his upbringing, never knowing whether the next explosions were echo one step closer to the place they call home the distant barking of ducks. a witness documentary on al jazeera ah rusher expands. it's offensive in ukraine with astride on new targets in the east and west. ah, i'm sammy say, dan, this is al jazeera alive from dell hall. so coming up, bracing for all out assault to 1000000 people, put their faith in ukrainian defenses as russian forces regroup around the capitol . we're not going to give any more air time to the wise that you're hearing today's

beneath its counsel rusher is accused of spreading this information about biological weapons, but it's massive says they have proof plus too much take the approach view a sentence, normal trade relations with russia in an escalating drive to squeeze its economy for russian forces have expanded veritax bombarding civilian areas of more ukrainian cities. while they're also inching towards key, it appeared to be regrouping for a possible assault on the capital. so me and germany have have been in circled hockey and the siege port city marable, already been under fierce bombardment. and for the 1st time, russia attacked denita. central city once seen as a safer place for people fleeing besieged areas in the east. western areas of also

been targeted strikes, hit airfields in luke and yvonne no from gift john holland. the v begins, our coverage is really cold here today minus 8 degrees in the east and city of caves. the losses are so great that reports are rendered in numbers. 400 buildings destroyed since the war began. including $48.00 schools, a $190.00 civilians, dead residential areas struck $89.00 times in a single day. as if counting them somehow complete the picture as one bombed out building starts to look much like another. they don't wait for air raid sirens anymore in hunt. keith, many haven't left the city's metro stations for more than a week for, you know, go to the areas where i sleep. this young woman says and over there on my things. and there is where we will sit ever more civilians are getting caught up in this

war. ukraine's defense minister says russia has killed more innocent people than it has ukrainian soldiers. one day war historians may argue about which city had it worst to day, though it is surely. maria pole that is, most like ukraine's stalingrad besieged for more than 10 days. hundreds of thousands, unable to escape, deprived of water and heat, and temperatures well below 0. a red cross official in the city described children going hungry. a black market in vegetables fights breaking out over food conditions . the mayor calls medieval by bombard, critical infrastructure continues to get hit with a special focus on military air fields. like here in luke northeast of cave, and the van of frank keeps in the west. as evacuation roots continue out of some embattled places,

a tide of humanity is shifting across this country. and not all of it heading for the border. the united nations estimates a 1000000 people have become displaced internally seeking shelter, where they can find it, like genuine. the 24 year old mother of 3 stoking the wood fire in an abandoned farm house, 600 kilometers from her home outside cave. they even brought the dog a labrador pup called gerda, but they didn't bring dad. he stayed behind to join the territorial defense. long as raj from the children know that their dad is defending the city. they understand that i believe in one year it will be over and will be able to go back. jenny and her children are being relocated now to a better home in the village this tiny, rural outpost in western ukraine. like so many others throwing their arms wide open to fellow ukrainians through the war by law. the great the you and also estimates

the 12000000 people inside ukraine will need humanitarian help. and few, besides, ginia are guessing how long it might be before they're able to go home journal al jazeera movies are ukraine says russian soldiers of kidnapped the mayor of mallets of paula city in the southeast. the government released this security cam footage, which it says shows the abduction of ivan fetterhoff at the top of the screen there . well, it says 10 russian soldiers enters, met at the pulse crisis center, put the bag over the mayors head and led him away alone. agreement here we are in ukraine. we are in europe unless we have a democracy here. therefore, the kidnapping of the mayor of melatonin hall is a crime. not only against a specific person, for that, not only against a specific community, and not only against ukraine war, this is a crime against democracy who care van satellite images now show russian

tanks breaking away from a long column and moving into positions around the city. step vatton is in the capital duncan behind a barricade. the preparing for the worst case has turned into a fortress, and everyone has joined the fight. men which as 2 weeks ago, sat in offices of work as builders and now defending their country's capital for you will re mullin's king. this war has become very personal. his youngest brother was killed by russian rockets just 3 days ago. because now or don't i recognize my brother only from his clothes. there was no other way of recognizing him. a former air force officer, he left his job as a truck driver in the netherlands to fight against the russians. dark barbara, born with hearing guys who never went to war, who never fired his shot, who never even heard the sound of a rifle. but we are all ready. trust me. my morale has never been his high. and

i've never been this ready for here. and this is what is moving towards them less than 15 kilometers away. these images show the russian column that was around 60 kilometers long as disbursed around the capitol. possibly preparing for a full out attack soon. we can hear the sound of shelling coming closer to the city, putting the capitals defense on its highest alert with the russian forces coming closer. tensions are going up by the hour, by the civil defender of a confident they'll stop them. a battle for the future ask if the main target input in for those who remain in the city are bracing themselves for his bombs and missiles. the threat of more death and destruction has brought people to gather. alina kimbler helps the elderly and sick, who can't leave the apartments to get food, or simply too afraid to go out. 95

year old alice of peach, nor were seen more than the la floor in her life, shut to me, what did you check? what is the point for me to leave at my age, especially if you see how i walk. i had 2 surgeries, i broke my hip. i have not been to the street for 10 years. my niece wanted to take me for a walk, but i told them i want to die in my bed. just to clear, we have shelter down. she can go and like if it will be some warm, so ragged, she can't even live sure. apartments, or maybe people who can walk, at least with all them, you can, you call down here, you can go to the shelter. but about your, i don't know alina can decide if you should leave keith with her 8 month old daughter, and go on along an unpredictable journey. but the constant challenge and silence, i'm making her very nervous. she can only hope to ukrainian defense will hold your boil when the battle begins. will be afraid for that i know that fear will crumble

very quickly. they are fighting for their land, their country, and most of all for their lives and those of their children. and grandchildren steadfast and al jazeera. here are russian president vladimir putin as bank plans to allow foreign volunteer finances into east and ukraine. kremlin says it's already received more than 16000 applications from people in middle east and countries. bernard smith reports from moscow from a middle east battlefield to a european one. syrian soldiers are being asked to join rushes fight in ukraine. we sacrifice our blood and soul for you, syria for you. bashar is that call to arms on the banners. it read the great russian army, we will defeat the nazis. this is from the social media channel of russia's defense ministry. and russia's president says they're welcome to come to don bus back in easton ukraine way russian buck separatists from done yet. can ganske

a fighting government forces in response to reports of foreign fighters joining ukraine's army? the russian government says it too is had requests from all over the world to join the battle regarding the gathering of soldiers from around the world for you green . we see them divest, and sponsors of the ukrainian regime do not keep it secret. they do it openly, disregarding international law. so if you see people who want to interior league without payment to come and help people in dumbass while we need to meet their efforts and help them reach to combat zone on the talks of ukraine, the most recent were on thursday in turkey boot and says he's negotiators. tell him, there are certain positive shifts tonight because he was talking to baller russian present. alexander lucas shanker, who's in moscow, luca shank has given russia troops an access to its territory to help the invasion of ukraine. it's bought by roost, a similar level of sanctions, and that's russia faced with sheets and we have been overcoming the sanctions for

as long as you like. we have to build back our economy. we can do without them. we have everything to live and work normal. but life in russia is not normal at the moment, as a further threatened crack down on social media highlight. your facebook says it's relaxing, it's hate speak, ruled in relation to russia's invasion of ukraine. so prosecutors here won't parent company matter, declared an extremist organisation. and facebook and instagram to be blocked. criminal cases have also been opened into matters staff though none a based here is the company as long resisted demands to open an office in russia. bernard smith, al jazeera moscow, moore, a new crime coming up growing phase of a nuclear incident after russian shelling hits and atomic research center in hot keith. also i had a former student leader is sworn in as she lays youngest president, promising to oversee a political and economic transformation. ah,

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into we're q weight may be in a shower to it, and northern parts of saudi arabia, monitor showers, just licking the north coast of africa over the next day, or so particular northern areas of algeria and all the parts of morocco. and then we got plenty of showers running across cl, giddy coast, started to see the becoming live more white bread just about southern nigeria, cameroon, over the next day or so, joining up the shows that we have across central parts of africa, a few showers in east africa, our tropical cycling neck is cause for concern. it runs into northern parts of mozambique now and slowly makes his way little further south. oh, the weather sponsored by katara always talk to alger 0. me ask. do you believe that the threat of an invasion of ukraine is currently the biggest threat international peace and security? we listen, we are focusing so much on the monitoring crisis that we forget the long term development. we meet with global news makers and talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera. there are some of the media stories,

a critical look at the global news media spread on al jazeera government shut off, access to social media. ah, the me watching out, is there a time to recap those headlines now? russia has expanded it's offensive in ukraine attacking 3 cities, including the need for desperate conditions. continuing. hardcase and barrier poll crane says russian soldiers have kidnapped the mayor of many to all the city in the southeast. the government released this security camera footage, which it says shows the function of ivan, off of the green satellite images show russian tanks. that is

form that cali no key is moving around the cranium, capital and some experts are predicting the long awaited back give the days away. cities masses, 92000000 people, us to give russian troops of dogs and several front russian forces have shelled. and you can research institute through how to keep to it's all adding to existing worries about ukraine's atomic facilities in science lay, hobby explains shattered windows damaged wall panels. the aftermath of a russian air strike at car keep institute of physics and technology that ukraine's largest and oldest nuclear science research center. from the russian side, several shells have been fired towards the territory of the institute. i think the main installation remained in texas, but there's quite

a lot of damage around the institute. this is a research center, not a nuclear plant, but spent radioactive fuel is stored here. and that needs to be protected. but bush and the fact that in working condition, the installation does not pose any threat. if the physical damage of this installation takes place, it's possible that the fuel and radioactive elements would leak. and of course, it would be a big, big problem for the environment. ukraine's nuclear sites had been caught up in the fighting. russian troops are now in charge of sher noble, the site of the world's worst nuclear accident. and there was shelling at europe's biggest nuclear power station. a fire erupt in at a training facility that burnt for hours. the world's nuclear watchdog says it has to move fast to ensure that a nuclear incident doesn't become an unintended consequence of this war. leah harding al jazeera russia has been accused of using

a un security council meeting to spread lies and disinformation about biological weapons and ukraine. western ambassadors claim rusher is fabricating the threat to justify its war. russia says anyone who doubts its evidence is deluding themselves from the un. my candidate for it was a false security council session held on ukraine since russia launched its invasion . but the 1st one called by russia itself. moscow claiming that ukraine supported by the u. s. is developing biological weapons and the russian ambassador attempting to preempt the denials, he said he was expecting way, brazilian with irksome muscles of the clinic of doris. i can foresee what the reaction will be from our western colleagues who i'm sure are going to be saying now that all this information is fake and russian propaganda. but this is self delusion. un was direct in its assessment of the allegation. i am

a way of media reports regarding allegations of biological weapons programs. the united nations is not aware of any biological weapons programs. the reaction of several members was incredulous. i will say this once. ukraine does not have a biological weapons program. there are no ukrainian biological weapons laboratories supported by the united states. absolutely, everything we have been hearing from russia regarding the creed has been false fabricated or distorted. the british ambassador describe the russian claims as baseless conspiracy theories. let me put it diplomatically. they are utter nonsense. china was the only security council member to offer a modicum of support to russia's claims. oh, and the ukrainian ambassador argued that russia had made a mistake in calling for the meeting by calling this meeting. the aggressor state

has suit itself in foot. once again at the meeting was opened with a briefing by the you ends, political and peace building, chief of russia. and she referenced credible reports of russia's use of cluster bombs and civilian areas. strikes at hospitals and the deaths of hundreds of men, women, and children. the meeting russia called to highlight its allegations, became instead a scathing indictment of its actions during the invasion. my kana, al jazeera united nations, that the u. s. has announced further sanctions against moscow, including a ban on russian seafood. vodka and diamonds, also revoking russia's favor trading status in coordination with g 7 allies. each of our nation's gonna take steps in an i 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 tire, sh, few barriers tray and the highest possible imports allow. alan fisher has more from washington d. c. russia now joined the list with the likes of cuba and north korea that doesn't have favor trading status with the united states. the united states tends to do business on world trade organization rules. but if you step outside the lines, then that means there's going to be higher tabs, the possibility of ban and import. exactly what we're seeing now, though, as well as the bands that we had, the boat at the united states is also sanctioned your oligarchs. and some of those closer to put and they've been added to the list and they're seeing that there is a ban on exports of high in goods such as watches and also our cars. this is to, to really punish russia as much as possible. know, canada decided to do this last week. the united states and other use of emissions

joining in this week is still got to go through congress. but with the bipartisan support to punish russia for what it's doing in ukraine. this is almost certainly going to seal through french president manuel my call says the e. u is ready to hit russia with ball sanctions if it keeps bombing ukrainian cities. he was speaking on the final day of a 2 day summons assign leaders have been discussing how to reduce the blocks dependency on russian energy. 40 percent of yours, natural gas demand is supplied by russia. your leaders of want of the need to defend the block against possible russian counter measures. you commission, president of the lion says europe must boost its share of renewable energy to cover its dependence on russian oil and gas. this crisis has indeed made us face up to our responsibilities in the face of a new reality. first,

our duty to continue ensuring reliable, secure, and affordable supply of energy to european consumers. in the mid term, this means getting rid of our dependency on washing gas by diversification of supply. by massively investing and renewable russia invasion has created 2 and a half 1000000 refugees according to the united nations. more than half of them all children neighboring countries, like moldova and romania, have opened their doors to tens of thousands of people fleeing from ukraine. the busiest border crossings via hungary and poland, more than half a 1000000 and a half people have fled there since the beginning of the conflict. refugees are facing extreme cold as they waits across borders. sporadic sees fires in ukraine of allowed some civilians to escape through humanitarian corridors of fighting as

hampered other evacuation efforts. leon if we came from mary, oppose. it is awful. there. the entire city was encircled him. no one could get in around both. we prayed as we were fleeing. god led us and we managed to get out of there. all our relatives remain that we have no contact with them. we can't reach them when we are praying for god to save them because we don't know how to help them get out. children of sick now do they have stomach pains you. okay, but i don't know what we're going to do next. we're moving towards uncertainty. you're at least 78 children have been killed in the fighting according to ukrainian human rights group, but the real number is likely to be higher. thousands of orphans are also called health in the violence. some of even made it as far as the through i india, and russia power reports. it took a while to get them here, but the children made it out safely and can play or rest for

a bit. their orphans from easter new crane, who'd spent days in a basement taking cover as russia targeted a military installation nearby, they made a 1600 kilometer journey to reach safety. in lithuania, west literally they'll go christina kit deleted merlin murray not to forget. we heard the measles fly by and it was frightening. they make a whistling sound as they pass. i'm afraid of those who didn't see that. yes. ah, cruise missiles whirling past bon blas in the distance, 7 and a half 1000000 children in ukraine are in danger of physical harm, emotional distress and displacement. according to see the children go along for years i knew mining k j g. it was very difficult for the little ones when we were leaving, they were crime because they had to leave the teachers. it was very difficult. even my heart was broken because is very difficult for small children, but seeing how happy they are. i think they like it, have the 44 orphans get hot food and

a roof over their heads. people here in lithuania are giving what they can to help and preparing local schools to welcome them from our history. we know how devastating could be an invasion and devastate lives of people for many, many generations. so all the latino now experiencing toonami of goodwill and support for ukraine. the children will need it to regain any sense of normalcy to move past the trauma of war. inter chappelle al jazeera and the kremlin has announced it is blocking access to instagram move that will affect some 18000000 users. russia has already restricted access to facebook and twitter. the decision comes after instagram's parent company matter announced it would allow post that previously violated rules on violence. speech matter is allowing posts in ukraine that call for violence against russian soldiers. a spokesman for the social

media giant says its platforms will still not allow for calls of violence against russian civilians. iran is c o and the founder of the center for countering digital hate have doubts masses. decision will have much impact at the moment, met her by their own admission and their own documents. which frances, how going leaked the whistleblower facebook, they only deal with 0.6 percent of all violence and intimidation on their platform . so $99.00 a 100 times if you wrote something which was inciting violence and or intimidation, it wouldn't be dealt with. any journalist, for example, in the united states, would love holly if they were told that matthew does a marvelous job of cleaning up violence and intimidation on their platform. any politician would to. so in reality, they're saying we're, we're listening a policy that we barely managed to enforce to even one percent anyway. but i think

more fundamentally it backs this really big question. do they have a list of autocrats and dictators? if you aren't allowed to call for hom onto them, it's a bizarre situation where an arbitrary set of rules have been invented by mark zak and berg and nick leg. i suspect to, to distract attention from one the key fundamental. they are still allowing russia to, to send the english language propaganda via r t on their platform. and this call that's coming from all of society. right now. it's d platform, russia today. when's that gonna happen? now in the news, saudi arabian blogger is, by the way, it's been freed from prison, that we was arrested by saudi authorities in 2012. after criticizing the really, just police on his blog is 10 year sentence included public flogging, which sponsored international outcry. but we could still be banned from leaving

saudi arabia for a decade. a left leaning former student leader is bound to improve the lives of all chillers during his 1st speech is precedent. gabriel bowditch campaign to form an inclusive government that will tackle poverty and inequality which have driven mass protests for years. or you ne, 7, but you only get on that this a for you, the mel. it's a promise. today we start a period of great responsibility. but we won't start from 0. the chilar has a long history. and today i've been made prisoner and on part of the history, which is all of us. but at the same time gives form and meaning and direction by millions of people have made it possible. tina, our latin america, the salisia newman, has been among the crowds in santiago, i am in the plaza of the constitution in front of the presidential palace where you can see definitely thousands of billions are letting this area in order to wish

well their new president and also to hear him speak when he addresses the nation for the 1st time. these are mainly young people. as you can see, they are very, very enthusiastic. got the advantage is the country's youngest ever president. and more than that, he has also a very young cabin and he's being accompanied by many of the student leaders whom a decade ago. i've written, said about a student to revolt, a university student to revolt for better public education in this country. and he is now actually the leader of chile, here we embodies what many say is a turning point in this country or generational change. but he is also a leader with little experience or no experience actually in government, although he wasn't congressman joining these have yet a fact that ellie she is also one of the many billions the millions were voted for president body. a tell me something. are you not worried that even that he is so young and unexperienced that this could also be a double edged sword with no,

not to worry at all. it does had a precedent for 4 years that had a love of experience and he did it very poorly. so i don't think lack of experience means he's going to be a bad leader. what do you think, what you really want him to be different from everything that we've had for the past 1420 years? something different? or why did life something different? see me into a more see, i'm sure she me as most jillian so voted from wanting to mean a more socially equal inclusive country. that is what he is promising. again, he is just starting, but he is starting with a lot of you can see on public support. ah, take you through the headlines here and i'll just see right now, russia has expanded it's offensive into trying, attacking 3 cities, including the need desperate conditions continue and.