al jazeera ah, bold and untold stories, them asia and the pacific analogy. ah, another day and nights of intense shelling in ukraine's motto: the mass as 12 days of russian bombardment of 21500 with hello, i'm darn jordan. you're watching out to zeros coverage of the war in ukraine. people are scrambling to escape the capital as russian units fun out. preparing for feared all out assault. russia's military describes a catastrophic situation in some cities, but says it's ukrainian fighters were to play out of schools grow louder around the

world for peace. france says russia's president is showing no, with france says russian president vladimir putin as shown. he's not ready to make peace and a day that air raid sirens were heard in cities across ukraine. russian forces are funding out around keith and have moved to within 25 kilometers of the capitals center. things are getting drastically worse in the besieged and bombarded port city of mario pal, where civilians have been fighting over what little supplies are left. mc alive in the south. west is also under heavy bombardment russian troops. they're expected to move west towards odessa, another port city. if it's taken, it would cut ukraine off from its coast. well, we have correspondence right across the ukraine. we'll begin with natasha buckler. who's in, looks in the north west. ah, sunrise in keys. once again,

the sound of gunfire in the distance as russian forces come, ever closer to your cranes capital. southwest of the city payments of smoke rise above an oil depot. infest, o'keefe, ukrainian forces said to fight, began off to a russian as strike some western intelligence. officials say moscow's invasion is slow with an expected, but the pace of russia's true movement means little to people in places like the southern city of villa nova ha. with the dilemma, 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 that 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 hockey's, emergency workers search for survivors in what's left of an apartment block beast and city has been shelled 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 or a rudder. none of the enemy is continuing air and rocker shelling of the city of tourney. heave the peaceful population is dying, and there are many injured. the enemy is healing civilian infrastructure. western ukraine has been spared the worst of the conflict for now, but things could be changing in lute sc. a. russian missile attack destroyed an air field on the cities outskirts for soldiers were killed in the attack on the air field. the funerals of to them have just taken place in this church in the center of the city. the mayor of locust says the people here they won't be intimidated by russian forces. people were 1st little scared. but we're not to look manic in our city. we don't see a little lead in our city,

went on sir, if you g asleep in our center, and we are still, ah, we are still believe that ukraine or william glover. litski is a 110 kilometers from the border with rushes ally, belarus, some ukrainian official say better russian troops could join the war. or the say that's unlikely, don't we don't go yoga if they want to come here, let them come, but who will destroy them and send them back in body bags yet. when was her daughter? i hope louis will reconsider that position. does enough. war is a massacre. a shelter in the city is now home for vh. his love in his family. he says they fled more than a week of unbearable russian shelling his children cried every day. litski is close to belarus, but it's also not far from the polish border. beatrice love says they could go to

germany, but for now he just feels lost. when it, when he was a brilliant, they took everything from me. i had a comfortable house, the kids all had their own room on us. now. where will i go or someone and for what? i'll have to start from scratch when her on that 20 any more and 41. if we did ye, the people who caught up in this war there are painful decisions. often there are no choices. parents across ukraine are struggling, trapped in a terrible situation. they didn't create, holding their children's futures in their hands. natasha butler al jazeera litski, northwest ukraine. out a 0 has asked ukraine's president about the mental strain his under after more than 2 weeks of war. a lot of years lensky took questions earlier today in a secure compound in a capital cave. that wasn't, was there. my name is step faster from al jazeera english, a bombing children's hospitals, maternity wards,

residential areas. there seems to be part of the strategy to force you to surrender . this is clearly not working, but it must have an enormous impact on you. mentally. she'll still flute and ga, regarding the children and the beautiful mothers and what happened to them. how can any normal person react to this? well, it's simply an act of terrorism, another one. unfortunately, this is like a tragic t v series about acts of terrorism was when this is happened elsewhere in europe. like when there's been an attack on a metro station for everyone was shocked to day rule apparently used to it not. i don't want to be used to it orders 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, the friends, but also for a lot of civilians who are staying behind here. in t of and in the rest of the country to fight this war was the landscape also appealed to the world for more help. the u. s. was just announced at a rush, another $200000000.00 worth of weaponry to the country. it builds on the

significant shipments it sent in the lead up to the wall. well, alan fisher joins us live now from washington. d. c. allen. so president biden ordering more aid to ukraine. what more can you tell us? while he's at camp david this weekend, but we are told that he is keeping across what is happening in ukraine. he's authorized this draw down of $200000000.00 worth of military equipment. we know the ukrainians had been asking for more anti tank missiles, the javelins and all saw this stinger anti aircraft missiles. that's expected to be in this batch that will be sent as well as small arms. no. this is going to come from existing u. s. military stalks, that means there's no like time here. they don't have to wait for the manufacturers to deliver them to the u. s. and then they can be sent to ukraine. these war go almost immediately. this is the 3rd time that there has been such a draw down in the last 3 months, the 4th time in the last 6 months. and as you say, the united states has committed

a great deal of money to ukraine. $1200000000.00 in aid since january 2021 that did of course important because that's when joe biden became president. and of course, it's just a few days since congress approved $13600000000.00 in aid to ukraine in a comprehensive spending bill. antony blinkin, who is the secretary of state, said he was glad to be sending these weapons to ukraine, praising the ukrainians great skill. i own well and profound courage. there's still a lot more that the united states feels it can do, but of course we have from joe biden. on friday, he was very clear that there will be no offensive actions from the united states toward russia that he believes would be a significant escalation. and could spot world war 3. right, alan fish alive for us there in washington, dc allen. thank you. the rushes minutes he says the situation and some ukrainian

cities is catastrophic. but during its latest breathing it said ukrainian fighters and their allies are to blame. when you've done, unless you do it so no green you, the humanitarian situation in ukraine unfortunately continues to rapidly rawson, and in some cities has reached catastrophic proportions. armed ukrainian forces mines in the residential areas, you are destroying bridges and infrastructure lives. as a result of those criminal actions against their own people, this is the action of the ukrainian authorities that those people are forced to survive without eating food, water, or medication. neurology. well, the city of mary paul has been cut off from the rest of the world for 12 days. no one is allowed in or out as fighting rages on the hot report. dozens of buses stand ready to enter. mary poll, filled with food and water. they're trying to reach one of the areas hardest hit by rush and showing their only protection signs on the windows. people and

ukrainian they try to go in, but are turned around the most in the order that i have to say this is painful and merry up remains blocked by the enemy, sides of the breast. and troops did not lead out into the city and continued to torture out people. i'll marry up a residence tomorrow. we'll try again. once again and food, water and medicine for our city. for nearly 2 weeks, no one has been able to leave the city. and no aid has entered the road we will trucked underground and 2 children died nor was able to save them. these people here are desperate for help. there are thousands and thousands of families trapped in the city who are running out of water. and then at that point, what you do, even our team,

the international red cross team that is in mario poll. they've effectively run out of water and they're telling us, okay, now we go to a stream and collect water, we boil it, we drink it. well, how do tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of people do that, especially if you're elderly. these satellite pictures show industrial and residential buildings, flattened fires, still burning. ukraine's foreign minister dmitri shaquilla says russia wants to capture the city at any cost. mario poll is crucially important for russia because if they seize control over the city, they will establish and rec land quarter either to, to crimea from person. and they will also cover us off from access to as of see, this is why we still fiercely and heroically defended. and this is why rush her a so ruthlessly trying to destroy the cd and capture it at any cost.

ukraine says it will not surrender or retreat and attempt to reach people trapped in the city will continue. yuk e this dollar. so laquatta is me. we will try to morrow again to evacuate. people from mario, paul, we will again do it tomorrow in front of the whole world in front of the politicians and leaders in front of the entire planet earth. but for now, these buses remain full of aid. but empty of people who want to leave leo harding al jazeera cipher shall break her al jazeera when we come back. residents of the countries, 4th largest city, ukraine. i left the deal with a loss of loved ones on russia, replaces a ukrainian man after being accused of adopting the elected one morning. ah,

ah, look forward to really to scully's with sponsored my counsel at ways hello. the weather is a little more mobile and it has been recently across north asia. we have got bands of cloud add re some sleet and snow to just pushing in from west to east. little area of high pressure in the sea of japan at night is out of the way that just allows the next system to feed across the waters there, sal caressing some very heavy rain for a time at wet weather, pushing up into northern parts of han shoe and then eating through as we go one into monday, a little bit of a winter mix over the high rabbit. nothing too much to speak of. as you can see, temperatures not faring too badly as an exterior freight coming in across the cream peninsula. north grey will see some significant snow pushing up towards the north east of china. follow that band of wet weather into central parts of china. some

shirey rain around here. while she, dr. hong kong temperatures, around $27.00 celsius lottie drive to a cross sea. indo china region, we have got some showers once again coming back into the philippines, one or 2 of those just around the lose on, on the heavy side could scattering a showers there across malaysia and also running in across a good part of indonesia. we'll see some showers too running towards do, shall anchor over the next day or so. much of india is dry and hot and the same goes for pakistan. lou, whether sponsored by katara, always or china in the us sleep walking their way to war in the struggle over ukraine. here is the test for president joe biden, which is really trying to do is rewrite the security architecture. if your personal united states, you seriously go to walk and chew gum at the same time, your weekly take on us politics and society, that's the bottom line. we know what's happening, i region, we know how to get to places that others cannot. if i was, i said,

i'm going the way that you tell the story is what can make a difference. ah oh, welcome back of your mind about top stories here. this, our russian forces are continuing that 1st one circle, the training capital keith intelligence report say, russia's military has edge to within 25 kilometers of a city center. and a large scale attack could happen soon. the u. s. has announced it'll rush another $200000000.00 worth of weaponry to ukraine. it builds only significant shipments. it's sent in the lead up to the war on russia continues to shell the pool. so to model poll there that says 1500 people have been killed. so far, ukraine says russia wants to come to the city at any cost or can establish

a direct line in cordele to crimea. will denise pro is now also a major target for russian bombings that have previously escaped much of the air assault and had become a stop off point for people trying to flee ukraine. hud abdel honey, is that oh, i went to another life short the mounting tool of this conflict. now in his 3rd week. thank you. one year old alexander village go was killed on the 1st day of the war. he was on the front line 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. i wanted to move to the show 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 army didn't change him. he was the same. he was very kind, perhaps on being pathetic, but he definitely loved life. sounds ironic. mel visit in for the music. lensky says about $1300.00 service men have lost their lives so far met. key ukrainian cities remained surrounded as russia seems to be standing, is target around the country. it might take longer because the ukrainian armies 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 more 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 territory under separate is control or russia itself. this was an early warning missile intercepted over the city center that was called on mobile phone chart. ashley. it occurred the equivalent to live mr. nick rosa castillo, and our air defense system is weaker than at the beginning of the war. the russians targeted it on the 1st day. they try to destroy it. we manage to evacuate staff, it's working still, but not everything is smooth support. now they fi aimlessly from a long distance. they don't come close because we still have it a fence system, but they have capacity to hit from hundreds of kilometers away with them. 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 xander had married, valero? yeah, less than 3 months ago. now she's a young widow holding died,

the colors her husband defended to his last breath, hoping it won't be in vain. what other hamid al jazeera, the need for ukraine? the kremlin has appointed an acting mer in the ukrainian city of municipal. that soft security video released by ukraine reported to show russian soldiers of doctrine, the elected mayor. even federals, ukraine says, soldiers put a bag over his head and led him away, rushes near point. he says she is ready to serve. yet the wolf, deluca motional with the the most important task for us is to establish a new way of doing things. so we can start a new life. i asked the people of mulatto not to react to the few people in the city who create provocations. we've been elected to serve the people and we have created a committee to do that. elsewhere in the south ukrainian forces are battling russian troops on several fronts. russia is already in control of the city of car son, while as heavy fighting around mickely

a stepping stone for russian troops pushing towards odessa on the black sea coast. people there are strengthening the cities defensive, including sandbags, well as a major fort city. many think it's only a matter of time before russia launches an assault on to zeros. i'm lucky reports now from nicholas the some of the know and i shall be in a local residence of nikolai had a very tough night due to the massive explosions and missiles zooming across. almost all of the city's neighborhoods. we're at one of the eastern suburbs of mich alive, a totally residential area, with no military prisons. it was hit by a number of missiles during the night. this is a bus stop and an adjacent coffee shop which was totally destroyed. the cars parked here also damaged residence. he had told us about the horror they lived through throughout the night watermark. they feared to leave their homes or even to stay in as the entire area was targeted. of the missiles hit a supermarket, a few blocks away. another in a schoolyard,

a 3rd on top of one of the residential buildings. before we arrived, the civil defense managed to successfully dismantle the missile. heavy gunfire raged at the outskirts of the city. from here, the fighting fronts are about 10 kilometers away, where the military air bases and 20 kilometers, where the civil aviation airport is located before the cities man said that the russian army has changed the tactics. intensifying the shilling of residential areas. we added that the city's hospital and often age were also targeted last night and we tried to approach those buildings, but could not. the mayor explained that the russian troops began to infiltrate and hide and villages, residential areas and behind facilities such as the power plant. so that they cannot be easily targeted by the ukranian army. he says ukrainian for suspended the russians off and will continue to do sir, to prevent them from entering the city. buses are bringing more people into key from other parts of the country affected by the fighting, hoping to get on to trains and get to safety in the west. but at the same time,

russian forces i'm moving into positions around the capital. one card report. the a desperate scramble to get on a train out of keith. but most of these people aren't residents of the capital. they've come from places like a pin and butcher on the outskirts of people. places that have seen the worst of the wolf so far in this region. they sit in shocked silence. women like svetlana, still trying to understand what they've seen. that was my home was destroyed, an explosion blew up the window 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 the russian tanks kept firing a tall houses. and this is what i flee. ah, andre's, a volunteer coordinator at the central station. his job is to make sure those fleeing from outside to keep can get help. most he says,

show visible signs of psychological trauma. are a priori now is a hot line is air being is sir. vulture is of brazil is sir, gosh dorman, and this line. okay. and they're actually, they're really shocked by all these things happening are they didn't expect the russian army to his civilians, to his there, to it in houses and they never believed it. but they really honor a fire and doubted, sags is destroyed. good 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 future, like a pin 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 leaves the station. besides what few belongings they can carry, they also carry the horrors of what they witnessed, unsure. also, when they might see their home again, whether that home will still be standing in wrong con, our desert keep central station italians have been on the streets of florence on saturday, calling for an end to the war. thousands gathered holding banners, calling to peace. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski addressed them via video link saying the war isn't just against ukraine, but the values of all europeans. well that rally and another in germany were part of an anti war initiative across the continent called cities with ukraine. at least a 1000 anti war protest has gathered in munich. they charge for tougher sanctions against moscow, including a total ban on russian oil and gas. while in new york, hundreds of people converged on time square. some demonstrators held science supporting teams, calls for a no fly zone over the besieged country. new york is home to the united states

largest ukrainian community. what does might cause the piece and heavy diplomatic pressure? france says the russian president has shown no willingness to end the conflict. that was the assessment of president emanuel macro. after he and the german chancellor of schultz spoke to put in for more than an hour. that in barbara has more 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 an 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 mary a poll. 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 mare of multiple who was allegedly been kidnapped in recent days in ukraine. so really no, no break through their rushes invasion has created at least 2 and a half 1000000 refugees. so far, most are in neighboring countries like poland, hungary and romania, a small number being allowed into the us raising complaints. some advocates about the plight of refugees from elsewhere, rob reynolds reports. why are ukranian woman with 3 children fleeing the war and her homeland was denied entry to the us twice when she asked for asylum at the t one a border crossing with mexico?

i don't have any other place to go. sophia, who did not give her last name, travelled 1st to romania, then to mexico, seeking to enter the u. s. actually i have family and friends in usa and they're ready to support me. and actually they asked me to leave ukraine in situation. why? since 2020, the u. s. has barred almost all asylum seekers. using a regulation meant to prevent infectious diseases from spreading across the border . now, with many coven error restrictions eased or eliminated the rule known as title 42 is still being used to bar thousands of people from mexico, central america, africa, haiti, and elsewhere. many of those migrants are fleeing war and political upheaval. but on her 3rd try sophia, and her children with help from a lawyer were allowed to enter the u. s. some immigration attorney say there is

a double standard favoring ukrainians. we are absolutely seeing a differentiation between howard treating ukrainian asylum seekers than we are other asylum seekers, whether they be from south america, cameroon, haiti, or afghanistan, the ukrainians are being able to jump to the front of the line. and the only difference is that they're white and all of these other asylum seekers are not white. we're in a welcome, mccraney refugees, rope and arms have some track. they come over here. the biden administration quickly granted temporary residency to tens of thousands of ukrainians who are already in the us. we will be providing temporary protected status, t p. s to those ukranian nationals who are present in the united states as of march . first of this year that policy also favors ukrainians over citizens of other nations who have been asking for temporary protected status. the afghans have been

begging for this since august 2021. last month, 427 ukrainians, entered the u. s. as refugees, more than triple the number from january, there will be more families from ukraine seeking refuge in the us. as russia's invasion grinds on and raising more troubling questions about fairness. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. let's move on now to some other news. several rockets have been fired into air bill, the capital of the autonomous kurdish region studios belonging to a kurdish new station, where among the buildings hit. the presenter managed to carry arms surrounded by broken glass and ceiling tiles. there were no reports yet casualties. at least 7 people have been killed in a fire that swept through a new denny slum. it broke out early on saturday in the go called pooty area of the city, about 60 homes destroyed in the u. s. a trial a started for,

for men charged with conspiring to kidnap the governor of michigan because of her corona virus laws. if convicted, there could be jail for life. lawyers for the men say the alleged plot was never serious. prosecutors say they planned to break into governor gretchen whitman's vacation home. take her away at gunpoint enforcer to face a treason trial. ah, i could check the headlines. he and i'll just hear a russian forces are continuing. they're pushed in circle the ukrainian capital cave. intelligence report, say, russia's military has edge to within 25 kilometers of the city center. and a large scale attack could happen soon. the u. s. is announced, it'll rush another $200000000.00 worth of weaponry to ukraine and bills on the significant shipments it sent in the run up to the war rushes, military says the.