would casting to something else have been august ideas born happy al jazeera english proud recipient of the new york festivals broadcaster of the year reward for the 5th year running. ah, this is al jazeera ah, it's 10100 g m t on come all santa marie here and uh how welcome to the news. russia says its troops have taken areas around a nuclear power plant and east in ukraine, as fighting goes on across so many cities. but there is a push to stop the fighting the ukranian presidential office as a delegation has arrived for talks with russia at the bell, a russian border, the mother you and says nearly half a 1000000 ukrainians have now left their home. since his conflict began,

we'll have a report from the border with hollands and russia's currency taken a hit, the rubel dropping more than 30 percent against the dollar. and monday, trading and russia has been sanctioned by the governing body of wild football fee for it says the team can't play next month's la qualifier at home. and they will say band from using their flag or anthem, ah, well, russian and ukrainian delegations are due to meets right about now as fighting or is still going on across ukraine. one of the latest advances we've seen is russia saying it is seized a war, its forces, at least to seize territory surrounding a nuclear power plant. here it is zooming and in east and ukraine. it says the towns of birdie ants and in a honda, this is in the upper is v our region as well as the nuclear power plant. there are now under its can troll

t of though still denying it all follows more explosions overnight in ukrainian capital. and in other cities, another residential building in china if was hit ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says its fight against russia has been inspiring grace gilroy, ukrainian heroes. it's the 5th day of the full scale war that russia wages against the ukrainian people. and we are still standing, we are getting something that other people can't get in their lifetime, some se ukrainians, and not like everyone else. and we didn't know what we were capable of. and now we are showing it. this is inspiring about 4 and a half 1000 russian occupiers had been killed in ukraine. just take everything you got and go away, which i don't believe your commanders and propagandists to save your lives, go away. but russia for its part says its forces are fighting relentlessly. the defense ministry has appealed to civilians to leave the capital, keith, or go rider was little. his belief of the roughly among ukrainian authorities declared martial law urging civilians to remain at their homes. it confirms their

keen on using them as human shields. there are rumors, the russian, reconnaissance and sabotage teams are working in cuba. in fact, the nationalist gangs and marauders are taken care of because they were given weapons by the green authorities. we are appealing to kias population to leave the city on a certain road that we can guarantee safe passage. i want to reiterate that russian troops are on hitting military targets. well, as you know, we've got correspondence all over the region we're going to be speaking. so some of them live in a moment. but i want to start with charles stratford in deeper he sent in a report explaining what it is behind the light as claims by the russian forces. with respect to this news of a nuclear plant being taken control of by russian forces that is in the town of and they will go down in parisha region. now the ukrainians have said that that is false. they saying that they are still in control of this nuclear plant,

that policies on the south side of the denise for river south from where we all here. we were ins, approve of the last couple of days. and certainly the ukrainian military then telling us that they believed that the russians were as close as a 35 kilometers away from the south of zap parisha. we understand that there has been no shelling in the city so far. also the claim by the russian ministry of defense, as quoted in the interim or by, into facts that the naval town of better dance is now under russian control. again, we cannot independently confirm that, but all evidence would suggest that that would not be unfeasible. we were in burdens 2 or 3 days ago, the naval base, they had emptied out. all navy personnel had run away after. so we were told by our souls, he's getting threatened by the russian navy that they were going to bomb the port. and interestingly, the further west we hated from bear dancing. we got wind of

a russian tank convoy that was moving towards us from the city of mel. it's a full manageable is in russian hands. pare down the sky significant because he is getting incredibly close now to the very important and large port city with a naval base of mary opal. now, i've spoken to somebody inside marable, today, a journalist that we know is still there. he indeed is getting reports that tank column is moving close to the western section of the city. he reported heavy shelling and heavy machine gun 5 this morning in the city. now. it's the 1st time that he's heard. heavy machine gunfire in the city. we were in my report until a couple of days ago, there was no fighting inside the city then. but there was a lot of shilling in the east. he says that that shilling has continued to the east of mariel as well. so, huge concerns there for the hundreds of thousands of people inside marable. ok, that was child stratford, where off to the beef now to speak to joan, hold. hi,

jonah, the idea of talks going on at this point when we're still seeing all the fighting take us through what's happening. yes, we have no confirmation that those talks have actually begun. they were due to begin by some accounts about an hour ago by other accounts. any minute now we understand from the inside that delegation has arrived on the ukraine, better russian board for those talks to fairly high level delegation, led by the defense minister alexi raised me called a couple of other ministers, some m p 's, including the head of the president's landscape party as well. we don't know what the composition of the russian side will be, but perhaps some something similar. they will have discussed the composition of their parties in advance. when they do sit down to talk, it is unclear what the format or substance of those talks will be, how long they may last. indeed, what of substance they will actually be to talk about because the ukrainians have

said their objective is to secure an immediate cease fire and the withdrawal of all russian forces that is unlikely to happen to be fat. and the russian side has shown absolutely no sign of stepping back from its key demands, including the neutrality of ukraine. guarantees that it will never join nato. the recognition of the independence of those breakaway regions in the east, including new territory up to their constitutional boundaries. and you can probably throw into that crimea as well. russia, absolutely. the ottoman all along. it has been for years that it must be recognized . the crimea now belongs to it after it was an ext. thank in 2014. these are demands that the ukranian delegation is not going to be willing to grant either. so it's not clear where these talks can go. president lensky has already said. he got high hopes for them. he said, i'll send people that will listen to what russia has to say. let no person say i didn't try to seize the opportunity for peace, but clearly not

a great deal of confidence, of a positive outcome. how starting point then perhaps jonah, tell us about the, the way you are and what you've been saying that leave tamales is outside of the main front lines of this conflict. it is a sort of ria bass if you like, from kia between the public border and the ukrainian capital. a lot of this is the passageway out of key of for a lot of those hundreds of thousands of people now fleeing the was owns the various plant front lines of the country. it is the city to which diplomatic missions retreated as the fighting began last week as well. and from where the diplomatic missions are monitoring ongoing events and so on. the nearest front line, of course, here would be the capital itself. it stands as we speak after a tense weekend, the weekend in which people have hunker down in bunkers and in apartments in a curfew day and nice in the end of last week. emerging on monday morning,

immediately to the sound of sirens. the big prize of course remains the capital, the latest news that satellite imagery showing a 3 and a quarter mile long russian column making its way up from the south to continue the encirclement of the capitol in a vice like grip of pressure. as these talks go off, ok, thank you for those types. that's jonah holl reporting from the v for misuse. now. now, meanwhile, the united nations is estimating more than half a 1000000 people have had to flee their homes in ukraine. be heading to the v, but they're trying to get out. you and human rights council is holding an urgent debate on russia military invasion with leaders urging for a return to deploy. the escalation of military operations by the russian federation, ukraine is leading to escalating human rights violations. we know the inevitable result of was civilian casualties. women, children, men, force from their homes,

hunger poverty, and huge economic disruption. conflict is the utter negation of human rights across the boards. freedom of expression is under attack. with reports of generalise and active, you suggested i have consistently called for the end of the offensive and the return to the best of dialogue and diplomacy. meanwhile, all human rights money for a mission in ukraine. these continue its work and already military and agencies will step up their operations. we must show all people in ukraine that we stand by them in their time of need. the military attack on a crane is putting at risk countless lives between thursday morning and last night . our office has recorded 406000000 casualties, including 100 to kill, including 7 children, and 304 injured. most of the civilians were killed by explosive weapons with a white impact area, including shelling from heavy artillery a multi lounge rocket systems and air strikes. the real figures are, i fear,

considerable higher. let's switch out to the other side of ukraine, the 2nd largest city hockey, where russian troops are atone a half for hours, drive south and the city of denise pro where people are denied whose blood and food hud. abdul. hamid has spoken to a volunteer. there is an eerie sense of con, before the storm. and in the bro, 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 its ranks with fraud. yes, if it is the old fiddle, nobody, i am afraid. but if i get mobilized, i will go by. 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 bruce, famous for it, space industry. and it's at the foot of the city symbol that the civilian war effort is being made. there is a sense of urgency here. empty bottles, polystyrene 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. max old from our father, we won't pick up our soldier for vitaly. it's important to show solidarity with those willing to put their lives on the line. if that goes in stream of people donating whatever they can hear, they drop water t coffee pickles,

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 the russians could reached any pro from the south, ordered north east. well, you pull here watching bewildered, the streets of hulk even keep turned into battle. fields we reach 15 year old camilla via skype me her family and left her home town of done yes. after the rushing back separatist took it over in 2014. now she's stuck in harkey with her mother in the more scary thing that your age is sleepy. and you don't expect in anthy. and it's like a lot of noise and you understand that there's a roar. and of course you are so scared because not only our, our,

our equal weight and hiking, but i, you understand this. so i be honest, again, explaining like with words is just dancing happening inside you it's shakes inside you. ah, yes. back into the pra natalie and her husband. if danny still don't understand, like how old this started? course no. so even on wednesday, when we thought of out of war, so it was just the in discussions, but tuesday or thursday morning. you're shocked, and all our families were shocked. and the expect that to this, you'll suffer really soon, shortly after the 1st warning that war is getting closer, making these preparations ever so urgent and harder is that still there in the pro,

in east and ukraine at a train station. now, what are people trying to get out? yes, people trying to get up out and i just want to give you an update about camilla that teenager interviewed in the report you've just seen. who's in harvey at the moment . well, today she's not as calm as she was yesterday, she was told her, and her mother were told that they have to evacuate the building where they live in before 3 p. m today. so just a few hours left and then her father's trying to get her some more safer, and he went to the trying to organize for the mother and to do to, to get out of him as soon as possible. so certainly give you an idea of how things are just becoming more and more dangerous there for the civilians. well, here i'm on the train station. we're been standing here for

a while. yesterday the air silence. we're the 1st time heard here in april for several times. we haven't heard any explosion and i think that was the queue for many people that it's time to leave. you have foreign students in my background there, i just spoke to them some from ghana, some from zimbabwe, medical students, engineering students. they're trying to get on a train to go as west as possible down the government has made those trains available for free for anyone who tries to get on it. we've witnessed some people leaves a short while ago and there was a bit of a hustle to get onto those vegans simply because there's a lot more people wanting to leave, that there are spaces in dose train. so certainly a, it is a city that is a sort of getting prepared, i would say. and also trying to escape that. what could happen here?

thank you. her bill ha made that report from the pro in easton, ukraine. we now go to east and poland. step voss and is there where ukrainians are crossing that border and update from you step yeah, absolutely hot breaking scenes here. every one on the 5th they of for rush us invasion and ukraine still desperately trying to get out of ukraine. and it's been very, very difficult people who are here now. you see here a family with children, they just arrived with their little back facts. many have travelled for days in cars, leaving their cars behind. they're basically stuck in a 30 kilometer q at the border right now. they are stuck because it going very slowly at the customs here and at the polish border. so one by one, they're allowed in, but it takes forever. and you can imagine it's cold. it was snowing today and yesterday they have no supply, so they're stuck in

a car. but it's also very encouraging to see the solidarity, boring in from the whole of europe, from the whole of the people here coming from germany, from all kinds of countries carrying signs where at people offering people lifts to other countries to places in poland. they came literally from everywhere offering have so there's a lot of volunteers and they're only hoping here that people can get through this border very quickly. there's also a group of people here. they traveled all the way from the netherlands by car, which is more than a 1000 kilometers, a whole family 7 people. and they're trying also to help people. so you're one of them and them, why did you come so far? yes, i, because of her last friday we saw i was watching the television, the saw the picture from the border. the women were little children or without her husband's. and i thought maybe some people are looking for

a place to say not everyone has family. in other countries, so you don't have, you're not ukraine. you don't have family in ukraine, but you really just wanted to how you're offering your house. yes. yes. we have a big house or we have 3 children. so it's very or close. similar situation, or in our big house, we can combine 2 children in one room. i'll put fingers crossed if that sir. they will not fight with each other, but now we have 2 rooms are free of available. you're waiting for people to come now that cost about. thank you. thank you very much here at the moment here, people from ukraine can and to the e o r for 90 days. so the e as yesterday decided to ask all its member members to expand it to 3 years so people can actually stay in the you for 3 years. but as i say manny are still struggling to get out. and this is just over 300000 people have left ukraine

according to you and hcr, but they expect a lot more up to 4, maybe 5000000 people. and that would mean them. most of the largest humanitarian catastrophe since the cold war and in you will have to deal with a lot of people who are coming their way. thank you. step vance on reporting from the poland ukraine, florida. just an update on an early story, jonah hall, was telling us about the talks, which are scheduled for today. clearly they haven't started, but we've got live pictures from the room there. this is we're told not specifically, but on the a russia bell, russian border. the flags are out the seats, or they're just waiting for people to arrive and talk about trying to bring about some sort of sci fi. they're both sides as jonah hall was saying earlier. i'm not hopeful of any breakthrough just yet. we'll keep an eye on those ones, bring you some information when we can not to another

phenomenon were seeing her in this war, african and indian students stuck in ukraine or accusing officials of discriminating against them and pushing them back from getting to the border. videos have been posted on social media said to show black people being prevented from boarding a train and left stranded at a railway station in the vive as ukrainians were allowed on. others said they were turned back from the border and were even being shot at this video. indian students claim ukrainian guards on the polish border beat them up and didn't allow them to cross tens of thousands of international students have been stuck in ukraine since the war starts on skype with us now from warsaw. is monica at matter? say human rights activists working for the n g o group at granny cath at monica. thank you for your time. in your opinion, what's happening here? why? why would i mean is a lot of international students in ukraine as i've learnt why the discrimination

against them. oh wishing it's really just honestly on 1st of all, i think it's on both sides so the ukrainians are new brand new border guards are preventing people from passing through and then the polish border guards are not better. you know, in this, in this case they are also, i'm actually stopping people and, and not letting them in. we don't know why. exactly. i mean, i think it's just the question for not having ukrainian class boards we hear about am students from african countries are from india, from many other asian countries. we also hear about people from countries that you know, the people who actually were trying to flee to war in other countries. so your men and syria, there's also people right now we are holding the case of for many, boy who is spect at the border in america who is trying to pass through. and there

has been huge issues and problems to let him actually end to poland. i don't know if it's so yet right now because we are just, i have just been on the phone about this case. and so i don't know what's exactly the reason. i think it's really just an issue of not having ukrainian passport. and i just want to add that on, you know, the racism from at least polish government and polish authorities has been widely known already. we criticized the fact that, you know, the border patrol is actually still operating on the northern i polish bill iris and border and they are still not letting people in and apply for asylum. whereas we are right. he so allowing i ukrainians, fleeing war, you know, enter you without any issues, without any problems. this is to, this is blanche unfair. i think. do you know if any government,

any officials from either side are actually acknowledging, there's an issue there or to them, or they just viewing it as well. it's a kale situation. we're suddenly in a war situation and, and, and, and there's so many people flooding the borders. i cannot speak for ukrainian or the border guards, but the polish border patrol on yesterday they issued a very short statement on twitter. i think in reaction to all of those videos and news and social media saying that we need to stay, stay stuck, fake news because it's actually fake and they are allowing everybody in, well, i mean, maybe it is true. maybe they are allowing everybody in, but it actually takes, ah, quite much, much, much longer time for people without ukrainian passports to cross the border. and quite often they are moved back to the end of the queue. monica, thank you so much for your time. another part of the story which we must address

and we thank you for your expertise. thank you. well out of here, it has spoken to some people have decided to stay in ukraine in keith and in harkey . despite being surrounded by the fight. laura burton, mandy, has their stores an explosion on the outskirts of kias sense of rippling fear through ukraine's capital. the situation is pretty difficult at night. we hear 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 kate and

distract their diversions groups. so today, the streets of keys are empty is the shops are close. the shell and he continues actually alexi stops filming, as his daughter calls to ask him to go to a bomb shelter the further east that's been heavy fighting in the 2nd city of khaki . if i could heard the, the gunfire, so shell, and again, and different sort of sounds of st. price on this 3 people the high didn't inside this night. my new friend melissa with kids will 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 and laughter, which usually fill 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, and 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. we're a new reality on the ground, and no one knows how many more sleepless nights they'll have to endure. lore about, manly al jazeera, still more head for you on this news, our, including the tension on the tarmac as the european union shops. it's as space to rush in place. ah,

here's your weather forecasts for the last day of february for europe and africa. hello everyone. good to see. you will begin in the southeast and for turkey. we've got a disturbance moving west to east that's dropping rain and snow over the higher ground . and those winds are starting to shift around out of the north. so it stumble. you in a feel this on monday, but more so on to stick. still snow showers across the balkans, we did see some accumulation in sophia. bulgaria got snow in the forecast for romania as well before this disturbance pushes out and for the northwest of europe, another band of atlantic reign pushing into the islands of ireland and britain. but this will more so plague britain, especially toward the southwest. meantime, we are in the clear for the low countries into france. the beauty of the day in paris with a hiv 12 degrees for iberia, dry conditions. here we've just got some clouds floating around liz bins got to hive 18 and below average temperatures. for the top end of africa,

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russian representatives. as fighting continues, there were also more explosions overnight and keith and cities across the ukraine, another residential building in net trend, the if was hit as well. russia also says its forces have seized territory surrounding a nuclear power plant in the east of ukraine. it says the towns have but the answer and no further in the south, but it's sierra region and it's nuclear power plant are now under its control to keep denies this and the you and is estimating more than half a 1000000 people had to flee from their homes in ukraine, the you and human rights council is holding an urgent debate on russia's military invasion with leaders calling for a return to diplomacy. the better bruce president, alexander lucas shank, is threatening to ask for nuclear weapons to be sent from russia. comes off to voters and said to have approved a change to the constitution which ends the countries non nucleus status looks shanker, says he will take the step if the west transfers nuclear powers,

to our weapons, i should say to either poland or lithuania, a legal change which means such weapons can be on beller, russians were for the 1st time since the fall of the soviet union. now, on sunday, turkey began calling russia's assault on ukraine a war. and it said it would execute an international pact which restricts the use of the turkish straight is called a montero convention, was agreed upon back in 1936, and it gets turkey control, 2 very important waterways here. the boss for us. and here the darden els straight . so if you want to get from the black sea out to the mediterranean, through the mom or a sea, well, that is your any way. and of course, this is where rushes black sea feet are. fleet, i'm sorry, is base. it's very important if i do want to make that trans at through to the mediterranean. now the pac allows for turkey to close the straits to all foreign warships in times of war or when threatened, but there is an exception. it states of

a war ship is returning to its own port than that passage cannot be prevented. took his foreign minister, maverick, have a soul. you have said russia and other black sea countries have this right, but he says it shouldn't be abused as well. so that ships are allowed to pass through their bases and then they don't just, well go and join a war. let's bring it together. it's an him because eulu in his stand bulls in him has the implementation actually begun. well technically the implemented implementation is in place come out, but so far we have no information on how many russian vessels have coast back. it course is grades back to they are bases in, in the black sea a but of course, the wording. it has been very significant here because turkey has been trying to stay away from the conflict by taking no side says both ukraine and russian are very important allies and neighbors. let's say a for turkey. ah,

but we have been hearing that the russians have already a beefed up. they are a black seed, a black sea navies. they are fleet a lot so far. technically, it's in place at, but as i said, we don't know how many russian warships have gone back to their bases. but since it's in place, they are able to go back. as you have also said, that there's only one condition for turkey, that those warships shouldn't be involved in any attacks by the russians to ukraine, through the black sea coast, like korea or odessa because the ukrainians, a request that this to shoot to close the waterways after the russians attacked odessa from the black sea. so this is a critical situation, but the conditions it in the field always changes when it's there the time for war is. so we don't know what's going to happen unless there's

a ceasefire. there is the a hold of attacks. we will never be sure because when it comes to russia, russian military operations or a text that say things might change on the grass. sure. and also the facts and in that turkey does have, i don't know if it's allied with, but it certainly has relations with both ukraine and russia. i mean, that could make things potentially difficult not well, exactly. i mean, when it comes to russia a mile turkey has it at 1st, very strong economic size, because turkey is dependent on energy imports from russia. and turkey is dependent on weight imports from both russia and ukraine as both 2 countries. a provide at least 88 to 5 percent of the width imports to turkey. and besides turkey and ukraine had, have some defense industry agreements as turkey has sold those famous

a tv too, uh drones through the ukranian army. and those drones have been actively use by the ukrainian military against the russian military doing it all this conflicts is the, is since the war started a couple of days ago. and a geopolitically, a turkey and russia, and have a strategic partnership when it comes to syria. because in northern syria, especially ended the at the, in the, in the escalation zone. both countries are a didn't join federals and also in libya, there's the same thing. and in kind of bob between armina and as r v job, there is the same, a partnership with between turkey and russia. kenneth been named as a allies. i'm not sure, but there is a strong partnership. it with it. i'm turkey has a strong partnership with both countries. mm. okay, thanks for all events and im kasteel you in a stumble just to remind her of the talks,

which we hope to see beginning soon. this is in the gum l region, near the bell, russian border talks between ukrainian and russian representatives. they've said they'll sit down, they've said they'll talk. but really they are very, very far apart from all the key issues. so we'll just have to see what comes out of baths. in the meantime, we can bring in brute bruno letty, who is a senior fellow at the german marshall fund of the united states with us from brussels to try to i will try to bring everything together with you. there's so many strands here. let's talk about the talks festival. it's a starting point. i guess the fact that they're willing to get in the same room is something, isn't it? it is a starting point, but i wouldn't expect too much out of these dogs. we see that both parties are very far apart from each other. ukraine will probably enter the room, demanding that we draw of russian troops from ukrainian territory. but we all know, of course, that russia's main goal is to take care of and also to keep the mid 3 operations

in ukraine going. so i was i, we shouldn't expect too much out of the stocks. having said that, though, it's clear that things are not going very well for russia right now. we see that the rushes military operation is not delivering the results that the kremlin had expected. so one thing that perhaps the parties would agree on is a ceasefire. but in my opinion, this cease fire would only be interesting for russia only to win time and to reorganize our forces. and is this because ukraine has just put up a lot more fight than maybe people expected? well, i think that it's extraordinary to see how well organized the ukraine armed forces are you know, the create an army that we see today is not anymore. the korean army that we saw in 2014, it has modernized as a very rapid base. and we see that as defense, operations are highly effective. on top of that, of course,

western nations have supplied the ukranian armed forces with modern, effective weapons. so all this together contributes to the ukraine success of defending the country. and we also see that the russian military operation is suffering logistical problem. it is not well organized. can i ask you about the involvement of other european country, particularly germany, and it's sort of, can i call the change of heart or the way it's described? it's changed how much it is going to involve itself and supply in the special well, sitting here in brussels, i can tell you how form of formidable times we're witnessing. european union has often been playing for being slow divided bureaucratic actor. what we see happening today is completely the opposite. we see that you rising to the challenge being united's developments in germany are and eat for the bill to. well,

we are seeing today as a re calibration, a $360.00 turn off german foreign policy towards russia. and you know, yesterday the german government announced, for instance, also defense an increase in defense expenditures. the united states has insisted. ringback for decades, for germany to increase of increased defense budget than germany always ignored, as the miles russia has just achieved that in only 3 days. when you saying that's been at an increase in speed and and, and urgency from the european union and from your countries, that's certainly true, but i'm still weren't interested. and about how all this 8, how old is support, gets into the hands of the ukrainians in the fight is vast, quick process. well, we see that things are getting organized quite quickly. obviously, delivering da through air is no longer an option. i mean, it's just, you know, not, not safe enough, but we see that all along the border with you creating the polish border. if

especially centers have been set of hops, logistical hubs have been set up where western age arrives and where ukrainian armed forces can basically pick up all the goods, the military equipment, but also the money period that europe is delivering. so, so far we see that things are getting to the ukrainian, our forces in the relatively quick and efficient way the urban union is getting a highly organized liver, the printer that has so interesting talking to you really thank you for that. that clarity you've brought us talk to you again some time. thank you. a bit of business news related to the war. the british oil giant b pay is to off load. it's $14000000000.00 stake in the russian oil company right now because of the crisis. the move marks the end of one of the west's largest investments in russia. b p. 's position in rosner accounts for around half its oil

and gas reserves. removing it steak is nearly 20 percent will result in charges about $25000000000.00. if he's current and former chief executives of all resigned from the board of the russian company. and then there's the russian currency, which has dropped more than 30 percent against the dollar in early trading on monday. the record loan follows a new round of western sanctions, including some russian banks being blocked from the swift international payment system. russia's central bank is preventing brokers from letting foreign and sell securities as a 6 to contain the fall out, and it's key interest rate has risen. it's now 20 percent more on all of this with bernard smith in moscow when the west talked about economic sanctions. i think there was some criticism that, well, really, what will that do? i guess this is the effect we're seeing. yes, it is in russia. central bank a mile now finds itself on the economic front line as this assault on russia's

economic status continues. rural falling very rapidly over the last week, and russians will start to begin to feel lots in their pockets. we saw queues at banks over the weekend in a couple of russian cities in st. petersburg and in moscow as people went to take cash out of the banks. he's been a bit quieter from what we've seen in moscow this morning in terms of people taking cash out of the banks. but the stock exchange remains closed and the brushing central bank chairwoman, she'll be having a briefing at 1300 hours gmc, but the kremlin has already commented in the last hour or so. it says it's been systematically preparing for these possible sanctions. putin, himself, the comments as indifferent to the sanctions imposed upon him, but the criminal accepts that the situation to the economy had changed. and so vladimir putin is going to speak with the government and the central bank later

come out. okay, and just a quick word if you wouldn't mind burn it on the b p story. i mean, it's a hugely a symbolic thing for a massive company like that to be pulling out of russia. what sort of effect will that have we know last week that the british government was putting pressure on b p about its shares in ross nath brushes, giant gas and oil company. hence, that's clearly prompted this decision by b. p to divest itself, it's the biggest foreign investor. and what it does is he's going to put pressure on other companies involved in russia, pressure on the french company, tow towel, another friend, another british company shell will also be feeling the pressure on this also, while other countries are dive that something well, funds are divesting interest in russia, norway, for example, is doing this. australia is doing this. so all of these countries and companies piling the economic pressure on russia. one other thing i should say is russia is

often said, but it's got the $630000000000.00 in cash reserves to withstand the sort of sanctions, but most of that is not in russia. so there's now an attempt by a foreign banks, central banks to stop russia getting this cash into the country and stop it being able that or stopping it, being able to use it. that's they sort of a battle we see going on on the loan. okay, good stuff from bernard smith in moscow. thank you. we heard from so get good here a little bit earlier, an economist, professor of economy, university of sciences po in france, he says the decision to hit russia's key financial institution came as a surprise to everybody. i would not expect that the, the you that you would use function, the game that i should go back and go back to your that is the major feel of major defense tower or russian market framework in the fact that russian central bank has

your frozen jazz that will not as well defined it as it was in make no mistake russian, who will you based on 2 things. one is capital flows and the other one is price, low prices back to 2014 level. yes, it will go dropped today. now the central bank, it may take a little measure for being multiple time. the central that president will be will see what you have to say. but right now the measure are actually helping to bring the market back to the senses. but overall, the fact that how we're actually 60 percent of the reserves are already frozen, and it's very likely that the central they will not be able to use the other half the goal then the maybe the return your call. so that i think that i think it's going to be going be quite

a challenge for the current market. so depending on any introducing, not just market interventions, but also known like it in the rents. you actually ban russian brokers to, to implement the demand from putting clients to sell it. but the people i'm trying to say that's never happened in russia. that's not what happens with company, which has more than 6 kinda deal in the current that almost comp oppression to the b. it's a huge amount and the fact that this amount was growth and was actually cancelled. and now by the government, i know everybody. and in another move, the european union has closed its air space to will, russian aircraft, including private jets will, than a dozen countries. and e, you have banned airlines like air faults. since ukraine was invaded in retaliation, russia has been fights from several european countries. not just

a quick look at flight radar. 24 just to give you an idea, single to planes over western europe through germany, hungary, romania. but as we come further east, there is basically every year line, every plane giving ukraine a very wide berth and even further up into belarus and pots of rushers there. there is basically a giant aviation black hole over that area. now no plains wanting to go through there. we spoke to john strickland, who's an independent there transport consultant and says the restrictions will force russian airlines to fly for longer periods. we saw such over u. k claims as space to russian aircraft on monday and it was pretty what an average of all that was good to extend to other states within the u. and indeed, possibly of course, one has also happened. it's been, it's been retaliation by russians. and each time at western european countries close to asked base to russia airlines, that's been the same response by russian authorities to the usa barrier space by

european carriers. the main operator received from russia is and flocks having a number of europe in destinations. and as the balance gave me to place that options for movement around you reduced it is pretty well 0 right now. so while initially they may have to on a long securities, routing is on some destinations if it weren't outright bad looking at the way around, which is more significant. european airlines who also found because it was difficult space to those countries because russian carriers have the impact of not simply flying to russia, but really significant point to russia. headspace being close prohibits the use of russian ada flying for many services between europe and asia. now the last number 3 flights, nobody operated tickets or markets like china to japan, for example. ordinarily, that would be

a significant commercial hit to those western european allies. it's significant moment, very simply because since i've heard about it because it's ongoing, large positive asia and remain closed, not these china, china is completely closed due to commercial net tropical passengers says that the volume as traffic is simply don't, there is a hit on revenue at sport is coming up on this use. ours feet are imposed sanctions on russia, but many international football federations, one more action taken. we will speak to the polish f i in just a moment. ah

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ah, there is going backlash against the theft. phonetic spelling. russia from international for all gems looking at that for us. yes. several european nations not satisfied with the response from wealth apples governing body who stopped short of banning russia from wild cup qualifying. well, they have decided that no international matches will be played in russia. and the flag and answer will be banned from any of the teams matches abroad. and the national side will compete as the football union of russia or r f u. v for says it condemns the use of force by russia in its invasion of ukraine . but it didn't respond to calls from frances federation, president to expel at the country. from this years while a cup, ireland had already refused to play russia in their wild cut place in moscow. next month were now joined by yeah. could give you a kosky from the polish football association. yeah. okay. then do these

a fee for sanctions go far enough? that definitely not on every day we can see on their mother pictures from ukraine, from the independent country that was brutally attacked by russia. and when you see such pictures, so when you know some people and civilian lost their lives, we don't see. and the possibility to play within the team from russia, regardless of the name of the team consisting the russian players and the place of the much of course firm. for us, it wasn't an easy decision, but the only one we could make ah, because for that are more important things in life than football. and all the players are from your national side fully on board with this decision that you've made. of course for our decision was so agreed with the players including robert lavon, gorski. and so all the players accepted the decision and for them is the only one decision we could make. so you said this affair for sanctions don't go far enough

and the president of the parish association was very outspoken about that subject as well. so what do you at the polish football association want fee for today? a special moment hello which is called human rights policy. we want that free for we showed that this document is more than just the words from paper and now is the time to put it into practice by excluding the russian football association from the qualifiers to work up. and we express disposition to finding out a letter that was sent to yesterday. and the in addition was san statement to all the federation in europe and you were far. and in this letter we called up for solid, solid idea and support to our position. and are there any circumstances whatsoever that highland would be willing to play in this wildcat playoff against russia? we can pretend that nothing is happening. ukraine as an independent cancer was

attacked by russia. every day we can see it our board, there are hundreds of thousands of refugees who wants to enter all and to be say, to protect a to families. one of our play at a stop much from george. i used to be a player of the number multiple that i'm a key of. he was in here for 4 days since the inversion started. he witnessed the balls, he witnessed the fights. he was really skirt outgoing keepers, y for i will go to purchase since the wife she's ukraine. young songs, sorry. i'm going to have to interrupt that interview with the polish f a. we're getting the 1st pictures coming through from the russian that ukraine talks in belarus. the phil russians are praying for that. every of your requests and proposals will be accepted as to the what we're king agenda of this meeting. thank here yet got into that. just

a little late, unfortunate, but it is important for us to see that there are talks going on, even with everything we've reported on with all the fighting that's been going on right across ukraine and all the people leaving ukraine. there is an attempt at talks both sides the ukrainians, and the russians have said been not massively hopeful about these talks, but president, as zalinski has said, he will send people to those talks may be, are rich in notes, talking to my director. they can just run some of those latest pictures and some of the other pictures we've seen coming in in the last few hours these as the say the talks going on on the bell, russian, the border, the go hell, region. i think it was called, excuse me, 1st attempt after a week to actually get some sort of a diplomatic process going let's have a look at some pictures which was out of denotes russian tanks. there as the

fighting continues, had been sort of relative calm in that area done. yes, of course being one of the break away regions in the east. but then the russian troops, the russian tanks rolling through in those eastern parts of ukraine, it's happening all over further in, at cock eve as well, which is ukraine, 2nd city, and then right across to key if as well the ukranian at capital and the other development we've had, as russian forces saying they have seized a territory surrounding a nuclear power plant and east in ukraine. the map will zoom in in a moment and show us the as operatives, a region with its nuclear power plant. there the russians say, we've got control of that and the surrounding towns. it is key of which is saying that we are denying that some of those latest developments. they apologies for interrupting at that interview with jama and the polish f. i. but we did need to see what was happening and i was told on the feller russian border has m. c. k is

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