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ukrainians. remember their full and loved ones and an emotional presidency landscape ledgers? victory is the war in that country and has its 2nd year. holden's prime minister travels to keith informally, hands over the 1st batch of jam and made letha tanks. ah, hello, i am i am to mozy in london. you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program. as g 7 nations announced new sanctions over the wall . we look at how russian farms are replacing form businesses who left more than 50000 people are confirmed dead and took here and syria, 18 days after the devastating earthquakes.

well a year ago when russia invaded ukraine, it was expected to be over in a matter of days, but 365 days later ukrainians is still vowing to fight on while morning loved ones lost in the war. the exact number of people killed so far isn't clear, but the united nations is saying at least 8000 civilians have died in the past year . some counts have that figure as high as 30000. ukranian government says more than 15000 of its forces have died. russia rally announces casualties, but in september did acknowledge. $6000.00 people had died in november, but taught us general said there could be around 200000 military debts, overrule 800001 each side, around $13000000.00 ukrainians. that's more than a quarter of the population. a displaced at least 8000000 left in the country. another 5000000 are internally displaced. sold between 400700000 have left

russia as well. many of them tried to escape conscription. adrian finnegan reports now from keith. heads bowed side by side. but alone with her thoughts, soldiers or ceremony, and keith marked a moment of silence for the fallen. such has been the toll of ukraine's here of war that each one of these troops will know the personal meaning of that ukraine's president certainly does. through 12 months of sacrifice and loss, he's meant many families like these mothers without sons, wives without husbands, children without fathers for them. and those still fighting, followed him as lensky had a message. yep. a shy salam, him, me to see i am proud of you. court, we all each and every one a proud of you, i,

michelle, i am grateful to everyone who endured that february this year. and who gives you crane invincibility? may this be proudly proclaimed everywhere? ukraine is alive, alive, but now intimately acquainted with grief. many ukrainians have been to more funerals in the past year than they'd care to count that you crate is still standing is of course, because of the resilience of its people. but it's also down to support from international allies who given backing to ukraine's military and economy in keith to mark the anniversary of russia's invasion, was the prime minister of poland, one of ukraine's staunchest allies. and he came with news d shape or sky occupied folk today, a copy of ship to day. the coalition that poland started to build the leopard tanks with much success. now consists of several countries. i want to hand you flooded me as the 1st european country to do so. the 1st for leopard tanks of the mobile, alabama, ukraine has been requesting for months is starting to arrive,

but it wants more to push washing forces back across ukraine's internationally recognized 1991 borders. and zalinski is asking for western warplanes next a video. sure. as of dicky, i believe the t to our and our polish brothers persistence with all our allies. we'll be able to overcome another defensive taboo. the taboo of an aviation coalition shall after failing to conquer ukraine in its initial blitzkrieg, russia hope sick and exhausted through a long war. but ukraine says it's spring counter offensive is coming at it wants it to be decisive. adrian finnegan, al jazeera keith. but charles stratford is also in cave and he describes made in the atmosphere among ukrainians in the capital on this 1st anniversary of the nation will certainly here and cave. the situation has been very quiet. the

understanding is that many people have been contemplating the devastating effects of the last 12 months on their lives and on the country. in general. quite remembrance, if you like. we've seen pictures of people going to church services of a c, praying for their loved ones. many of whom are fighting on the front lines. and we also know that schools today were advised to stay closed online classes given to the schools across the capital. people also encouraged to work from home. that's because they were, this still is phase of strikes, missile strikes, any kind of escalation from russia on this day. but the situation has been quite, we haven't heard the kind of a sirens air alerts that we so regularly hear almost on a daily basis in the capital. it hasn't been quite as quiet in other cities across

the country for examples, aperture and denise pro. we understand they were error rates. i was there are no reports of any shelling. there is also this growing sense of anxiety as well. i think it's safe to say because of all these reports, certainly by the ukrainian military, by many of their western allies, by many military analysts talking about the so called spring offensive being planned by the russians. well, in all the developments leader of russia, wagner mercenary group says it's taken full control of a village on the outskirts of batman on the east and ukraine village of. but he's got a lives just outside the front line city, which has seen intense fighting cranes as its own forces, fought back against attacks near the village where china is announced to 12 point proposal for peace in ukraine, which includes calls for an end to western sanctions. and face to face peace talks, but the united states, the you and of the g 7 nations of mock of us re the asian with a raft of new sanctions targeting russia, comes 4 days after us president joe biden visited cave latest restrictions target

more than a 100 entities within russian worldwide, including banks and defense contract is who the us says, helping moscow get hold of sanction. material president by miss also announced $2000000000.00 in military aid. the invasion of ukraine as tad rusher into the most anxious country in the world. even before this latest package, there were more than 14000 sanctions in place on russian individuals and entities more than 11000 of them introduced after the invasion before the war. iran was the most sanctioned stay in history. the sanctions are biting hard in russia. energy revenues are down nearly 50 percent spending increased nearly 60 percent in the 12 months to january and the federal budget is need $25000000000.00 in deficit. one sector that's particularly hard hit is car manufacturing, which fell by about 50 percent in the 3rd quarter last year. been reported that

only 450000 cars were made in russia since the war began. this is the lowest numbers in the 1900 sixty's. in previous years, it's been close to 1800000. but russian firms also showing signs of being able to adapt to these sanctions. some of scooped up businesses left behind by multinational corporations, others as seeking new markets in countries refusing to punish russia for its actions in ukraine. sullivan, java has more now for moscow. this mosque, which 3 is a standard 1.5 liter family car. but it comes of the production line of what used to be venue production plant. when the french car manufacturer left russia last year, it brought off $2300000000.00 worth of assets and sold. it's russian subsidiary for a symbolic when europe. it has a buyback option in a few years. if thank is the lifted. but for now the 45000 workers who produce nearly a 3rd of russia's car market remain employed. and it seems one company, sanctions crisis was another's opportunity. what's that written?

go boom, upon your own, produce in 2023. we planned to produce 50000 vehicles. $10000.00 will be electric. we've already started developing our own electric platform. by the end of 2025. we plan to produce a fully electric car of our own design. we plan to localize all components in moscow. fossil chains and cafes which closed operations have also been acquired by russian business people. so mcdonald's is now good. no, he touched her, and starbucks is stars, coffee in russia. zone of woods when more than 11000 sanctions have been imposed during the search. so they assumed that events with unfolding a catastrophic where russia exports record 0 will russia would fall into a complete blockade square the financial system will collapse, however they will run bunker. these countries have either impose restrictions back sanctions, or opposed russia. invasion of ukraine are the ones in green, are either seen of russia's allies or have

a neutral stance. these include south america is brazil and venezuela plus resource rich nations including iraq. milan said on an ages, powerhouses including india and china. this is the classical group showcasing its weapons in the united arab emirates. it's one of many countries that refuse to be involved in sanctions against russia. the russian manufacturer, it produces about 95 percent of all small arms in the country, and exports weapons to more than $27.00 others from drug makers of turn to india's farm industry for supplies after being blocked by the rest. and he has also become a major oil export market for russia. or china dwarfs them all with an estimated $200000000000.00 in trade forecast with russia by next year. despite its allies, help sanctions against russia have led to a drop in exports are widening fiscal deficit and businesses struggling to find cash after banking restrictions. when you're on moscow has proved an old military

saying, russia is never as strong as you fear. but russia is also never as weak as you hope, comma. yeah, without the 0 moscow. a human rights groups as russian police have detained dozens of people for commemorating a fat anniversary of the war. in moscow, at least 3 people, well by police officers for lang, flowers on monumental ukrainian poets in saint petersburg. 15 people were detained, also for laying flowers, ashes introduced tough new laws against those who criticize what they call the special military operation in ukraine. and this is what people in the russian capital must have been saying as the war and has its 2nd year. and yeah, i'm a quick look my expectations. i want this to be over soon as possible. of course, we're waiting for rush to win in the special military operation. the whole world's against us, nato countries are fighting us through ukraine, supplying them with equipment. and then there were the nazis, what we're looking for to winning this year. and hopefully,

the sooner the better for this to end right now, but can years not walk on law. war is of course bad. but this year has shown that no other decision could have been taken and that we are defending our independence is freedom. a chance for the future, the future of our children. therefore, we want victory abortion courtship the mirror, which i really want piece, i really wanted all to and as soon as possible, too many victims marley speaking and materially, we pensioners feel at all. elena, super. nina is a political advisor at the center of foreign affairs in russia. break is sure that we will see more escalation this month and then next spring. and this is unfortunately because i know very well from my colleagues in russia and from some people why most to the government. busy as the beginning,

we expected that we will not say more than the or 4 week, but we see now that it's about is that it's exactly one year up to the. ringback beginning of the crisis, so in might have been in the beginning or asha, made some mistakes that may be most of these mistakes that related to some from special services the russian army wasn't throughout them. busy by credit and but now that situation is why stable, there is problems. and i think that the situation is much more better from rash and point of view. well, the united nations security council as met to most of us re rushes you and i'm bassett interrupted a minute silence. call for bi ukrainian foreign minister saying they should be

honoring all victims, not just ukrainians. i kindly ask everyone to observe a minutes of silence in memory of the victims of the aggression. i think mister president will come the representative of the russian federation has asked for the floor to make a statement. responding to the sales to the push to hi miss mister president, we are getting on our feet to honor the memory of old victims of what has happened in ukraine starting in 2014. all of those who perished all lives a priceless. and that is why we are rising to honor the memory of them all. is al jazeera life in london, still had fail on the program, keys of patrolling cash amid the constant threat from armed groups. the issues that

could decide saturday's elections in nigeria, then mr. on yes, date, shippers, freezing weather causes chaos, regions normally none less sunshine. ah hello. we have seen some wet weather making its way back towards new sailor. some concerns here just around the far north of north island. just about all kind as we go on through the weekend. that rain will slowly but surely tend to drift away. we have got some wet weather just pushing in across sea, southeast of australia, pushing across into adelaide, easing across towards melbourne, running down across sat tasmania, wet weather to just wrap northern past radicals. no deposit. queensland, northern territory and northern areas of a western australia. some of the pictures we go on through s sunday,

dry weather into the southeast of australia at that time, bits and pieces of rice to lurking that into new zealand for a time. them as we go on into monday they're, i my, my well just pop across the far north of the country. at last i set the somebody to watch out for cause the ground is still saturated. we have got some when she weather, making its way across japan once again as we go on through saturday, more snow flurries coming back into that western side of honshu into hawkeye. tough . just just about getting up into double figures there for a tokyo over the next couple of deisel snow there to go one through sunday, destroy for the cram peninsula hydrate celsius here. and try to for much of china. ah, on challenge you the calls one year off the roster invaded ukraine all sanctions against moscow worth it? because as far as soon ago, real the picture of the quality grade,

how they coping plus or india, the seal, the biggest aviation deal in the industry, history. counting the cough on al jazeera with bowl and home stories, the asia and the pacific analogy here. ah ah, welcome back to watching out. is there a life from london now main stories now? events marking the one year anniversary of the russian invasion of ukraine have been take, have been taking place, brought him is events. he was speaking earlier. if i should do everything he could

to gain victory this year. the polish prime minister, mateusz muranski, confirm the hand over the 1st for jim, and made leopard tags to help in the quite a more effort for days off to job by does visit to keep the us along with the you and other g 7 nations of marty anniversary with new sanctions targeting russia. when in the past year, moscow has been criticized for alleged war crimes committed against civilians. is included shelling of people queuing for bread and the city of tourney have from their patasha. butler now reports see aftermath of a russian attack in the northern ukrainian city of chandler heave last year on the ground bodies of civilians. they've been queuing outside a shop for bread when they were hit by shells and rockets. 15 people were killed, dozens injured. so you are standing around here without, with natasha narrowly escaped death that day by taking cover by this wool. she was

in the queue with her son and mother in law. she plays me recording she made on her phone. if you said this lot news, news agrees, got we heard explosions near us. it was very close and then we saw lots of people running everywhere at the time, at the attack turned the he was a city under siege. russian forces were surrounding it and shelled it almost daily . they destroyed power and water supplies. evidence of what happened is still visible, lily everywhere. this is where people were lining up for bread that day. it is right in the middle of a residential area. and what prosecutors was that he says the what happened on that day is a war crime and indiscriminate attack on civilians who are on the appropriate corporate law enforcement agencies. consider this a war crying because the main victims were civilians. also

a pre trial investigation found no evidence of ukrainian military hardware that could be a legitimate target weapons, were used indiscriminately through school repair. it all. all this sir. mark thiel marks are the places of where rockets hit the buildings in may. the marina sla bought yoke works with the rights organization called truth hounds. that's helping prosecutors to build a case. it's collated, evidence amused, open source material, satellite imagery, and social media to reconstruct what happened. her team says it's traced the killings to a russian unit that was positioned on the outskirts of the city. we identified also the condo is sir cricket. all that could have been who might be liable and responsible for this very kind of attack. whether o leg curry gain or another officer was responsible for the attack on the bridge, you might never be proved. some investigators say he's back in russia. it's clear

that building legal cases and prosecuting alleged war crimes is a challenge. but for some ukrainians, pursuing justice is at least one way of honoring the was many victims. natasha butler al jazeera tiffany heave ukraine was a committee to protect journalists, as at least 13 journalists have been killed, covering worn ukraine. dozens of independent reporters have also fled immediate crackdown in russia. steadfast reports on this from amsterdam. they were in silence for very long tv rain. oh, darcy is again reaching out to its russian audience now from amsterdam. the independent channel was banned in russia one week after the invasion of ukraine for the coverage of the war. like hundreds of other journalists presented me, hale fishermen and juliet or tutor flat russia out of fear of arrest. prominent voices are silenced. either they are in

jail or the in put in a position when they basically can't open their mouth. since it's escape from russia, the t v range audience has grown with nearly $4000000.00 subscribers and hundreds of thousands of fuse each day. this fight is, is very difficult for us and because you have to understand that the annual budget of russian states, me propagandist smith more than 1000000 euro. and the combined budget of 31 russian media in zeile is just 6200000 euros. where i liked it and got f, while originally an english language newspaper. the moscow times has increased its readership by also publishing in russian and for them as becoming new home for russian media in exile. the moscow times was forced to leave the country. it was

operating in for nearly 30 years. its sudden departure shows how journalism and press freedom are among the victims of this war. not only in russia, but some say in western europe as well. this is rti international. i went to europe in union, decided to ban gramlin back media, russia today and sputnik, a few months into the war. the dutch federation for journalist formerly filed a complaint. what we've see on our tea or support tech week of head are also s propaganda. and as not being in the been your listen, but at the same time, we feel that it's very worrisome. if a state, if the political leadership can decide on what people in also in european countries can see or not can see. in russia, journalists risk 15 years in prison just for using the worth war. it's a military pilot has completely failed. but it's inner

propaganda part is succeeding. that's we have to admit that because this enemy is much weaker and easier to, to crush. meanwhile, t v rein fights hard to stay on air, offering a different narrative to its russian audience. the channel was recently banned in latvia for comments that were considered pro russian. the channel is fighting that decision steadfast and i'll just hear a amsterdam finding some other stories now on the death toll from the earthquakes that devastated parts of turkey and syria. as past 50000 rescues in northern syria is still searching the rubble of buildings destroyed. 2 weeks ago, aid has been slowed to arrive complicated by the civil war and opposition held aries. many people are still looking for the bodies of relatives by hand. we were

removing rock after rock and finding nothing underneath. people under the country screaming get us out, get us out. but we'd come up with empty hands. but we're not allowed to know how many people spend 2 or 3 days under the rebel. some stay for days. nothing was working for the hands alone. when's enough? we lost children, i lost my brother and his children and my cousins, and they're 25 people. hi, jared voting and presidential bottom entry elections on saturday with the president comedy hoary, stepping down off to serving the maximum 2 terms. it's seen as a 3 way race. that's too close to call me jumped you reports. now from abu jeff, the many nigerian said these elections could not be happening at a more critical time in the race to choose the president, vice president as well as members of the senate and house of representatives. the stakes are extremely high. is true, people are, they are very hungry,

the snow crash on ro and a new to cause who, how most time those are killed are sellers, route the capital. people have a long wait to get fuel and it takes even longer to get money. that's because of a rushed redesign of the national currency and a botched roll out of the new bank notes. 18 candidates are campaigning for the presidency, but opinion polls suggest only 3, have a chance of winning. nigeria has more than $93000000.00 registered voters and about 40 percent of them are under the age of $35.00. that's why many here believe the youth may play a pivotal role in the outcome comes up. low wall is among a new generation of activists speaking out against corruption in nigeria and promoting good governance. today, we have over a 100000000 people that are very poor unemployment of i said 2 percent unemployment rate, one of the highest ever. he believes many of the economic problems are a result of growing insecurity in the country to very will last for indirect

investment because the engine around government cannot guarantee safety of life. so the property will hold from natalie book while her out. now. so also, you know, succession is in the south east and we have burgundy in the village of reuben mother, key on the outskirts of boucher mercy. daniels works in a plumbing shop and says she hopes the ballot will go smoothly. i will be, it shows to be fair, it should be fell and that she look and fly lane after me. the english shall feed nearby, shop owner on union of holy worries, whether her son and daughter will be able to get the education they need. we are sofa and loads in this and i did. yeah. i prayed that we thought i fled to sailors jones method in so not land in a country where so many people are hoping for change. they're also apprehensive about what these election will bring. how much him do, and does he have a boucher,

a powerful winter still may sweeping across the western united states temperatures in california, a more than 10 degrees below the seas. now average bringing snow and ice to estate, usually 9 the sun, sand and suff. rob rattles reports now from los angeles. with don't even think about it. drivers were warned to stay off a major highway near portland, oregon, following a multi car pile up in heavy snow and 18 wheel truck, jackknife in wyoming, where of state trooper barely escaped, being hit by another out of control drawn schools were closed in wisconsin, minnesota, and south dakota where up to 40 centimeters of snow were forecasts could be pretty rough as we get towards the end of the week. here some 2000 flights were canceled on thursday. and more than $13000.00 delayed. as the storm swept from coast to

coast, our flight was originally supposed to leave at around 7 o'clock and we got a text message. after arriving here early, that our flight was going to be delayed. hardly any place was spared nature's fury . high winds whipped through los vegas, toppling power lines and causing blackouts while we were working and i was ringing . and all of a sudden the light just went. while northern states are used to wild winter's unusual, freezing weather patterns dipped all the way down to normally sunny southern california. with snow falling on elevations as low as 600 meters above sea level and hail lashing and los angeles county beach community. up to 4 and a half meters of snow are predicted in the mountain areas across the state. california water authorities hope the heavy snow pack will replenish reservoirs.