nowhere else to go, so they have to stay out until that are allowed to return to their home. after midnight, the military drill would continue for 3 days, which means they'll have to go through this again, twice this week. ah, large explosions in ukraine's capital key residents rush to bunker's is russia steps up? it's a military advance. ah, hello, i'm emily. ang, when this is al jazeera alive from dough house are coming up. we will stop protein from using his war chest. western allies swiftly agreed to cut some russian banks from an international payment system. thousands on the move ukrainian families head

across the border to poland to seek shelter. and small protests against the assault are held in dozens of russians, cities, despite mass detentions in the past 2 days. ah. is just gone 5, i am in cave, almost dawn where russian forces are stepping up. their assaults on the ukrainian capital, loud explosions have been heard across the city all night. an oil depot on the outskirts of the capitol, which is on fire caves. 3000000 residents have been told to take shelter with face the battle or get close to the center. a curfew has been imposed until monday morning. if backer begins our coverage. ah, the moment

a missile slammed into an apartment block in the south of the ukrainian capital, kia and the attacks evidence say the ukranian authorities are russia's willingness to hit civilian targets. ha xhylia. now we go. was we managed to escape all the way in kitchen. what 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 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. below them is a lensky, affirm keith was still in control of the capital and surrounding cities. shim dorado, her 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 before being pulled to safety and of the city of huck eve, 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 sheer motion room

is yours is given roughly 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, but that's not what the residence 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 afore 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 games. this is the

city of melita paul in the country, south east, where the russian flag now flies over a local police station. 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 vladimir 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. when i see your bra, 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 the ukrainian government, or bring in troops and heavy weaponry and do it of an even more destructive way with the possibility of mass civilian casualties. oh, the kremlin has the capacity for both need paul can al jazeera western nations are uniting to cripple. rash is economy and its ability to finance the warning crane. certain russian bank said to be bad from the international finance in system . that means they'll be prevented from carrying out transactions worldwide. the targets include rushes, essential bank, which holds an 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 disconnected from the international financial system and hom,

the ability to operate globally swift is the world's dominant global and bank payment system. cutting banks off will stop them from conducting most of their financial transactions worldwide. and effectively block russian exports and imports . heavy coal hind has this update from washington, d. c. vladimir putin, president putin has believed that he is somewhat insulated from sanctions because he's built up this huge war chest. but what we've seen in the last week is the rubel versus the dollar is just absolute plummeted. this couldn't really start to have an actual impact on a regular russian people. if all the sudden you need way more room to buy a loaf of bread, that is going to create some political pressure. so he needs this money to be able to keep the ruble basically steady. so exactly how those sanctions play out. that could be a huge part, and we also see they're taking

a different tact. they're trying to go after the people, or they say they're going to go after the people closest to put in the really, truly wealthy. there's a thing they've been able to use in the past to avoid sanction, is they call it the golden passport. basically you pay a lot of money to a country and you get a passport. so you can't necessarily deal in business as a russian. but perhaps you can do it from this other country. so they're going to be trying to squeeze that your call of power around flattery or prudent. i tried to cut off any way that they can evade the sanction. okay, so let's take a closer look. now at the belgium bank swift, the international payment system. swift stands for the society for worldwide into bank financial telecommunication banks, around the world use it to make secure across board of payments. we're moving some russian banks from swift will make it almost impossible for them to send money in or out of the country. this will impair the ability of russian companies in a foreign customer to trade and will particularly affect rushes,

oil and gas exports. iran was removed from swift back in 2014 over the countries nuclear program. financial analysts say iran lost almost half of its oil export revenue and 30 percent of its foreign trade. as a result, let's bring in lauren's cutler costs, who's a professor of economics at boston university. he joins us from providence, rhode island, thanks for being on the program professor. let's take a closer look nowadays sanctions. what impact will blocking access to swift have on mascara? well, i think it's going to be part of, you know, it's basically a decision on the part of the europe in the us and its allies and other parts of the world, australia, new zealand, to stop importing and stop ex, in importing from russia or exporting to russia and swift is an aspect of that, but, you know, even if they come up with some other way to do transactions,

if you know, governments will say we're going to put an embargo on imports and exports. that's the next thing that's going to come. so it's going to be russia, perhaps working with china. red china is going to be probably very heads. and because the realize that if a side with russian this then they could also be embargoed. so we could end up in a, in the extreme, if we have, you know, with a russian, china, basically with a few buddies and the rest of the world. and that's going to go very badly for both of those countries. you mentioned briefly where to from here, what other financial punishments could be implemented against russia. there's obviously the option for the a you to sharply would use the purchase of russian oil and natural gas. but then would that be too costly for the given it receives a 3rd of its energy from moscow? well, i think they may, you know, i think this is going to happen 3 times, or perhaps in may they will just,

the germans will decide to stop importing gas when it's no longer needed to heat germany. and they will start reactivating their nuclear reactors for nuclear energy . there's lots of research. now there are responses to coming up with ways to get energy, even the medium term. but yes, it would be your sacrifice and the part of western year, but they appear to be willing to make the sacrifice with respect to the price of energy going sky high. and that will happen in the u. s. to i think, i think it's just going to become so toxic for anybody to do anything with russia and a us company in europe and company in ports exports. i think you're going to see russia basically improved and being viewed as adolf hitler and as context and with good reason because he is. this is 939 all over again. you

mentioned how some of those sanctions could hurt the west to come at a cost of their own economies. is that the ugly reality of, of war and will, western ladies and citizens be more willing to accept those economic costs? well, i think, you know, to some extent, if china, if china sides with russia and there is an embargo on china as well, then us and, and european companies get rid of a major competitor. so we have more production occurring in those regions. and so in some ways is good for the u. s. economy and the european economy. it really depends on, you know, russia is not a big player in the world economy. i think. so one question is, the big question is, how does china react and is there going to be reactions at how to react from the west and will this deter, you know, china may learn from this experience, said invading taiwan is going to be extremely costly,

costly to them because they get the same reaction from the west, the russia is having. so there's lots of very interesting implications here. what i see happening most likely, is russia's entirely isolated and maybe some of somebody in the military and rushes besides. this is got prudent going far enough. we don't need to have one person drag us into this kind of situation that destroys the russian economy. and i mean, you are flawed, cannot land in any european cities as far as i can tell, they won't be able to come to the u. s. nobody from russia be able to leave russia to the west in terms of just travel. so there's so many implications are already happening very quickly. i think he's overplayed as tangier dramatically, and i think he's kind of was mentally from that fee she gave and

calling ukrainians. nazis you have the president of ukraine is a jewish and his parents are wagner. his parents were, i think relatives were killed in the holocaust. she's certainly an opposite. yes, it's certainly going to be interesting to see how the coming days and weeks unfold . thank you for your analysis there. lauren's cut because professor of economics at boston university. more european countries ascending weapons and fuel to help you crane defend itself. germany has pledged 1000 the anti tank weapons and 500 surface to a missiles benevolence also promised to send me south to ukrainian forces. and the us has up its military assistance to ukraine. washington has authorized up to $350000000.00 in new spending to the countries defenses. french president emanuel micron has condemned a planned change in bel russian law that would allow russian nuclear weapons to be hosted on its territory referendum. that's why they expected to pass is being held

over the weekend. the crown has asked bell ruth and president alexander luther shanker, to demand the withdrawal of russian troops from this soil and come to the aid of ukrainian people. because shanker had allowed russian troops to enter ukraine from his country. more than a 100000 ukrainians have been flaying to neighboring poland. warsaw is expecting to help as many as 5000000 people in the weeks ahead. but crowds at checkpoints a so large it could take people 3 days to be processed. as an, as robbie report the, 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 putin, i can say when you bring in loose, when your grand and lose your robberies can bit, makes one holland and only roper and my be america to so help us or or is jammed with the same way, graham, 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 dad is always tried to have found funny because they can fund fun. and so we're, this is everywhere. if they have a song mamma, song,

toys i tried to, but alter goa, feel some they feel that vendor istation, but we try to be strong and not so panic for many of the displaced the semester. the 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, rides 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 hence, i'd gladly bumper's end 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 for news 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. still ahead on al jazeera will tell you about how the ukranian citizens taking masses into their own hands. and a big transfer in the premier lane, the rule is now keeping a giant, if european football awe

hello, greater fear. here's her headlines for the americas will begin around the u. s. gulf states. we've got rain stretching from texas straight through to the carolinas . and that's knocked down the temperatures in some spots like new orleans, just a high 17 degrees or settled weather for their ne, after boston picked up more than 20 centimeters. a snow quick shot of snow moving across ontario and toward the northeast. but nothing like we just saw now for the west coast of the pacific northwest, we've got this incoming weather makers. so for example, in vancouver, this means we've got days of rain ahead in time. further toward the south. it is a calm picture for the west coast through some of the desert states biggest has a high of 17 degrees. nothing really major to point out across central america. we do have our showers falling across that caribbean coast. now the rain has switched for south america. we did see heavier concentrations toward the east. we've disrupted that weather pattern. it's now more so a story across the western amazon right through to the pacific. we can expect some

showers in bogota, lima, and we have seen land sides in western areas of columbia around the south. some storms once again will be parked over the river plate region. montevideo has the highest 27 degrees on sunday season. ah, on counting the cost, argentina tones to the only method to rescue with delta the from really all the apart to find out who stability, pumping passion to fossil fuels, will banks ever quit? the bundling pollution was wilson and the poles thus, the town. how a pharmacist happened to water shortage. counting the cost on al jazeera ah unprompted and uninterrupted discussions from on london broadcast santa ah, on al jazeera lou

. ah, ah, hello, are you watching al jazeera? i'm emily angland, a reminder of our top stories this. our people in cave have been rushing to bunk. his russian forces step up their assault from you, raining capital that explosions have been heard across the city and their fees. the battle will get close to the center. while western nations are uniting to cripple russia's economy, certain russian banks are to be bought from the international finance system. meaning they'll be prevented from carrying out transactions will wives. and more than 100000 people have crossed from ukraine into poland. warsaw is expecting to help as many as 5000000 people in the weeks ahead. but crowds at checkpoints is so

large. it could take people 3 days to be processed. men age between 18 and 60 have been conscripted to fight for the ukrainian. i mean that means many families seeking safety of forced to flee, leaving fathers and brothers behind turn. a house has more from a border crossing. ah, since thursday were told a 115000 people have crossed from ukraine into poland at one of 3 border crossing points. this one were 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 of hundreds, thousands, perhaps of people here a women and children. men of course, ukrainian citizens between the age of 18 and 60 required to stay at home and fight and given the evidence of resistance. but not many of them appear to be arguing with that call we have from leave and of course we are learning from science and

from the, from the danger. and we are scared are we, we are alone with our daughter. we don't have a defender. so that's why we, we are looking for some kind of a shelter and tower fancies from school life has been fighting. there today has been on the yes and to the the, the, the city but talent of where nearby they live nearby. it was just the story lately. can you tell her? yeah. how it feels to be here. i shall get. you just put that out. oh 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 the polish side. there progresses, achingly slow. they're only allowing groups of 50 people at the 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 ship group of 50 people waiting an awful long way ahead of them to get through and behind the bus load off the bus. off the bus load off the bus, arriving all the time. these are people fleeing the terror of what is happening in the 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 with people who lived relatively normal, relatively happy, relatively carefree lives in a free sovereign country. that is 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 will be back or what they'll find when they do come back. in ukraine, the mood remains defiant. several videos showing civilians making mullet have cocktails, have been circulating online. it follows calls from latest people to take up arms against russian troops. may most places launch to crack down to deal with the growing anti war sentiments across russia. close to 2000 people. angry on the war and ukraine had been arrested since the offensive began. the unrest has spread to 54 cities, an online petition to stop. the attack has close to 1000000 signatures. russian in that uses report problems using facebook and twitter, which the government to use is amplifying dissenting views. anti war protests and just taking place in russia though, people around the world have been expressing their outrage at the invasion and dame

baba reports from london on the demonstrations across europe. oh, yeah. 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. he 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 crashes came . and it just happened to me in and it's not to say, it's not just the military, it h o b, cold, interested today killing people i. they were similar, solidarity protest across europe. this was munich in the south of germany itself, no stranger to upheaval and dark episodes in history. i'm awesome when we don't, when we're worried about our brothers, sisters are 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 luxury 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 comfortable as a madman at the moment in, in the kremlin. and, i mean, we have to do what we can, the crowd has been shown to 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 help for ukraine's armed forces. and while the ukrainian flag now flies from government buildings, many are angry. there's no legal route for most ukrainians to seek asylum in britain and we need to be laughing. refugees come in. i just got be this for them all to get here. and then once i have with it afterwards for now, all ukrainians outside the country can do is hope the fighting and soon and the

world to do more to make that happen. nadine baba al jazeera london demonstrators in new york city of turned out in force to denounce russia's actions against ukraine. it comes a day after similar protests was held up by the russian mission to the united nations. new york is home to more than 150000 ukrainians, thought to be the largest such community in the us. the kremlin website has been taken offline by a cyber attack. ukrainian media says one of 6 data affiliated sites in russia that had gone down the heck is collective known as anonymous phase, to be responsible. the group announced on twitter that it was at war with the russian government. a mile youtube has blocked or russian state channel r t, and several other russian media outlets from earning advertising revenue on the platform. it said it was taking action against outlets with links to recent

sanctions. the company has also restricted access to channels in ukraine. that's after the ukrainian government asked it to block propaganda. russian content. chelsea football clubs, russian owner, roman brockovich has handed control of the club to its charitable foundation, the billing a who's owned the church. you're paying champions for 20 years. made the decision after you k parliamentary debate. this wake on sanctions against. let me put in government one and pay cold on the british government to seize brockovich. his efforts including chelsea associated and associated presses. sport correspondent rob harris, explains what the move means in practice. symbolically, it's hugely significant in the fact that a problem of it is signaling he stepping aside. but once he sort of del, further into the statement and based on my own conversations,

he will be still winning. chelsea, he has no plans to sell. i'm told this is clearly a reaction to the growing pressure being felt by the british government targeting russians in the wake of the russian invasion of ukraine. ned, as be nothing stated, that's a problem which would face sanctions at this point, but they save him stepping away. it's trying to sort of create a distance between himself and the club. insert the decision making, at least, ah, hello you, what you know to 0. these are the top stories this our russian forces are stepping up. there are souls on the ukrainian capital that explosions have been heard.