting coming after that package of sanctions that was put in place by he leaders at the summit that took place here in brussels until late last night. you foreign ministers also meeting in the coming hours and they're trying to come up with 3rd package of sanctions. 3rd in 3 days. and we are hearing from, from that package of sanctions that diplomats the same one lightly thing. one thing

they suddenly discussing is an asset freeze on vladimir putin, the president of russia, himself, and also on his foreign minister. so gay lab roth, although my understanding is that won't be a trouble ban on those 2, not completely closing the door. ready to diplomacy, so a lot of a lot of diplomatic activity happening here in brussels this afternoon. the focus on that meeting of nato leaders, which we're not going to see all, but we all going to hear the secretary general of nato, which is due to start any minute has them. and the backdrop of this, as you said, is more resources, which have been sent from nato countries to those nato members. the board of russia we have, for example, 6 f, 35 jet fighters, stuff like just they have been sent to the baltic nations and also space out of remain. yep. and that's by the u. s. and the u. s. of also send extra apache helicopters in the last 24 hours 20 going to the baltic nations from germany where

they were based and 12 going to poland from greece where they were previously based on the number of troops, the number of us troops now in europe. ready another $7000.00 on thursday, spring, $15000.00 extra just in recent weeks, bringing a total of $90000.00 us troops currently in europe. so this is the one thing that to be put in said he didn't want, was nato expanding, closer to his board is what his actions mean. it's continuing, we'll let this meeting order even more trips to the area. that's not clear. but the one thing that is clear is that none of these trips will actually be going to ukraine, despite the increasingly loud calls from ukraine for extra help. that will not be military assets deploy that will not be troops that will not be cry. that will not be a no fly zone. those are all being ruled out for the simple reason that if even one nato nation sent troops to ukraine, because or an 80 member,

and they have the article 5 of the north atlantic treaty, that's actually what nato stands for. that's one role for one. and so if one was involved, it means all of nato's effectively involved. and then you'd have a european war europe, the nato, against russia. and clearly nuclear weapons, a potentially involved. and no one wants to see that escalate to that source of level. so that leaves them thinking about other things they can do. punishing the russians sanction seems to be the main weapon supporting the ukrainians that i think is where there's more discussion going on. we know that there's many refugees already left ukraine. they can certainly help with that. and nato, the secretary general, told me the weekend, you installed some book, that he is prepared to put nato forces helping the you helping the un in the refugee operations. i think the bit they want to talk about is what they do. going forward to support the ukrainians, particularly if we reach

a different stage where there's no longer a government operating in key f. if we get to an insurgency or resistance type operation of the ukrainian, how is nature going to help then? i'm sure that's going to be discussed. i'm not sure what details were going to hear from nato. this meeting going on, this often enough to hear from the secretary general for a couple of hours and then we're going to hear from you insult him about the nato secretary general giving a news conference to reporters here at nato headquarters. alright, james, and as you said, we are expecting to hear from the nato secretary general at any moment now. as soon as he does pop up and speak, we will be coming back to brussels for the moment. james bass life was there in brussels. russia's, a foreign minister says, the goal of the operation is to demilitarize ukraine. sagel of rob is accused ukraine's president of being insincere. resolution this, do you think you can, he is simply lying to you when he says he's ready to discuss ukraine's neutral

status. we suggested all sorts of options and president potent discussed it with macros. and he said directly, the expansion of nato is unacceptable. we want to seek further security options, which would be guaranteeing demands for ukraine, european nations and russia. but our demands on security guarantees have not been met about a smith is lifeless in moscow with more or less. so, bernard, ukraine's president wants talks with russia any response from moscow on this. what the criminal has said that they are prepared now to send a high level delegation to minsk in belarus. 4 talks with a ukrainian or delegation. now, 1st mentioned we've had of this from vladimir putin. but remember her that already the russians have said that really they have to see ukraine disarm before this can progress any further survey love, rov has said that ukraine must lay down its arms effectively. that means ukraine

must surrender now flooded me. a circle of rub also said that he wants a ukrainian people to be independent and to have the possibility to freely define their destiny. but he sees no possibility of recognizing the current ukrainian government as democratic, but it's worth reminding people that the current ukrainian president was elected in 2019 with a landslide, 73 percent share of the vote. so he was democratically elected. but clearly, the problem for the kremlin is vladimir as a lensky now, whether they'll be able to have talked while he remains in power in ukraine. this is not clear. zalinski says he wants talks, he might even be willing to, can discuss ukraine's neutrality. but the problem for the crown in seems to be the man himself. so whether there can be talks immense qual, zalinski remains as president. and as we know,

ukrainian troops or russian troops are advancing on ki avenue, certainly already in the outskirts of care. so in the, in the next few hours, we don't know whether the where or when the ukrainian president will be, but the problem for russians is him and now burning. have we been here from any other russian official sat there today in terms of where they, where things will go next or how things are progressing for them. and on the 2nd day of their attack on the claim. well, on a practical level, in terms of the progressing of the of the war against ukraine, the defense ministry says he's advancing on positions in the east of ukraine. it says it controls a strategic air field outside kiev. they insist that they are not striking residential areas. and also the kremlin has been responding again to the question about sanctions. now they admit that the sanctions imposed will cause problems and

i quote, but they say that they'll be resolved. the kremlin has been preparing itself for the threat of sanctions for many years. it has this enormous cash cushion, $631000000000.00 in cash reserves to help it through sanctions. they cannot let allow this economy to survive permanently with his cash cushion and that sanctions will hurt. but russia says it will diversify it's common. it's economy further east, but his biggest trading partners are germany and italy as well as the united kingdom. and these are the countries on the united states, and these are the countries that are imposing the harshest of sanctions. so there will be pain for russia phenomena bernice smith lifeforce. in moscow. i was giving you a sense of the panic that is being felt by civilians in key of this was a scene a little earlier outside the main train station where people are seeking shelter.

ah ah ah, let's get a reminder where the latest fighting is happening around here. the explosions and gunfire have been heard in the north as invading russian forces close in. the defense ministry says it's captured the strategic hostile mil airport, outside the capitol, and landed paratroopers in the area there's been fighting ennoble on off the

russian soldiers entered the district. this is just north of the parliamentary buildings in the hearts of the captain. andrew simmons is in key of ways, been talking to one family seeking safety in a bomb shelter. latest is that are as strikes again, we've been brought into this underground area, asked to come down here and actually with share this place with other people on the air strikes have been increasing recently. and we're seeing that this area code of, of become, is getting more, more tensile over time, the arm of vehicles around the road tanks. and there's a fear just about everywhere. let me just go through here because i did speak earlier on to one of the people sheltering here. or maybe we've try and talk to her again. svetlana. i'm outta 0 english. can i ask you? just how i'm just going to get my microphone in

a better place with just how are you coping with this situation? i have to cope too, but really we are struggling by getting stuck in here. that's the thing that we can kind of cape at the moment. we're just trapped to be honest. what do you think about the, the whole invasion of the the way look sir, talk to my putin as the hogan. i think just terrible. it's just not on the, on the truck read any sybil last along with them and, and what a body of use towards vladimir putin in the sort of things that he's doing and saying, i said again, what about vladimir putin? what do you think about what he's doing and saying just most aligned to the russians. invading just breaking international laws? are you scared? we're quite, you know, we,

we all were to call fear during my down into 012 and yeah, just, it's unpredictable. that's the see, that's why we, we have this carrier. what is the tank? so only 1215 kilometers away. i said again that we were where the tanks are getting closer. yeah. in the columns. yeah. we know that. yeah. what you're going to do stay here. them whole safe place at the moment. you're spending a lot of time in the shelter. yeah. to nights in a row. and what about your son? you must be often he can after that. how are you feeling towards this? are you hopeful? ah, well, i'm scared in him also hopeful, but we'll have a bright future. oh, it's very terrifying. we're. we're closing and i'm sure that in about a few days. it should be fine. now, it should says

a little bit. very optimistic, articulate young man, the a good luck to both. i hope things progress positive way. so as you can see, the, the sort of true grip that so many ukrainians have about this situation in that they feel they can get through this. but they're angry towards putin. they're very angry indeed. how i lied not to brussels, where the nature secretary general yonce dalton berg is speaking and good morning to all of you. and welcome to this meeting of nate thought leaders with the oh, close partners. so finland and sweden on the european union, russia hasa, chartered peace on the european continent. what we have warned against for months has come to pulse. despite all our efforts to find the diplomatic solution.

moscow bears sole responsibility for the deliberate, cold blooded and long planned invasion. we condemn rushes, aggressions in the strongest possible terms on call on russia to immediately cease its military action. we stand with the brave people of ukraine. we fully support ukraine's sovereignty answered a total integrity. it's right of self defense, and it's right to choose his own path. and this ends the public part of the meeting . so then i also me dark to leave the room and we continue in just a 2nd. so just been here is there from now yen stalsen burke been it's her secretary general, quite a brief statement from him, but we're to writing their support for the ukrainian people. he said we stand by the ukraine and condemned russia in the strongest terms. so james,

as you were saying earlier, when we were talking to you now the real work begins as they sit down and discuss what are what they plan to do from here. yeah, absolutely. we didn't learn very much new from the nato secretary general, as you say, a very short start to this meeting, public statement at the beginning of this meeting before they now talk the, the detail and some of it. i suspect the secret details. some of the latest intelligence, i think one of the key questions will be, how long do nato think the government in kiev can survive? when could the full of key f happen? and what so that plans do they plan, for example, to try and evacuate the leadership of the governance and set up a government in exile. these are the sort of things that will be discuss behind closed doors. at the end of the meeting, we'll have a news conference with the nato secretary general will ask him those questions,

but i suspect that the sort of things they won't want to say publicly. with regard to the meeting, you saw all the people in the room around him. most of those are actually nato's ambassadors in the chaz. and actually the people who were doing the speaking for each of the countries that are 30 nato nations will be the leaders joining by secure video conference including president vide and also interesting to note that it's not just the 39 members. the e u is joining the president of the are paying commission of on the line. who knows this forum very well because she used to be germany's foreign minister on the angular merkel before she got the job as the head of the european commission. i think that shows the integration between the e, you and nato, because of course, the d e. u is separately involved in pushing sanctions against russia. 2 packages already agreed, including the 2nd to the late night meeting here in brussels and

a 3rd being discussed quite european foreign ministers. but also i think of note was to non nato members have been invited to this meeting and that is sweden and finland has been deeply concerned about the expansion of nato. those are and for a very long time being non nato countries, even though they're members of the e. u and the fact they're closer to nato than ever attending a nato council meeting, i think, will disturb president putin. but i think the argument from nato would be, this is all because of your actions. james, thankful that james base life was there in brussels. a still i had on our does here . we'll have more on rushes attack on ukraine, including o. protests held around the world in support of the people of the claim. and in the sporting world formula one cancels this season's rushing,

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