this this "sky news" at ten, the headlines. ukraine accuses russia of indiscriminate bombing of highly populated areas as president zelenskyy calls for face-to-face talks with moscow. >> translator: i want everyone to hear me now, especially in moscow. the time has come for a meeting. it's time to talk. russia's ministry of defense confirms it has deployed hypersonic missiles to ukraine,

claiming to use them to destroy an underground warehouse. in kharkiv, sky news witnesses an astonishing rescue mission with air raid sirens blaring, and many searching to find one man. and a human trafficking gang operating on the borders of ukraine will have a special report -- we'll have a special report. hello, good morning. the war in ukraine has entered its 24th day. western intelligence is now suggesting that russian advance has stalled, and moscow has pivoted to a strategy of attrition. attempting to grind down the ukrainian population by force. as putin moves to break the impasse, a change in tactics could see greater civilian casualties and further attacks on civil infrastructure. president zelenskyy has told moscow it is time to talk, warning russian losses will be

so significant it will take generations to recover. meanwhile, russia's defense ministry claims to have destroyed an underground warehouse in western ukraine using hypersonic missiles traveling at at least five times the speed of sound. civilian casualties continue to rise. three more children have been killed, bringing the number of defend to 112. there is hope today with ukraine's deputies prime minister saying that there are open -- they are opening ten humanitarian corridors, although it's unclear how many have been agreed with russia. nick martin reports. >> reporter: this isn't a military target. it's what's left of the shopping mall in the city of mariupol. ripped apart by russia's insatiable desire to destroy. on the ground, you can see how the windows have been blown out, how the metal has twisted.

it's hard to imagine that just a month ago this was a busy place full of life. now in the residential areas hit by the bombs, there is no dignity in death. these are the innocent victims of this war. some are laid out on the street, others under blankets, but they all deserve better than this. >> can you hear me? >> yeah, i hear you. >> reporter: an adviser to the mayor of mariupol -- >> it's terrible. we haven't anything, you know. we haven't water for our people. we haven't medicine. we haven't food. we haven't anything, and we can help for our people because it's really absolutely blocked for russian troops. >> reporter: at the last count, more than 130 people have been rescued from a shelter under a theater bombed by russian shells. hundreds are still missing under the rubble. the russians deny they were

responsible. "the life is being drained from mariupol as each brutal day passes. this used to be a swimming pool. windows and doors blown out. debris everywhere. the russian military see this as making gains. in mariupol, units of the donetsk people's republic with the support of the russian armed forces are closing the encirclement and are fighting against nationalists in the city center. it's thought that more than 3,000 people have died in this city. ivan managed to escape with his life, and he helped around 400 other people do the same. ". >> translator: i love the city. what you're seeing is like relatives dying in your hands. people's eyes get dark while you hold them in your hands.

>> reporter: mariupol is a city completely surrounded now. a cold brutality to the russian tactics here, and that is to destroy everything. razing mariupol to the ground and crushing the will of its people. >> our reporter, nick martin, reporting on mariupol. now to a rescue mission which affects ukraine's spirit of defiance. in kharkiv, a missile struck a building. there was a survivor in the rubble. our responder watched as they innorred air ride -- ignored air raid sire tones finds one man. >> reporter: the city of kharkiv looks battered and bruised. every street in every neighborhood has been touched by war. there are some districts here that have been blown to bits.

at 8:15 in the morning, a russian missile sliced through the national institute for public administration. its three-story reception hall was reduced to a pile of dust. the fire department pulled one lifeless body from the debris and said 11 others had been injured. then they received a telephone call from someone stuck under the rubble. they are digging furiously. some with their bare hands. they've got so much work to do. there was a man in a crawl space encased by bricks and concrete slabs, but a rescue worker called daniel thought he knew where he was. [ speaking foreign language ]

>> reporter: can you tell us what you saw? [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: they use shovels and buckets, and they use their bare hands, for it was well below freezing, and the rescuers knew the man under the rubble wouldn't make it through the night. they've had little rest over the past three weeks, and the tension was clear. "give me a blade that cuts woods, not a blade that cuts met ag," said this rescuer. "give me that one," he begged. they worked under near constant shelling with plumes of smoke

marking the sky. the russian military says it doesn't target towns and cities, but the streets of kharkiv say otherwise. the sirens are going, and most of the search and rescue team are heading for cover. we're going to go with them. there's still a few people in the remains of the building trying to get the man out. and a few minutes later, the man called vladislov was released from his tomb. how are you, i asked. better than ever, but i want a smoke, he said. and his rescuers were quick to oblige. did you panic, we asked? not really, he said, i was just trying to protect my head. have you got anything to say to the people who rescued you? what would you like -- >> thank you so much.

[ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: he is a fortunate man. the search and rescue team are needed in every single neighborhood. when they heard vladislov's voice, they wouldn't give up for the man and the city he lives in. john sparks, sky news, kharkiv. human trafficking gangs are operating on the borders of ukraine looking to take advantage of the huge numbers of vulnerable women and children fleeing the war. authority in romania and poland have told us the sexual exploitation of refugees is a growing problem, and arrests have been made at some of the busiest border crossings. we have this report from the ukrainian border. >> reporter: by the time they

reach here, they're exhausted and vulnerable. to make things worse, they're not necessarily safe. we've been told by multiple officials in romania and poland that human traffickers are at the borders taking advantage of the ukrainian refugee crisis, luring women into slavery and prostitution and taking children to sell on. it is an horrific twist on an already dreadful situation. >> hello, korean -- >> reporter: romanian police have set up barricades around the border areas. [ speaking foreign language ] >> reporter: the traffickers aren't always men. women are often used because

they tend to raise less suspicion and are more likely to be trusted by female refugees. a lot of the refugees arriving now don't have family or friends to go to elsewhere in europe. so in their desperation, just to get out of the ukraine alive, they're willing to go with complete strangers. what we know, what we're told is happening is that people are being trapped on facebook, on line, the other side. so by the time they arrive at the border, it's already too late. they've arranged to meet someone, they don't know really who that person is. but officials can't do anything about it. and they're already victims of human trafficking. border patrol officials that we spoke to in poland didn't want to go on camera but confirmed to us that some human traffickers had been arrested, and they were hunting for more. in romania, there is now a campaign at the border to warn refugees and help them if they need it. >> it's women and children, and they are already very tired and

vulnerable, and you know, romania is -- is famous for its trafficking problem. and we just try to come with a solution to protect the children by protecting their mothers and informing them about the risk of human trafficking. >> reporter: more than three million refugees have now crossed from ukraine in a little over three weeks. most of them women and children. there is no way of knowing how many of those have been pick period up by human traffickers, but it is happening. the war in ukraine is bringing out the worst in humanity in so many ways. sky news on the ukrainian border. >> we can get more on the picture from mariupol. donna fled and is in lviv. thank you so much for your time on "sky news." we were hoping to deal with you

at the top of the air but you had to deal with a delay because of an air raid siren. how common has this become in lviv? >> hi, everyone. thank you for having me. actually comparing to mariupol, no other city east of us -- horrific in ukraine. so this air sirens, sometimes they happen just when something is -- some rocket or plane is over, and sometimes it -- it's hit with bombs like couple days ago with the air i -- i think it was an airport in lviv. but as i said, i'm -- i think that's so immune to any kind of sounds, to any shelling or air strikes. and while people in lviv, in

this peaceful -- peaceful place that is not attacked heavily, they are scared with sirens. after mariupol i actually don't even pay attention. i slept when the bomb last night happened. so yeah, compared to mariupol, there is no place like at least now on earth. worse than mariupol. there are no sirens anymore. when the airplane comes to drop bombs, there was no sirens because the city's cut off electricity because of the air strikes. our power stations don't work for two weeks now. no, sorry, from the 1st of march, it's almost three weeks. oh, gosh.

no electricity, no heating, no connection or any network, mobile network you have this -- it doesn't work. it's useless. and no heating, no water, no food. food is running out. and the fuel and the medicine is almost -- has disappeared in the city because no humanitarian aid is allowed inside the city. it's surrounded. and no -- none is allowed out of the city. under the constant shelling and bombing and rockets and just every ten minutes or every five minutes, people just leave there -- in survival horror. when i left mariupol, it was third day of invasion. it felt like the most brutal hell, but now what they do now,

what russians do now is just complete extermination of the whole city, of the civilians, of the city is funded by militaries, by our ukraine military, internal defense, they are stand to the death to defend the city while all over there are russians invade our most -- the most scary new england is they are coming from the sky. the sky -- hell is coming from the sky to mariupol. and i here in lviv, i help accommodate -- i see my beautiful -- yeah. in is -- this was the view from my window actually on the theater. so beautiful. and i still cannot say what it was -- i'm still in a stage of denial or -- >> of course. and i can hear it also in your

voice. as we were saying, you fled mariupol last week, and you're just seeing these pictures, these pictures taken, some of them just yesterday. and you also mentioned the view from your window looking onto the theater which has also been shelled. what are you feeling at the moment when you look at these very latest pictures coming out of mariupol? >> you know, i find myself feeling something very new, something i never, ever felt before. the feeling that i cannot identify. it's such a strong mixture of something i never -- i never, you know, faced. i think it's like the hugest pain, the hugest hatred, and the hugest pride -- pride even because nevertheless, the city's standing, and it's ukrainian. yes it just -- being

exterminated from the sky. yes, 80% of the building, of infrastructure, is destroyed. yes, it is -- it doesn't look like mariupol that i know, the way i knew it for the last eight years. but it's such an interesting mixture of upspirited feeling. but with the huge pain and the very firing hat trick to russians. to those who took my home for the second time because i fled eight years ago, to settle down in mariupol and to have my new home which is now just being exterminated. not just occupied by -- but exterminated because it was a symbol of resistance for the

last eight years from the 2014, from the beginning of this war. this city didn't let russia go inside ukrainian's bigger territories. i think it's such a -- such a -- they are having, they just bomb shelters, bomb cultural institutions, bomb hospital, bomb civilian residential buildings all the time. every minute. and it's -- i just pray for those people left behind. although there are a couple of thousand, almost 20,000 people who at their open risks from late days recently, they managed to escape with totally ruined cars, with very risky, dangerous road. they -- >> yeah. i am so, so sorry, i have to

apologize because we've just run out of time. i'd like to say a massive thank you to you for taking the time out to speak to us. i'm sending you all of the best from all of us here at "sky news." i want to say once again, a massive thank you. in lviv there. thank you. >> thank you. at a conservative party spring conference is getting under way this morning. the environment secretary has kicked off proceedings. let's listen in. >> good morning, and it is a real pleasure to be with you all again at our spring conference back in black pool. after many years of absence. in recent weeks, we've all been moved by the incredible courage of ukraine's president, the extraordinary bravery of the ukrainian army, and the extraordinary fortitude and resilience of the ukrainian people. and despite the many harrowing events emerging from this conflict and deeply troubling

scenes, we have also at times seen the morale-boosting sight of ukrainian farmers towing away russian tanks with their tractors. just one of the many symbols of ukraine's extraordinary tenacity. and ukrainian farmers are showing tenacity in another way. despite everything, they remain absolutely determined to get this year's crops in the ground, particularly in western ukraine. spring is the season for new life and new beginnings,and for farmers the world over it has always been a time of hope as they sow their seeds for the crop ahead full of optimism for what it might bring in the future. in ukraine today, the determination to get this year's crop in the ground shows that the ukraine is a country that believes in its future and that refuses to give up. of course ukraine is a

significant global producer of many agricultural commodities such as wheat and sunflower oil. and the invasion of ukraine has obviously caused tush lens in international commodity market. agricultural commodity prices have always been closely correlated with the price of energy. the tush lens has brought -- turbulence has brought into focus the crucial importance of a resilient global supply chain. last week i attended a special meeting of the g7 to discuss the international security situation in respect of food. at difficult times when there is a shock to the market, the single most important thing that the rest of the world can do is to keep markets open. there is over 200 million tons of wheat in store around the world, and those who operate the market need to be age to move

stocks around freely in order to satisfy global demand. now the uk is largely self-sufficient in wheat production, and in ports just a small amount predominantly from canada. we are working with like-minded countries around the world to ensure that trade flows continue. and we are also working through organizations like the world food program to identify vulnerabilities where they exist and to ensure that we play our part if ensuring that those nations in need, including those besieged cities in ukraine, receive the food that they need. within my own department, we have also received many offers of help from farmers, from food producers, from water companies. people in this company have been deeply shocked by the scenes that they have scene, and they want to stand up and help.

the recentvance and impact of the -- recent events and impact of the pandemic are a reminder that domestic food production matters. domestic food production is what gives us national resilience, and we conservatives will support our farmers and food producers all the way. free from the stifling roads of the common agricultural policy, we've been able to design new policies from first principles. our new farming schemes in england are supporting our farmers to improve their profitability and to increase their output. we have just increased -- >> the environment secretary speaking at the conservative party's spring conference. kicking off the conference there. the prime minister also due to take to the stage. we'll bring that live although when it happens. stay with us here. coming up, the latest visa

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11 ukrainian refugees. there's larissa, tatiana, her son, wife, daughter and son dominic as well as the children's aunt, olga. there's also yevgenia with her daughter and other alissa and sophia. they're originally from belarus, but with many ukrainian relatives she knew she had to get them out of the country and into her family home in ireland. >> they're still feeling the shock, of course. their husbands still in ukraine, and every single day they're on the video call with the girls. emotion -- they nearly -- every day they're crying. >> they left everything, all their life, hard-working houses, families, everything is destroyed because of one guy, putin. >> reporter: the family took in 14 refugees, but three have since moved to poland. even with 11, it's thought to be the most of any host family so

far in ireland. for the new residents, worries about those they left behind is tempered by gratitude for their new home. >> i don't feel very good, safe. thank you for all the -- >> support -- >> support, help, and very great people in ireland. >> very fine people -- >> reporter: valeria still has loved ones she want to help. >> part of my family, my brother -- i can't. >> reporter: her brother is a belarusian soldier. she's desperate to get him to ireland before he's potentially ordered into battle. there's plenty of space and plenty of donated supplies, but the research is on for more long-term accommodation. for now it's the good-natured chaos of a warm family home and

million miles from the horrors of war. steven murphy, sky news. let's seep how the weather is shaping up. there is good news is to report. it's going to be a beautiful weekend for most parts of the country with long spells of sunshine thanks to high pressure dominating. after a chilly start, any remaining mist and fog will clear away to blue skies and sunshine. and temperatures will be above average in the north and west, potentially peaking at -- wait for it -- 20 celsius over northwestern scotland. north sea coast will be significantly cooler with an onshore breeze, and it will be wind in the south and west. overnight, ireland, west wales, and the southwest will cloud up a little along with eastern

scotland and northeastern england. it will become cold inland under clear skies, but frost wig isolated. -- will be isolated. d. let's take you straight to the conservative party spring conference where they're just taking to the stage now. >> fellow conservatives, friends, two weeks ago i was in poland, in mydyka to be exact, on the border of poland and ukraine. what i saw was a huge an tragedy on an epic and heartbreaking scale. women of all ages with their children and grandchildren, they'd left behind their brave husbands, fathers, sons, and brothers, to fight for the values, our values of freedom

and democracy. the very values which define who we are. their lives have been packed into suitcases no larger than the size of a case we would take on a short break. but what i saw was the incredible response from our dear friends in poland. from their government, their volunteers, and charitable groups who on the front line had organized the most professional response to manage and welcome refugees fleeing the war. i met members of the fire service who were working alongside border officials, registering refugees, and transporting them to reception centers. i visited a reception answer which is a local school, now a place of safety to hundreds. women and children of all ages which provided shelter and essential support for everyone within the center. i met many polish people including young volunteers who had become frontline responders assisting with the humanitarian

response, helping those in need during this time of crisis. i saw for myself the most remarkable humanitarian work of the polish government and the people of poland. i have to tell you, it broke my heart. i also want to tell you that while the people i saw who'd crossed the border from ukraine to poland were desperate and distressed, they were not broken. their resolve remains remarkably strong. i'll share what i told everybody there, that the british government and the people of the united kingdom are utterly determined that putin will fail in his war against the people of ukraine, and that we will open our homes and our hearts to ukrainians. we all share -- [ applause ]

we all share a human need to be safe. the uk will not walk by on thor side. we will stand against principles that are fundamental to our way of life. only one thing about this terrible war is simple and straight forward -- who is right and who is wrong. putin is the aggressor, his actions are completely unjust. he has invaded a peaceful neighbor, and he's unleashing monstrosities upon them. his forces are encircling cities shelling hospitals, schools, and care homes. as hell rains upon them, ukrainians know that the united kingdom stands with them in their hour of need. and there are forces more powerful and more persuasive than the operators of war -- democracy, friendship, freedom, love. there is widespread revulsion at the war on ukraine. and the united kingdom is working with like-minded

countries in response to sanctions on russia, the likes of which have never been seen before. putin's cronies have hidden dirty money in our country, but we don't want it here. i have fast tracked the economic crime bill which received royal support and it gives greater powers and information to identify and investigate the illicit wealth of russian criminals, their allies, and their proxies. a new property register will deter those seeking to buy uk property with illicit funds and dirty money, and the treasury will have the powers to act when financial sanctions are breached. more than 1,000 individuals and entities have already been sanctioned. their combined wealth is more than 100 billion pounds. we're not stopping there. we will introduce a second economic crime bill in the next session of parliament, and it will bring the greatest changes to the companies registered in 150 years.

we will bring forward reforms to prevent the abuse of limited partnerships, new powers to seize cryptoassets from criminals, and measures to give businesses more confidence to share information on suspected money laundering. no criminal or cleptocrat will be able to hide behind a uk shell company ever again. [ applause ] a new crime agency will target sanctions evasion and corrupt russian assets hidden in the united kingdom. and we'll work with other countries to ensure there is nowhere else for russian dirty money to hide. now throughout my time in government, i've seen the saddest plight faced by many people around the world displaced by conflict and the horrors of war. they include syrian refugees in jordan and lebanon, yemeni and iraqi refugees across europe,

and people we welcomed to the united kingdom including families from afghanistan. the u.n. estimates that three million refugees have been forced to flee the conflict in ukraine. most of them naturally want to stay as close to their homes as possible in safe countries near ukraine. and that is why we are doing everything to help the refugees in neighboring countries, as i saw in poland. the polish government requested concrete help rather than experience, and that is exactly what we are given. and we are working with the ukrainian community, the united kingdom, so they can make contact with their loved ones, so we can help to safely bring them to the united kingdom. in the meantime, we will do everything to welcome ukrainians here. it is not just a moral imperative. well is an enormous enthusiasm throughout our great country for extending a hand of hospitality and friendship. britain is a country that always does right by those in need.

we have a long, proud history of offering sanctuary, and that is why i launched the ukrainian family scheme for ukrainians with family ties to british nationals and people settled here in the uk. i'd already announced the extension of ukrainian nationals here before putin's invasion. and now those joining us through the family scheme will be granted the right to stay in the uk for three years during which time they can work, and they have access to public services. we want them to thrive here just like the people we have welcomed from syria, hong kong, and afghanistan. in order to ensure that they do, we will make sure they have every means to do so. and it's not just ukrainians with pre-existing links to the uk who are welcome. those with no family ties can come here through our homes for ukraine scheme. individuals, charities, community groups, and businesses in the uk can apply to sponsor

ukrainians and bring them here safely. above all, it is the generosity of the british people that is at the core of our country's response to this crisis. and we've seen hundreds of thousands of people offer up rooms in their homes, funding appeals which have soared. and behind every figure lies the story of a person or a female who can look -- or a family who can look forward to a better future because of the generosity of the british people. and we celebrate that. [ applause ] friends, it will not have escaped your notice that our opponents claim we do not care about the needy and the vulnerable. it is the opposite of the truth. since 2015 we have resettled almost 25,000 men, women, and children seeking refuge from cruel circumstances across the world. more than any european country.

as home secretary, i've given support to british national overseas status holders and their family members threatened by draconian security laws in hong kong. creating a pathway to citizenship for over five million people. with already 97,000 visas having been granted. last summer we let the largest evacuation since dunkirk in afghanistan. under conservative leadership, the united kingdom has and will always provide sanctuary when the lights are being switched off on people's liberties. this government has focused on a post-brexit immigration system enthusiasm is open to the world, and it's fair where we welcome the best and the brightest through a point-based system, the brilliant dedicated doctors and nurses now able to use our fast-track visas to work in the nhs, and the brightest and best scientists and academics who now benefit from the global talent route straight to the uk.

this is our now plan for immigration in practice, cracking down on the people smugglers means that we will have the capacity to help those genuinely fleeing fear of their lives. safe and legal routes like the ones for ukrainians displaced by putin's war are preferable to the dangerous journalets across the channel -- journeys across the channel organized by criminal gangs. and we have added measures to the national borders bill introducing new visa penalty provisions for countries that pose a risk to international peace and our security. [ applause ] accommodation and other resources are not unlimited. we will be less able will to help those in most need if we do not control our borders. our states have planned and controlled asylum. to sustain them, that system, all of it, it has to be a fair

one. and this government promise to regain sovereignty and we have made immigration and asylum policy a priority which is why what is happening in the channel with small boats is unsafe, unfair, and unacceptable. [ applause ] the cause of this relentless flow of migrants landing on our shores are the vile people smugglers characterized by ruthlessness and greed. i know you felt angry and frustrated about this. i do, too. [ applause ] there is not a challenge unique to the uk, but now we have left the eu, global britain has responsibility to act and address the problems that for too long have been neglected. so you rightly ask what am i doing to change things. at the heart of our new plan to

immigration is a simple principle -- fairness. access to the uk's asylum system should be based on need and not on the ability to pay people smugglers. if you enter the uk illegally, a safe country in which you could have claimed asylum, you're not seeking refuge from imminent peril but are picking the uk as a preferred destination. the present maximum sentence for people smugglers is 15 years. we are changing that through our bill to make it life. [ applause ] the use of hotels to accommodate arrivals will end, and we will bring forward plans to expand the government's asylum estate to accommodate and process asylum seekers including full return to a safe country. for the first time, whether you enter the uk legally or illegally, will impact on how

your asylum claim progresses and on your status in the uk if your claim is successful. we will also introduce robust approaches to age assessments against adults claiming to be children. and it's through these and many other measures -- [ applause ] -- it is through these measures, my friends, on the national borders bill which the return to parliament next tuesday that we will bring lasting changes to this broken system which is currently the right thing to do because what we must do is be fair to those who need our support and firm on those who abuse our laws. [ applause ] the home secretary's primary responsibilities are security of our nation. now some of you may have heard or noticed the cause to suspends national security processes on people have grown louder in recent weeks.

there are very good reasons as to why ukrainian refugees must come here safely and legally. i've been asked why couldn't we suspend security checks on people escaping putin's war. times of conflict, my friends, emphasize our need to remain watchful. now i know from the brief things i received from the intelligence and security services that instability around the world brings with it greater threats. i signed warrants from our security and intelligence agencies relating to extreme danger this country faces from all kinds of terrorism, serious organized crime, and state threats. only four years ago, the russian military intelligence services used a chemical weapon on british soil. it happened in salisbury, a beautiful city whose inhabitants would have felt completely safe. dawn sturgis never could have

imagined that she would lose her life. people can wreak utter havoc, and there's a history of covert activity. it's naive to think only men can be covert. there are those who would come to our country, to this country, who would mean us harm, and who plot to strike at our very way of life. the processes that we have put in place closely follow the advice of our intelligence and security services. they mean we can help ukrainians in need without making our country less safe. state threats and terrorism take many forms. they also thrive on indifference and on appeasement. and now we are seeing them supplemented by new types of targeting biological, chemical, cyber warfare, ransomware, and

online threats. our duty is to safeguard our country's interests, and we will never take our eye off the ball when it comes to the safety and security of our country. [ applause ] rightly our focus is on the current crisis in ukraine. however, at home we continue to deliver on the people's priorities for which many of my friends campaigned so hard on in 2019. the safety and security of our communities and citizens is paramount. crime has unspeakable consequences on those whose lives are scarred by appalling acts of crime, abuse, and violence. our approach to crime will always be based upon seeking justice for victims, but also ensuring that perpetrators are subject to the full force of the law. since we met in manchester, we have continued to back our pleas

with funding resources and importantly the laws they need to keep our country safe. through our beating crime plan we are well over halfway our target of recruiting 20,000 police officers. we are pursuing the appalling scourge of our -- of drugs, and our actions are targeting county lines and the drug gangs are working as law enforcement go after the kingpins behind the deadly supply lines. to cut crime, we must cut down on drug use come is why we have expanded support for drug testing on arrest. illegal drugs are responsible for murders, serious violence, and neighborhood crimes, and will continue to reform police accountability, performance and transparency to ensure that their focus is that of the british people which is to prevent and to cut crime. [ applause ]

'1 our approach is working. cutting crimes including theft, burglary, and knife crime, all of which are down. i will continue to be relentless in the pursuit of criminals to ensure -- i began my remarks by sharing what i saw two weeks ago in poland. what i saw there through the acts of kindness and care were the very universal values which we as conservatives hold dear to our hearts. the preciousness of freedom, safety and security, which unite and bring us together. we value the enormous benefits of living in a free and safe society, and we must always be resolute in our determination to safeguard them. what is happening in ukraine is

a sad reminder of the depth to which humanity can sink to strike out those values. our duty is to safeguard our country's interests and to be reliable and supportive to our friends who share our values. it is right that we do everything that we can to help ukraine in this hour of need. [ applause ] and my friends, it's not just for their peace, freedom and security, but for the very values and the freedoms we all cherish and live our lives by. thank you. [ applause ] >> speaking at the conservative party spring conference, she talked about the trip to poland two weeks ago describing the people fleeing the war in ukraine. she was in, if you remember, medyka at the start of the month there and she praised the work of the polish people welcoming

in the refugees from ukraine. and she also described putin as the aggressor in this war. staying with the war in ukraine, russia's president praised his country's operation in ukraine and what he called the heroic efforts of his troops, civilians being hit from the ground and the air near to kyiv. in podil north of the city center 1.5 miles from the government quarter holding the presidential palace, alex lawford sent this report. >> reporter: this is what the russian authorities insist is not happening. the russian leader is adamant his military is not hitting homes in the ukrainian capital or elsewhere, because attacking civilians is an international war crime and president putin insists he's doing everything he can to preserve the lives of civilians.

that's in direct contradiction to the evidence we and many others are finding on the ground. in the center is a playground, around it a residential blocks, people's homes, schools. they've been pretty much reduced to rubble and these are some of those who used to live in them. they've lost everything. >> translator: it's not human to do this, to attack the children. >> i don't know the words. >> reporter: they grab whatever they can in plastic bags, pets, tvs, this is all they have now. right next door are two schools, one is a kindergarten. schools are suspended for this time in the capital or these

classrooms would have been full of pupils. these attacks are killing and they're not soldiers or fighters. this was an elderly man, one of many who felt too frail to leave the city, despite the dangers. the daily attacks have left others badly hurt. he survived with terrible head wounds. his wife did not. the victims here don't have much faith in any peace talks exceeding and no one we spoke to had any doubt about who the attacks are aimed at. do you think it was specifically targeted at civilians like you? why, though? "yes, yes, i definitely think this," she says. "putin is trying to kill as many ukrainians as he can." the kyiv mayor is certain these repeated attacks on civilians are ruthlessly executed. do you think there's any mistake, this could have been a mistake or was this deliberately

targeting civilians? >> if it is mistake, last morning was a mistake, 24 hours ago, two days ago was mistake? huge mistake, destroyed kharkiv and mariupol. how many mistakes, how many civilians killed enough to explain about mistake from russian forces? >> reporter: the u.n. warns the country's food supply system is falling apart. they were scrambling to save stocks here. a number of these shops have been hit as well and impacted, and that is the worry, a lot of the food supply chains, bakeries, food factories have all been impacted as well and they're being specifically targeted. so they're wasting no time, pooling supplies in kyiv. these are all donations, they're trying to make sure those left homeless and hungry by the bombings are somehow looked

after and this despite worries that food warehouses in the country are running low. those who have are giving to those who don't. >> i think that we are the second on this. the army is the first one, volunteers and we are second. >> reporter: this is true community. while the capital may so far have been spared a major assault, among those are workers who lost their homes to the daily bombings like tatiana, back two days later helping those who are less fortunate. >> it's something unbelievable like something from the movie came in my real life. >> reporter: she showed us her flat now in bits. she's moved in with friends. >> for me, i don't think that i can die or something like this. i'm afraid. i think what i can do for other

people, how i can help. because i'm lucky, in my building, about 400 apartments and everybody alive. other people not so lucky. >> reporter: the suffering is unrelenting and whilst key defenses are holding, the capital residents are bracing themselves for more of this and worse. alex crawford, sky news, kyiv.

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breaking on msnbc, four u.s. marines have been killed after their plane went down during a nato exercise in europe. we'll have the very latest. plus a new warning from the uk ministry of defense, expect more civilian casualties as russia changes its strategy to fend off ukraine's fierce resistance. breaking this morning, the russian ministry of defense says it used a new weapon for the first time in ukraine. we'll tell you all about it as putin brings the war closer to nato's doorstep.