the region in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera ah, revealing eco friendly solutions to come back. threats to our planet on al jazeera ah, russian attacks intensify norse of the ukrainian capital. keith, as president putin says, his military operation is going to plan. ah, hello and barbara. so are you watching al jazeera life from london, also coming up, we speak to the shell shocked civilians escaping fierce fighting in ukraine's 2nd city. how to keep one of russia's 1st targets delegates from ukraine and russia meet again and bill of roofs and agree on setting up humanitarian corridors for

people to flee the fighting. and he was present, and joe biden announces a raft of new sanctions targeting rushes. billionaire, all the goings russia and ukrainian official 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 bruce, a several ukrainian cities continued to come under heavy bombardment. but the ukrainian president says his defense lines are holding around the capital. keep, jonah hall begins, are coverage of from what leave in western ukraine. 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. east and city of her keith, to people wake daily to scenes of terrible destruction and a fast rising civilian death, toll look what food it 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 you, 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

defences against a possible leech landing multiple vessels belonging to russia's black sea fleet. hover on the horizon including lending ships and support craft. 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 encircled the city and besieged it from his bunker under heavy guard, president, fellow dement zelinski wages, a relentless communications campaign, rallying resistance, and calling in foreign support yavari his process rather useful. we have been seen this for

a long time that ukraine is seeking for protections for our home soil in our own people by such protections have not been provided. european countries assisted us with the ways 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 belarus, came with low expectations of a breakthrough, but a slim glimmer of hope that they're taking place at all. the ukranian government, meanwhile, has called for humanitarian corridors to be set up. and here in the western city of a live 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, o, a spontaneous rendition of the national anthem at that age station in leave. it is becoming ever clearer that the struggle is not just for personal survival, but for the survival of the nation as a whole. joan, a whole al jazeera movies. while the city of had keith was one of russia's 1st targets. and despite heavy shelling and its proximity to the russian border,

it remains under ukrainian control. many of the cities, 1500000 have fled, those who remain face life under constant threat. a warning now shall stratford report from jak of leif kai in eastern ukraine. 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 little 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 cut 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, 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 rushing, 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 give 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 new pro. and after that we don't know. alexi shows us his car that was damaged when a russian rocket landed 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 were on fire for the for people who painted over road signs with angry insults directed towards russian president vladimir putin in expectation of a russian army advance. this one reads, welcome to hell. charles drive an al jazeera yackel live co ukraine. some of the people displaced by the fighting had found their way to the nipple in central ukraine. they're housed in public buildings for 3 nights before they have to move on. how the bellamy is in denial, it's faulty. ukrainians who have for now escaped the russian assault

some of the latest evacuation, some had a cave, and among them some of the most vulnerable of the city. still shaken by their ordeal. people like allah, who had gone to the city one day before the war broke out and was stuck there for a week. did one just we stayed in the shelter of the clinical people helped and delivered food, ma'am, yesterday we tried to leave by train, but there were a lot of people at the station and in my condition it was difficult to move while you we did the body still is the look what you have done your animals. are you happy now? that will now those were an aesthetic as last words, as she was leaving her, she is 7 months pregnant and was stuck in a basement in the south east part of the city. her neighbourhood came under shelly in the very 1st moments of the russian assault and was completely surrounded kitty,

mrs. hamp out among them. newton friday. we were afraid but we had to leave because in 2 months i have to give birth and hockey, it's impossible. the maternity hospital has been hit, so you have to give birth to your child and the bomb shelter, the metro or the basement. you can only reach the doctor by phone for the rest you're on your own. i don't know where i will give birth. stories of fear and escape are common to all those who made it to this school in the village on the outskirts of the ne pro. this is just a transit point. people can stay here for 3 days. have a rest, pick up, some clean clothes, whatever other necessities they need. but then they have to start moving again, going west, joining those hundreds of thousands already on the road, trying to reach the closest border. the journey ahead is still very long. not easy for women travelling alone as children. it took now 19 hours to get here. she fled

blue hands screeching in eastern new cream. after her village came under shelling in the early hours of the morning. she was to return home. but her, like atlanta doesn't know who will be in control of her home town after russia recognize this cell proclaim republics of the nets, n lawrence, whom your quote was shut. no, not the mustang should we have nowhere to return to my mom and sister is still there. we couldn't get them out. as soon as we do, we will leave. i don't know where to as hundreds of thousands of ukrainians fleet to neighboring countries. more people on the move from east to new cream. among them, many ethnic russians which moscow claimed it wanted to protect hood abdul hamid al jazeera in eastern ukrainian or russian president vladimir putin says he still firmly believes in a unified ukraine and russia who hasn't 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. no, she were young at maturity like you how they treat, thrown people using them. as human shields are captured, men say, and don bass and donald, 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 only fascists are fighting like this. inhumanely treating civilians or soviet soldiers are fighting decently and with dignity. again, not our soldiers are doing their best to vent losses among civilians. unfortunately, we've had losses. many soldiers have fallen and given their lives for the security of our people and russia. saline has incursion. speaking there will door said jabari has more from moscow. this was another emergency session with a his security council which is made up of a 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. and 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 mystery. about 500 soldiers that have died and about 1600 are injured. those are their numbers. of course, the ukrainian 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 elisa 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 u. s. is poly more pressure on rushes. millionaire oligarchs. president joe biden says a raft of new sanctions will target many of russia's wealthiest individuals, a group that he calls proteins, cronies. today managing that, we're adding dozens of national news including one of the russians. well, he's billionaires and i'm gonna travel to america by more than 50 russian oligarchs, the families that are close or white house corresponding kimberly how can joins us live. of course, the us said already announced a raft of sanctions against russia. tell us a little bit more about these new ones. get these new ones like the others that

have been announced in the last week are designed to get bladder putin, to essentially deescalate and stop this invasion of ukraine by the russian military . this latest round target russian oligarchy, luxury yacht. so a luxury apartments here in the united states, money assets, essentially anything that is property owned by these russian oligarchy that are very close and ties to vladimir putin, that this is something now that can be seized by the u. s. government and can be frozen in terms of those assets. now we know in terms of their ties to the russian president, that they are, his spokesperson, business executives, ty coons industry tycoon, as well as their families and their children. and what we know is that in terms of this, the reason they're being targeted is because a lot of their money is being used to finance the military invasion of ukraine. and

kimberly, is it easy or can you get a sense of how these measures will be welcomed in the u. s? well, so far, there is enormous support for the sanctions in the united states. the problem is, if this ultimately goes towards sanctioning russia, an oil imports into the united states, that's where things could change in terms of u. s. consumer support. because the reason is, is that the united states really relies on this is one of the top 3 in terms of foreign imports. and this would mean that that cost could substantially be passed under the consumer in terms of higher gasoline prices or petro peices. and that would mean the cost of consumer goods would rise, and we're already seeing high inflation in the united states, the highest and 40 years. and so as a result, that would be a problem for consumers that are already hurting recovering from the coven pandemic

. and so lawmakers right now say there isn't a plan to do that, but it could change in the future. kimberly how can with the lease from the white house? kimberly thank you. still to come in this half hour, we speak with those crossing into ukraine to either provide humanitarian relief or to take up the fight. ah hello please to say we have now got a final warning for what was tropical side. and i kept making its way across northern parts of western australia for the south going to cold front. that's going to bring some wet weather down across south australia towards that southeast corner . you go on through the weekend. ahead of us we still got this area of cloud that brought some very heavy rainfall into that east side of australia. sydney has been

braced over the last couple of days fulsome torrential downpours, rod across the sidney basin, one or 2 spots, seeing as much as 200 millimeters of fright in the space of 24 hours, some 6 hourly totals over the next day or so. could well be as high as $6200.00 millimeters afraid on to saturated ground that will lead to flash flooding, rain flooding, and on top of that some very strong winds coming in as well, approaching 90 kilometers per hour in places. is that where the weather still lurking there across eastern part of australia is that cold front that will sweep in across victoria melbourne. 31 celsius on friday, near a 22 degrees. as we go one into sas day. and that will bring yet more heavy rain into that southeastern corner of australia. so that where to weather, that'll be in places we go through saturday and sunday, further flooding coming through here with the rain heading for new zealand. ah.

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but president follow them. he is lensky says the fence lines are holding around the capitol. russian president vladimir putin claims that his invasion of ukraine is going to plan. he praised russian soldiers as heroes and said moscow would stand firm against the west. and negotiators from kia and moscow have agreed on humanitarian corridors to evacuate people. and the u. s. is probably more pressure on rushes. billionaire oligarchs, president joe biden says a raft of new sanctions will target many of russia's wealthiest individuals, a brew peak holes, putins chrome or peters. that may, if is the executive director of the eurasia democracy initiative and a specialist and post soviet states, he says russia will have a hard time achieving its objectives in ukraine. despite russians. russian assurances that the occupation of ukraine is not in there is not their goal. we

cannot take them at the words. if you remember, put and here's acolytes gleamed up until the very day of the invasion that they never plan to invade at all. and then happen, now they're claiming the occupation is not their plan and can be really trans been know, the idea of put this to probably install a puppet regime in that would be more liable to moscow, more loyal to moscow and to present ukraine from ever attaining any sort of military strength and for ever contemplating joining you will need to. but once again, once he achieve the goal of somehow from military control or the catholic go, how is he going to deal with the rest of the population? population of people who will hate russia, who will hate for the rest of their lives. i cannot begin to tell you the answer to

that question. it's, it's very difficult to come up with a plausible scenario where an occupying force, the size of russian force, which is large, but not large enough by a country of 35000000 people. 1000000 refugees have fled ukraine and the fastest exodus this century. that's according to the un and here is where they are going. poland has taken in the most with nearly half a 1000000. moldova, hungary, romanians for voc, have also opened their borders to mostly women and children who has been able to flee another 88000 have gone to various other european countries. and even russia has taken in more than 40000 refugees with just a few 100. going to levels 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 as rapid as this one. some volunteers are crossing the other way back into ukraine to provide humanitarian relief or to take up arms. st. buzzer ivy, his mourner from luke lynn 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 efforts 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. 512 volunteers are working against the clock to pack and drive as much aid into the country as

they can. organize was worried by larose and forces allied with russia could soon block their supply lines. for this effort is the beginning of something bigger. void that quote on if you have any major boyer spell that. but the polish government plans to use lublin as a hub, free communitarian personnel, 8 flights and convoys to ukraine. all signs point to a protracted crisis in western europe. marina is ukranian 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 manada 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 in,

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. this car is packed 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 and ukrainian resistance. metal plate from young would be influencers who see themselves fighting the army of a cold war hawk actually came from the but when we met him, he and his friend were driving to the border to cross into ukraine. of course, and i'm scared because they can guy. yeah. but my feeling is that the

jim we'll maybe not die, but he will not be a president. for sure. sure. because his, he just started the big war and i don't believe that people in the russian federation who they are in his date. yeah. we've met a growing number of ukrainians living abroad. extremely motivated. they say to go back and fight russians despite all odds of they are not part of a for an army. were 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 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. extraordinary circumstances are all driving east hoping

to find their way home in basra, the ulta 0 lagoon, poland british mpg or calling for the owner of chelsea, football, cobb roman, abram, of ich, to be included on the list of those facing sanctions. he's just put the club up for sale leave. barker has worn out from outside chelsea's, home stadium, stanford bridge in southwest london. ask any brit to name a russian oligarch than the chances are that roman abramivitch his name will be mentioned. because after 19 years as the owner of chelsea football club, he's obviously gained an awful lot of international attention. and in the past few days following the invasion of ukraine, a tremendous amount of scrutiny about his business dealings. and his alleged links to vladimir putin. he says that he doesn't have any ties to the kremlin, but that's not what opposition activates and russia. i saying, including the jailed opposition act vis alexia shavaun. a who's put abramivitch on

a list of 35 ali galks and other persons of interest to have their assets here in london that he wants the british authorities to slap sanctions on when it comes to abram of its though sanctions haven't been imposed upon him yet. although there was a growing chorus of british, i'm peace urging the british government to act very quickly indeed for storms to the british prime minister, though for the time being isn't being drawn on this question. there are fears though, but because the onus is on the british government, the burden of proof is on the british government to show that uppermost, in other russian oligarchs actually have dial direct links to vladimir putin and legal challenges may be mounted by those all the gods it could, by those oligarchs important time to shift their assets out of the country. assets that many believe are directly involved in. propping up the putin administration, i will list trust britain's foreign secretary who's been speaking in lithuania and

says, in no way will any legal challenges be an impediment to the pace and the speed and the depth of the sanctions. she says a wish list of around 250 names have been drawn up at saying that though only a handful of russian oligarchs of so far are they going through the process of actually being sanctioned. the concern is that if weeks a months go by, then they won't be half as effective as they should be. or staff at the keith zoo have found themselves with a unique challenge. so workers and their families have lived on site since the invasion began calling themselves a military commune. they've looked after faith and confidence comforted the 4th 1000 animals during the daytime and hidden in a shelter at night, hoping that the zoom would be saved. and finally, despite the threat to keep the ukrainian parliament sat on thursday to vote on the fence and security laws, the m p less here. was he lank or shot these videos on the floor of parliament?

this is the most dangerous building to be in right now. as it was, a target of the russian aviation underwritten on until we gather we gather theory to vote on the laws to allow our military to operate without consequences. i'm in a fully legitimate manner. b. oh ha. ah. you're watching al jazeera, these are the top stories russian attacks are intensifying north of the ukrainian capital. keep. major cities are surrounded and under constant assault. ukraine's emergency service says that at least 350 civilians have been killed. but the

president will.