ah, with diverse coaches and conflicting politics. one 0, one east on al jazeera ah, revealing eco friendly solutions to combat threats to our planet on al jazeera, ah, freshest president of letting me of who's in the mans payment for gas in the rubles threatening to cut off supplies to western nations. us president joe biden, meanwhile, announces he will release a 1000000 barrels a day from america strategic oil reserve to try to curb, but soaring fuel prices. this is a moment of consequential pearl for the world and pain at the pump for american

families. it's also moment of patriotism. the hello barbara, are you watching? al jazeera life from london also coming up. ukraine sends a convoy you buses to the siege. that city of you fall in the hope of evacuating thousands of civilians prep without food, water or power for weeks and the un or just for the donors not to forget if janice done is it launches its largest humanitarian appeal for a single country. ah, hello, thank you for joining us. we begin the program with the economic fallout from the war in ukraine. russian president vladimir putin is issued an old tomato to the so called unfriendly state. he's threatened to cut off gas supplies, the countries that do not start paying for russian gas in roubles by friday,

who says foreign buyers will be required to open accounts with russian banks that the man does attempt to boost the russian currency, which has been hit by functions from the west over the invasion of ukraine. it could pose a serious issue for europe, which gets around 40 percent of its gas from russia, germany and france have already rejected the demand. is that if you, i find an order that establishes the rule of trade with natural gas, with the so called hostile states, we are offering clear system that they have to open accounts and roubles, and payments have to be made through these accounts from the 1st of april, if they don't, we will consider it a non fulfillment of contract because nobody sells us anything for free and we will not do charity should their existing contracts will be suspended when they use them as weapons. hasha bad following developments from moscow for president put in this is a moment to warn unfriendly countries

a list which includes the u. s. the u and many other states that they might have to face difficult times ahead of the continued to provide weapons to the ukraine and continue imposing economic sanctions on moscow. now, president, put in, asks of the center back to work out the details of a new mechanism under which russia will only accept a ruble, the local currency for the supplies of natural gas to those countries. they do understand that this is going to be a difficult her step forward for those countries. we have been saying that we've been doing contracts with the russians. and under the terms of those contracts, we were all either paying in dollars or in euro's and these contra l. this move is a breach of the existing contract. but for the russians, these are concerns of the brushed aside, saying that we are acting with the legitimacy because he had been imposing

sanctions on us. and by doing this, her putting is trying to tell the e u in particular, that is about time for a to change its policies towards moscow. the u. s. is releasing millions of barrels of oil from reserves to try and lower the soaring crude prices. president biden is ordering $1000000.00 barrels to be released on the market every day for the next 6 months. global oil prices are surged to record highs following russia's invasion of ukraine. this is a war time bridge to increase oil supplier until production ramps up later. this year, and it is by far the largest release barnett arverne national reserve in our history and provide historic amount of supply for historic amount of time, a 6 months bridge to the fall. okay, let's bring in my cana, who is at the white house for a says so mike, how do we think oil companies are likely to respond to this?

well, it was an unusual attacked by the president on some oil companies who he accused of seeking profit in this particular crisis. he went even further calling on congress to pass legislation that would penalize those oil companies that have taken federal leases to drill oil, but are not doing so at present. this is likely to be responded to by republicans as or once again a government overreach. but certainly president biden making very clear that this is a multi pronged approach to the current crisis, both domestically within the u. s. and internationally, he says that the u. s. has a history of taking opportunity out of crisis, and he says, this is the moment at which the us can up the a, arise, increase its energy production at the same time as also introducing new, clean energy resources. the aim, he says, to start producing at least

a 1000000 barrels a day within the u. s. domestically this he said, is part of the search to create a country that is energy independent. so certainly this is a wide ranging proposal from the president, not just the release of the strategic petroleum fund, which will have an impact and has already had an impact on the price of oil. but also looking at this as a long term project at the end of which he says the us should be an independent with regards to energy in particular with regards to oil production, which would avoid any such crisis in the future. so a multi pronged approach by the president covering a large facets of action, but certainly this release of strategic stockpile. the biggest in the u. s. history i can in, within that is from the white house there. mike, thank you. no, nato says russian units are being re deployed to fight in eastern ukraine. the

besieged city of matthew paul is becoming one of the key battlefront. so ukrainian ministry official has said around a $170000.00. people are trapped in the ruins without food, heat, power, or water. and the fighting continues in the eastern city of had keith, but a u. s. defense official says russia has made no major gains there. well, the shelling has continued around the capital key than the city of church neve, despite russian assurances of scaling down operations there. in the western city of levine, volunteers are providing help to the large influx of people displaced by the fighting, including thousands of children. wagner, bright reports in easton ukraine. the town of trustees nets has been retaken by ukrainian troops, but with much of it lying in ruins. the russians departed after a month of heavy fighting, while many people took shelter. thank you him with that we have spent 30 days in

the basement with small children who've been shaking until now with the russians left behind military hardware and allegations of widespread abuse problems. what the old so they came to our house is intimidated people and kicked him out of their homes. they took everything from us, mobile phones, guns, food, everything got all set in the past week. ukrainian forces have been recapturing towns and villages around the capital cubes. while russian forces have also been withdrawing or been pushed back in the north, east and south west, it's thought the russians will now concentrate efforts in the east of the country and mount a final push to take the perceived city of murray. you pope, efforts to open a humanitarian corridor into the ruined city. continue. the international committee of the red cross says in addition to getting people out of mary you, paul, it's vitally important for the corridor to be used to get humanitarian aid in the i . c. r. c says it prepared to lead the effort,

but only if the 2 warring sides can guarantee the safe passage of the convoy. the western city of levine is providing refuge for thousands of people who have fled the fighting around cave and other cities further east. people like all ha and the 2 children who now attend regular activity sessions provided by this children's library. oh, thank you right now. this is the only and best way to keep my kids and myself busy to keep them distracted. this class is being led by a teacher who was forced to flee a town near the front line in the east la lit by telephone. they are happy they are playing and their joy is night. joy, heart sessions here are aimed at tackling the trauma. they may have experienced from the fighting president flooded me putin invariably portrayed as the villain. elsewhere in this library, volunteers were con, camouflage netting for ukrainian forces across the border and the neighboring

russian region of brianne sc. returning paratroopers are given a hero's welcome. instead of pulling forces back from the fighting as moscow has previously announced, western observers suspect russia might simply be rotating units and preparing for a new phase in this war. rob mcbride, al jazeera levy, lemon con, is live for us in the capitol of ukraine. and let's keep silly man, what is the situation the latest there from keith? well, in the last 5 minutes we've heard multiple air raid sirens, go off around the capitol, we've heard 2 very loud explosions, one at 4 o'clock local. and then another one about an hour ago, ah, those 2 explosions are actually in quite a sensitive area of the capital. it's certainly, since i've been reporting here the closest to the center of ukraine that they've

got, we don't know what they hit as journalist. we tried to go down to the cycle, we were turned away by the soldiers there, and a lot of the crews actually were kind of pushed back as well. so clearly whatever it was is very sensitive, like we know there in the location itself in the wider location itself. of the presidential palace is there. are there's a hotel those housing, many international journalist. we also know that the police station, the centralization of he was there as well. so this is all happening whilst the russians have him. her insisting that they mounting a withdrawal from areas and grievous announcement that they made on tuesday night. and along with that announcement, they said that they were going to release the pressure on key because they understood the decision makers were in the capital by decision makers. i mean the government, but then we have this. and also over the last few days, we've also had shelling, take place. now yonce dalton berg, the secretary general of nato, has said that he is seeing signs of a withdrawal,

but doesn't think it's a withdrawal. he says it's regrouping, repositioning and re supplied for russian forces. and likely he see he sees another front opening up at some point if they do re supply. i also went on to say that there is immense pressure still being kept up by the russians on the capital. keep . that's exactly what we've been seeing over the last few days since the russians made this announcement. now it's, it's to be debated, you know, as to where, how that pressure is going to work and keep. we're not really saying russian grow troops here, but we are seeing that artillery shelling and those rockets and those missiles keep coming in, especially to places outside of ki where those front lines used to be. so now the big concern for ukrainians here is what this russian withdrawal actually means. and remember, throughout this war they, the ukrainians of accused the russians of reneging on any deal that they've ever made, whether it's humanitarian corridors or now this latest moved,

that was negotiate in turkey about this withdrawal m run. so as you say, pressure remaining on keep of course nothing compared to the destruction of the city of maria, poland. now the ukrainian government sent a convoy of buses to try to evacuate the thousands of people that are still in the besieged the city. what more do we know about that? well, in a very sure case, the deputy prime minister, she's the one that is in charge of the humanitarian corridors. and certainly the one that puts the that makes sure that they actually happen. she's announced just in the last few moments of $650.00 people have actually left a mario pole and are on buses on their way to safer areas. now, was that happening? ah, we don't know if that's all of the buses that went in where they were able to fill up all those buses and take them out of 650 people. sounds like that's probably what's happened. but we're also hearing now that the french and the germans of

asked the russians for, for a corridor out of murray opal as well. going into dr. parisha, another area where they're a significant russian presence. although it's debated as to who actually controls that area. the russian seemingly have said yes to this humanitarian corridor. so another release valve. but remember, he went tearing corridors aren't just about getting people out. you've got to get aid in to those places as well. and there are still like you say, thousands of people trapped in a city. this almost totally destroyed silently in mankind, with the latest there from the capital cleave and ran as always. thank you. also as we were just discussing there, there is some hope that civilians could be evacuated from harry upon. bernard smith reports now from a russian controlled area in the north of the city. there's not much left to fight for in marielle, paul. but the sound of shelling is constant no

one flinches. after 4 weeks of this, they used to it. this part of this port city is now russian control, and some people are relieved about that. florida might be confused if the russians, they would say, starting with why would you be unhappy that the red light dunbar lucky that will scare the they didn't. dumbass is russian speaking, ukraine was pressing us with their language. we launched at 1st no problem, but then there was too much pressure. and then in 2013 as of brigade came and it was chaos. the russians say this city has been destroyed because they, as of a group with neo nazi sympathies, won't surrender. the battalion is integrated into ukraine's national guard with has some autonomy. the presence here was one of vladimir putin is justifications for launching what he calls a special military operation. ukraine says russia, which is looking for an excuse to invade. my appall city council says there are

around a 170000 people still in the city. most have been without power or running water or much food for a month. he got an indication of a scale of the need. there is here for humanitarian aid. this place has been under russian control now for about a week. this parsa horrible. and since then, this has been turned into an a distribution center with food and freshly cooked meals and some medical assistance. but all of these people from here, they go back to what's left of their homes. these people are caught in the middle of one of the most strategically important battles in ukraine. milepost capture would help russia create a corridor to join crimea with jeanette can le ganske and narrow ukraine's access to the black sea. that's why neither side is giving up. for foreclosures, them so much cruelty and the bomb bank shall flying. why was there

a need to destroy homes? it's a military crime. no one should do it either. both sides are guilty to bump at night to shoot kill. message boards are used to spread news about who is safe, who is missing? who was died? mobile phone coverage is erratic, even if there is power. with russian control comes russian administration. the zed is everywhere, the hash tag reads, we don't abandon our own. what began as an identification on military vehicles in don bass has evolved into russia's logo for this war. what did you leave with my neighbors old? she can come and share the food with her. i shared with every one who lives on my street. there's so many people who are old, which is con, con. her son is here to help with. oh,

if russia takes full control of mary apple, it will be the 1st major ukrainian city to fall. a morale boost to one side, a psychological blow to the other. too much is at stake. for there to be any let up in the shelling burnett smith, i'll g 0, mario paul. still to come in this half hour. the hut, kiva, fight to back cranium forces in the countries the 2nd largest city. hold off a russian assault not worth the cost. and more violence deaths in the occupied west point contentions run high is the latest victims a more ah hello, then i'll just last week, much of europe was basking and glorious sunshine and spring like conditions. well

that full change. we're seeing wintery weather effect. those central areas and it's going to get more on settled in the south, thanks to low pressure that's bringing some really wet and windy conditions to the mediterranean. but 1st to the northwest corner for britain, an island we have seen wintry showers with snow sweep down parts of england. that helps across the channel. we have got warnings out for snow across france and the low countries that order that pushing out to the east some heavy snow for the alps over the weekend scandinavia it's largely clear, but colder. here we've got temperatures well below the average for places like norway and sweden and we are going to see more wintry weather sweep into northern areas of some heavy snow for northern norway. now down in the south. well look at that. we've got some nasty weather on the way for the balkans. we've got warnings out here. we could see some flooding in places like bosnia and herzegovina as well as wind wanting to southern parts of italy because the flooding across those central areas, thanks to the heavy rain heavy snow as well for northern areas of spain. but look

at that, athens staying sunny at 22 degrees celsius. aah! on the bombardment in teams and odessa, the missile and see it on the roll out there and meet ukrainians, determined to stay. you will not surrender just like that to fight. you shoot the train 2 days ago, the show me how that works and to defend the barricades and you documentary shows the ukrainian witnesses tool from the front lines dispatch and defiance voices from ukraine on al jazeera. ah

ah, i'll come back. he is a reminder of the top stories on al jazeera, russian president vladimir putin, once payment for gas in rubles from friday, or contracts will be cancelled in an attempt to boost the russian currency. the u. s. is releasing $1000000.00 barrels of oil from reserves every day for the next 6 months to try to lo worth soaring crude prices. a convoy of 45 buses has been sent by ukraine's government to transport people trying to evacuate the besieged a city of murder. you pull on wednesday, russia announced the ceasefire to allow civilians to leave. and shelling has continued around the capital key than the city of cheddar leave, despite russian assurances of scaling down operations there. nato is warning. russian troops are regrouping for new attacks in ukraine's east. while maintaining pressure on the capital or russia's defense ministry

says the humanitarian situation in khaki. the eas, worsening moscow has accused ukrainian forces of shooting at civilians. their ukraine's 2nd largest city has been ruined by the ongoing assault. but it is fighting back. some people might find the images in us, it begs report from outside had keep distressing. there's only death here. bodies of young russian soldiers lying unclaimed, apparent victims of port tactics or so the ukrainians. tell us what you consume for your bill. for me, it was very intensify and our guys had high moral. a special operation was plan together with a 92nd brigade. they flank this position and then cleared the russians had poured defensive positions, say, the enemies exposing them to ukrainian artillery. this was the russian defensive

line. all along. here you have what's left over of this intense battle burnt out. tanks, weapons left behind grenades. they didn't even have time to take some of their dead every where we look, they are signs of battle with and fear of chemical attack. ukrainian soldiers salvage what's left. the village of mother rowan is back under ukrainian control, but the cost has been high. a fierce battle pushed the russians away from the gates of her. keith paused just like the glare with a 21 year old. u. guinea has been awarded, ukraine's highest honor for destroying 5 tanks and other heroics during battle of the war. he tells us it's the 1st time he's come across the use of phosphorus, the highly flammable chemical force on bug,

but also below my research. but it with my 1st experience with phosphorus airstrikes were not as scary as the phosphorus you saw. first there used the air strikes, then the phosphorus law, my eyes were burning. i couldn't breathe through my nose. it was like really difficult to breathe. so those are the equipment was burning just it was bad. they from below not we can't independently verify. it's use this was one of the main streets in this village. and it's completely destroyed every building, every window. every thing that you see ups has some sort of damage. there's bullet holes in the doors, the windows have been blown out. this bricks all over the place. and we've been told that we can only stick to this main road because everywhere around hasn't been completely de mine because the fear is that the russians have left mines and booby traps behind for the ukrainian soldiers taking this place. but as you see,

there's not much left i said, beg, i'll dedira outside hockey for a palestinian man who stabbed a 30 year old man on a bus has been shot dead by an israeli civilian in a separate incident to palestinian health when history says is really forces have killed at least 2 palestinians during a raid in the occupied west bank on wednesday is was prime minister announced security services with grandpa intelligence operations. after 3 attacks killed 11 people in a week. 2 of those attacks have been claimed by iso. neither abraham has worn out from jeannine were funerals for the 2 young palestinian men have been held. people are shooting in to the air in respect to all man center about the year. he's a 17 year old, according to witnesses. we spoke to here at that they said that the israeli forces has rated the cab at out 7 am in the morning local time,

the firing shots. now according to the israeli army, they say that they have arrested palestinians for a being wanted, or they believed that some of them are involved in the attack. that's happened to me, but at his rate is the tv television 2 days ago where a gun man had sought 5 is really so and, and killed them. so there, there palestinians believe that this is come in retaliation of this attack. let's not forget that, as we said before, jeannie has arms. so people usually if you're fight these really forces raised with arm to day 2 young men lost their lives and 3 others are wounded in particular conditions. sir, land, because government has put the capital under curfew after anti government. protests, police, fire, tear gas and water cannon to disperse, protest her as near the president's home in colombo, they're demanding action from the government to cut the cost of living. people in

sri lanka are struggling under electricity blackouts, which are expected to continue until at least may, the government is finding it difficult to pay for fuel imports because of the worst economic crisis. in decades. the united nations is holding a donor conference to raise money for people in afghanistan. huge numbers of people are facing hunger. after years of war, drought and economic downturn, with the united nation says more than 24000000 people inside the country are in need of humanitarian assistance. nearly 9000000 people have fewer than one meal a day. for the 5800000 people have been internally displaced because of the war and disasters in the past 10 years. and nearly 3 quarters of a 1000000 of them, a lot of them. last year alone. almost 6 and a half 1000000 afghans live as, as refugees in iran and pakistan and over a 1000000 return to afghanistan last year. but this is added to the strain on

services, victoria gayton. b reports every day is a struggle for layla. a husband left afghanistan for a round 5 months ago to look for a job, and she hasn't heard from him since she is living in a makeshift camping can the whole city with her 2 sons and her brother in law's family, rochelle ronda was michelle ramadan, is coming and we have nothing to eat during this month. it is hard to fast eaten only bread. my kids are sick and i don't have enough money to buy them medicine. i collect garbage and bottles from the street from morning until evening, and i barely make the equivalent of $0.35, which is not enough to buy flour oil or rice for dinner. the number of people in afghanistan who can't afford food and other essentials has doubled since the taliban took over last year. the un humanitarian agency says $4400000000.00 is needed in afghanistan. as it faces an economic crush and humanitarian crisis. the

money is needed to boost the delivery of food and agricultural support and to fund health services, water and sanitation and education. afghans need our help, enabling their economy, sustaining their agriculture, enabling the basic functioning of social services to prevent further economic collapse and preserve those basic services. the international community has long said human rights must be upheld for the taliban leg government to receive aid. those supporting the u. n. appeal, se the taliban decision to close most secondary schools for girls last week. as made it more difficult to raise funds from western governments to taliban, the defacto authorities have to live up to their responsibility to protect their people and to help she married her in organization to do the work on the ground. that in each to the decades, afghanistan was heavily reliant on financial aid that was frozen when the taliban

took power. now the un is urging the world not to forget the country as it faces a crisis. victoria gate and b algae 0. where you cranes, ambassador catherine has called on russia to be kicked out of fee for over the invasion of his country. world football chiefs of met of fif as congress and catherine's capital, though her russian delegates also attended. and on friday we are going to have a special program following the world cup draw as it happens, live in doha. our coverage will begin at $1545.00, gmc ah, and now the top stories on al jazeera, russian president vladimir putin has threatened to cut off gas supplies. the countries that do not start paying for russian gas in rubles from friday, he says foreign buyers will be required to open accounts with russian banks and the

demand as an attempt to boost the russian currency, which has of course been hit by sanctions, germany and france have already rejected that them.