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stop protein from using his war chest. western allies agreed to cut some russian banks from the swift international payment system. thousands on the move ukrainian families had across the border to poland to seek shelter and small protests against the assault held in dozens of russian cities. despite mast attentions in the last 2 days. ah, just gone for he, i'm and care for a russian forces as stepping out the result in the ukrainian capital, loud explosions had been how to cross the city. it's 3000000 residents have been told to take shelter with fears. the battle is going to get close to the center. a curfew has been imposed until monday morning. the barker begins our coverage. ah. the moment a missile slammed into an apartment block in the south of the ukrainian capital

cave. and the attacks evidence say the ukrainian authorities are russia's willingness to hit civilian targets of xhylia. now we go, was we managed to escape all the way in kitchen when we were lucky. it was a direct hit in the living room. that's my wife and the elder child have their legs broken. our young child was taken sour by rescuers. 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 below me as a lensky affirm, keith was still in control of the capital and surrounding cities. shem dora or uncle, great. 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. in the village of buck, marsh in northern ukraine, russian forces were met by angry civilians while man trying to stop and advancing tank with his bare hands ah. before being pulled to safety and of the city of hawk heave, a russian missile landed in a children's playground. 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 we're

on the shores is directly during the night, the russian military use long range, high precision weapons. see an 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. ah, for, that's not what the residents, a 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 as far as cave afford to be russian special forces and saboteurs. bellagio russian battle groups are getting closer and counting 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 id. if you work. this video shop by russian state television shows russian tanks on the move in ukraine's east. this is europe's largest ground war since world war 2, lithium putin. and some of these troops believe histories on their side story, i guess we've been waiting since 2014. finally, i'll throw away this gun and will live peacefully amidst the fighting a light hearted exchange between the ukrainian driver and some stranded russian soldiers lost and out of fuel menissi over at ha, ukraine's one you guys have surrendered, says the driver. can i tell you back to russia? the truth is, the conflicts far from over ukrainian troops of the capital of fortifying the city . soon in hours or days, moscow will have to make a decision, sit outside the capital,

an engineer some political arrangement with 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 kremlin has the capacity for both the balkan al jazeera and all that on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital is on fire. after being hit by a russian missile. the local mares confirmed the attacks russia stay tv frames the field. apple was used by ukrainian military forces. western nations are uniting to cripple russia's economy and its ability to finance the war in ukraine. certain russian banks are to be barred from the international finance system. and that means they'll be prevented from carrying out transactions worldwide. the targets include russia's central bank, which holds reserves, worth $600000000000.00. we commit to ensuring that a certain number of russian banks are removed from swift. this will ensure

that these banks are disconnected from the international financial system and harm their ability to operate globally swiftest, the world's dominant global into bank payment system, cutting banks off will stop them from conducting most of their financial transactions worldwide and effectively block russian exports and imports william black as an economist on professor of economics and law at the university of missouri. he says russia is ill prepared to cope with sanctions. if you keep the sanctions on economically well within the next 2 to 3 years, they will have a very substantial bite. and by the way, the things that hooton's has been doing to supposedly prepare the russian economy ah, for being sanctioned crew are actually very harmful to the russian economy.

and the russian economy is incredibly weak relative to its military power. so potent does have to worry considerably of that this becomes his afghanistan economically. and politically. putin has shown repeatedly that the ala carte sir useful in, in making him very wealthy, but that he can and will break them, have show trials, put them in prison, literally kill them in prison, and devastate them economically. so i think the united states has it wrong in believing that if it goes after the cronies it's going to make life but difficult for putin. vice president emmanuel mccall has condemned a planned change in bella, russian law that would allow the russian nuclear weapons to be hosted on its territory. a referendum that's widely expected to pass is being held over the

weekend. my call has asked us president alexander luck shanker, to demand the withdrawal of russian troops from the soil, and to come to the aid of ukrainian people shanker, at a lot of russian troops to enter ukraine from his country. more than 100000 ukrainians have been fleeing to neighboring. poland more so is expected to help as many as 5000000 people in the weeks ahead of crowds of checkpoints are so large it could take people 3 days to be processed. seamless robbie reports beyond the reaches of the russian army, refugees from ukraine, arrive in the safety of poland, forced to take only what is most important, only what they can carry. here friendly faces, open arms, and as much comfort as can be had sheltering in a train stations. bloody michelman sky was working in the netherlands when the war broke out. he's waiting for his 5 sons to arrive from across the border to take them to safety. he'll then return to ukraine, where he says he will join his wife

a soldier in the national army. ukrainians are prepared to die. he says before ever surrendering their country to russian. president vladimir, i can say, when you bring him loose, when your grain lose your rope, i can be the next one all and only grow up. i may be america too. so help us or or it can be the same, like a thing. ukraine's decision to conscript men of fighting age into the armed forces has divided families. the women who have fled with their children. no, that long, good buys may turn out to be final farewells. but there is resilience here. my note is always tried to have found fun with they can find fun and so this is everywhere if they have a some mamma, 5 dice minds, but alder, gola, viola,

some filled with dangerous station but would try to be strong to not so panic for many of the displaced the sham ashleigh train station will be the 1st time any of them have seen any sort of help in days. a hot meal, a place to rest a ride to cities across europe. even people opening up their own homes to offer those displaced by the fighting in ukraine a place to stay. there has been an outpouring of support from volunteers who want to help any way they can. we met maria in tears as she searched for a mother with a newborn she had met earlier in the day. she came back to the train station with toys, but the mother and baby are gone. the oven like hunting, i'd gladly bump putin to england and the u. s. and other countries just get dozens of planes to bomb him. that's all i want to say. there is solidarity with ukrainians and anger at russia. as europe's latest refugees try to figure out what

to do next. desperate produce from the people they left behind. those that made it out of ukraine have a warning for the rest of the world. millions of lives are at stake. help stop russia while you still care. zane basra v l g 0 sham. ashleigh eastern poland. james elders was unicef, and he says it's mostly women, children and the elderly who had escaping this morning. i was at the border with romania and it's a 10 kilometer long. q of people desperate to flee and you see that desperation? if ice, these are every day people middle class people with carson passports, yes, many people are also on the ground it's. it's cold lodge lodge numbers, and as far as the conflict continues to escalate, those numbers will escalate. but of course at cisco, those one moments beyond with huge q of people they are or the polish border where i'm need. now. it's when you see missy one mom reaching down and clutching that

a little for 5 year old daughter, tried to explain to them why they fled over the why they got a dog by they saw to lay cat in a bag and why dad's not their loss been turned upside down, so there's a great deal of trauma right now for these kids and their families. so there's an enormous amount that they still lay there really are. there really is i goes beyond what's currently available. a lot the alley, us and middle us, they have things but they have the supply run out in the couple days and the numbers of people i go to continue to grow. so humanitarian needs were worse than children at all. those kinds of emergency support, but mostly they also just need to know they need missiles to stop so they can be free to go back to bed. they need the s aren't to stop so they can be free to be to be children. again, that's what's really required right now. i still had an al jazeera. we're going to tell you about the ukranian citizens taking matters into their own hands and have

a transfer in the premier lee, how the war is hitting a giant of european football. ah ah look forward to brightest galleys. the winter sponsored my cattle. it weighs i there a great to see you. you're locked into your weather update for asia. we're going to begin with a snapshot of the weather in india and to be told it's a fairly quiet pitcher hydro bad, $34.00 degrees, it's above average, and we've got some showers in the indian state of westbank. all the most of the activity is over the and a min and nika, bar islands. when we start to see some of the yellow is pop up on our map, that's more intense rain falling for sri lanka, mostly dry except for that us west corner. it's also dry a for the southeast of india town they do, and i 32 degrees the high for you. okay. se asia looks like that this. remember that rain,

it was parked over the malay peninsula. that's now move further west. it's becomes a story for of the top end of march of very likely to see some flooding here. and there are flight advisories out for the philippines, both in the south and also in the north. so look at these bands of rain striking some of the islands here is a moderate flooding advisory in the south, but in the north for lose on island, we in fact have a severe flood advisory we check in on the conditions for china remains. dr. hong kong, your temperature has now popped up to $21.00 degrees and that snow has returned once again for japan western areas in time. sophia has got a hive. 16 degrees on sunday season. oh, the weather bun, sit by katara always. ah, the shake um odd award for translation and international understanding is accepting nominations for the year 2022 from february 15th until august,

15th this year. for more information go to w, w, w dot h t a dot q a slash e m. ah o . the me you're watching, i'll just get a reminder of i tell stories, this people in queue have been rushing to bunkers as russian forces step up that was sold on the ukranian capital. loud explosions have been how to cross the city under affairs. the battle will get close to the center of western nations are uniting to cripple russia economy. certain russian banks are to be boxed in the international finance system,

meaning they will be prevented from carrying out its transactions worldwide. more than 100000 people across from ukraine into poli, walsall is expected to help as many as 5000000 people in the weeks ahead. crowds of checkpoints are so large, it could take people 3 days to be processed, managed between 18 and 16, been conscripted to fight for the ukrainian army. that means many families seeking safety. a forced to flee, leaving fathers and brothers behind. john hall has more from the cause of a crack of its border crossing since thursday, we're told 150000 people have crossed from ukraine into poland at one of 3 border crossing points. this one we're told is the easiest one to get across. the wait here is in the many, many hours. it's extremely cold. most of the hundreds and hundreds, thousands, perhaps of people. here are women and children. men, of course, ukrainian citizens between the age of 18 and 60 required to stay at home and fights

. and given the evidence of resistance, but not many of them appear to be arguing with that cold. we have of course we are learning from science and from the, from the danger. we're scared. we are alone with our daughter. we don't have a defender. so that's why we're, we're looking for some kind of shelter and tower fancies from it's been fighting there today. hm. yes. and so the, the, the, the city, the town where the nearby, they live nearby. it was just a completely, can you tell us how it feels to be a yeah. what are you hoping with

now, with every day that passes with every grim new development in this war, these numbers are only going to grow overwhelming. the border guards here on the ukrainian side and on the polish side. their progress is achingly slow. they're only allowing groups of 50 people at a time through. and you can see all these little sticks being held above people's heads with little pieces of paper on them. that marks a make chip group of 50 people waiting an awful long way ahead of them to get through. and behind that bus load off the bus load after bus load after busload arriving all the time these people fleeing the terror of what is happening in their country now heading for the european union for what now represents freedom and safety to them. but remember that until just a couple of days ago, these were people who lived relatively normal, relatively happy, relatively carefree lives in

a free sovereign country youth. right. that he's now being torn apart by war. the war is that way. freedom is that way. they know which way they have to go. they can't possibly have any idea when they'll be back or what they'll find when they do come back. and ukraine, the mood remains defiant. several videos showing civilians making molotov cocktails have been circulating online. it follows calls from leaders for people to take up arms against russian troops. we've corresponded across the country, bringing us the latest developments, how the, the how meet has been traveling to new pro in eastern ukraine. she sent this update about what she witnessed along the way. we were in clamor tours when this war started. and we've been witnessing this city, which is a city of a 150000 people just sort of empty and self becoming and like the empty set of

a movie. last night, for example, the city was pitch black. the light turned off purposely by the municipality. it was quite deary because we, if you looked out of the window, you couldn't see buildings, you couldn't see the streets, you couldn't see anything. just blackness. as we woke up this morning, we had to do this 3 hour drive to come here. well, it took us 6 hours. that's because of the traffic on the road. there was a lot of ukrainian military deploying regrouping. going in all directions, vehicle personnel, equipment, all sorts of things on the road. and amongst that, there was also people leaving we, i could see from the window of the car and you know, people with their belongings, with their suitcases, we could see pick up trucks with personal belongings on them. and then a lot of checkpoints, and we drove through, we took a side road because the main road was quite busy. we took some side roads, we went through villages and i was observing all the villages. nothing was open all

the business. it was shot. yes, food shops were open, no pharmacies were open, very few people on the road. and as we approach we, we could see these territorial defense units that had been trained. building trends is building up position that there will protect the cities, the entries, the exits, and then we slowly arrived to nipper and as we arrived in april we were told, well now as a curfew, you got to stay indoors. that part of the country still hasn't seen the violence, but people are taking the precautions. people know that the war is coming to there's 2 doorsteps. the question is, when is it coming? and certainly they know it's not going to be pretty. you, one of our colleagues was briefly detained as he was reporting from eastern ukraine . charl. stratford is now in deer from man. here's a story we return from the city of czar parisha where the situation is becoming increasingly tense. a lot more military checkpoints,

a lot more military hardware then 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 peered with their guns, many of them pointing towards us firing in the air. they demanded that we get out of the vehicle. we threw ourselves to the ground camera man's 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 cyber term was trying to get into cities and compromising military positions. but as i say, our cameras was still rolling. when this incident happened, let's take

a look high dialogue. so stop, stop. so filming the nice thing at least go to journalists. jonah was a journalist. the one of the is also reports from the port city of mary. awful witnesses telling us that what they

described was being increasing numbers of paramilitaries on the streets, ukrainian power ministries, helping the ukrainian 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 sown 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 in the pro very tense checkpoints a lot more strict one checkpoints and we saw a russian helicopter fly low over the checkpoint, causing panic, causing people to, to scatter away even the security services that so 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. you know, just here, as, as i'm, you know, really is in the south west russia where resources are being deployed across the border. yes. and then i hit us, alaska. convoys of russian military gear continue to flood across the russian ukraine. border armored gear and vehicle mounted and as you can see behind me, an armored vehicle carrying self propelled missiles is headed towards the borderline with ukraine. these batteries can far, 16 missiles within 20 seconds. the convoys will take part in the ongoing military operations. the fear system which is currently raging on the dunbar front, where we are standing now is only a few kilometers from the border. and this scene is repeated elsewhere as other convoys are crossing the borderline into ukraine on other roads. but he's in russia

have lost a crackdown to deal with a growing anti war sentiment close to 2000 people angry over the war and ukraine. i've been arrested since the offensive began. the unrest has spread to 54 cities, an online petition to stop the attack because close to 1000000 signatures. russian internet users reported problems using facebook and twitter was the government accuse of amplifying dissenting views. anti war protests on just taking place in russia. people around the world have been expressing their outrage at the invasion that he barber reports from london on the demonstrations across europe. oh, in the heart of london, demanding more be done for ukraine. many of these protest is all ukrainian with family and friends back home that they're desperately worried about. people like ela medford ever who came to britain more than 20 years ago? i still remember stories. hm. and then my then great father about the 2nd world war

and how the extension came. and i've just been in and it's not just it, it's not just the military, it h o be called in for saturday, killing people. i. there was similar solidarity protests across europe. this was munich in the south of germany itself, no stranger to upheaval and dark episodes in history. amongst them once the widow, when we're worried about our brothers sisters, our relatives. you look at the people gathered here, and everybody is scared. the war will break out in europe. in the italian capital, a large crowd called for more pressure on russia. and in paris, they gathered in the plaster la bleak calling on nato to protect ukraine's air space. that was a key demand in london to i think we should be supporting militarily ukraine as best as possible, as madman at the moment in, in the kremlin ands. i mean, we have to press it to where we can,

the crowd has been chanting glory to ukraine and denouncing the russian president. but they've also been calling for specific measures. they want britain to take right now, including greater financial sanctions and more military held for ukraine's armed forces. and while the ukrainian flag now flies from government buildings, many are angry. there is no legal route for most ukrainians to seek asylum in britain. we need to be letting russell dave command. i'm anti spat visas for them all to get here. and then once the head there with it were ever afterwards for now all ukrainians outside the country can do is hope the fighting and soon and urge the world to do more. to make that happen. nadeem barbara al jazeera london chassis football clubs, russian owner roman abramoff, which has handed control of the club to its charitable foundation. the billionaire who's owned the european champions for 20 years made the decision after you came parliamentary debate this week on sanctions against vladimir putin's government, one on p cold on the british government to seize abramivitch, his assets including chelsea,

associated press. sports correspondent rob harris explains what the move means in practice. we don't appear to have what that so what to he was talking about space eggs finder n o mosque has activated his darling satellite service to provide back up internet for ukraine. mosque took action after being contacted on twitter by a ukrainian government official. he says more terminals are to be provided to the country. internet connectivity in the ukraine has been effected by the russian invasion, particularly in the southern and eastern parts of the country. are fighting has been heaviest space act satellites have proved a reliable backup when a communication is cut. ah, this is our da 0. these are the top stories. people in cuba have been rushing to bunkers as russian forces step up. their assault on the ukrainian capital. loud

explosions have been heard across the city and that our fears the battle will get close to the center. western nations are uniting to cripple rushes economy.