citizens are collecting evidence of crimes committed against civilians. we've moved out of syria now about 600000 pages of material. so that one day they can bring the aside regime to justice. it puts a human face on the charges. it's a dead human face, but it's a human face. syria witnesses for the prosecution on al jazeera ah ukrainians. remember their dads while the president abbas to win the war against russia as a fighting enters a 2nd year? ah, i'm carry johnson. mrs. al jazeera law from don't also coming up more western

sanctions against russia. united states, the g 7 nations on the e. u. target the kremlin supporters class i'm gabriel's onto in times square in new york city where ukrainians have come out and break the cold. to commemorate the one year anniversary of russia's invasion of their country. and nigerians are about to vote in the presidential election in the middle of a cash crisis and threats from armed groups. ukrainians have paid tribute to their loved ones who lost their lives in the war against russia, which has entered a 2nd year both to by western support. ukraine that still stands and president, but it may zalinski has pledged to win the war. this year. agent finnegan begins, are coverage from keith heads bowed side by side, but alone with their thoughts. soldiers or ceremony in keith marked

a moment of silence for the fallen. such has been the toll of ukraine's year of war that each one of these troops will know the past. no meaning of that. ukraine's president certainly does. through 12 months of sacrifice and loss. he's met many families like these mothers without sons, wives without husbands. children without fathers for them, and those still fighting, followed him as a lensky had a message yet. but shy salam, him me 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 ukraine 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. the shape or sky occupies folk today a copy of ship to day. the coalition that poland started to build for 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 is shown as our dickey, i believe, the t to our and our polish brothers persistence with all our allies will 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, the european union has become the latest western power to impose a new round of sanctions against russia. the ear says it wants to hinder the cremins ability to fund its war and starve a rush of technology and spare parts for its military. earlier, the u. s. in coordination. g 7 countries also announced new sanctions targeting musket. a main objective of our sanctions has been to degrade russia's ability to wage war to, to private of the goods through sanctions and export controls. it needs to

supply its military. and i think we've been quite successful in doing that. um, over $9000.00 worship tanks have been destroyed over the last year and the biggest tank factories are shut down because they're unable to gain access to the inputs that they need a to repair or rebuild tanks out. we're seeing them. i'm really trying to look all over the world to find the equipment that they need to supply their military. they're turning to north korea to iran. the u. s. also announced an additional $2000000000.00 and military assistance to ukraine. the details from practical, hey, now in washington, d. c. a day after this began, the us president asked congress for $3500000000.00 in military 8 for ukraine. a

year later, the amount has increased almost tenfold. in the beginning, u. s. provided stinger anti aircraft, and javelin, and armor systems, portable, easy to use weapons designed to target plane and tanks. but as the months have passed and the battle lines have shifted, analysts say the pattern has emerged. the biting ministration is taken in it of approach building on past deliveries to ukraine, testing the waters, seeing the reaction, both from the international community and russia, and then escalating the sophistication in volume of assistance from their over the course of the year. the us has continued to supply fingers and javelin, adding, in which place known as suicide, drove, and howitzers, basically mobile canons and the roads to go with it. they provided air defense system, nice amps, which is for shorter to medium range intercept. and also the patriot defense system which is meant for longer range intercept. they provided highmark that is a gps guided rocket system that is allowed ukrainians to target russian further

from the front lines. and now abrams tanks, although the pentagon says they're having those built along with training, that likely means they will be on the battlefield anytime soon. it's a long list that the u. s. continues to add to each time us officials debating and assessing if it will cross russia's red line, which some russian experts say could happen if russia president latimer putin thinks he's losing. one of the things that russia could do is to take out one or more of the satellites that, that allow ukraine to use this precision guided munitions arsenal effectively. those satellites are in fact vulnerable. and there are a lot of things that the russians could do to interfere with them, and that would certainly be a dangerous escalade. tori step a year in ukrainians are asking for longer range weapons. and fighter jeff so far,

president joe biden has been clear on his answer the crate and answer he's given before ukrainians, hoping once again they can help change his mind. paddle have al jazeera washington for the un security council, the rational bass of the interrupted a minute silence called for by the ukrainian foreign minister to mark the 1st on the verse of the conflict. 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 his statement displayed. but to the mistake mister president, we are getting upon our feet to honor the memory of all victims. what has happened in ukraine starting in 2014?

all of those who perished, all lives are priceless. and that's why we are rising to honor the memory of them all was speaking later at the meeting of the council un secretary general intended to tell us so that the road to peace is to diplomacy and accountability. over the past year, these counselors held more than 40 the rights on ukraine's the gun as i'm talking now. but in the ends, we'd know we all know that the best of diplomacy and accountability is that helped with justin sustainable peace be seen line with un charters. international law, and yesterday's resolution of the general assembly, we must prevent further escalation, the leader of russia's wagner, mercenary group says it's taken the full control of a village on the outskirts of the eastern city of moot, in each of his lies just outside the front line city which was seen intense fighting ukraine, says its armed forces for back against attacks near the village. and after nearly

a year of war has the current situation on the ground. russia controls much of the territory east of the in the program are ukranian counter offensive in the autumn reclaimed sways of land in the north and the south, including the key city hassan. now the fighting is concentrated on buck routes, which is crucial for ukraine to try and retake the dumbass region. in this up and there is a political advisor at the center of foreign affairs in russia. she explains why she thinks the tide is turning in rushes favor, it will be 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. busy quite close to the government the as a begin we expected that. busy will not take

more than that city. busy or 4 weeks, but we see now that it's about is that it's exactly one year up to the beginning of the crisis. so might have been in the, as it be in russia, made some mistakes that may be most of the mistakes that related to some i meant from our special services the russian army wasn't welcome. busy by you, craig, and, but now the situation is why stay bell? there is a problem on the ground. and i think that the situation is much more better from rational point of human rights groups as russian police detain dozens of people in moscow. in st. petersburg people were taken away by officers after laying flowers on monuments to ukrainian poets. russia has introduced half new laws against those who it says, discredit the army, or criticize what moscow called it's

a special miniature operation. well, here's what some ordinary russians have to say about the conflicts. daniel, i'm which the, 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 against us nato countries are fighting us to ukraine, supplying them with equipment. and then there are the nazi so we're looking forward to winning this year and hopefully the sooner the better for this to end, when low can yes, no broker, no more is of course bad. but this year has that no other decision could have been taken and that we are defending our independence freedom, a chance for the future, the future of our children. therefore we want victory, which encourage the mirror which i really want piece. i really wanted all to end as soon as possible, too many victims, marley speaking and materially, we pensioners feel at all. rushes invasion has turned the focus on its billionaires . those with close links to presentation on the continent have been hit with

sweeping international sanctions. their property and assets frozen and seized british capital, london was once regarded the favorite playground off the russian co. brennan looks at what they're doing now. but russia's post soviet millionaire, the white stucco mansions of london bell graveyard were an irresistible magnet. a wash with russian money districts like may fed bell gravy and knights, bridge earned the nickname, london grad house, the exclusive prime real estate agents of london. mayfair road that boom brokering billions in property deals. but in the past year, international sanctions have brought an end to all that. all doors have come down in terms of russians, very difficult to work with russians because of the banks. no lawyers came to work with them, some agents went work with them, but it doesn't really matter because have been very few of any rushed inquiries over the last 8 or 10 months. the invasion of ukraine,

sparky scramble for the exit. realizing the sanctions were eminent and inevitable. the oligarchy, race to off load the assets, get rid of their football clubs, and sale. they're mostly got out of the reach of the sanctioning authorities. london grad had become a hostile environment for russia. money. the shutters came down in europe and the united states. more enforcement has been vigorously seizing billions in russ unlinked assets, while new disclosure laws are revealing the true ownership of thousands of anonymous on shore. holding companies, the anti corruption group, the o ccrpi has compiled a russian asset tracker meticulously listing the yachts, the mansions, and the private jets of many of the best known rationalists. the group says sanctions have meant these billionaires and i was struggling to find lawyers and finances willing to work for them. but these are resorts. will people really do have these already got their bible with it includes, you know,

multiple cities in sheeps or passports. dummy companies, lots of proxies or lots of digital assets, some type of lots of art thorn. and even if we look at, if europe, for instance, the u. k or a switzerland or, or other countries where the toward preferred for only by bodyguard for a long time. we see that the action against these oligarchs is in beverly touching the surface, places like dubai, and took care remain neutral and not imposing sanctions. this $250000000.00 super yacht linked to the sanctioned oligarch. andre scotch was just one of those spotted in dubai harbor eclipse and sa lorice, to have rome and brown, which is yachts are off to kia a year on from the russian invasion of ukraine. at least $2000000000.00 of assets have been frozen in the u. k alone. but although london is now off, limits the scale of the oligarchy. wealth means that man mountain. no more than an

inconvenience. pull, brennan, i'll just 0. the grave. yeah. said a heads announcer, sarah will have more on the ukraine called swapping his tennis rackets for a gun that we speak to a former ukraine. sports stock is now facing very different, dependent ah, hello, it is warming up nicely. once again, the crusty arabian peninsula lost the clear skies. here in cass, i will see typically getting up to 26 celsius in dow hassle looking good. a similar temperature there too, for a q weights fine and dry and more of the same as we go on into sunday. teams is little higher than that cut between hi there for to by getting 30 degrees already somewhat cooler. some wintry i, which was far north of afghanistan,

and not too bad up to was know the parts into levant. it is generate dry and settled at the moment sir. temperatures will tend to just pick up as we go on through the next couple of days. a leper, for example, could touch 20 degrees, maybe some bits and pieces of drizzling rain for a tie, but that will clear through as we go on through the, we can not too much to speak of here rather more in the way of where to whether across a north west of africa and all them algeria shanicea right back. it's morocco looking a little wet, a little breezy over the next hour. so somebody alive. he sat up just going on into the mediterranean, much of north africa, down towards the coastal fringes of west africa. do look fine and dry when a 2 showers coming in here. of course, the big story, the moment down into southern parts of africa is our tropical cyclone. and that continues to make his way west. ah, african stories from african perspective. short documentaries,

from stafford you. filmmakers from zimbabwe. we were pioneers of how the coldness changed the way we distribute goods. i'd be happy to go into a physical store, so don, ivory coast, and he's gone. fresh armed fishing woods and the shon africa direct on al jazeera blue. ah you without as a reminder of our main stores this time it's been one yet since russia lost this invasion of ukraine, leading to the largest conflict in europe since world war 2. thousands of people

have been killed and millions forced from their homes. un secretary general says that a year and 2 life is a living hell with people. ukraine, who's speaking of security council debates with peace and security of united nations in union, has become the latest western power to impose a new round of sanctions against russia. the u. says it wants to hinder the criminal ability to fund this war. that it west nation with g 7 countries also announced new sanctions talking mosca rallies were held around the world in support of the ukrainian people. one such event took place in new york's times square. gabriel and his on the was that several 100 people have gathered here in times square to commemorate the one year anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine. many of the people here are you craniums themselves and have been waving the cranium flag or have the flag draped on their shoulders. they're holding signs. one

sign that i saw a red note or note of putin. now there are more ukrainians that live here in new york than any other city in the united states. several 100 have come as refugees since the war began. we spoke to a young ukrainian couple from odessa. they were separated after the war began and were reunited here in new york. this is their story. they had no plans to be in america, but here they are. on a recent day in new york's washington square park cree low dog chick, a 26 year old dancer and his girlfriend. i saw momento of a 24 year old up and coming journalist. now, did you just know couldn't the endeavor much for the life was good back in odessa? here she is reporting about tourism. they had big dreams together leaving ukraine. wasn't one of them off the list. i yeah, i will probably go on

a foot board though. i loved my work, i had a perfect life. i never wanted to come to america. i never had the american dream. i had everything in ukraine jam. then russia began its full scale invasion. and after quickly seizing harrison set their sights on cruel, an eyesore hometown of odessa one that's a whole month. we started to receive news that russian soldiers were raping ukrainian women and kids. those troops could arrive where i lived any day. that was the area i had panic tax, but that's when i knew i had to leave for the day. she left almost immediately after the invasion began. he stayed behind but was unable to join the military due to a back injury. so he followed i saw out later same by saying positive that after nearly 9 months apart, they are reunited in new york where he is trying to earn money, sent back home to support his mom. there only contact with family is on daily video

call. both credo and i so are trying to make the best of life here in new york city . but both want to return home to ukraine. i have somewhat differing opinions on if or when that will lead would be possible. i hope we will celebrate victory. the hope is going to be soon, and then after that for sure, one to go back to family. and i wanted to see my mom. i went to see my grandma, which is because that the show i don't want to live as a refugee. i want to be home helping my own country and my own people are a young couple who left everything back home except each other. gabriel is on dough al jazeera new york. a conflict in ukraine is also spilled over into the sporting world, ukraine's president to threatens a boy called next year's summer lympics and paris of the international olympic committee said it may allow russian to better assist in athletes to compete as

neutrals, sports correspondence, china garza, raska spoke to a former ukrainian professional tennis player is not fighting for his country just over a year ago, so again, to husky life was filled with professional tennis and spending time with his young family. but his instagram grid shows how much it has changed photos of luxury vacations replaced by images from the front lines of ukraine's war. his racket and tennis gear swapped for a gun, a military fatigue. the worst thing about being major of somebody was coming on the brand of the home child. david stops gave the member more to unit ukraine's national guard. he's fiercely patriotic and says, russian athletes should be punished for their country's war. they should, that all russian unborn,

worldwide from competing and show them that unless russia stuck to this war, or invasions, war and small civilian population, ukraine, they have no place in the free and democratic world. but the international committee has recently softened it stumps, hinting at away for russian and bell russian athlete to return to competition. ukraine's president has threatened to boycott next year's paralympics and posted these pictures which show ukrainian athletes training, surrounded by damaged buildings and sports facilities. woodbridge's daughters, but as we prepare for the parish lympics, we must be sure that russia will not be able to use it or any other international sports event to promote aggression. in the 1st half of the 20th century, too many mistakes were made in europe. that led to very terrible tragedies. there was also a major and then pick mistake went in and pick movement and terrorist states definitely should not intersect. sports diplomacy has played

a role in the war from the beginning. the russian, well please from the, from the for me to one calendar. the european champions league final g to be played in st. petersburg was withdrawn from washington. do sports. boy cox like that old russian athletes work. the degree to which they work depends on what you will measure of success is if the object is to punish a nation state and to force its hand, then you know, not necessarily, you know, the evidence is in a single event is unlikely to do that. they use the longevity of the sporting sanctions against apartheid south africa that eventually continuity to the change period of hormones. beautiful ah, foster half ski sitting in the ruins in his countries capital city. there is no doubt of the role sports during war. we all believe olympics, this is fair, fair for sport. equal opportunity. there's nothing equal in today's world.

john, i guess raska al jazeera nominees, now the death toll from the earthquake. sir devastated parts of turkey and syria has now passed $50000.00. rescuers in northern syria, still search in the rubble of buildings destroy 2 weeks ago. aid has been slow to reach the region complicated by the ongoing civil war in opposition held areas. any people are still looking for the bodies of missing family members by hand. i got up there, i saw blocked on the hill. we were removing rock after rock and finding nothing underneath. people were under the concrete screaming get us out or get us out. but we'd come up with empty hands, but not allowed them to hurry. other people spent 2 or 3 days under the rubble. some stayed there for 4 days. nothing was working on the hans alone weren't enough . we lost children. i lost my brother and his children and my cousins and their children, 25 people's i say, anti government demonstrations have been held in the iranian city of zach aiden of

to reports of security forces, trying to enter one of the city's main mosques, video footage in our social media of demonstrators, in the capital of the trouble of sustained baluchistan province. the area has been at one of the focal points of the protests. every rock didn't september last year. after 22 year old monster, many died in custody. at least one person has died in a massive winter storm that sweeping parts of the us. the stormers knocked out power to nearly a 1000000 homes and businesses is also cause road closures and thousands of flights have been cancelled. at least 54 people now known to have died after heavy rain 5 days ago in south eastern brazil. a morbid weather is forecast. search and rescue teams are still searching for dozens of people missing in south palo state. and heavy rains and strong winds are hitting mozambique as a country braces for tropical cyclone freddie. the storm has already devastated the on and of madagascar destroying houses is placing

a 1000 and killing at least 7 people. nigerians are about to vote in an election to choose a president and members of parliament, the race for the leadership. those to be too close to call me judging reports from a boucher 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. this 2 people are they are very hungry. the snow crash on row and in lieu to cause will how most time does not the killed os allows out 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 box 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 to the we have of 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 vary with loss for indirect investment because the nigerian government cannot guarantee safety of life. so the property will home from not tell you book while her out now. so also, you know, succession is in this out east, or we have burgundy in the village of reuben mother key on the outskirts of allusion. mercy daniels works in a plumbing shop and says she hopes the ballad will go smoothly. i will be eligible to be fair. it should be fell and that she looked by loans to me,

the english shock feed, nearby shop owner on union of holy worries, whether her son and daughter will be able to get the education they need. here we are sofa and lots in decent idea, and i pray that we thought i fled to cellar 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 sibling, how may jim do and his ear, a budget, ah 1000 era and these other top stories ukrainians have marked one year since the start of rushes invasion. speaking at an event to mark the anniversary president for him as the landscape plan to do everything to the field victory this year. your opinion has.