eastern european countries now, when russian tanks will confront their borders, then will to which other regions kremlin will look after it. conquerors ukraine said i would like to call for you to say so typically to support the unity of european union to support your frame to make a strategic partner in the most important act. don't be silent. you select all your friends and shows that you are up to date, is unified as never because this read today is like never before. and the best foolish to the people of ukraine in the thought of towers won't be the royal resignation of our european expiration. because the land be shaken, the european union even deform. these events that started

on the 24th of february was supported by the majority of your opinions. and this is our men's age. this is our men great to have relationship with you with european union because the quiet people have done have made their choice. and i am calling upon the older members dates and the leadership of european union to support the candidate, the aspirant status for you frame, which is now supported by the whole of europe, ukraine's. you know that where a dinner zalinski has already signed the letter of ways our application to membership according to an article, $49.00 of european union agreement. dear friends, in the project of the resolution of the european parliament, there is a whole range of sanctions gonna be reflected against fair grass or i would i call

upon you to support down here. so let's do again. that shooter would you imagine money together? we have to confirm to confirm the church l x expression about that there are no small people and no small countries let we know that ukraine has proven that this slogan during the last days. let's be led. be worthy of those people who are perishing right now. for the european union, for the future of our european house, let's understand that there cannot be in europe without you pray that there could not be in central europe without your brain glory to your grade. thank you for your attention.

thank you very much mister speaker. thank you for your word, sir, for your courage for your commitment to peace and parliamentary democracy. i give the floor now to the president of the european council on michelle. my statement. madame the please don't de palomo will bill manella for you don't have to miss your pen. we should all isn't all of the european parliament to monsieur. the bottom of the president of ukraine. modem is elaine ski, the speaker of your current in parliament.

the words that you have expressed he feels you pierce our hearts and our souls and shows how serious in our souls and show situations series. the situation is with the calendar is a very serious one. calendar decisions have a serious warned. have to take a decision also, there was just, we'll take together a console. so once again, because once again, blood sugar stand, we will all have reached european soil ready new to launched a brutally massive invasion of ukraine and unjustified and and provo tool based on the switchable lice. and he did it only for one reason,

because you deal with adobe as it is to you via people of ukraine. in my done, you made the choice of freedom, democracy, and hulu, and their choice. it's not only you train that to that i touch international space, international order. democracy, human dignity are also attach. this is jill political terrorism, clear and simple. we mean to support you train and you all we all support into training. we must protect peace. we must put a democracy and international law. a ladies and gentlemen, out of the atlantic alliance is strong united, perfectly tro,

deleted. and we are also working closely with the members of the d 7 and with the united nations. and more and more turn, trees are intelligent in an ant, your tradition, along with people from around the world. with one common message, one common message, russia stop the role go home, let torch will put in much impression on russia and leaders. we are stepping up to support ukraine and view train and people i salute with all of you prison zalinski and abridge people of you train for the church and composure. and it's also our duty to rise to this historic moment. that is, and gentlemen,

we permission to gather that we would react quickly that the 2024 russia will be massive in seville. and our actions as much as we have responded with massive and unprecedented sanctions. we imposed sanctions on political and military leaders on oligarchs, on vladimir putin. also, they live off. we are also teaching our full measure to severely restrict the use of the for insurance. we love audition, central bank. we are extrude inch, she, russian banks from the switch system. and we are also impose inch, severe sanctions on to sectors of russia eternal. maybe them to miss you. who do it, is hall is up up also to say, so showing you both are going on, ma'am? is to coupon ma'am?

well, unless you are a price? no, no, no, no, no, no i our collections and our common future also can get you booked in college. that will be the way, obviously supporting your crime as mobilizing financial resources as what we're doing and we're going to continue to do. there's going to be an international donors conference. we also, together with our member states, be committed and engaged on the direct borders within grains. whether you kindly will be helping refugees, people fleeing war and conflict and will be showing our solidarity to the ukrainian people and those who are mobilizing the street. but obviously, solidarity is also demonstrated by defensive

military resources, which are being and will be delivered on this was something that we decided on saturday morning together with the high representative for foreign affairs. we decided to activate the piece facility with the support of member states. so that we can support for the purchase of these met, defensive military build this defensive military equipment, which is so crucial from ukraine and people now legend gentleman, a few moments ago president zalinski notice in the eyes he opened off his heart and he has not made an announcement which we have now received officially, due to a request for the european union to officially recognize ukraine as a candidate country. it'll be up to us as a european union, too small use act in accordance with the times. it's going to be difficult. we know there are different views in europe. there are various is on the subject,

and it will be up to the european commission to produce an opinion on the basis of which the council will take his responsibilities on board. the council will have to seriously look at some symbolic political and legitimate request in mode. wanted to follow what is and what will have to like the appropriate choices inactive, determined and clear headed manner should you should, you should go with them to miss your legend. gentleman to, to, to, to move on to georgia, accepted all of that or did i, did it know when this war was launched? she put his blood, put him up, thought that he would break your opinion till he was wrong. a post, he probably thought that he would face inertia this excuse paralysis,

search for excuses to avoid taking decisions. but he was wrong about when he launched this action. you probably thought that he would take you crime easily and rapidly, but he was wrong because the cranium, people are resistant. probably talk. don't say that. you probably thought that when he was a student, john, that democracy launch a fatal blow against that which we incarnate, the freedom to little do and the rule of law. but again, he's wrong, and in 1961 general to go said she did it. every retreat excites the aggressor. it makes him re double his pressure and i so, and we sort of makes his action easier isn't really western trowers can best serve world peace by standing out firmly against aggression if that's the position

of president zelinski. and that's the position that we have to adopt. we have to stand firm, don't you don't and law, look through the news. it is aggressor. and we have to see if president zalinski as the incarnation of stability, security, enlightenment, and european bye. thank you very much, miss. den a mission, i now give the floor to the high representative of the union for foreign affairs and security policy just that fund lorelle for his statement. the show pretty daunting. concealed ban milan, liberty. dante butler, my elbow,

a pretty large your landscape, pretty long mark and yeah, the a members of the to be on bottom. and i will try to share with you my thoughts on the meaning of the tragic events that we are living. and the provisional lessons that we can draw from them, especially for the common security and defense policy, which i had the hon. i tried to develop and remains an enrollment and double policy a policy which is yet in the hands of the member to stage. but can not be implemented efficiently without the strong corporation or the commission competitors. i think this is her. the moment in which did you politically you do is being born sassy, lacked dentist sounds

a little north and the act of the bath at the chair plesco europe is once we are aware of the challenges that we service comes to face and moment, you must assume responsibilities and moment when you become fully aware that for the 1st name and the 2nd bar, well we are saying one country invade another. this is a country waves, nuclear weapons, this is part of it. intimidation tactics. some of the analogy is to lee, it makes me sick. when i think about the historical analogies and how we can look back at the events, the start of the 2nd world world of tragedy to which europe is being confronted today. to return a tragedy far from frightening. ush should galban eyes ush?

first we got in belize, they they are due to be a project had lost its momentum because the origin or the wall has been faded. unfortunately not these reminds us that the abil a tragedy and there will never fade away. and it's about the relationship with war with the users force with their violence. who have been debating here, we have been debating for years to find out can you to can encounter it? this is why in the written years you, we have talked more about defense issues for the in the past. and we have begun to set dub, chime military programs will. that's why that would be on the bottom. and his self has voted to said these are to be in defense fund. and the member, a state has created days, it would be on peace facility that now we are mobilizing in order to provide arms

to bring it would be a conceal. lynette weeks will adopt this the desert compass and with invasion of her who claim by russia. we must amplifier, what reflection adjuster were men's and anticipate there were responses because one of the lessons that we have to learn from the invasion of ukraine is that more than ever you too much to think strategically about itself is environment under world vision no longer a luxury is the necessity. uno mas amplified is reflection on security issues. and it have be on parliament has had an important role to play in this regard. we think we need to think about the instrument of coercion, retaliation and counter attack in the phased of reckless adversaries. because

of all we need to understand is that to make peace, where need to be to. but to make wall is enough to we one did exactly one mr. putting is telling us, and that's why we have to increase our the turn in capacity. a lot will need to increase over the turns capacity in order to prevent war and is and is leon, that our deterrent has not been strong enough to stop mr. pudding aggression. but since busy we're agent has started. we have reacted to the last few days in a way that mr. put in, didn't suspect, or we are showing him that we will never sacrifice our freedom and their freedom. others on the altar allow well being and prosperity being president of this

parliament and 2007 had the opportunity to tell to mister pudding. i, dwight on the aftermath of the killing of a journalist and that but at the sky. i told him we are not going to change human rights by your gas and digital the moment to repeat and do act on that. we will not share. we will not. we will not abandon the defense although human rights and freedom because we are more or less dependent on russia. and we have to start working quickly as the commission has proposed in order to cancel these a dependency last saturday as a having hold on all that for ng a 1st consume and attending the debate due to be and union cancel. i was talking with you, but i didn't. michelle, you told me. are we doing everything we can?

is there something more than we can do? is that enough? oh i we so so powerless and you told me thing do act. we have to push member to state in order to adopt decision on shift and to take russia out of the financial system. think about how can we arm or crane not country by country one after all, in a, in coordinated manner. or you encourage me to doug with member to stage again in few hours we agreed on using these you to be in peace facility in order to bring financial support and coordinate member stage on army ukrainian army and people in less than 24 hours. and now that double had fallen, the president of the commission immediately showing him a strong leadership is their warranty in order to get an agreement with our

international partners, in order to make possible to switch off russia from the financial system. and you know what? now? half of the reserves, or the central bank of russia are completely out of their control, the frozen blue imagine these that coercion capacity 3 days ago. it was impossible and now it's possible and they are start feeling the consequences in terms of inflation and the fall of their current. yes, we have capacities, we have mobilize these capacities and we have to continue doing so putting together the capacities of the members stage and the to be an union. i want to remember you are that due to being peace facility is not part of the budget that you vote is another budget is an incremental fun managed by the member to state. because we claim that we will be an union with a peaceful force,

or we cannot provide arms to any one else. yes, we can. yes, we have done on the next budget. think about it. when you vote in that budget, use your budgetary capacity. you have the budgetary capacity of the institution to put the weight means you know, that the face, the next crisis and the next russian, i wish we also were king. but i'm tended to have, i had done a domain international bull by dealing coalitional book on every naughty child and build a coalition t can dan, the content, russia within the u. n. they had no faith in favor and only abstentions. there were countries traditionally allied to russia, they did not vote in favor of them they abstain. and so now we need to build an international coalitions and the next you and general assembly, it will be the entire world that will condemn this aggressor. nobody can look the

other way. there is no justification for a powerful country attacking if we can. neighbor, police, police cannot speak of capitalism. you cannot have the aggressor and the attacker on the same 1st thing is i wish we have tv. by that side. the movie, like we have a nice class, the tell capacity mean to, to design not necessarily losing on weapons. when we talk about europe being a hard power, people think only in the military power, but there are other ways to exert these hard power back up. i see that the course capacity back up. i see that the embodied a capacity will not have much is

a way of influencing another's behavior. and this is not just done by weapons. it has been done by the european commission and extraordinary a successful measures and still in place by the commission say thank you president, ponder line local, nobody from you see, listen, we're not talking about globalizing missiles, but the sanctions can have a hugely important effect on a country, they will not allow russia to spend the money that we have spent on their gas to fund this war for that is, that is, ladies and gentlemen, i believe the most important lessons that we can draw from these tragic circumstances. today we cannot simply call in for rule as you see law and hope that our trading and commercial relationships will help move everybody towards a more democratic path. for the 1st, the forces all you to do the sandal. i believe all the forces that want to lease

physical vine as the way to resolve conflicts are still there. and against these types of forces, we have to show a much stronger capacity to act. we need to be more consistent. we need to be more united than we have been action now. we have done a lot, i think we have surprised the world. i think we have his prize putin by our right. it capacities actually must continue along best path at this moment. it is here in parliament with your upper floors. you know, i mean again with that shows us that the blue institutions must continue on this path that we have started. this is the moment that europeans, we but understand they live in a dangerous world. and in order to confront that, we must have a strong union the pandemic as a political to innovative. i mean, actions it has helped us move along the path to greater unity when we're facing this virus. and now this tragic moment should give us fresh impetus. unions

completely ever more united until county police actions that threaten human life, security and the prosperity of all. thank you very much or how thank you very much. my representative. i now give this board to the president of the european commissioners to love underlying flow statement. ah, madam president of the european parliament, mister president of the council, high representative, mister president of the ukraine. dear valar damira, mister speaker of the ukrainian parliament. my hon members swore has returned to europe almost 30 years after the balkan wars and over half

a century after sylvia troops marched into prague and budapest, civil defense sirens again went off in the heart of his european capital. thousands of people fleeing from bumps, camped and underground stations, holding hands crying silently trying to cheer each other up. cars lined up towards ukrainian west and borders. and when many of them ran out of fuel, people picked up their children and their backpacks and marched for tens of kilometers towards our union. they sought refuge inside our borders because their country wasn't safe any longer. because inside your crane grew, some death count has begun. men, women, children are dying once again because a foreign leader president put in decided that their country ukraine has no right

to exist. and we will never ever let that happen and never, ever accept that one of the members, this is the moment of truth for europe. and let me quote, the editorial of one ukrainian newspaper, the keep independent, published just hours before the invasion began. and i quote, this is not just about ukraine, it's a clash of 2 worlds to poll, a set of values and of quote, they are so right. this is a clash between the rule of law and the rule of the gun between democracies and autocracies. between a rules based order and a world of naked aggression. how we respond today to what russia is doing, will determine the future of the international system. the destiny of ukraine is at

stake, but our own fade old so lies in the balance. we must show the power that lies in our democracies. we must show the power of people that shows their independence pass freely and democratically. this is our show of force. and today, a union of almost half a 1000000000 people has mobilized for ukraine. the people of europe are demonstrating in front of russian embassies all across our union. many of them have opened their homes to ukrainian fleeing from forties bombs. and let me, thanks, specially poland, romania, slovakia, and hungary for well coming. these women, men and children, europe will be there for them, not only in the 1st days, but also in the weeks and months to come. that must be our promise altogether.

and this is why we are proposing to activate the temporary protection mechanism to provide them with a secure status and access to schools medical care and work. they deserve it. we need to do that now and we know this is only the beginning, more ukrainians will need our protection and solidarity. we are and we will be there for them. our union is showing a unity of purpose that makes me proud at the speed of light. the european union has adopted 3 ways of heavy sanctions against russia's financial system. it's high tech industries and it's corrupt elite. and this is the largest sanctions package in our union's history. we do not take these measures slightly,

but we feel we had to act this sanctions. we'll take a heavy toll on the russian economy and on the kremlin, we're disconnecting key russian banks from the swift network. we also banned the transaction of russia central bank, the single most important financial institution in russia, and this paralyzes billions of foreign reserves. turning off the tap on russia's and proteins war, we have to end this financing office war and 2nd, we target important sectors of the russian economy. were making it impossible for russia to upgrade its oil refineries to repair and modernize its air fleet, and to access many important technologies. it needs to build a prosperous future. we've closed our skies to rationally o'clock aircraft,

including the private jets of oligarchy, and make no mistake. we will freeze their other assets as well. be it. yes, a fancy cars or luxury prosperity is, will freeze that all together. and thirdly, then another unprecedented step. we're suspending the licenses of the kremlin propaganda machine, the state on russia today, and sputnik and all as their and all of their subsidiaries will no longer be able to spread their lies on to justify proteins war and to divide our union. and these unprecedented actions by the european union and our partners in response of an unprecedented aggression by russia. each one of these steps has been closely coordinated with our partners and allies, the united states, united kingdom,

canada, and norway. but also, for example, japan, south korea and australia, all of these days, you see that more than 30 countries representing well over half of the world's economy have also announced sanctions and export controls on russia. and if porting were seeking to divide the european union to weaken nato and to break the international community, he has achieved exactly the opposite. we are more of your night than ever, and we will stand up in this war. that is for clear that we will overcome and we will prevail. we are united and we stayed united hon members. i am well aware that these sanctions will come at

a cost far economy to i know this and i want to speak honestly to the people of europe. we have endured 2 years of pandemic, and we all wished that we could focus on our economic and social recovery. but i believe the people of europe understand very well that we must stand up against this cruel aggression. yes, protecting our liberty comes at a price. but this is a defining moment, and this is the cost we are willing to pay because freedom is priceless, honorable members. this is our principal freedom fries with all investments to day will make us more independent tomorrow. and i'm thinking 1st and foremost about our energy security, we simply cannot release so much on

a supplier that explicitly threatens us. and this is why we reached out to other global suppliers and they responded. norway is stepping up in january, we had the record supply of energy gas. we're building new l n g terminals and working on interconnect us. but in the long run it is our switch to renewables and hydrogen that will make us surely independent. we have to accelerate the green transition because every kilowatt hour of electricity, europe generates from solar, wind, hydro power or biomass reduces our dependency on russian gas and other energy sources . this is a strategic investment plan. my honorable members, this is a strategic investment because on top less dependency on russian gas and other fuel

fossil fuel sources also means less money for the kremlin war chest. this is also a truth. we are resolute. you can rise up to the challenge. the same as to on defense, european security and defense has evolved more in the last 6 days than in the last 2 decades. most member states have promised deliveries of military equipment to ukraine. germany announce that it will meet the 2 percent goal of nato. as soon as possible and our union for the 1st time ever, is using the european budget to purchase and deliver military equipment to country that is under attack. 500000000 years for the european piece facility to support ukraine's defense. as a 1st batch, we will now also match this by at least 500000000 euro from the e you budget to deal with a humanitarian consequences of this tragic war,

both in the country and for the refugees. honorable members, this is a watershed moment for our union. we cannot take our security and the protection of people for granted. we have to stand up for it. we have to invest in it. we have to carry our fair share of the responsibility. and this crisis is changing europe, but russia has also reached across, wrote the actions of the kremlin as severely damaging the long term interests of russia and its people. more and more russians understand this as well. they are marching for peace and freedom. and how does the kremlin respond to this by arresting thousands of them, but ultimately longing for peace and fries and freedom can not be silenced. there

is another russia besides proteins, tanks and we extend our hand of friendship to these other russia, b a sure they have our support. hon members. in these days, independent ukraine is facing at darkest hour. at the same time, the ukrainian people are holding up the torch of freedom for all of us. they are showing immense courage. they are defending their lives. but they are also fighting for universal values, and they are willing to die for them. president zalinski and the ukrainian people are a true inspiration. and when we last spoke,

he told me again about his people's dream to join our union. today, the european union and ukraine are already closer than ever before. there's still a long path ahead. we has to end this war and we should talk about the next steps. but i am sure nobody in this hemi cycle can doubt that the people that stands up so bravely for our european values belongs in our european family. and therefore hon members. i say long live europe and long live a free and independent ukraine. miss vomas' lover, you're playing yet. thank

you. thank you very much. thank you very much. residents. ok that love on the line there. ah, the commission president, speaking a very passionate speech there at the parliament, same war has returned to europe. this is not just about ukraine. it is a clash of a set of values, a clash between the law and the rule of the gun between the rooms based order and naked aggression. she was the latest number of speakers to take the podium there. let's cross over to james base who is live for us in brussels, james ly. and they're saying how we respond today will determine the future of the

international or really summing up the sentiment of many of the speakers that with her today. the very strong speech is rousing speech is coming from european leaders. of course they heard presence lensky and a standing ovation for the cranium leda. they've talked about all the measures that europe has taken on the line, the european commission president saying that in terms of europe's defense policy, they have in the last 6 days done more than they've done the last 2 decades putting in place as well as that they're putting in place unprecedented sanctions. so europe does believe it's taking a great deal of action in support of ukraine. but that was one item that president lensky. once again, his race, he says, ukraine should be treated as an equal member of europe. and remember, 24 hours ago, he signed a formal decree applying to be

a member of the european union. so that is the central demand from ukrainians at this stage. that they would like from this body, at least from the european union and the european parliament. this now meeting and we heard comments in the last few moments on that. we heard the european commission president of on the line said that's a membership for ukraine, although it will be a long pause. i am sure that these people ukrainians belong in our european family . we also had from sha michelle, who is the president of the european council saying the process now is for the european commission with some of on the line needs to come up with a proposal. and that to be put to the european council, european council of the 30 heads of state of the european union problems currently has the presidency. there is a meeting of all of those leaders in just over a week's time. so got it, the way things go. i will just add,

even if you train was made to kind of the country which is certainly not happening today. there is a very, very long part. it's a long procedure of things that have to be checked and criteria that have to be met . and it normally takes a period of years to become a member of the europe in union, but clearly a symbolic moment. and what we're going to see to add to that symbolism in the coming out is the parliament that you've seen the european parliament is actually going to vote on a resolution. that is suggesting that it is urging a foss, trying procedure for you, trying to join the are. all right, james. ok. you to stand by there for us? because as we've been saying, just a short time ago, the european probably heard from the ukranian president brought him as an skate, an emotional appeal he made. let's take a listen. what we are fighting for our

existence for our survival. and this is the main motivation for us, but we are also fighting to be an equal member of europe. and i think that today we are showing who we are. the european union is with us, with ukraine. the european union will be stronger without ukraine. it will be lonely, we've proved our strength with prove that we're at least the same as you. please prove that you're with us. please prove that you're not going to have go prove that you'll really, europeans, james, as you say, that request to become part of the e. u. i mean that that's a very long process which is, is going to be, discuss, has been discussed. but i want to ask you about what us live on the line said there at the end that european security has developed more in the last 6 days than in the last several decades. i mean, is this the, you blog, its own horn or has it really acted in a way which could really impact the outcome of this conflict?

well, 1st i think the big change has been germany. germany has had a mentality. that is all of its recent history that it doesn't want to get involved in conflicts. it was a big thing, years ago for the germans to send troops to afghanistan. for example, germany now sending weapons to ukraine to an active conflict was a big move and only when that happened to the you take that move. so i think the german leadership is absolutely key in the way things have changed on the ground in terms of the you and it's defense spending going forward. will it change things on the ground? well, most not all, but most of the members are members of nato. nato is reinforcing it's borders. it's sending weapons to ukraine, but it's not sending across. it's not sending troops, it's not going to get get directly involved. they've said that from the beginning. and that's because if one nato nation got involved, all the nato be dragged in,

including the us, you'd have the us and russia war, we would have world war 3. so that is not happening. what they are doing is sending these weapons and more and more announcements coming every day from european countries. and the you now announcing $500000000.00 more than that of spending on weaponry to get the ukraine. the big challenge is simply this. we've seen the satellite pictures of the large convoy of russian tanks, heading towards keys. those weapons are going to be delivered, bought and then delivered to poland. maybe they can do it very quickly. maybe they can do it next week or so. all they really going to get them into the hands in ukraine. they need to be in to be able to stop that convoy moving towards the grading capital. i think time is running out. that's the problem here. thank you for that. and james days, there live for us in brussels, that's cross and look at the latest on the ground from andrew simmons. who is leih

from living, which is near the border with poland. andrew just bring us up to speed with the latest that we're hearing that palo russian troops now may be in ukraine in support of russia. yes sir, as ukrainians were watching television and seeing those the could and seeing that president a get that standing ovation fitting. so emotional about it, on the other hand, they were really thinking with dread about what's gonna happen next on the ground because there is now another convoy following on from that 606062 kilometer long armored column. and it's from bella, luce, roseville, allusion troops going over the border. now joining the conflict. it would seem. 33 armored vehicles and 11 garage missile launchers, a witnessed by

a number of people verified by ukrainian authorities and announced by the ukrainian parliaments. this means that, that served look at shanker, the president house, basically betrayed ukraine in the sense that it's a, it was never really at ally anyway, aligned to russia. but he had made an assurance. it was seen that they would not get involved while there was some peace talks going on. that was happening on monday, but it was supposed to be continuing. now this development means there's a question mark about where they go next. other developments a major attack on the a local authority building a large building in hoc heave a ukraine 2nd city at no one dead. remarkably, but this another, a non military. it's only 24 hours after civilian areas were attacked by miss isles rockets and are also

a cluster bombs which is in contravention of international law. many civilians hurt and several killed, including, according to the mer 3 children, burned to death in a car. furthermore, a revelation that on monday 70 soldiers died and an attack on their barracks between hockey and heave, it's under the capital as well. so this is now a situation whereby no one really knows where they're going next. that armored column is now apparently within 15 kilometers of the capital. and now keith is bracing itself for something humming something dreadful. it's been the onslaught has been so heavy so far. and that all they've heard from the president is this is lifting their spirits in some ways their resolve. there are so many

examples of this attitude that the russians cannot get away with this. the passion that the civilians have the strength that the troops seem to have. it is, is still unbelievable to so many people. but can they resist this latest attack is it's an open question mark as to what they can do so far. they been exploding bridges to stop the the convoys ahead of time that they may be willing, they'll use the same tactics, but they've used surprised tactics, ambushes and so on. but you know, james was, was referring earlier to all the extra armaments that are coming to this country, how they'll get into the hands of these soldiers as another matter lady, using stinger missiles very effectively showed her launched missiles and auntie missiles they've been using those very effectively, and also they've been brave on the ground standing up to the so russian troops may,

while civilians have gone out and tried to stand in front of arm and columns, more than one situation like that. and we've had, we've seen in the south a people coming in front of a coming up in front of areas where the russians have moved in and occupied cities . they've been standing around, greatly standing around shouting out, go back to russia, go home, go home. in terms of the social media. there has been a lot of clever um, campaigning as well. they've identified or even off through hacking systems. they've actually identifying soldiers, ra, large, large numbers of soldiers, naming them, putting messages out to russia. the, you must not send your, your sons, your, your brothers, your children, your husbands. you must not let them fight here in ukraine against fellow people who deserve better. and that is now, you know, you have

a situation going on in ukraine right now where people are fighting for their lives . and they're fighting for their independence. and as far as the that so called peace mission is concerned. it appears to be going nowhere because actions speak louder than words. and you're, i'm wondering if from the people that you've spoken to how people are feeling right now. and then just in the sense of when you see the satellite images of these huge truck convoys coming in. when you see these reports all over the country, are you khaki, their student town, the 2nd biggest city being targeted? how do people feel right now? is there a sense of inevitability or is there still a real sense of defiance? just give me a sense of how people are feeling there right now. it's a kale, sick mix of all of those things you mention. there is a despair amongst so many people. a knowing that they've got to live under ground

at thus saith that they try and like friday to take chances and get food from what little food they can get. what so can you about here in cave, in areas where i can get to they will get to they would fry to do so and then you have this defiance and we've seen a lot of that on the streets, this defiance, which is it, which is just anger within that they can get to this stage that vladimir putin should actually do this and not even recognize that country, not just the independence, but not even their right to exist. so it is now getting into a point where some others are feeling they've just got to flee. they can't have any other option than to go. and so we're talking now about much, many more people and half a 1000000 going to the borders, trying to get across, moving that, becoming internally displaced people in some areas. but then areas like this where it is and that, that the war hasn't reached full on this area, but that trying,

trying to survive. and this is a day all on the one hand, more violence, another escalation with better roost becoming involved. yet that president, as appeared before the european parliament spoken bravely, and he's acting bravely. and he was a week president at one point, making all these assurances that he'd come to a deal with russia to avoid all the conflict. now he is a hero national hero, leading his country at a time of absolute despair. people are behind him. it seems in a very, very big way. what option have they got now, other than fleeing the country? and some will, they can't do it. they can't afford to get from the capital this fall. there were rumors that it's costing thousands of dollars just to get a taxi out there. or people pro, you know, profiting from this, making lots of money from trying to move people that the 4 hundreds of thousands of people are all over this country of more than 40000000 population. hundreds of

thousands of stock, absolutely tracked in a situation of sheer terror. i thank you for that. andrew simmons, they're alive for us in with eve, with the russian defense minister, sergey chicago. has deny that the military is shelling residential areas in ukraine . this is glen harmon, the russian army does not occupy ukrainian territory. it takes all measures to preserve the lives and safety of civilians. i would like to stress that strikes are carried out only on military targets and using only precision weapons room where the room still known him in the course of military clashes. the ukrainian site does not hesitate to use civilians as human shields or multiple launch rocket systems. guns, large caliber motors, are placed in the courtyards of residential buildings near schools and kindergartens, or rushes. foreign minister, meanwhile,

accused the european union of engaging in russia, phobic behavior by supplying weapons to ukraine, delegations from the west walked out of the speech. bravo, 0. i would assume those with us to live with united states and its allies are creating their own new world order as of 2014, the key of regime is waging war against its own people. the constitution of ukraine has been changed and the new nazi's that have gained power there are waging real terrors at least. okay, dos jabari has i for us, alan, moscow daughter, rail defense. so a rush is position again by mr. love. what else was he saying? well, he reiterated that his country is on a mission to really demilitarize ukraine, and that's the main objective. he also mentioned that there was great concern from the russians about a possibility that ukraine was looking to restart its nuclear program. something which it gave up in 1994 when it gets signed on to the non proliferation treaty.

because of that before the fall of the soviet union, ukraine had about a 3rd of the soviets nuclear arsenal, which was the 3rd biggest in the world. there seems to be now a sharing of information by the russian officials, a from the foreign minister saying that the possibility of them we starting a nuclear program was one of their main security concerns. and one of the missions of what they call an operation in ukraine. all right, thank you very much for that. those. the jabbar they live for us in moscow. do stay with us here on al jazeera. next is the news. i will have the latest on the war in ukraine just to give you the updated numbers. the u. s. now says more than 660000 people have left ukraine, have been forced from their home due to the conflict in ukraine. and there is, of course, a huge russian military convoy on its way to the capitol, kiev, where people are bracing for the worse. do stay with us here on out there all have

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