mission for this former warlord, liberia has become the frontline of a drug war. it cannot afford to lose. he says it's a battle he will fight out of responsibility and killed for his past crimes. and for his country. ah, russian ass strikes in the ukrainian city of the ne pro hit near a kindergarten killing at least one person. ah. on sammy's a band with more of our extensive coverage of the war in ukraine and pulled into weston ukrainian cities on target. this russia's military offensive widens. president vladimir putin approves bringing fights his from the middle east to

support pro russian separatists in easton, ukraine, and old friends overrule whale could, who's taking care of thousands of children who fled ukraine. for russia. expanded its aerial attack on ukraine, adding to a humanitarian crisis in areas cut off by invading forces. hardcase in the northeast is under continuous bombardment destroying nearly 50 schools. in the southeast, hundreds of thousands of people are trapped to mario poll. they're describing it as hell. and civilians while they're desperate for food and water with no way out of the city in central ukraine for the 1st time russia has attack. deborah, the city was once considered relatively safe for people was sheltering there from other besieged areas, offensives, wide and further to the west. russian air strikes of targeted to military air feels

killing at least 2 ukrainian offices. that one name begins are coverage. ukrainians, living in the central city of denise bro, woke up to the booms and fire balls of 3 airstrikes on friday. then this c chart, buildings, cars, even the trees blackened fragments. emergency officials say one person was killed and the air strikes hit near a kindergarten and an apartment building. targeting civilian areas is a violation of the geneva convention. russia has warned it will surround denise bro, home to about 1000000 people before the invasion to go through the villa. marg. in car, keith, ukraine, 2nd largest city. there were reports of shelling from the skies and the streets. yar, which will be done with the potential, i would like to inform you that we will open humanitarian corridors. they will look

on the falling roots from our pole in the desk region towards the city of zapper easier. a column of buses carrying humanitarian aid will to pass on the diplomatic front. the united states with the g 7 nations and the european union are preparing to revoke russia's most favored nation status for trade. russia plan to ask the un security council to discuss its allegations that ukraine is developing biological weapons. earlier in the week, russia accused the ukrainian military of using phosphorus. it's illegal if used against civilians. with in the suburbs of the capital, keith, the toll of several days of fighting was coming into focus. the lou, this liberal, the people who just went home and rocketed them. so you can see what happened here . when they had them on his own. the russians demoralized on motivated and

splitting into small groups except hominy, civilians, raping and looting. nothing is happening even though their homes have been reduced to rubble. some are choosing to remain a man in the town of boca says, despite the loss and the shock. they're no longer afraid. natasha name al jazeera. i mon con isn't key if he explained what's happened to that russian military convoy advancing on the capital. that column has actually effectively been dispersed in places they've changed positions. we know that because we've seen satellite imagery of that boat, we don't know is why now it could be for a number of reasons. firstly, like you say, in last 24 hours, they have been hit by ukrainian air strike. so the russians may well be just regrouping somewhere else. ah, the all reports that some of that column has been re deployed to other front lines

. again, con, confirm that, but that could be happening as well. the russians had had a real problem supplying that convoy 8. so it came about around march. the 5th it grew to about 40 kilometers in length, but the russians had real problems securing the supply lines to that. now, in order to fight any battle anywhere in the world, you do need a supply line is absolutely crucial. and that was a problem for the russian. so that may well be a reason as well. all we really know is that this is a change of tactics and you speak to people here in cave, and they'll tell you that actually maybe they're regrouping, they're getting that together for an advance on the capital. we've seen a lot of soldiers out in the street. lot of vehicles around on the outskirts there are defense being put up. lots of checkpoints hasn't yet right. but so far, the electricity still running the water store and there is food on the shell that some of the soup market. it's not so not so much getting food and supplies austin

coming in. it's i see getting people to work. we went down to one supermarket today, where normally they employ about 30 people and he had 6 people in and because of that they were only letting a few people in to shop at a time. so things are getting at things are tense, but there's a real sense of defines hair ukraine's president says his country is reached a strategic turning point in the war or the rationally the things negotiations with the crying that had some positive outcome name was willis because the sky knew it is impossible to say how many more days we must protect the liberty of our country . but it is possible to say who will do it because this is dr for that. because we have already the retreat strategic turning point. and even though we are already moving towards our goal towards victory disappeared, war war, war, but a very stubborn animal who doesn't pay attention to the thousands of casualties, including civilians who is now gathering reservists and conscript i. although

russia to try them into the hell of his war, seal them do it. there are restrictions and sanctions connected to today's events. but as we mentioned before, the attempts to restrict our development have always been there. now it's on a larger scale, but we will overcome these difficulties and inquire more competencies and possibilities to feel independent. and this will be to our benefit. i will inform you on the situation on the ukrainian direction and how the negotiations are taking place almost every day. there are certain positive movements, as i am told by our negotiators. as russian forces continue their attacks, the kremlin has been talking about bolstering forces in ukraine with volunteers. bernard smith has more from moscow. you seen a lot of stories, of course, of people from elsewhere in the world coming to fight for the ukrainian forces and being allowed to join the ukrainian army and being invited, encouraged to join the recreating arm if that fits to fight. while

a russians are now saying, also on their side, people are volunteering to come and fight. they said they've had a request from volunteers of volunteers from all over the world. clothing, 16000 volunteers, applications to volunteer from the middle east and brought him a putin said that should those people want to go to join the fighting in specifically don yet sc and lew ganske. this is this eastern part of ukraine. should they wish to join the fighting there? especially he said, if they're willing to go free of charge them, we should help them get their answer. g. a. mid booty was also agree with the suggestion by a show you. that weaponry seized from the ukrainian forces should be given to fight his internet's can. lou gantski was referring particularly to the javelin and sting miss styles these weapons made in the us and bought a new future that yes, if necessary, we can give those to the, to those forces in the, in east of ukraine,

those self declared territory. republics have done that is going to guns, recognised by russia as independent countries. the u. s. is planning further sanctions on russia, which would include banding items like sea food vodka and non industrial diamonds. when a short time ago, president joe biden outline measures being taken by g 7 nations. each of our nation is gonna take steps to deny most favored nation status to russia. a most favored nation status designation means 2 countries have agreed to trade with each other under the best possible terms. low tarsh, few barriers, trade and the highest possible import. hello. i was told. kimberly how good is that the white house or do you mind? cuz i well, this is something that the u. s. president had to do in coordination with the u. s

. congress. it's a little different than some of the sanctions that we've seen previously in recent weeks. that would involve the us treasury when it comes to the trade relationship. this does require congressional action. and so this is being done in coordination with you are set at the house of representatives. so the u. s. president, calling on congress in this announcement to join the european union, the g 7 countries to suspend normal trade relations with russia. now what this does is this allows new tariffs to be imposed on russia in response to the russian invasion of ukraine. and what you heard the president talking about there is this essentially ends the relationship the russia has enjoyed for quite some time with united states in terms of horribly sorry. kimberly, i'm gonna have to interrupt is when you go to the un security council, let's this then including $564.00 killed and $982.00 injured since the start of the invasion on 24 february o h c h r believe's. the real casualty,

figures are likely considerably higher as information from locations whose intense hostilities are ongoing has been delayed, and reports are still pending cooperation. most of the recorded civilian casualties, which include children, have been caused by explosive weapons, with a wide impact area, including heavy artillery and multi launch rocket systems and missile an air strikes. o h c h r. has received credible reports of russian forces using cluster munitions, including in populated areas indiscriminate attacks including those using cluster munitions which are of a nature to strike military objectives and civilians or civilian objects without distinction are prohibited under international humanitarian law. direct attacks

against civilians and civilian objects, as well as so called area bombardment, in towns and villages are also prohibited under international law and may amount to war crimes. as of 10 march, the world health organization has verified 26 attacks on health facilities, health workers, and ambulances, causing 12 deaths and 34 injuries. this includes the bombing of the mario po maternity hospital, a 9 march. we condemn such attacks without reservation. they cause not only death and destruction, they also deprived people of urgently needed care and endanger more lives. we cannot emphasize it enough. the targeting of civilians of residential buildings, hospitals, schools, kindergartens, is inexcusable, and intolerable. all alleged violations of international human law must be

investigated and those found responsible held accountable. madam president, millions of people in ukraine need urgent assistance. this includes 2000000 internally displaced people. we are scaling up humanitarian aid in areas where security permits more than half a 1000000 people are now receiving assistance, including life saving, food, shelter, blankets, and medical supplies. the united nations in our partners have developed operational plans to meet humanitarian needs, where they are most acute this work needs funding over 1500000000 dollars was pledged to the appeals last week. we are grateful for this generosity and encourage donors to release the funding quickly. madam president, it is critical to urgently achieve a secession of hostilities to allow for the safe passage of civilians from besieged

areas and to ensure that life saving humanitarian supplies can reach those or remain on 9 march over 50. 1000 people were reportedly evacuated through 5 out of 6, agreed upon safe passages. the safe passage is must continue. they should be implemented with clear principles and modalities. civilians should be duly in timely informed of the possibility to leave the concerned areas and on a voluntary basis and in the direction they choose. to expand life, saving assistance and services to those most in need, humanitarian actors must also have safe, rapid, unimpeded, and sustained access to all areas. we commend the humanitarian actors on the ground who are staying and delivering in a highly volatile situation. madam president,

the number of refugees from ukraine has reached 2500000 people. these numbers continue increasing by the day. we also commend the countries that have kept their boarders open to welcome and support refugees. all people, flynn ukraine, including 3rd country nationals, need access to state safety and protection in line with the principle of non reformed meant and without any form of discrimination. madam president, the need for negotiations to stop the war in ukraine could not be more urgent. we note the 3 rounds of talks held thus far between ukrainian in russian delegations. we call for such efforts to intensify, including to further secure humanitarian and cease fire arrangements. as a matter of priority, we urged the sides to build on their contacts, such as the meeting yesterday between the foreign ministers of ukraine and the russian federation. and until your turkey,

the logic of dialogue in diplomacy must prevail over the logic of war. the secretary general is grateful to the many members states working in pursuit of a diplomatic solution to this dangerous conflict. he is in regular contact with regional and other leaders and his good offices remain available. madam president, let me affirm the u. s. commitment to ukraine, sovereignty independence and territorial integrity within its internationally recognized borders. as the war grown grains on, there's already much will reflection about its implications beyond the tragedy it represents for ukraine. we increasingly here the use of terms such as turning point, defining moment, end of multilateralism. i believe this is not an exaggeration. indeed, some consequences are already being felt economically and politically. perhaps most

alarming of the risks, the violence poses to the gullible framework for peace and security. we must do everything we can to find a solution and put an end to this war. and we must do it now. thank you madam president. ashford a say the decarlo either a healthy her article him and on the say that you me not coming to mrs. i mean, i can thank you madam crescent. madam president, distinguished members of the security council. i thank council members for the opportunity to brief you this morning. i am aware of reports that certain public health facilities are in areas impacted by on conflict coaching, the safety of those facilities at risk. i appealed to all parties in this conflict to ensure the safety of all such facilities in ukraine. i am aware of media

reports regarding allegations of biological weapons programs. the united nations is not aware of any biological weapons programs. that is largely thanks to the 1972 biological weapons convention which prohibits the development production acquisition transfer, stock binding and use of biological and taxing weapons. the russian federation and ukraine are both states parties to the convention. in addition, the russian federation is the depository government. under the convention, all states parties to the convention have undertaken never in any circumstances to develop produce stockpile or otherwise acquire or retain biological weapons. biological weapons have been all flawed since the b w. c entered into force in 1975

. a total of $183.00 states have now joined a convention, and biological weapons are universally seen as being abhorrent and illegitimate. the beat of u. c. locks, a multinational verification mechanism overseen by an independent organization such as the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons. therefore, assessing compliance with its obligations is a task for its states parties. madam president, despite the lack of an international verification regime, the biological weapons convention, thus however, contained several measures to which concerns states, parties can have recourse in order to address situations in which states parties have concerns or suspicions about the activities of their peers. for example,

article 5 of the convention states that and i quote, the state parties to this the convention undertake to consult one another and to corporate in solving any problems which may arise in relation to the objective off or in the application of the provisions of this convention and of coach. within the framework of article 5, states, parties, novice stablished, an annual exchange of information. based upon the submission of confidence building measures. states parties must declare information about relevant facilities and activities on their territory in order to prevent or reduce the occurrence of ambiguous doubts and suspicions between them. the russian federation and ukraine both participate annually in the confidence building measures. the

annual report submitted by the russian federation and ukraine are available to all b, w. c. states parties for the purposes of transparency and reassurance. in addition, and also within the framework of article 5 of the convention states, parties of developed procedures for clarifying ambiguous and unresolved matters. including the possible convening of a formal consultative meeting to consider such matters. article 6 of the convention states that and i quote, any state party to this convention which finds that any other state party is acting in breach of, of negations, deriving from the provisions of a convention. may most complaint with the security council. if agreed by the security council, an investigation on the basis of the complaint

a complaint received could be any c h it article 6 of the convention has never been activated. while these provisions have not been regularly used, they are nonetheless internationally agreed procedures that are available to be used to diffuse tensions and to address and resolve any concerns relating to compliance with obligations under the b, w. c. in the multilateral setting, i would therefore encourage b. w. c, state parties to consider make, making use of the available procedures for consultation and corporation. in order to resolve these issues. madam president, the senior members of the security council. situations such as dis, demonstrate the need to strengthen the b, w. c. to operationalize it, and to institutionalize it. i would therefore like to take this opportunity to

encourage it states parties to come to the conventions. 9th review conference scheduled to take place in geneva. later in 2022 committed to a series of all of the convention to ensure it is properly equipped and resourced. to deal with the challenges ahead. madame president, listening wish members of the security council. to conclude my statement, i would like to take this opportunity to address the warring issue of the safety and security of nuclear power plants in ukraine. an accident involving nuclear facilities in ukraine could have severe consequences for public health and environment. and all steps must be taken to avoid it. the possibility of an accident caused by failure to react as power supply or the inability to provide regular maintenance is growing by the day. the forces in effective control of

nuclear power plants in ukraine must ensure their safe and secure operation. i am extremely concerned that 4 of the international atomic energy agency i, ace 7 pillars of the safe and secure operations of facilities are reportedly not being implemented at chernobyl. and so, portia communications must be fully restored and operating staff must be allowed to properly carry out their duties and to do so all free of undue pressure. i would like to echo the sick to general support for i aide director general groceries efforts to develop a framework to ensure the safety and security of ukraine's facilities and welcome the constructive meetings he held in turkey on the 10th of march with the foreign ministers of ukraine and the russian federation. i thank you very much for your

attention. as good a say, then i can me, phil, i thank miss noncommittal for her briefing. i now give the floor to those council members who wish to make statements. i give the floor to their preventative of the russian federation. i was paula. but madam president, his english colonies, being grown overs pandemic, coven 19 pandemic, has shown us how long are both human count kind is when facing biological threats. it has already taken and continue. so taking a huge number of human lives in 1975 for when the convention on banning the biological and talks and weapons convention came in for it. we had the hope that the world to manage to get rid itself for over at least those biological threats which are created by men. because everyone who

signed this understood the huge risk. so using biological weapons and decided to forego any plans to develop it. unfortunately, we have reason to believe that these hopes have not been fully fulfilled. what we can convene the meeting today, because as russia is conducting a special measure operation and your brain, we discovered a truly shocking fact of emergency clean up by the key of regime of the traces of a military biological program which is being implemented by k of with its support by the united states, ministry of defense, our ministry of defense, russian ministry, over to pens. and now it has documents which confirmed that on the territory of ukraine. there was a network consisting of at least a 30 biological laboratories, in which very dangerous biological experiments were being conducted,

aimed at strengthening the pathogenic qualities of the plague. anthrax to a rima cholera and other lethal diseases using synthetic biology. this work is being done and funded and supervisor by the defense, threat or reduction agency of the united states, including in the interest of the national center for medical intent intelligence unite of the united states minister of defense. the key role in implementing this program was placed by the central reference laboratory where the bomb biosafety level 3 using forwards the basis of the ukranian scientific or anti plague in studio named after mentioned go by located in odessa. an active participant here was also conducted by research centers and other cities

of ukraine and key of involvement. hi coffin napper, and have some intern noble in oscar road. and vanessa. the results of this work were being sent to the military biological centers of the united states, including into the u. s. army medical research institute to infectious diseases into the walter reed army institute of research and to the naval medical research of a u. s. navy and into the u. s. or our army of biological warfare laboratories in fort detrick's, which used to be a being key facilities of the american program to develop biological weapons. all of these materials are available on the website of our ministry of defense and our minister of defense is a describing them in the course of their daily briefings. let me just dwell on the more salient examples. our military became aware of the details of the project you

before, which was being conducted in laboratories of key of hot coffee and a desktop. the goal is to study the possibility of spreading particular dangers and infections using migratory birds. and this includes the heidi pathogenic influenza, h $5.00 and $1.00 who's a lethality for people reaches 50 percent as well as in the new castle disease. here there was another project where the vector of though potential agents of biological weapon baths were considered amongst priority areas for study. they include the bacterial and viral pathogens that could spread from baths to people, such as the plague left us by roses and as well as file a virus, viruses and corona viruses. as can see from the project doc, them of the united states actively funded the biological projects in ukraine.

experiments were being conducted to study the spread of dangerous diseases using act up act of horace parasite such as lice and please even the non special is understand that such experiments, one of the more i, one of the more reckless because they do not give you an opportunity to control how the situation is going to develop further. similar studies using the lice and fee of fleas as agents were conducted in the 1940s by the infamous squad 731 of the japanese army whose members by the way, found refuge in the united states and escaped justice. remember that ukraine has a unique geographic location, a whole are number of migratory routes across there for potential spreaders of disease. and many of them go through russia and eastern europe. the research i just mentioned to us was conducted in the very heart of eastern europe and an immediate proximity of the russian border.