ah speak, when others don't. ah, we cover all sides. no matter where it takes us, a fear in power and passion. we tell your story. we are your voice. your news, your net al jazeera. ah, russia targets a television tower and keep killing 5 people. as it's massive, military convoy, advance is closer to ukraine's capital. right. and ukraine's 2nd biggest city car cave comes under more heavy fire with residential areas hit as well as freedom square. ah.

and earn taylor says, andre zororor ly, from london, also coming up with fear and anger in ukraine's east in battle ground where civilians accused putin of staging a senseless war. plus, ah, a standing ovation for ukraine's president in the european parliament as he makes an emotional plea for e. u membership. ah, hello ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has made an impassioned plea to european leaders to prove their support. as russian forces ramp up their attacks on multiple fronts across the country, ukraine's 2nd bigger city huck eve as again come under heavy fire residential areas have been shelled and a missile caused this explosion in the central square. it's mer says dozens of

people have been killed, including children, also in the east, a russian missile strike on a military base in october, aka killed 70 ukrainian soldiers. in the south, 5 days of attacks have left marapoo without electricity and schools and houses damaged on america. so near crimea, which was annexed by moscow, says russian troops have entered the city. an russian course is continued to close in on the capital. a t v tower has been hit by a missile strike. at his 5 people have been killed. and these are satellite pictures of a convoy of armored vehicles and artillery. estimated to be more than 60 kilometers long, just north of keith turn. how in live begins are coverage. russia has widened the scope of its war on ukraine. a suspected cruise missile hip, the local administration building in freedom square, no less in the center of the eastern city of har. keith holmes regularly come under

fire now to see an apartment building in the black sea port, city of san and this hockey again, who gets nobody? deliberately, the russian liberators have come. the man shouts, in the aftermath of tuesday's missiles strike, president followed the man zelinski, addressing the european union called it the price of freedom this morning to peruse may hit this freedom square, dozens of killed ones. this is the price of freedom. the translator's struggles to contain his emotion, what we're fighting for us to use, just for our land and for our freedom 70 ukrainian soldiers died when a military base was targeted by heavy artillery in october. 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

fer, gave me and as night fell, keith came on to a heavy attack again to change 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 encircled 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 captured russian soldiers said to be told that they'd be welcomed as liberators. this is how people truly 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 an existence in conditions of unimaginable stress. know that worse is to come. and the scramble to leave the city on the few exit roots still available, is growing more desperate by the our little bit deposed 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 are 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 streets. the government says it believes russia is deliberately shelling cities,

including residential areas and civilian infrastructure and 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 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 people who don't bright minds whose ideals until a week ago was still in tact whose hopes and hogs now broke. bob's who are stuck. jonah, how al jazeera louise ushers defense minister has denied to the military is shelling residential areas and ukraine is good harm in 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. who are the rooster moon? 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 morters are placed in the courtyards of residential buildings near schools and kindergartens. russia has told residence in the ukrainian capital cave to take cover warning of increased attacks targeting the cities, communications infrastructure, dosage barriers, following developments from moscow. well, for the 1st time, the defense ministry had a warning for the civilian population in the ukrainian capital. and the officials said that they were going to be carrying out target. it strikes against a 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 lives in or around those areas

should evacuate, and they didn't specify exactly when those attacks take place. but this is the 1st time that we've heard from the russian defense industry actually warning the civilian population about an imminent attack. we also understand that the reason they did this is because various different departments within the government here, including the kremlin website, as well as the minister of foreign affairs in the defense ministry as well as the russian media just to name a few have been coming under continuous cyber attacks and according to the russians, that is why they are now targeting those facilities in your brain. so on, as i took is a foreign policy adviser to ukraine's deputy prime minister. she says ukrainian forces will not back down in defending the country. we see that the fight being increased in the, in all of the towns. first of all, in cave, in harkins,

in the east. but also even now i'm getting the alarm that sirens us, which on the in doesn't so c, 2 across, across ukraine. so we know that fighting, i've been in hence, and people really scary that these insanity, 1st of all, is becoming even bigger. we believe that is not going to stop in, in certain way. he's trapped because if he loses, he will lose probably the power in russia itself. so he, he needs to win, but at the same time, he can't win because ukraine will not surrender. we cannot surrender our sovereignty territorial integrity in the end humanness and the human dignity. as we mentioned earlier, ukraine's president has asked the european union to prove its support for ukraine. residents. k addressed the european parliament,

one day after cave officially asked to join the blog, ought to promote to get her to james bay's report. at 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 someone. there was strong combination of president who transactions

and hulu for to lee. you considers illegal, you actually end up horrid. 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 joe 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 pass 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 alger 0 of the european parliament at brussels . earlier dozens of diplomats from the european union, united states and britain walked out of a speech by russian. far mr. sega lever off to the u. n's top human rights for him never off was addressing the un human rights council remotely having canceled his attendance. he accused the european union of engaging in russ phobic behavior. i

supplying weapons to ukraine. still to come this half hour while thousands of people escape the war. some volunteers cross back with supplies for those who are stuck in ukraine class. sometimes we drive sometimes we were on a why the coating ukraine. nigerians describe fleeing the fighting as a government tries to get them back him. ah, hell i them place to say the weather does look quater for south eastern parts of queensland. however, we are still looking at some very heavy rain coming into new south wells over the next couple of days. so we are likely to see further flooding concerns into parts of eastern australia or heavy showers in and around the sidney area. and i think we

could see some disruption as a result of that. i know we will see disruption as a result of that. we've already seen tens of thousands of people evacuated from that homes in around that eastern side of australia. further west, we got it dry and hot. i be towards the perth, maybe one or 2 showers in the forecast. they're really wet weather. thou are old tropical cyclone. an acre that is bringing some very heavy, damp holes in around the, kimberly, sinking little by the southwards as we go on through the next couple of days. dry weather coming back into perth, pushing over to ward sir. south australia. you go to wet weather continues in new south wales and we could even say some showers running back into bruce. but i'm afraid lodge, you try and find me while for new zealand, it is set fair here over the next couple of days, set fare to for some parts of japan over the next day or so. got some big shower. so when 3 of the times pushing into northern parts of japan as we go on for a wednesday into thursday and slowly filtering out, ah,

a quarters retreat in a brutal civil war. if a commodore hadn't been there, the israeli invasion would not have been so well reported. the commodore had become journalistic center. you could build a safe enclave and then you went out into civil war. i started off leaving this while the grand suite at the commodore hotel. the next room i was in was underground, the tiny prison, so as a hostage, a route the commodore war hotels on al jazeera lou. ah, and one of the top stories here now g 0, russian forces are closing in on ukraine's capital cave and have attacked the

cities tv tower, killing at least 5 people. satellite pictures show a convoy of armored vehicles and artillery estimated to be more than 60 kilometers long, just north of keith shelling of ukraine, the 2nd largest city hockey. if as continued into the night earlier, russian forces bombed the city center. the mass, as dozens were killed and ukraine's president residents, gators had a standing ovation that the european parliament, after addressing them from keith, made an impassioned plea to the e. u. to prove its support. one day after prime to join the block was russia's war and ukraine. rage is on you as president joe biden is preparing to give his 1st official state of the union address or for a joint session of congress or white house correspondent, kimberly hell get joins us live and kimberly moves, presumably ukraine is, is in amongst that speech. it's going to factor heavily in the speech. we know

that now given the fact that we have seen some of the excerpts, we understand that as well. the 1st lady, dr. jill biden will be hosting the ukrainian ambassador as one of her 8 gas that will be washing and attending the speech in person. according to some of the excerpts that we've seen thus far, the years president is expected to tell the american people that the invasion of ukraine was both premeditated and unprovoked. he will go on to say that when dictators do not pay a price for aggression, they cause more chaos. and the threats to the world will keep rising. and the reason the president is going to talk about this to the american public is that this is a conflict that is still largely and popular in the us as the war weary american public after generation of war in iraq and afghanistan. so the u. s. president is going to explain what the american role is in this conflict he believes and why he

believes democracy will prevail. but there will be a heavy emphasis on domestic issues as well. the u. s. president will lay out his plan to fight inflation, which has been a problem for americans, especially as they turned the corner from covey, 19 and economic recovery. he says that he will, according to this speech and the excerpts that we've seen so far, his plan will be to lower cost, to make more and america, and to essentially rely less on the for in supply chain. in other words, boost manufacturing in the united states. was a big problem for joe biden has been with much of his 1st year in office. many of his agenda items have been overshadowed by coded now as the conflict in ukraine. and that's really what has been the challenge for this president, not just his 1st year, but also as he delivers the state of the union speech. kimberly, how can thank you very much indeed. and you watch president by the state of the

union address live on our 0 at o 200 g m t. apple says it's pausing old product sales in russia and has limited payment services. is also joined other major tech companies and limiting russian state media to stop the spread of disinformation. google has removed media outlets including r t from it's news related features, a search john described move as an extraordinary measure to disrupt this information campaigns, online. facebook owner matter and youtube, but also dropped sputnik and r t from their platforms across europe. and apple says apps for both organizations won't be available outside russia. the world court says it will hold hearings next week on whether to order provisional measures in legal action. brought by ukraine against russia. the lawsuit argues that russia's claim that it invaded ukraine to prevent a genocide is false. while it's united nations,

highest court and rulings are binding states including russia, have ignored them in the past. this very same how many ukrainians who remained in their homes. i say they're confused and scad, stephanie decker as well. ah, enough enough, she pleads in motion, who do the kremlin says its forces are only targeting military installations. but in war, there are no such clear lines. this is the result of russian shelling on the region of done yet. homes have been destroyed. all. it's freezing. nothing make sense. but if you will not nucleus process much more ducky, why is nobody saving us? why is it like he have city district is cursed. everything has been abandoned here . they were firing at us, but we didn't hear a single shot in that direction. who is protecting us yet because we vladimir putin is war, has entered homes and turned lives upside down. this maternity ward has been moved

to a bomb shelter in the city of khaki, but has come under heavy attack. for these new mothers, these are uncertain and terrifying times west of the capital. keep what was once an ordinary part of daily life is no more life has come to a standstill in many parts of the country. many here speak russian have ties to russia. but this war has now become deeply personal. kaiser worker, you know, kind of what it was. it, i do want to speak russian simply because prudent speaks russian. i live here and my mother is russian, where you and we used to speak in russian all the time. we studied here, and after this, after putin attacked us, i deliberately switched to ukrainian. i will speak only you credit, whatever it takes up a book roy, when a deep thought this war is now almost into a full week with most people here wondering what is it all for?

stephanie decker, i'll g 0 in poland. there's been an outpouring of health for refugees arriving from ukraine. many who have managed across the border. her found shelter with polish families, and some volunteers are crossing into ukraine to bring food and blankets to those still stuck on the other side. step awesome traveled with them. for years, it's rush hour at the local community center in lou batch of 15 kilometers from the border with ukraine. and that note that cut back is a retired russian language teacher and is collecting goods donated by people from all over europe. thought i am, who is michelle. we are helping people on the other side of the border. the ones who stayed behind who can't leave yesterday were witness an incident when a disabled boy was not allowed to leap ukraine because he was over 18,

he and his family were forced to turn back. i could not bear to watch it, but we have to help many of the goods are meant for the ukrainian army. so they both queer monotony. i am, we are packing plastic, laid for the army on the other side of the border because they have a lack of everything. we are sending food bread, everything that is easy to prepare or since russia invaded ukraine, danita has been driving across the border. every day. tuckers are numbered, not one of our driver took a family of 9 people to his house. we are old crying with them when we saw the tragedy. the children were so weak and the mothers were passing out, crossing the borders always tricky, but the women say that to, to day they have a lucky day because the border guard is some one they know, and it's going to be hopefully much easier to bring their the goods in for them,

so i am going to cray, they handle just cross the border most refugees came from the region near the ukrainian capital key of that came on the heavier tech in the past days when with i can also go for the also that i did was her in so i my husband drove us to the border. we left on february 26th and we travelled for 2 days and we stayed at the board of for 2 days. my husband then went back to fight and i am extremely worried about him. the situation was very unpleasant. we heard very loud explosions. that is why i am here. despite the continuous stream of people trying to leave border guards, jack every car thoroughly. people eagerly waiting until the gate to safety will open in front of them. only a few more meters and there outside of ukraine, traveling for 4 days, some of them and are mixed emotions. they're grateful that they finally get to safety. but very,

very worried about what they're leaving behind that notice as we leave to find a less geotech situation that in the past few days for the diary service they are not giving up it's heart. this woman has travelled for 4 days, but she does not need to stay long on the border because i q is shorter done before . people seem less exhausted this time. i am not crying as you can see. mamma de new thus mission has been accomplished for now, but she will return with more goods. as long as rush us missiles and rockets forced people out of ukraine. steadfast and at the bottom, each border in eastern poland. nigeria is planning to evacuate more than $1500.00 of its citizens, suv managed to flee ukraine. charter flights are due to start on wednesday from poland, romania and hungary. the african union has expressed concern at reports of the mistreatment of africans trying to escape. i'm in the dream reports from nigeria capital

a merger with no let up to russia's air and land bombardment of ukraine. nationals from other countries are trying to escape among the thousands desperate to leave and heading to train and must engines on nigerians most our students. but there are hundreds who call ukraine. they're like sandia de elijah, who arrived as a 19 year old when the country was under soviet rule. i leave on that bombardment, armando ovary. so we took over a germ as sometimes we drive sometimes where i'm so basil walks of that, why did they skip to bobbins? and i thank god who able to move to a safe place not totally for the and yet. so i cannot give you my location. others like him, want to wait a few days or weeks before they decide whether to leave ukraine prominently. but many african say when they arrive at the border with holland, the gods are discriminating against cornell. i'm just morton anger as doug

tinkin awkward as tis didn't do it all. approaching dead, norma, nigerian officials say they have taken up that with ukraine. the official government position is that every fine otherwise to leave should be allowed to leave immediately without any harassment or whatever. so, you know, and then we're in touch with the polish authorities also ah, regarding some of the treatments on that side across a body. romania, nigeria embassy officials have received hundreds of the expect. hundreds more. i head of the fust evacuation flight due on wednesday. the heat come in. oh, you know, by the minute in buses of about 403050, some entering. so we're, we're making every arrangement just trying to see. and then it's also important

because we're also able to mobilize our contacts and friends and people are so willing and open to help our support. the refugees here are, you know, general families are mountain pressure on government officials to expedite action on the right. you waiting. all my jurors are threatening. officials estimate some southern pals and i just live and walk in ukraine. but some figures suggest that the number could be much higher. what does washing clothes bear down on major ukrainian cities? there are concerns here, but not all maybe coming home soon. i'm a degrees al jazeera, boucher ledger us in 30 other countries are releasing 60000000 barrels of oil from their strategic reserves to try to stabilize the global energy markets process. arising of the fears that oil supplies russia, one of the world's top producers, we disrupted in south africa, people are rushing to stalk up on fuel in case prices rise even more. from the

miller report, the escalating crisis between russia and ukraine has led to a search and the price of crude oil for south africans 2 half months see the price of petrol rise. these developments mean yet a mother significant increase the cost of petrol. people here, a rushing to fill their tanks before the price increase takes effect by the better price for less money that people will have in their pocket. the less money people have on the pocket, the less money they have to pay for their utilities and other expenditure. as you know that things are tough, these past few years, think in tough for everybody. know that the patrol is going up and things are going up even when there are concerns. the prices will lead. so a drop in the supply of crude oil and that sanctions on russia by the united states and the u. k. will contribute to the price i. now these of african government says opec and non opec members were still not meeting production targets, which has led to lower supplies of crude oil and an increase in prices. and for now,

the strength of the south african rant is cushioning, even steeper increases in the price of headphones. i'm a huge cloud of ashes sweeping over southern paraguay. the smoke area is thought to be hundreds of meters tall and several kilometers wide. storms have been blowing across debris from wildfires basing in neighboring argentina. at one point the ash cloud covered paraguayan capital s was young in a thick haze. residence had been worn to stay inside to avoid breathing in the smoke. ah, and one of the top stories on how to 0 russian forces are closing in on ukraine's capital cave. they've attacked the cities, tv town, killing at least 5 people. russia has warned residents to flee their homes. satellite pictures are also shown a convoy of armored vehicles and artillery estimated to be more than 60 kilometers

long, just north of keith, rob.