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full face. another night of bombardment, without heating or food defiant protests in the city of men topple off to it's alleged, the cities men was abducted by russian forces. and as people continued to flee their fears, women and children could be targeted by human traffickers. air raid sirens have rung out in cities across the ukraine from levine in the west to the northeast region of su me as russian troops pushed forward with the invasion. the conflict is now in its 17th day and thousands of ukrainians are under attack. russian forces have been accused of killing 7 civilians when an evacuation convoy was hit near the capital, keith, and in the southern port city of mary awful conditions, a desperate more than 1000. 500 civilians have died in 12 days of siege while in other places. entire small towns have been destroyed. natasha butler begins

coverage from notes in northwest ukraine. aah! sunrise. in kiva. once again, the sound of done far in the distance as russian forces come, ever closer to ukraine's capital southwest. the city plumes of smoke rise above an oil depot in vessel keith, ukrainian forces said the phi began after russian as strike. some western intelligence officials say moscow's invasion is slow than expected. but the pace of russia's true movement means little to people in places like the southern city of villa nova. ha, what did you live up? look, we were sitting in basements and they were walking around everywhere. shooting. we couldn't leave the basement for over a day. then i walked up to a soldier and i said, boys, my mom is bedridden up there. she's a grandma and i can't go up there. the guys wanted to help me bring her down into the basement. but when we went up there, she had already died. it was already too late in the hot emergency workers search

for survivors in what's left of an apartment block. the east and city has been shown for days by russian forces, as has chairman heave in the north of ukraine, reminders of the pastor everywhere in the city, but the present is relentlessly bleak. order for doors reynolds, the enemy is continuing air and rocker shelling of the city of tourney eve, the peaceful population is dying and there are many injured the enemy ascending civilian infrastructure. west in ukraine has been spared the worst of the conflict from now, but things could be changing. in lute sca russian missile attack destroyed an air field on the cities outskirts for soldiers were killed in the attack on the airfield. the funerals of to them just taken place in this church in the center of the city. the mayor of lords says the people here, they won't be intimidated by russian forces. people were little scared.

but we're not panic analysis. we don't like people leaving now if we don't see a few g is believe in safety. and do we still believe that ukraine? williams? luke is a 110 kilometers from the border with rushes ally better or worse from ukrainian official say better. russian troops could, during the war of the sate, that's unlikely when we are doing is able to come here and let them call me, but who will destroy them and send them back in body back up when you get to, when we're doing a whole bedroom, would reconsider their positions if there's enough for it's a must occur. so salesman, the city is now home for the actual club and his family. he says they fled more than a week, was unbearable. russian shilling,

his children cried every day is close to bella. ruth, but it's also not far from the polish border yet. yes, law says they could go to germany, but from now he just feels lost. when, when she was a brother, they took everything for me. i had a comfortable house. the kids all had their own room when us now, where will i go to last? no money and for what? i'll have to start from scratch when not 20 anymore. it was $41.00. people caught up in this. there are painful decisions. often there are no choices. parents, cough ukraine are struggling, trapped in a terrible situation. they didn't create, holding their children's futures in their hands. because the butler, i'll just say, luke northwest ukraine. around 13000 people were evacuated through humanitarian corridors on saturday. but ukraine's deputy prime minister to the convoy failed to

leave the besieged city of mariel poll people there have been without heating, power, and food for days with nighttime temperatures dropping as low as minus 7 degrees. there are also reports of looting residents fighting over supplies, attempts to get people out and aid in, have been repeatedly thwarted. new satellite images show the scale of devastation in mario poll. these before and after pictures reveal extensive damage to civilian infrastructure and residential buildings, fires a scene in the west and dozens of high rise apartment buildings has been badly damaged, ukraine's foreign minister demitra labor says russia wants to capture mario full at any cost. my poll is crucially important for our son, because he sees control over the city. they will establish their rec, land quarter to, to crimea from russian. and they will also cut us off from axis to see. this is why

we store fiercely and heroically defended. and this is why russia so ruthlessly trying to destroy the cd and capture it at any cost. meanwhile, 1000 the scrambling to escape the ukrainian capital. keith train stations of packs as people try to flee further west in search of a safe haven and wrong call. and sent us this report from keith. ah, a desperate scramble to get on a train out of keith. but most of these people aren't residents of the capitol. they've come from places like being and butcher on the outskirts of people. places that have seen the worst of the war so far in this region. they sit in shocked silence. women like svetlana, still trying to understand what they've seen of detail in those numbers. our home was destroyed, an explosion blew up the windows doors and everything. all the people who lived in

the building ran to the basement. we moved to another part of the city to find a friend's house, but the bombardments continued even that the russian tanks kept firing at our houses. and this is what they are fleeing andres, a volunteer coordinator at the central station. his job is to make sure those fleeing from outside to peep can get help. most he says, show visible signs of psychological trauma. are a priori now is a hot line is air being is a vulture, is a. busy ville is her gastorm and this line, okay, and. busy actually they are really shocked by all these things is happening. ah, they didn't expect the russian army to his civilians, to head there to it in houses. and they never believed it. but they really honor a fire and doubted, sags is destroy it. so it houses many people's cue, the cities already 50 percent evacuated,

most of those people actually left in the early days of the war. the priority now is to get people from other front lines like gucci, like a pain into keith, and then into this station and get them out. in many ways keep central station has become evacuation central station tis of relief and sadness as the train leaps the station. besides what few belongings they can carry, they also carry the horrors of what they witnessed, unsure. also, when they might see that home again, whether that home will still be standing enron car, out there, or keep central station. what is russian troops edge, closer to the capital ukrainian president, florida, miss lensky has again cooled wild leaders for help of correspondence that vast and went to his briefing and keith and sent this update. after more than 2 weeks president, samantha is still going strong. more than one hour question journalist, clear, he's having frustrated about the lack of support by the west and by nato. the also

sad, this war will never be a win. i'm the only victory for him. he said, and for your brain would be their country. so the key or if there are hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers now being mobilized by russia, and they all come with hundreds and thousands of tanks, they will end to key if we understand this, if they bond by give and decide to destroy simply a raise that he's with oracle memory of this whole region of the history of cuban russell, the history of europe. they will antic live. if they destroy all of us, they will end to give. that is the gold let them come or they will have to survive in this land alone without us. they will not find friends among us. he is stored heavily guarded. the president has just left this room, but this kind of appearances a very important not only for the ukrainian army, for the civil defense, but also for a lot of civilians who are staying behind here in kia and in the rest of the country to fight this war will russia says military convoys taking lethal aid to

ukraine or fair targets know, and that could draw poland into closer conflicts with moscow as the countries and entry point to ukraine. polish intelligence services say there are a lot for so called full flag operations that could the stabilize the entire region . same bus robbie has more from easton, poland, rolling hills near beer cha, village. high to secret. an american army base. less than 40 kilometers from the ukraine border the 82nd airborne, famous for its role in the liberation of europe in world war 2. here. now, to answer, if war comes knocking on poland store. so we were just at the, our most air field here in the forests near shamella, sort of tucked away behind all the trees was a heavy us military presence there. we asked to see if we could speak to anybody. we were given the contact information for their public affairs officers. we spoke

to them and they said that currently that site is under a media blackout. and no one's really even supposed to know that it's there yet. farms and tourist towns unaccustomed to the sites and sounds of heightened state security measures. hundreds of extra officers, more than twice the normal number have been stationed at polish border towns since the russian invasion of neighboring ukraine. responding to the refugee crisis, but also to respond to what the intelligence community describes as russian subversion and hybrid warfare re oh, we see in some kind of information campaign to. ready and discovery lies our society to saw a chaos in the po, so, and threads in or even panic in poland and a monk, polish society. but the 2nd group of threats are more serious. we've seen that

disappearing out of war against ukraine. can also lead rationals aggressors to attempt edmond, for example. they organized some kind of diversity at back in poland. false frogs of soccer, operations against balance and scenario. some kind of sabotage, assembled us, shall branson, lethal aid from western countries. transits through poland, ukraine's main ally in europe. intelligence officials say, could also become russia's next target. and the amount to people's been the most recent. i'm not worried. we have great services which are protecting us. i feel safe. com words from a civilian leader in military uniform. a clear sense of the current operating environment in the city. poland is no stranger to russian aggression, and is doing more than most to support ukraine. talk of permanent bases to protect

nato's eastern flank and remain a thorn in russia side. is something warsaw would likely welcome cover to keep helping a neighbor with whom its fate is intertwined. zane basra, avi elgin's era, shamella, eastern poland. well, still to come, diplomatic efforts continue to try to end the war. the leaders of france and germany once again prussia violated by the map, heaton ah hello. we got some live the showers just making the way into northern parts of australia. now could see a little bit of localized flooding just around the top and pushing up towards the gulf, the carpenter area. still a chance to some rain i, which was at eastern side of ocean, see this little area cloud here. just around southern queensland, pushing down into that western side of new south wales into the outback. fish i was

coming in here on the lie beside the small around the coastal strip. we are concerned, i'm afraid there will be one or 2 scattered chow, still falling on that saturated ground. of course. not really helping things down towards the south. south of a shower or 2 just around melbourne at east side of victoria. a showers should retreat little further eastwards as we go one through monday. more weight weather just coming out to south australia, pushing into ne southwell to getting into the heart of australia and still seeing that wet weather across the far north of the country. meanwhile, for perth, temperatures here 27 celsius, plenty of sunshine. we got a 27 super oakland notice for new zealand. we have got some bits and pieces of sherry right over the next couple of days. basic pieces of rain, sleet, and snow. 2 to spilling out to the korean peninsula, pushing into the north of japan. as we go through sunday, temperatures not found too badly getting up to around 20 degrees, but more snow coming into the prim peninsula for monday. ah.

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a reminder, the top stories here on al jazeera, russian forces continue that, pushed to encircle the ukrainian capital. keith, as civilians are evacuated from nearby towns under assault, new satellite images show the scale of devastation in mariel, ukraine's foreign ministers as russia wants to capture the city at any cost and more than a $1000000.00 ukrainians have been internally displaced by the war. with reports of dia, conditions, and besieged cities, will ukraine's president is calling for help from wild lead us to secure the release of many topples mer. there been protests in the se, in city of the accusations, the may even federal, was abducted by russian soldiers. and in the last few hours, russia said at his appointed a new acting man into monahan has more mellow tool is firmly under russian control. but people aren't afraid to stand up to the new authorities. they're demanding the immediate release of the city's mer. even federal hasn't been

seen since thursday. the ukrainian government says this video shows federal being led away with a bag over his head, escorted by 10 russian soldiers present, thought mere zalinski once world leaders to put more pressure on russia to secure his release. he sees it as a test of the international community, the ability to change the situation, and ukraine will more up roster mikayla's we demand the mad be immediately released . we're talking to france, germany, israel and others. i personally have called jim and chancellor sholtes and french prison my chrome, i'll talk to everybody necessary in order to get our people released. we expect world leaders to show how they can influence the situation and do one simple thing . get this one personally. so the very person that represents the people of millet upon belief ukrainians are calling federal abduction. a war crime saying international law prohibits taking civilian hostages during

a war. relatable was one of the 1st cities to fall to russia. federal that several rallies against the invasion. some attended by thousands of people, while federal may now be detained, the protest he started look likely to continue. than to monahan al jazeera, the united nations refugee agency. you and hcr says almost 2600000 people had fled ukraine as of friday. 1.6, many of them are in poland where the 2 biggest cities war. so on cracker and now running low on accommodation. on friday, the number of ukrainians arriving in poland had dropped by 12 percent from the day before to around 70. 6000 people nuts about the same as slovakia, where police reported a similar different numbers to 9581 people. many of whom will had west to the czech republic, while moldova, which is one of the poorest countries in europe, is asking for help. more than 270300 people have crossed its border and around

a 105000 of them have stayed as a 5 percent increase in its population. the many of those flaying are women and children and concerns are growing that they could be targeted by human traffickers . carleen of s been sca is a coordinator for homo fabre, a human rights organization based in poland. we have children crossing the border who are somehow unaccompanied right now. we have 11 year old boy who are fleeing ukraine without any parents and without any car. secondly, there also some cases of ukrainian parents who are just putting the child or children on a trained, poland, counting that someone will pick them up at the end of the road. but unfortunately, the polish contacts, sometimes they are not appearing and tied, has to wait one day or 2 days. this is something totally does disaster. and the

3rd thing is that there are also just parents who are enabled to escape ukraine by themselves. and that's why they sometimes and trust the children to some colleagues neighbors. but we can imagine also situations when these new guardians and they have to prioritize evidence of their own child. and unfortunately, they leave this friends tied to the front of for it. so the french and german leaders have urged him approved him to declare a c spot in ukraine. the baba has more from london, the french president and the german chancellor, talking directly on the phone with president putin for the 2nd time in recent days . they did so on thursday, asking him or demanding and immediate see why they did so again on saturday, saying that that has to come before any structured negotiations on ending the war

in ukraine. and according to the french presidential office, president putin showed no willingness to any hostilities to end fighting at all. it was a very down beats assessment from paris. they've said that they raise the calls on president putin, to end the siege of maria pole, and also something that president landscape ukraine had asked them to do before the direct phone call to ask for russia for president putin to obtain the release of the mer of multiple who was allegedly been kidnapped in recent days in ukraine. so really no, no break through there. the city of denise pro is also a target for russian bombing. it had previously escaped much of the era sold and

had become a stuff of point for people, tried to leave the country or the up to me to and sent this report. ah, i went to another life short the mounting tool of this conflict. now in the 3rd week, 21 year old alexander village go, was killed on the 1st day of the war. he was under frontline, in guns region in the east of the country. it took 2 weeks for his body to be retrieved and brought back to his hometown with forgive me, my son were the last words of his grieving father, who wanted me to be sure not lost a friend and a neighbor in the sun. and i was in touch with him the day before this happened. his spirits were high. it's difficult to describe the loss hard to express,

the ami didn't change him. he was the same. he was very kind perhaps on being pathetic, but he definitely loved life. sounds ironic, now visit in for the music lensky says about $1300.00 service men have lost their lives so far. but ki, ukrainian cities remained surrounded as russia seems to be expanding its targets around the country. it's might take longer because the ukranian army is actually putting up a fight. but it seems that the russian strategy is to surround cities like how to keep in the north east. all mar you pull in the south, besieged them and bring them down to their knees. before continuing the advance and people here i leaving because they feel that then the pro could be next. the knee pro was targeted for 2 days straight was rock is coming from the east, either from terra and she under separate is control or russia itself. this was an

early warning missile intercepted over the city center that was called on mobile phone, charged connecticut. the equivalent to living is the new but all of that, so on our air defense system is weaker than at the beginning of the war. the russians targeted it on the 1st day, they tried to destroy it. we managed to evacuate stuff. it's working still, but not everything is smooth. now they fi aimlessly from a long distance. they don't come close because we still have a defense system, but they have capacity to hit from hundreds of kilometers away. we asked the whole of the world to close the sky, while ukraine's western allies are refusing to enforce and no fly zone is the families were left to live with their loss. what examiner had married valero? yeah, less than 3 months ago. now she's a young widow holding died because her husband defended to his last breath, hoping it won't be in vain. and other hamid al jazeera,

the need for ukraine. when a short while ago, i spoke to tatiana who lives in ne pro. she told us why she staying despite waking up to more explosions on saturday morning. i situation for now is called and christian is so under control by the local authorities and also our army sh in the morning. we also had the sound of explosion. but after those said that it was air defense that weren't weren't to well. so no, no rule, it's not much diet, but the sound was just so terrible. and you know all your sleeping in your bed and you're hearing these. you jump on your bed and have to go to their coverage. sit there. now you have decided to stay in neat pro. and despite the bombing talk us through that decision. yeah,

i'm still here because you know inside her i'm sure it and i feel myself gone. i have like a kind of in their voice and all knowledge in the knowledge that everything a little bit. all right was also also if her them personal situation in my family because we have grandmother there. she participated in the 2nd world war. currently, she is almost 98 years old. and her, she had some disease. after on me, kron with her. she had a one month ago, and we understand that it will be difficult for her to long somewhere for a long way like travel 1000 kilometers. also, i feel myself on properly at the place at my place are helping a willing, tearing and does helping with her human during 8 to those who came from what cities, where the situation is so much worse than here. so it's kind of

been at the place you should be. and her also had such an experience in 2014 when i felt to escape. and i escaped. i thrilled to, to the late in the miracle. when all this situation started and tried to enter my transfer in all somewhere under the grant and try not to see a situation currently, i am realizing everything and don't want to be who are i. and so you've been a refugee once, and you don't want to be a refugee again, the right. i like yes and i, i put thought i lawfully, you and i love the country, so preferred to be the guest there and not to be them one or suffered from the situation and i understand her, but a hero i'm room more useful than somewhere outside my country,

when you can do something and when you can earn money, when you can control yourself and your reactions when you don't have farrah or when the understand that you are at home and you didn't take anything from others, you are just protecting your lent under your family, your history wonder, i think it's kind of arrest doing and everybody's older benefit understanding that absolutely. and i understand that many people who are fleeing harkey ever coming through need pro what are the safest roots out of the country now available to them? i would say in a tar, emerald, they travel they should to talk to their warranty or us. and those organized this so corridors to escape the course. so i have lots of friends at jefferson in hot

gift in the manual, but most of those who stayed in radio, but they were like it to escape him several days ago and construct new pro. before . so i heard about lots of situation when the russians, they just are in the field, would say in the field with the guns and they are killing civilians under lots of course i'll just left by their old was a debt, but ukrainian people. so it's not their point to be in so but just to be safe under check all the routes before you travel. ah. hello, i'm charlie angela in london with the latest on the war in ukraine. russian forces continue there in supplement of the capital keep

a civilians are evacuated from nearby towns. ukrainian officials say they've had.