spouse, the violence in recent years, we brave bullets and bomb because we give voice to those demanding freedom the rule of law. and we always include the views from our sites with a residential building hit by a missile in the ukrainian capital cave. as russia continues its military advance, ah, you're wanting all to 0 my from a headquarters, and i'll find daddy obligated also a heads and a new video message. president volunteering zalinski says the ukranian army has managed to derailed a russian offensive and won't surrender. tens of thousands of ukrainians flee across the border by any means possible. as the russian advance intensifies on

poland. national football team is refusing to play russia in a world cup playoff next month. ah, hello russian troops are closing in on the capital key as part of their land, sea and air military action in ukraine. but ukrainian president vollmer zalinski says his forces remain in control of the capital after a series of explosions on gun battles. the mayor of keith has extended a curfew in the city. he says any civilians in the street between 5 pm and 8 am will be considered the enemy needs barker begins are coverage. ah. a moment, missiles slammed into an apartment block in the south of ukrainian capital kia and nobody was killed by the attacks evidence. so the ukranian authorities of russia's

willingness to hit civilian targets azalea, and then we'll go with, we managed to escape all the way in kitchen. we were lucky, it was a direct hit in the living room. my wife and the elder child have their legs broken . oh, young child was taken somewhere by arrest. yes. ukraine's president had warned of a difficult night. and for many, it came this the aftermath of fierce fighting close to people's homes. ukrainian army said it had destroyed a russian military convoy trying to enter the city. appearing 1st thing, followed me as a lensky affirm. keith was still in control of the capital and surrounding cities, shimmed or, or uncle grains. good morning, ukrainians. there has been a loss of fake information online saying that i'm 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, and we will defend all of that. that's all i wanted to tell you. russia meanwhile, appears to be sending even more troops and hardware across the border into the country while insisting it's not targeting ukrainian cities. the jail ocean were wrong assures, has given us a, during the night the russian military use long range, high precision weapons sea and air launched cruise missiles to strike the targets among the ukrainian military infrastructure. i'd like to state once again, strikes are only aimed at ukrainian military targets for that's not what the residence of key of a seeing or hearing people continue to seek sanctuary under ground in basements, the metro anywhere away from the violence. according to western

intelligence, the capitals not yet surrounded those russian troops that have made it to keep a thought to be russian special forces in saboteurs. but large a russian battle groups are getting closer, encountering stiff, ukrainian resistance as they approach elsewhere. the russians have made more decisive gaines. this is the city of melita paul in the country, south east, where the russian flag now flies over a local police station. give amidst the fighting with a light hearted exchange between ukrainian driver and some stranded russian soldiers who had lost and run out of fuel of the she menissi obama, ukraine's one you guys have surrendered, says the driver. can i tell you back to russia? the truth is, the conflict is far from over. soon in hours or days, moscow will have to make a decision just outside the capital, an engineer some political arrangement with the ukrainian government, or bring in troops and heavy weaponry and do it in an even more destructive way,

with the possibility of mass civilian casualties. ah, the criminal has the capacity for both the fall can. i'll just 0. let's get a live update from her bill. how may she's joining us now from denise pro that's in eastern ukraine, and i know you've been on the road for the past 6 hours. traveling. who tell us, tell us what you've been seeing where we set up some clamor tours, which is ended and done yet sca region. and usually it's a drive that would take about 2 to 3 hours. well, it took a 6 hours and that's simply because on the road, there was a lot of ukrainian military deploying regrouping, moving in all directions towards the east, towards across the river. the need for river to was this direction at. and then you also had amongst that a lot of people, are we so certainly a lot of people leaving the east be so cars back with belongings,

trucks with on top of them bicycles and all sorts of personal belongings. so and then does a lot of checkpoints, ah, you have a lot of those checkpoints, or man by both the ukranian army and these territorial defense units which are basically civilians who have received in the past weeks and months as some military training. and who are supposed to be defending exactly what this city is, the entries of exits, of towns and villages and cities, the infrastructure. and that's exactly what we saw along the road, fortifying their positions, building trends, digging trenches in the fields, or putting sand bags on side roads. so certainly a lot, a lot of activity along their road. and really, as you drive, you do get the d v d the feeling that this is a part of the country that is gearing for trouble to come and is preparing themselves. knowing that at some point the russian army will be advancing

towards the new pro. but in the east, across that river, in what the, in the den, yes, can also do together region. well they will have an advanced not only of the russian or choose but also of this separatist. and that is something that scares a lot of people because they had lived under the separatist rule for time, some places for 2 months, some places for, for 5 months someplace is and longer and a, some of them don't have a good memory of them regardless of where their political allegiances, a stand. and that is something that does scare a lot of people just to give you an indication yesterday commenters was beach black . there was no more electricity day, purposely cut off. ah, you'd look out of the window or you would see it black. and as we understand that it was also because you do ukrainian army was probably regrouping and deploy around

that area. it is a garrison town. so a very tense situation, even though at the moment there is no fighting there. so how would you gauge the moods in particular, in the eastern part of the country? well, i think this is what is gonna turn out to be a surprise. i mean, they were very few people on the street. we were there for quite a while. i mean, we've been traveling there for a long time. and before all of this started, people would tell you those who are under ukranian side were delaware. we trust our army, we know our army is very strong. those who were on the other side of the divide, those who felt that they were closer to russia and the ethnic rushes went to were blaming at the government in key for all what was happening for not serve offering and olive branch to the separate is not negotiating the few people we spoke to. well, they had

a different opinion that they didn't know like what was unfolding in case they would not like what was unfolding in khaki. they thought that russia went way too far, and that's not what the kind of relation and that's not the support they wanted from russia, i think is going to be very difficult. they know that they are the end game of all of that. a lot of good the people i spoke to thing that by surprise rush instead of having this advance from the east that everyone was expecting along, that very long contact line that there is between this who says when sick of vented, wanted to 1st get hold of the keys and then may be forced to surrender of the soldiers who are on that contact line, who are considered to be the best of the best when it comes to do ukrainian army. um, i think they'll be some surprises opinions our journey. i was speaking to a young lady this morning who actually was leaving her a crowbar tours as well as we were levy. and she was, she had

a lot of support to the rush and she said that she didn't want to hear about it anymore. she doesn't want to know about it any more than she is putting her full weight now behind ukraine. that she is now fully reclining. i think what is happening from the few conversations i had because people are afraid to speak. people are afraid to voice their opinion because they know what's gonna happen. but from the few conversations i had, i think, what has, what is happening is you have that ukrainian identity that is being cemented among people in the east who don't agree with that, should have all out a sold under country. thank you so much. i thought that hamid is reporting from denny prone ukraine, or under simon says, traveling across central ukraine and andrew sent this update. the west. there has been some clashes between russian forces i'm the ukrainians. the credit is managed to force back a convoy. this was in the early hours of saturday morning and now we're hearing and

we have not seen any further action round that it seems to be a low in fighting right now. but i'll tell you more about development later when we're in the countryside, we've been really sensing an atmosphere of tension, not just here on the major highways, but particularly in the rural areas. lots of checkpoints, lots of people who are reserves. some of them actually not using the automatic weapons that have been distributed freely some using hunting rifles. they look stress. they're looking for saboteurs that have been saboteurs arrested. the have been saboteurs killed, a russian particularly chechen thought to be brought to be actually in action. well ahead of the advancing troops arriving, and of course it is dangerous for anyone on the street civilians or otherwise

because of that. and what we're also seeing is defiance is a really angry reaction to the russians. i was seeing barricades being put up with seeing all sorts of improvised ways of trying to repel advancing columns, but really they're, they're really very weak in comparison to the sort of might the going to carry. let's bring in peter's i'm, i have was the executive director at the razor democracy initiative. he's also a specialist on post soviet states. he's joining us by skype from, from ukraine before we drill down into specific issues. and just just tell us what the mood is like wherever you are, and how morale is. and what people have been telling you. well obviously if you're looking around it civilians, you know, late with children, people are walking around shell shocked, but not vanity. this is obviously the worst case scenario. anyone could have

imagined more than the worst predictions on the eve of this invasion. when you look at demand, on the other hand, and i was driving for hundreds of miles away and then back towards today. and yesterday, i see a group of men getting together and stuff, tutorial defense. putting up road blocks, arming themselves and, and showing maybe you could see resolve in their faces. this is like a do a dai moment. this is fully, you know, people's more in their homeland like nothing's ever happened in 1944. what to reports coming through this suggest that russia could be facing or is facing rather some resistance. but to what extent can the ukrainians actually keep that up? because we're also hearing that russian troops are closing in on the capital chip while they've been closing in since the last 2 days. and they are, by all accounts,

their shopping campaign, their beliefs cream, did not that out the way they want it to. you know, it's not, not, not nothing dam expected. it just shows you the sort of the, the extent to which way to put needs deranged thinking that the ukrainians know, facing the government. they have no desire to live in a country separate from russia that would show your cited to walk in like this, expecting ukrainians degree russian occupiers with, with flowers. and he is broadly, i'm not sure what's going through his head now, but he's having a nasty surprise because there's no love whatsoever for russia here in ukraine. and much of this uprising of national spirit. national identity hasn't been due to latimer putting, as i've said elsewhere by the ukrainians and having absolutely

absolute justification for hating. we can also some of these to be thankful. and that is precisely bringing them together in a sense of in a spirit of national union. how do you think the president landscape has been handling all of this so far? according to the russians, what they're saying is that the leadership in ukraine is refusing to negotiate. and that is why the russians are now continuing with their military operations. but they're refusing negotiate precisely because the russian side is not trying to negotiate in good faith. they are basically offering ukrainians capitulation on the terms that why they wouldn't set out from the beginning when he spoken. and now's this terrorist act us war against what he claims a brotherly nation. he he called cradum to give up arms for the army to give up arms for all the regime and welcome to actions as a deliberate thing. i mean,

bosco also says that the offensive was a necessary measure in order to protect those areas of new guns, antoniette peoples, republics. and in the dumbass region. as you know, that is that is what russia is claiming. but that's what you know if it's an absolute and blatant lie, everybody knows that they have claimed that did not. civic asian is, is important, you know, is an important component of the missionary christ. our from the president is a jewel jewel, ukrainian, probably one of the most scholar from the very beginning and 2014. this has been an operation based on lies and deception. and there's absolutely nothing true in the library. putting the say, need to, is the really concerned about nato's expect? what he's concerned about is trying to restore the soviet union in some shape or form and without ukraine. which does not believe that russia empire is, is food and things. and that's my,

what i'd like to know from you is what the lensky is banking on and, and what he does next in all of those, because he hasn't really gotten what he wanted so far from nato on the west countries in terms of he's asked for sanctions on, on the swift banking system on russia. and that hasn't happened. so that didn't happen but, but already already lives. this is very important. all of the players are in board . the recalcitrant to members there were holding out when it came to this with disconnection was germany and hungary. both of them are now saying they're on board . so this is a matter of several days. massive things slapped on russians, financial institutions. turkey of all places has closed on boss for us. the boss for a straight to russian navy ships several countries in europe. a growing. ready bulk of questions like what made you bo gave have closed the aerospace to russia. and in fact, the entire cultural community, you know, but from mcdonna to various oper,

fingers to basketball, and hockey players and polish soccer players who refused to play their final match with the russians. they're all recording russia. the last, the size, the russian, russia is face to put in very quickly. it's turning into an outcast. it's like anything i've ever seen like a mess out for a, i'm sorry for your brain. this is getting a lot of encouragement ukrainians. thank you. thank you. so much peters i'm, i have for us from ukraine. let's now cross over to moscow and find out what's happening over there. bernard smith is joining us from there. bernard, what are you? what do you have for us this hour from moscow? or we've had, again, the rous, russian responds to the threats of sanctioned the sanctions that are increasingly being piled on. and the increasing political and practical isolation of russia is

vladimir muted. guten pushes is put it on with this invasion into ukraine. we've had the eggs back present or damage medford, deb, now the deputy head of the russian security councils, shrugging off sanctions. he said is a good reason to pull out of dialogue on strategic nuclear stability and potentially from the new strategic arms reduction treated. the start treaty there were signed in 2010 and extended until 2021. i met via dev is also said that it's really unfair of the decision to suspend russia from the council of europe. this was set up at the end of the 2nd world war to uphold human rights and democracy in europe. a 47 member countries of the council of europe, but he said, it's a good reason to slam the door on the mir video said. and it gives us a chance to restore the death penalty for dangerous criminals. so that political isolation, along with the fact that many eastern european airlines have now banned russia from

flying into them. and in response, russia has banned those countries um using its air space that shows the plot, practical isolation of russia, that is now taking place surgery. thank you. burnett's math reporting from marcella . thank if or earlier one of our colleagues was briefly detained as he was reporting an eastern ukraine. charl stratford isn't in the pro and here's a story. we returned from the city of zapper isha where the situation is becoming increasingly tense. a lot more military checkpoints, a lot more military hardware than, than we saw there yesterday. as an indication of how 10 cities we were preparing to go live to do a live broadcast. we're out of nowhere, seemingly a group of ukrainian soldiers and ukranian police paired with their guns, many's and pointing towards us firing in the air. they demanded that we get out of

the vehicle. we threw ourselves to the ground, our camera mans of telephone. busy was kicked out of his hand and 2 bullets fired from a kalashnikov into that telephone. now, it's important to recognize that these men were just doing their jobs. there are increasing phase amongst the ukrainian military and security services about what they describe as saboteurs. trying to get into cities and compromising military positions. but so as i say, our cameras was still rolling when this incident happened. let's take a look. hi. yeah. does it stop, stop, stop, stop, stop filming with

no leased, no leased, no leased? oh yeah. do you want a list one journal. he wasn't a journalist. i one of the was also reports from the port city of mary apo witnesses telling us that what they described was being increasing numbers of paramilitaries on the streets, ukrainian power registries, helping the ukraine and army trying to defend the city from what we understand is a pushed by russian forces from the west. we know that the city is also suffered heavy shilling from the east. we also been speaking to people fleeing the area north of crimea, around the city of care of san people telling us,

or alleging that russian forces that have taken control of some of those towns are preventing ukrainian citizens from leaving them. the situation on the roads around and he pro very tense checkpoints a lot more. strict one checkpoints, and we saw a russian helicopter flight low over the check point causing panic, causing people to, to scatter away even the security services that, sir, that will manage that check boyd. but there are increasing phase of the 10s, if not hundreds of thousands of civilians that are trying to put as much distance as they can between them and russian forces advancing on these ukrainian cities. as the, the front lines become increasingly blurred. while at least a $100000.00 ukrainians have selected poland after escaping russia invasion. but some say they're being miss treated by border guards. some people who reached the

medical border crossing say they were threatened and they witness violence. they were also stuck in heavy choose with some waiting for more than 12 hours to get through. to crazy is that there were a lot of guys we tried to get through, and there was a soldier with the guns going to get back it back. if i got to close, he literally punch them in the face. border guards got really, really aggressive and they would even like, lock the door and tell us like, like, you know, we're closing it forever. you can go back really scare. they made so many threats seriously. than before, ave has more from eastern poland where ukrainians are crossing the border. well, here at the semester, the train station just across the board from ukraine. people from the trainer arriving here by train from the town. and he's been coming in ways now is another busy period. let me give you a sense of what's happening around here. we have people that have arrived that are being registered. they're not being registered as refugees. these are people who are being registered for transport out of this area into other parts of europe. the

government is helping get people to friends and family helping to relocate them, finding them temporary housing or the government. the officials aren't the only ones here that are doing that kind of work. we've seen volunteers with signs made out of cardboard, offering people a free place to stay free rides into poland and further across europe and putting berlin and prague and denmark. so really here it gives you a sense that what's happening here is touching every european country in some way. now, from the busy part of the train station, we're going to go to another hallway where people are getting some much needed rest . now, on the, in the main hall, people are enjoying probably their 1st hotmail and days. and here in a quieter part of the train station, there is a mix of shows where people can get some sleep, get some rest, and get some free time. what is no doubt, incredibly arduous journey to try to cross from ukraine into poland interface,

parts of europe. we've spoken to people here who say that big family members behind a young mother has been forced to pay for well to their husbands. knowing that it might be for the last time men fighting aids from 1860, many billing stopped since the fight in, in your train began since the rough invasion conscripted ukrainian on was to try to hold the country, hold the capital and hold on to name city thousands of people have rallied in cities across the world to protest against shows military action in ukraine. in the german city of munich, crowds gather to show the cranium people their support, and to call for an end to the bloodshed. some protesters say they're scared, the violence could spread to western europe. these were the themes and the french capital, paris, where thousands attended a massive anti war rally. for the rece flores crowds gathered in the city of

strossberg. they called on russian president vladimir putin to withdraw his forces . and the invasion protectors in london won the u. k. government to take stronger action against russia. nadine baba has more. well, there have been demonstrations here outside downing street for several days now. but interestingly, people are not just announcing the actions of president putin in ukraine, but they are calling for specific measures that they want to see brought in straight away. one of them is a no fly zone by nato. so the ukranian armed forces have a great to chance of resisting the attack by russia. they're also talking russia to be eliminated from the swift mechanism of international payments. now there are families here who ukrainians, who set to the united kingdom with family back home in ukraine who are desperately worried. and they don't know what to tell their relatives. their relatives then

know that there are, there is fighting on many different fronts and they are streaming worried. of course families like that have to make the decision. do they stay or do they try to get out of the country? i'm not what so worrying for people here. there is a big solidarity movement here in the united kingdom, whether a tens of thousands of ukrainians living there are other you citizens like people from poland, also president present at this protest that countries are now mobilizing to help you craniums. so i think that that's going to the sense that here in britain, there is more that the british government could and should be doing right now. poland national football team as refusing to play russia and a world cup play off next month. besides are due to me to moscow, but the president of the polish essay says boycotting the matches the only right decision: poland captain and all time top score, robert low and dusky agrees he treated this. i can't imagine playing

a match with the russian national team in a situation when armed aggression in ukraine continues. russian footballers on fans are not responsible for this, but we can't pretend that nothing is happening. we got some reaction to poland denouncement from the associated press. 4th correspondent, raw paris. yeah, the next move that way can come from faith or it's a big call for them to may. do they throw russia out of the well cut that into the semi finals in the playoffs to qualify or do they stand by poland holding it already said it didn't want to play this game in moscow in a month time. that request came in the other day to faith that we hadn't heard a response. and now they ratchet things up today, the request thing, actually they're indicating they all refusing to play at all regardless of the location and be called the thief of johnny. and today, johnny 15, someone who received the order of friendship meadow from russian president vladimir

peyton after the 2018 woke up in russia. ah, hello again. the headlines on al jazeera, the sour explosions have been heard in parts of chief, as russian forces continued their assault. an apartment building has come under attack. keeps mayor says $35.00 people including children were injured and the massage strike occur. fuse been extended and anyone seen on the streets at night will be considered the enemy. here tonight was hard, but there are no russian troops in the capital in the enemy is trying to get into the city. what we will do a residential building was hit by a missile margins. her services are going there. now military police national.