we know what's happening in our region. we know how to get to plate that others, as i said, i'm going on the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference with the thing has reached the streets of the ukrainian capital kiev overnights. as russia continues its invasion, ah, login and people will be without continuing coverage of events in ukraine and a new video message posted online. the ukrainian president loaded me as the lensky says, his army will not surrender thousands of ukrainians, flee across the border into northern romania as the russian attack intensifies

prussia vetoes a un security council resolution deploring aggression in ukraine. china abstain. ah, let's go going. the russian attack against ukraine is not into day 3. russian forces are inside the capital kia, where people have been warned to take shelter. this is the moment when a residential building came under attack in here, no casualties have been reported so far. but the emergency services are bringing injured people out from the apartment building residents in kiev awoke to these images of this city after another night of loud explosions and firing russian troops have been seen inside my letter pole that's in the southeast of the area. it witness heavy fighting on friday, several other cities are also coming under attack. we understand

a long convoy of russian trucks has been seen crossing the border in to the country, the ukrainian president there to fight back in a video message that he posted online outside the presidential residence in kiev. that seemed, or uncle granger, good morning, ukrainians. there has been a lot of fake information online saying that i'm calling on me to lay down and to evacuate. listen, i am here. we will not lay down any weapons. we will defend our state because our weapon is out truth. and the truth is that this is our land, our country, and our children. and we will defend all of that. that's all i wanted to tell you with glory to ukraine or mike hannah is standing by for us in disabled. go to him in just a moment for all the angles out of the american capital 1st to care of the heart of the story. ground 0 correspondent and re simmons. is that andrew?

i'm pretty sure you've seen the pictures of the aftermath of this missile slamming into the side of an apartment building. that's the reality for the people of kia right now. that image is one of many, many buildings that were hit overnight crescendos of sound cas crescendos of fear because the levels of violence, sir, raining down from the sky and through the streets of this city is reaching its highest level. there are whole lists of fighting over there to the north, west fighting to the east and also to the north from the north is the bella rouge bell, russian border, which is where the majority of the armored columns are coming from in an area. not so far from us that there is a lot of fighting going on. i'm just looking at the area now. it's barriers,

stay sca, where there is a metro station and that's coming in from the west. they're the ukranian forces of repelled the advance. but the situation is this, that's what you're hearing from the ukranian president. it is really a denial of misinformation that is being fed on to social media by the russians. a denial that he is telling his troops to at hand in their arms and surrender. he is, this is, he said was the purpose of his statement, which was made outside the presidential offices. and he is basically saying that no way will he surrender and no way will his forces surrender and he is reliance on them. he's not just reliance on their strength in terms of military worth. he's relying on their resolve, their bravery, and their commitments to try to move forward. not only the military,

but also the many, many civilians in this country that has a population of over 40000000. and we're only talking about, say, $200000.00 maximum at the moment who have left rest a remaining of so many of them taking cover under ground. but so many of them taking arms of freed free to pick up on so many street corners and a cape 47 to defend themselves, and to defend their country, the streets over here. this is the, this at the administrative center or, or of, of the city. and there are people on the streets, volunteers, young and old, with rifles checking out to see if there are any russians or any undercover russians undercover units which are known to have been effective in causing disruption in some areas. this is what's going on right now. the clock is ticking on the next stage of this russian invasion, which is an attempt to take the capital android as you're talking to, as we were watching there some footage. i think we can probably re racket and

replay it because it was quite short and fleeting. some cellphone footage of people literally being handed guns out of big wooden boxes and you can see that the waxed st. kind of grease proof proof paper that these things come wrapped in at being flicked to one side a, somebody hands them guns. and as you're talking there, andrew, to us about the size, the country in the population, i mean kia as well itself. that should be a major, vibrant european capital city as home to what? 2 and a half, 2800000 people instead of which it looks like a war zone. we're seeing buildings destroyed. we're seeing people hunkering down. i watched your interview last night with a mother and son in a bunker that was compelling stuff because the little boy was intelligent, articulate, educated clearly. but he was hoping or expressing hope for a brighter future, and he's in the middle of what is essentially a wasa. they're not just fighting for their lives, they're fighting for their independence. and that is the difference. the invading

force is now a semi professional forces. it isn't just conscription in the russian army, these are soldiers under contracts. they are not fighting for independence. they're fighting because of the orders from the president vladimir putin aside from the weaponry and the, the whole hearts and minds battle here. because of the strength of it, that there is another factor. the factor is resistance in russia or the people referring to it on the streets. a lot of the politicians are talking about it that thought of it putins. perhaps his biggest enemy at the end of the day, could be his own people reacting to what's going on. but that's, that's aside from here. as far as, as, as here is concerned. you have other example, other pieces of, of film footage shot by people on the ground. an extraordinary one in actual fact of one man alongside a road with an armored column coming towards him. and he then runs towards that

column. and then it will believe it or not, the over vehicle. he run in front of somehow drives around him. it's almost like gentlemen square in the sense that these people so furious, they're so angry that they have been told by russians president, that is, their country has no right to exist, that they are really, are prepared to fight until the death. it would seem so many of them and these aren't just, these aren't just professional fighters, professional soldiers, some of whom have been fighting for the past 8 years in terms of, of the overall war. busy in the southeast, which has cost more than a 14000 lives, they may be used to that sir hybrid war. but nothing could have prepared them for the onslaught we've seen over what seems like week, but it's actually only, it's less than 3 full days. and that's the most extraordinary aspect to it. so

where we are now is the in the district 6 to 7 kilometers away in all the directions you see behind me advancing. russian forces reinforcements behind a, out of an invasion. that wasn't as quick as it was planned, i would think and also setbacks, big setbacks that we're reading about right now, which are to transport planes. illusion 76, their parrot. they have paratroopers on board. 2 of them had been shot down one approaching an airport for some reason it had to land and it came under heavy fire . miss our fire, we think from the cranium forces, the other plane shot down 85 kilometers away from the capital. now these are reports, the reports have been, are in some considerable time ago. they're not fully verified yet, but u. s. sources have been telling news agencies that it is true. now, if it is true,

those those transporters would have at least $100.00 power troopers on board. each of them will he at more than $200.00 deaths in a matter of hours. that could be one of the biggest losses the russians have had in their fighting forces in at once and will to single incidence. so there we have a one example of a plus point for the ukrainians, but there are many, many defeats so many, not just here, but all over the country. it hot heave is still suffering very badly, the se also from the, from the west. we're getting a more and more resistance and we're hearing also that the russian navy is now a engaging ukranian navy. one battleship of the ukrainian levy, which is very limited in size, has taken some heads. we don't know whether it's it's still a float and the, the, those that from the west is being resisted. the column of the armory is being

resistant as a being a full fight going on that why it's quiet now. it remains to be seen. this is a patton, i think you were mentioning early p early a pizza a patent. we're not quite sure whether they they, they hunker down and basically re maneuver around were not so i wasn't sure why, but sides are clients at the moment. but one thing is for sure they weren't last. andrea, thank you very much. under simmons are corresponding there with the latest for us, at of the ukrainian capital key as lima to washington and our correspondent that mike hannah, mike, the settled position on the part of washington. the administration now is what well, it is what it has been saying, what days it is there to offer whatever support to can to ukraine the president held once again what is become virtually a daily conversation with the ukrainian president?

there has been a lot of speculation in the media of the degree to which the us is going to help preserve the safety of the ukrainian president. the steps that may or may not be taken is the source of much speculation. one administration official has said that there have been discussions with president lensky in terms of where he could most safely be in order to ensure the continuance of government was not quite clear exactly what that means. on thursday, the white house press secretary was off the question directly in terms of what would be the u. s. involvement with regard to the president then safety. she said that the u. s. wasn't come to your discussion in ways in which it can support him and his country, but wouldn't be drawn any further for what she said were security reasons. so a lot of speculation, but no real fact. no real detail in terms of what the u. s. is doing,

with particular regard to the safety of the ukrainian president and the requirement the need for this aid package that the u. s. has announced that's getting more crucial as every hour it goes by. because you've now got a situation where we've got tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people, literally living in bunkers, living in the metro system going under ground because it's the safest place to be. because that's one of the reasons why i guess this is the positive. there was no loss of life when that cruise miss l slammed into the side of an apartment building the pictures that we've just been carrying here. my well, there's 2 levels here of assistance of financial assistance. one in which the latest is that the president biden instructed the secretary of state to produce $350000000.00 in terms of military aid. much of this in terms of military training . now this is part of an ongoing program. this been some $650000000000.00 paid in

military assistance to ukraine the over the past year. this is done in terms of the a foreign services act. so the president doesn't have to go in congress for permission, but then on a separate level, congress is discussing a massive $650000000000.00 bill in terms of specifically humanitarian aid. congress has been somewhat divided on the whole issue, discussions there have been fraud at stage and that discussion is ongoing. but on the question of the military a that's i said it's been mainly with regard to training. and here that's not the issue. the secretary of defense in recent days has made very clear that there are logistical problems involved in getting the province a to ukraine at the training, for example, which is always been in place for a period of time. the secretary of defense said may have to be conducted remotely, and in terms of the actual tangible, tangible, military material has the secretary of defense making very clear that the logistics

of getting this into ukraine at the given time is very, very difficult indeed. so a complicated process, the us says it is there to help in whatever way it can, the actual details of that in terms of what is going to be happening on the ground that's difficult to ascertain at this point. mike, thank you very much. my kind of correspondent join his life from washington. well to new york, where the un security council has failed to adopt that resolution condemning the invasion of ukraine. russia vetoed the votes. that would have confirmed the cell frontier, the grain, and demanded that russia immediately withdraw its forces. she returns, he is there. as president of the security council had failed to russia to list the un member states who co sponsored the resolution opposing its use of force against ukraine and calling for an unconditional withdrawal, but so on. in the angry with him ali, the resolution did gain the support of 11 members of the council with china, india,

and the united arab emirates abstaining. as expected, russia used its veto power. russia, you can veto this resolution, but you cannot veto our voices. you cannot veto the truth. you cannot veto our principles. you cannot veto the ukranian people. the russian, i'm baset accounted that the resolution was imbalanced for not mentioning the shelling of don bounced by the ukrainian government nor the failure by kiev and the west to implement the 2015 piece deal. and he added this. now, i'm going to want to go to the new, the new start, the new i will refrain from listening out the aggressions carried out by the united states in their history. but you are in no position to moralize. the u. s. succeeded in avoiding a chinese veto with its final version of the resolution. but waging once again agreed with russia that the crisis had developed over time as a result of nature's disregard for russia,

security and caution. the security council taking any action should be truly conducive to defusing the crisis rather than adding fuel to the fire. ukrainian bassinger accused his russian counterpart of having no idea what was in vladimir hooton's mind. but he did reaffirm ukraine's commitment and negotiations, even as he despaired for the safety of his people. and i will ask all of you to pray or to meditate if you do not believe in god for peace. its expected that a similar but non binding resolution will be introduced at a special session of the united nations general assembly where russia does not have vito already. it appears to have the support of more than 80 of the us $193.00 member states. she ever time see al jazeera, the united nations. ok,

let's bring in scott lucas from the university expert on all things, u. s. political, scott lucas. what's your reading of the us posture right now? will the u. s. posture as well as i think you have to make it an international cluster. the european union, various european states, canada, australia, japan is twofold. one is you give as much support as is possible right now to the ukrainian government, as you've been discussing with you, correspondent, recognizing the fundamental limits which is that the russians are now ladies, both as well as attacking other cities. i think if we moved to a new phase of what we're talking about in this attempted russian occupation of ukraine, of what you may see as the move of the zalinski government to the west of ukraine to live for example. which of course, is closer to areas like poland, which makes it easier for you, us and, and, and europe to give support. that includes political support and of course military

support through defense of weapons. but the 2nd dimension of this, of course, is the sanctions question. it's the economic pressure on russia that pressure has not gone all out yet, not away the european union, but the g 7, including joe biden, held back from the ultimate measure, which was the cut off the entire cut off of russia. from the swift financial transaction systems. but the sanctions have been expanding. they cover most sectors of the russian economy. the americans confirmed yesterday that they will be expanding the sanctions to directly target vladimir potent. we realize however, those sanctions will not stop the military offensive. they probably won't prevent a russian occupation of most of ukraine, but this is not a sprint. now. this is a longer race, which is, in fact, that the u. s. in europe are saying to vladimir putin. you can occupy ukraine, but you will face a ukrainian insurgency, annual face, the collapse. so your country's economy. what do you wish to do now, sir?

when you talk there scott, about military support. i'm reminded of the comments 36 hours ago from the you case . not the minister, not the secretary of state for defense, but the minister for defense who said close air support military support would rely on a no fly zone. and pilots cannot make safe damage free decisions. flying fighter jets at twice the speed of san surely that idea of military support is way, way down the line. when we talk about defensive support, again, you're very clear. we're not talking about air support. you will not be able to challenge rushes air superiority. you are talking about support through defense of weapons which are on the ground, including anti air equipment. but you can not get an entire equipment to push back . what is a rush invasion force of almost $200000.00 troops along with their aircraft? they're advanced missiles. i think again, what we're looking at is you try to help the government hang on as long as possible

. and we saw the letter visibly frustrated yesterday that he had not been hailed as a liberator, and that the ukrainian government had not follow fallen. so you support the crating government in the short term in the longer term. your talk to you about the fence of weapons that we need to be honest here to ukrainian insurgency. and i gotta be honest, those don't just meet defense or weapons. we're probably talking about covert supply weapons to ukrainians to fight russian occupiers as it moves on afghanistan . ukraine are very different countries. it is 40 years separated in time. but we saw what happened with an armed insurgency based off against the soviet union for a decade in asia. this could be a prospect that we see in europe in the, in the months and years to come is a physically frustrated, glad to me, puts in a more dangerous vladimir putin. and is that part of the count keyless? as far as the pentagon plan is concerned, and as far as the bite and ministration is concerned of the white house. absolutely

. i mean, for months now, the question all of a person who really is on a personal mission to make you cry and part of racial greater right. russia, he sees that his legacy, that was always the factor you were dealing with, which is how far he would go to do this. we have seen, he has gone beyond going into the russian proxy areas of eastern your crime. that he now wants an all out mission to topple the kiosk government to put his own person in place effectively. what has happened with doris as well? and if he is frustrated with that, yes, he could double down on the attacks, including on the civilian areas that you've been citing and said he's like, he of. but again, you really have to make a decision as to whether you give way just because putin is aggressive, just because he's impulsive, just because he's angry or whether you draw a line. and i think we have seen belatedly and perhaps insufficiently, as the ukraine foreign minister is pointed out. but we have seen a line which is being drawn by the international community, not just the u. s. against bruton. the ball will be back in his court. and i just

repeat, it is one thing to try to claim that you have liberated a country. if you cannot do that, you are in the position of an occupier. and you were stuck with that politically, economically. and militarily, no matter what flattereth putin's ambitions or his impulses are, scott jump in. if you think i've got this wrong seems to me, we've got 3 stages. he a stage one is where we are at right now. this is day 3 of stage one that may take a few more days or a few more weeks. states to it than settles down into some sort of mess, c, herb and conflicts. along the lines of what we say, we were seeing say in the balkans in and around sarajevo, boston has the governor croatia in the mid 1990 stage 3 could stage 3 settled down into being cold war 2 cold war lights, because if you got yen stalsen book saying, this is the new normal, and you've got the biden administration trying to put russia and puts in their full,

in a box difficult to see when relations will improve. and 2 sites will begin to start trusting each other again. fully agree with you on stage of one stage as to 2 dimensions on stage 3. inside ukraine, you're quite likely to have a divided ukraine where russia will occupy part, perhaps most of the country, but not all of it. and so that fight will go on. and that will involve the international community, but in terms of a cobra, i don't like to use the term, the cold war. and i'll tell you why. we lived through 50 years of conflict between systems, between the soviet system, between a system which included the u. s. and much of western europe as well as other countries. this conflict is not between systems. it's between countries, including your grain and one man. this is not a systematic approach to taking ukraine. many russians don't support this. this is a lot of putin an old man after more than 20 years,

who has decided that you cannot exist as part of russia, if prudent, more to go or work, nor to stumble. russia could be far different in terms of where it goes as a country, as well as where we go in terms of the international situation. is that something, in your opinion that mister puts in, must have, if he's got any sense of the back of his brain, he must have an awareness that russian popular opinion, especially amongst the younger generation of russians who are on social media. of course they are there on facebook, they're on instagram, they, they see the outside world for what it is, but through a completely different prism to his base of political loyalty is his calculation. got to be. i've got to be temperate here. i can't be in temperate because i might lose the public opinion. the put me into office again. i might lose the public opinion. the voted. yes. so he could change the constitution a few years back and stay on in power as president. until was it 20?

342036. i think 2036. i can't tell you what bladder reporting is doing, because a man who is angry, who is frustrated, but who is also aggressive, will clutch at any twigs in a forest. so he will still say, i have support from here here on here. but i will tell you that you're reading that this is not widespread support structure in the cities. i was texting in real time with a student yesterday who was in a lecture in st. petersburg. one of the leading universities in russia where they prominent professor, not quite sure you and professor who said i woke up on february 24th to the news. a prince attacked on your crime. and i realize are media or politicians or journalist are lying to us. lot of has stolen years from you, the use of russia, if that's something that becomes more widespread, mixed economic pressure,

animates ukrainian, insurgency. we are talking about russia, which will be changing, perhaps quickly. just as ukraine is changing before our eyes. ok, we must leave it there. scott, really good to talk to us over scotland. they're talking to us on skype from birmingham. thank you. nato sending thousands of troops by land, air, and sea to protect allies near russia and ukraine. the secretary general again stole to burg. here we were talking about their calling at the new normal in european security. now that all comes after president zalinski criticized the alliance for not coming to his country's aid. our diplomatic editor, james bayes, has that story 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 a fight thing bravely and are actually able to inflict damage on the other 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 roads report to ukraine here at nato

headquarters. the plan is to fully protect their members on the eastern front, the country's 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 coord, they should ask that 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. still to come here on this program for you. oh, no protest around the world in support of ukraine and the world a sport reacts to the russian invasion with saint petersburg strips of this year's

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