we don't simply focus on the politics of the conflict. if the human suffering that we report time, we brave bullets and bomb, and we always include the views from our sites. ah ah signings and distant gunfire heard in the acadian capital, kia was russia, continues its invasion. ah, again on peach adobe. you're watching out his ear alive from dough. ha! also coming up russian troops and sit ukraine 2nd biggest city car key in the northeast. russian forces of attacks, oil and gas facilities,

spanking huge explosions in several ukrainian cities. we will stop protein from using his war chest western allies swiftly agree to cut some russian banks from an international messaging and payment system. ah, de, for russia has stepped up its military advance as his troops and so ukraine, 2nd biggest city carl keep is situated in the northeast. near the separatist held regions of lohan scanned nets, welcomed 400 kilometers from the capitol. kiev several military vehicles have been seen moving along a street in khaki city center. the regional governor says ukrainian forces a battling russian troops and warned civilians not to go outside. russian forces of attacks, oil and gas facilities, sparking huge explosions on the 4th day of its land. air and sea invasion of

ukraine troops are trying to take over the seal cave air base. that's 40 kilometers south west appear, an oil dep or there is on fire. after being hit by a russian missile. me air raid sirens assigned it in minutes before a blast was heard. the cities, 3000000 residents have been told to take shelter with fear as the battle will get close to the city center. a curfew has been imposed until monday morning. a bill coming giants is live now from the neat pro in easton ukraine. hold it. just get us right up to date with all the main developments overnight your time to do well in car cave, i think that's where the most significant development happened in this part of the country, the russian, according to the civil administration, some russians, vehic light vehicles have managed to enter the city from the northeast,

they also blew a gas pipeline, which would mean that many civilians would not have heating and it is very cold at this time of the year. it seemed that the city, what we understand is now surrounded from all sides by the rushes and it's quite difficult also for civilians to get out of there. those who are trying to escape. now these are the early hours of the morning, and certainly we're good to hear a bit more a bit later from the civil administration there, but they were depicting quite a grim picture at this moment. and then if we move towards the capital kev, this was, it's under curfew since last night, saturday, 8 pm until tomorrow, monday, 8. am that the i according to the government, that's to try to pinpoint the what they call the saboteurs. russian elements who wouldn't be even dressing civilians trying to hook in civilian clothes rather

trying to cause chaos there. there was heavy fighting on the streets in many parts of this city. ah, there's also another, a develop men in less ill keep which is south of a cave. the russians have been trying to get that area there is in air based there . according to what we just heard. i. e gas storage facility or fewer storage facility rudder has been hate. ah, this also with we still have unconfirmed retirement. it seems that there's some sort of radiation also that's coming out. what we can see from what's going on is that the russians are trying to hit the infrastructure or of the country trying to make life extremely difficult by hitting fuel by hitting gas. and by trying also south of here is appalachia trying to reach an nuclear plant there they haven't been able to, but that's according to the military. that's where they're trying to head as we

speak is the calculation to we think harder for the russian military. the cock eve is an easy target to go off to because it's almost as far east as you can go before you bump into the don bass region. well i think the calculation was also that car came is so close to the russian board is about 40 kilometers from the russian border. a lot of people who live there are ethnically russian. it is a country that had so as city rather than had showed support to russia in the past is a lot of commercial links between the 2 sizes. even family links between the 2 sides . and i think the russian were quite surprised to see that that city, regardless of all these legs, has actually put up a fight and is resisting that advance. ah, it's not by is it's by calculation that really, that they started, that they wanted to use caregivers. so some sort of

a rear base and from there may be head south towards here, me pro, which is a city that the russians would like to take. because during the past years during wendy, it separate, this had advance all the way to the nipper river. well, this city was sort of the headquarters of the ukrainian village, and it was from here and, and they were launching their facts to push back the separatist. the russians got bogged down in car cave, they got bogged down a net, a care. and even in my you pull, yes, they manage to surround my rubel. they're managed to take miti, paula. but they are not in my you pull, they do not have that port city on their, their control. so certainly the advance has been as slow down by all of that, but it was clear that their plan was to try to sort of surrounded them bass and then from there have to separate this push up all the way to the me per river photo . thank you very much for the adult me there talking to was live this hour from the

pro in easton, ukraine western nations uniting this out to target russia's economy and limit its ability to finance the war. certain russian banks are to be bought from the international finance system. it's called swift. that means they will be prevented from carrying out transactions world wide. the targets include the russian central bank about bank 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 disconnected from the international financial system and hom, their ability to operate globally. swift is the world's dominant global bank payment system. cutting banks off will stop them from conducting most of their financial transactions worldwide. and effectively block russian exports and imports

live to washington and corresponded there as ever at this time of day. is mike hannah. mike. hi there. good morning. good evening. whatever is your time, my friend, when does this all kick off? well basically there's been lots of discussion in recent days between the u. s. and the european allies about taking sanctions against the split system, a messaging system. it's not about moving money, it's about messages about moving money. and one of the reasons why these discussions have been so intent is that it's a 2 way system. the u. s. and it's european allies will not go unaffected by taking action against swift with regard to russia. now, germany, for example, had been extremely reluctant because it pays, it's for, it's a guess reserves from russia through the swift system. so this is a problem and germany only signed on with us advice. once it was decided that this

is not going to be a total sanction, it's going to be as germany puts that a target assumption. in other words, russia is not being completely thrown out of the system, it is being done. so on a selective basis. another reason for this course is that, as i said, it's a 2 way street. there are many us buttons still in russia, which would be frozen there if the system was completely blank into doubt. so it's a complicated situation still a very, very strong sanction. one that was not invoked talk to the 2014 invasion. and at the time, incidentally, a french foreign minister described it as a nuclear financial sanction. but the point simply is that it is not total. the western allies have themselves some leeway in terms of maintaining some kind of contact and some kind of movement of funds between russia and the rest of the world . in particular, the european allies at the same time, a very, very strong sanction. but one that has come out to up to a lot of discussion and will result in a lot of pain. not just for russia,

but for the west and allies as well. mike, thank you very much. my kind of talking to his live out of washington. let's bring in jan men on. he's a senior fellow at the i s e a. s u. i shak instituted studies, social and economic trends and singapore gent, men on welcome to al jazeera. it's taken them, their critics might argue a long time to say yes to this, what was the discussion going on? i mean, how they calibrated the doing the implementation of this. yeah, so i think this is a complicated process as your correspondence from dc just mentioned, it's a 2 way street to both sides have to we party to this and that's been some reluctance, i think on the part of several european countries to sign on just a few days ago, the s t was reporting that only the u. k was keen on moving ahead with des space

span, and europe is just finally signed onto it. and again, not in the complete way, but in a partial way because they will suffer some of the consequences as well. ok, because of the into connectivity of the global economy offset, or overlaid with the vast amounts of money that we're talking about because we understand, yes, the russian central bank has got $600000000000.00 us dollars stocked away. but in all its got something like a trillion dollars of a very soft do they to lay the economy out on top of. so the line from moscow seems to be that we are insulated against this. but the reality is that there's a, a backwash of fiscal damage isn't there. so, the united states and germany, those big economies, they could suffer as well because they historically do business on swift with russia in some shape or form. exactly. so you know, this,

this idea that this is in some way going to be just the tax on russia is misplaced right. trade is mutually beneficial, especially trade in the type of commodities that the world in europe, that particular buys from russia, where there is no real way to fully substitute for them. it's not like you buy one brand of oil of gas and substitute away from it to another brand, right? i mean, these things, supply constrained and so this little choice and this will not stop it altogether, it will just raise the cost, which will then be passed on the consumers of buying countries. they'll pass it on to consumers. so this is not going to be a major sort of deterrent, i think the russia in terms of its plants and how it progresses from iran. and we

will all suffer the consequences unfortunately. and this is not something that's legally binding is it's, i mean, this is done on a handshake and a whisper. there's nothing, nobody's actually signing the piece of paper. so there's not a locked in all for $11.00 for all. so if, say the germany economy is suffering a lot in 2 or 3 months time, the berlin governments may turn round to swift in brussels and say, guys, we can't sustain this anymore. we're stepping back from this fiscal punishment of russia because we're suffering more than we think the russians are suffering. exactly. that's right. yes. assist. it's in the range man. amongst banks. it's nothing national public about it. they don't impose sanctions themselves. so this can be easily dismantled on a country by country basis, or even the bank by bank basis to some extent. so there is that aspect to it. it's

not a publicly administered payment system, it's just a messaging system and there are alternatives to it as well. i mean, it basically oils the wheels of financial transactions. it doesn't provide the plumbing really. i mean, the other ways of actually going ahead with it. but those ways are not as p d or as efficient as cos, minimizing as assist system, but sure. but in the countries they find that this is having a bigger negative impact on themselves can start breaking away and this will undermine the efficacy of the whole sanction. ok, we must leave it there. j and men on in singapore. thank you very much for that. we got a good degree of clarity on that complicated story. thank you. thank you. still to come here on out to 0 for your big transfer and the premier league,

the war is now hitting a giant of european football. ah hey, they're welcome here worlds. weather update for europe and africa, we're keeping tabs on this disturbance. it's developed over the atria. see that spreading a swath of snow to the bulk and so very info right through to sophia ball guerria, you're going to see a couple centimeters of snow on the ground over the next 24 hours. and you know, the name of the game, right? this is going spread rate into greece and eventually western areas of turkey assemble. we'll see some rain, but i think the bulk of it will actually fall toward is mere. now as we go toward the other side of the mediterranean, i areas of spain had been parched in it's mostly cloud cover here, but we will see a few spits of rain, nothing major. and toward the northwest,

your weather stories looking like this. we've got an incoming weather maker. it's going to spread some rain and wind up for the island of ireland. let. so for a britain just the scattering of showers and things looking good for that low countries in norway and sweden off to africa. we go right now, and we're going to take a look at the top band around the atlas mountains. we can expect some showers to fall here and for southern areas of africa are seasonal. rain continues to ring out its moisture over areas of madagascar. we've seen about 4 storms there over the past 4 weeks, and that's a snapshot of your weather. we'll see you soon. the frank assessments for china will benefit from their college strategy if the rest of the world cannot get together informed opinions at all costs. market needs and critical debate, wide report claims that need to come and then she'll threat to russia,

but it's precisely, he's actually that created the insecurity in the region. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera o. a 717 gmc, that means is quite 9 in the morning in ukraine, where russia has stepped up its military advances. troops enter your train 2nd biggest if you can't keep on day for land. air and sea invasion military vehicles have been on the streets and there has been heavy fighting with civilians not to go outside. russian forces to the fact oil and gas facilities, sparking huge explosions. troops are trying to take over the seal cube, airbase,

south west of the capital and all that there is on fire. after being hit by one russian missile. western nations, all united try and cripple the russian economy. certain russian banks are to be bought from the international finance system. it's called swift. they will now be prevented from carrying out transactions worldwide. now more than a 100000 ukrainians have been fleeing to the neighboring poland. across the board or the government in warsaw expecting to help as many as 5000000 people in the weeks ahead. but crowds checkpoints are so big. it could take people 3 days to be processed. al jazeera is zane bus. robbie reports now from pres, emmy seal. in eastern poland, 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 measurements, he 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 ukrainian loose, when your grin and lose your robberies can bit next one, holland and only roper, and my be america to. so help us or or as can be the same way again. 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 because they can fund fun and

sub with everywhere if they have a song mamma song, toys binds but alder, go love viola, some of the vendor istation, but we try to be strong to not so panic for many of the displaced the shemelle, 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, 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 in my hands,

i'd gladly bump person 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, the old 0 sham, ashleigh eastern poland out zeroes. iranian treaty is in the south west of russia where resources have been deployed across the border. yes, and then i hit alaska, a convoy of russian military gear continue to flood across the russian ukraine. border. armored gear and vehicle mounted me filed as you can see behind me an armored vehicle carrying stuff. propels 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. well, the mac sack is the head of the ukrainian prism. that's a non governmental analytical sense. he's been filtering in a bunker here, but came out to speak to us. he says there is a lot of fear, but people are determined to defend the country. i would say that these moments as statistics say that we have double norm of those who we expected to have in the, in the, in the stead. it's all the fast. so basically, at the moment we saw some weaponry, but we have many willing people who want to joins at the defense to just the found

the songs here. so basically they moved it is quite ok. and i think that this is something that put him didn't expect when he started. he's just crazy in ways in a crate. ah, i wouldn't underestimate the number off tanks and our movie goes and soldiers was rushing boots on our 2 or 3. they outnumber ukrainian soldiers, but still they feel quite weak. we'll to, to fight. and i think that these time in these 1st days put in was expecting to have week victory. would you give him some leverages during the negotiation at this moment? i see the situation changes and he's exhausted the keys, the resources to some extent and he's, he's army, he's not so willing to to be part of the story. so i think 90 crane gave some confidence that we could be on the right side of his game, your negotiations,

and to try to push back all of the allegations of russia and restore our serenity. so basically, we're confident we could fight for that. well, man, age between 18 and 60 have been conscripted to fight in the ukrainian army. that means many families seeking safety being forced to leave leading fathers, husbands, and brothers behind, out to the heroes jr. hall has more on that aspect from the border crossing between ukraine and poland. since thursday, we're told a 115000 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 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 real interviews, of course we are learning from silence 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've, we're looking for some kind of for shelter and tower fancies from schooling has been fighting. there today has been on the yes and the, the, the, the city, the town of where the nearby, they laid me a buy. it was a completely new job or how it feels to be here. i forget to just put that on. 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. there are 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 the bus load off the bus close after bus. also busload arriving all the time. while the police in russia have launched a crackdown to deal with growing anti war sentiment, nearly 2000 protest as have been arrested since the invasion of ukraine began an online petition to stop the attack as close to 1000000 signatures. russian internet users reported problems using facebook and twitter that the government abuses of amplifying views of descent. protests against the invasion are not just taking place in russia, people world wide. i've also been expressing their outrage nutty bobbins from

london on the protests 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 made for deva he came to britain more than 20 years ago. i still remember stories him and then my then read father about the 2nd world war and how big friendship game and it's just been in a year and it's not just it, it's not just the, i mean, it is only a cold thing to start today killing people, ah, 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. them answer 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 the kremlin nuns, i mean, we have to pretty what 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 will 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 days come an am anticipate reason for them all to get here. and then once the head with it will 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, bob al jazeera london, the russian president vladimir putin has issued a message praising the efforts of his troops on the ground. as a whip is, nathan is still at a special tribute to those heroically performing them military duty during the special operation to provide assistance to the people's republic of don bass these days. i wish luck success and all the best to you and your close ones. now to the well club champions because chelsea football clubs russian ona roman abramoff, which is under control of the club to its charitable foundation. the billionaire has owned chelsea, f. c. for 20 years. he made the decision. after the u. k. parliament held a debate this week on sanctions against the russian government, letting me put in one m p cold on the u. k. government to seize his assets including chelsea. the associated press sports correspondent, rob harris, explains what this means. symbolically, it's hugely significant in the bottom 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. but 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. now there's been nothing stated that around which would face sanctions at this point, but they face him stepping away. it's trying to sort of create a distance between himself and the club, insert the decision making at least ah, this is al jazeera, these are your top stories so far at 730, g, 9 30 in the morning, local time in ukraine, where russia has stepped up the military advance as his troops.