ah, ah ah, this is d. debit. news live from berlin, russia, stout's a war against ukraine, attacking by land, sea and air. fierce fighting is taking place on multiple frances ukrainian forces battle a russian invasion. ukraine says dozens of people have been killed. tens of thousands of civilians are playing major cities while those who remain stake shelter the de commission to novel nuclear planted among the targets that have now fallen to russian forces. and a late is a great new sanctions on russia. bob,

they hold back on implementing the toughest measure demanded by new crime. the history of this year is written huge choice to make a totally unjustifiable war on ukraine, whom of love, russia weaker. and the rest of the world stronger. more sanctions too, from washington birth the u. s. has ruled out military intervention in ukraine. ah, i'm rebecca writ as welcome to the program. fierce fighting is taking place on multiple fronts, says ukraine battles, a full scale russian invasion. the ukrainian government says 137 people have now been killed and hundreds wounded. after russia launched a full scale attack by at sea and land in the early hours of thursday morning. the decommissioned to novel nuclear plant is one of the targets that fall into the

russian forces as, according to ukraine. president vladimir zalinski says europe's fate is been decided in his country and is called for harsh sanctions to punish moscow. he's ordered a full military mobilization of ukraine's armed forces to counter the rush and attack your decision. wishing to do, i am grateful to all those who are saving lives now and helping to maintain order. what are mostly the enemy is striking not only military targets as it claims, but also civilians. only their killing people and turning peaceful cities into military targets. this is despicable and will never be forgiven. he nicoli may ward it for a much of more on the ladder situation in ukraine database. simon young jones in the studio, simon, thanks lensky. they're claiming that civilians being targeted. just bring us up to speed on what, what you're hearing. what's the latest there on the ground was,

as you've said, russia is launched a full scale invasion on many fronts and missiles raining down in all different parts of ukraine. russian forces penetrating deep into ukrainian territory with fierce fighting going on in the environs of the capital. but also, as you've mentioned, other places like the sensitive china bill nuclear site and as to whether there is to be a civilian casualties. presidential etzky is talked about a 137 ukrainians who died, but that number surely is going up by the hour. and among them certainly there are individual reports of civilians being killed. but not yet. i think of large scale attacks on civilian locations. it's mostly about the military thrust at the moment . russia seems to be concentrating its efforts in the east,

around car cave and in the separatist regions in the don bass. and also in the south of ukraine. we are hearing some alarming reports that care might be targeted shortly within the next 24 hours or so from reports that are coming in. what, what do we expect to see happening next? well, i mean, that must be the logic. president putin made it pretty clear that he's got 2 objectives. one is to neutralize the, the, the ukrainian military. and the other is to what he called the hard sci fi, basically sees control of the political authorities in ukraine. so for both of those objectives can taking control of the capital key of be important or, but we've also heard a speculation from the ukranian military. they believe that in addition to that, the russians will seek to seal off the black sea coast of ukraine. all the way from

the dumbass regions that are in under separatist control, all the way across there to odessa and trends. nice cheer is effectively or preventing the ukrainian, the brit ukrainians from having any contact with the black sea. which could, of course, also be a key strategic point as this battle continues to unfold and such a fast moving situation, right. some thank you for bringing us up to spade a ladies have a great to impose what they say a massive and severe sanctions on russia over its invasion of ukraine. announcement came after an emergency summit in brussels. the sanctions are set to target their financial energy and transport sectors. that details have not yet been made public . after rush and missiles began raining down on ukrainian cities, european leaders gathered in brussels to find a response to moscow's aggression with limited options on the table. that we can't

do anything with military force at the moment. if the diplomatic contact between the russian president and the west has failed, leaving european leaders with just one weapon sacks a sanction strong sanctions, various sanctions, economic sanctions, severe sanctions. we don't need sanctions which have big words or the bark unit sanctions or both. and if it boats, i think it needs to bite in a very thoroughly the european council said it had agreed on massive and severe penalties aimed at russia's financial sectors, among others. there, hoping against hope it will have some effect on moscow's actions. they, we are not successful enough, not decisive enough to stop to prevent russia from this step vicious thrasher, therefore ukraine. they say, which has threatened before europe. and which has thrash i do for russia itself. cutting off russia from the swift banking system is on the table, but could prove difficult and would deal a blow to gas and ports to the you. 40 percent of the e relies on gas from russia,

germany, one of the largest consumers has been hesitant. the baltics and central european countries urge the you to make ukraine a member of the block, so gave to ukraine. a real opium perspective. i think that said, this should happen until 2030 the latest. a long shot for now and as cost. right? came brussels, where date, every car is on a ben reagan is standing by. but what new sanctions is the a you likely to impose where the you leaders, sir, in its summit to day, agreed and on a set of new, severe sanctions as they call them. but details are not yet known because there are some legal steps necessary and then later the day on saturday these sanctions will be published in the official journal. and then only the names will be named, but clear is that as a couple of russian banks are the main target,

they shall be cut off from the international markets. and also there will be export bands on the high tech gear on semiconductors, everything technica that russia cannot produce itself. there will be not a cut off from swift, the international banking and payment system that will hurt the russian economy severely. but the assessment here in brussels is now that europe would even be hurt more than russia when you cut off swifts. so the leaders shied away from doing that in accordance also with the united states. and there's also no ben on energy, oil or gas trade. this is served for another round of sanctions of for another stage. as the german leader chancellor charles said to young brussels as so all in all these sanctions might not be very effective. delivered. certainly not changed

the cause of events in the next 48 hours. they're still leading some way to go there that how united i e states in their response to this ration aggression though to neither our shoulder a shoulder and there sir noah dissents in the opinions of the leaders. they all of course condemn the military aggression in ukraine. they all called on vladimir putin, the president, to withdraw the, the troops and manuel mac hall, a french president even called today and talked to him in. but as you can imagine, this conversation had not had any results as so far. so it's still ongoing. while the lesson responds, may be united, but it's gotten some mixed reactions in ukraine. let's listen to what president vladimir zalinski had to say today. give it as most uni year and in all the many conversations i've had with other leaders today, i've heard several things. the 1st one is that we're supported and ungrateful to

every nation that helps ukraine in concrete ways. i'll even do it, but there is a 2nd things. we are alone in defending our nations in us into doorway, who is ready to fight with them. i don't see anybody chest near by to the king who is ready to give you crane a guarantee of joining nato. every one is afraid. she has. she will yet. but is it zalinski? right? is ukraine alone in this fight against russia? but from a military point of view, he is certainly right. there are no allies that fight with ukraine. the nato states and other european members have declared their build, no boots on the ground of from europe, or whatsoever. the only thing they offer is money. and taking care of refugees that nobody can actually prevent. now what is happening in ukraine and nobody will fight

actually is working or i then thank you for that assessment that rig it for us in brussels. us president biden has also moved to punish russia with fresh sanctions, saying he's convinced potent wants to overthrow ukraine's government in a premeditated attack. biden has ruled out military intervention in new crime, but he did the u. s. military commitment to defending its nato allies in eastern europe. let's listen into some of what he had to say. put in aggression against ukraine will end up costing russia dearly, economically and strategically. we will make sure that food will be a pariah and international stage. any nation countenance rushes naked aggression against ukraine will be stained by association. the history of this or is written, proven joyce to make it totally unjustifiable war on ukraine, left russia weaker,

and the rest of the world's stronger liberty, democracy, human dignity. these are the forces far more powerful than fear and oppression. they cannot be extinguished by tyrants by putin and his armies. they cannot be raised by people from people's hearts and hopes, by any amount of violence and intimidation. they endure. early i thought con correspondent all of a salad in washington and asked him just how much pain is on the way for russia. hey, rebecca, there was a strong combination of just her present, but in speak, a naked aggression that he called russia's actions and putin's desire to re establish a soviet empire. those were president biden's words earlier today, and that the russian actions you cannot go on answering. therefore, president biden unveiled a severe sanction packages. he said at the core is blocking for more russian bangs

completely off the u. s. financial markets. interestingly, the energy sector and also the financial system of swift were not targeted with those sanctions. also put in was not targeted directly, but the president biden made clear that russia already feels the consequences of its actions with the rubel at a storage low. the stock market in russia plunging. and then of course, in addition to that, and as a result of the sanctions that were presented today, russia will not have no access to us finance markets, also not to technology imports, which are very important for the russian economy. with the ultimate goal, of course, to hurt pollutants in a circle, the economy, and eventually to isolate russia on the salad in washington, the ukrainian president says, ukraine is not prepared to give up its freedom and will defend itself against the russian attack. let's take a look at how the early hours of the invasion played out. 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 the military operation in abroad. call some russian tv. he disparaged ukraine's democratically elected government, and he, cravy and soldiers to surrender. ukraine's president velasmio lensky introduced martial law. and he made an emotional plea to russian questions can. i'm addresses 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, europe can continue black smoke from a ukrainian military airport and truck. you have in the east of the country. russia confirms that they bombed the site. 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, the attack when its neighbor, the you commission president said all of europe is under threat over the.