no matter where it takes a police fear you guys are my empowering, impartial. we tell your story. we are your voice. news, your net back out here. the russia targets a television tower and keep killing 5 people as its massive ministry con boy advances closer to ukraine's capital and you create and 2nd biggest city concave comes under more heavy fire with residential areas hit as well as freedom square the me and taylor, this is al jazeera, alive from london, also coming up extending innovation. so ukraine's president in the european

parliament as he makes an emotional plea for you. membership dozens of diplomats will count as russian as foreign minister addresses the you and human rights council. the russian culture is targeted as one a sport we've talked russian notice under pressure to denounce the conflict. ah, or ukraine is president of little misery. netscape has made an impassioned plea to european leaders to prove their support. as russian forces ramp up their tax on multiple fronts across the country, ukraine's 2nd biggest city concave has again come on the heavy fire and miss all caused this explosion in the central square. it's met says dozens of people have been killed, including children. also in the east russian missile strike on a military base and killed 70 ukrainian soldiers. in the south,

5 days of attacks have left mario pole without electricity and schools and houses damaged while the mayor of castle near crimea, which was unexplained. moscow says russian troops have surrounded the city, and russian forces continue to close in on the capital. a tv tower has been hit by a missile strike that these 5 people have been killed. and these is that satellite pictures of a convoy of ahmed vehicles and artillery estimate should be more than 60 kilometers long, just north of keep turn, how innovative begins are coverage. russia has widened the scope of its war on ukraine. a suspected cruise missile hit the local administration building in freedom square, no less in the center of the eastern city of ha, keith holmes, regularly come under fire now to the in apartment building in the black sea port city of her song. and this hark eve again. oh, i guess how bad you think if,

if the, the russian liberators have come, the man shouts. in the aftermath of tuesday's missiles strike, president followed him at zelinski, addressing the european union called it the price of freedom this morning. temper is miss isles, hit this freedom square, dozens of kil, once this is the price of freedom, the translators struggles to contain his emotion. what am we're fighting? gross is asleep. just for our land and for our freedom, 70 ukrainian soldiers died when a military base was targeted by heavy artillery in architecture. but the veil has fallen from russia's claims that it's carrying out a special operation aimed purely at military targets. civilians are increasingly fair, gay ah, the change of tactics, a possible consequence of russia's slow moving advance on the ground. satellite

imagery shows a column of artillery and armour, logistics, and support units more than 60 kilometers long bearing down on the capital key of from the north. another is advancing from the south. the aim to encircle the capital, intimidate the civilian population, and force the surrender of ukraine's government. western intelligence points to poor communications and frequent mechanical breakdowns. there's a dog in ukrainian resistance as well. captain russian soldiers, a set that had been told that they'd be welcomed here as liberators. this is how people actually feel at the heart of it all in the capital key of attacks have resumed, including on the main television transmitter, cutting public broadcasts. people already eking out in existence,

in conditions of unimaginable stress. no, the worse is to come. and the scramble to leave the city on the few exit roots still available, is growing more desperate by the hour. to pause to fighting has not yet come to the western city of believe, but they'll be ready for it. if it does civil defense units have formed all over the country. and basic training and weapons handling is available for anyone that wants it. they know the time may come when they'll have to fight the russians themselves for control of their street. the government says he believes russia is deliberately shelling cities, including residential areas and civilian infrastructure, the goal it says to create mass panic and civilian casualties. but one thing you don't sense here is panic. instead, the steely determination of ukrainian civilians to resist and fight back.

the me we want to study. we don't want to be afraid of the word. the young in ukraine students multicultural, multilingual joy in the chorus for peace. what on bright minds, who's ideals until a week ago, was still intact and whose hopes and hogs now broken, or who are stuck? jona whole al jazeera leave. the war shelling of ukraine's 2nd largest city cock eve has continued into the night as the heavy artillery fall in residential neighborhoods with civilian buildings hit as well as the city's main square, ukrainian forces still control khaki and the coastal cities of cas on and mario pole. but the u. k. defense ministry says all 3 are encircled by russian forces stored under simmons. use live 1st and even west in ukraine. tell us what the very

latest is from those main cities. well, keith is in a place is a place that's unimaginable right now. one of fear, one of hatred for the russian forces and one of a terrible expectation of what's gonna happen next. and that is a column that goes beyond 60 kilometers with the front of it around something like 17 kilometers from the center of the city. and there have been a number of claims that it is going to fan out in a circle of city. and that there are further columns of the south on the west, in a small contingent in the east that is causing real fear and half way through the day, there was a warning from the russian defense ministry that there will be attacks targets would be military intelligence installations civilians should evacuate if

they live near any of the more water audrey ukrainians. how do they know if they're giving next to a military intelligence agency anyway? what happened was, within 2 hours, the main t. v and communications tower in the center of the city was attacked at least 5 dead and no damage to the mast. it would seem at a high level. it still existed with, with a plume of black smoke at, but damage to the main area beneath the tower. and then of course, there was more panic as further strikes took place and a general feeling of total unease. but how keith was the city that took the worst of it? it seems on tuesday, a very recently we've seen that these pictures now of chic with military air feel being attacked. a massive blast there. there appears to be armaments

of coals. this in a secondary explosion which makes it look such a huge, huge a ball of flames. a, this was a, not a long ago. prior to that there was an attack on the local authority headquarters in the center of hoc eve. and that caused devastating damage. but no casualties, people were sensible enough to be under ground, but this only 24 hours after civilian attacks in a local neighbourhood of hawk heave with a number dead. 3 children burned in a car according to the local mare and an investigation going on. as to whether this was a deliberately targeted attack, because ukraine claims that it was russia denies this and give you anything you've mentioned. what's morale like now? well, morale in the forces is one of determination from everyone we've met,

volunteers persisting in pushing forward where they can small units taking on vast arm with columns, but a lot of successes there is no doubt has, as jonah touched on in his report, there is no doubt that russia has not advanced to the rate that would have liked and they with which they have met more resistance than they would have expected. and in places like mel, it's a pole in the south. you've seen many civilians come rushing forward to try and block armored columns with their bodies. people actually putting their hands on the bonnets of armored vehicles, a soldier firing in the air. and one thing to note here was that the soldiers didn't, didn't try to drive through the crowd, didn't want to cause any injury. they seemed sympathetic to the situation. these people were in there almost polite the way they managed to get round the obstacle. there is a real bitterness amongst people arrest. well,

they're either under ground desperate or either or trying to get on trains. half a 1000000 people at least have left the country. but when you consider the population of ukraine is around $40000000.00, then you get some idea of the scale that this human tragedy of the scale of what could happen next, which is likely to be a move on the capital of keith. a match sends a shiver down the bravest of hearts anderson and thank you very much. indeed. as you mentioned earlier, ukraine's president has asked the european union to prove its support for ukraine are amazing landscape testing european parliament one day after came officially asked to join the block antibiotic editor james major port or the european parliament, a strong show of support for the people of ukraine, this chamber with many parliamentarians wearing the ukrainian colors, was addressed by video link from keith by president zalinski. he had one clear

request. ah ha, we're almost as of july, 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'll be lonely, we've proved our strength. we've proved that we're at least the same as you. please prove that you're with us. please prove that you're not going to let us go. prove that you're really, europeans would. that was strong combination of president who transactions and hulu for to lee. you considers illegal, your charlie and a parent. it's not only you train that's in the attach. international law or spirit international order. democracy, human dignity,

are also attach. this is jill political terrorism, pure and simple. the president of the european commission then spoke about the possibility of ukraine joining the european union. today, the european union and ukraine are already closer than ever before. there's still a long path ahead. we have 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. at the end of the session, the parliament voted overwhelmingly to call on the you institutions to work towards granting ukraine candidate status. but the vote is purely symbolic. it's the european council, the 27 member nations who make the final decision. and then there's

a long drawn out process to qualify to become a member. the size of the vote, $637.00 out of $676.00 though an indication of the level of feeling in support of ukraine here. james bays al jazeera of the european parliament in brussels. earlier dozens of diplomats from the european union, united states and britain walked out of a speech by russian foreign minister sang oliver off at the you ends top human rights. foreign number off was addressing the un human rights council, remotely having canceled his attendance. he accused the european union of engaging in russia, phobic behavior. i supplying weapons to craig with assume others with us. the loom 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. trading on moscow exchange has been suspended for a 2nd day after shop sell offs as the effects of sanctions or the russian economy became clearer of the going back some gains and earlier trade, the rubles slumped. 15 percent to around $109.00 to the us dollar. on monday, the currency last, almost a 3rd of its value. oil prices have jumped further. 8 percent hitting the highest level since 2014. and bitcoin has jumped 13 percent in the last 24 hours as investors scramble to cash out of russia. the price of $1.00 coin road to run $44000.00 on tuesday, $10000.00 higher than the end of last week. dosage bars fall in elements from the russian capital. and also we've been hearing from the defense ministry. what they've been saying well, for the 1st time, the defense industry had a warning for the civilian population in the ukrainian capital. and the officials said that they were going to be carrying out targeted strikes against that certain

number of facilities that have to do with the information sector in the country in order to suppress the cyber attacks that have been happening on various russian entities. and they said that people who live in or around those areas should evacuate, and they didn't specify exactly when those attacks will take place. but this is the 1st time that we've heard from the russian defense ministry. actually warning the civilian population about an imminent attack. and we also understand that the reason they stood this is because of various different departments within the government here, including the kremlin website, as well as the minister of foreign affairs and the defense ministry as well as the russian media just to name a few have been coming under a continuous cyber attacks and according to the russians, that is why they are now targeting those facilities in ukraine. and though is to expecting a 2nd round of talks between russia and ukraine on wednesday. well

according to the russians they are, but it's now not clear whether or not the ukrainians will be joining them at the russian, as state news agency had said that they will be holding talks on march, 2nd in bella rou. see at again, but the ukrainian or president of lottery or zalinski at this evening, has cast a doubt on whether or not his delegation will go. he says that there needs to be a complete ceasefire. a while the 2 sides are having these talks, and he has said that in the past. but at the last minute, on a monday, there was a delegation that flew to the border between a near bella, rou cindy, praying at to sit down with their russian counterparts. to have the 1st round of discussions, nothing substantial came from those talks, but the general consensus is that it is better to keep the lines of dialogue open while at russia continues its attack on ukraine. but now the, the ukrainian president saying that he's not sure whether or not they will now take

part in this next round. does jabar. thank you very much indeed. still to come this half hour it was made to, he's afraid of the will were 3, but it is already started. this are ukrainian children was there taken the hit ukrainian activist makes an impassioned plea to the u. k. prime minister, as he visits neighboring poland and ukraine's top women's tennis player refuses to play, had next tournament until russia and ben bruce, a band from the tool. ah, for my daughter story here and our 0 russian forces are closing in on ukraine's capital, keith and of shell, the cities tv tower, killing at least 5 people. satellite pictures show a convoy of armored vehicles and artillery, estimated to be 60 kilometers long, just north of keith. shelling of ukraine's

2nd largest city have has continued into the night. earlier on tuesday, russian forces bomb, the city center. the mass, as dozens were killed. and ukraine's president would amuse zalinski has had a standing ovation that the european parliament, after addressing them from keith, he made an impassioned plea to the you to prove it support one day after applying to join the truck or earlier chris's an international relations analyst at the ukrainian institute for the future and joins us live from keith and your there in the inner city. just what's it like at the moment? well, right now, everything is more or less calm. there were several air rated alerts during the last 2 and a half hours requesting citizens to go underground bomb shelters, or stay at home, which for you already people actually in there was a few in the,

in the city starting from 8 o'clock in the evening. and till at 7 o'clock in the morning, so it already started and now citizens are allowed to go in this be. well the last 2 nights were pretty stable, unusual. stable because usually at night rush courses are intensifying, rocky me style bombardment of the different neighborhood, which we saw during the 1st 3 days of the war. the robin fort worth. and the little more of the rocky of that they are go with their constant here to try to break into the capital in the next, maybe hours a gap. so when you see that column of russian tanks and armored vehicles and so on stretching back, tens of kilometers, do you expect them, you're expecting them to come in? or do you expect to take to encircle a capitol and use that as a a negotiation position? well of course, i think their 1st task will be doing circle the city,

which the thing that they didn't manage to do or haven't managed to do it like in the last days. so they actually try, they attempted to circle the city in the 1st 2 days since the innovation, but by small groups of special forces which were seen different direction the wrong key, but they failed to do so. so now we see that they will try to concentrate their and, and mechanize troops in re right now we direction from which they are coming. and they of course, will quite 1st of all to circle the city to break it communication because now you still have several roads from which people can come in and come out of receive yellow. so although they miss it and then they will try, i think to store the cd. if they can do that, then they will bargain basement circle meant these capital. ready during negotiation, or are they trying to do the same thing with all the other city?

what, what's your impression of how the ukrainian air force is doing? because it would seem as a column like that would be quite a, a kind of big target foot to be hit. is there any possibility of the ukrainian air force acting against it? yes, i think so. well, because that actually that, well, that's what happened with many other military columns which russia poor in territory in the past, including those who were, which were neutralized during the last days in a north western and northern outskirts of the city. so also, i mean they are an easy target for ukrainian missile rock multiple rocket systems and artillery which, which is. ready as i know right now, they are showing their positions from the outskirts of tour positions or from which they're coming. this is the key. tell me about the people who are still in key

water life like now. now you get basic goodson mentioned his own. well there are still some products met seen and some goods in the shops in supermarkets, although you have. ready for example, today i went to one to 2, a shop which was, which is working and i think only half a day. and of course you can notice that some of the basic products they are missing. so from michelle's like brand or eggs or some of the daily wrote it. so the reason i say that it's in the city of course fresh fruits and vegetables are very difficult to work here right now. so the logistics for which, which actually provided for food security and key was really damaged by only military strikes in the, in the situation. ready and obstacles a wrong key of so it's not a critical situation,

but i think that this humanitarian dimension is really something that will be a problem. i think in some time, although now where is the ross included in the city? well, majority of them, except the ones that i mention. so some of the b as in missing, don't tell me how to people in cave and in ukraine were widely view the international response. so far, while the vessel was full and i was pretty harsh, unprecedented in some ways, and many people, many ukrainian, actually praise them and they are optimistic about them. and when the sanctions were imposed against russia, they see lucy morales or both he great in armed forces and grading population because they, they see these sanctions as not only any parent or russia, but also as an instrument that will quickly and the water. because this is one, actually the majority of the brain, it's one just to this,

this is for the fire to start, you know, and for the more can and russian troops to withdraw. but of course, there was some frustration because there were other demands that ukrainians were expecting for western partners. for example, there wouldn't be many air space, a real grain would be closed for rushing planes. iraq if that of course this would well, natal refused to do so because of course this is really this direct military confrontation, native walk, and russia. nobody wants that and of course the ra other demands and how, and ways that. ready people are lobbying for an energy to western partners to strengthen the co current sanctions against russia. both financial was and then economic central sanctions. any of course i thank you very much indeed for your time. when you case, prime minister parish johnson has been in poland and is stony. if a talk on the conflict at a news conference in war. so he was confronted by ukrainian activist who made an

emotional place the west to do more to stop the wool. daria colon yuke had recently crossed the border into poland and explained how her family and colleagues feared for their lives. you are coming to poland, you are not coming to kia, prime minister. you're not going to leave. because you are a freight because nato is not willing to defend because nature is afraid of a war 3, but it is already started. and this a ukrainian children who are there taken the hit. you're talking about more sanctions, prime minister, but about manner. but a mortgage is not sanctioned. he is in london. his children are not in the bombardments his children are there in london. but children are in netherlands in germany, in mansions, where all these mentioned seized. i don't see that. i see that my family members, that my timbers, i think that to be a great you know the power to rob. this is what is happening. prime minister,

one of the world's most famous classical music conductors has been fired by the munich philharmonic. after failing to speak out against the evasion of ukraine, priyanka up to his more, ah, valley gay kiss fans called him the greatest conductor alive ah, the russian maestro lead some of the world's most famous orchestra's. and he's a close friend of crescent vladimir putin. you once said, we are rich with not only tchaikovsky do you remember if a professional or a colleague told me that i'd agree. i'm pleased with that the country is led by a person who knows that as well as off gay gear supported russia's annexation of crimea in 2014. yet congress actually called 2 years later he was criticized for conducting a performance in the insurance of palmera and syria. ah, after russia had the syrian government retake the site for my so now his

silence on the invasion of ukraine has led him to being removed from concert in milan, lascola, and york's carnegie hall. barbara next but, and his manager says he can represent him as a client any more. are the western cultural institutions, such as new york's metropolitan opera have cut ties with pro putin performers? we can no longer engage with orders or institution and support or for supported by not until the invasion, chilling has been stopped. porter has been restored in restitution have been made. the decision could meet the end of the met partnership with moscow's ball, troy bally and star soprano on, on a trip call who's due to perform. in april. she face criticism when she was photographed with a flag use by rushing back separatists in. don't ask on social media nature,

cold calls for the war to end. but said it was unfair to force artists to voice political opinions and denounced their homeland. others like these to russia and ukrainian sopranos in naples, decided to use their performance as a gesture of peace and friendship. as the war worsens, it seems russia's culture figures will have to keep making tough choices to stay in tune with the public. brianca hooked her altogether or more sporting organizations are boycotting russia, and bella rues, athletes from both countries have been banned from the world athletics, competition and international ice. hockey federation has banned both national teams . boy rushes hosting rights for the 2023 world junior championships. also been remote in the us, the national hockey league has cut ties with its russian business partners, the lease as its concerned about its russian players. after

a number of them received hate messages. online. international tennis federation says russian and better russian players won't be able to compete under their flags . meanwhile, ukraine's top women's tennis, their elena's v to lina is refusing to play against a russian opponent at her latest tournament 27 year old as shuttle to face russia's anastasio put up of her in her 1st match. at the monterey opened in mexico, like, ah, from under the top stories around 0, russian forces have ramped up their attacks on multiple fronts across the ukraine. and they've attacked the capitals tv tower, killing at least 5 people. and russia has warned residents to flee their homes. satellite pictures have also shown a convoy of armored vehicles and artillery, estimated to be more than 60 kilometers long. just north of keith

are showing of ukraine's 2nd largest city hockey has continued into the night. early on tuesday it russian forces bomb.