we made our 1st key when those birds will join 14 other key we released in the locked b mom. it's a bottom step in saving while k, which were almost walked out across this region 2 decades ago. ah, russian attacks intensify north of the ukrainian capital. keith, as president putin says his military operation is going to plan. a relentless barrage of russian shelling on the port city of mario poll results in mass casualties and cuts off tens of thousands of people from water and electricity. ah, hello barbara samara, you're watching al jazeera life from london, also coming up, delegates from ukraine and russia meet again in bella. ruth sand the agree on

setting up humanitarian corridors for civilians to escape. this says the un says 1000000 people have already fled the country in this sentries fast this exodus russian and ukrainian officials say that they've agreed to create humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians. as the war in ukraine enters its 2nd week, negotiations were held in bella. ruth, several ukrainian cities continued to come under heavy bombardment. russian president vladimir putin says his military operation is going to plan with reports of mass casualties in the southern city of matthew polt officials. they're say the cities, water and power supplies have been cut off and food is running out. but the ukranian president says his defense lines are holding around the capital. keith and us

intelligence shows russian forces are largely stalled across the north. where here is the situation on the ground areas shaded and red are controlled by russia and allied separatists. moscow has made advances in the south and is encircled the major ukrainian cities. and in the past, our russian forces have opened fire in the town of an air go that in the southeast . it's owned to europe's largest nuclear power plant, with the russians is said to be trying to seize control of the facility. john hall begins our coverage now from levine in western ukraine. the major ukrainian cities are surrounded and under constant attack. this chair need a city of textile factories, churches and monasteries. its greatest misfortune to lie on the root of russia's advance from the north. on a daily basis now,

her keys in the east wakes to scenes of devastation and a fast rising civilian death. ho lou, what put in is doing this is a war crime committed against the real in the course. you this city of one and a half 1000000 people, most ethnic russians is being torn apart by russian forces for no reason. other than that, it exists just across the border from russia. in ukraine was a good day for year. and in the far south ukraine's biggest port, odessa, he's under threat to here. frantic efforts have been underway for days to build defenses against a possible beach landing multiple vessels belonging to russia's black sea fleet. hover on the horizon, including landing ships and support craft,

were ukraine's military is very much still in this fight, reinforced by supplies of weapons from abroad. they've been able to apply real pressure to the russian advance, slowing the progress of a vast column of artillery and soldiers heading for the capital cave. along its route, once sleepy commuter towns lie in ruins, a foretaste of what may be in store for keep the apparent aim to encircle the city and besiege it. from his bunker under heavy guard, president followed him at zelinski wages, a relentless communications campaign, rallying resistance, and calling in foreign support. yavari is brought said, wi fi. we have been seen this for a long time that ukraine is seeking for protections for our home soil and our own people by such protections have not been provided. european countries assist us

with the wage of migration. however, we should discuss the guarantees that are required to protect our country, our home soil, and our people. a 2nd round of talks on thursday between russia and ukraine at a location on the border with bell roofs came with low expectations of a breakthrough, but a slim glimmer of hope that their taking place at all. the ukrainian government, meanwhile, has called for humanitarian corridors to be set up. and here in the western city of the leave, volunteers are hard at work processing a donations medicines, clothes, food, and other essentials for distribution across the country. there is a humanitarian crisis erupting on multiple fronts, not just the internally displaced, who've left everything behind in a scramble for safety across the country's borders as more than a 1000000 have done since the invasion began,

but also huge populations in urban centers trap. terrified and desperate for health . civilian morale will vary now in a population increasingly terrorized. there'll be desperation in some places, determination, in others. oh, the spontaneous rendition of the national anthem at that age station in vive it is becoming ever clearer that the struggle is not just for personal survival, but for the survival of the nation as a whole. joe l 20. who dave? or we can speak to andrew simmons now who is live for us in the viva. and we were just hearing there from jonah painting the desperate situation for millions of people in ukraine. tell us a little bit more about this agreement, the russians ukrainians have come to when it comes to humanitarian corridors. what, what do we actually know?

we know this, that there is an agreement. its details are apparently pretty fresh, but there are so many possible question marks about how such corridors are implemented. but have to add that this is better than expected. some had thought the would be a break up in these talks and there have been suggestions that the were further apart than ever before. will they all essentially, in terms of any possible agreement on the conflicts, but on the issue of humanitarian need, which is absolutely desperate, as you saw in jonah's report, there is this tacit agreement and it goes like this. they agree that they will form humanitarian codle's russians in the ukrainians in essentially a complex and difficult circumstances. and they will have some form of ceasefire. a

localized sees far on each of the corridors in involved when they are actually going through with the process of getting civilians out. now all of this sounds quite tenuous because it is a year when you look at the number of crisis points right across this vast country with 40000000 population. there is really a question mark as to how you can do it without an honest broker law. the united nations engaged, but there is a will to do it. how it will process was, is, is anybody's guess really. but yes, the agreement is there and the talks are going on. that will be further talks. but in terms of common ground, there isn't any. yeah, that certainly is what seems to be coming out. but listen, obviously the humanitarian corridors are needed because millions of people are trying to escape because the fighting is intensifying. what is the latest on the

fighting? will everything i say from now on will be a qualification for humanitarian corridor, and you'll get the idea as i continue through it. how complex the issue will be. let's look 1st of all as an a good are, which is in the south, the southeast, which is a town that houses a city. the houses should i say, the largest nuclear power plant in york. and they're fighting over it. there's a serious fight going on, right. now between ukrainian military and russian armor that there is report the tanks are involved, but that's not necessarily the case that's often miss transcribe the certainly armored vehicles involved and the fight is ongoing. now, on wednesday, there was a, a large group of civilian fighters who confronted the russians when they tried to

take the power plant. they stood in the way of the armor and they, they pat ukrainian flags and said no way, no. how can the russians go any further? they allow the russians to take photographs of the plant. but the men were insisting that the situation was so critical that they had to keep their own technicians at their own experts within the plant to try and protect it. anyway, there is now a danger that that city could fall, the russians are pushing fords on its nearby, not that near by, but a 100 kilometers or so. her song has fallen. this is a city that is a black sea port that's fallen that there was an a counter attack, but that failed. and now we're moving on there with the 1st city that is occupied another chapter in this horrendous crisis. another challenge for all involved as to how the russians will, will bring an ordinary life or some normality to life will try and get ukrainians

to calm down. highly unusual. will this be a situation where occupation could develop or will there be continual fighting? moving on from there in a separate cea, which is that the, the region there is more fighting in many, many cities and also in, in mary apo there, there is a massive siege going on. it's almost bed evil with food, water, and, and, and fuel. absent, nobody can get near any supplies, it would seem. and there, well as a humanitarian crisis of the 1st order, definitely some sort of coward or needed there. and as far as the rest is concerned, you know, it is desperate, absolutely desperate, particularly in hockey, where it's being compared by a presidential official as being really another stalingrad. as you say,

a truly desperate situation being painted there. andrew simmons with the latest there from live even western ukraine, and to thank you were russian president vladimir putin has spoken in the past few while were saying that he firmly believes in a unified ukraine and russia. in televised comments, putin made a series of allegations against ukrainian forces, for which he did not provide evidence, including that they were holding foreign citizens hostage and using human shields. lucy, william, let me show you that keith, how they treat, thrown people using them. as human shields are captured, men say in dom bass and donut ski. they put civilians in the middle level of blocks of flats and the lower level. they put tanks and canons on the roofs. they put snipers at ojo, only fascists are fighting like this, inhumanely treating civilians while soviet soldiers are fighting decently and with dignity. again, not our soldiers are doing their best to fat losses among civilians. unfortunately,

don't we have had losses. we many soldiers have fallen and given their lives for the security of our people and of russia. selina, the statement there by the russian president wil door said jabari has more from moscow. this was another emergency session with a his security council which is made up of high levels of ministers and officials that he trusts. and he said that basically that the military operation in ukraine was going according to plan and that so they were achieving alder objectives. he also announced for the 1st time that there would be financial compensation to the families of the soldiers that have died in the line of duty and also those that have been injured. we understand that that's the, from the defense ministry for the 1st sunday, announce some numbers about the number of f fatalities and a injured of russian troops in ukraine. according to the russian defense of history, about 500 soldiers that have died and about 1600 are injured. those are their

numbers of corsi. craning officials have very different figures, saying that a nearly 5000 russian soldiers have been killed. the president said that he was really grateful for the service of the military personnel and they were fighting for a cause and to protect their country. now he also spoke with the french president ammonia micron. just a short while ago, the call was apparently at the request of the russian president, and it last said 90 minutes during which the 2 men discussed the ongoing situation in ukraine and the ellie's a palace released the statement saying that the french president was very concerned and he believed that things are going to get much worse. while the city of huck, he was one of russia's 1st targets. but despite heavy shelling and its proximity to the russian border, it remains under ukrainian control. while many of the cities, 1500000 people have fled, those who remain of face life under the constant threat of shelling. charles

stratford 0 stratford reports from a jak or leave cut in eastern ukraine. and his report thus contains some graphic images. maxine was at home with his girlfriend when the shells started crashing into his village, shrapnel ripped through his arm and face no yoke. it happened so quickly the explosions, i heard something flying over us. i was covered up to my waist and rubble and something started burning. i tried to free myself, then i tried to get my girlfriend. i was so weak. i couldn't pull her out. emergency services rescued, maxim's girlfriend, she's suffering heavy concussion and is too weak to talk. the bodies of 3 civilians lie in the morgue. a woman died in the operating theatre as doctors tried to save her life. this woman who was afraid to talk on camera, says russian soldiers let her family escape. but as they drove away a bullet ripped through her husband's hand, oh,

well not. why did they tell us everything would be okay. why wasn't there an evacuation? she says we drive to the village is the sound of shelling and machine gun fire in the distance. the shells had slammed into houses on the side of this hill. piles of rubble lined the street. at least 30 homes were destroyed. heavy russian shelling of this village last night at least 3 people were killed. a number of others injured. we understand that there are people still in the village. or we've just heard shilling in the distance and machine gun far in the forest on the way. thousands of cars, many of them filled with terrified families, fleece south from clark, if many of the cause of a sign reading children on the windscreen. desperate attempt to protect those inside with we are leaving everything behind us. we have been trying for 5 days to

get out, but couldn't because of the shell him when it's simply hell, we are going to nipple and after that, we don't know. lexi shows us his come that was damaged when a russian rocket landing close to his home. michael had just spoken to friends in khaki. if they tell me it's worse than yesterday, they are shelling civilian areas. so many buildings are on fire. was after people have painted over road signs with angry insults directed towards russian president vladimir putin, an expectation of a russian army advanced. this one reads welcome to hell char stripe, an al jazeera yackel lyrica ukraine. well 1000000 refugees are fled. ukraine in the fastest, the exit is this century that is according to the un and here's where they're going . poland has taken in the most with nearly half a 1000000. moldova hungry, romania and slovakia have also opened their borders to mostly women and children who have been able to fleet another 88000 have gone to other european countries and

even russia has taken in more than 40000 refugees. sh with just a few 100. go into belarus. in just 7 days. 1000000 people have fled ukraine uprooted by this senseless war. i have worked in refugee emergencies for almost 40 years and rarely have i seen an exodus rapid as this one. well, some volunteers are crossing the other way back in to ukraine to provide humanitarian relief or to take up arms. then bus ravi has more now from loop lien in eastern poland. ah, in a medieval town in poland, a few hours drive from ukraine in the courtyard of an old church. volunteers

from all over europe 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 crate on you my own needs. they don't have anything. i'm just they don't have anything to get anywhere to sleep. nothing to fight 12 volunteers are working against the clock to pack and drive as much aid into the country as they can organize was worry. belushi and forces allied with russia could soon block their supply lines. this effort is the beginning of something bigger for that quote on if you have any major boyer for that. but the polish government plans to use lublin as a hub for your military and personnel. 8 flights and convoys to ukraine, all signs point to a protracted crisis in western europe. marina, as ukrainian living in germany, in less than a week, her home was invaded. she was cut off from her family by war. and her middle aged

father was drafted into the ukrainian army. he has a rifle, but she is worried, but he has no body armor. when diseases, ma mazda papa. and when you see that mom or dad are calling you, dont know if they are calling just to ask how i feel and oral to give than you so that someone is dead or maybe they are calling for the last time. for now, her focus is to organize aid convoys from her home in germany, to her homeland and you crave them, then i'm also proud to be ukraine. ukraine as it should be very proud. late into the night, donations of warm clothes, food, water, diapers, toys, everything, keep coming. but ukrainians who are fighting need urgent, military support. and people like andre are taking matters into their own hands. all his chorus pack, tight with walkie talkies flat jackets, binoculars, all paid for by crowd sourcing on social media. he is perhaps the face of a burgeoning ukrainian resistance. metal plates from the young would be influencers

who see themselves fighting the army of a cold war hawk. when factual, it came from when we met him, he and his friend were driving to the border to cross into you crave, of course, and i'm scared because they can die here. ah, but my feeling is that her who jin will when i die by a tale of the president for sure to share because his he just started the big war and i, i don't believe that people in the russian federation 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 a lot of they are not the heart of a for an army. are fighting for some political cause. they are fighting for their homes and families. and andries journey is made more personal because his wife and

daughter live im q. dear margarita and that here is my daughter. i'm coming to you to save your life season ordinary ukrainians fed extraordinary circumstances are all driving east hoping to find their way home. zane basra, the alta 0 lublin, poland well as the situation worse ends in ukraine, the white house has announced a new sanctions. allan fisher joins us live now from outside. the white house or alan ed. what we know about these new sanctions that i think i've just been announced. just an ice in the last 20 minutes. the target 19 oligarchs and 47 family members. let me give you a couple of names nichol. i talk her have not someone you had recognized, but one of the most wealthy business men in russia. there's also alice scared

irksman of that might ring a faint bell. he was the oligarch whose york, whose super yacht was seized by the german authorities on wednesday. and then there's the meter pascoe of and you're probably thinking we're 2nd. i do know that name. that is because he is the kremlin spokesman, very close ally of lied to me. a potent and someone that the american see have has gathered billions of dollars over the years in his rule standing right next to vladimir putin, though their property will be seized. i and they will also be a new task force here in the united states, which is looking for $59000000.00 from congress to fund its work. and they will track down all their assets. and there's likely to be a travel been announced as well in the coming hours as well. so just to recap, just in the last 20 minutes or so. 19 oligarchs. 47 of their family members are now facing is asset seizure across the united states for any assets that they have. and

a special task force, which was announced during the state of the union on tuesday, will be given the job of tracking down those assets as quickly as possible. all of this part of this squeeze that the americans believe they are putting on vladimir putin and those courses to him, bringing the consequences of the war right into the walls of the kremlin. and alan, we know that sanctions, some from the western nations often will hurt to the nations and themselves that what is being felt in the us. not least just about this latest rafter of sanctions . but just in general, what's the impact being felt by the american population? well, they were facing high gas prices, so we didn't go to fill up the car with petrol. they knew it was expensive. inflation, here's a 40 year high at the white house. joe biden has tried to make it clear. there is a cost associated with simply standing up for democracy and so they are

wanting that price is, could well rise even more. i not only that prices of food could rise as well because of the imports that come in from, from russia. they're the ones on capitol hill who see the, it's really up to the u. s. i me for interrupting you, alan. but we can actually hear from prison by the now let's listening, profound impact already. the goal was to maximize the impact on food in russia and minimize the harm on us and our allies and friends around the world are interested in maintaining the strongest unified economic impact campaign and food and all history. and i think we're wrong way of doing that in the state of the address, i asked if the department of justice is going after the crimes of russian oligarchy, attorney general spoke to that earlier. and who align your pockets with russian people's money. and while ukraine,

people are hiding in some ways that are being fired, in reference to damon and seeing that we're adding dozens of names in the list, including one of russia's wealthiest billionaires. and i'm danny, travel to america, about by more than 50 russian oligarchy, their families and their close associates. and we're going to continue this for you, great people. with direct assistance. i had a, a meeting this morning with, with the quartet down in southeast asia including india. and we're gonna to support the people with direct direct assistance and on tuesday, night, and capital. and we saw american united for ukraine and our work to whole accountant. and now today's meeting to discuss how we're going to keep the economy

growing by bringing costs down for the american people as well as we know that people are feeling the pinch. and we're gonna do everything we can to make everyday things more accessible and more affordable for the american people. and we're also going to discuss the unity agenda i announced and thrive broad bipartisan agreement, trying to in the open up any cancer as we know, providing support for veterans and mental health, especially for children response as you all know, because i read your poll and overwhelming on all 4 of those issues and because of great concern american people. and today i have progress to now to just this morning and house fast to build a provide health care to veterans suffering from toxic exposure. my birth is 34 republican design and democrats make our partners and project bipartisan progress

on this project to keep in our secret obligation. we have 2 bedrooms. okay. and would be listened to that as life pre recorded statement from president biden, announcing additional sanctions. the clamp down on the russian president vladimir putin, the people around him as the us says that russia is indiscriminately sort of a packing ukraine that now and fisheries still with us live from the white house, listening to what joe biden was saying, the you sense that there is a worry with the white house, the administration that the sanctions, tough though they may be, are not proven to be enough. i think they believe that everything has been coordinated in the right way. whether that's true or not, it certainly seems that all the countries are jumping at the same time. and that has been something that the white house is wanted to do from the very beginning to make sure that not only one of their sections coordinated,

but they were sustainable. so that every country who signed up to follow these sanctions would impose them for however long it takes. there is a concern at the white house and they're aware of it that it. vladimir putin doesn't appear to be struggling at the moment. but as you had joe biden says, he believes these are the more stringent sanctions that ever been imposed on any individual head of state and those closest to him. and he's hoping that the pressure that those closest to him, me, well force vladimir putin enter rethink in his current position at when it comes to what he's doing in ukraine. certainly they are aware that people are coming out of ukrainians in basra. v as reported this on her ear. when people leave ukraine heading into poland, they are concerned that the international community has abandoned them that they're not doing enough. and there is a worry that the sanctions, me take some time before they have a real impact, not just on the russian economy,

but also in vladimir putin himself in aware that the stock market has tagged, that aware that people are struggling to get money out of banks, but they know that it could take some time for vladimir putin himself and those courses to him to feel the pinch. that is why they are going after the oligarchs 90, named in the order issued by the white house with 47 family members as well in the hope that this sends a clear message that the world is united and hoping to take the pain. as i see right inside the walls of the kremlin, alan fisher at the white house. thank you. i okay, now the headlines on al jazeera russian attack, so intensifying north of the ukraine.