during the 1st truly televised war from the roof, we could see the regulation at the american embassy, where the most iconic images of the conflict of vietnam were transmitted to the world. this was the front row sheet to the final stages of the war. cy, going caravel war hotels on all 0. ah, people scrambled to escape cave is russian forces around the capital, preparing for a feed all last week. so ah, hello, i'm emily anc, when you're watching the algae there is coverage of the war in the brain. and now

the day and night of intense shelling in the besieged city of mary paul, the mass is 12 days of russian bombardment have killed 1500 people. the us says it's sending more weapons to ukraine as russia threatens to target western om shipments and kohls grow louder around the world to pace. that france says roches president, is showing no willingness to end the war. air raid sirens, continuing across ukrainian cities as france says, the russian president isn't ready to make pace. russian forces fanning out around cave and have moved to within 25 kilometers of the capitol center. things are getting drastically worse in the besieged and bombarded port. city of mary palm where civilians have been fighting over what little supplies to live mc alive in

the south. west is also under heavy bombardment. russian troops, there are expected to move west towards odessa. another port city. if that's taken a wood cut ukraine off from its cost, we have correspondence across the country will begin with miss tasha butler, who's in loots in the north west. ah, sunrise in keys. once again, the sound of done far in the distance as russian forces come, ever closer to ukraine's capital. southwest of the city, plumes of smoke rise above an oil depot. impressive. keep ukrainian forces said the phi began after a russian air 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. with a 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 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 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 nor the enemy is continuing air and rocker shelling of the city of churney eve. the peaceful population is dying and there are many injured. the enemy is heading civilian infrastructure. west in 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

airfield. the funerals of to them have just taken place in this church in the center of the city. the mayor of lusk says the people here they won't be intimidated by russian forces. people us to little scared her but we're hello to live manic in our city. we don't see her people leave in our city would on sierra for g asleep in our city. and we are hostile. ah, we are still believe her that ukraine or william lavano litski is a 110 kilometers from the border with rushes ally, belarus, some ukrainian official say better russian troops could join the war of the site. that's unlikely than we are. don't go yoga is they want to come here, let them come, but who will destroy them and send them back in body bags? were you young? when was her daughter? i hope the lewis would reconsider their position. there's 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 rush and 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. and when you, when she was a brother, they took everything from me. i had a comfortable house, the kids all had their own room on us. now where will i go full of money and for what? i'll have to start from scratch when her on that 20 anymore. and 41. if we do 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. basses bringing more people in the cave from other parts of the country affected by the fighting there, hoping to get on to trains and get to safety in the west. but at the same time, russian forces are moving into positions around the capitol. as in one con reports, 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 short silence. women like svetlana, still trying to understand what they've seen of detail in that 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 there. the russian tanks kept firing at our houses. and this is what leslie

andre is a volunteer coordinator at the central station. his job is to make sure those fleeing from outside of keep can get help. most he says, show visible signs of psychological trauma or a priori now is a hot lion is air pin is a voucher, is a 40 is a gastorm and this line, okay. and are actually they are really shocked by all these things happening or they didn't expect the russian army to his civilians, to hid their to it in houses. and they never believed it. but they really under a fire and ordered sags this is destroyed, booked, it was 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 which are 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 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 al jazeera step bass. n has asking kinds president about his mental strain. and he's under, after more than 2 weeks of roll. elemy zelinski chill questions from journalists in a secure comp, hampton key. my name is step foster from al jazeera english, a bombing, children's hospitals, maternity wards, residential areas. they seem 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. just a day regarding the children and the beautiful mothers and what happened to them.

how can any normal person react to this? well, it's simply inactive terrorism, another one. unfortunately, this is like a tragic tv series about active terrorism. when this is happened elsewhere in europe, like when there's been an attack on a metro station, everyone was shocked to day rule apparently used to it not. i don't want to be used to it already. heavily guarded, the president has just left this room, but this kind of appearance of 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, m a russia military says the situation in some ukrainian cities is catastrophic. but during its latest breathing briefing, it said keeps fighters and its allies out to blame. when you get, unless you go up sooner, green you, the humanitarian situation in ukraine. unfortunately continues to rapidly morrison,

and in some cities has reached catastrophic proportions. armed ukrainian forces mines in the residential areas, new destroying bridges, and infrastructure roof as a result of those criminal actions against their own people. this is the action of the ukrainian authorities. i do, those people are forced to survive without eating food. water or medication will not old reduced. the city of mary paul has been cut off from the rest of the world for 12 days. no one is allowed to in or out as fighting wages on their hiding reports. dozens of buses stand ready to enter. mary, a pool filled with food and water. they're trying to reach one of the areas hardest hit by russian shelling. there are only protection signs on the windows, people in ukrainian they try to go in, but are turned around the walls in the order that says, i have to say this with pain war mary up or remains blocked by the enemy of the

size of the russian troops did not let out a into the city and continued to torture out people. i'll marry up or residence to morrow. we'll try again one 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 through state road. ah, we were trapped under ground. and 2 children, dod norm was able to save them with the road. 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 aqua 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 the rec, land quarter to 2 crimea from russian. and they will also cut us off from access to as of see, this is why we still fiercely and heroically defended. and this is why russia is 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 young e in the solace of a watch. me. we will try to morrow again to evacuate. people from mario pulse. we will again do it tomorrow in front of the whole world in front of to petitions 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, the kremlin, has appointed and acting may in the ukrainian city of melli top. oh me. that's after security video released by ukraine purported to show russian soldiers abducting the elected man. yvonne, the door of ukraine says, soldiers put a bag over his head and led him away. rushes new appointees says she's ready to let the whole still look. most of 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 melli topple,

not to react to the few people in the city that create provocations. we have been elected to serve the paypal and we have created a committee to do all the work in the city to do that. still ahead on al jazeera, ukraine's arriving in mexico and being allowed in the us. why that's raising questions about unequal treatment. and we'll have the latest on them reports of miss al fire tiling, the u. s. consulate in the iraq, the city of irving. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies. the winter sponsored my cattle airways hollow. we've had something of a heat wave here in the middle east recently, so you see largely clear skies across southern parts of the arabian peninsula to the south of that. that's where the heat really has been on friday afternoon in doha temp. just touch 40 degrees celsius. unconfirmed reports of temperatures in

the u. e. e getting as high as 42 degrees over the next day or so that temperature will ease, but it should be about 27 celsius this time of the year. so we are still on the warm side of that heat further north. that's where it's been a lot cooler, a little unsettled as well. some cloud and rain on sunday, coming in the cross to rock q 8 northern part of iran, bits and pieces of shabby rain over towards the levant. here we're still struggling to get into where double figures and some snow. they're once again into turkey. similar pitcher as we go on into monday now that wet or whether we have across that eastern side of the mediterranean will. so last on to the shores of northern egypt pushing across. so northern parts of africa, by the way, across into the far north of morocco, thick dust haze continuing just around us. a hell pushing into northern parts of nigeria, heavy showers. they're just rolling in across the gulf of guinea. may, marlowe showers, will continue right across the heart of africa, and we have the risk of flooding from our own tropical side. so for

a good part of mozambique blue, whether sponsored by katara, always from international politics, to the global pandemic. and everything in between. it did not respect poor people and pure our planet promised to ensure the safety of women. what's happened, the just the 15th. i pulled back that people actually have more feel. why is the u . k, so hostile to transfer the mysteries to all of it? join me if i take on the live, dismantled misconceptions and debate the contradiction. carmen get up front on al jazeera. ah ah,

hello, you're watching al jazeera, i'm emily agen reminder of our stories. the sour russian forces that continuing their push to encircle the ukrainian capital cave intelligence report, se rushes military as edge to within 25 kilometers with russia continues to share the port city of mario pole. the mass is 1500 people that have been killed in the past 12 days. and the kremlin has appointed a new acting mer ukrainians. ccf meli, melly to pope security video, released by new praying this purported to show russian soldiers abducting the cities, mer yvonne at the door of crying. it says the soldiers put a bag over his head and led him away. ukraine official say russia is planning to take full control of his epilepsy and nuclear power plant. it's the largest power plant in all of europe, and he's located in se,

in ukraine. the plant was hit by russian shillings earlier this month. the president of the power plant authority says around $400.00 russian soldiers with stations at the size. moscow has denied its plans to take permanent control of the facility. the u. s. has announced a little rush, another $200000000.00 worth of weapon rate to ukraine. it builds on the significant shipments it sent in the late up to the wall. and on the thursday, the u. s. congress approved an additional $13600000000.00 in emergency aid for the country. and alan fisher is in washington d. c, and explains what weapon the ukrainians thereafter. yes, present, joe biden is at camp david this we can, but we are told he is keeping across all developments in ukraine and he approved the release of these weapons. now the ukrainians have been asking for javelin anti tank and stinger anti aircraft missiles. we expect them to be in this batch that is

released along with a significant amount of small arms at these will come from existing u. s. military stock, which means that they don't have to wait for the manufacturer to deliver them and then be moved on to ukraine. this, these can go almost immediately. and this is the 3rd time in 3 months that the u. s . military has done that part of $1200000000.00 and military aid that the u. s. has provided since january 2021. that's important, of course, because that's when joe biden became president. no secretary of state antony blinkin has praised the ukrainian, seeing that they are showing great skill iron will and profound courage. and we know that congress is very much in support of what is happening in a town in a city and a country that can be so often divided on party lines. there was bipartisan support just a few days ago when congress approved $13600000000.00 in aid to ukraine. but this $200000000.00. the next step for you as support of ukraine.

in the face of this russian onslaught, russia says military convoys taking lethal aid into ukraine after targets. a declaration threatened to draw poland into the conflict. since it's a major entry point, the weapons st. best ravi has more from easton, poland, rolling hills near beer, char village, pied a secret and 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 move airfield 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 in taurus towns unaccustomed to the sites and sounds of heightened states 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. oh, we see in some kind of information campaign to. ready destiny lies our society to saw a chaos in the pro so and threads in or even panic in poland and a monk,

polish society. but the 2nd group of threats are more serious. we see that the do steering up to of war i go to crane, can also leave rochell aggressors to attempt. and for example, organize some type of diverse on, in full on the false frag, fox, abrasions against violence. and in the some kind of sub sub us operations. lethal aid from western countries, transits through poland, ukraine's main ally in europe, intelligence official se could also become russia's next target market. it was going to take, i'm not worried, we have grid 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 this 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 b. l. jazeera shamella, eastern poland. frances has been no breakthrough and efforts to convince russia to end the war and ukraine. french president, manuel mccaul and jim and chancellor love shalt spoke with russian president. let me push on the phone for more than an hour. they seemed to call an immediate cease fire, as, as a condition for full negotiations. it's the 2nd time the ladies have tried to broker a deal in the past week. italians have been on the straits of florence on saturday, calling for an into the wall. thousands gathered holding banners, calling for pace. your crimes president. let me lansky address them via video link saying the war isn't just against ukraine. the values of all europeans 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 is gathered in munich. they chanted so tough a sanctions against moscow, including a total ban on russian oil and gas. while in new york, hundreds of people converged on time square. some demonstrated health sign supporting caves, coal for no fly zone over the sage country. he or his home to the united states, largest ukrainian community. russia's invasion has created at least 2 and a half 1000000 refugees so far. most ari neighboring countries like poland, hungary hungry and romania as more number of ukrainians being allowed into the united states. rising complaints from advocates about the plight of refugees from elsewhere. reynolds explains why

a ukrainian woman with 3 children fleeing the war and her homeland was denied entry to the u. s. twice when she asked for asylum at the tiquana 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. the extra me i have her family and friends in usa and they're ready to support me. and actually they asked me to leave ukraine in this situation. 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 coded 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 are white and all of these other asylum seekers are not white wearing a welcome mccraney refugees open arms of contract. 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. briefly another news, as many as 12 me sales have been fined towards the u. s. consulate in the northern iraqi city of urban, they were differing accounts of damage them. a u. s. official said there was no impact to the consulate which is currently unoccupied. but an iraqi official said several rockets hit the u. s. facility. the pentagon says the missiles were fired

over the border from iran satellite rural cast channel kurdistan. 24 is located near the u. s. consulate. it went on air from the studio shortly after the attack, showing shattered glass and debris on the studio floor. france, britain, and germany say talk, survive to 2015 iran nuclear deal. are again at risk of toppling i've, i'm russia once. assurance that it's trying with iran won't be affected. i new sanctions. i have the warning ukraine diplomat had hoped they were close to reaching an agreement as well. so sat at reports from tehran. it's too early to talk about 8 collapse. both parties have been meticulously careful about the wording about the or statement, and they're particularly using the word power, not the collapse. now the diplomats from both sides iranian side and the european countries and russia, they're back to the capitals for the political talks. and they say that the hope that the talks are going to resume soon. so last week we were expecting

a breakthrough. and they would, the sources were telling us that a deal is, is imminent. but then surprisingly, there has been a demand coming from the russian side. the russian foreign minister, a lovely sergey lover, has said that the, that, that the deal, the g c p with the revival of the g. c, p. these new the, all, she'll be exempt in the did that there. russia from that sanctions party when it comes it straight with iran and right after that while people were discussing, whether there's going to affect any potential deal or lead any call us or not. we have heard that the u. s. c has ceased to renew oil, cargo ships and iranian side that this is not a good will. and it potentially called you port ice to deal with the experts here when you're talking to them to run next, versus that russia once to keep you run out of the global oil market, particularly when there are that much global centers over russia regarding it's,

we're on own own ukraine, so totes are not collapsing, but we can see that they go into effect. they got into a very delicate, delicate face. halls of closed, entered manor stands presidential election with 9 candidates competing for the job . the president who's been empowered since 2007, called for the vote last month after announcing his resignation. local media say his son is expected to win. many international observers have raised concerns about the legitimacy of the vote. some foreign news websites are blocked by the government. ah, hell are you watching? al jazeera, these, the stories that we're following this, our russian forces are continuing their push to encircle the ukrainian capital cave intelligence report, say, russia's military, his edge to within 25 kilometers of this city center. and a large scale attack could happen. russia's military admits the situation in some

cities is catastrophic, but is cave and its allies to blame. when you.