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ah, with i got this video from one of our film crews on the front line if they found themselves suddenly having to flee the area due to incoming shells. correspondence on, on the international, remain in the don paths republics. will this endless continuing schilling and fire is still coming to us from, from up north, just north of la, god's city, where the frontline is, where we still hear artillery fire more answers and multiple rocket launch. systems, however, is becoming more and more distant. it all comes off to vladimir putin ordered a so called special military operation, saying the aim that to defend the people of the don boss from genocide by the ukrainian military. those are comments that fly in stock contrast to those of his western partners,

a food and also stressing that russia has no to occupy it. we have assigned to a special military operation. we do not plan to occupy ukrainian territories. the russian defense ministry says direct fighting with ukraine's soldiers has largely been avoided so far, and the safe exit routes are being arranged for those forces ready to leave the zone of operations. the criminal has issued a direct order to treat ukrainian soldiers with respect. meantime, kiev cuts diplomatic ties with russia and ojo the west to build an antique putin coalition. while the us and its allies slammed the crowd. limbs opperation as a barbaric attack involve the harshest of sanctions who the just off at 6 pm here in moscow. in the world is watching as russia has launch,

what it calls a special military operation in ukraine, west and officials call it an invasion, a barbaric, heinous act, and demanding russia faced the harshest of punishment. we continue, our special coverage are naughty international. so russia president has announced our operation to, as he says, to defend the don bass. it was during an address to the nation earlier in the day is after the 2 newly recognized republics actually requested russia's help against what they called military aggression from ukraine. rushers, defense ministry says the operation poses no threat to civilians and only military infrastructure is being targeted. we are still working to confirm those details. the meantime western powers on our rounding on moscow for what they call an invasion. they are threatening severe reprisals against food and while our senior correspondent garcia has remaining on location now and follow up is report a very short time ago. and the new guns republic things have quieted down

a bit in the city with guns that they use. so we seeing many exclusions of the situ, any at all these last few hours for the 1st time in days, the fighting has moved on further north, behind me. that is where you, cranium, positions, straits have stretched for 7 years. the 7 years for the 5 positions from horizon to horizon, that is where the fighting is set to be concentrated. now the la guns people's republic, which is where we are at which has been recognized as independent by russia, is carrying out its offensive. they're supposed to say that russian troops aren't participating in this operation. the via operations that, as they call, liberates the territories of the legans can yes, people's republics being carried out with the local manpower. so volunteers are called scripts who have been drafted for military service during mobilization of the past few weeks, after incessant,

incessant bombardment of the breakaway republics by ukrainian troops, ukrainian forces. and we have reported in the aftermath of those, it is ob, so giving from what we understand in the near to have penetrated 7 kilometers into our ukrainian lines here in lugens for the lit last latest. i'm sorry we had with 3 kilometers into at, in the laws that have been reports that are certain ukrainian troops formations have surrendered. that there have been those that have come up. but among those that haven't been any nationalists, we have heard that it is them. nationalists and neo nazi battalions such as as a battalion that had putting up the stiffest resistance here in east and you creat another parts of in other parts of ukraine to but yes, as you mentioned, the russian ministry of defense has come out and the have the russian minister defense has issued a wrap up of what has happened over the past 12 hours, according to him,

more than 70 sites that are critical to ukrainian military infrastructure have been targeted and destroyed ab well bearing in mind here is that the minister also said that even when our russian jets will miss us precision strikes, as they call them target ukrainian bases, they made an effort not to target. for example, houses that house officers, so after not harm their families with children, mobs, and to into, and they've limited their as shrikes. and a cruise missile trucks, which seem caliber missiles streaming through this cause of ukraine film by many people they have been targeting again, as i say military infrastructure, anti add to fed sites as well as add feels 11 airfields have been taken out of action according to the russian side, more than a dozen as 300 anti air defense and complexes which a sheet which was seen as, as

a threat in the, in the months preceding this by many analysts. as one helicopter, one helicopter was shot down according to the russians. and also for by dr. t. b 2, t b, 2, drones supplied by turkey. obviously we have no idea what the civilian or what the military death toll has been. so fine the wide range of things. but judging by how quickly this, this invasion, it has proceeded, how quickly they have taken various for cheating sites, including cities. so there is a information that russian miniature converse event the day have sun city as well as heidegger. ah, then you know that the time table is easy proceeding that will the schedule proceeding very rapidly. we just got our hands on this exclusive video from a russian, a war reporter, reportedly in don bass. this video before really showing ukrainian troops surrendering to the don, yet republican forces. and one of the soldiers is apparently wounded and has been

receiving treatment. for some of the potent did say earlier, the parent did ask for all ukrainian soldiers to be treated with respect a short time ago. we heard ma correspondent, roman called ref. he's in the dawn. yes. republic. thus sounds a lot more a calmer than it was said during the nights and later in the morning we are still hearing artillery fire here in done as however, it said not as frequent and it doesn't sound as it's close is getting more and more distant by the hour and there was, nevertheless, pricing is still going on on the outskirts of the city and along the front lines in the next people's republic, according to the military of the people's militia. here they have advanced at least 3 kilometers into the territory of for the next people's republic that was formerly occupied by a, by a key of forces. and apparently, 2 towns have already been

a liberated. i'm the next people's republican military are now using all available methods to them in order to strike ukrainian positions this according to their own as statements. and that will be done in order to free the rest of the territory of dennis people's republican. we're talking about cities like murray, opal us, lavon, skate, crowd source can. that's just to name if you are now a denise pushing the head of the dentist people's republic said a little bit earlier. that's of this operation will soon and, and it will, and we're the liberation of the inside. the next people's republic. he also said that ukraine's headquarters, ukraine's army headquarters here in dunbar have been practically destroyed since separation began 9 tenths. sir. fighting is that taking place all over the republic, of course, in the south of the republic about a 100 kilometers away from here. ah,

heavy fighting is taking place near the city of murray will. and according to the people's militia, ukrainian military are already retreating in some points, and according also to them, as some of the ukrainian soldiers have a surrendered. and this is something that to denise bushland, and edward about soren, representative of the people's militia were talking about earlier. they pleaded with the ukrainian soldiers to lay down their arms and to go home. and those people who will leave their weapons, her behind, will face amnesty in the future. now, me dear report suggests that according to the office of the president says lensky in key of at least a little more than 40 ukrainian soldiers had been killed since his thought of aberration. and i'm more than 10 civilians also have been killed. now we haven't

received any confirmation on those numbers or whether that fact had indeed taken place. the evacuation of a residence was continuing in done as here up to this thursday. but to denise push it, in the head of the republic, said earlier that he put a halt to the evacuation ends of those who still wish to evacuate can do so. but within the next people's republic, they can go deep inside the territory where they can find safe space and where ukrainian artillery will not reach them. just now getting a quick update from southern ukraine at this very moment. the authorities in the house on region of the st. the province is no longer under the control of the ukrainian government. the now saying that russian forces are holding that region, although there's been no comment on that as of yet from moscow. the mother of this video was filmed by one of our crews on the front line. and i don't

ask republic, whereas we understand they have to suddenly change routes on that road, turning around because of incoming shelves, rushes, defense ministry says ukrainian force is a firing in cities and the don bass. we haven't confirmed that though. here at sea . well, the ukraine says russia has carried out more than $200.00 attacks since the start of the day in that region. but a series of powerful explosions reported across ukraine this morning. a loud blast rocking several cities after russia did launch its military operation. its being reported, the explosions were caused by missile strike from russia's aerospace forces. and just a short time ago, these images came in from mariel fix smoke across the sky while powerful explosions, happy reported in that area. let's bring up some details for you just so we will get a clear picture of exactly that is a map of the dawn yet. can look at people's republics. it's important to note that the 2 republics did announce the independence from kiev shortly after the 2014 my

dad revolution. and they have since, well, they've been cleaned up since they've just been repeatedly shelled. and that has led to numerous civilian casualties. now both republic say they will liberate their territories that are still under caves control up until now, although they've only held about half that area. a president, putin as russia recognizes these 2 states as defined by this map of lot of effort and announced the decision in a nationally televised speech saying there's actually no intention to occupy ukraine if you get rich with, according to the article, 51 in the 7th chapter of the un charter with the sanction of the federation council and according to the friendship and mutual help treaties with the nets and lu ganske, the public's i have decided to conduct a special military operation. the goal is to protect the people who for 8 years of a bullying and genocide from the key of regime. and for this we aim for the,

the militarization and the nurse, if a cation of ukraine will bring to the court. those who committed multiple sanguinary crimes against civilians, including russian citizens. we do not plan to occupy ukrainian territories. just a short time ago, i spoke with our senior correspondent, murat guys. he is still down embedded in that region. he gave me some of the latest statistics over regarding russia are so called special military operation that the west is calling an invasion. 70 military sites as we understand have been destroyed . 11 f fields now well dysfunctional and at least a dozen s $300.00 triumph missile defense systems are in the area. in the meantime, ukraine's president dylan ski says his country is cutting diplomatic ties with russia earlier he and post martial law. so i think the fact that ukrainian military infrastructure was under attack, and it was ukraine's foreign ministry, says a full scale russian invasion is underway. that is a,

a sentiment echoed by russia as western partners. he is a president lensky of ukraine. now speaking on local television, said arnold, suddenly this morning has gone down in history that this story is absolutely different for our country and for russia. and we have severed diplomatic relations with russia for ukrainians, independence, and the right to live on the land is the highest value diploma. the shaving. meanwhile explosions were heard in the ukrainian capital key of this morning. here's what some locals on the ground told us. i hear it, it's somewhere in t. f. sirens can be heard. they are bombing without clicking. when we landed in the airport, we heard some bangs. it was unclear what they were. we didn't see any damage. we heard the bangs while in a taxi. nobody knew what it was. sure, people started leaving tia packing their cars into a huge traffic jam. everything was crowded,

but most people stayed home. my friends and i hope things will be ok. we hope that kia will not be bombs over. there are huge keys perpetual stations on the roads, several hours long. it's impossible to refill. it's good that i had a full tank, but i still have to refill some last. we've been leaving here for 4 hours already. we also heard from a resident of how to cough as a major city in east and ukraine, very close to the russian border. is what she had to say. this the 1st hello. yes, there are gunshots and bursts of artillery fire from time to time. i haven't gone outside, but i hear there is panic in the city. vehicles heading west are being turned around on the roads. there's a column of unmarked armored vehicles on the highway, but we are remaining calm, just sitting at home and drinking tea. meanwhile, we thought may i don bass resident who was evacuated across the border to russia's

roster region. what's happening right now is of course very scary, but we're glad russia is finding, providing us with assistance. the troops of entered the liberating our territories to help non military and civilians. we hope this as quickly as the russian military operation continues to unfold and the reactions to continue coming fast and furious from european and american officials essentially lambasting russia for this and demanding extreme punishment for moscow. a correspondent donald quarter now has details from russia or off stuff region near the border with a don bass. i am in russia's roast of region, right by the border right behind me. you can see the border check point that will lead you to the loo. ganske people's republic. now it's important to note that actually across the border with done boss on the there have been instances of artillery shells coming from the ukranian side on to actually russian territory throughout the day. it's a bit quieter now, but throughout the day, more towards the morning,

we heard the federal security services said that there were bombings in our artillery showings in a course region in russia. and we also heard that in belgrade region, there was another instance of several artillery shells falling. there are some unconfirmed videos that are going around social media of disc describing, displaying the damage that was caused by those those artillery shells. and also claiming that one person was injured by this, but again, like i said, we can't confirm that, but that's not the only thing that's been going on across the border. actually there have also been a number of ukrainian border guards, according to russia's federal security services. that have that fled to russia and surrendered after the beginning of the special forces operation in ukraine. this is something around 50 of them, of the federal security services claim fled to russia. and this is something that has actually caused all, basically, all of the schools,

the russian schools on russian territory along the border to close down. i'm right now in roster of region and there haven't been any reports of artillery shelling falling here, but the schools all around here have been shut down until further notice for because of the threat of potential artillery strikes. now it's important to note that in roster of region there have, there are actually over 3000 kids that came from the danielle people's republic, the lugens people's republic. after the evacuation was announced and were connected somehow in one way or another educational institution. so we have to remember that the rust off regional government has set up over a 100 temporary housing facilities for people evacuating. the don boss, regents of flea, the violence of the conflict. they've been given free food and water they're engrossed of reach. and specifically, they're temporary until they can be moved for longer term, stay to other regions in russia, but that, like i said, they're given free food, free water,

a stipends of around 10000 roubles. that's around $14150.00 right now. and a warm place to stay. so that's basically the situation on the border right now. but as the hours have gone, i have have continued and russian forces along with the people's militias of lucon ste. people's republican dance people's republic have moved farther west. things did begin to calm down here, but like i said, the schools are gonna stay closed near the border until further notice, just in case more shelling does come this way. of course one identical her right. i will, i rushes of defense ministry insists that the military operation is aimed at protecting the don boss, republics. following their recognition by moscow. well, that line doesn't exactly fit with a narrative of russia's western counterparts. it says civilian areas and ukraine will not be targeted, nor will soldiers who lay down their arms ought easily. petrocca fought this report

with the latest russian reaction. well, we did indeed hear from 2 very important officials in the last several hours. first of all, let me talk about the latest comments made by the kremlin press secretary dmitri past cove, who said that under no circumstances should any one use the word occupation when referring to the current military off that was carrying out in ukraine a. when mr. prescott was asked whether direct contacts between his boss, latimer, potent and the cranium, president of demons, lensky. if these contacts are so a possible mr. mr. prescott said that indeed they are. if ukraine is ready to discuss russian security concerns over of everything that's happening in ukraine currently. now, besides this, mr. pasco said that the time frames for this military operation will be determined

by the president of russia. however, he did not specify what exactly that means. now, despite a number of western officials, including the nato secretary general against oldenburg, calling, what's happening in ukraine and invasion and occupation v a number one message from the russian army spokesperson, mister connor shank of was that no civilians under any circumstances in ukraine will be targeted by the russian military, it's only the ukrainian military infrastructure that a will be a target for the russian high precision weapons as he put it. but there's it in your room, you're over a uniform, ukrainian armed forces are continuing to show the cities of the dumbass, and there are victims among the civilian population. russia is not conducting any missile aviation, or tillery strikes on the cities of ukraine. the positions of ukraine's military

units that have laid down their weapons and not to be subjected to strikes russian on forces or disabling only military infrastructure and defense facilities, military air fields, and aircraft, of ukraine's armed forces. i would like to emphasize that the russian armed forces are not striking at the cities of ukraine. they are not threatening the civilian population. i little earlier of, lot of our potent addressed the servicemen of the ukrainian army and called on them to literally lay down their arms and go home. and then eventually we heard from the russian ministry of defense that the ukrainian military units that will lay down arms a will not be targeted by the russian army. that's another very important message that we heard from the building behind my shoulder. well, obviously there has been a huge international outcry to this with european officials, essentially insinuating that putin is now persona non grata. but in response to all of this,

china has now decided to step in china's foreign ministry is calling on all sides to show restraint. lucy, russia is a permanent member of the un security council. it is an independent and sovereign superpower, russia autonomy, asleep plans and exercises, its foreign policy and strategy based completely on its own judgment and national interests. your, your current president has held talk to the leaders of america, the u. k. germany and others flooded me at the lensky of them to form a huge anti putin coalition and impose the toughest possible sanctions. and nato was also state an emergency session pledging to bolster it's east european defense as well as lead. more right now and course laughed all correspondence paula slayer and berlin. peter oliver in canada. paula, i'll start with you. let's. let's understand the very latest reaction from the european union. so far as i understand, every single hour. we are getting new comments. we 2nd ya getting new comments every single hour. we have heard from the president of the european commission fund

a lion. now she has said that put in 2 quotes has chosen to bring walk back to europe. but what she failed to recognize in this comment is that this war has been ongoing since 2014 and the western media by and large, has ignored the fact that for the better part of 8 years, this war has been on the go. in fact, if you look at the last 4 years, they have been some 381 civilians who have been killed and those are figures according to the united nations. the vast majority of those civilians, 80 percent in fact, were killed in the territories on the east in these new republics. and that is 5 times the number in terms of how many people were killed in the territories that killed controls. take a listen to what she says and children are dying of fear for their lives. we condemn this barbaric attack and the cynical arguments to justify it. it

is president putin was bringing war back to europe. now the european council will be holding emergency talks shortly in which they are due to agree on new sanctions . we've been hearing that these will be massive sanctions with severe consequences for russia. the chief joseph barbara had this to say pressure then they will be in conceal prejudice. michelle has called for a meeting or due to be in con, she'll this evening and they will agree and provide political guidance to adopt the stronger package. the harshest package of sanctions we have ever implemented, there is not a question of blocks. this is not a question of a diplomatic power games. it's a matter of life and death. european leaders have also come out and urged bela

worse not to follow in rushes footsteps for the 1st time since the beginning of this crisis. we have heard from the hungarian prime minister, victor all been not. he is someone who has maintained a close relationship with president putin, but he has now said that he explicitly condemns moscow's actions in ukraine. he says that he expects unity on the european front, but he also has ruled out any kind of hungarian assistance to ukraine. he is also commented that he expects that they will be new refugees, which is a comment we've heard here in germany from the chancellor as well. at the same time, spain's prime minister has just given a televised address in which he has called on putin to bring an immediate end to hostilities. and has also called on moscow to revoke its recognition of new guns and the next. the british prime minister, boys johnson, not someone to mend his words, has called putin

a dictator and has vowed to in what he says, a barbaric war by supporting ukraine. militarily, we are hearing from johnson that he, too, is promising a massive package of sanctions that he says will humble the russian economy. and to quote, he says, we must cease dependence on russian oil and gas. that for too long has given proof of his grip on waste in politics. here in germany, the chancellor or left shoulder has said there is no justification for this war. in fact, he's courted putin's war and he preferred their position is bringing, suffering and destruction upon his immediate neighbors and endangering the lives of countless innocent people. germany, how we have a has said explicitly that it will not supply weapons to ukraine. this is despite ukraine asking for them repeatedly, and at the same time we are on stand by for a virtual meeting of the g 7. that comes to the right poly,

do i just remain on stand by for us to be on? it will be speaking to very soon particularly about that g 7 meeting that's across all the way over the atlantic. now what is peter oliver, who spent some time and the reason weeks at broadcasting, i should say, covering about the antique over truckers protest in canada. i believe you're still an auto, peter. any reaction you're gauging over there today to this candidate has condemned in the strongest terms, the russian military operation into ukraine. prime minister justin trudeau said that also would be pursuing actions against moscow, as the military operation continued on the ground. in the face of these attacks on ukraine, canada will take additional action to stop russia's unwarranted aggression. russia's brazen acts will not go unpunished. sanctions are also inbound from the united states. president joe biden has said the united, the u. s. and its allies are presenting

a united front and standing up to moscow. russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction this attack will bring, and the united states and its allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way the world will hold russia accountable of the nato secretary general un stalson. burke is also added his voice to a growing chorus internationally condemning the russian mil, 3 authoration in ukraine. he said that there will be a response. russia has attacked ukraine. this is a brutal act, a war nato's condemn russian invasion of ukraine in the strongest possible terms. it is a blatant violation of international law. we can expect mold voices to join those condemning the russian military operation in ukraine as, as more information comes out and we hear more remote statements from the west in particular,

copied as you say. the reaction is coming up fast and furious from all around the