ah, ah ah, this is the only news live from ballet and russia launch is a full scale invasion of ukraine using strikes and artillery to attack targets across the country, including major cities and the capital, q. convoys of troops and tanks, entering the country from all directions. you craig says dozens of people have been killed. cranium president, a lot of events case as the countries army is fighting battle ukrainian troops battling to prevent russian forces. seizing a key airfield, just north of the capitol. world leaders respond with outraged german chancellor

shaw says vladimir putin will pay a better price for the invasion. and president emmanuel, macro promise is to respond without weakness. what he's described as russia's act of war. and phil gale, welcome to the program. russia has launched a full scale invasion of ukraine. they are brushing military are hitting targets across the country, including the big cities on the capital q aust, ukraine's government says dozens of it. soldiers have been killed and what it's called an a full scale war. he has declared a curfew as tens of thousands of civilians. we flee the hughes calling the invasion the darkest hours for the continent since world war 2. and has promised to impose

crippling sanctions. the w correspondent, funny fisher is in the ukrainian capital and sent us this. i didn't quite often today for the very 1st time, shortly after the 1st explosion here, here around 4 am or shortly after letting me put in declared, quote, a military operation against ukraine. now that military operation actually turns into a full scale invasion, a several rockets at it, various cities, an invasion by land, by air, by sea. that is what is happening right on ukraine and people here and keep the ones who are staying out, hoping that maybe what we had experienced this morning, the explosions to sharing that. maybe this is it about if you ask me the been so many things happening over the course of the past days that nobody thought is likely and turned out to be re our politic. for example,

the recognition of the 2 self proclaimed states in the dumbass region, who has and don, yes, that have been a claim that have been a basically taken as a declared as, excuse me, as an independent region. and also of letting me put you saying that basically ukraine doesn't have the right to exist as a state. so that clearly signals that, unfortunately more likely more is to come. even though this point things seem to be con. behind me we have seen a lot of ukrainian is security forces. we cannot independently verify actually water, those shelling. so what does explosions have hit by their reports that the military airport has 50 kilometers from here? was also attacked as well as a building, which is supposedly the military intelligence headquarters. and the kids will be your cranium. government says dozens of its soldiers have been killed despite this,

they're promising on all our defense. with dawn came the bombs rusher attacked sites across ukraine. the russian troops that had been massing on the border for weeks started rolling in, recorded on surveillance cameras by ukraine's border police brushes. leda vladimir putin announced a military operation in abroad. call some russian tv. he disparaged ukraine's democratically elected government and all ukrainian soldiers to surrender. ukraine's president followed me as lansky introduced martial law. and he made an emotional plea to russian questions can.

i'm addressing you, the russian people as the ukranian citizen, bullied, we are separated by a border stretching more than 2000 kilometers. and right now there are 200000 of your soldiers. there are a couple of your leadership has authorized them to move into the territory of another country. and this could mark the start of the major war on the european continent. now you might be continuing black smoke from a ukrainian military airport and shogi have in the east of the country. russia confirms that they bombed the site for housing block with hit and distraught residents were left, grieving the 1st casualties in a new war. they did not want as the world condemned russia attack when its neighbor, the u commission president said all of europe is under threat. over

the russians target is not only don bus. the target is not only ukraine, the target is the stability and europe, and the whole of the international peace order. and we will hold president putin accountable for that. germany's chancellor, olaf shalt promised more sanctions, will be coordinating closely with our international partners in nato. and in the european union today, in order to place further severe sanctions against russia now. but thanks and can't come soon enough for many ukrainians. in the capital, keith cars jammed the roads as the residence tried to flee. the city from vladimir putin announced at this invasion as un secretary general antonio would cherish, was a speaking of an emergency session of the security council and urging the russian

president to give peace a chance was to persons televised late night dress, came shortly after self proclaimed to separate his leaders in easton, ukraine asked him for military support. this attack is the culmination of a series of escalations that began on monday when president putin recognized the independence of 2 regions in eastern ukraine, including territory controlled by keith doors on about a kids the queen. i'm addressing the ukranian army. please lay down your arms, your grandad's and your great grandfathers did not fight the nazis and defend our common fatherland. so that neo nazis would seize power in ukraine in your mouth, you made an oath to serve the ukrainian people the only place they are. a fascist hunter, who have seized power in their own home to carry plundering ukraine and exploiting its people and don't fulfill their criminal orders. if you lay down your weapons and go home is away was mimi than the slavery w e d. the more let's go to moscow then join journalist

natalia. it's more than ever a welcome natalia. how is this news being received there? well, here in russia, this is obviously the major topic on all news towns and publications. and everybody here is only talking about what does it mean and how to react to this. and some people are, don't know what else to do and going on to the streets. we've seen some progress happening in the center of moscow and in another russian cities. and it's hard to calculate how many people are there but, and several hundreds for sure. and many of them have already been detained. and we have a latest numbers more than 800 people all across russia. but people on that only going out of the streets because it's quite dangerous to express your opinion that way. a lot of people are posting on social media that they are not supporting this

line or the government. and a lot of prominent russians also voice their concerns and voice their opinion against the war. but we don't know yet how many people do support the decision. because according to the last polls and less than half of the population supported their acceptance for don bus regions, acceptance of the independence of don bus reaches it was claimed a couple of days ago. right. and mister proteins, narrative, his reason for launching this invasion is that he is protecting a native russians from a genocide in easton, you crave a people, they're buying that. yes, miss. i exempted the words that lady. mm hm. which is used on tv and he's used them several times. he's talking about genocide, he's talking about the nazi regime in the ukraine. he's talking about the fact that he's not starting the war, but he's actually preventing the global war by and protecting people,

or he crane. and it's hard to say what the will really feel about it. because not everyone is working their opinion. but you have to understand, i've been a lot of propaganda campaign happening here. and up to this point and the narrative has been constructing very carefully. so a lot of people probably think that what rushes authorities are doing is right, and they don't have not another source of information about what's happening in ukraine. and they likely will get even less information about it. because russian media regulator at ross comments or has urged russian media to only report on what's happening in ukraine based on russian official sources. right. more economic sanctions are on the way times are going to get even harder, despite the fact that russia has been subject to economic sanctions for some years . there's a lot of pain coming or people prepared for them. this is one of the concerns on

people's mind. surely, and not only on people's minds, they put in had an emergency meeting with the representatives of russian business of russian b corporations. and they also asked the questions was going to happen to the country when the sanctions came in, because no one here does that. there will be sanctions and a section of sanctions will be quite severe. and on this meeting, fortune warned of would explain their, their position to their representatives of russian business and say that or has prepared and they will, it will help the companies. but it also expects at least companies to stay loyal and also to help russian regime. good, normal russians, just con people. they are obviously very scared to day in the morning of the russian rabble. he job walk rock bottom and a lot of people were trying to buy a currency dollar euro just to just to get hold of their savings basically. and a lot of people are not, you not know what to expect from to morrow. are they

a fearing of that? russia will be cut off from swift, or that there will be more other economic sanctions. and basically that their lives in russia will become even harder. i may have been protest in a country where it's illegal for the for even wanted to walk on the street with a placard. yes, we've seen a lot of people, maybe not a lot of people. some people are going out on the streets despite the risk of being detained. because right now in mass protest are not allowed in russian. and you to the current pandemic situation. and people are going that out without em any. and without knowing if they gonna end up in the detention in the police car or even going to go home to night. and a lot of people just saying that they cannot do not do this because it isn't the action. that's nature. or if you are not agreeing with something, you going out the street today to say something about it or boston social media.

and we've seen people with the, with the blackheads, with banners, and to shouting the war or just to go with flowers, peacefully protesting and believe voicing their opinion. and i think a lot of people just need to go out to be their interest to you. there are people who are also thinking, thank you so much for joining with natalia at the fabulous moreland center in moscow. well, german chancellor celsius are one of the number of a world leaders condemning russia's invasion of ukraine. he's been speaking to a press conference, let's say here what has been say, been withdrawn with dear fellow citizens or 2 of them for to day. it is an awful day for ukraine or dan parker and it's a gloomy day for europe. and we are all concerned about the piece from the reporter . i can imagine the questions you may ask yourselves tonight. i feel pretty much the same. the situation is very serious, louder,

a little bit bigger than we've just seen the beginning of the war at all times. we haven't witnessed in europe for the last 25 years as we did russian. so president putin has decided to attack the from the ukraine in military terms dodson attack on an independent sovereign country with this cannot be justified as their belie anything and by nobody has visited hamilton and shifting borders with violent means in europe may be even to eradicate a whole country from the map of the mount deliberately county my throne with violates the principles of the un charter under european phoenix bergan piece. all day he endangered the life of countless people in the ukraine. that destination from all that happens not far away from us here in europe, but just to flight. i reserved from berlin, their families sitting and bomb shelters, women,

men and children who are afraid of their lives. ukrainians take to the arms to defend fame, their home country, against an invading army, huge reinforce in those different hours, sort of burden burger. we sink of the courageous people ukraine to learn, to morgan until the 4 can call. i told presidency. lensky today, id ukrainian april, and it's really elected government have our full solidarity for little this violation of the sovereignty of your, in by russia. that's something we're not going to accept. ultimately, the attack on the ukraine is an attempt by putting to turn back a time to look, but there's no way in going back to the time of the 19th century and the big powers decides it's andy small powers had no say there is no way back to the times of the cold war when the superpowers divided the world amongst themselves. and there is no way back to the times before 1989 or at that time the citizens of central and eastern europe.