is to live in this neighbourhood, a too afraid to return because of the sporadic, shelly, and now increasing phase of a potential renewed conflict ah, explosions reverberates across he evers, rushing suits eggs towards ukraine's capital. ah, i know about this, and this is al jazeera life and doha, with special coverage of the russian invasion of ukraine. ukraine's president remains defiant, but says he's ready to discuss a ceasefire and peace with vladimir putin. russia vetoes a un security council resolution deploring aggression in ukraine. china abstains

from voting. the u. s. is imposing sanctions on vladimir putin and his foreign minister, sergey laval, following similar announcement by britain and the in awe . zones of explosions and air. raid sirens are echoing across kia as russian troops and tongues crawl closer towards the city center. ukraine's president says he expects russian forces to storm the capital over night and in a fresh plea called on the public to defend it. after 2 days of strikes and shelling across ukraine, international pressure is mounting on moscow to withdraw its forces. but in the past few minutes, it vetoed a draft resolution that the un security council that would have condemned its action. we're going to have more on that in a moment. first, andrew summons brings us the latest from key f. ah,

the sound of sporadic gun battles echo across the ukrainian capital give russian invasion forces the closing in on the city. the president vladimir zalinski made a bleak but defiant video address. kimbler of it. good evening everyone. our troops are here. all our citizens are here. all of us are here protecting the independence of our country. and it will continue to be this way. the laurie to our defenders glory to ukraine, gloria to heroes. but sadler images show massive russian reinforcements, waiting in reserve at various staging posts just across the borders from ukraine. russia has the numbers stacked in its favor and vladimir putin shows no sign of relenting ye. sure. of the pressure once again, i appeal to the service men of the ukrainian armed forces. don't let neo nazis unbundle knights use your children, your wives, and old people as human shields. take power into your own hands,

let. it seems that it will be easier for us to come to terms with you than this gang of drug addicts and neo nazis. come on, who settled in here and took all ukrainian people hostage. ukraine's army is putting up a fight. this russian artillery convoy near the southern city of her son was wiped out as it traveled along the highway from crimea. and the defiance of the soldiers in a ukrainian position on snake island in the black sea has captured the public imagination . oh, a few minutes later, the entire garrison of 13 was wiped out by a russian bombardment. russia says ukrainian civilians need not be worried. but

this civilian motorist would disagree. his car run over by a russian personnel carrier which appeared to deliberately target his vehicle. remarkably, the man was pulled out alive from the wreckage. in contrast to the situation elsewhere in denise pro, a city with a population of a 1000000 people, it's relatively quiet. but even here, there's no escaping the sense of foreboding intention. i don't want to go away from my land or my counter. i will stay here. i will fight here for my freedom, for my a dependent for my nation, for us. and for me especially this is this, this is innovation a absolutely unbelievable. wearing the center of the capital of ukraine in a war that's costing so much in lives, money and faith. yet, there's an eerie silence here. no want to be seen around this area. the streets

over there, pretty deserted. those that are around are invariably in bomb shelters have to cope with really, layers is struggling by getting stuck in here. that's the thing that we can kind of cape at the moment. her son, voice some optimism, it's very terrifying. what says he, and i'm sure that in about a few days it should be fine. now it should says little bit to those who want to escape. time is running out in the caves main railway station. the plant rooms have been crammed with people trying to get on to trains and flee the city. oh, this exodus is regularly interrupted by air raid sirens, which send anyone out in the open scurrying for the safety of the nearest metro

station. more than 100000 ukrainian civilians have already fled to neighboring countries. a steady flow of people crossing into romania, hungary and poland in the country they've left behind cases full of weapons being handed to any one who wants them. all men aged between 18 and 60 a band from leaving the country. now, the president is telling his soldiers, you are all we have. this is turning into a bloody war. this country believes the fighters for ukraine's very existence as an independent state. andrew simmons al jazeera keith well then ukrainian capital here residents are being urged to take up arms against russian forces who are just a few kilometers outside the city center. moscow says its troops have captured a key strategic airport and hostile and landed party troopers in the area. this has not been confirmed by ukrainian authorities. meanwhile,

russian tanks have been spotted in a northern district of ukraine's capital authorities are telling residents to stay off the streets because of fighting. this is just north of the presidential palace and the heart of the capital. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says russian forces of mark him and his family as their top targets. let's speak to seattle love you. at osh is the youngest member of ukraine's parliament. he's joining us from here. good to have you with us on al jazeera. what is it like in the city at the moment? little mine wasn't just in the city, basically the current hughes in the reality is that the parents are going or every other minutes and you can hear the shooting happening and move to presence everywhere. my so i have to spend the day trying to help organize trying to help mobilize, trying to help divide the, went to install those who are willing to take them up to defend our capital. and i

can stay that much everyone. i met in the capital with stadium here as express, swing this to try and get those weapons and help out. and we see that very clearly today there was encouraging, you know, where basically the tech was just crushed. exactly, because of the citizens taking weapons that were distributed and basically went trucks arriving with all the guns you could imagine so that people can try and take them up and push on the russian majors in every way they can. how are you feeling right now to find ready? clearly for my country, this is a moment to great just to test and its existence, and we need to handle that test. that's it. to continue on building your state state future. this is my fall grandfather, the great grandfathers were fighting for this child. were dying for the show speed

and the 2nd one in terms of the kremlin. so need experiments and now it is on time to have the same test and we're going to, we're going to, we're going to, when i understand that there's a picture of you on your twitter account holding a weapon. how far are you and others prepared to go to defend ukraine and immediately the city of kit? we're going to stand here by here. we're not going to leave and flee, and to many the twin met today and help them get to weapons and help them try and get more organized and try to organize them in different units that they feel specifically for me and trying to get into the defense a key of to many of them shared that vision and i just get asked people st. same question, waking at the weapons. where can i join the fights?

how can i be of use now often enough to we could finish talking actually spread the word about some medical needs that exist right now for all those who are fighting, keep today and one in the north of you today and tomorrow i'll be going just outside of the north west, my colleague is leading the charge that we're trying to be back in the rush for surrounding the city from the door. there are reports that president of zelinski is making an effort to try and find some sort of talks in some sort of negotiations with the russians. the russians appear to be open to that, but there is some, some delay in that if it took the ukrainian government standing down in order to save lives of ukrainians, would that be worth it? there is a much more in the state state some and then i can never imagine to be who said that you cannot go she with a tiger when your head is in his mouth. when discussing the same idea in

1941 in love with the point here is that ukraine is facing a central crisis from the metal dispute, so with the borders or dispute. so nato, a protein has his cell time and time again said that is simple point that he does not see cranes the state. he does not see ukrainians in the nation by every polar measurement. we don't agree with that, and we will try and prove that to be the reality in the battles, including the battle of keys tonight. as far as the stalks are concerned, at every single junction law government, myself as well as it are interesting going about this peacefully and trying to fight resolution. instead we got a full scale invasion from the north, east and south, and shelling of every single city every single city of significance. ukraine trying to showcase the rush. you can reach anywhere and is willing to take any will

monster only by. what are you most scared off now? indifference. the world now is not just looking at the crane and thinking whether to support it or not. russia broken every single idea of intestinal war, not just now, but even before and throughout. the years of continue the regime of the reality is it has plenty of sense to atone for and plenty of crazy around the world. now it's only the most blatant violation that if allowed to be, will be seen in many more places on the world which have the same questions they need to be asking. and the reality is that they get the death of a single biggest, the biggest state in europe is not something you can just forgive and forget the world is responding. thankfully not as fast as we hope, but responding and we welcome back. but again, nothing is enough spot us battling

a lot of the biggest office in the world status. lot of your us, we appreciate your joining us and i'll just do so. thank you very much indeed. thank you. russia has vetoed a un security council draft resolution that would have condemned its invasion of ukraine. the resolution would have confirmed the sovereignty of ukraine and demanded that russia immediately completely and unconditionally withdraw its forces . it also called for rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian assistance. us on vasa to the united nations, as russia has chosen to inflict untold suffering on the ukrainian people and its own citizens with an unjustified war. 20 rushes, latest attack on our most fundamental principles is so bold, so brazen that it threatens our international system. as we know it to those who say all parties are culpable. i say that is

a clear copout. one country, one country is invading another. russia is the aggression aggressor here. there is no middle ground wallet spring, and she hubbard tansy who's at the united nations. in new york for us, the u. k also said that russia claims its invasion of ukraine is an act of self defense. the only act of self defense is to vote against the resolution and so they did gaps the us and albania, who could go carrot, lest this resolution of her present to this resolution did get 11 votes in favor of this resolution condemning the as the russian actions calling for an unconditional withdraw, but cooling and condemning using article 6, which is in the end it is, is a mechanism to force parties ever conflict into dialogue. this is the mechanism that

was used when the u. s. initially circulated the resolution, it was on the chapter 7 of the un charter and that's far more muscular, far more cursive and would, would mean it would be funnel serious, frankly, for of, for, for, for the parties of the conflict for, for russia in this case and it really looked like, if i mean the, the, the inference we're having is that the reason why the u. s. withdrew that at the last minute was there was a very real chance that not any russia would veto it in that form. but china would to and if the u. s. his goal was to show that russia is isolated, to return on the un security council. doesn't, would, wouldn't of necessarily have done the trick. it would seem, sir, at the very last moment, the u. s. presented a revised resolution and they got their 11 votes in favor with 3 extensions, said china, the u. a and india, and with russia ultimately returning,

returning the, the resolution as a whole. and we expect russia and ukraine to be speaking shortly out the security council. she had thanks very much and he that she habitants to bring his up to date from united nations in new york. while nato is sending thousands of troops back to buy land, air, and sea to protect allies near russia and ukraine. secretary general gen stalsen burg has called the crisis and new normal in european security. nato's pledge comes after the ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, criticize the alliance for not coming to its countries. aid. diplomatic editor james bay's reports from brussels. troops, tanks and weapons are on the move across europe. as nato continues to reinforce its eastern front, it's member states who are closest to russia. now the alliance is activated elements of its response force. thousands of extra troops over a 100 jets are on high alert. 120 warships are in position. nato leaders met by

secure video conference for the 1st time. since the start of the russian invasion, as fears grow that the ukrainian capital could be taken soon. how fearful are you about the possible fall of key? and if we move to a resistance, insurgency type situation, what support can nato then give? what we have seen is that turn the cranial forces are fighting bravely and are actually able to inflict damage on the invading russian forces. ah, but again, it is a very fluid, under anglo or an evolving situation. nato allies expressed her at them or some it today after they are provide support to ukraine. they are ready to continue to rise report to ukraine here at nato headquarters. the plan is to fully protect their members on the eastern front,

the countries closest to russia. but at the same time, they're sending a message to president putin. you're getting exactly what you said, you didn't want an increase nato presence on your doorstep. it's part of a coordinated effort. the european union was invited to the virtual nato meeting. at the same time, e u foreign ministers met in brussels to agree a fresh round of sanctions. the 3rd in just 3 days. this time they decided to directly sanction the personal assets of president putin and his foreign minister, sir galeb roth. james bayes al jazeera brussels. well, several nations have announced targeted sanctions against the russian president on foreign minister canada as the latest country to announce measures against vladimir putin and shaggy lover of the european union as sanctioning all the members of the parliament who backed the invasion of ukraine along with prudent and love rav for

the u. s. says it's gonna freeze their assets and impose a travel ban will get more on us from alan fisher in washington dc. alan talk us through what these sanctions are going to involve extent for the us to take that is just 24 hours since joe biden said that that was one option opened to him. the u. s . has always been insistent. they want the sanctions to be coordinated and sustainable. and so in the european union decided to go ahead and sanction sergey lover of and vladimir putin. the united states decided that they too would be unlocks that this will also include a travel band for both of them, although i suspect neither am, are planning a trip to the us any time soon or so. members of their national security council have also been sanctioned. this comes after joe biden spend 40 minutes on the phone with president zalinski this afternoon. they talked about this cotton situation and the diplomatic efforts that are ongoing. the also talked about how the united states has committed to continue it's humanitarian,

military and security assistance at to the ukrainians. what wasn't discussed as far as we can tell from the reader, provided by the white house, was the offer of talks that has come from more schools to ukraine. but that offer has been dismissed by the u. s. state department here. ned price. seeing that he didn't think the ukrainians were going to negotiate at the battle of a gotten. we've also had a from the ukrainian ambassador to the united states in the last few hours. she said that the russians are not making the progress that they expected to make after the invasion, and that they were continuing to gather information that could lead to possible walk. i'm styles in the past by sanctioning vladimir putin instead of a lover of the become part of a select band that have been sanctioned by the us personally. and joe biden says that are still more tools in the toolbox to continue to exert pressure on the russian leaders and the russian offensive in the ukraine. allen,

thank you very much. that's alan fisher talking to us from washington d. c. okay, you heard what the international reaction is and what the u. s. is doing. let's take you back to ukraine itself. now, it's being attacked on all sides by russia to the north, the south, the east and the west. all eyes are on kia. it's being pounded by missiles. russian forces of entered a northern suburb and live surrounded the city. no fierce fighting is taking place in the regions of so me. carson and ukraine's 2nd largest city. cock heave the mayor. there has told all residents to hide in bomb shelters and in the port city of maria pole that's close to rebel held areas in the east. at least $35.00 residents have been injured after fighters backing pro russians separatists fired at civilian buildings. our correspondent charles stratford began his day in mario paul before heading to nipple in central ukraine, and he describes what he saw while he was crossing through multiple conflict psalms

. we started in mario pool that very important strategic coastal city naval port on the as of see in the south east, those heavy shilling there to the east of the city. we understand tanks being used their m mary a pool mare, offering people the chance cert we're going to interrupt, chose there to take your lives with united nations. now for russia speaking, falling dead voting. the draft resolution we mentioned earlier which brought the country to the point of tragedy, which has now been ongoing for at the very least 8 years now. we thank those who did not support this draft. i will not respond to those who just accused the russian federation of abusing the veto, right. grandma or the main reason for our negative vote, is not the fact that there is therefore, what is included in the draft, what, what is left out, or if it's sponsors,

we're attempt her to where to attempt to make it even remotely balanced. then they would not have left out issues which must be addressed and cannot be overlooked in the context of the training problem. specifically, they would not, what was left out is the fact that those who assumed and seized power as a result of the anti constitutional coo and key. in february 2014, i referred to the my don hunter the way that they unleashed a war against the residents of the countries east shelling residential areas with artillery pieces and multiple rocket launcher. it's raining bombs on the people of danielle can wagons. what was left out was the way that the ukrainian authorities, with the encouragement of their western patrons consistently and cynically served to their responsibility, to implement them in sc agreements. the linchpin of which was direct dialogue with the residents of the countries east. at the same time,

what was the position on the line of contact? the deployment of ukrainian death squats quad squads comprised largely of radical, neo nazi battalions. methodically, day after day shell to the residential areas of dpr in lp are killing women, children and the elderly. and incidentally, this is ongoing today, just to day 4 civilians died as a result of the actions of the ukrainian armed forces. and how can we fail to mention the blood chilling crimes by the cranium nationalists as perpetrator over the past 8 years? the fact that the protest there's against my dad in odessa were burned alive. the fact that peaceful protesters in my dawn were shot at by unknown snipers. the investigation into both of these tragedies is something that has been deliberately swept under the rug by the my don regime at the same time. the culprits in odessa tragedy are well known. they are openly flaunting their presence and yet an alternative investigation and the recognition by the snipers themselves

. unambiguously confirms that the slaughter on the plan at independence square was a provocation by the leaders of my don. we specifically last year carried out an informal security council meeting, an aria formula meeting on both of these issues with the aim of sharing with security council colleagues. more information about this and yet, and response at best we heard from western pon, thus partners were merely hackney cliches about so called russian propaganda. how can there be a resolution on the ukrainian issue without these above mentioned? issues being mentioned that we've been wise to include in the draft of all an honest assessment of the role of western colleagues in if inflating this ukrainian crisis. not only did they stand behind them, i dont cool, but they also effectively issued a carte blanche to key of to carry out any act, any steps that would be unthinkable for any civilized state. and this includes the,

egregious discrimination against the russian language and consequently, russian language speakers. this includes glorification of hitler's henchmen a mind in, alongside of the prohibition and prohibition processions to honor their real heroes or ukraine who freed it of naziism as well as their religious schism. in that country, well, as you spin tales about the triumph of democracy in ukraine, my don authorities and nationalists have been with impunity murdering their political opponents. they have been persecuting the opposition. they have been shuddering opposition television channels, where it was possible to at least have some small dose of relatively objective information. 6 of them, 6 of those television channels were shuttered under president did zelinski alone. and how can we fail to mention the fact that weapon has been flooded with weapons, weapons that were used than to kill civilians and above dunbar. you have made your

crane upon in your geopolitical game with no concern whatsoever about the interest of the cranium to people responsibility for what is transpiring that present wise, not only with the ukraine and government, but it also lies at your feet, ladies and gentlemen. and today's draft resolution, your draft resolution is nothing other than yet another brutal, inhumane move in this ukranian chessboard. good legacy 2 colleagues to day. all western media outlets have been inundated with reports about how civilian populations in cave and a host of other ukranian cities have been seeking shelter in bomb shelters and they are fighting for their lives and the fleeing artillery fire. we're genuinely and empathize with our neighbors and we urge them not to yield to provocation. president putin and the brushing defense ministry explicitly stated and clearly

stated that there would be no strikes targeting civilian the infrastructure, but nationalists are already using civilians as human shields. specifically, we categorically and and condemn the placement by nationalists in residential areas of artillery and multiple rocket launchers. this is a direct breach of the norms of international humanitarian law including articles, $51.58 to the 1st additional protocol of the geneva conventions. we see the way the situation is being exploited in propagandistic exercises by western politicians. and media outlets. would like to ask you where were you 8 years ago? why were you unmoved when there was murder and artillery strikes in dunbar? why didn't you even bother to notice that there are 4 more than 4000000 people living in dpr and in l. p. r,

who at best were branded pro russian separatists. why didn't you repudiate parish ankle when he said that the people that their residents have done boss would wrought in basements or zillion ski. why didn't you repudiate him when they called them non people and at specimens? good parents? medically i cannot. but note that at the height of propaganda, our colleagues very frequently use imagery from done boss brandishing them as alleged consequences of the so called russian aggression in ukraine. these kinds of things are abundant and proliferating to day. they have flooded the internet and a number of telegram channels, and there are a videos of russian alleging russian strikes, targeting residential areas which refill did other parts of the world and in have nothing to do with ukraine. this was a mentioned today by the british broadcasting company, the b, b. c. having issued an article, ukraine conflict,

many misleading images have been shared online. there everything is there. but there are photographs of parades with the photographs of american aircraft, which bomb, to libya and photographs from syria. and does even even an explosion in bo route bay route, which is being portrayed as a what is transpiring in ukraine? i will send this the article to you distinguished members of the security council separately. and specifically, i wish to turn to my french with a french british, and american colleagues was the permanent representative of france said, who i knew that in ukraine, what i said taking place is the murder of civilians. that is untrue. russian troops are not bombing ukrainian says.