me ah ah, russian forces target the largest nuclear power plant in europe, causing it to catch fire disasters just been averted. usually we will take you made if there is an explosion, that's the end, but every one, the end for europe. ah . come all santa maria here in doha, continuing coverage of the russia ukraine. war on al jazeera. we are 9 days into this conflict and rushes. 65 kilometer long convoys still stole on the outskirts of

the ukrainian capital. civilians are paying a heavy price, as homes are destroyed by russians shelling this is nikita on the u. office protection to refugees with residency for up to 2 years. more people flee to fighting looks like potential dissolves, has been averted at europe's largest nuclear power plant, ukrainian emergency services, say a fire at the facility has been extinguished. as up it is yet plant is in the southeast, it is now under russian control as moscow's invasion. of ukraine stretches into a 2nd week, ukraine's foreign minister, as well as an official at the facilities i define was ignited after the plant came under attack by russian forces. the haunting begins are coverage. a fire fight at europe's biggest nuclear power plant. starting

a fire that burns for more than an hour result that you all through you. as a result of strikes, there is a fire at the nuclear power plant. i repeat, as a result of strikes by russian federation forces on the nuclear power plant. a fire has erupt, it firefighters eventually given access to put out the fire. after the town mayor pled for the fighting to stop them, i ask you to come to your senses and immediately stop firing at the nuclear power plant. ukraine's president issue the dire warning, accusing russia of the attack would have, we will say commit team if there is an explosion, that's the end for everyone. the end of europe, the evacuation of europe and the urgent action by europe can stop the russian troops and not allow the death of europe from a catastrophe at a nuclear power station. despite the fears of a nuclear explosion, analysts say there are safety systems in place at the power plant taking up where we add to the grid connection in

a normal self won't lead to an accident. but it is the removal of one layer or defense for the plant and it won't stick to ation. there. ready is a concerning the high chance that those other layers, this defense will be stripped away as well. the nuclear facility is 6 reactors, are located near the town of enter, goldar, an area contested by the russian military and its separatist allies. the nuclear plant has been the sight of defiant resistance by ordinary ukrainians using themselves as human shields to keep russian troops away. the reality of a nuclear disaster is all too real to these people. in 1986, this year noble nuclear plant exploded thousands of people dying of the consequences of radiation and leaving a huge area of the country uninhabitable to this day. it is one of only 2 nuclear energy accidents rated at the maximum severity. the other being the 2011 fukushima disaster in japan were very relief. and i think possibly you know what to spend

a lot of time doing over the last couple of years has been to put an anti terrorism renovation very soon. so perhaps that's what protected the ukraine in this instance as well. the fire maybe out, but the war around it reaches on lead harding al jazeera. let's talk to natasha about the now reporting from the v near the border with poland. so not just an attack on this power plant, natasha, but it's now under russian control. is that been confirmed? that is what we understand. i should just say actually, because you might be able to hear in the distance, there were a sirens going just behind me and, and even though we all in the we are far from the front lines, it is just a reminder that that is a conflict in this country and it is affecting people all over the country in terms

of power plans. we know the russian troops are in control, that is, according to ukrainian regional authority there. and it comes off to a very long and difficult night for ukrainian firefighters. they were trying to extinguish that blaze in that power plant, it began off the rush of tag. you couldn't find flight just trying to approach the point. the power plot trying to put out that fire, but they were being fired upon by russian troops. that's what we understand, but they did manage to extinguish the blaze. in the end, the area is safe, it is secure. we are told for the time being, but there has been condemnation from world leader the u. s. president joe biden. we've heard from boars, johnson the u. k. prime minister as well. and then, of course, ukranian president law demands lensky, accusing russia of nuclear, tara, those were his words. he said that of course, an attack on this power point. power plant,

if anything would happen if there would be a radiation leak, it could be absolutely devastating for europe in the words of ukraine's foreign minister to meet true calais, but it would be 10 times worse than general. can say. let's talk about a couple of other things. natasha. first of all, the convoy famous 65 kilometer long con boy, apparently headed for keith, but still 34 days later going nowhere going nowhere. that's what we understand. what exactly is happening with that convoys? seems nobody really knows it has been stalled or stopped on the outskirts of key for the ukranian capital for several days. now us intelligence officials will some of them say that it is stalled because of problems with a convoy because of an inability to refuel, that there are problems with food supply for the russian troops. so things are

effectively going wrong, but we don't have any confirmation of that. it could be a psychological attack, take been employed by the russian military to try and ramp up the pressure on the residents of key. while other military offensives are happening in other parts of ukraine, so very little clarity. 2 on what is happening, but the reality is that convoy is there. that is extremely frightening for the people who are in the capital. we know they've been digging trenches, doing all they can to try and secure their city can only imagine what it is like for them knowing that those russian troops are nearly encircling their town. you referenced other targets. they're natasha. we've harvest. you heard about things like the nuclear power plant, but the, the targeting of residential areas. we're starting to see this in some quite frightening clarity. yes sir, and you know, the kremlin is maintained that it is not targeting a russian,

excuse me. the credit is maintained is not targeting, i should say a civilians, but we know that they have been areas, residential blocks, schools that have been hit by russian forces. so it is very difficult for them to maintain that line. the poor city of my report is key poor city, on the see of as off. it is under intense russian shelling. it is a city we are told by authorities and residence under siege water, electricity heating all carted is the winter. it is cold. people huddled in bunkers, in the most extremely difficult conditions, not knowing what the next day will bring her. the other poor she hassan on the black sea that was taken by russian troops. we understand that their people are saying that they have perhaps just 3 days left of medical supplies and then of course, heavy chilling in other cities outside of cave. but also of course,

ukraine 2nd largest town of khaki. the center i mean destroyed by, by shelley. if, when you look at the images from that extremely disturbing, indeed it goes on for the people on the ground, it is, it's humanitarian disaster. we know that ukrainian and russian officials agreed on thursday in the negotiations to try and implement these humanitarian corridors or when and if that will really take place. we don't know, but they are absolutely vital to try and evacuate civilians. i get food, aid and assistance in. that is a comprehensive wrap up of developments with natasha butler in the v. thanks. natasha. now delegations from russia and ukraine have met in better rates for talks aimed at solving the fighting. but as we hear russian forces continue to target major ukrainian cities, thousands of thought of either been killed or wounded since this invasion began. join a hall, texas through some of the latest developments major ukrainian

cities are surrounded and under constant attack. this is chair, need a city of textile factories, churches and monasteries, its greatest misfortune to lie on the root of rushes advance from the north eastern city of hunt, 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. again. this is the choir here, 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. what's

a good day for you? and in the far south ukraine's biggest port, odessa, he's under threat to hear 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 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 encircle the city and besieged it. from his bunker under heavy guard,

president followed him at zelinski wages, a relentless communications campaign, rallying resistance, and calling in foreign support. robberies process never use, but 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 for 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 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 so the survival of the nation as a whole. joan a whole al jazeera movie. our coverage continues after the break. we will hear from new york's ukrainian community, one of the biggest outside of europe, about what they're doing to make themselves that ah look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored by cuts on airways. hello, the best of the sunshine, the year, a place across sir scandinavia, running down across germany all the way into the outs. but either side of that we have got some rather disturbed whether there is some cloud, some rain, some think snow a cold or which was at eastern side of europe. further west, a good deal, milder, but still pretty cloudy. here as well. we got a weakening weather system here on the side of these areas of high pressure still breeze. i'm outbreaks of rain, which stretches down across surf,

france. moving across spain and portugal need the rain here. what am active system this one has been bringing some lively showers in across i beer in peninsula where to where the 2 now making its way across a good part of the mediterranean with leases some shower shower's there to into work grease pushing across into turkey. in still some wintry flowers there, you notice across ukraine we are going to see more that a snow lingering of said east side of europe some when she weather that east down through southern parts of the balkans central areas will hang on to that pleasant sunshine light winds some lovely conditions here, where to weather though, and damp weather continues western parts, so few was joyous up with the weather that we have across the far north west of africa. morocco, northern parts of algeria, seen some cloud and right. and that re grassy making its way into to nicea oh, the weather sponsored by catera, always killing the debate. they erased out like people from the american and global

story was very powerful on an online your voice. the comment section is right here . join our conversation. we had unprotected when everyone is detected, it is not by being nationalistic of orders. you just look at it in a very different way. that perspective may and may meeting each other and you don't have any pollution. let me get it clear for you this on al jazeera, ah ah, you with al jazeera, the latest developments on a few crane for you and emergency services, say a fire at your it's largest nuclear power plant has been extinguished. ukrainian president accused russian forces of knowingly firing to plant. there are reports.

russian troops have not seized control of this western intelligence agencies. a massive russian military convoy positioned outside of ki, has now sold officials like a 65 kilometer long column of almond vehicles and tags is barely moved in the last 3 days. and russia and ukraine appear to have made some progress in their talks of at least agreed on the need for a humanitarian cargo. no indication of wind vase would be established to help civilians escape the war. we talk a lot about the east and ukraine city, albuquerque. this was wash rushes, 1st, targets. despite heavy shelling and its proximity to the russian bought 8 is still under ukrainian. control. many of the cities, 1500000 residents though have fled, shall stratford is in the village of the jak of leica not far from hockey. just a warning though, his report contained some graphic images. maxime was at home with his girlfriend when the shells started crushing into his village,

shrapnel ripped through his arm face. will it happen so quickly? the explosions, i heard something flying over us. i was covered up to my waist in 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 it 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 attempts to protect those inside emerald, 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 car 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 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 cha. stratford al jazeera, yackel live co ukraine. officials and mario, paul, our warning of a humanitarian catastrophe, is the passage city and yours. heavy bombardment. quick warning before we run these pictures which some of you may find distressing. a 16 year old boy playing football was among those killed by russian shelling. there has been heavy fighting on the outskirts of that encircled city. governance is the past been cut, and water and food supplies are running out. some of those displaced by the fighting of its on their way to ne pro in central ukraine. they're being housed in public buildings for 3 nights before they have to move on, though horrible hamid has met some of them.

some of the latest evacuees, some had a cave, and among them some of the most vulnerable of the city. still shake him 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. the but we stayed in the shell. she was a clinic wilson. people helped and delivered food yesterday. we're trying to like my train of and in my condition it was difficult to move while you with this body still is the look what you have done your animals. are you happy now? that will now those were anesthetic as last words as she was leaving her tooth. she is 7 months pregnant and was stuck in the 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 missing from the shadow.

among them near region, we were afraid we had to leave because in 2 months i had to give birth and it would have been impossible. the maternity hospital has been hit. so you have to give birth to your child in the bomb shelter. the metro or the basement. you can only reach the doctor by phone for the rest you are on your own. i don't know where i will give personal stories of fear in escape are common to all those who made it to the school in the village on the outskirts of the me 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 movie 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 with children. it took mass jan. 9 hours to get here.

she fed lou hand screeching in eastern ukraine after her village came under shelling in the early hours of the morning. she was to return home. but her, like, elaina doesn't know who will be in control of her home town. after russia recognize this cell proclaim republics of the nets and lance, whom you're composed shut. no, not the mustang. we have nowhere to return. my mom and sister is still there. we can get them out as soon as we do, we will leave, i don't know where to as hundreds of thousands of ukrainians please to neighboring countries. more people on the move from east in ukraine, among them, many ethnic russians which must go claimed it wanted to protect hood abdul hamid al jazeera in eastern you crave. european union has agreed to offer protection for refugees from ukraine of a given residency rights for up to 2 years. it's a miss robbie reports now from the ukranian border town of she,

kenya. romano is from kirk, he a city, a ruin from russia. he's at the border to let go of everything he loves. turned back alone and joined the fight struck isabel, dashing his feelings in his fear. confusion hate anger. i don't even know won't feeling is i i need to send my family to safety, which is next. next, everything will be all right, we will win for sure. nothing else that if we will save our country, everything will be all right. good. and usually you don't have to know what he's saying to understand how he feels. a country torn in 2 small villages and towns like this. what are the last hurdle to safety for the hundreds of thousands of men,

women and children amassing at poland sport. the last checkpoint, the last line. alas, chance to say good bye. the lucky ones, board buses bound for cities in europe. others wait. this line is long, but it is still moving a week into this conflict and the crowd, the traffic, the, the line at this border crossing. it's much smaller and the system is getting across to pull them seems much more organized, much more efficient, but no less tragic for the people that are leaving their country behind ukrainians, trying to get to safety say they feel bad by the international community. they know health is coming, but not enough to stop russian invaders destroying their cities, their homes, their lives, the mim, i'm for safety not to i'm not to my persist ukrainians are going to nato, but not to. it's not here in the ukraine. we need real help army weapons, thomas, toys, or army need to do really need to weapons and there's no way in ukraine that would

really destroy the russians. each of these women have a husband or father or brother fighting to defend their cities or on the front line . they say they will never leave and help other ukrainians. however, they came at a place that divides 2 countries. ukrainian families are being forced to divide themselves. women move forward to preserve the countries future. men go back to make sure they have a home to come back to the in basra b o. j 0. she again, you ukraine by him. moscow and president vladimir putin hailed russian soldiers as heroes in a televised address. and he dismissed some western military assessments that parts of the russian offensive store old. wondering if she could just go to your comrade . i want to say that special military operation is proceeding strictly in line with

the timetable, according to plan. he all the tasks that have been said or been successfully resolved, done yet because we see a way all this junior, i will never give up. my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people. even though some people in ukraine have been intimidated for many have been duped by now, the nationalists from the canada has deliberately down the way of the nationalists and other natural hands. the more on this from delta jabari, she's in 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 the from the defense ministry for the 1st sunday, announce some numbers about the number of fatalities and

a injured of russian troops in ukraine. according to the russian defense ministry, about 500 soldiers have died and about 1600 are injured. those are their numbers, of course, the ukrainian officials have very different figures is saying that a nearly 5000 their 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 ammonium across 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 alleys. a palace released the statement saying that the french president was very concerned and he believed that things are going to get much worse. one of the largest populations of ukrainians outside of eastern europe is in new york city. deborah la desanto has been that speaking to members of the

community olo, randi act as ukrainian american artist who divides her time between key the new york since rushes invasion. she spends most of her time at local protests and waiting for news of her friends and family back home ukraine, including her husband, he, us citizen, who managed to escape to romania. we love your crane, very loyalty to crane and he didn't want to desert. and his people, he wanted to stay as long as possible, like ah hale. so knew he could do a lot from being over the border. miss elca, ukrainian restaurant in the heart of these village has long been an enclave for the diaspora. the 3rd generation ukrainian, american owner, summed up the mood were saddens, were, were frightened. we're concerned, we're angry, we're upset. it's just really a very difficult time for us. the restaurant has become an unofficial meeting spot for those who want to show support for ukraine. just down the street from the

restaurant, new york's ukrainian museum, it's director, feels the museum has been given added importance in the wake of vladimir prudence. comment that ukraine is quote, not a real country. ukraine is a separate country, has its own history, has his own culture protests against the russian invasion of ukraine, our daily occurrences in new york, home to an estimated $170000.00 ukrainians more than anywhere else in the united states. the longer this war goes on, the harder it is become for ukrainians abroad to watch from afar. as their country continues to be attacked. gabriel's gondo al jazeera new york, ah plenty to elements to take you through out of ukraine, the sour of fire it.