to expect your favorite entertainments at your fingertips on whatever device you use. this is the kind of service our sales apps broadcast solution deliver. 247, f sales space to deliver your vision. ah, we've broken hard since people escaped their broken cities, the ukraine exodus passes 2000000 but it is a long and dangerous road to safety. renewed shelling forces buses to make a u turn again. delaying evacuation. ah, hello and barbara sarah, are you watching out? is there

a life or london also coming up with a city and the siege? no electricity, food or water? a fear turns the desperation for those trapped in mario paul. the american people who deal another powerful bluetooth war machine for the west sanctions are stepped up as russian oil is left out in the cold. the warn ukraine started only 13 days ago and already its cause 2000000 people to leave the country to 1000000 women and children and elderly people, but not men between the ages of 18 to 60 they must stay on fight. the refugees have driven cross country to border posts or taking trains or buses. whatever transport was available, a lifetime of memories packed into

a suitcase. they're heading to poland, hungary, slovakia, or any neighboring country that can offer safety. and the number of people will be even greater were not for those trapped. unable to leave their homes court in cities such as multiple were russia is again accused of breaking humanitarian cease fires, and firing on civilians trying to escape the kremlin. meanwhile blaine's ukrainian forces for violating the truces will be evacuation of writing poll was cancelled for the 3rd time on tuesday. charles stratford is inseparably chair region which was part of the proposed rooms out of the city. he said this update a little earlier as a buses were attempting to reach my part so off to being stationary for at least 2 hours. the convoy has now turned round and he's taking will be able to stand with trying to take a different routes to my real pull the decision to turn around according to the cold night to the cold boy that we spoke to was because of reports of heavy

fighting along the initially planned route to very awful. as we know, this is another attempt to approve my old attempts in the last few days to try and get vital humanitarian aid into the beauty besieged port city to try and pull. what we understand could be up to 200000 people from out of very helpful. the fact that this po boy, it's not to troy now to take a different route, does not bode well. but i think deborah shaw stratford al jazeera south of south risha gray was sent messenger this live now from the capital of ukraine. a kiva is step. you made your way into the capital. tell us a little bit about what the trip there was like and what it was like to get into kids. well traveling to key a few,

see this whole continuous so stream of refugees leaving the capital going the opposite direction. there is a non stop. ugh, row of car, so huge traffic jam, basically from the whole of the west of ukraine to the capital right now. people trying to flee to violence. the bombing, the continuous shelling here in the capital also around the capitol. but the people are not going very far and not very fast because they're really simply stuck. the infrastructure doesn't let them flee quickly enough. so people are really spending the night in cars next to fuel station. so fuel stations have enormous long queues as well because people are queuing for fuel. that is very hard to get. there's not enough fuel in these battle station. so there's a quite some chaos, a lot of checkpoint. so people are very nervous. the security services are very nervous that there might be advance or forces that it might be what they called

saba, taurus russians who are already here, who might a commit attacks. and when you get to the capitol, the, the 1st thing that you notice is this eerie silence. and people have left. it's a city of normally $4000000.00 people, but it's equally quiet. the only thing we hear here is church bells ringing a step. you say it's a eerily quiet, obviously a lot of people have left because of the fighting. but speaking of fighting, has there been any ad today? what do we know? well, inside the capital, it's been relatively quiet today, but it's still discontinuous. fighting going on in the north west of the capital in if been people have been trying to flee there for the last couple of days. people have been killed, even though when they were escaping elderly people, children, they have been sheltered by russian forces. we know that yesterday this family with

2 children were hit, they all died and also on the other side of the capitol on the north, there was a bomb mine. i have to say an anti personnel mine under a car. so at least 2 people have died there as well. so the violence doesn't stop. russia has offered peace of free passages. they have offered them 2 barrows and to russia, but of course people what we see all fleeing a very different direction. they're all fleeing to the west, steadfast and with the latest, from the ukrainian capital, a key step. thank you. or russian forces have been accused of continuing to bombard residential areas. civilians tried to take roots to safety, many of come under fire in the civilian dest whole in the conflict is mounting. natasha butler reports now from the movies.

apologies, we seem to be having some trouble getting natasha butler as a report. we're just trying again but just to remind you. busy of what it's about, i mean obviously we have heard countless accusations and we have seen people who civilians may killed and apparently actually specifically targeted by russian forces. so many as we've said, have come under fire and natasha butler is in the western town. even has this report, his little comfort in war. but some people are doing all they can for 3rd day ukrainian forces evacuate people from air pin on the outskirts of ukraine's capital keith. it's a precarious journey. russian shelling is never very far away. european

up st. louis de, king of stopping has been constantly shall plains bombing russian. soldiers are called, it's at home. there's no electricity, like there's no heating and the temperatures going down. we had to go to the chill . it means that if we hate, i couldn't, and russia so much, i hope the war will be over soon. one of the conservative people are also fleeing sumi, east of cave, off to russia, and ukraine agreed on a temporary cease fire in the area. days of russian shelling have flattened parts of the city. this is what is left after an overnight attack. killed more than 20 people, including children in their homes. moscow is offered once again to evacuate people from a number of other cities, but only if they go to russia or belarus for ukraine's president. it is a proposition steeped in cynicism, but they ensure that a small corridor to the occupied territory is open for a few dozen people who are not so much to russia, but to the propagandist directly to the television cameras. so they can say this is

will saves people. just cynicism just propaganda. nothing more. rushes military says this video shows is tanks. ne keys in the city, people are scared, daily life has moved underground. intense times. the vulnerable often suffered almost every day more children arrive at this orphanage from different parts of ukraine. svetlana tells me the invasion, adds another painful layer to already difficult childhood. on the pickup special, the 1st script that arrived her is from less to chance. there were many yet very young kids. among them all, they were traumatized anxious when the sirens sounded, they would got really scars. lister was in you. the children have been brought here to escape the russians shelling and the fighting. but some of them were ready. victims of war these children of from eastern ukraine where a war against russian back separatist started 8 years ago. young lives that have

never known a world without conflict. nastier is from keep a typical teenager living in on typical times. milas sister, i'm my sister and i couldn't sleep at night, relieved in an apartment as i was born, been all the time. so we took integration train to here. my boy ha, solidarity seems to be everywhere. ukraine, as does defiance. protest is in the southern city of chaplain co till russian soldiers to go away. oh, people want the conflict and they want the killing to stop. families are being shattered futures last ukrainians. wonder how many soldiers will sacrifice their lives for who no one here wanted. natasha butler al jazeera, the viv ukraine. alex bought in a cove is the deputy minister of digital transformation in ukraine. he joins us now

alive, sir. thank you for joining us here in al jazeera. we're not saying exactly where you are in ukraine would own to identify the town for security reasons. but tell us in so far as you can roughly what the situation is like where you are, are the sorts of challenges that you're hearing about. hi, everyone show when the worst started we all were in care of. and we heard the 1st explosion and, and rockets captures and air fighters flying, or we decide after a day, more than 24 hours, we were evacuated. we're selling ukraine and where i am right now. there are sirens from time, but there was no bomb being so we able to work and perform or do this. well, we all followed news and what's going on in terms of russian aggression

i think we holding up pretty good and the most you korean believe we're going to win this war. and you are, as we said, that they're pretty minister digital transformation. tell us a little bit about what you see is the digital part of this war a, the fight against the misinformation, but also just the videos, the recording of events which could be used later on as evidence. yeah, so the, the major goal of ministry of does a full transformation in during the war. it's completely different from, from the time when we were operating in normal condition. so the 1st one is to define digital infrastructure. and lat, people from regions were not involved in the war to operate normal business. good people can connect business, be taxes, use government services. so,

so we trying to keep this digital infrastructure live also we defend our digital infrastructure from cyber attacks. we the, what we do is fight with the misinformation with because russian spreading, fake news lies and day generally trying to hide this information from their citizen . so one of the major to have is to show people of russia, what the real situation is. we use a lot of channels do you reach them out? and this goes pretty much good. i think we like latest ad showing that we're reaching 50000000 plus people every day in russia with our messages about what's really going on that this is more because they are not saying this is work for hold. and they hiding the number of danger killed russians, soldiers, if anyone report,

we also work on say the word war. if i can just interrupt you there. i mean, when it comes to communications within the ukraine as well. obviously we're speaking to you now via video links, so that that seems to be working. but are there any issues with communications across the country? well, for the major part, ah, there is no problem. we'll communication in some says small cities where they occupy, they turn off for our cell towers. um, but generally it's working in, in, in trent in now, even in war zone it's, it's sometimes it's impossible to call to our relatives to friends and get in touch with them at least for a nickel of a deputy minister of digital transformation in your craner speaking to us from that country ser, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience with us. now,

one way for people to escape the fighting is the travel east it through matter you pull into territory controlled by russian back separatists. not many have dared to make the journey as bernard smith reports now from nova results screeching these ukrainians left mary opal with just the few belongings they could pack in a hurry, which wasn't much. what was weighing these people down with the memories of what they've seen and what they've left behind. they've left a city of half a 1000000 people surrounded by forces from russia and don. yes. people who are now their hosts. nick describes living under shelling for 10 days as he made his way out of the city with his wife, child and mother in law. got them virtually in the world. we got into our car on the constant sharon valley. there was no corridor. we had not help. we just drove. we went from one village to another, spent 4 days in the cellar, then 5 days in the shed, with no water, no guess, no electricity,

no internet. that journey from mary awful east to this village would have taken just 45 minutes. in peacetime, my brother was a while a government lease arrived as best we could, and we were only now that we are safe. i'm going to walk out what we are going to do next. so few people seem to have made it out of mary up all because according to the don yet separatists, the as of battalion that holds the city, is not letting civilians leave. as of is a far right paramilitary, neo nazi group, now integrated into ukraine's national guard. the group in return accuses the russians, violating the humanitarian c spies. the considering the size of mary off or just really a handful of people have made it here. an indication that despite the promise of a secure humanitarian corridor, many people are still too scared to leave. bernard smith, al jazeera nova, as oscar region, while ukraine's president has received

a standing ovation from the u. k. parliament. speaking by video link from keyma vladimir zalinski. thank the okay for its support. throughout the conflict, he told parliamentarians that ukrainians would fight to the end against the russian invasion. but he appealed for more help to punish russia and stressed the need for a no fly zone. but another needs to move separate done is general law. the question for us now is to be or not to be this expedient question to wait for 13 days. the question was asked, but now i can give you a definitive answer is definitely a yes. to be, i'd like to remind you of it by words that the u. k has already heard, which are important. so here again, we will not give up. we will not lose. we will fight to the end at sea and in the air. we will continue to fight for our land, whatever the castles will fight in the forests in the field,

on the shores in the streets. okay, that means lensky speaking there will you, as president joe biden has announced a ban on russian oil and gas imports. the movie follows please by the ukranian president, to cut off moscow's energy exports bite and says the decision was made after consulting european allies were moving forward. this ban, understanding that many of our european allies and partners may not be in a position to join us. united states producers far more oral domestically than all of europe come, all the european countries combined. in fact, we're a net exporter of energy. so we can take this step when others cannot, but we're working closely with europe and our partners to develop a long term strategy to reduce their dependence on russian energy as well. oh, white house corresponding kimberly. how can joins a slide that, kimberly good to see you. the administration had been reluctant to do this. why did

it finally decide to do it? well, there are a couple of reasons. the 1st to is that there was a lot of political pressure. the u. s. president acknowledge when he made the announcement about this in ban on russian energy, oil, natural gas, coal. that essentially it was the please of the ukrainian leader that in many ways pushed him to do it. he said he's been speaking with him a number of times ah, but also it was the pressure by both democrats and republicans in the u. s. congress and their legislation that they were going ahead and pushing forward. and if there was this concern inside the white house, that if congress were to move ahead, it could really weaken the u. s. president, position politically in the eyes of the american voter. 1 and so the white house decided to take the lead and jump ahead and put in place these sanctions. but

there's another reason to and that is in the u. s. decided to do this well in consultation with its european allies, not in coordination, as we've seen with some of the previous sanctions. and the reason has a lot to do with the fact that russian energy does not make up a major part of the u. s. energy supply, it's about 10 percent, and i'll give you just some numbers to give you a sense of it. for example, the united states imports about 700000 barrels of russian oil a day. that's about again, 10 percent of the nation's energy supply. that's in contrast to europe's 4000000 barrels a day. so you can see why it was a little bit easier for the united states to do this and why there would be as sort of more reluctance on the part of european nation. so this was really the reason that the u. s. went ahead and did this a so i guess so the reluctance has been kind of overcome. but what impact the is going to have on americans themselves is going to be enormous. and so you heard the

u. s president talking about an acknowledging that he already recognizes that this is going to be painful for americans, but that he believes american values are worth fighting for even when it takes place outside of the united states. and just to give you some context, the u. s. is already paying about $4.00 a gallon for gasoline and that is pretty high by us standards. something that's not been seen since about 2008. i. it used to be about $2.77 about a year ago. that you, as president says that it could go up by about $0.75 a gallon as a result of these sanctions. that's a lot. considering americans are already seeing consumer goods and some of the highest prices they've seen as a result of inflation in numbers. the highest of 40 years, so americans are hurting right now. still trying to bounce back from the pandemic.

this is not going to help. so what you as president has done is released some of the strategic petroleum reserve in order to try and mitigate the price increases that we are expected to see in the next week as a result of these sanctions. but again, the u. s. president saying that he believes that this is worth fighting for this is we're sending a message. vladimir putin, that the american consumer is not going to subsidize the russian invasion of ukraine. kimberly how kit were delicious from the white house. kimberly, thank you. so that's the u. s, but the u. k is also planning to phase out russian oil imports by the end of the year want to use as it will reduce its dependence by 2 thirds. but the announcement has seen oil prices surge even higher with some analysts predicting it could push europe towards recession. charlie angela has more from central and already struggling with rising living costs. ordinary europeans now face another blow to

their finances, with the conflict and ukraine, pushing fuel and food prices even higher as applied to phase out oil imports, russia takes shape the economic cost of the war is hitting home. oh, good to record. another kind of absurd. 15 days ago, nobody could think about it. the problem is not the price, it will be to morrow, but how much it will cost in $15.00 days. i think there's times are coming, but we will have to deal with it. here in london, people are seeing a ripple effect of the russian invasion at the pachel pump. prices have been rising steadily since january that have now reached a new record high. this could have enough on effect the cost of transported goods and the cost of living. russia is the world's 2nd largest exporter of oil, the u in ports 27 percent of its own. from russia, the u. k. little less than 10 percent in the u. s. just 8 percent, which is why europe will feel the effect of the bad far more acutely than the u. s . the

e. you also plans to cut its dependency on russian gas by 2 thirds this year. that's 26 percent of its supply. this will end our over dependency and give us much needed room to maneuver 2 thirds by the end of this year. it's hard, bloody odd, but it's possible if we're willing to go further and faster than we've done before . but experts say this decision will be difficult compromises hitting that target be very challenging. if they do that at a given us, be aware of the consequences, they'll have to be additional use of nuclear, which is supposed be phased out in certain countries. the lab be more coal use, which won't help climate goals, that there was even a point said turn your thermostat down one degree. and that has a major impact on potential gas use. the payoff of this eventual band that european consumers will no longer be inadvertently funding the warn you. craig is e oil

purchases alone, $285000000.00 a day in russian pockets. and the move towards kena green energy will be accelerated. but the timing means the risk of inflation and recession looms larger than ever. charlie on the, i'll do their london will the old john charlotte stopping all purchases of russian crude and has apologized for buying its oil. last week, he released the statement saying that decision to buy russian oil after the kremlin invasion of ukraine was not right. the company says it will change its supply chain as quickly as it can. it's also closing petrol stations across russia. shell is cutting its involvement with the north string to pipeline which it helped to pay for. the foreign fighters are heading to the front lines in ukraine after the government established an international legion for those coming from abroad. other volunteers are helping to set up training camps or treating the injured sin.

bizarre these spoke to some of the new recruits crossing into ukraine at the poland ukraine border as people continue to flee the war in ukraine, some rush to get to its front lines. your bravery or bravado mormon, like this one, are coming to ukraine's aid every day. inspired perhaps by a social media campaign. i'm in solomon right now, or a call to arms for volunteers by ukrainian leaders under siege in their own capital . from her home near cave, lacey bustling co says there is something to do for everyone coming to ukraine's defense. you are fighting the 2nd biggest on the and the world and the nuclear power, a dot to force on military resources are not enough. so we need more people here on the ground. we need more weapons here on the ground. we need more sophisticated weapons here on the ground to be able to stand. i'm keep standing as an independent

free country. this is the struggle and the wide that we invite the, the world to join volunteers who contact ukrainian embassies are directed to the website for the international legion of the defense of ukraine. this is one of the locations recruits can find themselves signing up and boarding buses to cross the border. we met a ukrainian coordinator who declined to speak on camera or give his full name or even his rank. but he said he was there to help volunteers find their way to the fight. this roadside motel near the border has become a kind of unofficial recruitment point for volunteers wanting to fight in ukraine. we've been here a few hours and we've met people from europe. the united states, great britain, many more have already crossed over many more are expected to. julian is $22.00 and says he served in the dutch military and was deployed to have gone on. i'm not looking for violence per se, it's more that i'm looking for to give the people that i hope that they see they're

not alone in this fight. he's still undecided than willing to sign a contract to serve until the end of the war. whenever that might be, the open ended contract has also put our volunteers at the medical border crossing . if they say all you, you can stay in 5 by a 3 months. you can go home to see your families and come back if you want. oh, or even one year, but we know in one year we going we got home, but and it's going truck. does no data does know when we could go home, you know, so yeah, that was the point for me to change. mind others remain undeterred. jay is from portugal lives in london and says his motivation comes from his young daughters that he is fighting to defend their future, their freedoms, the lack of action by the west. so i just personally, don't think sanctions are enough and i understand the fear of world war 3. but as you can see, this is the beginning of world war 3. personally,

i don't think i'm being brave. i'm just doing what i'd like people to do. if the u . k was under attack and far as johnson was begging for help, highly experience soldiers are sent to the front line. less experience recruits are kept back to help territory defense units and treat the wounded. j says he trusts ukraine will let him go home if he has family and is unafraid. as he commits himself to a war that could go on for years. in basra of the old jazeera, at the ukraine border in eastern poland all about a 150 ukranian children from orphanages in the cave region have arrived at the polish border. volunteers and police officers gave the children toys as they were carried from a train station and escorted on to buses. charity workers had prepared are converted school sports hall to welcome them. the polish government has passed the draft bill allowing nearly $2000000000.00 in funding for refugees.

just 2 days ago, we had a transport of 700 kids. ange, it's not easy to find a place for anybody, but it's even tougher to find a place for $700.00 kids in the same one place. or the many heartbreaking aspects of the story you can find out much more on the situation you crave from the website out. is there a dot com? ah, reminder now of the top stories on how to 02000000 people have fled ukraine since the start of the russian invasion, that's according to the un refugee agency. it's described the exodus as the fastest in modern times and warned millions more people are still to come. most of those fleeing are women that children and the elderly with men that force the stay behind and fight with the civilian.