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back that people actually have more fear. why is the u. k, so hostile to transfer the mysteries all of us join me if i take want to live with man or the misconceptions and debate the contradiction. timely. get up front on out 0. ah, in the last few minutes fighting has resumed on the streets of the ukrainian capital kiev, as russia continues the invasion ah, login on peter toby without continuing coverage of the events in ukraine in a new video message. the president loaded me as zalinski says that ukrainian army will not surrender thousands of ukrainians fleeing across the border into northern
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romania as the russian attack intensifies. russia vetoes a un security council resolution deploring aggression in ukraine. china abstained ah 72 hours after russia began its land, sea, and air invasion of ukraine. its troops are inside the capital. there had been about a 2 hour long lull in the fighting, but we're hearing reports now of fighting, starting again. explosions had been heard in parts of key f, as the russian forces continued their assault in the last 90 minutes. the french president emanuel macklin has warned the world that the war will continue for the foreseeable future. let's get you right across the latest developments. a residential tower has come under attack in key ab civilians have been pulled from the rubble. there are no reports of any death from that particular missile strike,
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and other convoy of russian trucks crossing the border into ukraine. moscow is sending reinforcements. as the fighting picks up, troops have been closing in on kia of now. since friday, the ukrainian president remained defiant. he posted another video message directly outside the presidential palace telling the world his citizens had promised to fight back him or uncle grange. 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 it. that's all i wanted to tell you with glory to ukraine . we have 3 correspondence this dosage of bodies in moscow. mike,
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hannah is in washington 1st to kiev, and my colleague the andrew simmons. andrew, what are you seeing and hearing well, we've been hearing and sometimes seeing some smoke rising, but basically some shelling has been going on. we had a wailing siren from a distance and that's been some small arms. fire. quite close. i don't think the 2 connected the small arms fire from it feels like was certainly less than a kilometer. and then the shelling quite heavy for a short while. nothing right now. we think that's to the north of the city. i'm looking over here now at the bridge, the 2 main bridges on the main northern arterial routes. and that's very quiet. nothing going on there whatsoever. those bridges are the ones where you sit, you've been seeing images of, of reserve is lying on there. as stomachs are,
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without their rifles extended intent on defending it's no matter was. and so basically i will keep you posted as we're live in the scene through the program on just exactly what's happening. but the feeling is that, that the, the frenzy of, of fire from the sky miss isles, relentlessly, in various areas of the city, particularly in the west, where an armored column was actually repelled by ukrainian forces using missiles, shoulder mounted missiles hitting tanks. and they withdrew. but there is still apparently going to be resistance there when we don't know that is an area called barrett stay sca where there is a metro station that is about no more than about 7 kilometers away. also to the north and north west. a lot of fighting, there are many columns tanks, armored personnel carriers missile launchers being used in various parts there
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peeling off. and there is a, there are various reports about the arm and columns in 10 tons encircling the city . and then some reports that they are sent on, on going full in some parts of the of the columns. what we've heard from the defense ministry that as far as the center of the city is concerned, it is untouched. although the have been some hits on some areas but, but where we are now, it is the, it is effectively in the i, the storm there is a, there is some, there is some safety being here at the moment, or although overseas, during gert with cruise missiles strikes and so on, so forth. not a safe place to be as far as civilians are concerned, the sort of conversations that are going on now or how to get out. is it too late? how far down can we get in terms of shelters? metro stations are the deepest shelters of all and probably the safest but their chaotic and, and that's the very little food. as
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a few people have managed to get from places, supplies running out or round. a fuel weaving water in some parts and a mood of distill panic. really, i mean it, sir. there is also an anger and a resolve which, which are 2 qualities that intertwine and the feeling is that this is not just a fight for life. it's a fight for the life of the nation for the life of independence. the ideology isn't that to the left isn't the right. but the thinking is that carry on resisting in terms of targets. the hydro power station of cave has been attack several times by russian forces. it's being defended heavily, and you'll see quickly gets a feel that what i'm saying here is that the ukranian forces are putting up an extraordinary efforts to resist an overwhelming invasion by russia. and when it comes to, we're watching as you're talking to us, andrew,
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another convoy of russian tanks and personnel carriers rumbling, i assume towards kia, difficult to know for sure these are the latest pictures. but we were also broadcasting, as you were talking to us a little early about 30 seconds ago that miss al slamming into the residential building. when those inhabitants of kiev hear the buildings above them being rocked to their foundations. cuz they're all hunkering down, literally in the basements in the metro in the train system. that kind of thing is it, they're feeling that these missiles are going astray, or they're not hitting the targets that they go for, or other, the people feeling. they're just being indiscriminately targeted, i guess in effect, is it just that the russians are loving as much stuff in there as they can possibly get in there from a lot, relatively speaking, a long way away of their cruise missiles coming all the way from crimea, or are they just missing their actual strategic targets?
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are difficult to tell is the honest answer the are, the claims are from the military, that russia is indeed targeting some civilian areas, not massive amounts of civilian areas, but certainly relevant to the, to the point where by a building slide like the one is you saw which was an example books by no means the worst arm there has been a lot of targeting near civilian areas, but yes, it would appear there has been some targeting abs within areas. i can't prove one way or the other as for what people are thinking. they're terrified, they think, well, they're fair game for targeting because that's the situation. and in many was there are examples in hockey, for example, where civilian areas have been really devastated. okay andrew, thank you very much. andrew simmons, they're talking to us from kiddos. i tell you what
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was day with andrew gallery, and are you hearing more shelling where you are? no, i i'm not going to take some security advice. just bear with me a 2nd thing. so just tell me a 2nd. yeah. we, we have to take that. we have to take a move. there's information coming in about something a minute. i'm sorry, we will update you to do so. okay. under ticket, talk to you later. bye bye. the moment. live to washington. you got a glimpse of them. i kinda is corresponded mike, clearly a fast moving situation in the printing capital there. let's talk to mike hanna, correspondent in washington. so it might, there was his invitation from the boys and ministration to a lot of me as well in sky. we can get you out if you want. he doesn't want. so there he is, and there he stays. well, it wasn't phrased directly or indeed publicly in such
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a way what had administration official has said is that there have been discussions with president lensky in terms of where he would be most safe in terms of also ensuring the continuance of the ukrainian government on thursday the press secretary at the white house was asked about what the u. s. was doing to personally protect the ukrainian precedent. she said that he's been offered all the support that he needs actually put it and wouldn't be drawing any further quoting and security issues. so that is the formal position of the us administration, basically out there to help in whatever way they can, both the country and the countries lead that. but at the same time, what they are discussing with him is ways in which to ensure the continuance of the ukrainian government. and there is now there's a package that's been announced by the biden administration. what form might that take, mike? and when do we think that it will be available to ukraine?
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well, we've got a couple of 11 said the 1st president biden has directed the secretary of state to release another $350000000.00 in terms of military age. much of this is in terms of training, it is said, the president can do that without consulting congress in terms of the foreign services act. but then on the other hand, you do have congress, which is disgusting. a massive humanitarian aid package, some $650000000000.00 that is being discussed in the days ahead. some differences in congress about that not clear exactly when to get through or indeed even if that will pass congress. but you have got another issue here and that was highlighted by the secretary of defense in recent days. speaking about those military, a packages that have been going to ukraine for a period of time, a total now of some $650000000.00 over the past year. and now the new tranche
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announced toward instructed by the present day. but the secretary of defense saying that the issues here much of that money has gone to military training. however, it's not possible to train in country at present the secretary of the credits, for example, arrays the possibility of trading remotely. then you've got the issue of getting in the material military hardware into ukraine. it's believe that this includes thing was like javelin missiles, which of course would be immensely beneficial to ukrainians in this battle. that the secretary of defense making very clear that logistically it's very difficult to get such material across the board in the current situation. so what goes where and when it will go? that's very much an open question. peter dependent on the logistics of the situation and depending of course on the situation on the ground. mike,
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thank you so much, mike. kinda there talking to us from d. c. that's the picture from washington, the picture from kia. let's get the picture out of the russian capital. moscow dosage vari is there for us dos or talk to me. you've got some new reporting out of the defense ministry. i understand. yes, the defense ministry spokesperson stated what the russians have gained as a result of their invasion into ukraine. the spokesperson said that they have now destroyed $821.00 facilities military facilities in ukraine. and he also went on to say that 7 combat aircrafts, 8 helicopters, 7 drones, 87 tanks and 8 boat have been also destroyed that belong to the cranium military. and this also comes as they announce that the russian troops have now full control of a town by the name of miller total. that is a midsize city of about 150000 people near the as of sea between crimea and the key
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port city of mary o. paul, of course it's very important for rushing troops to reach that city. but let's hear some more. what difference mystery spokesperson have to say? but there isn't any room here with the russian armed forces. i've taken full control over the city of military. all the russian servicemen are taking army just provide security to the civilian population and eliminate provocations from the clean and secret service of nationalists. during the night, the armed forces of the russian federation struck ukrainian retreat facilities with hi, this is in reference of long distance syringe using cruise and sizes. i want to emphasize one more time that we only find the military facilities of the forces or to train, thus eliminating the chance of damaging houses and social infrastructure dawson, not sure if, if you and the team have seen at the, at the moscow bureau, but i'm noticing it, this in the russian media watchdog has written
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a letter to 10 russian media outlets, saying you shouldn't use the word invasion. you should talk about the military operation. what's your reading of that? i mean, that seems to me as if it's like, control the narrative, control the words control what people think. absolutely. i think the russians have been very shocked at 1st when they will come to the news on thursday morning. now they're very angry because they're understanding that the picture they've been shown by the russian media is not really what is actually taking place on the ground from other international media that are actually there. i think it's important to point out, peter, that many people initially supported the idea of russian troops going into the dumbass region in eastern ukraine because that area has seen conflict now for over 8 years. and that was technically what their request was initially from last year.
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from the state legislature to vote on agreeing to declare those regions as independent states, the russian back separatists. there had said that they want to be recognized that they want to be part of an independent state. and they asked russia for that recognition. and the president, letting me put and asked the state duma to recognize that decree that she signed it, we since then don't thinks have become much difference on the ground. the a, one of the m p 's in duma that voted for that bill to recognize those regions. tweeted early this morning and he is part of the communist party into law. his name is mccall leave and she said that this war should stop immediately voting for the recognition of those regions. i voted for peace, not war for russia to become a shield so that don't, bass is not bombs and not for t f being bombs. this is now the general sense from a lot of high ranking or high profile people within the russian society.
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we've heard from various organizations signing petitions. we've also had from very prominent journalists, who have worked here for many years with well known newspapers in russia, who started a petition saying that they were against this war. and since then they've had to face repercussions. one of them has had her press accreditation revoked for the government press pool that she's been working with over the past 11 years. we've also heard from many people that are affiliated with high ranking officials in the kremlin, one of them being latter mere pollutants own bod daughter. she tweeted, or she rather posted on her instagram account on friday morning. that this is a situation that is out of control, that there is very difficult for the russians to come back from this. and it's an acceptable. i think there is a sense now as we've seen on the streets of st. petersburg and moscow,
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people are very angry and they're realizing that what was initially supposed to be a military operation in eastern crane is now a very, very different story. and you have to remember most people here have relatives in ukraine of spoken to dozens of people who have very close relatives in kiev and other parts of ukraine. and they say that they are still very much in shock, and they actually don't know what to say to them when they're asked by their relatives. why is russia doing this? they don't have the answer. so i think it's becoming much more difficult for the criminal to control the narrative that this is for the own good of the ukrainian population. when it's now clear that what is taking place is really not looking out there. not the russian military is clearly not concerned with the civilian population. they have a, a objective to carry out and whether or not that means what that means for the civilian population is not clear. but i think there is
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a sense of anger in russia now in terms of the narrative that was said to the general public though. so thank you so much as a toss jabari the correspondent with the latest at of moscow. okay, big developments of course, by the, by the day away from the capital as well. although the capital is clearly suffering the main developers across the country so far shaping up like this, the fighting, again, starting in the capital, kia from the last hour or so. russian troops on a inside kia where the people happy, nice take shelter. another residential bell building came under attack inside the city area. of course, ski close to an airport that the emergency services are said to be on the scene, treating the injured it follows more than 50 explosions and gunfire in kiev. overnight. in the south, there was intense fighting near an airfield vessel here about 40 kilometers from the presidential palace. russian troops had been attacking by land and air from the north and the east as well. much closer to the city center. gun battles erupted
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within the city limits in surely africa. artillery fire was reported near the barest pica metro station, the authorities urging people to help defend the city from the advancing russian forces. the un security council failed to adopt a resolution condemning the invasion of ukraine, russia, vito, the vote that would have confirmed the self warranty of ukraine and demanded that russia immediately withdraw its forces from un headquarters. he, as she have her tendency, as president of the security council that held to russia to list the un member states who co sponsored a resolution opposing its use of force against ukraine and calling for an unconditional withdrawal. but swan and the angry with him olive 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 be told this resolution,
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but you cannot veto our voices. you cannot be told the truth. you cannot veto our principles. you cannot veto the ukrainian people, the russian. i'm basset accounted that the resolution was imbalanced for not mentioning the shilling 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 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
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ambassador accuse his russian counterpart of having no idea what was in random in 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. it's 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 the veto. already. it appears to have the support of more than 80 of the us 193 member states she ever time. see al jazeera, the united nations. nathan sending thousands of troops by land, air, and sea to protect allies near russia and ukraine. the secretary general against dalton, by calling the crisis the new normal in european security. it comes off to the
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president. vladimir zalinski, criticized the alliance for not coming to his country's aid. diplomatic editor james bays is in brussels. troops, tanks and weapons are on the move across europe. as nato continues to reinforce its east and 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 on the cranial forces are fighting bravely and are
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actually able to inflict damage on the invading russian forces. ah, but again, it is a very fluid and the anglo or an evolving situation. nato allies express 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 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
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directly sanction the personal assets of president putin and his foreign minister, sir galeb, rav james bay's al jazeera brussels. the un says around $5000000.00 people could flee the fighting in ukraine into neighboring countries, and more than $1000000000.00 will be required for 8 operations over the coming 3 months. many and here have been crowding into train and metro stations. as we've been reporting, they are either trying to leave or they're going for safe shelter is alexi or brian . oh. 2 hale cynthia, this 1000 johnson with the train station desperate to leave the ukrainian capital soldiers reportedly fired into the air to the space, the crowd. so again, with holmes, the throng. they've been trying to leave all day from the morning here. but as you can see, that's unrealistic. russian troops are edging closer with
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explosions. heard around the city earlier this apartment block with him. oh, 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. well, emergency workers went door to door, searching for victims. and just rush and tanks rolled into the city below ground. people crowded into metro stations, exhausted and uncertain about wants to come home with them or 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 the letter we had to leave behind everything our whole lives work.
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it's a terrible feeling to leave your home. you can't imagine how i feel our. these families have crossed the border into hungry, hoping it won't be too long before they can return. right on the market. there are long queues at all the banks and the gems have been emptied. there are thrown in the shops on 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 scape and lot rides group, say indiscriminate attacks by russian forces. i think you can look at her thinking crania national anthem,
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and she flew her after the attack with the spirit, the devastation of difference remains. alexia. i'm just here still to come here on our continuing coverage of events in ukraine, global wheat, pricey surgeon and fears the conflict could disrupt supply from major exports, exporters, ukraine, and russia. well, the sport has been reacting to the russian invasion to be great with st. petersburg strip to this year's champions league final. it goes to start to france in paris instead. ah, it is still raining heavily as it has been for a couple of days in northern sumatra, a peninsula, malaysia, and southern thailand in the forecast reflects that as well. this is an active part
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of the world you can seek is just at the bottom. there is tropical cyclone vernon, south of the equator in the indian ocean. so this is particularly wet weather. i think we'll see more flooding in the north of sumatra. maybe not so much now in this part of for malaysia and further east, just scattered showers again in malazan bornea, scattered shout, indonesia. we're talking about java being what is place, but it's isolated heavy showers and they are increasing in their intensity in the southern philippines as well. but it's australia's progress in the wettest weather . and again, it's around brisbin. this has been persistent brain, huge amounts in dallas flooding as a result, and it's not over yet. brisbin. c is what is day since 974. we want to go beyond that was on get the end of the weekend, and those showers no doubt, intense effect. sydney and property, the national capital as well. but the west is generally fine the size, but you'll notice very obviously a niko named tropical cycling up in the northwest. in contrast,
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the weather in new zealand is enjoyable. sa, particularly warm, but is the most part pretty sunny? ah. on counting the cost, argentina turns to the only method arresting the doves, the from really all the apart to finance the stability pumping cason to fossil fuels. will banks ever quit the bundling polluting resources and the pools, thus the town power pharmacy happening towards the shortage? counting the cost on al jazeera, i care about helping you with engaging with the rest of the world. we're really interested in taking you in to a point you might not visit otherwise. it feels that you were there. ah.
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