willing does leave room for exceptions in the name of overriding national interests . ah. ready been a push for new talks to stop the fighting, even as vladimir putin puts his nuclear forces on high alert. ah, loan barbara, sarah, this is al jazeera life from london, also coming up with the streets of car keep abrupt but the ukrainian military continues to resist the russians. and he wore protests at cross russia. hundreds, arrested as they call for peace. but i try to help people

with free for your friends and families in turmoil. the exodus from ukraine builds tens of thousands try to cross the border. ah, there is a new push for diplomacy in the war in ukraine with the presidential office saying it has agreed to whole talks with russia. the discussions are expected to take place at the ukrainian bellows border. president vladimir zalinski had earlier rejected the chron, kremlin call for talks in minsk same bella, luce was the staging ground for russia's invasion. all this says heavy fighting continues in several ukrainian cities. but as during a whole reports now from viv, russian forces have made strong resistance. o. ringback a sunday service with special poignancy, the 1st of the war,

pres here for peace extinguished just days ago. as if in answer, russian and ukrainian delegations are meeting on the border with bella, bruce. it is the 1st glimmer of negotiation, but few, including ukraine's president. expect a positive outcome it crescent beth rodney or more, i'll say, frankly, i don't believe in a result of this meeting, but let's try so that no citizen of ukraine would doubt that i as president, did try to stop the war when there was even just a small chance the russian attack has renewed its focus on critical infrastructure . a gas pipeline ablaze in the eastern city of har, keith, ukraine's 2nd largest russian soldiers trying to enter hockey on sunday, met, determined, ukrainian resistance. western intelligence claims the russian advance is being frustrated on all fronts. russian sources tell a different story here. defense ministry pictures claimed to show their forces,

making progress in the south between the towns of song and dance near crimea. a mis, i'll strike did this to the vessel, keep bass setting an oil deco ablaze part of ongoing efforts to knock out ukraine's air defenses and gain control of the skies less. he'll give his 40 kilometers from the capital cave. so none of us will use cover mother. you have seen that during the whole day, there were a tax on ballistic missiles including to our airport, which we have contained and now they are continuing shelling. but it will be good. the night will not be easy, not here neither and give, but we will withstand. oh, and it is the capital that remains the russians principal goal, frequent air, raid sirens, keep nerves on edge. if they're not in bomb shelters or subway stations, most civilians, a housebound, a city wide curfew is in place until monday. and any one out and about is treated with extreme suspicion in towns and cities across ukraine. civil defense units

continue to form and arm themselves. russia's army may be much larger than ukraine's, but its soldiers are well out numbered by ordinary ukrainians, willing to stand and fight nowhere and i'm going to war. i'm going to war. my brother will stay with my mother and my grandmother, and i will go to war with my father. the, at the station in the western city of leave women, children, foreign nationals and international students all trying to leave the rail network still operating, built for public convenience and now a lifeline for all the remedy. and we call the mara medical student trying to get home to nigeria. it's been very,

very emotional, very stressful. you didn't expect your time and ukraine with them, like i didn't know i was, i was a bid quote, who was like everything to be okay. like you wouldn't get the trains don't leave regularly 3 to 5 a day. perhaps. there is no time table for the evacuation of people who just days ago could not have imagined that war would turn their lives upside down like this. and now, as refugees, they joined what could yet become a human exodus of historic proportions. the un refugee agency says close to 400000 people have left for neighboring countries so far. it warns that number could rise to 4000000 jona whole al jazeera movies. while it's the for stay of russia, land, the sea, and their invasion of ukraine with major cities and military bases coming under

fire. let's. let's take a look at who controls what right now. the russian troops began attacking ukraine on thursday from bella, ruth and the north, russia in the eastern crimea, in the south. here's the full range of rushes, offensive, marked, and red. russian forces entered from neighboring bella ruth through an area around the tra noble nuclear plants on the 2nd day of the invasion. that is, of course, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster. street fighting broke out in the capital key 4 people have been urged to take shelter. that despite the fact ukrainian troops blew up several bridges leading into the city to slow the progress of russian armored columns and wisdom is more now on the situation of the capital chief from western ukraine. keith is still a sub desperate place it civilians underground. most of them long times of the day and indeed, all nights kept awake so often by air raid sirens and the streets above the

deserted and dangerous as well. because anybody out is sometimes suspected of being a spy or a saboteur in terms of action. on some day, there has been a suggestion that some attacks have been involving cruise missiles up from the defense ministry. there's also being a report from amnesty international and other pressure groups of, of cluster bombs being used a cluster munitions being used in civilian areas, multiple attacks, those cluster bombs or anti personnel, military bombs. but they're illegal internationally, particularly if they're hitting civilian areas. they're absolutely lethal. so the evidence is piling up, and ukraine is intent on trying to get blood in vladimir putin to be charged with crimes against humanity. when all this is over. but russia has put its nuclear to

parents units on high alert. president putin excuse me. says this is because some natal member countries out an aggressive approach towards russia. bernard smith, to report south from moscow. yes. to protest in russia takes a certain amount of courage as it comes with the likelihood that you'll be detained, often violently, hey, this is in petersburg where they were chanting no to war. yeah. an independent monitoring group reported protests in 44 russian cities on sunday, including here and cousin and in russia's eastern city of a coast to be in europe ship or to person. it is a crime by the against ukraine and against russia. you are. i think it is killing lee crane and russia. i'm outraged. i haven't slept for 3 nights. and i think we

must now declare very loudly that we don't want to be killed, only genuinely crane to be killed. these have been the 1st significant attempts at nationwide protests in almost a year since the jailing of kremlin critic, alexey novel name or moscow, the police are making it very difficult for people to try and protest any one who so much as lingers in a suspected gathering area is taken away for questioning. protesters don't worry the kremlin, but sanctions and international condemnation of the invasion of ukraine have prompted vladimir putin to put rushes. deterrents forces, which include nuclear, arms on high alert, was re legally dec alex, as you can see, not only do western countries take unfriendly measures against our country in the economic dimension. i mean, the legal sanctions that everyone knows about very well, but also the top officials of lead in their 2 countries allow themselves to make aggressive states most with regard to our country. that is why i or the defense minister and chief of the general staff to put russian army determines forces on

high combat, outweight the more outside the kremlin. at the tomb of the unknown soldier, monuments represent the losses suffered by soviet cities in world war 2. on sunday, flowers started appearing on the once a kias, but only until the police realized what was going on in russia that can be no visible opposition to the war on ukraine. bernard smith, al jazeera moscow. while the war in ukraine could displace up to 7000000 people, the u. n. refugee agencies as close to $400000.00 have already left the country sen, bizarre ivy's at the media border. crossing in eastern poland the uncertainties of war disappear briefly in such moments. untold journeys of peril, days spent waiting at the busiest border crossing in western ukraine. finally,

the joy of reuniting with loved ones. others look on waiting for their turn for their people to turn up next for their chance at a warm embrace. but at the medical border crossing and poland, not all tiers being shed are those of joy. we have friends who will keep us here. i got my child and i get my sister child to the left, our husband. oh, 2nd. for many of the people we met here, the thought of what they have been forced to leave behind is unspeakable. people arriving here from ukraine are often exhausted and overwhelms. but there is also a great sense of relief because everyone who's coming here from ukraine into poland, they know that once they are here,

they will have help. they will have support and their lives are no longer in danger from russian soldiers. those getting through telephone lines so long, they are measured in kilometers and delays lasting days. system crashes forcing the few ukrainian border agents to hand write the names of displaced people trying to leave. who now number in the thousands and more are coming. people waiting in poland for friends and family, say the bureaucracy slowing things down is leaving vulnerable people, women, children, the elderly, out in the open upset and scared and, and it's another and i am friends invoice of i'm, i need to go day and i bet the bar didn't have no idea how do i go there journey is not over, but margarita anastasio count themselves among the lucky few who got out. oh oh

god. oh, and even with a relative chaos of makeshift aid stations along the border, woman, i love them over. they are better off displaced in poland than trapped in ukraine. where events on the ground could be the beginning of a long term conflict. and many more refugees from war in europe. zane bas ravi al jazeera medica border crossing eastern poland. while if we could see there are the many, many people trying to cross the water, but life is also changed for those refusing to leave their homes. are 0, has spoken to some of the people who have decided to stay put in some of ukraine's largest cities. laura burden. manley reports by an explosion on the outskirts of kias, sends a rippling fear to ukraine's capital. the situation is pretty difficult at night. we hear a constant shooting and explosion. we can occasionally

hear explosions, little right, like that one here now and the streets are empty. people have been told to stay indoors. so we were urged by sir, sir. it is to stay at home in order not in order for them to see who is on the streets and perhaps to le keith and distract their diversions groups. so today, the streets of keys are emp, the use of the shops are close to the shell, and he continues actually alexi stops filming, as his daughter calls to ask him to go to a bomb shelter, further east that's been heavy fighting in the 2nd city of khaki if i could her the the gunfire. 7 so shell and again,

and different sort of sounds of 35 on this 3 people the high did inside this nice new families with kids. we'll have to go down to the shelter. i will have to go again to the underground and spend the night there. the sounds of clay unlocked her, which usually filled this nursery. now an unexploded grad rocket jots from the playground. and the child too scared to say where she is in ukraine. had this message. i constantly hear sirens everywhere. ah, there's a male voice telling, glad to go to shelter, hide somewhere because and there can be a bomb possibly dropping off. it's really scary. oh, did he? oh, when i looked out the window i saw some guy getting arrested. and so was really

scary because i heard did some guys are going around town marking buildings and could be nuked. oh it's it's there a constant sirens. i like i was terrified, terrified to sleep with a new reality on the ground. and no one knows how many more sleepless nights they'll have to endure. lore about a month al jazeera, still ahead on al jazeera, a heart broken, poke francis says, people who make war have forgotten humanity, and fif takes action against russia for invading ukraine, but stops short of a world cup van. ah,

as a name cycling, wandering down the coast of western australia, but the heaviest rain when most people live has been a much better rece around brisbin rank southeast in queensland was widespread flooding. now the rain is still falling, but it is about to move away. forecast weather will see the orange yellow center, which is the heavier stuff going south in the new south. wales along shore breeze towards sydney doesn't look as bad here admittedly. but there's a big shout, potentially even further west and down in victoria, where as brisbin and this part of quincy things improved. now, as for an acre running down the coast is not a very big storm, but it will be an awful lot of rain to be flooding around. kimberly, for example, not many people live here, but those who do will notice it very obviously. in new zealand, the picture is one of so suddenly drifts so times don't that hire the hawkins doing nicely at $25.00 shouts. route, sorry, ireland. heaviest rain in southeast asia is, is, are aligned from the southern philippines,

back across to pendency malaysia. but the heavier stuff is to be going away as well in the monday forecast looking more to the southern part of the bay. bang gold, for example the, the cabin and urban islands, and a few showers were being sri lanka. india on the whole though, is looking fine. same to bangladesh. ah, al jazeera goes beneath the waves with a team of women, determined to save the old fence. a man using a variety of scientific techniques to study their behavior, we can monitor them for their local photos and behavior. we're able to how their identities and their new environment. women make science dolphins sanctuary on al jazeera lou

ah, reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera, the ukranian presidential office says it has agreed to whole talks with russia. the discussions are expected to take place at the ukrainian buildings puerto russia's president vladimir putin for the race pensions by ordering his military command to put its nuclear. the parents forces on high alert. he says it's in response to aggressive statements by nato and economic sanctions against moscow. and russia has stepped up its military advances, its troops center, ukraine's at 2nd biggest city of khaki. but the governor says ukrainian soldiers are in control or people who live as far as 2 and

a half hour south of car keys in the city of ne pro or donating blood to help those fighting or the bill. hamid reports now from the central ukrainian city. this is an e re sense of con, before the storm, and in the pro, people aware of the horror that could unfold on its streets and the need to prepare . here at the blood bank, the number of donors has increased 5 full since the russian has sold. blood reserves are crucial in a war. and 19 year old jaeger is donating his own in support of the ukrainian army, hoping he won't be called to join it's rags. is fraught. yes, if it is the old fiddle, nobody, i am afraid. but if i get mobilized, i will go by what i have to protect the independence of my country. i will do all i can to help, even if i don't have training. i wish there was some military training at school, but there was no preparation. dinny pers famous for it space industry,

and this at the foot of the city symbol that the civilian war effort is being made . there is a sense of urgency here. empty bottles, willis diary and rags are being collected to make molotov cocktails. they will go to the territorial defense, eunice in charge of protecting the city, and slowing the russian advance in another corner of the square, sacks of clothed blankets, mats orders from our father. we want her to have our soldiers. like for vitaly, it's important to show solidarity with those willing to put their lives on the line . is a constant stream of people donating whatever they can hear. they drop water t coffee because all sorts of non perishable food. and this is the corner for medicine. all sorts of medicine, including nappies for babies. this city is gearing up mobilizing and showing

support to those who are going to defend that the russians could reached any pro from the south order. ne royball here watching bewildered this trees of heartache. even keith turned into battlefields we reach 15 year old camilla by a skype me, her family left her home town of done yes. after the russian back separatist took it over in 2014 and now she's stuck in harkey with her mother. the most. cary thing that you're just sleepy and you don't expecting anthy and it's like a lot of noise and you understand that there's war. and of course you are so scared because not only our our equal weight attacking, but i, you understand this. so i be honest, again explain it like with words is just something happening inside you

it shakes inside you. oh yeah. the back end in the front that i lent her husband if danny still don't understand, mag how old this started with course and also even on wednesday when we thought of odds of war. so it was just the in discussions went through this thursday morning. we were shocked and all our families were shocked. and to be expected to this, you'll stop really soon, shortly after the 1st warning that war is getting closer. make these preparations ever so urgent. what up that honey? i'll do 0. in april or meanwhile, e u foreign minister as have imposed new measures on russia. the block says it will supply weapons to a country under attack. that's the 1st time that the union has ever done this. our

diplomatic editor james base is in brussels with more. the about turn by germany, which has now decided to send arms to ukraine, lead swiftly to a change in the european union position as a european union steps up once more its support for ukraine and the sanctions against the aggressor, aggressor that is put in russia for the 1st time ever, the european union will finance the purchase and delivery of weapons and other equipment to a country that is under attack. this is a watershed moment that just one of a series of new tough measures announced by the you targeting not just russia, but it's key ally, bella bruce, we will target the other aggressor of this war caching as reason. no caching as regime is complicit in the vicious attack against ukraine. so we will hit location

as regime with a new package of sanctions. the e u foreign ministers met later by video link to formerly endorsed the new measures that also ban russian media outlets r. t and sputnik from operating in the u countries. in recent days, more and more european countries of imposed bands on russian plains entering the air space. now an e u wide band is going to be put in place. the aim to further isolate russia and the government of vladimir putin. e u interior ministers of also be meeting to deal with the growing refugee crisis. they fear the total number of people fling their homes could grow to 7000000. james bay's al jazeera, brussels, or germans and germany's chancellor. allah schoultz received a standing ovation in parliament on sunday when he announced that berlin would be spending a $100000000000.00 on its military defences. russia's attack on ukraine has triggered

several significant policy shifts in berlin, as dominic cain now explains. for more than 30 years, defense has been a low priority for german military. that was once one of the largest in it as a shrunk to a 3rd of its former self. which of the german chancellor, russia's actions in ukraine have changed everything we have added for noon on. we will invest more than 2 percent of our gdp in defense every year from now on. i'm dollars or her president put him as a president. putin should not underestimate our determination to defend every square meter of our alliances territory. together with our allies. the conservative leader of the opposition believes the military reality in ukraine now needs to be seen as another part of vladimir putin political project. leave it all day. will kline un under threat of a war and ukraine is not the only threat that we're seeing the, along with tanks put, has also been rolling out waves of propaganda throughout europe. easily spread in

the age of digitalization and social media. as i can do damage with great efficiency on its damage that's threatening the stability of our society from the inside oven. by strengthening the military, olaf shots will be doing what angle america could not simultaneously fulfilling a commitment a nicer and effectively ripping up the post cold war strategic playbook. and starting again, but not with the intent to use the army for aggressive actions. instead to reassure both friends and allies, it's not just on the military side that shots is reversing previous merkel policy. for many years, germany has been increasingly reliant on russian natural gas impulse. now, shots wants to reduce that by refusing to certify the controversial north stream to gas pipeline. and promising to buy liquid natural gas from non russian sources. and to fast track building the infrastructure it will need in wider society. many feel

the same sense of outrage expressed by all of shots when we're done before. now, i think it's unacceptable that such a man throws europe into crisis. again. let's totally unacceptable. we can't support a perth. there is little doubt. what many in this country make of what president putin in his forces have been doing in ukraine? the question is what he will make of what's being done about it. in german, dominic cane al jazeera berlin. pope francis has called for urgent humanitarian corridors to help refugees out of ukraine. the head of the roman catholic church addressed crowds at the vatican. he called on people to take part in an international day of prayer and fasting on ash wednesday. this week he said his heart was broken by the fighting. you follow whether demanded her though she make war forgets humanity. they do not think of the people. they do not look at the

real life of people, but they put parties on interests and power before everything they trust in the diabolic and perverse logic of weapons, which is the most distant from the will of god and distant from the common people who want peace i am thinking of the elderly, of those who are seeking refuge in these hours of mothers fleeing with their children. they are brothers and sisters for whom it is urgent to open humanitarian corridors on who must be welcomed. my heart is broken by what is happening in ukraine. but let us not forget the wars in other parts of the world, such as yemen, syria and ethiopia. i repeat, put down your weapons, i think with faith has become the latest sports organisation to take action against russia. banning the russian flag and anthem from upcoming international matches. they've also ordered the team to compete under the title, football union of russia, and no international matches will be played in the country. but they've stopped short of banning the national team from the world cup qualifiers. poland check republic and sweden that say that they still will not compete against that. the

russian national team, despite fee for that plan. ah, and now the top stories on al jazeera, the ukranian presidential office, says it has agreed to whole talks with russia. that discussions are expected to take place, and the ukrainian belive was border president vladimir zalinski had earlier rejected the kremlin call for talks in minsk, st. deliver. that was the staging ground for russia's invasion. oh, it's a little cousin, cousin lucia. the minister alexander lucas shanker, contacted me so that russian and ukrainian delegations could meet.