o l g 0 with every oh a. ready oh, i raid sirens blair across multiple ukrainian cities as russian military units move closer to the capital key. ah, i money inside with continuing coverage of the ukraine war. more warnings of the fresh of a nuclear incidents off the russian shelling of a research center. ukraine's puerto service warns poland 2 largest cities can no

longer cope with the wave of refugees. also, a had a former student leader is sworn in as chiles youngest president, promising to oversee a political and economic transformation. air raid sirens have been had across ukrainian cities early saturday, forcing people to take shelter on the ground. fighting has intensified north, west of the capitol. keith, with russia, ground forces must around 25 kilometer is from the center of the city. mosca has widened the scope of its attacks with the war now in its 3rd week parts of western and central ukraine, which until now have been largely sped face bombardments on friday. and the number of refugees has now the past 2 and a half 1000000, putting pressure on eastern and central european countries. the may of warsaw says

people who fled ukraine now make up 10 percent of the polish capitals population. an accommodation is running out the u. s. senate g 7 allies, a working to downgrade rushes, trading status to further isolated economy. washington's also banning russian sea food, alcohol and diamonds. china haul in live begins. our coverage is really cold here today minus a decrease 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 the air raid sirens anymore in hunt. keith,

many haven't left the cities metro stations for more than a week ago for you go to the areas where i sleep. this young woman says and over there all 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 marry a 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 invincible fights breaking out over food conditions. the mer calls medieval by bunbury. critical infrastructure continues to get hit with

a special focus on military air fields like here in luke and ivana, 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 ginia, 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. genia 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 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 leaf. let's go to step lathan his lie for us in the ukrainian capital cave . what happened overnight and keith? well we just heard that, that this morning, an administrative building not very far from here, just a one and a half kilometers from where i am right in the center of keith was struck by what ukrainian, the authorities call an unknown sub object. it appears to be a russian drone and it's set the roof of that building on fire. meanwhile,

the battle for care for the capital is said still heavily forth on the outskirts in the north west and the north east of the city. it is heavy artillery fighting artillery, fire fire, we can hear it and hear as well. in the meantime, also we see that russian forces are sort of circling more the city that's coming from the west a towards the south of her here this morning. also there was an air raid on a fossil key further there, there is an oil depot there that will so bump for the 2nd time. there's also no gradient air base, so nearby. so it is a lot of for concern here that the russian forces are trying to and circle the city and lay a complete siege. here we've been looking at the defense of the capital, the city of 4000000 people normally around 2000000 according to the authorities. here, half left to city, ordinary people are now involved in the defense of the city, and we spoke to them have

a look ducking behind a barricade there, preparing for the worst. keith has turned into a fortress and every one has joined to fight men with just 2 weeks ago said an offices of work as builders and now defending their country's capital. for uli melinta king, this war has become very personal. his youngest brother was killed by russian rockets just 3 days ago. there is no awkward ordeal. i recognize my brother only from his clothes. there was no other way of recognizing him. a former air force offer, so he left his job as a truck driver in the netherlands to fight against the russians. dark bob of the new wound here, guys who never went to war, who never fired his shot, who never even heard the sound of a rifle. but we're 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 showed the russian column that was around 60 kilometers long, has dispersed around the capital, possibly, but bearing for full loud attack. soon we can hear the sound of shalon coming closer to the city. putting the capitals defense on its highest alert with russian force is 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 apartments to get food, or simply to afraid to go out 95 year old, alas of each nor was he more than enough war in her life shut. kimberly,

could 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 i guess she can't even live sure apartment. so maybe people who can walk, at least with all them, you can, you call, don't steer, you can go to the shelter. but the bolt, who are, i dunno, alina can decide if she should leave keith with our 8 month old daughter, and go on a long and unpredictable journey. but the constant shelling and silence, i'm making her very nervous. she can only hope the ukrainian defense will hold just boil or when the battle begins will be afraid for, but 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. well,

you hear the constant sound of a thundering f shelling artillery fire here in the distance. and meanwhile, la ukrainian authorities have warned for the so called false flag operation. now basically they say that russia might bomb bella. ruth, to draw bela rooster neighbor here to the north of you. great into this war so far we haven't seen any evidence of that. the question is also how prepared are beller russian soldiers to fight against their brothers. there's a lot of relatives here in ukraine, and are they really prepared to fight? isn't stories about death of stations a soldier to were fusing me? i also, it seems that russia is asking, fall into is around the world to join this fight. so there's a lot of questions about the morale among the russian soldiers and how many are prepared to go into this war. the defense here on the ukrainian site is still a very fierce and very much standing, but of course no governance for how long. thank you for that to step back in there

for us in the capital t or protesters in ukraine, southeast and city of melatonin, pole and demanding the release of the mayor off the he was detained by russian soldiers. many total was one of the 1st cities to fall to russian control. ukraine released security camera footage, which it says shows the abduction of even federal seen at the top of the screen. it says 10 russian soldiers put a bag over the mayor's head and let him away. while nuclear watchdog is again warning about the threat of a major incident, it comes off the russian forces shells, a nuclear research institute in concave, the haunting report. shattered windows damaged wall panels. the aftermath of a russian air strikes at car keith, institute of physics and technology,

ukraine's largest and oldest nuclear science research center. from the russian side, several shells have been fired towards the territory of the institute. thank god, the mine 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. for robots from 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 have been caught up in the fighting. russian troops are now in charge of chernobyl. 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. lea, a harding al jazeera, got lot small in the ukraine. more still to come on out is air, including a little something to saver. we look at who's taking care of thousands of children, become orphans of war. and my pause of the middle east, in north africa all experiencing high a few prices. ah, look forward to really to scully's, the with sponsored by counsel at ways. hello. we got more wet and windy weather pushing into western parts of europe over the next couple days. at least it does stay mark, not quite as much as it has been recently, but still not too bad for the time of year. we got the so by the system pushing and

you can see these wireless fronts just gagging up, running into this area of high pressure though that's now drifted little further east with. so that's allowing the systems to bring that wet weather in. not just across sea, british charles yon of ireland pushing in across france to spain and portugal, some lively showers there too. across that western side of the mediterranean for central and eastern pass, it does stay fine and dry still some when she flowers over towards yeast cave, again, could see some sleep the snow coming through at sea temperatures around 3 celsius. so at least not as cold as it has been, but still some snow lever, the less snow still lurking there across parts of turkeys. we go on into sunday, not as widespread. does that dryer across sir ukraine? we are going to see dry, clear weather into central parts of you and still more of that cloud and rain coming into those western parts with what a keen wind blowing through some of their showers, also affecting the far north of algeria, morocco pushing into northern parts of libya and it egypt for the south,

we got some dust hayes, the nigeria who with sponsored by casara always dictatorships to democracies. activists to corporations, control of the message is crucial. oil companies have become very good at recognizing ways to rephrase what they want you to hear. we care about the environment you do to usually buy our oil period for public opinion or profit. once you make people afraid, you can use that to justify stripping away basic civil liberties. the listening post examined the vested interest behind the content. you could see you on al jazeera. ah ah,

you're watching out. as a reminder of our top story is the russian forces is slowly advancing on ukraine's capital key gone. fine. explosions were heard in the early hours of saturday. medicine convoy has taken up positions surrounding the city. 2 and a half 1000000 refugees have now left ukraine, putting pressure on neighboring european nations, also as mass as refugees make up 10 percent of the punish capitals population on the combination is running out. protest is in the ukranian city of met tofal or demanding the release of their maya. ukraine's government has put out security camera footage, which it says shows and being abducted by russian soldiers. russia has been accused of using the un security council meeting to spread lies and disinformation about biological weapons and ukraine. western ambassadors say russia is fabricating threat to justify its war. the russian says anyone who doubts its evidence is

deluding themselves from the un. my kind of reports, it was a 4th security council session held on ukraine since russia launched its invasion. but the 1st one cold 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 rushes of the clinical tourist. i can foresee what the reaction will be from our western colleagues who i'm sure are going to be saying now that all of 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. and the ukrainian ambassador argued that russia had made a mistake in calling for the meeting. by calling this meeting, the aggressive state has suit itself in foot. once again, the meeting was opened with a briefing by the you ends, political and peace building, chief question, and she referenced credible reports of russia's use of cluster bombs in 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 of scathing indictment of its actions during the invasion. my kind of, i'll just hear a united nations as we mentioned there now 2 and a half 1000000 ukrainian refugees, more than half of them children neighboring countries like more diverse romania have opened their doors to tens of thousands of people. the busiest border crossings all slovakia, hungry and poland where more than a 1000000 half people have fled since to celebrate the conflict. and refugees are facing extreme cold as they wait to cross borders. sporadic cease fires in ukraine have allowed some civilians to escape through humanitarian corridors. the fighting has hampered all the evacuation of its welcome. we came from mary po, it is awful that the entire city was encircled. no one could get in around both. we

prayed as we were flee, god led us and we managed to get out of this all our relatives remaining. of course we have no contact with them. we can't reach them. 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 papers. okay, but i don't know what we're going to do next. we're moving towards uncertainty or dozens of children have died in the war, and a crenan human rights group says the toll is likely to grow. a thousands more have been forced into a new life in different countries. some have made it to lithuania, where they getting a welcome. andrew shapell purports 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 those go carcass you to keep the latino merlin murray, not at the book 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. oh, 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 save the children. go long for eugene new money, k g. it was very difficult for the little ones when we were leaving. they were crying because they had to leave, is teaches, it was very difficult. even my heart was broken because it's very difficult for small children, but seeing how happy they are. i think they like it is 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 doas stating could be an invasion and devastator lives

of people for men and men in new generations. so all the latino now experiencing gert tsunami of goodwill and support for ukraine. the children will need it to regain any sense of normalcy. to move past the trauma of war, yuk, enter chappelle al jazeera next. russian president vladimir putin has backed plans to allow for a volunteer fight as into easton ukraine. the kremlin says it's already received more than 16000 applications from people in middle eastern countries. and it's 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. that's in eastern 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 received 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 leave without payment to come and help people in dumbass while we need to meet their efforts and help them reach the combat zone on the talks of ukraine, the most recent were on thursday in turkey. putin says he's negotiators. tell him, there are certain positive shifts to you, cuz he was talking to baller russian present. alexander lucas shanker,

who is in moscow. luca shank has given russia troops an access to its territory to help the invasion of ukraine, its board, bella. ruth, a similar level of sanctions and as russia faced with countries 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. the further threatened crack down on social media highlight. facebook says it's relaxing, it's hate speak rules in relation to russia, 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, algebra moscow. well, the war ukraine is threatening to send fee prices storing across parts of the

middle east and north africa. many countries that rely heavily on wheat imports plant holder has more. 11000 tons of wheat arrived in lebanon this week, but this will be the last shipment from ukraine, the world's key, wheat producers, russia and ukraine are at war, lebanon, like other countries in the middle east and north africa can no longer rely on them for most of their imports, they're now trying to make up for an expected shortage beyond the beyond the other. we've reached out to a number of countries including the us on india, canada and some european countries which produce the soft we need for our bread. but the problem is not just finding alternative sources, diversifying supplies could mean transportation delays or an increase in shipping costs. we prices have already hit a 14 year high. the lead she's doing differently. we will resort to more expensive

countries that export weight, which would sell to us at prices that are not as cheap as in russia and ukraine. so if the conflict is prolonged and supply is lis, this lead pressure on the balance of payments or the budget vehicle. egypt, for example, is one of the largest importers of weight in the world, and 80 percent of its supply is from ukraine and russia. it is considering raising the price of bread for the 1st time in $3.00 decades. it's no different in lebanon, where authorities warn the central bank may not be able to subsidize bread if prices continue to rise. the tunisian government, which is believed to be running out of money, has been rationing flower and reduced bread production increase in prices will affect millions of people in the middle east and north africa who live in poverty. have a lot of money, have a great new russian war. will effect import, export, and trade. because we are all importers of weeds, and most of the foodstuffs are from abroad and soda, the across this region,

economies have been hit by inflation and large public debt. others have been destroyed by war, syria no longer produces enough. we to feed its population. so it relies on imports and it's now rationing wheat. the world food program says 12000000 syrians are food insecure, while yemen is on the brink of 7. gammon, for example, were 16000000 people require food assistance and the world food program is assisting 13000000 of them. this country is almost entirely dependent on food importance and dependent on import of wheat from russia, from ukraine, sorry, by about 30 percent. so any shock, any slight shock would actually send these countries into a very, very serious food crisis. food prices are at their highest level. so as poverty in a region already in turmoil and where higher brett prices have led to popular anger in the past said who their elders either. let's get

a quick check of some of the news chill. he has a new president, gabrielle borage, is a former student leader who promised a more inclusive society in one of the regions most socially on equal countries has tile and his cabinet, which has more women than men, has made him a leader with many, a cooling, the new left the sea and even reports from santiago. 36 year old gabriel bought each entered the senate hall without a ty. just one way of showing he's not changed since he was a shaggy haired student leader fighting for social justice. now a decade later, he's heading country with other former student leaders. there a new generation promising to overhaul an economic model that has contributed to deep social inequalities. oh, thousands of support who swarmed the plaza in front of the presidential palace, hoping to see and touch their new president. and i really thought funeral for this

is like a dream come true to the him after so many years of waiting for i like birds, a slogan that hope can overcome fear. chili's youngest president cautions that the social transformations needed in health. education and pensions will take time. bama. linda, what give i'm a little will goes low because we're going far, these government will not be the end of the march. it will be a long, difficult road. but today, the dreams of millions of people are pushing us forward. you know what it says, his government will champion the environment and indigenous and women's rights. some are concerned that president brought each may be too radical to far left, especially since the communist party makes up part of his governing coalition. but in actual fact, if you look at his program, he seems much more like a social democrat in countries like, for example, scandinavia, where social equality is taken for granted money absent from the inauguration with

the leaders of venezuela and nicaragua, who were not invited. instead, what each invited opponents of those he deems autocrats yet okay. and to let rob boy, and i hope that julian's help him to carry out a program for a different type of so sites that will raise hopes on our continent. so punished by so many dictates. she's only been worse. washington's envoy agrees your statement from the broker from africa and incredibly positive. what is news that much of the world and especially latin america are focused on how well he can make good on his promise to create a more inclusive chile without populous and or sacrificing democracy? to see a newman al jazeera santiago ah .