the gas for western leaders, full sanctions on russian energy exports. that's a recipe for recession in depth analysis of the days headlines inside story on al jazeera ah, ah, running for their lives, russian wall plains bomb, the viv western ukrainian city where thousands displaced by the wall had taken refuge. ah, on carrie johnston, this is al jazeera alive from dough, also coming out. for god's sake. this man cannot remain on the white house down, plays those remarks by president joe biden saying he's not calling for regime

change in russia. immense. luthey rebels announced a unilateral 3 day cease fire off to saudi coalition planes retaliate by bombing, major cities, me and mars military celebrates despite new sanctions and accusations of genocide targeting ukraine's sole russian that war planes of hit the centuries old city of the viv, known for its cultural heritage up to now the western city has largely escaped serious fighting part. it's a major hub for ukrainians, fleeing across the border into poland. just 70 kilometers away saying buzz. robbie is in the they've the evening quiet in the west of u. craig broken by the sound of russian missiles hitting their target hours after

the attack of fuel storage facility. still burning, smoke still covering the skies over levine, the capital ukrainian se may be the heart of the country. but levine with nearly 800 years of history and cultural heritage, is it? so we verse and i thought that they will not touch with you again because they were targeted mostly to these. you grand ki, event genevieve and vic cities in the for either now they i am taking it characters hot of you. great. you're the most of us. i think it's terrible. we didn't come here from cave to hear bombings swore it's real war. it's terrible. really because people are dying all hours. he does perfect. it is beautiful. it is destroyed. it's done to still for the 21st century. what can we say about more?

there is outrage here. ukrainians say they feel betrayed by russia and despise vladimir putin on it. is not so good that he's not woman enough, but they are the anti christ. ukraine has never attacked anyone while they doing this. they don't need the people or land, they don't need anything. all they have is their meaningless ambitions. it's just horrid blad deck and this is bay the role of a wild hoard. the tiny gray man has done a lot of black, horrible evil. he's a beast. the west of the country has seen some high profile attack since the russian invasion began. but levine was spared the worst of the violence, warning sirens likely to be taken more seriously. now loud, such and explosions have shattered the relative calm that levine had been experiencing throughout this war. so far. we've just heard reports that the target of the attack from which the smoke is emanating was a fuel depot. on the other side of the city,

louise has been at the center of the country's humanitarian response to the war. the wider region has also been keyed as a military hub, moments before the 1st attack rain, we met with the city's mayor. he says he speaks to his counterparts coping with the destruction of their own cities every day. to day all city in ukraine a how worry no similar situation. i dont know ways ah target or next russian i missile. but my air, my, my duty dis security, my citizens and her the safe for her refugees. a job made more difficult with attacks within levine, city limits. ah. as night came more missile strikes, hitting more targets. this is the closest,

the war has come to the center of the city. an escalation that brings the war. right to the heart of louise. just across the border in the polish capital, the u. s. president pulls no punches against vladimir putin. joe biden said to the russian president cannot stand power any longer, comments that drew criticism from moscow. the white house down played those remarks . biden also said rushes war on ukraine has been a strategic failure. our white house correspondent, kimberly huck it has this report from wasa. speaking from the grounds of the royal castle in warsaw, poland u. s. president joe biden forcefully declared, russian president vladimir putin must go for god's sake. this man cannot remain power. it sounded like a major shifting u. s. policy. previously, u. s. officials, including the secretary of state antony blinking,

have denied the united states is seeking regime change in russia. from this location on nato's eastern flank, biden also addressed the russian leader direct late calling his invasion as strategic failure and warning him not to expand the conflict. don't even think about one single inch of nato territory. we have a 2nd obligation of article far to defend each and every inch of nato territory. a full force more collective power. earlier in the day as biden met with poland, president, he reiterated as a member of nato, the u. s. and his partners will defend poland if it's attacked. poland shares a more than 500 kilometer border with ukraine already. more than 4000000 people have fled ukraine, with more than half seeking refuge in poland. as bitin met with mothers at

a makeshift refugee center set up in warsaw national stadium, he reiterated his belief that the russian president is a war criminal for allegedly targeting civilians. you're dealing every day with what am reputed, what he's done. what does it make you think? he's a butcher. also on saturday, biden met with ukrainian defense and foreign ministers who had made a rare trip out of ukraine. bite and pledge support for ukraine sovereignty and characterized it's resistance as a battle for freedom that may be a long fight. the white house denies president biden was calling for regime change in russia, but instead says he was arguing that a lot of our prudent cannot be allowed to exercise power over the region. still biden's message was unmistakable, that russia's war and ukraine is

a battle for democracy. the free world must fight. kimberly, how can al jazeera warsaw, the criminal spokesperson has responded to biden's remarks that he may have putin can't stain power, saying only the russian people can decide the president. hashem alberta has the latest now from oscar. as the congress continues relations b, a between the us and russia continue to be straight. their recent remarks made by the u. s. president joe biden very critical of president vladimir putting a created a black backlash here, her russian nurse spokesperson of the kremlin. dmitri pasco, of said that those remarks won't be conducive to narrow differences between the 2 countries and the it won't help to mend the fences. russia has over the last few days and some of the u. s. ambassador to moscow and express the same concern about similar remarks made by president joe biden, from

a russian perspective. those remarks along with the air was military support provided for the ukrainians and the sanctions imposed on the financial institutions works of art in russia. r y d interpreted here as an attempt to silence and further isolate or russia. and this explains why most of the officials are talking to the media are saying that this is something which will only ultimately help consolidate our identity and bring the russians united. and they say that there is a western narrative which is misleading, according to russia, which does not a characterize the conflict the way it is supposed to be. william courtney is adjunct senior fellow at rand corporation. he served as a white house senior director for russia. ukraine and you're asian affairs, he says that moscow is bound to be feeling the pressure from western sanctions.

pretty clear that as president biden spread out, this war has been a strategic failure for russia. and that increases the possibility that put on his senior military leaders. senior political leaders may be held accountable by the russian people. so when the president said this man cannot remain in power. but you seem to imply was that given the strategic failure of the military were truly devastating economic sanctions that the west is imposing. which day by day, week by week are going to have power for effects from russia. the prior status from the russia has earned europe or a place of special interest in those russians. those factors together increase the likelihood that there could be regime change in moscow. that's uncertain, one can never predict, but it will occur or when or how it will occur. but certainly in the last 30 years of russia moderate and depressing the situation and the criminal has never looked

last table than it does now. without him is the key issue. so if he were replaced by another person who was similar to have has similar policies and wanted to keep russia so troops in the trade. the western economic. busy sanctions would stay and for the russian economy would continue to deteriorate. so whatever new government comes to power plants to be lasting, government, it really needs to shake off the western sanctions. 11 is pulling all the troops out of ukraine, or the west is not likely to lift those sanctions until all chips are out of ukraine. in his nightly address, ukraine's president once again pleaded with western powers for military support, or at least give his gun or doom would. the russian army received orders to destroy everything that defines our people, our nation, our culture. 80 years ago the nazis did exactly the same when they tried to capture

europe. same russian occupy as a doing this summer that no one will forgive them, that hopefully they will be held responsible. yet youth music for pace, musicians in ukraine's arcade have performed at a subway station for many sheltering their 2 escape russian bombings. ah, ukraine's 2nd largest city has been under heavy fire for weeks. a constant marks. what would have been the start of her? his annual music festival, even though she wouldn't, amid the darkness surrounding us now it's extremely important to show that there are eternal values and future in our country. that our country is melodious, beautiful, chris, intellectual, and will overcome all these difficulties. were still ahead on al jazeera palestinians in the occupied west bank cast their ballots. in a 2nd round, the municipal elections living dangerously police officers. mexico are increasingly

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put profits before people. and it won't cost telling him of pundents coming soon. on august. ah ah! you're watching al jazeera, a reminder now of our top store is this. our ukraine's western city of the viv has been hit by russian missiles official say the stripes of significantly damaged city infrastructure. the bib is just 70 kilometers from the polish border and a major hub for fleeing ukrainians. u. s. president joe biden says russia's warn ukraine has been a strategic failure. speaking in poland by june,

criticism from moscow after he commented, russian president vladimir putin cannot remaining, were present. le mars lansky has called on the western leaders to help the ukrainian military to bolster its defenses. is urging nato to deploy one percent of its aircraft, tanks and weaponry to ukraine. not or other headline story, the conflict any. i'm in the who the rebels are saying they're suspending miss sarlin drones stripes on saudi arabia for 3 days. the group says it's part of a push for a lost and commitment to peace in the 7 year war in all be shackleton, or had the, we unilaterally announce the suspension of missile. and john strikes and all military actions towards the kingdom of saudi arabia, by land, but see and hear you for a period of 3 days. we affirm our readiness to turn this declaration into a final ha firm and permanent commitment. if the king of saudi arabia announces and

commits itself to ending the siege and stopping its errands on the territory of the republic of yemen once and for all your this comes a day after the rebels heads and around co oil facility jetta. it's about 11 kilometers from a location where the city is hosting a formula, one grand prix. they also targeted air as close to king of dallas is international airport. the saudi coalition carried out air strikes in odessa, in retaliation. the booth is se oil installations in the strategic port city were targeted coalition. that fighter planes also bombed parts of the yamani capital. so now while these are scenes of the aftermath in santa where at least 8 people were killed, the tooth is say, the coalition air strikes his a power plant, a fuel supply station, and the state run social insurance office may claim un officials using a building near the insurance office left hours before the coalition operation.

well now she line is a research fellow for the middle east at the quincy institute. she says the 2 sides in the conflict could be close to a longer term deal. i think the saudis would be wise take these deal. they who these have said that this 3 day deal could continue if the saudis lift their blockade of yemen and stop their strengths. and this, this would be great for the saudis. they have long said they would like to get out of this war, and this could be an opportunity for them to finally stop wearing so many hundreds of billions of dollars into trying to destroy yemen. we've seen a big uptake in the saudi led air strengths, so i believe there are about $400.00 in them and january and $700.00 in the month of february. but we're seeing this response from the, i mean in general it's, it's a bit frustrating because the, who the attacks tend to generate a lot more news coverage. whereas the saudi or strikes are just sort of part of

daily life where the you many, but clearly know who these are trying to show the saudis, that they're, if they're going to continue this. this is sort of level of destruction that they are going to pay a price. although again, with us help, especially with the recent edition of new patriot antimissile systems, the saudis are generally able to deflect about 90 percent of the transporter attacks. iraq's parliament has once again postponed the session to elect a new president because not enough members were in attendance. politicians are expected to try again on wednesday, on to 0. martha of the war had, has more now from back that once again, iraq's account of representatives failed to elect a new president of the republic. that's because of a lack of courage required to hold the vote. the court room, why it should be $220.00 low makers. they should be prison in decision

to hold the vote. the state meet in the political landscape in iraq has been created by political rivalry between raven factions and here in the parliament, independent law makers tend, in the middle between 2 major rival powers. the 1st one includes the subgroups movement lead to life that she clinic and up to the southern and the allies, including the sovereignty block, which is the sunny that includes this only political parties and democratic democratic party of this town. on the other hand, she are political parties which are affiliated to iran. they're called the coordination framework and did allies, including the factory union of kurdistan. this stated mate

has also the rain forming a new government. 40 candidates are running for president. the most prominent of them is incumbent president, but homicide, which is nominated by the union of kurdistan. and rebid, the college who is nominated, i democratic party of could this town palestinians and the occupied west bank have been voting in local elections. it's the 2nd phase of the municipal ballot after 1st round in december. more than 50 percent of those eligible have cast their votes. either abraham has more from ramallah. many palestinians were sharing pictures of their fingers dipped in ink. this is one of the ways that the central election commission was ensuring that there is no voter fraud. but generally the turn out of voters in the occupied west bank has been relatively jo.

many palestinians said that these elections because they deal with bigger villages and towns and cities, that the political affiliation is much more important. we've seen in the 1st phase of these elections that were held in small villages, that the familial ties were more important. so it wouldn't be interesting to see the results of these elections because it could give us an indication of how well some of the political parties are doing in the street. we thought about helen, but after the legislative elections were cancelled last year, i lost trust in our democracy. i didn't even want to vote and musical elections, presidential emblem that the elections are very important to me. as a,

[000:00:00;00] with vietnam near mars, military has commemorated its founding with the parade in young gone. the armed forces, day parade comes as the u. s. and allies impose new sanctions on companies and alleged arms dealers who supply that weapons to me in march or last week. the u. s . announcer had determined that the killing of summit turned to 24000 ringo muslims constitutes a genocide and crimes against humanity or florence louis joins us not from a quarter of them or of florence grounds celebrations. but how is this day being seen by most people than men?

while this day is a public holiday, it's a day to mark the founding of the myanmar military, also known as the top my door around. and it's usually celebrated with a grand military parade in the capitol naperville with pictures, broadcast and state tv now, but even before the qu many people were opposed to the military having such a powerful role in government. and since the qu, they are many people now who say they hate the military. now last year's armed forces day will go down in infamy. it was one of the bloodiest days since the coup with more than a 100 protesters killed some of them. children killed by the gender and assistance association for political prisoners, a group that monitors the situation in myanmar says more than a 1700 people have been killed by the gender since the qu, in february last year. so the military is being seen as, rather than a force that there to keep the peace, it's one that's turned against its people. so many people don't see that as a day for celebration, but some see it as a day to mourn. and in fact, the shadow government, known as the national unity government,

has called for people to turn off their lights at 8 p. m. local time on sunday, as a form of protest against the military and florence, it's been more than a year since the crew. to what extent has a military been able to consolidate its power? do you think also military faces challenges on several fronts. now the resistance to the 2 military rule is now an armed resistance. it's happening in urban and rural areas. and the military has responded with its full force artillery shelling air strikes. then you have the civil war in ethnic army controlled areas that have now flared up since the qu, so the military is fighting resistance fighters as well, if, as ethnic groups diplomatically, the military has struggled to gain recognition at the un at asi and the association of southeast asian nations, economically their sanctions against the military and military linked companies. some big corporations have called out of myanmar,

citing worsening humanitarian conditions. that's not to say the gentile doesn't have friends though it does. china is an important ally and in the region they've got cambodia and tylen and their support is important. for example, ty, state owned energy companies said it would step in to operate one of the oil fields . and after toward towel, the french company said it was going to withdraw. tote, there are challenges that the military faces, but the military has given every indication it intends to hang on to power. it's already extended emergency will to august 2023. and yet, on the other side of the spectrum, you've got the people in myanmar who said they're not going to give up resisting military hall. and that's why you've got a situation where many political analysts say they expect the crisis in myanmar to drag on for months or years to come. okay, we'll leave it there. florence louis. thank you very much for that. now a group of afghan women and girls have marched in kabul to demand the right to go

to school. the government closed all girls, secondary schools, early this week, ourselves. they had opened for the 1st time in more than 7 months. or since return to power in august, the taliban has undone some of the progress made by them. in the past 2 decades. mexican police are no strangers to being targeted by drug cartels and criminal gangs. but lately the toll has been particularly high. i can the state of zacatecas, where the number of police killed has tripled in 3 years. john holman reports in the state. it was i could take his the police dress like this. not against the san or cove it, but because if they're identified, they risk being killed. more have died here than anywhere else in mexico so far this year. and the majority a killed when they're off duty. that's because is elsewhere in the country. they have the hand in their guns when they finish their ships. high level officials

worried that they will use the weapons illegally themselves if left armed. but it's then that the easy pray for criminals. the funeral for a national been yellows, his family moons, the gum, and timed his murder till he just clocked off and walked out the police station and gallon. mom in the lay, the moment you want to carry a gun in your daily life, you can't. and that gives the go ahead to any criminal they can come and do anything to you because you can't defend yourself. and you don't stop being a police officer because you're unarmed. you're a police officer, $365.00 days of the year. now ellie's boyfriend, a police officer like her, was killed too in an ambush. this is the shirt he was wearing luckily, but she was deeply traumatized. so was her family now? she's in an office row and wanted the feel of it that come on me. i had a situation with my son, he said to me, i'm frightened when you go to work because i don't know if you're coming back and

not parts your soul in to because it's true. we don't know if we're coming back of his has told us that a war between the sinaloa and the hollis go new generation. cartels is causing havoc in the state. they're forced to either choose sides or to fight both, and they don't have the equipment to do that, even when they are on duty. melinda, that bullet proof vests are out of date. they were out of date by february 2020 or helmets. and that's how about 5060 percent of that original assistance with our vehicles were struggling with an infinity of mechanical problems. that's common in the countries, many police forces, but deadly. when you're in the middle of a cartel wall, still the biggest problem said this officer who wanted us to hide his identity is a lack of support from the top of him. and basically the bosses don't speak to us. we don't even really know with the directories the a plan strategy objectives. right now we don't have them with when we interviewed

the head of one of the states municipal forces, what he sang a very different to independent the meant the either we have a lot of coordination these moments apart from the attacks on us. you can check the statistics, murders have gone down. a lot of what we have to do is lift up the values. we have this human values from the moment that we go out on the street for when a small child is still trusted, says hello, an old lady says, you know what, god bless you. beautiful sentiments from the top. while dozens of be cops from around the state like an esther bond, willows, a being murdered. john homan, al jazeera mexico. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the top stories ukraine's western city of the viv has been hit by russian missiles. officials say the strikes have significantly damaged city infrastructure live is just 70 kilometers from the polish border and