crane and russia as events unfold, stay with us for the latest news and analysis for moscow. on al jazeera, ah, ah, 8 days encountering the destruction laid bare in russia's bombardment of ukraine. ah, good morning from joe hobbin. i'm come all santa maria with the world news from al jazeera, her meal united fronts against russia's invasion at the un. while it's foreign minister tells onto the or the war is justified. because of no prohibition is clear to disarm ukraine and not deploy or manufacture any weapons

that threatened russia, security taking matters into their own hands. meanwhile, we speak to some ukrainians abroad, have been mobilizing to help their families back home, and also the dwindling source of information how russian journalists have been told to tow the government line. however, and more than a 1000000 refugees have now flayed the fighting in ukraine. 8 days after russia invaded its neighbor, the united nation says it could become the biggest refugee crisis this century. and this is what they're escaping. the area is shaded in red, now controlled by russia and that's allied separatist fight. as you look in the south rushes taken control. now of course on a port city on the black sea, the mayor of another port city, mario paul is reporting mass casualties south to what he describe is 15 hours of continuous bombardment by russian forces. let's bring it together without

a haul. he's reporting from the v fat near the border with poland. as we say, the 8th day of this gena, what is the latest military situation? well, an update for you on the situation in the south around that port city on the black sea song, which we have been reporting had been taken by the russians on wednesday becoming their 1st major city, significant city to be captured in the war so far that had been some doubt, some doubt as to the rest of those reports. it was very clear that rush, norma and russian soldiers were in the city, but the local administration said they were holding out sterling negotiations. well, an update on that from the mayor of san who says that russian troops over night force their way to the local council building. he said there are no ukrainian forces inside that city. they are dangerous, he said of the russians. i made no promises to them. i have no promises to make. i

just asked them not to shoot people. and the russians reportedly immediately imposed controls at night time. few controls on vehicles moving in and out of the city. so that's in the south that up in the capital cave for large explosions reported in the early hours of this morning. we await damage reports on those. but suggestions that 2 of them were in the center, 2 of them close to a metro station as well. and overnight, a rocket was fine, that landed very, very close to the central train station just as hundreds, thousands, even a scrambling for the exit. so attacks bearing down on the city, growing ever closer to the heart of the capital cave. some suggestions of a tax overnight as wedding concave in the east. i don't, frankly, have reports to bad credit reports to back that up, or any suggestions yet of casualties or damage, but as you right,

they said they're all of this adding to a never swift refugee exits you and hcr the u. n. refugee body saying a 1000000 people have now fled in what they're describing as the swiftest refugee exit exit exodus to occur this century so far. okay, thanks john. we'll leave it there for now. talk to you again later. john hall is in the v for large explosions have shaken the central kiva overnight. meanwhile, one missiles strike landed near the capitol, southern railway station, ukrainian railway services. thousands of women and children were being taken from the station at the time of that missile strike. lavoy under simmons wraps up all the other developments across ukraine. one of so many towns and cities under relentless attack. and in hawk, he, it's even worse here. the cities military airfield is destroyed. it's the start of another round of terror for ukraine's 2nd city. it's forces,

again trying to defend themselves and their civilians. russian power troopers are reported to be in the outskirts of the city, fighting with ukrainian soldiers in the capital keys, the aftermath of a missile attack on the cities, television tower. doesn't zimmer zane looting it is beyond humanity. this rocky strike proves that. for many motions, our cave is absolutely foreign to them. they don't know a thing about our capital of about our history, but they all have orders to erase our history arrays. our country a raises all wednesday saw a lull in the fighting, and many families took the opportunity to make their escape. some of them getting to the outskirts by foot and finding bridges destroyed by ukrainian forces to hold back russian advances were okay. so of we should with, with you, the enemy is pulling its troops close to the capital we, we are getting ready,

and we will defend our city. in the south, the russians are now claiming they've taken their 1st ukrainian city since the fighting began. it's the black sea port of her song. in the city of anna holder, residents blocked the road to europe's largest nuclear power station in a stand off with the russian forces overhead near moody. so as it was obviously the nuclear part is under secure protection of the workers and people are standing under ukrainian flags. nobody's going to surrender the city out. people are totally determined its a determination shared by so many civilians. every day, the war effort gets bigger, small companies run across ukraine, trying to do their bit to help this company is attempting to use steel beams to good effect for they work all hours, making defences that date back to the 1st will war. the so called tank hedgehogs,

there are determined efforts by those fighting and those helping. but is it enough to avoid defeat? andrew simmons al jazeera levine. let's focus more on east and ukraine now where russian forces and separate and say the port city of mario paul is surrounded and there are reports of heavy casualties. child stratford is monitoring developments different any pro some worry, the terrifying accounts that we're hearing from people trying to get out of mario full. we've been speaking to drivers and members of a convoy put together by the greek console. the. the greeks surprisingly have a community in merrill pal, and the council tried to put together a convoy to get civilians out and they're describing horrifically strong and terrifying. fighting inside mariel pal, the seasoning they are describing bridges,

at least one bridge that has been destroyed. they're unable to confirm who destroyed the bridge, and they say that there is this, this, this terrifying effort to try and get civilians out of the cities, marable, of course, of huge strategic importance. a naval port city on the see of as off and somewhere where we had always suspected. and military analysts had said that there would be a big fight because of the amount of ukrainian military and ukrainian paramilitaries in that city. a city that was very proud of having pushed separatists back out of it in 2014. the reason that that city is so important for the russians. so analysts say is because if they were to take control of it, it would give them a land corridor from the east, further east, where the separatists have been in control for, for 78, not i, on 8 years now. and northern crimea. and we know that the russians have been

suffering terribly with respect to water resources on in, in crimea what resources that have been taken controllable were taking control of by the ukrainians in 2014. we also hear of terrible shelling and mass casualties around the town of volney vaca. that is also north of mary opal. and we understand that there had been an attempt earlier in the day to try and organize some sort of corridor. so civilians could get out and we've heard nothing since collins prime ministers visited a reception center near the ukrainian border to see the refugee crisis 1st hand. his government has been a long standing critic of the kremlin and is dealing with the largest influx of people escaping this war. but some volunteers are actually crossing the other way back into ukraine to provide humanitarian relief. zane buster abbey has more now from lynn in easton, pope in

a medieval town in poland. a few hours drive from ukraine. in the courtyard of an old church. volunteers from all over europe are preparing aid convoys bound for the border less than a week into the russian invasion. this spontaneous effort aims to help displaced and desperate people in sight. you crave on you my own eat they dont have anything . i'm just, they don't have anything to eat anywhere to sleep, nothing to fight. well. volunteers are working against the fox to pack and drive as much aid into the country as they can organize is worried. belushi and forces allied with russia could soon block their supply line. this effort is the beginning of something bigger boys. the polish government plans to use loveland as a hub, free communitarian personnel, 8 flights and convoys to ukraine. or science point to

a protracted crisis in western europe. marino's ukranian living in germany in less than a week, her home was invaded. she was cut off from a family by war. and her middle aged father was drafted into the ukrainian army. he has a rifle, but she's worried that he has no body armor when diseased. mamma, papa, when you see that mom or dad are calling you don't know if they are calling just to ask how i feel or to give the news that someone is that or maybe they are calling for the last time. for now, her focus is to organize a convoy from her home in germany, to her homeland in ukraine. and i'm also proud to be treated as you should be very proud laid into the night donations of warm clothes, food, water, diapers, toys, everything, keep coming but ukrainians were fighting, need urgent, military support. and people like andree are taking matters into their own hands.

his chorus pack tight with walkie talkies flak jackets by now killers all paid for by crowdsourcing on social media. he is perhaps the face of a burden. ukrainian resistance. metal plate from young would be influences who see themselves fighting the army of a cold war hawk. actually came from when we met him. he and his friend were driving to the border to cross into ukraine. of course i'm to, i'm scared because they can guy. yeah. but my feeling is that the who jim will not die, but he will not be a brenman for sure. the ship because his he just started the big war. and i don't believe that people in the russian federation who they are in his site. yeah. we've met a growing number of ukrainians living abroad. extremely motivated, they say,

to go back and fight russians despite all odds. they are not part of a for an army. are fighting for some political cause. they are fighting for their homes and families for, for speaking. and andries journey is made more personal because his wife and daughter live in kid. yeah. my good either. and that yeah, it's my daughter. i'm coming to you to save your life season, ordinary ukrainians. an extraordinary circumstances are all driving east, hoping to find their way home. zane basra, the oldest era, lubin, poland. our coverage continues in a moment, bracing for a russian assault. we look at daily life or thousands of people taking shelter in the pro, in east, in ukraine. in the russian business, when roman abraham, which confirms he is selling the london football club,

chelsea after demands for him to the centre ah hello the weather, sloshy dry and quiet for central parts. if you have a nice big area of high pressure here. so good deal of sunshine light winds, pleasant spring, sunshine coming through, but to either side of that we have got some disturb whether area of low pressure bring you some wet weather into western parts of europe. another one ganging up behind. that'll tell it increasingly wet here all the way from the british isles, yard and vall and all the way down into spain and portugal. other side of our hi, we got some nasty weather there just around the black. say that is bringing some wintry weather in some heavy snow there into turkey, swirling round into ukraine, just to celsius for key. and that's, they're becoming a little more widespread as we go one through friday, sliding

a little further southward. so some pretty unpleasant conditions here. this is where the pleasant sunshine is. temperature is around 567 degrees celsius. and oh, great water. but in light winds, not feeling too bad at all. and as that wet weather by began to r. hi, it does, we can. but we have got some clouded rain for england, pushing down into france, down into spain and portugal, as we go one through friday. northern parts of africa could catch a shower or 2 of course, with those systems close by. little bit of damp weather towards that eastern side of the mediterranean, and some wet weather to in 2 parts of west africa, all the way to liberia. ah. a reporter's retreat in a brutal civil war. if a commodore hadn't been that, the israel invasion would not have been so lonely. the commodore had become a journalist thinkcentre. you could be in 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 in a tiny prison, so as a hostage, a route the commodore wall hotels on al jazeera lou. ah, without 0 and these are the top stories. this our, the, you and refugee agency says more than a 1000000 people have fled ukraine since russia's invasion began a week ago. the fastest exodus of people this century most have had at west, into poland and hungary for large explosions of shaking central. keep overnight, a wreck, a rocket strike landed near the capital southern railway station. thousands of civilians were in sign trying to leave the city. and the mayor of mario paul is

reporting mass casualties. he is described 15 hours of bombardment by russian forces who are surrounding the eastern port city. and there are similar reports from of heath in the northeast. now, speaking exclusively to al jazeera, russia's foreign minister has that his country has always worked hard with the west to avoid the risk of a nuclear war. sir, guy, lab rav was ost, though, if the world has reached the edge of an abyss with another spot, a suit, but his doom to bowden, the oldest gazelle still useful, been we? you should direct that question to president biden. he's the one who said, if we do not go the way of sanctions, the alternative can only be the 3rd world war. but it is a veteran politician regardless of our position on what the united states does on the international stage. biden. and president putin in june of last summer and geneva consistently confirmed the declaration of the leaders of the united states and the soviet union in the 1980s that there could be no victor in nuclear war. therefore, it should never flare up. in january of this year,

the leaders of the 5 permanent members of the security council signed a similar joint declaration of study in the most likely the old instinct is still alive in the minds of our western partners that they do not rule out such a possibility. despite the public affirmation of the position of the 5 permanent members of the security council doing international criminal courts, chief prosecutor says an investigation and to possible war crimes and ukraine will start immediately. investigation is back 2040 countries including e. u. member states of the u. k. australia and canada. i see the prosecutor carrion cons as there is reasonable basis to believe what crimes have been committed. and the un general assembly is approved a resolution that quote deplores russia's ukraine invasion while demanding an immediate halt to the attack. is the 1st emergency session since 1997 from the you and kristen salumi has more ukraine came to the general assembly, arguing that russian aggression is a violation of the un charter as well as

a deadly existential threat. they have come to the ukranian soil, not only to kill some of us, not only to saved our cause and priorities. they have come to deprive ukraine of the very right to exist. here russia has no veto power, just the power to make its case even in the face of enormous opposition was i'm a gunner, you was of your refusal to support today's draft. resolution is a vote for a peaceful ukraine. free from radicalism and neo nazi. as i mean, you're not seasonal. in the end, only 4 member states cited with the russians. 141 voting in favor of the resolution deploring the military operation. today the world has spoken with a clear united voice. together, the vast majority of the world has condemn russia's unprovoked unjustified unconscionable war. we have deplored beller roche for allowing its territory to be

used to facilitate this aggression. 35 countries abstain from voting among them, china, india, and south africa. that a solution that you can see that to d does not create an environment conducive for diplomacy, dialogue, and mediation. however, the united arab emirates, which had abstained on a similar resolution and the security council, came out in favor. right now we recognized that this resolution adopted here today is a necessary signal of where we, we need to be going, resigning ourselves to a cycle of perpetual violence. and sanctions that only adds to the suffering of civilians diminishes us all. under international law, matters of peace and security are the purview of the security council. but the counsel invoked to rarely used provision of the un charter to get around the russian veto and call for the special emergency session of the general assembly.

it's outcome according to sponsors shows russia's isolation on the international stage. kristin salumi al jazeera, the united nations, and parts of the east controlled by ukrainian forces. some families have made temporary huns in bomb shelters, hot abdul hamid as their stories from the city of ne pro in a quiet corner outside the barracks. the joy of family of united, even though is just for a few minutes. a chilled timothy carrying prosthetic spare parts where his father likes to be called sailor. low by the mark brushing one sailor lost his left leg. 2 years ago when he was in the ukrainian marines, he rejoined the army a few days ago. seamless. he is not fully aware of the scale of the russian onslaught because his mother doesn't let him watch the news. let him feel

comfortable at 1st. freshly sleeping in the corridor, but i'm getting used to it. school stock. so now i spend my days in the quarter door, nothing watching videos on the phone and read and books sometimes. but today we will go to help the volunteers, civilians from all walks of life are pitching in supporting soldiers like timothy, east father, and providing assistance. the ukrainians, fleeing cognitive or southern ukraine. the volunteers are frantic as they grasped the enormity of the russian assault on their country. among them natania, she usually manages a shoe company, but is now putting together kits containing basic necessities or the broker heroes at the idea that people need everything. close hygiene, good shaving kids, toothpaste and tooth brushes. they're coming here without anything. their homes are destroyed. so all they have is the clothes they're wearing. denise pro has so far remain safe, but this city is bracing itself. public shelters are being prepared all over the

city. this is the underground of a movie theater that was built in the 1950s when ukraine was part of the soviet union and already then, it was designated as a bomb shelter. during that told want era, this stated threat was from western powers. it's stuffy with po ventilation, but it will have to do this. it is under night curfew. silly tells me is to prevent the possibility of russian agents carrying out acts of subversion. and despite his handicap, he says he will fight to the bitter end. he believes russia's ambitions all far greater than ukraine. lovely with withdraw. yeah. if you look at history starting from trans mystery in moldova, georgia and then dumbass. he is protecting his borders with the help of the so called self proclaimed republics. i have to protect my home and my family because people like me have little chance to survive in the case of a russian invasion here. many did he pro,

wondering what president vladimir putin se plans offered a city with the russian army advancing from the south and north mainly believed the quite they have now. could soon be broken up that hamid al jazeera denny pro in eastern ukraine. right, let's look at the military situation now. fabri spot, the aides with us chief strategy officer rasmussen, global in brussels. febreeze, thank you for your time. i know you had some technical problems getting connected to you, sarah, thank you for your patience. look, the military situation that moment is that, and this is just my observation is that the areas are being hit, particularly with missiles strikes, but the actual movement on the ground seems to have stalled away. but particularly that convoy which we looked at a few days ago. that is that accurate when he sees it, since this is the case and it's been the case for, for the last few days. it seems so so that each of the nation of factors,

one is basically a poorly plan. long tail by the russian forces where they are running out of fuel, even out of food, and therefore they cannot sustain long. a lot of heavy artillery and heavy gear are moving from ukraine, but i think it's a result of some of the ukraine forces attacks by a drones and also in the tank weapons which i've also how to kind of store the be these kind of what essentially use a dash movie to watch. yeah. if you know the to be seen to see, but that's, that's apparent stalling by the russian military. i mean, that's quite significant in and of itself a huge army which has been prepared for this battle for some time. those 100000 troops are on the border for months beforehand and then 8 days into a conflict,

they find themselves in trouble. i think we will, we will discover more elements to that later. because now we are still in the photo war and we have to do before. so lot of this information, but it is that the plan was for some pretty quick shock and or. busy and, and something similar to what we're seeing, the 20142015 the crimea with mostly special for susan paratroopers came strategy sides and basically behaving politically, ukraine. that was what we've seen over during the weekend. and that clearly failed . so now they have to go for a convention that scenario of, of basic movie heavy activities and ground forces from the territory. and it's a very last territory and the cities to be the last call they start. yes,

by you call. especially this time if i the millions of inhabitants. so it requires really a quantity that requires a base say you're screaming and clearly that's how you're spending was not really properly done before. let's talk about ukraine and then as you pointed out, the fight back, which they have shown has been strong and probably surprised a lot of people to what extent are they armed by the west? now, you know, because the west and nato talk about all the support they're going to give. i'm wondering if there are ways in or how much of that is actually got through to them yet. and, or if i've still got more firepower to come? well, it seems that indeed they are getting some of the law by type of weapons, especially entity weapons, which they have already had some, some major countries we're supplying before the war. but that that pace is accelerated over the last few days. the extent to which they are getting

sufficient. i think this is to be question and probably we called for nato countries to provide much more and much more quickly than the next question. which was something quite quite important announced by the european union over the last 2 days is whether some nato countries are going to provide some, some fighter jets. because what, what the reality is, is the ukraine forces have costly lost the control of their, their, their, the air controllers against the russian air force. and i think the real question is we can provide those, or a russian b as a fight subject to the ukraine. or to kind of re stablish at least a balance and for them to be able to test the control of the russian air forces. ok, so just quickly, in the meantime, would you expect things to stay as they are sort of targeted bombardment of cities

where the russian troops are close already. and i just, i try to lock those ones down as much as possible, like they've done in 1st on it's hard to predict the reality keys the ukrainians and not just the post population, not putting in a real strong resistance. and therefore, there's going to be a kind of moment of recall me for proteins that strategy, which is, if he really wants to take over the whole country, he would have to be feed the p c piece. and he would, he would have to stop going after city and infrastructure out the civilians themselves. and this is where you are in a more of a general side and mass crime than what we see now. right? this will trigger the moral threshold among the west. ok. thank you for your time and your expertise today. puppy a, talking about treat strategy. just one final little story i'd like to bring you an

update this our, that athletes from russia and beller is, have now been banned from the winter paralympic games because of the crisis in ukraine. this is 24 hours after an initial decision which did allow them to compete . as usual comparison international paralympic committee also stated it will hold no events in russia or bella reese until further notice. as an experiment, begin engaging on friday. ok, all right, that's take you through all the development out of ukraine. this are the you in refugee agency festival says more than a 1000000 people are fled to ukraine and rushes invasion began to. we could go to foss, this exodus of people this century. most of headed west into poland and hungary, the mayor of mario paul is reporting mass casualties after what he describes is 15 hours of bombardment by russian forces who are surrounding the east and port city. there are similar reports from khaki in the northeast.