450 businesses operating in the old city. now there are just 50. the old cities always be in the heart of nazareth. now a growing group of presidents wants to get it beating again. when they come back, because it is still very much for the explosions reverberated cross give as russian troops push heads. would ukraine capital ah, 11 o'clock, this is out there. a life coming up grains president just residence to take up arms warning russian treats may storm given the coming out russia veto. the un security council resolution deploring aggression in ukraine. china abstained from voting and

global wheat prices. sir john fairs. the conflict could disrupt supply from major export as ukraine and russia. ah, so explosion dinero, sorry can be heard across. give is russian troops and tanks, push a head towards the city center. grants president says he expects russian forces to storm the capital in the coming out and cold on the public to defend it. craning media says that russian troops, it's an army base in the capital, but the attack was repelled up to 2 days as strikes and shutting across ukraine. international pressure as mounting on moscow to withdraw its forces under simmons begins coverage from care. ah, the sound of sporadic gun battles echo across the ukrainian capital give russian invasion forces are closing in on the city. the president vladimir zalinski made

a bleak but defiant video address him the verbiage. good evening everyone. our troops are here while 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, too. but satellite images show massive russian reinforcements waiting in reserve at various staging pros, 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 and tension. i don't want to go away from my land or my counter 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 and unbelievable. we're in 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 come

through, but really we are 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 with and i'm sure that in about a few days it should be fine. now it should says little bit. for those who want to escape. time is running out of the caves main railway station. the plant rooms have been crammed with people trying to get on to trains and flee the city. ah, 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 a $100000.00 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 are being handed to any one who wants them. all men aged between 18 and 60 a band from leaving the country. now, their 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 in the ukrainian capital here for residents are be 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 in hoffman and has landed paratroopers in the area. it has not been confirmed by ukrainian authorities. may my russian tanks have been spotted in a northern districts, ukraine's capital authorities telling residents to stay off the streets because of the fighting. and this is just north of the presidential palace in the heart of the

capitol, the cranes president, vitamin savanski says, russian forces have marked him and his family as their top targets. well, zaleski has released a message saying at russian forces intend to take, give overnight. durham this night will be more difficult than the last one. the cell to be in key in the south. the attention is on keith. we must not lose the capital. i would like to talk to al defenders. we need to pull together all the forces to defend our country. all of us have to understand what to expect. we must withstand the destiny of ukraine, will be decided to not only or russia has vetoed a un security council draw resolution that would have deplored its invasion of ukraine. the resolution would have confirmed the sovereignty of ukraine and demanded that russia immediately, completely and unconditionally draw its forces, also cold for rapid, safe and unhindered humanitarian assistance brushes. ambassador called the

resolution angie rushing and anti ukrainian hughes members of the security council of stoking tensions council members. that was my question right now in crane has been flooded with weapons, weapons that were used to kill civilians and don bass. yes, you have made ukraine a pawn in your geopolitical game with no concern whatsoever about the interests of the ukrainian people. responsibility for what is transpiring, lies, not only with the ukrainian government, but it also lies at your feet. and your draft resolution is nothing but yet another route, all inhumane move on this ukranian chessboard where the us ambassador united nation says that russia has chosen to inflict untold suffering on the ukrainian people and its own citizens. an unjustified war, 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. if enough from she had written g, who's got more, whether the ukrainians did say that they were still committed to negotiations. and obviously, there is a great deal of focus now on whether some level of negotiation might take place on potentially neutrality for ukraine's. there was a lot of talk all day to day between zalinski as between presence lensky and president putin, about the possibility of talks, whether it be in immense school or in war soil somewhere else, completely honest on bowl i think was, was being floated as well. so that the diplomacy is still being talked about. and of course, we know russia is making it very clear that what that goal is, it is

a demilitarized neutral ukraine. and there were indications that at the very least, this is events. he was prepared to discuss some of those, some of those points, although you had the ukrainian ambassador that sang don't put words, no mouth as to what we are willing to discuss. but at least that was that glimmer of hope in the end. and what else is that? and that was also a confirmation from the us ambassador that they will be referring this now to the secretary general to can be in an emergency meeting of the general assembly that could happen as soon as tomorrow could happen next week. perhaps because that will be a non binding non binding resolution that would be voted upon by the members of the security apparatus of the general assembly rather and, but it would certainly be another another moment to show isolation for russia. however, your having said that though, the yeah, to was very interesting when the u. s. t refers something to the general assembly because usually the u. s. is in a big fan of the general assembly is a serious enough telly for, for the us to refer to the general assembly. so we'll see when that meeting takes

place. well, the u. s. is among a growing number of countries planning, financial sanctions, including asset freezes on russia's leadership at the co ordinates restrictions aim to force russia to the negotiating table officer has it's another step to put pressure on the russian leader in alignment with the decision by our european allies, united states will join them in sanctioning president putin and foreign minister leverage and members of the russian national security team. foot 4 hours after president fight and said he still had further options with sanctions. vladimir putin with a came one of only a handful of world leaders in the me personally sanctioned by the u. s. this step sends a clear message about the, the strength of the opposition to the actions or by president putin and the direction in his leadership of the russian military. yes, president talk with president zalinski for 40 minutes on friday. he promised to continue humanitarian, military and security support. but what isn't clear from the white house reading of

the call, as if the disgust more scores offer of peace talks an offer dismissed by the us state department. now we see moscow suggesting that diplomacy take place at the barrel of a gun or as moscow's rockets mortars artillery, target, the ukrainian people. this is not real diplomacy. those are not the conditions for real diplomacy. oksana market over the ukranian ambassador in washington says they are gathering evidence of possible war crimes. ukraine has been victim of unprovoked aggression by russian federation. the 2nd day was even harder. ah, the attacks have been more brutal. but am very pleased to say that they were not successful, definitely not successful. as the enemy planned him, the decision to sanctioned vladimir putin is

a significant escalation. but the white house says it still has a more tools and its toolbox. and we'll judge what's needed day by day. allen fisher al jazeera at the white house. what nato is sending thousands of troops by land and sea to protect allies near russia and ukraine. accept you. general jens dalton burg has called the crisis a new normal in europe. insecurity latest pledge comes after ukraine and president lensky, a criticized lions for not coming to his country's aid. diplomatic editor james space reports now 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 term, ukrainian 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 and evolving the situation. nato allies express her at them or some it today after they are provide support to ukraine. they are ready to continue to ride support 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 increased 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 bay's al jazeera brussels. the united nation says around that $5000000.00 people could flee the fight in ukraine into neighboring countries, and more than $1000000000.00 will be needed for aid. over the next 3 months, many in the capital cliff have been crowding into train and metro stations the, the trying to leave the city or seeking shelter below ground. the lexia brian now reports. oh. 2 tail,

cynthia is thousands. johnson with the train station desperate to leave, the ukrainian capital soldiers reportedly fired into the air to disperse the crowd . so again, with holmes, the throng, they've been trying to leave all day from da morning here. but as you can see, that's unrealistic, like russian troops are edging closer with explosions. heard around the city earlier this apartment block with his yes. hello. i was sleeping. there was a sharp explosion and i was thrown 3 meters from the room. i was in into the corridor, the glass shattered there were sounds coming from the street. i got scared and started crawling on the floor. excellent glen co made it out alive, and emergency workers went door to door, searching for victims. and as russian tanks rolled into the city below, ground, people crowded into metro stations,

exhausted and uncertain about wants to come home with them. are you with a shelter in our building is known as for underground as the metro station. that's why i think it's safer to come down here. at least a 100000 people have been displaced by the fighting. but the united nation says the number seeking refuge outside ukraine could reach 5000000. let me let me go over your letter. we had to leave behind everything our whole lives work. it's a terrible feeling to leave your home. you can't imagine how i feel our. these families have crossed the border into hungary, hoping it won't be too long before they can return. we'll go out on the bank account, there are long queues at all. the banks and the gems have been emptied. there are throngs in the shops and you pretty much can't buy anything any more. and even paying by card is not possible because some banks are not working. and there are our long queues at petrol stations. further along the frontier and poland,

hot food and drinks are being served with temperatures hovering around 0 degrees celsius. some people worked 18 hours to get here. many with young children escape and what rights group say indiscriminate attacks by russian forces. ah, king of canada, who have her financing crania national anthem, she flew with her after the attack would go good enough. despite the devastation, an air of defiance remains alexia bryan. al jazeera, what mary ukrainians had been rushing to neighboring poland to try to escape the fighting symbols. robbie sent this update from edgar, on the border where polish authorities are preparing to receive more refugees. now we've seen the scenes of people coming across with as much as they can carry. we've seen children in hysterics. we've seen families,

cars full of families. people very frustrated and angry and unsure of what comes next polish authorities. the polish government has mobilized an enormous amount of resources to help. the government here has announced help centers as well as medical facilities in the towns near the border. and the government has said that, so for an estimate of $20.00 to $30000.00 people have already crossed in the 2 days since the invasion of ukraine began. and what we're hearing from the government is they are preparing for as many as 1000000 to 4000000 people displaced by the fighting, to cross over from ukraine to poland in the coming days and weeks. and that may seem like a staggering number, but with reports from the mayor of that there is a chance of air strikes tonight and into 2 more a warnings to people in kiev to find safety to find cover. that number does seem to

be realistic. and in some cases, inevitable for many and eastern ukraine, this is an escalation of a conflict that's been raging for 8 years in the town of her live car, which is controlled by russian by separatist people, say shilling from the crating army has hit the secondary school according to regional prosecutors, 2 people were killed at the chauffeur has intensified in rebel held. there is internet going to hunt in recent months ahead of their recognition as independent by russian president vladimir putin on monday. well, a patient has encouraged ukrainian soldiers to seize power in his latest on camera address. that's enough from bernard smith. he's got more from oscar. this was an hour long speech from vladimir putin, in which he exit essentially blamed the collapse of the soviet union on the creation of his independent state of ukraine called into question, ukraine's very right to exist as a country outside of russia. vladimir putin's tone was at times frustrated,

and at times bleak, and he blamed after that long historical lesson of why he believed ukraine was not really a legitimate country. he then went on to blame nato for its failures, to address a situation in the east of ukraine. he accused nato, as his frequently accused nature in the past of expanding into all of those eastern european countries that were released from the soviet union at the brit when the soviet union broke up. he blamed, ain't accused nato. have a deliberately expanding into, into those areas. and he said that in east of ukraine, nato has failed to address the situation in don bass. this is where there's been a 7 year long, more than 70 a long now conflict with these russian separatists. and what vladimir putin has done is essentially ripped up the minx agreement. this is the 7 year long ceasefire

between ed negotiated with ukraine and russia and with the french and the germans. that were supposed to find a solution to the situation in east, in ukraine, in say, in said vladimir putin has said that it hasn't worked. that isn't working. i am now going to give a recognize these 2 countries as independent states, straight after he finished his speech. he went on to sign that agreement, which included a friendship and cooperation agreement. which means that if the leaders of lou ganske and don't ask, need help from russia, they can call on it. it means russia could send in troops to push back ukraine from its own sovereign territory. but nice people have been arrested at an anti war protests in the russian city saint petersburg on the scaffold broke out when police moved in to break up the demonstration and take one of the protest on thursday, officers arrested more than 1700 people taking part in similar valleys,

across russia. a protest as have gathered in new york to denounce russia invasion decree, and war demonstration to be held to times square and close to the russian federation mission to the un. hundreds of people showed their support for keith and demanded an end to fight to the conflict. and ukraine is escalating concerns its millions across well, we'll have to pay more for electric bread. we prices jumped to a 13 year high on friday with investors worried about supply disruptions. about 30 percent of global. we export to supply by ukraine and russia. grants and 95 percent of his grade through the black sea is ports have now come under attack. in 2020, more than 50 percent of ukraine's wheat exports went to countries in the middle east, half of lebanon's and 43 percent of libyans, wheat imports from ukraine. egypt as the world's largest imported alex smith is a food and agriculture. unless with the breakthrough institute, and he says, just how expensive food will become will depend how long the conflict and ukraine

continues. the credit is one of the most important producers in the world as the program. ukraine is the 3rd largest we coordinate from the world, and we explore and their, their lead especially goes to a lot of lower and middle in some trees around the world. and especially in the middle east. well bred prices make it sort of the bulk of the me, prices and prices of other products that depend on those commodities, crops, or for production are going to be impacted and going back to the air spring. i think it's, it's a fairly sort of common assertion that bread prices and general food was the main driver of this sort of political instability. and so you can see political instability, you can see food security and you know, in the worst case, hunger and russia has been banned from the upcoming eurovision song. contest with

producers say is inclusion would bring the competition into disrepute. european broadcasting unions as it made the decision based on the crisis in the ukraine to 24 hours earlier. the b, you said russia would be allowed to compete. they broadcast is from iceland, norway, in the netherlands, all called for the band, for and said it wouldn't participate in russia to well russia's invasion of ukraine has also impacted the world sports. one of the more high profile examples football's champions league final is be moved from st. petersburg to paris. to summit has the champions league final is one of the biggest events on the global sporting calendar. hosting the match brings procedure and tourism among of the benefits. paris will now host the seas and final of the st. petersburg was stripped of the honor by european football, governing body. you wafer. they've also decided russian and ukrainian club, and national teens are to play home games at neutral venue's fifo. we'll have to decide whether or not russia's woke up playoff in moscow next month against poland

. will go ahead as planned. fever has already spoken out against the conflict. fever expresses hope for a rapid cessation of hostilities and for peace in ukraine. if a condemns as well, the use of force by russia and ukraine and any type of violence to resolve conflicts. meanwhile, manchester united of cancel their tenure sponsorship deal with russia's national airline arrow flight. the airline had been united's official carriers since 2013, and the deal was thought to be worth more than $53000000.00. football is not the only sport taking action formula one has canceled this season's russian grand pre. the race was due to be held on september 25th in saatchi. if on drivers of backing the decision to boycott, russia, like everyone said,

innocent people losing their lives in our people, losing their homes and, and families and dont tough safe places to to live in. it's is not right, but i am all we can hope that everything gets resolved in the best possible outcome and, and way that is, that is possible. and for now, i think, is the rogers position by for one not to go to russia. but ukraine has also been hit. the national basketball teams home match in kiev against spain has had to be postponed. russian tennis star andre rube live made clear his views on the matter after winning dubai on friday. but unless there is a swift into the conflict, more sporting events are likely to be postponed, cancelled all moved to neutral venues. peter same at al jazeera, a conservative republicans gathering in florida for the conservative political action conference. the meeting began on thursday. the day of the most recent russian invasion of ukraine and that assault has been a primary topic of conversation. 200 post now from orlando. the conservative

political action conference is one part political carnival. ah, ah, one part serious policy discussion. and with russia now invading ukraine, u. s. policy on that conflict took center stage no matter where you stand on this ukraine, russia situation, what we should have done beforehand, what we should do now. the one thing i think everyone can agree upon is that the people of ukraine are inspiring to the world. for many republicans, it's also a chance to bash president joe biden. mike compare the republican secretary of state under president donald trump said his old boss would have handled it better added we prevail, it was peace through strength. that was reg is model. it was the model that we used for 4 years in the trumpet ministration. we put america 1st and we told people around the world, you cannot tread on us, the former president impeachment overcharges, he would held nearly $400000000.00 and military aid to ukraine. was not mentioned

since 1974, the conservative political action conference has been home to die. hard. conservative mostly foreign policy hawks that changed under present donald trump, who had a more non interventional is policy and a notoriously close relationship with vladimir putin. that's why a lot of people here say the invasion of ukraine would not have happened under trump. i think that it would have been different because he had a better understanding of how to communicate with and let him understand that we as the united states are the lead, the world's leading power. and that we would not accept such bad actors that you'd prefer to have president trump dealing with it. yes. 100000 percent has its leadership. trump won't be here to put his own. been on it until late saturday. but reminders of the 45th president are everywhere here, where in the minds of many attendees, he is still president john henderson, al jazeera orlando,

florida. ah . so this is 0, these are the top stories and explosions in error rates are, can be heard across, give, as russian troops in times, cruel towards the center. ukrainian media says that russian troops had an army base in the capital. the attack was repelled. the crating president for them is lensky says he expects russian forces to storm the capital over night and called on the public to defend us. this datum this night will be more difficult than the last one, but the cell to be in cave, in the south. the attention is on keith. we must not lose the capital. i would like to talk to al defenders. we need to pull together all the forces to defend our country. all of us have to understand what to expect. we must withstand the destiny of ukraine will be decided to not only or russia.