ah, how does the rest, the leg gang? ah ukrainian civilians come under attack from russian bombardment with debts and widespread damage in several cities. i'm here at the high school number 25, and now she told me and that's actually just west of heard a capital p f. and i'm here at what's left of the school. ah, hasn't think of this as educated alive from the also coming up another attempt to

evacuate the besieged city of murder. you pull fails with ukraine and russia blaming each other for breaking a ceasefire. oil prices hit nearly a $140.00 a barrel falling talk of a russian embargo. a civilians in several ukrainian cities are facing yet more uncertainty after another cease why collapsed russia and ukraine accuse each other violating the agreement to help evacuate 215000 people from matter. you pull and vol. navajo russian troops continue to push it towards key f with fighting around the capital. intensifying, the faster butler reports from love. if a civilian volunteer in the northern ukrainian city of her pin on the outskirts of the capitol for journalists are caught up in the moment. someone shouts for a dr. her but it's too late for

a family, had been trying to get away, leaving elsewhere in the city. russian shells destroy homes, frightened, people run for their lives. families and children caught up in confusion and chaos. don't believe that money has years. russian troops of not yet entered keith, but they aren't far away. the convoy has encircled the city for several days. goods depot in a suburb is destroyed by shelling, but you cranes forces in the capital are undeterred and say they are ready for the worst was, is a hotel you my, our positions are prepared with fitted them out. we're simply waiting to meet them here tools and then we'll change them out as well as any other units. victor is going to be ours. moscow's forces in ukraine are advancing from the north, east and south by land sea and in the air. the kremlin continues to deny targeting

residential areas, but the grim reality on the ground tells a very different story. hundreds of civilians have been killed. apartment blocks, schools, and hospitals hit ukrainian present, says the black sea resort of odessa could be next. who's urged western powers to send ukraine more weapons when they were due to a bombard duarte, or this. they are planning to bombard odessa and the russians always used to come to odessa and they felt only warmth, only sincerity in odessa, and now bombs are coming against odessa, artillery, marseilles, this is going to be a war crime, a historical crime, william his lot. this man who doesn't want to be identified or also talks about alleged russian crime. he was working on a cruise ship in the caribbean sea when russia evaded his country. he's come home to fight, to be honest, i am scared. i was scared when i made the decision. i mean, this is the world like people are buying and, and there is, i mean there is

a chance that they're going to get shot. i don't know injure or whatever. but as i said now, we are united and on the same everybody on the same risk lives are being turned upside down in ukraine. people having to make whole breaking decisions on whether to leave behind their homes and loved ones or risk their safety by staying put one where you realize that the things are getting bad. we decided to go even with studying and working and who software engineer the eastern city of how keys when the russian shilling began. he showed me pictures of what's left of his office building and describe, playing during the violence from my neighborhood, the attorney patient. it's approximately 10 kilometers, walk in for 2 hours or something. and it

was the most care and experience in my life. but amid the fear and destruction, moments of resilience and joy also defiance. thousands of people protested in the southern city of high thorn. despite it being taken by russian troops last week, spirits are being tested in ukraine. but this is proof that they aren't yet broken . latasha, butler, i'll just 0. the v ukraine. russia says it is only hitting military targets in fine, but civilians have increasingly come under attack and hundreds have been killed since the conflict began. steadfast and travelled to, she told me where to residential areas and a school have been hit. the loud noise that woke people here on friday morning still echoes in their ears. people were still in their best

when 2 rockets had their neighbourhood and she told me of it down 150 kilometers away from cave residence rental cover as houses collapse you to the shelling larissa, 2 sheep guy crushed to find medical treatment for her 3 injured children, the youngest of them being 3 years old, relative, nice with something came down in our neighborhood. i don't know what it was, a bomb, it destroyed the whole street to people died young mothers, they have small children. we all lost our homes. all this is a gift from our brothers who became our enemies. this is susan rushing. nobody knows exactly how many civilians have died since russia invaded ukraine. some say 100 others 1000. the main threat coming from the sky. miss, our strike was caught on camera on sunday just before flattened to civilian airport . infiniti or a town that had been mostly spared so far. ukrainian authority said it was no military equipment inside in the city center of she told me not

a civilian target. rocket smashed into high school number 25. there were no classes that day because of the war. a group of teachers were rescued from the basement where they were hiding. after the air rates island went off at school, completely in ruins, and not a military installation. no ukrainian forces are nearby, despite denials by the russian government. this war is increasingly causing death and injury among civilians. people who just 10 days ago could not have imagined to become victims in a full scale invasion shaken by the attacks. many residents are moving out of the city, leaving squares empty and soft closed. but natalia style self, i says she is staying sale in my city. this is the 1st big destruction and i saw it with my own eyes. there is no military object, as russia says, i thought it would be impossible to feel more have, but it is possible. we will never forget this and we will pass this hatred to next

generation. and so i am staying here. this is my land, my country, and even if they end to my city, i will kill them with my bands, nurses and on the edge residence of she told me i have one request to the international community. krinski loaded them did not support ukrainian society has been united. this is not only a threat to our country, it's a threat to the whole world. please close the sky. we can stand as human shields against tanks. but we cannot do anything against rockets that fall from the sky. and she told me the blue yellow, ukrainian flag is still flying high at the city square. but with russian forces approaching from the north, may not be long before the city witnesses. a fierce fight for its control steadfast and al jazeera. she told me a local authorities in matter you pull, say russian forces have continued shilling, despite attempts to establish a temporary cease fire. intense bombardment has hit the southern poor city this

week with many civilians killed the man of matter. you, paul, has accused the kremlin of line to the cleaning authorities about a proposed evacuation. just you know, in your book or the material were cardia. they've been working methodically to make sure the city is blockaded, working methodically, to create humanitarian crisis. so the people are left without food, water, light heating means of communication. and you record him with, well, we do not leave the shelter. the best we can get is maybe 3 hours sleep if you can call its label. sure, it's not possible to sleep during continuous shilling when planes flying over your head and missiles explode next to one of the 2 agreed evacuation car doors was to allow civilians to leave muddy o pole and had to for easier. cha stafford has more from near that city. another failed attempts of getting potentially hundreds of thousands of traps civilians out of the besieged city of mary opal. we've been speaking to some civilians inside the

city who say that so there is very little electricity across the city, very little water. we're seeing pictures of people scrambling into what we understand our semi destroyed supermarkets and shopping malls, trying to gather as much food and materials as best they can protect themselves, keep themselves warm and fade. as we understand. under the thousands of them are living in basements, living, hum, denise, their buildings. we've also spoken to ukrainian soldiers in the city. they sang, they accusing the russians of starting to shell, whilst the attempts to get people on buses and had to had started. simon, one of accusations being made by the wash and back separatists, the spokes person for the self to play donates people's republic militia, saying that sam, the ukrainians had started shelling 1st. now we were south of zap parisha most of

the day in towns and villages along that route. we saw a lot more military along that route that we saw yesterday. craner soldiers being austin and take it in on bussey's, put into positions that trench is being dug a lot more ahmed personnel carriers tanks and anti aircraft weapons. and it was around about the time that we were getting news that the, the attempts to get civilians out of mary also had failed. that there was no mighty upsurge in shelling in that area. one village that we went to villages there told us that the neighboring village had been occupied by russian forces the night before. they saying that the russians just walked in to this village on opposed. so very warm situation as i say in the besieged city of mario for hundreds of thousands of people, yet again going to bed. very afraid to night brent crude oil prices half saw it

again to almost $140.00 a bow less the highest since mid 2008. the latest by came off to the us and its allies said they were considering an embargo on russian oil. russia is the 3rd biggest oil exporter in the world, supplying around 7000000 bows a day. and let's say if most of its oil exports are cut off, the price could reach $200.00 about far above the record of $147.00 in 2008. over the weekend, the international monetary fund warned the war and sanctions imposed on russia will have a severe impact on the global economy. but josh young is a chief investment officer at bison interests, an oil and gas equity investment firm. he believes russia could still benefit from the rise in prices. ironically, it might not hurt russia that much. so if russia gets to export, let's say a 3rd less of their oil. and if they have to take a discount on it. but if well,

prices are much higher, they might actually net positive on the oil side and similar on other commodities. one thing that we lose track of is how much inflation there's been since the last time oil prices were anywhere close to this hi. and so if you look at it on an inflation adjusted basis, you'd be looking at oil close to $200.00 a barrel to be equivalent to the price that i got $2.00 in 2008. and frankly, the world economy is a lot stronger and a lot bigger since then. and it's a lot less oil dependency. you could actually see oil prices go a lot higher before causing the recession. and before you see demand destruction, i think there's a good chance that this is not short term. there's always the possibility of a short term pullback after prices rise as much as they have as quickly as they have. but there were these dynamics going on. there was a long downturn for oil, and we too much under investment in oil over the last, let's say, 7 years. and there were very harsh government policies in the us, canada,

and elsewhere that were diminishing oil investment and oil production. and so this is kind of the result of that. obviously the russian invasion of ukraine was a, it was a catalyst and brought this forward. but this was something that was going to happen anyway. oil is going to go to all time highs, kind of regardless, a silly head on al jazeera protests ramping up around the world with calls for the west to do more to aid ukraine. ah, and in other news, why south korea's presidential hopefuls are taking their snappy slogans from the streets to the internet. ah look forward to brighter skies the weather sponsored by cattle airways. this wall at the moment,

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the me. again, you're watching. i just remind of our top stories this russian forces are continuing to push towards keep. heavy shelling is hit, towns close to the capital. at least 3 people are reported to have died while fleeing the town of european millions in need to seize ukrainian cities of mario pole, and vall, not facing more uncertainty after another c spike. alas, russia and ukraine accuse each other violating the agreement to help evacuate 215000 feet rent crude oil prices have jumped to almost $140.00 a barrel. that's the highest of 2008. by comes there's the us and its allies. consider an embargo on oil for most of us next year. state antony blinking has

pledged support to most dover as it faces. a surge of people fleeing ukraine will go with president says the country needs help from the international community to cater for the 250000 refugees who arrived so far thought a hired at the polls. a show of solidarity is moldova calls for international support. us secretary of states is visiting one of your poorest and smallest countries that shows a border with ukraine. in the 30 years since holdover and the united states began diplomatic relations. we've never faced a moment as urgent and as challenging as the one that we face today. russia's unprovoked unwarranted war on ukraine has kicked off. you monitoring crisis that is already having a vast effect across the region, including here in the republic mold over moldova, didn't choose to be involved, but these are the implications of a war on its doorstep. nearly a quarter of

a 1000000 people have crossed its quarter from ukraine in just 10 days. the 2nd largest number of refugees after poland, moldova warns it's fast running out of options to keep up with the influx, which is expected to rise in the coming days. likelihood only 3 joint and consistent efforts from all the partners we can help out ukraine. first of all, we need rapid assistance and involvement of the international community to stop the battle and restore the piece the international monetary fund is considering, moldova is request to make changes to its existing i. m f supported programs to help the refugees bought. mold overs concerns, don't stop there. it faces a security threat on its eastern border, rushing back separatists control the region of trends. ne steer. the dispute territory has its own government currency and around 6000 paratroopers, since it for 2 bits of civil war with moldova in 1990. 2 sponsored isn't recognized

internationally and russia has repeatedly ignored course. remove around 1500 of its troops, who've been stationed there ever since. the area also has, was his thought to be one of the biggest ammunition depots in eastern europe. there is a fundamental disagreement within the vans and trucks and leadership. and this is the path, the development path that they want to choose most don't always declare that it's wanted to integrate, it cannot mclee with europe. and that's why i was thinking membership for the union and trying to was taking alignment with ration alignments made clear on thursday when all day over in georgia followed ukraine footsteps and applied to join the european union process in the making for years that fast track in just a matter of days thought a height at algebra or ukraine authorities are reportedly having trouble reaching

staff to nuclear plants. softer fighting broke out is up on friday, simsi is now under russian control. according to the u. s. nuclear energy body access to mobile networks in the internet of reportedly been cut of the plum. the international atomic energy agency says it is extremely concerned. communications with staff at a plant using radioactive material in multiple have also been lost. a bennett ramberg is an expert on nuclear proliferation. he says russian forces could be targeting nuclear plants to gain control of ukraine's energy. good. a nuclear plant could release its redirect to golden since the environment. and you'd have the worst case that you're on on steroids. i would imagine one of the reasons they might be targeting want to take these plans offline. the, they can take the place of life, is to cut the electricity to municipalities. and so without, without electricity flowing to homes, batteries, to any,

any entity in the municipalities across, you create that these plants service by cutting them off. you're going to put up the ability of these, of these communities to function effectively. so these plans are key plants like here are just units that they provide for 40 to 50 percent of the country's energy of the nuclear plants. and then the one reason lean detectives replace again was not a major when i called connecticut tech and the plan. so radioactive elements were not compromised, least based on the information we have looking forward to with patients or the russians. but these plans should be avoided all, cause a protests against the war in ukraine are being held across latin america. theresa bo is that one rally in argentina were here in the center of when i cited were hundreds of people have gathered to denounce the war. ukraine. people here are calling him as a war criminal and they're demanding rasa leave you claim you must push it as

we have come here to support all of those who are suffering in ukraine. i have family and friends over there, and this is very upsetting me. after 2 years after pandemic, and now it is unacceptable element in the cold, just like this one are happening all across america in mexico and other countries in the region. in the past year, russia has expanded, it seemed to him a latin america through investment, through the distribution of the sputnik v vaccine doing the corona virus condemning among other things. leaders in the region have their own agenda and they have, you fit a leverage with the united states, the warning ukraine devices, america, why they're called over for the eyes of the brand. they like to buy their country like mexico was trying to remain under other countries like pardon tina,

but are demanding little war to the news. now israeli forces have killed the palestinians. teenager and the occupied west bank, 16 year old, the yemen. jaffa was shot dead near i with these on sunday after allegedly throwing molotov cocktails and soldiers. 9 other palestinians have been killed by ready forces in the occupied west bank in the last month. a rock is considered one of the most corrupt countries in the world. transparency international sang bribes, kickbacks and fraud are widespread. many rockies complain the corruption is still the main cause a political and social instability, or some have been job aid reports now from our cra in northern it all steep slopes and narrow leaves have forced the centuries old city to hold on to some of its traditional ways dating back to 600 b c across is one of the oldest inhabited cities in the world. and for generations,

this has been the only mode of transport even bringing home the groceries is a challenge. what downside have thing up every day i use my donkey to transport household needs and things could be carried without the help of donkeys. almost all of the residents of these neighborhoods own a donkey, which is technically their vehicle that they rely on. and the most basic services are affected, native us and municipality decided to use donkeys years ago to carry out the task of cleaning and transporting garbage from the neighborhood. our work is exhausting, but it may sound strange to any one who hears about it. but even the use of donkeys has led to charges of corruption. in recent years, local officials have been accused of making money by hiding donkeys that only exist on paper. and the mayor argues at bagdad budget gods have left many public employees working for free. for the month, i mean,

we had many irregularities. many of the municipality workers, including some animals, were paid salaries even if they do not report to work. it became a court case at a later stage. ultimately, many of those workers ended their employment with the municipality, which has taken a heavy told on our operations. despite these irregularities, those workers were exonerated by the court asked for the donkeys. they continued to work there for it just goes fuel employees is a microcosm of the endemic corruption in iraq. recent research suggests that the way the system of government works is that power brokers accumulate wealth and influence without providing basic services to the people. here, security forces caught inefficient taking bribes. it's an open secret, murphy as controlled ministries, and many government officials benefit and the rockies, blame corruption for poverty and unemployment. less than half the population voted in last october's election, and iraq still doesn't have an official government. but while the politicians

struggled to form a government in baghdad across donkeys, carryon, their daily tasks oblivious of the corruption allegations against them. because i'm a job down to their northern iraq. a china has started building a hospital for emergency use in hong kong to keep up with an ongoing search in cobra. 1900 cases, new cases are overwhelming the cities medical system, more than 31000 were reported on sunday hospital will have around a 1000 beds and 10000 isolation units. when it's finished, the leader of south korea's ruling party has been taken a hospital off to be attacked and hit in the head while campaigning for wednesday's election. sonya young gills injuries are said to not be life threatening. the pandemic rising house prices and corruption scandals have all been key issues on the campaign trail. candidates are using innovative ways to get their policies to

voters from a pride reports having given the world cape up south koreans like to make a song and dance about their elections. the to presidential front runners, especially supporters of conservative, hopeful you'll soak. y'all wants you to remember his number 2 went filling out the ballot paper. while the candidate of the ruling liberal party li jane young wants his number one to get stuck in their heads, carefully composed and choreographed, that's a real art to creating the rights political ditty. by the time the candidate appears, we've already injected a certain energy. we prepare songs that have catchy lyrics that people know will and dance move. everyone can do together. at this dr. in event for the democratic party, those moves are socially distanced, but intended to get the audience room routine like these are

a vital components of any campaign. animal trauma does. the candidate be more elaborate, the performance is, becomes the presidential. hopefuls also rely increasingly upon technology to connect with voters supported by some of the worlds fastest internet speeds. online campaigning is reaching new levels of ingenuity and another candidate who since dropped out on charles who held a news conference in the so called met averse of the interactive internet with real life journalists, appearing this computer generated figures. the 2 leading candidates have gone further with artificial intelligence or a i, by creating life like avatars of themselves. pamela liberal candidate lees image promotes messages tailored for particular areas of the country. a conservative yoon is able to answer questions. who's our enemy? he's asked. i'll tell you straight it's north career, he quips, his creators seem to admit their yoon is

a sassy version of the real person to whom i be titled tenant happened. and some of those answers are not always very politically correct. but if we try to be overcautious, we get less feedback from the public into the such a i. manipulation has led to claims of foul play from his rivals. but in this contest with the 2 leading contenders, running neck and neck just won catchy online appearance or snappy slogan might prove the difference between success and failure. rob mcbride, al jazeera, so ah, all right, let's get around of now. the top stories on al jazeera civilians in the besieged ukrainian cities of mario pole, and vol. love ha, our face.