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de rail the russian advance and will not surrender thousands of ukrainians, flee across the border as the russian attack intensifies. and russia vetoes a un security council resolution deploring aggression in ukraine. china abstains from voting ah. our russian troops are closing in on the capital, kia as part of their land, sea and air invasion of ukraine. ukrainian president, viola demi zalinski says his forces are in control after a series of explosions and gun battles. overnight. an apartment building came under attack in the neighbourhood of sikorsky. civilians were pulled from the rubble. he has mer says 35 people, including children, were injured in the missile strike. authorities are urging citizens to help defend

the city from advancing russian forces. alexia bryan begins our coverage ah, early morning on saturday and miss sile slams into a residential building and the ukrainian capital, the moment hatchet for inside the building on a security camera. a gaping hole left in the building side was russian forces attacked key if from the north east and south emergency workers arrived to rescue those inside. i was only one with the whispers. we managed to escape. we're in the kitchen. we were lucky with a direct hit in through the living room. my wife and elder child broke their legs, the younger child had taken somewhere bar to rescue his arm looking for him. now. the attack followed, fierce fighting in the capital o, the night people watched from their homes, as vassals raged on the streets outside. people have been urged to take

shelter, though it's not clear where in the city is safe. russia has said it's only targeting military infrastructure. the ukrainian officials are accusing moscow if facing civilian areas. a convoy of russian trucks has been seen rolling into ukraine, but the president vladimir lensky is said to have refused an american offer to evacuate, insisting he will stay and fight him daughter or uncle grades. good morning, ukrainians. there has been a loss of fake information online saying that i am calling on our army to lay down arms and to evacuate. listen, i am here. we will not lay down any weapons. we will defend our state because our weapon is our truth. and the truth is that this is our land, our country, and our children are. and we will defend all of that. that's all i wanted to tell you. a man and southern ukraine has been filmed, standing in front of the russian military on friday,

president zalinski asked europeans with combat experience to take up arms to defend his country, accusing the west of being too slow to help. as the fighting continues, families, shelter in hotels or metro stations, trying to rest whenever they can. more tens of thousands of others are crossing into neighboring countries in search of safety. but more russian troops are heading towards ukraine. and there are warnings, including from french president emanuel, the crown of a long walk ahead, alexia bryan al jazeera, and in the last hour, ukraine's president called for demonstrations across the world to pressure russia, basilica. yet in every country of the world in every country of europe, take the streets and demand pays for europe and peace for ukraine. demand an end to this war. this is our right, this is your rise when bombs are falling and give. this is not only in ukraine,

it's in europe. when rockets are killing our people, it's death the every one for every european demand, more protection for europe, more protection for ukraine as part of a democratic world. father, what are strafford joins us live now from denise pro in easton, ukraine. charles, bring us up to date on what's happening there. well, has him we ah, we just left the town of as upper regia, which arm is further south from denise pro. it's an area that we traveled through to denise pro. yesterday we saw a lot of military gathering in that area. and because of what we understand was the time a retreat of ukrainian pulses from the town of meadows hoppel, which shirt ukrainians yesterday said had fallen into russian hands. the situation ins every year is very tense. indeed. m as made as made indicative of by an

experience that we had an our team we were getting ready to go live, getting ready to report on the situation in the town and which stopped the vehicle . we were, we're ready with our cameras and out of nowhere appeared ukrainian military, ukrainian police with their guns pointing toward us. some of them firing in the air we were made to obviously hit the ground am and a camera man's telephone was kicked out of his hand and was shot. it's, it's the oversee. not many journalists like become becoming part of the story. that's not why we're here, which it here obviously to tell the story of this incredible crisis that is unfolding. but i think this is an indication just of just how tense the situation

is here of just how nervous the ukrainian forces m r m. let's show you some video of exactly all summer of of, of what happened. hi, della thing. stop, stop, stop, stop, stop filming. with ringing. so know least they released girl at least mildly. i do. journalist one journal. he was not journalist . oh. with

myself. so yes, i have a very fraud situation there in ins, upper asia, i am the place eventually told us that they thought that we were potentially saboteurs. and there is a video that sir has been shot by somebody that has been circulated on line now. and you can hear the person in the car from where they're shooting this video saying, look, chechens chechens, chechen saboteurs. so as i say, a graphic and frightening indication of just how tense the situation is earlier as we tried to get into the city of the average. we were held up at a checkpoint for a long, long time. and it was, while she were at this check point that we a russian helicopter appeared a from our left buzzing, the check point. and the security guards ran for cover and basically calls

scattered as well. again, it's an indication of just how fluid these front lines are. there seems to be pushes from various directions by the russian forces the ukrainians, claiming that they are keeping them back. we understand having spoken submitted re insert bridger earlier. they say that sir, they estimate russian forces are only around about 35 kilometers from the city. an effort to push north further towards further towards denise pro and then obviously further towards the capital, kiev, m. zapper easier is hugely important. it has some incredibly important infrastructure in it. for example, a massive hydro electric dam am, which is a huge significance of course for that for the production of electricity. but sir, yes, the situation is tense there as you saw in that video and our and our experience. also i should mention as we were waiting at that checkpoint and there was an

almighty large explosion we, i estimate around 22 and a half kilometers away from where we were. we initially thought it was an air strike, but if subsequently found out from the military, they claiming that it was some sort of anti missile system that it hits a russian missile, coming in a cross or even into is upper asia. and it was that miss all that was falling to the ground that we saw in other use in other areas. and we have, we've also been speaking to people in the last 10 minutes or so. a couple of men who have come in says upper asia on their way to denise pro, coming from the area of north of crimea in and around kent song or the city of care of san. they were telling us that there had been a huge push by rushing forces into civilian areas in that area, north of crimea,

and initially, so they claim the russians had people been behaving and professionally, they had been avoiding ubs, the aggravating civilians and, and, and hating civilians hoggett, these men were saying the atmosphere had changed dramatically down there. now, in their words, they said that sir, the russians were what were preventing areas from, from getting water resources, potentially, and electricity in they was using civilians as human shields effectively. now of course we can't compare that we can no way can confirm that, but an indication of just how full things are north of crimea. also in the last 1015 minutes i've been speaking to a contact in the town of mary paul, a town that we were in only yesterday. he saying that there has been heavy shelling there to day as well. and he's describing what he says are pi increasingly, evidence of paramilitaries on the streets of morale for when we were married people,

there was no indication of that, no indication of paramilitaries all the military really on the streets in any heavy numbers. but he said, describing men, some of them in plain clothes carrying weapons, some of them in uniform, an indication of things getting worse in mary awful. m. also. we also know that there was a tank convoy, russian tanks, heading west and into mary awful. that was something that we narrowly avoided last night or sorry, yesterday. and there are also reports of an amphibious landing of russian troops. close, still relatively close to mariel to the west of it as well. and possibly an indication again of another push to mary opal and further further, further knolls, also. so as i say, there's lots of moving parts to, to, to this offensive at the moment. and that the, the front lines are becoming increasingly blurred and increasingly difficult to navigate. and of course that has huge implications for potentially hundreds of

thousands of civilians traps in this unfolding walls. own. charles, thanks very much for that update. and we're certainly very glad that you and your team were able to emerge from that episode. and we appreciate you sharing that with us though, as you say, you never want to become the story in these things. we hope you stay safe and we will be talking to you again. i'm sure a lot correspondent andrew simmons is in kia way. he's been hearing shelling, he was forced to take cover earlier while reporting live on there. he was telling us about the latest accusations against russia's military 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 whereby, a buildings like the one is you saw which was an example, but by no means the worst. there has been a lot of targeting near civilian areas,

but yes, it would appear that has been some targeting obs within areas. i can't prove one way or the other as to 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 similar areas have been really devastated. i've got 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. others information coming in about something, even i'm sorry, we will update you later when it's safe to do so. kit of france has seized a russian ship in the english channel. french officials say it could belong to a russian company that suspected of violating trade sanctions linked to the war in ukraine. the cargo vessel was transporting cars to the russian city of saint petersburg. dorsey jabari, as life was now in the russian capital,

so dos of what is russia saying about this vessel? well, at the russian authorities in moscow have yet to comment on this, but to the information we are getting is from the russian embassy in paris and officials. there are asking the french authorities to explain why this vessel was seized on earlier on saturday morning. and there is no information shared about who, which company is this vessel belongs to, but it's a highlights right now. the situation that is unfolding for the government here in moscow because they are now under heavy sanctions from multiple governments around the world as a result of what has transpired over the past few days. the ukraine. there is a sense that this is just the 1st, the initial phase of the sanctions that have been imposed on russia and its various officials and entities. but this is the 1st incidence that we're hearing about

where it was directly involving an actual ship that was seized. of course, this will be very difficult for the french authorities to explain to the russians, because we know that the french president emanuel micron has been as speaking to of lottery upon over the past few weeks, leading up to the events that unfolded on thursday morning with russian troops going into ukraine, but it really highlights the position this country is now in because of the number of incidents that have taken place. and the sanctions that have been placed on it, trying to isolate it further for the actions it's taken. and also what's been the reaction of people there to, to, to this incident and to the weight is so was unfolding for russia right now. well, initially here, there was a lot of shock on thursday when people woke up to the news. they were incompletes and utter disbelief. and now there seems to be more of an anger as

a result of it. there are many people have spoken to say they have relatives and family in ukraine, and that they speak to them on a daily basis and they can't explain the decision that was taken by vladimir putin, their president. we've also been hearing from various officials that are now voicing their discontents with this decision. we heard from one of the m p. 's from dumas who tweeted this morning. that's a, this is not what he voted for. they agreed to have a special military operation in the dumbass region in eastern ukraine to protect the civilians there from a the separatist back area from the barriers. they're fighting with the ukrainian military there for the past 8 years. that was what this m p tweeted that this is not what they agree to. there is a sense that things have rapidly changed on the ground in ukraine over the past 48 hours. vladimir putin address the nation again last night here as saying dad's at the government is not fit to run the country and called on the ukrainian army to

basically a stage, a coup. and he wants to demilitarize ukraine. that is the term that we've been hearing from the government here and there, and game or their objective according to them, is that because they believe that it is, ukraine was a threat because they wanted to join nato. it was very much a secure to concern for this country, but the general population is still very much confused and angry about the events that have unfolded. we've seen protests here in moscow and saint petersburg and protesting here is illegal. as a result, 1800 people have been arrest that so far. so there is a sense that things are very much escalating and getting much worse. and the, a general public cure is seemingly not very much behind this decision. where initially when it was discussed above 80 operation in dom bus, the general public was very much behind that because they are ongoing conflict. there has lost that so long. dorsey jibari life was there in moscow. thank you.

i. poland the interior ministry says 100000 ukrainians poured into the countries since the russian assault began. many been taking temporary shelter in holes and train station zane bas robbie. a lie 1st now from east in poland where ukrainians are crossing the board as they bring us up to date on what's happening in and where inside the train station in the town a semester small train station, relatively speaking, otherwise mid sized town has become a major hub of activity as ukrainian refugees continue to stream across the border last night we reported us estimated 30000 people across. now we're saying 800000, which represents the speed of how things are really picking up around here. now i want to give you some more latest information that we're hearing from the government is that now all border crossings are open to foot traffic. the government here knows that people are stuck at the border. they're, they're stuck on the ukrainian side. processing times are taking

a long time. they're having to abandon cars. rail lines are all overwhelmed, so a lot of people are ditching everything in walking. so they've reopened all borders to foot traffic. and when people cross the border by rail, car, or foot, this is the kind of place they come to 1st. now trains from live are coming here. and when they come here, places like these are usually the 1st time they have a chance to have any kind of help. there's official help and unofficial help. we're seeing medical facilities here. we're seeing people hanging out, food and drink and all kinds of other nourishment here. we're also seeing plenty of private citizens offering to give people shelter and rides all across europe. we've had, we seen people putting a sign saying free rides in free housing inside polar and pushes. i crack out. there's a man here that has a sign posted. he's offering free transport outside of the city elsewhere into poland as well as 3 nights of stay for anyone who's coming in and needs

a place to stay. there's so many volunteers here that are offering rides to frog berlin, denmark, really the outpouring of help from europe, pm's for other europeans really gives you a sense of the fact that this conflict is not just russia versus ukraine. this is russia versus you're just going to walk down this hall to give you a sense of the space here. we've got another make shift food station set up here. the people in the hall just ahead of us, are registering to get rides to elsewhere in europe. where they have friends and family, some people have nowhere to go, but are being assisted here by polish authorities to try to get them some kind of resources. now, we've seen reports of 100000 people coming. and even though there are hundreds of people at this train station, they don't stay around very long. and that's because we're, we're seeing a lot of people being brought in via train. there's just another train to come in. now there's another one expected in

a couple of hours. they don't stay here very long, they're being moved out elsewhere into poland, elsewhere into europe, by volunteers as well as official polish government agencies and n g o z. and that's all part of the help that ukrainians are receiving. we've met with several people here. they're frustrated. they're hard to scared. one of the stories we heard from a group of young women with children is that they had to leave their husbands behind at the border. and they were very aware of the fact that this might be the last time that they are saying farewell to their husband. men of a certain age men between 18 and 60 or not being allowed to cross over their being constructed into the cranial armed forces in an effort to continue to push back against the russian invasion. but the fact of the matter is that many of the people have spoken to here say that the fall of the 4 gun conclusion is only a matter of time and after care if they think large cities like where trains come in from to this train station they think those places are just next on the list for

cities that are likely to fall in the invasion of ukraine by russia. 9, thanks so much. his name is robbie reporting to us. there are from a train station in eastern poland where so many ukrainians have been arriving. how the un security council failed to adopt the resolution condemning the russian military action in ukraine. russia vetoed the vote, as expected. that would have confirmed the sovereignty of ukraine and demanded russia immediately withdraw its forces. she had a chance to force 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 the angry with him ali, the resolution did gained the support of 11 members of the council with china, india and the united arab emirates abstaining. as expected russia, it's a 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 ukrainian people. the russian on basset accounted that the resolution was imbalanced for not mentioning the shelling of don bass 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 the room to go to 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 beijing, once again agreed with russia that the crisis had developed over time as a result of nato'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. the ukrainian

ambassador 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. 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, a process president says he is convinced the war will continue for the foreseeable future. in manuel macro says russia invasion of ukraine will also have tough consequences at home. no, no, on the fall. last and the cry fees that go,

we'll get, we'll have drupal consequences. we must prepare ourselves lots of determination. also, lots of sort of diversity has returned to europe, but it was unilaterally chosen by president putin, with a tragic humanitarian crisis, a population that was in the european union with a long thought. you cranium, people need to try to do piece and protect it and take all the necessary measures of implementing sanctions. i've called lucas isn't ameritas professor at the university of birmingham. he says the sanctions being placed on russia will destroy its economy. well, the u. s. posture as well as i think you have to make it an international posture. the european union, various european states, canada, australia. japan is 2 fold. one is you give as much support as, as possible right now to the ukraine and government, recognizing the fundamental ones which is that the russians are now buildings as well as attacking other cities. i think if we move to

a new phase of what we're talking about in this attempted russian occupation of ukraine. what you may see is the move of those went ski government to the west of ukraine to live for example. which of course, is closer to areas like poland, which makes it easier for us 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 only the european union, but the g 7, including joe by hold back from the ultimate national, which was the cut off the entire cut off a brush up from the swift financial transaction systems. but the sanctions have been expanding the couple most sectors of the russian economy. the americans confirmed yesterday that they will be expanding the sanctions to directly target. while important. we realize however, the 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, you know, the fact that the u. s. in europe are saying, the bladder brewton, you can occupy ukraine, but you will face ukrainian insurgency and your face to collapse your country's economy. people have been out on the streets, protesting against the attack on ukraine in australia and new zealand. some of those at a rally in sydney have family and hiding inform shelters in new zealand demonstrates as chanted stop hootin. and in taiwan, protests is gathered outside the russian representative of the same time, pe, chancing glory to ukraine. russia student who attended the rally, said they were ashamed of the occupation, and they will hope ukraine will be free. in new york, anti war demonstrations were held in time square and close to the russian federations mission to the un. hundreds of people showed the support for kiev and

demanded an end to fighting. the conflict in ukraine means millions might have to pay more for bread. we prices of jump to a 13 year hi, alex smith is a food and agriculture analyst with the breakthrough institute. he says those rising food costs will depend on how long the conflict in ukraine continues. the credit is one of the most important producers in the world as the pro program. ukraine is the 3rd largest corn export in the world, and we explore and there the, there we especially goes to a lot of lower and middle something around the world. and especially in the middle east. well bred prices make it sort of the bulk of the sort of focus meet prices and prices of other areas for products that depend on those commodities, crops, or for production are going to be impacted in going back to 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 insecurity and you know, in the worst case, hunger and right. it really is dependent on the extent of this crisis and along the, the, the russia will last and how long there can be disruptions. that's when we really see sort of a crisis on it says, these are the top stories. now explosions have been heard in parts of kiev, as russian forces continued their assault. an apartment building came under attack in kiev masses. 35 people, including children, was injured in the missile strike. here tonight was hard, but there are no russian troops in the capitalist in the enemy is trying to get

into the city. what we will do a residential building was hit by a missile. emergency services are going there. now mil.