hello, you're watching sky news. these are the headlines at 11. joe biden declares that by the mayor putin cannot remain in power. however the u.s. secretary of state says it is not a call for a regime change. the aftermath of watch and strikes on the leave as putin congratulates his troops for the efforts in ukraine. also ahead, longer school days in store is set to be 32 and a

half hours by next year. prince william suggests a non royal -- after time of controversy in the caribbean. and -- rolls out the red carpet for the biggest night in the air. with british stars around the nominees for top awards at the oscars. thank you for joining us. the u.s. secretary of state has once again reiterated that joe biden has not called for regime change in russia. the u.s. president had said that vladimir putin could not remain in power, but antony blinken played down those comments a short time ago. >> with regard to the presidents incredibly powerful speech yesterday, i think the president, the white house, made the point last nights that quite simply, president putin cannot be in power to rage war

and engage in a question against ukraine, or anyone else. as you know, and as you've heard us say repeatedly, we do not have a strategy of regime change in russia, or anywhere else for that matter. in this case, as in any case, it is up to the people of the country in question. it is up to the russian people. but what we do have is a strategy to strongly support ukraine. we have been doing that, and rallying partners and allies around the world to do that, including with unprecedented amounts of security assistance. it's having a meaningful impact on ukraine's ability to defend itself, from the onslaught of planes, and tanks, and other weapons. we have a strategy, to put unprecedented pressure on russia. >> well, the russian president sent a personal message to his troops. thanking them for their efforts in ukraine. >> [interpreter]

i want to specifically address the service personnel and staff of the national guard units, involved in the donbas ukraine. our entire vast country is proud of each of you. i want to thank you for your stamina, in your impeccable service to russia. your loyalty to our fatherland. to your oath of allegiance, and to your duty. [end of translation] >> let's hear from our defense and security editor deborah haines. who sent this support from warsaw on president biden's visit. >> the president of the united states, joe biden! >> america's commander-in-chief called this moment the test of all-time. ukraine and its western allies taking on russia's, vladimir putin. democracies against autocracies. and he didn't hold back. >> putin has the gall to say that he is denazifying ukraine! it is a lie! it is just cynical, he knows

that! and it's also obscene! >> he reached out to -- >> let me say this, if you're able to listen. you the russian people are not our enemy. i refused to believe that you welcome the killing of insistent children and grandparents. or that you accept hospitals, schools, maternity wards, for god sake being pummeled with russian missiles and bombs! >> then, a final personal assaults on russia's leader! >> ukraine will never be a victory for russia! are free people refused to be in a world of hopelessness and darkness. we will have a better and brighter future. rooted in democracy, hope and, light dignity, and hoping possibility. for god sake, this man cannot remain in power! >> the white house was quick to clarify that joe biden wasn't calling for a regime change.

though his feelings about putin, had already been made clear on his trip to poland. here, meeting ukraine refugees in warsaw. >> you're dealing every day with vladimir putin, look at what he's done to these people. what does it make you think? >> he's a butcher. >> on the fourth and final day, of the trip to europe, president biden also held talks with the polish leader. it's a sign of the vital role this country is playing on the west support to ukraine's war effort. many have weapons grift it by nato allies to the cranes military are sent over the polish boulder to its war-torn neighbor. the american presidents apparently became assurances the flow of arms would continue, as he met separately with ukraine's foreign defense ministers. another key topic is bolstering the alliances own forces, to deter russian aggression. unlike ukraine, poland is a

member of the nato alliance. a call -- on attack on this country, would be an attack against all. having a collective response. this is key to article five, as they adjust to the -- at russia's door. and with -- targeting new ukrainian positions. president biden warned the invasion threatened to trigger a decades of war. that cannot allow -- poland's -- the unknown soldier a reminder of the continents deep scars. they must become stronger if they're going to meet the challenge of these changing times. debra haines, sky news, or saw. >> president biden was speaking in the polish capital when russia attacked lviv. hitting civilian allies of the --

until now, it had been regarded as a safe haven for people fleeing the fighting further east. a mayor from the vivid said the rockets were fired from crimea. sally lockwood was in lviv as the strikes took place. >> nowhere in ukraine is safe from russian aggression. moments after the sound of jets broke a peaceful afternoon in the western city of lviv. we watched flames ripped through a fuel depots, after two missiles struck. the attack fell just short of the cities television tower. it is not clear if this may have been the intended target. but it wasn't over. >> there is more strikes! can you see? >> soon after as we are preparing to go on air, behind us came the sound of more explosions. the second hit was a military depot on the outskirts of the city. the smoke billowing behind us,

was broken the confidence that love is the city of sanctuary. >> this is a first strike honored populated civilian area. and a city that has offered a safety even for so many. a development for people who fled from on told horrors, and areas of the country. but perhaps not an instance -- when president biden, the leader of the free world, isn't far from here. just across the border over in poland. >> this is something few exist packed it here, but many feared. and short after the first attack, panic and suspicion were rife. we witnessed several arrests. there is a lack of trust that people could be helping the russians. at a time where russian ground forces have failed in many areas of the country, a reminder that they have advanced in the east of don bass, and the south. lviv's mayor confirming this attack on his city, where for

rockets fired from crimea's largest city. the area, annexed by russia, in 2014. >> [interpreter] i underlined one more time. we don't know what is the next target of the russian rockets which were fired from the city -- of. today they hit many times. facilities of lviv, as well as in the country. in this situation, the faster that we receive weapons, the safer are cities since we'll be [end of translation] . >> live events become a refuge for so many families who are charming ties by were or. this attack may have been a message to the west. but it has shattered a sense of safety, in a city so many of come too for protection. sunny luck would, sky news, live, and western ukraine. >> russia has confirmed it was responsible for yesterday's missile attack.

these were released today from the country's defense ministry. which says it was carried out using cruise missiles. >> [interpreter] on march 26th, high missiles long-range, destroyed a large fuel depots in lviv. which provided fuel for troops in the western of ukraine. in specially in kyiv. [end of translation] >> back to ukraine a little later. now we're telling you about schools which hard to be asked that it's working weeks or at least 32 and a half hours long by september of next year. the new requirement is being published tomorrow in the schools paper. which is to see nine out of ten kids leaving primary school which have -- passed. speaking earlier to sophie ridge, the acting uk shun secretary was asked about leveling up state schools. >> remember, in 2008 to 2009,

that was the financial crash and the crisis led to us to have to tighten our belts. and of course, try to get the economy back on its feet. thank goodness we manage to do that, because then we got the pandemic, where we had to spend 400 billion making sure that peoples jobs are protected. and of course businesses are protected. but if you look at the settlement i just got, there is additional seven billion by 2024, 2025. much of it fund loaded as well. four billion of that comes early -- >> is it essentially restoring the 2020 levels. you've got a decade of growth and funding for comprehensive schooling and stay funded -- . >> but also, as i just explained, we had to get through the financial crisis. >> on the backs of state schools. >> well it's a continue that investment, and deliver -- >> let's join sky casey byrne

filled who is in the newsroom. tell us more about this. >> well this policy about extending the school day, or at least making sure that all schools comply with a certain number of school hours is one of the key policies that is going to be announced in the white paper tomorrow. and the department of education say this is to stop children missing out on education. now, most schools do already run these hours. it relates to a school day, for instance, of 8:15 -- 8:45 sorry, till 3:15 in the afternoon. but this is targeted at the school that don't currently open for that long. we know at the moment 80% of the schools in england to run at least 32 hours a week. that is already most schools. and we heard that the education secretary was talking to sophie ridge about the right paver. and talking about -- . but there's not gonna be any extra funding from the

government to facilitate any schools to open longer that don't currently run for this amount of time. i think it's fair to say this policy has been pretty widely penned outside of the government this month. that's from labor, that's from the secretary. bridget phillips who said the if this is the plan after two years of disruption because of the pandemic, then it does not really amount to much. labor are accusing the government of ignoring big issues. like mental health crisis for schools, and the gap between wealthier children and less well off children. it's been exacerbated because of covid. and -- says it's gonna leave people wondering where the ambition for a children's future is. teaching unions, and associations have been particularly kind about these plans this morning. saying while, they don't understand why the benefit is gonna be. because no schools, like i said, to this already. they raise issues like certain

schools needing to have shorter days, because it's with rod transferred. and a lot of pressure on the government this morning before bringing this policy and. >> katie many thanks indeed for now. now wales is scrapping -- and a legal requirements to wear masks in shops, buses, and trains tomorrow. in response to rising cases of covid, driven by a sub variant of omicron, it keeps on but not all of its remaining covid rules. -- health minister. thanks for joining us on sky news this morning. pretty complete using i suppose, most of these restrictions -- . >> that's right, well we do have -- he's got one in 16 people have covid. but they're not translating into serious hospitalization. and we do want them to live this this privacy, but what we're trying to do is balance a

response here. so we're keeping on patience as a legal requirement. in those clinical settings where we're really feeling like we're gonna see those transmissions within hospital. people who are in those very vulnerable settings catching covid. but also relaxing the situation with public health, transport, and retail. but the guidance remains pretty strong. nowadays, those who are getting rid of them -- the guidance is still saying listen, in particular, if you've got covid, you should be self isolating. and that as actually been the situation in scotland all along. we had a legal requirement to self isolate. the guidance is based on it. we're moving to guidance, we hope people respect that. >> you are behind england in relaxing these motions. why has it taken so long to get to this position?

>> we've always tried to take a cautious approach, we've always tried to file the science in the data. and follow the recommendations of our chief medical officer. and respond to any political professor. and people seem to be with us on that journey. and respect for the way that the last government has handled the covid pandemic. of course we made mistakes, everyone has made mistakes. we are all learning. but, we are going to have to move to a situation where we are living with the virus. but it's still very very high -- . >> so what mistakes have you made? then >> i think we've all made mistakes initially that we didn't know much about the virus. we didn't know, for example, you could be asymptomatic and carry the virus and pass it on the people. so lots of things like that that we're all gonna have to look back at and make sure that we know if this same's

situation rises again, wet measures to put in place. but the key now is to make sure that we put protection measures in place. obviously, we started on our spring booster campaign for the over 75. so the people in care homes and immunosuppressed people. and we're also carrying out the vaccination program for 5 to 11. so, hopefully that will protect people. again, it's the worst who are catching covid. >> how do you talk about these surge in cases in the past few weeks? one in 16 estimated to have coronavirus, certainly the last set of figures. and that's up from 25 the week ago. >> it is concerning. that's why we're worried. and that's why we're keeping some legal measures in place. including, for example, the fact that all employers have to carry out a risk a sense mint, to demonstrate what they're doing to mitigate against the

effects of covid. we aren't concerned, and that's why we keeping a very strong guidance in place. telling people okay, it's not a legal requirements to wear face masks. but we strongly recommend that when you're out with lots of people, you make it taken on. >> so what's -- with cases going up. you say it's a balanced decision for these administrations. >> it was, and probably one of the most difficult decisions we made, but any decision we make is gonna be proportionate. and i guess, we just have to understand, and it is difficult when we're seeing what's happening in interests to tell us a different story. in wales. but we have tried to do that. and certainly we hope that we've got the balance right here. that people understand. that just because the real eagle requirement is not there. that doesn't mean that the strong guidance shouldn't be there to adhere to. >> and the action of restrictions, might you just

overturn it's suddenly if there's a more dramatic surge? >> well, we're always predicting that we will respond what is necessary to do to protect the people of wales. right now -- is our priority. and we're gonna make sure that we do everything that we can proportionately of course, to try and protect people against this very important disease. >> okay, possibly could come back? and >> well, it could. but i guess it depends. what we know is that the omicron variant is not as dangerous as some of the variants that come before. but if we were to see another variant, for example, impacting our people. then we would have to reconsider that situation. but, certainly, the levels of hospitalization do not seem to be and the scale that we have seen before. and that is very successful vaccination program has helped. >> all right, we'll see what happens tomorrow and in the future.

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>> -- is a prepaid money app for children. to make it safe to make transactions online. she says the benefits outweigh the risks. >> when we talk to parents of the kids are doing this, they are overwhelmingly positive about it. they talk about the creative freedom it brings their kids. the fact that their children can do that independently, from their bedrooms. that connections with the outside world that they can make. >> not all children will have this opportunity. it creates -- and crucially having money already available to invest and make more online. but, as the internet plays more of a role in our lives. it's not surprising it would be the same for children to. it's up to the adults to keep up. madeleine ratcliffe, sky news. >> a couple of other stories for you this sunday morning. a woman has been arrested in connection with the hoax security alerts that force the irish -- to be evacuated during the speech in belfast on friday. firefighters drove to the van

knew and it was later revealed to be fake. police say the 38 year old woman is arrested on suspicion of having a fire arm and others. >> -- invited for a fourth covid booster jab in the next weeks. infections have surged according to national statistics. among -- have covid on march the 19th. >> the colombian authorities say the food fighters taylor hawkins had ten different substances in his body when he died. tribute to -- from around the world for the 50 year old who died suddenly while on -- . the father of two has been described as a kind, brilliant man an amazing musician. the former senior midlife leading an inquiry into military care. -- families have been silenced, or ignored. she made the comments ahead to

other reports publication this sunday. and in the sunday times, it says 300 babies died or left brain down bridge due to affordable -- in care. let's have a look at the weather. it's going to turn cooler, and more unsettled this week with wintry showers for some. most places will turn out reasonably mild but southeast in central illegal and will be rather chilly. missed, fog, and cloud will tend to break up this afternoon. with sunny spells developing inland. but it will stay grainy in the sea coast. in particular, it says it's saying quite dull. -- can expect plenty of sunshine, in wales is sea cloud increasing. mis-c, fog, and low cloud --

and future outbreaks are possible where southern ireland and northern ireland will be dry and mostly clear. -- and fog patches too. england and wales see sunny spells developing on monday. more cloudy, than recently. don't go away, coming up on sky news. sophie ridge will be asking the education secretary about school reform. school reform.

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good morning and welcome to sophie ridge on sunday. when your president of the united states there are lots of things you think but cannot say. one of them might well be

hoping that vladimir putin was no longer presidents of russia. but just how sensible was it for joe biden to voice that yesterday? his plea that this man cannot remain in power during an emotional address in warsaw yesterday has heavy implications and the current situation on the ground in ukraine. meanwhile, closer to home there is a risk of domestic politics ahead. with -- the educator -- and a fallout from a spring statement that did not quite land as richie would've hoped. -- >> hello, will be finding out the governor's vision for schools in england this week. there will be a white paper and detailing new plans to drive up standards. that is after incredibly difficult years for the education sector during the pandemic. the increasing concerns for lost learning. and the impact on children. joining us now is the impact the education secretary.

thank you for being on the program this morning. we'll get to energy in a minute. let's start with ukraine. and the comments by president joe biden. for god sake, this can not remain in power. do you think that means that putin has to go? >> i think that's up to the russian people. the russian people are pretty fed up with what is happening in ukraine. this illegal invasion. the destruction of their own livelihoods. and their economy is collapsing around them and i. think the russian people will decide on the fate of his putin and his cronies. the important thing to remember is that there is evidence that war crimes have been committed in the ukraine. targeting of civilian areas in the ukraine, and you will know that the deputy prime minister will be working with the international criminal courts to make sure that that evidence is well documented, well collected. so those who commit war crimes know there will be a day of

reckoning. >> and you very early on said that the russian people is deciding who the new president. is it's not quite helpful that a u.s. government is calling for regime change. >> -- it's very clear after that speech, which is a very powerful speech by president biden, -- >> contradict what you said -- >> well let me be clear that illegal invasion of ukraine. that must and. and i think that was what the president is talking about. i think that it is right for the brush and people to disk -- decide how they are government. as i suspect, many of them will have friends. indeed family in the ukrainians. and having innocent ukrainians murdered by putin's regime is not something that sits well with the russian people either. so i think it is important to remember that they will decide and they will make that decision ultimately.

>> as we've been told this week that russia might be scaling back its decision in ukraine. and its main goal was the elimination of the donbas in the east. what is your latest intelligence about what is happening on the ground in ukraine? >> clearly the russian militaries miscalculated the initial shock and awe of taking the whole of ukraine has not worked for them. ukrainians have fought like lions. they have defended their country. they believe in their freedom. they believe in justice and the rule of law. and their democracy. which is why i think the militia and military are finding it much tougher. they're losing tens to thousands of innocent young lion who are sent to the front line not knowing that they are invading a country. >> and they're paying the price on she? bank >> clearly if you look at the ministry of defense.

third assessment that we are putting out. they are having real problems. >> now, liz truss has told the sunday telegraphed that sanctions from russia only should come off after a cease-fire withdrawal from ukraine. so you think that's the condition of any peace deal that we are moving towards? >> it has to be. any peace deal has to take into account the freeing of the ukrainian people. i think zelenskyy is right about this. that any peace deal has to be negotiated peace face-to-face between president zelenskyy and putin. that is the only way that putin is going to be serious about this. i think the only thing that the regime understands is the strength of the military response from the ukrainian military and of course the strength and resolve from the ukrainian people. so i think president zelenskyy 's right. all of this stuff will not be taken seriously by him or the ukrainian people a must putin is prepared to sit down with

him. >> and just to be clear, no sanctions coming off unless there is a full cease-fire withdraw? >> absolutely not. i think the russian illegal invasion has to end. and the russian army has to leave the ukrainians up to the ukrainian people. they must be very much the ones who decide with that piece looks like. >> now just to take a step back for a minute. you see millions of people displaced from ukraine. families. children. you of course came to the uk, your family is from iraq. you always said that you are not refugees but immigrants. at the same time you didn't speak the language,'tis the spring back memories? and how do you feel about those children? you see the moving across continents being thrust into different places. >> very much so. it's a combination of anger, and loss.

huge loss. because you've ripped away from all those things that you hoped and held here. those protective layers of family, home, and you don't understand why this is happened to you. so we're absolutely feeling that. which is why my department has made preparations to take up to 100,000 into our education system. from early years, to primary, secondary, of course the collagen universities. and will deliver that. we did it from the afghanis settlement scheme, we did it with the hong kong, 104,000 have applied to a settle here as well. >> how do you feel about the 11 year old boy who was not speaking english? >> fear. the first few weeks i stand in the back of the classroom. i hid in the back of the costume because children can be cruel. i tried to string words together in my head, as i began to obviously read and write. to try and make a sentence.

to join in on the subject matter. but when i made that sentence, somebody had moved on. so in the early few weeks, my teachers thought i had learning difficulties. which is why group papers are so important. but our white paper as well. because my parents see the value of education. my mother always said, it will on lock opportunities my son. so work hard. it was only when i started to think of the language that those opportunities really ahmaud for me. i want a system, which is why the white paper is symbolizing, for every child to go to school, to get to the right school, to get to the right teacher. and to deliver, that the white paper, i think it will go a long way towards that. because that has to be available for the children whose parents don't have the wherewithal. who have no parents at all. >> let's talk a little bit about the white paper. what's the big idea? >> the big idea is learn from the evidence. we are about to announce our 10,

000th academy. that is real scale. i have 22,000 schools approximately in england. 2the evidence is that a family is schools, that is tightly supported, really well managed, and still performing, underlying still performing. they can be trusted. because some of them have not performed. so the stronger performing ones have delivered outstanding results for the children. so then, why people will, it'll essentially be the roadmap into the strong family of schools. with some really strong targets. so at the moment, only two thirds, 65% of primary school children finish primary school. which is to read, right, and do maths to a good standard. we're gonna raise that 90%. on secondary school, we're gonna move the average in english language en masse from four point 5 to 5. now that sounds like not much of an ambitious target.

it's only 0.5 movement. but it actually means all children who are doing their ages will have to improve. >> so if a child falls behind an english naps, what happens? >> so if a child falls behind, i have the national tutoring program, which is five billion we are investing in recovery, teachers will actually be able to identify what that is, be able to use the national tutoring program, in the past it was only four wealthier present parents. but now it's available to every child. my message to families watching this at home is askar school, are they participating in the national tutoring program. it's really important to helping that recovery. >> and you want a longer school day for all schools. >> so the average school day is 32 and a half hours. some schools, thousands of schools, ten, 20, 30 minutes lower than that. so we want schools to be from

-- 9 am to 3:30. by the way, if it's 20 minutes lower, then 32 and a half hours, then it is equivalent of two weeks lost from the school. two weeks loss of learning is a big loss. which is why i want every school to do this. i'd like them all to do it by the end of this year. but i know some of them have logistical programs as well. which they like yesterday. >> the pandemic had a very devastating impact on the schools. it widened inequality as well. as well -- . comprehensive schools, 3.9% increase. you said that closing schools, looking back was a mistake. was canceling exams a mistake as well? >> i think that the section had a very little choice. >> would you have done it? >> one, when the inquiry we look at decisions made to look

now through the pandemic -- >> would you cancel? exams >> i don't think -- that >> i don't think he would have -- >> i think that it was a mistake. i will go on record saying that. i will go -- not just the learning loss. but actually the mental strain on young people. if you look at what the children's commissioner has done, serving half 1 million children. they said they actually really need to be back in school. i was in the academy last week, and the children said to me, the worst thing to happen to us is having to be at home. learn at home. i saw it for myself with my own child. so i will do everything in my power to make sure that we don't do that. and part of the learning to live with covid is very much around that. >> so we're expecting the government to publish its plan for energy next week, with a push on europe. there is a bit of a debate on

whether to relax planning rules on having more sure -- to be built. well in having this, 12 of you signed a letter's opposing shore went. heavy change your mind? >> no. i'm saying if we're going to make sure that we carry the will of local people, whether it's onshore wait, or nuclear, we have to learn from how it's done well in other countries. and the way you do that is making sure that the local community have a real say. and, want orange or wind, if that's what they want to have. but also we've seen great examples in other countries, where they built a nuclear power station with a certain radius of that power station. people get free power. it's like innovation like that, to make sure we weed ourselves of hydrocarbons. we have to do it that and well. part of that is making sure that we look after the will of --

the >> just clarify again. so do you agree with the medals should be relaxed for more funds to -- >> only if the local community supports having more onshore wind. i think that's right thing. >> is there around -- >> i mean, there is no row. we have a collective responsibility about things. we discuss things, and when we agree, we take that agreement seriously. >> now, energy bills are going through the roof. which is why we're looking through these and efficience. inflation is forecast to win a percent. saying that half a minute in children will be pushed below the poverty line. -- it's gonna have to come up with more support. isn't he? >> so, we are, today. in a global battle against inflation. literally. the world is battling this. in your ass, in europe. we are to. what does that mean to the consumer?

your viewers? when you're battling this inflation, it means the cost of everything from the shopping basket to energy is going up. what we do want to say is actually what is worked. is local government knows who is -- . so we've doubled the size of the help -- >> do you think he's done enough? >> he's done 22 billion for one year of help. and i put one billion of it for energy. and the rest of it is things like this, making sure that people on universal credit, and taper, they actually keep mar the money. >> do you think he's actually done enough then? >> i think he will continue to keep an eye on this. it's only right. it's irresponsible for me to say don job. because energy levels are still volatile, inflation is high. so would be absolutely impossible to say dropped on. but when i say to you is to put 22 billion to work, after spending 400 billion responsible to the pandemic, is the right thing to do. one thing is the universal

credit, taper. on friday the national wage will go up. so that means that 400 pounds additional for those most vulnerable. so we have to continue to keep an eye on this. but i think 22 billion in one year of help, when you just spent four and two billion is the right thing to do. >> now, i just want to end by talking about prince william's caribbean tour. it happened in a few controversial moments. i think he'll remember the picture of the fence, and prince william the duke and duchess of cambridge, reaching out and touching the hands of some of those children. i can see some of those videos there. now he's acknowledged growing republican sentiment within the palm and wealth. saying that it brought you into possible questions for the future. his and the -- and that for us, that is not telling people what to do. do you think this could be the beginning of the end for the coming off? >> now i think it'll be the beginning of strengthening the

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livid for weeks a gateway to the rest for fleeing refugees was hit by several large explosions yesterday. but that comes as moscow says that they are focusing on areas in the, east as it tries to secure the donbas region. so what's going on in ukraine? we're gonna try to get a search sense of the situation on the ground. so we have -- live from the western ukraine. the mp, maria. can you just give us a sense about the situation where you are? >> currently, as the governor and the city mayor of lviv, the city which you mentioned is located in the very far west, mentioned rightly yesterday there is no more secure place in ukraine. so, you know when we are being asked, are you safe right now? this safety is quite temporary.

we have some shortages in terms of access to some smaller cities. and one of the heroes cities. which is of course, mariupol, becoming second aleppo. or symbol of this glorious fight of ukrainian nation. against russian invasion. russian occupation. there are many more officers in mariupol, which is the smaller cities next to them. for instance, my home city kharkiv. and far in the east where is 40 minutes from the russian border. the city of resume, which is often slated as reason. or the city of -- . we are trying to do our best to have our volunteer groups, which are operating on the ground, can reach out to the

people to deliver food,, medicine water. well i have to mention right now is that twice already during this week, russian shoulders shoot in the civilians who were queuing next to the post office in kharkiv. and next to the city hospital twos receive humanitarian aid. this is a complete disaster. we have more than 80 people who died, and many more injured. this is just an absolute fact of a war crime against ukrainians, civilian population. this is definitely not soldiers against soldiers. this is something which is going beyond the normal understanding of war conduct. >> it must be difficult for ukrainians after going through what you have to imagine striking any kind of agreement with russia. do you think one might actually happen? >> president zelenskyy since day one, in his office, always talks about fair peace, and was always ready for directions and

negotiations. another part is that we have witnessed, for more than eight years of russian aggression, where negotiations were done in trilateral group between representatives of donbas ukraine. members -- of that russia is never ready for fair peace talks. and you know, when we are remembering the first round, second round in belarus. during this town, my own city was bombarded. what kind of approach to peaceful negotiations is that? so, we has ukraine, as a state, always rely on international law. international humanitarian law. we keep up every time. nevertheless, when the aggressor is trying to twist it over, and use absolute gut terrible means or offers. like let's do green corridors

to the occupied areas of ukraine. let's move people to -- belarus russia. let's take their passports away. etc. this -- which are happening, which are now being reported, there are no means for them to get away with it anymore. it has been -- the world was half blind through this eight years of war. but i think now is the time when we all have to press russia as an a cracked of rights, as a collective international society to be responsible for the actions, for the brutality which they are conducting right now. so, we do believe in peace. but only based on international law. and the piece which is a fair piece. >> okay, thank you so much for being on the program, we very much value voices out of ukraine. appreciate your time today. >> thank you very much.

you're watching sky news, coming up at midday. the u.s. secretary of state, anthony blinken has reiterated that joe biden has not called for a regime change in russia. this after the u.s. president said yesterday that vladimir putin could not remain in power. but, anthony blinken speaking this morning has played down those comments. more for you, in a little bit. , in a little bit.

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breaking right now on msnbc, president biden sees this world of nine words. reactions pouring in overnight to this comment on vladimir putin. >> for god sake, this man cannot demand power. >> and, as the kremlin pushes back on the, new showing targets the western part of ukraine despite russian claims that it will be shifting its focus to the east. live reporting from the ground, and what it means for moscow's strategy. plus, as a war rages on ukraine,