ah, ah ah, this is did all the news live from the land 8 workers in ukraine say they are stocked and staffed but can't help where it's needed. in the devastated city of marie or paul several 1000 to make it out. but the red cross was forced to turn back. authorities are pushing for more humanitarian corridors. this weekend. also coming up with scenes from a 2018 film about a russian invasion and war in ukraine. the director,

sergey los nissan says the west was asleep while the new russia was forming. the consequences of being felt now. ah, hello monica jones, welcome to the program, ukraine's deputy prime minister says 7 humanitarian corridors. a plant for besieged cities today, including maria paul, for weeks. the port city has been under siege by russian forces estimate, say more than a 170000. people are trapped in desperate circumstances and exposed to constant bombings. ukraine and president villano, mister lensky said on friday. some people did manage to escape against the arts. ah, arriving to relative safety. after weeks of shelling over 3000 were able to escape my reopen on friday. it's

a journey full of risks. to perhaps one woman recounts her fears as she cross russian checkpoint. this is that you did as the big but it was very difficult. she said, you can't. i was afraid they would take my son away here. they made him to his phone on the ground and trample on it because he had american music. an attempt by the red cross to deliver aden, evacuate civilians ended in failure. the organization said the lives of thousands depended on evacuations. ah, we haven't heard anything from all a people are in real life for more than one week. are there is, there is still our stop working very well. last we have there are steel and 6 years working in a do not know anything, all the destiny then i when all that they have difficulties because they do not have her while they problems with transport. escrow scars. when are she damaged?

our office was partially damaged. so that's the situation. been able to wait for the flight, the bombs and cars, the white cloth, assign them me no harm. as many as 870000 muscle trapped in the city. but been devastated by wal this former often age. now a makeshift bomb shelter for those who can't escape. we came here to the basement. she said yes, but when we stay here because we don't what happen to our apartment? we run he with what we heart would kill really hung with to bizarre left. the red cross said they will attempt once again to reach the city on saturday. in a bid to rescue the innocent. from what is left of maria po. early we asked to dw correspondent nick connelly and keith,

what more he can tell us about today's rescue attempts to bring people safely out of mary. your pole is all really difficult to work out what's exactly happening on the ground. and we've had news in the last hour of refugees reaching live, even the west, the country by train having initially got out by car and by bus am on the ground. they're closer to mary paul. there been lots of confusion, lots of disagreement between ukrainian or russian forces about how this exactly going to work. and you remember that in the past few weeks, they've been several failed attempts to get people out, or people ending up under fire, where temporary ceasefire were not respected by the russian side. at least that's the kings of the story. i've spoken to people who got out of marapoo in recent days and they say that that far from being a well organized slick operation, it's all pretty chaotic on the ground. people are passing checkpoints and then basically passing through no man's land, seemingly for 100 kilometers for they reach the next check point either birth control by the russians or the ukrainians. and then there's the big question of

where they're actually gonna get to. so it seemed like, for a long time, the russians were trying to get people out, marable into further russian controlled territory. lots would be from our pl won't get back to ukrainian government control. so will, even if they get out of medical, will this people be allowed for the west towards areas still controlled by their own ukraine government? that is the big question for now, it's unclear, but it does seem like this is now such a big storage. so much attention on this that there is a whole lot of pressure on the russians to make this possible and to allow the remaining $100000.00 or so people that we believe us to left america to give them a chance to get out in safety. yeah, hope hopefully that works out and we're also hearing that t crane and troops are beginning controlled in areas around keith and in the southern region of care. so on at what, what can you tell us? well, exactly near where i am here and keep it does seem like the craning on me is taking back a lot of churchy, not least because the russians are pulling out because they've suffered significant losses here in the capital region in someplace that they are digging in in the

south, near mich, alive and have so where they've been lot of fighting in recent weeks. it does seem like the trends that are on the offensive. once again, i had a chance to speak to a local who wants to be known as james, the ukranian man, who's been in fed on his hometown since the beginning of the war and the scene at what life is like under rushed occupation. let's have a listen to what he has to say. i've heard the explosion and done couple of minutes later. my friend called me up and he told me doors on nothing's been deliberate, neither food, lauren liddy saying. so which do you, you walker, ticket bicycle for a trade in search of money, food and medicine. most of the coffee shop, sir, so no potatoes and cabbage,

instead of marshmallows and the cakes. at 1st, it was quite overwhelming. indeed, criminals expressed all the emotions that they felt about the invasion by looking to the eyes of the russian soldiers. they kept doing this every day for the 1st 3 weeks. yeah. you've seen them some point, did the news pushing that to russian lawyers and on the same team we received a report from russia to summit. the generals for the police forces, interest on the surprise demonstrations in your demonstration movement costs on lines that we've made. the farmers officials where

we hear the explosions become hotter louder and yesterday night i've seen my heading door vibrate, like i've never seen it vibrate before. the radiance i'm getting closer to town. we want our army deliberate us, but we don't know what happens afterwards. we are very much afraid of what is happening to the city and our military and the russians are me. think of you just stop selling at the city. nobody knows, but until now they've been selling every city they could. if it's not in their hands oscillating 1st a hand to account there from the situation and cash sun over the last few weeks.

did obviously connelly for us in keith, nick, president lensky made a statement on what he expects. russia will do next. what were his main points where his main focus was on that expectation that has been mirrored by western intelligence, that the russians will now focus on the east of the country. the city of had killed ukrainian 2nd biggest knows the dumbass region where we'll see that russian back separatist campaign has been going on for the past 8 years. they control certain areas of danielle galvan screens and now seeming the russian focus to take those regions in their entirety. russia has recognized the independence of their self proclaimed republics in the borders, the entire mr. regions. so basically, what was the situation pre the war a, those russian back separate is controlled about a 3rd of the area of those respects, regions, and slightly more than the majority of their population. so a lot of our focus now and an intensification of fighting in those parts of the country, but the ukraine yomi again, they're holding up pretty well because these are areas that they've been defending

for 8 years, where they have the trenches where they have the, the quick kit in the infrastructure in place to fight this battle. am so that is the expectation now, but i don't think it means that key of is somehow now off the hook. life is coming back to the streets, care of now, and you see a whole lot more people back, people coming back to care. but there is definitely a feeling of vulnerability that the knowledge that russian rockets can hit anywhere in this country at any time with very little notice. and still a russian attempt to try and take the whole of ukraine's black sea coastline, cutting ukraine off from its crucial ports, unable to exports its main m products, unable to basically import energy from other countries. so that definitely still seems to be a russian priority. but for now, the main focus is now yup, in the east looking to those cities mariposa had give and others that are under a great deal of russian pressure. i said, you know, because been a nic care connelly in kia, thank you so much for your reporting from ukraine. mixed a safe let's get you up to speed now on some other global headlights.

but frances came the closest he has yet to criticizing president vladimir putin over russia's invasion of ukraine during a speech and walter, the pontiff said, a ruler was starting armed, conflicts to serve nationalist interests. the pope has already condemned to russia's invasion, calling it an unjustified aggression sri lanka has imposed a nationwide curfew to stop protest against the government. the new restrictions will be in place till monday morning. earlier this week, demonstrators craft clashed with police during protests, over shortages and basic supplies. my food fuel admits in hong kong authorities are asking the entire population that 7400000 people to self test for cov, it next week. chief executive carry alarm said a compulsory universal test was essential as the territory struggles to contain a 5th wave of infection. sation muslims worldwide are marking the start of the holy

month of ramadan, which begins a period of daily fasting until sundown. after 2 years of ramadan events, dampened by the pandemic, storing food and energy prices are likely to also have an effect. this year said again, last night sir, is one of ukraine's best known and most controversial film directors for years with his features and documentaries. he has been warning that russia was planning a war against his country. now his fiction has become ukraine's reality. i am the civilians running from bombing in ukraine. this isn't yesterday's news, but a film from 2018 2nd on bass, eastern ukraine, where russian forces are supporting pro putin separatists a. yeah, but they had them on monday, the civilians are actors staging a fake news massacre for russian tv. the quote propaganda to justify the military incursion with the ukraine director,

sergey lost. nita shows how for years russia planned it's war of aggression against ukraine. but the westwood wasn't paying attention b. e o issues cuz he had a little bit of what his options, western little democracies were asleep when the new rush was forming. this one was attacking in cross chattanooga again when it was attacking ga, crimea don bass in ukraine. and so i see what we're witnessing now is in a way the consequences of us little of this lack of counter action on the part of the west catholic immediately. it is a dot that there was not in his 2014 documentary, my don on april west uprising last, nita used only long takes to capture what he says was the truth of the historic mo, e. but feel a broker. so even the style of my film is in a way opposed to this method of propaganda. that like the russian propaganda newsreel, which presented a very different picture of what was happening in ukraine operate. but wasn't it

that is also controversial in ukraine? in part because his documentary barajas context, about a nazi massacre outs, i keep in 1941 included scenes showing locals celebrating the arrival of the nazis and standing by as they round up the jews. but also because even after the russian invasion, glinetta refuses to support a full boycott of russian cinema in response ukrainian, some academy kicked him out. i mean, are those i'm absolutely against the proposed total boy caught up russian cultural figures and russian filmmakers. we've actually been opposing the rain and have been condemning the war because we do that if we caught them as well as everyone else in a way what will be betraying better weight estimate it's less. nixa says he's no profit and he's no politician. his films don't speak for ukraine,

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