repair for their jam, i try to do the same then minutes later, once the earth is just a blurb below it's time to free fall as the war rages, ukraine says it's officials will meet the russian delegation of the border with belarus. ah, i'm having to think of this is alison life and also coming up with street fighting and khaki while the russian troops enter ukraine's 2nd largest city . responding to sanctions from the west. russian president putin puts his

nuclear forces on high alert and protest continue in russia against its invasion of ukraine. ah, will begin with some breaking news. ukraine's presidential office says it has agreed to hold talks with russia at the ukrainian border with belarus earlier. moscow court for talks to be held in minsk, but that was rejected by kia would ukrainian president bullied him as the lensky saint bella. luce was the staging ground for the invasion. spite that russian president vladimir putin as ordered his military command to put his nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. putin says it is in response to aggressive statements by nato, an economic sanctions against moscow get more or less now with dos jabari in the russian, a capital. so daughter, 1st of all, what more we hearing on these talks?

well, according to a statement that was i issued on the ukrainian president apparently has agreed to send a delegation from key ever to bela bruce to discuss the ongoing or conflict in his country with russia. now, according to the statement, as the delegation will include members from they are ukrainian foreign ministry and the ukrainians are now saying that these talks will be held near the ukrainian vela russian border. but according to the russians, they believe still that the talks will take place in the southeastern city of global in belarus. there seems to be some confusion about where the location of these talks will be. of course, initially the ukranian president had said that they don't want to have these talks with their russians in belarus because of course, bela bruce was one of is one of the countries where russian troops have been

stationed that since february. and that is one of the points of entry of invasion into ukraine. so he said that that was not likely, and he proposed other as cities to have these talks. but then earlier this afternoon, the russian president vladimir putin spoke to these railey prime minister in of dolly bennett. and apparently these really prime minister try to say that in offer that he would, i have a, basically an intermediary role between the 2 countries. as the russian president said that the, this country had given until 12 g m, t, for the ukrainians to respond. now we understand that the ukranian side have as said there are, they have said no preconditions for these talks. earlier they had said the one of the fighting to stop in their country while they were having these discussions with the russians, the kremlin spokesperson had said that that will, will not happen. so there was a tremendous amount of back and forth. and i have to mention the beller,

russian president, alexander and the push ankle has been taught with flooding mere lensky on the phone throughout the day. and he's also been discussing it with the russian president. so he really has been the one to come in between these 2 countries to try and get them together to talk from what we understand. the fighting will not stop while the 2 sides have this discussion. and they'll say, in addition to that, we, we heard from the russian president, talking about nuclear deterrence and how he was prepared to put forces on high alert. we're going to play that clip now you do it. this is western countries not only taking unfriendly actions against our country's economy, but some top officials from nato countries have had aggressive remarks towards russia. that's why i command the minister of defense in chief of staff for mutual deterrence forces on high alert. so those are russia seems to be going on on, on sort of 2 tracks here on the one side they're,

they're saying that they want to talk. and then we're hearing this from the russian president, seeming to kind of step things up a notch in terms of the escalation and the rhetoric here certainly, and this rhetoric has just been confirmed and to be condemned by the united states government. but this is now seemingly a move, a very dangerous move by the russian president to try and really put as much pressure on nato countries as well as the ukrainian officials who will be heading to ballard shortly. to show that really he, his side, his delegation, the russian delegation is coming to the negotiating table with the ukranian officials from a position of strength to really a highlight that to russia is not having these a talks to really remove their position or go back on their position that they have now, this is the highest form i want to stress of combat readiness of these troops. and

this could be a very risky move because any kind of a incidence or anything like that would really be catastrophic. all. and the russian president had said that this is indirect response to the nato countries and their language that they've been using about russia and russian troops that are now in ukraine. this, of course, the 2 other members of his staff that were present in the room when he had this discussion. he was meeting with his defense minister as well as his chief of staff . at those 2 men, clearly looking very uncomfortable as they received these orders from the countries commander in chief. but i think this will be seen as really a very grand move by vladimir putin to try and show the entrust community. not only the ukrainian officials that really he, his could position is still one of strength and door. so we were just showing

pictures of protests there were taking place in in st. petersburg a little bit earlier. quite, quite large numbers of people there. something that you don't often see in russia. it's not just protests around the world. it's inside russia. is that a reflection of a sentiment so felt by a lot of russians there? well, these protests actually started from the 1st day. dad to russian troops went into ukraine on thursday, february 24th. there was a lot of shock about that decision by vladimir putin to send the russian troops in there. and the protests have been ongoing since. of course st. petersburg is one of the few cities that they've been managing to continue are holding these demonstrations. and of course, any form of gathering were demonstrations and public are illegal in russia. so it is very much a huge risk for these people to come out. but today, i'm just,

there was a call for people to come out in all of the cities in russia to show their a discontents and their position, which is against the war in ukraine. we understand that now over 2000 people have been arrested so far across russia since they began protesting. and i think it's just a, a small indication of how people feel on a larger scale here. because not everybody would go out to show that they don't support the decision that was taken by the russian government daughter jibari life 1st there in moscow. thank you. just now all this as heavy fighting continues on the streets of ukraine's 2nd largest city, corky of of the russian troops stepped up their military advance. ah, civilians were warned not to go outside as russian military vehicles entered. the

city archive is situated in the north east, near the separatist held regions of france and, and yet when 400 kilometers from the capital, kia, and to simmons is in the western city of live. it's close to the a border with poland and a place where ukrainians are arriving as they seek asylum in nearby countries. well, still more attacks. one missile involved overnights, a number of other incidents involving fighting on the west, intense fighting on the west, and indeed on the southern part of the city where there has been an advance of armored columns, but they're being held back according to the ministry of defense. furthermore, there has been an attack on a gas storage plants, the outskirts of the city that caused an enormous fire, which is yet to be extinguished completely in terms of civilians. situation is

getting worse and worse the that there is talk of all sorts of problems for them living on the ground in terms of, of food in terms of getting them water. because they are literally living on the ground. most of the time. because of the martial law and the few that's been extended. and the other aspect is, and it's important to actually try to explain this in that the, the, the, the defense ministry is claiming that the russians just aren't making the progress they want in their advance on the capital. there is quite a lot of spin to some of this in the sense that the suggestion is that that's why they want to come to the negotiating table. will that aside for the moment, the reality on the ground is the case that they are having problems. and let me explain, for example, on the northern advance that's come down from bella luce, an immense amount of armor, but not in the capital. yet for several reasons,

one is that the ukrainians are being highly effective in attacking with with ground ground missiles, javelin missiles are which that they've been crying out for more and they are getting more. heaven knows how, where supplies are getting to number they are getting more and that they are taking out a lot of armor of tanks. not only that, that being clever in the way they're stopping the advance in certain areas. for example, the north east. they've blown a bridge and lucia, there's an immense fight going on because that the armory is trying to get round another route. it was a road bridge, but a good good quality road, big wide road that will take a fast advance. i now have to take small roads in the north, another area which has had another bridge blown and they are having problems getting around the town of air pin and also in the north west. again,

moves taken to stop the advance of the armory. that's not to say it's not getting through, but it's not getting free in the way that was intended will here will of it is near the polish border. the humanitarian crisis is immense. as we've been hearing from our correspondents elsewhere, it is, it is really well. it's hard to take it difficult to convey visually right now because the real problem at the moment is inside the station where people are just filling the places. it's mapped out with people and they're getting very, very little the way of supplies. the numbers outside, although they're, they're large or thinning out somehow because of the train has arrived from keith. and they are that it has moved on to the polish border. therefore, it's been, it's been filled, absolutely crammed full of people, children, women know young men because some of them who have actually got on the trains they've, they've actually been asked to return back to, to, to the capital, to,

to actually get, get it involved in the fighting, now i'd like to explain more and with, with me is sophia sheba from nestle charity, which, which is trying to help people tell me what you've been doing. okay, we're trying to find that needs to be okay. sorry. yes, i find it isn't information for everyone. who charge to find the way 100 each quarter was fallen, or was hungry or visit wisdom wisdom. many also also, when people need some accommodations, we try to find them foresee and try, and he's not going to be for now. we also try to find them a boss or a driver who can who can drive them to the border. and yeah, that's all we're doing here. just talking people and, and writing down be some food and water. so yeah, this other work here. all right, spill add on. i just we will stop protein from using his war chest.

the western allies agree to cut some russian banks from the swift financial system . here we are alone with our daughter. we don't have a defender. and we made some of the ukrainian families and that's divided by the war i walk into your world's weather report for asia. hello everyone. to see you beginning in india, there's not much action going on here. plenty of sun to be found in air quality is improving in the northwest. so parts of new delhi actually had some moderate levels for the 1st time in a while. they get striped with some showers for southern portions of sure longer on monday, but otherwise it's quiet for that southeast corner of india as well in town on the

do sunshine. fortunately with the high of $32.00 degrees off to southeast asia, concentration of rain over the top end of sumatra rate across java is wall. and let's go to the philippines. now keep in mind the darker the color here, the more intense the rain is falling. so rate over a minute. now look at these bands of rain. there is a moderate flooding advisory in play here. next south china slug of rain falling across the young seat river valley. the other thing i need to point out temperature is above average here. so we're on at 20 and shanghai, 17 degrees, but that extends further north. we go off for places like jung joe 20 degrees in a southerly push for the korean peninsula. pops up the temperature and sol, $211.00 degrees, believe it or not this snow. and when stopped across western areas of japan, and we've got a nice stay in tokyo on monday with the high 15 degrees. and now you're in the no, ah pick take to ships to democracies, activists to corporations,

control of the message is crucial. oil companies have become very good at recognizing ways to phrase what they want you to hear. we care about the environment you do to you should buy our oil cleared for public opinion or profit. once you make people afraid, you can use that to justify stripping away basic civil liberties. the listening post examined the vested interest behind the content. you could see you on al jazeera lou. ah, but again, you're watching as 0 mind over top stories this out. the cranes presidential office says it's agreed to hold talks with russia ukrainian border with bell ruth earlier

moscow called for talks to be held in minsk that was rejected by kia ukrainian president saying bella ruth was the staging ground for the invasion. russian president vladimir putin has ordered his military command to put its nuclear de terrorist forces on high alert. he says it's in response to aggressive statements by nato and economic sanctions against moscow. russia stepped up its military advance as its troops entered, ukraine's 2nd biggest city of hockey, military vehicles on the streets. and there's been heavy fighting with civilians warned not to go out a lot, not to the ukrainian. a foreign minister dimitra co labor holding an online briefing come to his wounds later in the hospital. in the morning, on february 26, the russian invaders shut down an entire civilian family. in norfolk, a hawker have some region,

56 year old honor and only physical irina physical and 2 grand children. 6 years old and 18 months old, yvonne are dead. multiple civilian objects were hit dozens of residential buildings and major cities and multi storage building. and key of was hit with a cruise missile oil refinery in the city of russell gift was hit this night, threatening an ecological catastrophic. these are only a few of hundreds of war crimes committed by russia and ukraine in the course of its blatant military aggression. i assure russian war criminals that we will bring all of them to responsibility in international courts. he will face justice for what you did. no matter how much time and effort it takes us will not rest until all of the criminals responsible for the death of our men,

women and children killed during this war. crimes are put behind bars. now to the international reaction. for the fall, i would like to thank from the bottom of my heart, ukrainian community, some foreigners who demonstrated and continue to demonstrate their solidarity with ukraine, demands their governments to act denise money and provide other support the ukraine defense. we see you. we feel your support. ukraine is not falling. we have bleeding, but we continue to successfully defend ourselves. so should you continue to do everything possible to help us win this find those 4 individuals who have the will and ability to fight alongside ukrainians against invaders. welcome to join the international legion of the territorial defense of ukraine. please

address ukrainian embassies in your countries fulfilled the details. we have been working hard during these dark times too quickly consolidate a global anti pushing coalition of state which support the free ukraine and the poll moment. this coalition includes 84 states and 13 international organizations. russia already faces massive isolation. i think all countries which have already severed dice and cut engagement with russia on international and bilateral level put in, has it effectively close the window to europe opened 300 years ago by his predecessor peter the 1st. this is a turning point in the history of russia, which will certainly plunge orange and russians into poverty. and i so lation,

as well as may lead to the collapse of the russian political system. as such, bella rules will face similar consequences as an accomplice of the crime of aggression against ukraine if it continues to provide its territory and got forbid it's human resource for says, till the russian aggression against ukraine, governments around the world have already imposed as have costs on the russian economy, elite and ordinary people, sanctions hid thrush as big as banks. it's weapons, industry is of access to financial and economic goals. banning all operations, stopping the issue of reserves to russians and many other actions. i also welcome the creation of a special group to research russian assets abroad. the list of factions is too long to name all now. however,

and what i'm going to say is extremely important. i want to warn every government that might think, now that after imposing these sanctions they can rest sanctions and actions must be elevated. the pressure must be elevated until russia and its accomplish beller was stop killing ukrainians and bumping our suitors, our men, women, and children. until russia entirely was, draws its forces from ukraine and d, o compiz our territories. this is the end goal of the anti putting coalition chan in the world. unfortunately, and to stop the war rush, a more heat rush, a harder hit russia. now it's

a matter of hours and not days to do this important to make this important decisions and to make this steps we ukrainians do it on the front line, sacrificing, sacrificing our lives. and we have only one request to you back us up. i want also to say a few separate words to those few european governments which are now trying to water and down the sanctions packages, including the bending of rush of from swift. and i will bang to leave why some measures with their left hands and continued to trade with russia with their right hands stopped doing this now stopped radiant with the blood of ukrainian men, women, and children. this is not a matter for but the reality of what you're doing. history will judge you,

and your names will forever remain in history books. his names of traitors of humanity, who failed to oppose the aggressor in europe at a crucial time. i'm confident you do not want to add your names after a comma. it is critically important that russia is disconnected from swift. on the fullest possible extent. all possible banks don't play political games and stop earning money soaked in our blood. let's stop putting, let's stop the war less restore the world order and the european warner, and only them will you be able to restore

at least the 2nd most fundamental issue right now is global and severe, sanctioning of the central bank of russia. once again, we demand and we need immediate steps to impose a full financial isolation of rush from all civilized systems applying to all russian banks, including its central bank. some actions who are already taken in. we are deeply grateful to our partners for them, but they're not enough. beast needs more, it's not us ukrainians. we needed it, piece in europe in the world, or there that needs more actions. we also demand to impose a full oil and gas embargo on russia. these oil and gas now also contain ukrainian blood annual buying. it has to be ashamed of doing so. i

welcome the further decisive steps by a number of european countries in disregard and urge all and to put in coalition allies to proceed without delay. with the strongest possible measures, i would like to thank old partners who have already provided ukraine was weapons to defend itself. to help, never forget your help. at this dark moment. i urged all congress to provide ukraine was more weapons, munitions, supplies, equipment and foil. we need weapons to fight to defend our country. we specifically needs anti dunk anti air and to me so weapons we need more air to air and ground to air missiles to counter invaders. we need more drones, machine guns, ammunition. everything that can help aimed at killing ukrainians and destroying

our country. it is obvious. i think everyone agrees now after this week that the goal of russia is to destroy the ukraine as a state is to destroy ukrainians as a nation. but we will not fall will not stop or get tired. this is people's war. it's so the war between one state and another. it's a war between president clinton and the people of ukraine. we are determined to fight back fiercely as long as it is needed to defend our land, and our people were determined to defeat russia the same way as we defeated the previous monster in europe 80 years ago. and i'm sure that we will prove it.

thank you for your attention. i stand ready to open your questions just been hearing now just been hearing that from the ukrainian far, messed to me. true labor giving a briefing online. thank you. need to national community for their support on sanctions, but he made it very clear the sanctions and further action must be elevated. in his words, he said it was a matter of hours not days to give you an idea of, of the the immediacy of the situation. he's taking questions now we understand. so we're going to come back to, to accept. i would like to remind you that just a couple of days ago when the war started, russia was not interested in any talks a lot at all after they suffered to losses and realize that their plan doesn't go as it was actually planned and designed. and the bleed creek failed. russia started

speaking with the language of ultimatums, saying that they are ready to talk with ukraine with preconditions that have to be met before told to begin. as russia continue to suffer, as russian are experienced, one defeats after another. the demands, the preconditions, the ultimate will of bio russia were put aside and now they convey the message to us that they just want to talk. so i think that the fact that russia is ready to hold talks without any pre conditions, without any ultimatums, without any demands addressed to ukraine, is already victory for you. craig. second, we of course, as i said, we are pre, appreciate all the support. when was it that we received recently from friends, from all across the globe, but it's asking, fighting,

it's our people who are dying. it's our houses that have been destroyed. today we were as close as ever to the entry of bell rush and armed forces into the war. and this is why president lance can president lucas shank a spoke today because we have to defend our northern flank and we have to minimize the threat coming from that. so we agreed to send legation to the location to the venue on the ukrainian between bell. it also means on the border and we go there to listen to what russia wants to say. we are going there without any previous talks.