ah, a fire or europe largest nuclear power plant in ukraine has been fully extinguished with no casualties and radiation levels are said to be normal. great claims the plug with hit by russian tanks. also add in the program holmes are caught in the crossfire in the loop gown. scan done yet, group public's following a battle between the ukrainian military local militia forces. meanwhile, the 2nd rhonda piece talks has ended in belarus, moscow, and he had agreed to the setting up of humanitarian car doors for a thank you. we the possible temporary c fire to allow citizens to lead on. while the west continues, with its indignation towards rush, his actions,

a french journalist who's covered the conflict in eastern ukraine for years, claims the ukrainian government has been targeting civilians. there isn't that all those people are your friends showing is also conducted by ukrainian definitely. ah, 1 am and brazilian 6 pm in oakland on 8 in the morning right here in moscow wealth come to the news roundup on north. heavy fighting continues as russia's military offensive in ukraine enters a 9th day with europe's largest nuclear power plant reported to help become a battleground security camera. thunder is circulating in the media, showed smoke rising from the support g. a nuclear plants with management at the

site saying it was caused by a fire administrative at building will ortiz ramon cost row joins me live now to talk through was occurred. good morning to you at remind europe's biggest nuclear station, nuclear plants. so obviously concerns here, but what did occur, what do we know? well, at this point we can say for sure, we get reports from my ukraine's emergency ministry that the fire had had been put out. there is no nuclear danger at this point whatsoever, but yes indeed, there was a fire at a training center in a battleship power plans. at this point, the fire had been put out. so by the fire fighters there in ukraine's completely extinguished. at this point, we're also, you know, report from ukraine's emergency ministry and the ukraine's at pharmaca officials that the radiation levels are quite normal or one of the power units at the power

plants have been shut down as a precaution. and we're also getting reports from the international atomic energy agency who, who are saying that they got reports from ukraine, that none of the essential equipment have been affected at this point. once again, radiation levels are normal. it is one of the biggest power nuclear power plants in europe. but you know, there's quite a lot of panic being spreads at this point because this area reportedly, russian troops, so control of some of the areas are out surrounding the plans. we did contact the russian defense, but it's free for comment, and at the moment we are waiting for their comment, but there were reports that russians a shoulder. however, there's no confirmation of that of this at this level around. the thanks for taking us through that as you may expect detail, pretty sketchy and growing,

but what we know remind cost rep texas through thanks well in the western ukrainian city of la vall, volunteers have been building a bomb shelter and one of its parks. it is designed to hold around a 100 people, one of the workers explained what he was doing. we are all in here and here and we help in to clean the bug bomb shelter because the leaf is still not in danger, but we have to be prepared for russian invasion. iverson change in one all or so. mom explosion in give i live in santa, i live in peaceful district of c t and it was immediately i understood that the order started and there is different. moreover,

in the polar city of the mos guest school has also been turned into a refugee shelter. its headmaster essays, it will be able to tick and more than 20 refugee the appeal for more personal hygiene products. now face long life, food bandages, and blankets to be sent. that says more and more refugees are arriving into the city which lies near the ukrainian border. 249 civilians have been killed and 553 wounded in the 1st week of russia's offensive against ukraine. those figures from the un human rights office, most of the casualties were caused by missiles or strike shelling and other exclusive impacts. after 8 days of fighting around $1000000.00 residents of no fled to neighboring countries from ukraine. and on thursday, russian and ukrainian representatives met and bell risk to discuss

a possible humanitarian spar key f as also requests. the un peacekeeping mission in the country. ukraine's president has again requested that a no fly zone be set up over ukraine, or more fighter jets be delivered. he also made a passionate, please have other person while claiming he didn't understand the security guarantees. moscow seeking ukraine to give garrett just storm of nothing. me when i see is yellow now rosa nina sawyer. those and sca xyz come will utilize us of the dived. yeah, not a mile name. luke, sad, some by godaddy she would devise. well, let's bring it to the other side of the conflict in the loo. ganske. and the nest people's republics, residents continue to endure intense bottles between the ukranian, military and local militia forces. we in fact have received fudge of some of the damage in gor lufkin the dunbar region where shelling was report the cities murder, published this video of a home hetcher ring the fighting and indeed throughout the city emergency services

. i've been trying to restore basic utilities like water and electricity, but we also got some video from 2 villages in the loop. dance republic whose forces say they've taken control of the ukrainian army strong hold on a vehicle checkpoint. local authorities fame, ukrainian soldiers have not been forced out of more than 40 towns and villages in the dawn. bus ortiz, maria finance that filed this report from one of them were now driving closer to the frontline to the area. is that the army here called liberated areas and it's completely different picture here. we just left la guns. we arrived in the town of nova, i dar about a 100 kilometers north of logan's, just day off to the russian army, took it under their control. you can see doesn't look like there was any fighting here and we were told that's because the ukrainian army was not to actually resisting. they were abandoning their positions, living behind weaponry vehicles,

armored vehicles, and actually everything looks absolutely peaceful. yellow and blue ukrainian flags, a steel everywhere here for 8 years since key of launched its counter terrorism operation against wordsworth than ukraine's eastern most regions of the nearest and logans. these town, as well as by the way, all the towns and villages in the area has been living under ukrainian rule. and we heard from locals. what was that like? see this one is cross. that means there are new rules here will go to his appointment. well, of course, at 1st it was hard when you crane came and then every one just got used to it. fighting is hard way and the attitude. we've never been loved here cuz it was like, it did wrote him it, you know, at 1st one of my grandchildren who was 2 years old, kept saying grandma there boomy. i'm scared. well, i come him down. every one is scared. that it's very difficult time. we're worried

about people on that side and the other side and also worried for you were a told at this is where her ukraine's security service headquarters were in this town. here's the ukrainian flag. as you can see, we're going to go check. they say it's in the basement. things are scattered all over the place and clear people were live in this place. in a hurry. this is where the office of the head of this little region used to be. locals used to call this building a white house, and there are signs here in ukraine, and he says, attention attention, attention about evacuation of local residents. if you want to leave this place, they say there are buses leaving from central square every day at noon. yeah. and you could then you are you, why would i leave my beloved? is it the cemetery here? we have peace will come here because say that live,

he's slowly coming back to this town. but military vehicles are the only will i've seen in this town. there are different forces fighting here on one side. this is the army of the republic of the guns there. now going to the front line to rejoin with the russian army. these forces were advancing from different directions . now when they meet, we can shakes pat on the back. they will continue together. new if notional r, t, from the logan square public, will, amid the fierce fighting taking place in ukraine, we got an exclusive interview from a ukrainian soldier in detention had been captured by russian troops, as can happen. it is possible he was speaking on to rest. the soldier was injured in the hostilities on this no hospital. this is his account of what happened to him . what is the,

what do you mean? it was the real source. the way that you want me to put those stuff, we don't share much much. this is just me. was this a bit of moscow phase. ukraine is deliberately putting it civilian population, not risk by using them as human shields. president putin made the claim of his security conference. not only you will not the nationalists and neo not think groups with foreign mercenaries in their ranks. also including those coming from the middle east, you citizens as human shields. i've already told you that there is solid evidence

there. image is clearly showing them deploy military hardware in residential district where you need to know all that. a 2nd round of peace talks wrapped up yesterday, thursday in bella bruce with both sides, agreeing to set up humanitarian car doors for civilians. let's get the latest on this from our cheese. constantly ross carfax and cost you. then at a time when every other headline it seems is, is about ever growing tensions between russia and ukraine. this, but the trend, but how significant development is a ticket through it as well as pretty significant. these humanitarian corridors are especially needed in urban areas affected by heavy fighting, so that the people there who stranded their can have a safe way to leave. both sides also agreed to deliver food and medicine to these areas, as well as to impose limited and temporary cease fires. they would only be maintained

during the time when people are evacuated. they had the russian delegation, letterman in ski, urged how many cranes do actively use these passages, or he had to do something that the fighting isn't necessary. ukrainian presidential aid me heal provider, who was also present at the meeting, welcomed the 2 sides, agreeing on humanitarian corridors. however, he said that key of has an achieved the goals. it's solid leading up to this meeting. that means that the fighting in ukraine will continue. however, now there is a way for civilians to escape earlier. moscow accused of using civilians as human shields by placing hardware, military hardware in residential areas next to schools and hospitals. it's also worth noting that the 2 sides shook hands before the meeting. the head of the russian delegation, vladimir moody and ski was the 1st to reach out his hand. there's going to be a 3rd round of talks where the 2 sides will meet up again to firm up these

agreements as well as to put them on paper. get live from bella. ruth, where those talks are happening on thursday between rushing you korean konstantin, ross, golf. thank you. or we also got to take up the former director general of the united nations office in geneva on the conflict playing lights in ukraine. i oldest like negotiations for the go spaces like for report administer group. they said that much better to have 10 years of negotiations, one day of work, but history group ship war is inevitable, whether you would like it or not. but we're in, in this case, was, there was no way actually war civil

publicly to the doctor misstatements. you're going to have your grade. you believe the aggression against that? yes. can look out woocommerce the russian response to protect russian population. and we cannot tolerate such an enemy on board the will will be used as a entity, as a team or a semester, down in the political come on, they're going to in whatever i something else we wanted to bring you today. a french journalist has been criticized for claiming locals in the dunbar region are being targeted by the ukrainian government. and lord ben now has been filming in the war torn eastern ukraine for years. indeed since 2015 and spoke about her

experience on her life in france, sir continued, are dead and wounded. i filled them every day. i take photos every day, save us proof. i do not have any political message to call press. just so you know, this conflict has been widely discussed for a week, but it has lost it already a ts in cost. the death of 13000 people, people are devastated. all of them are ukrainians, and they're extremely surprised that europe is now aware of the situation of the shelling, hiding and living, and basement heavy artillery everywhere. i was filming this back in 2015, but i repeat this has been going on since 2014, on the, on the compartment. not all of us know about the situation as much as you do that since you've been following it for so many years. something you said surprised him . he said that all those people are cranium filled out and was showing is also conducted by ukrainian. definitely. this is something really important and somehow

it's being ignored. presidents of the don't back again to be targeted by their own government in 2014 russian speaking citizens fell victim to shelling. but a key of government. it's true. i have proof. i can show it as soon as i go back to france. i have a whole documentary involved is undeniable. so lose a showing has been carried out by russians ukrainians. the craniums are sharing where i am now. the ukranian government bombed it said, since children had to live in basements for months, the film that i made in 2015 as proof of these crimes against humanity. i take responsibility for my words and urge you to watch it. the other day i was at the school teachers were hit by explosion. their bodies were caught into applauded this photo. facebook i met elderly women could not leave this area. civilians are falling victim to heavy artillery. rocket launches. i'm not very good with weapon, but i can confirm that here in the don't best in the russian speaking part, residential areas are still being show today. yesterday the net schools and you

think these bombings are being conducted by the central ukranian authorities. so yes, report say the french president was left frustrated following a phone call, the flood put in russia's actions in ukraine. according to the kremlin, the russian leader rejected the majority of a manual microns argument, string and 90 minute conversation. surely dubin ski can expand on the worst is yet to come. a very stock assessment by francis president on the situation in ukraine. now that followed yet another long phone call with his counterpart president putin, of the russian federation with an aide to macaroni, saying that apparently the french leader believes that putin is intent on seizing the whole of the country of ukraine. now, a french official also suggested that preaching told me that the war in ukraine was

going to plan, but macklin was pretty blunt. when he told him that he was making a major mistake saying you all lying to yourself. it's understood. the preaching continued to assert that russia is trying to demilitarize and to d nazi fine ukraine. but president michael was holding back very bluntly saying that ukraine wasn't a nazi regime. microns. only assessment of the cool was pretty pessimistic. according to this tweet, i spoke to president putin this morning. he refuses to stop his attacks on ukraine at this point. it is vital to maintain dialogue, to avoid human tragedy. i will continue my efforts and contacts. we must avoid the worst, but corn is then said them spoken to the ukrainian presidency lensky, to say that he believed that the russian leader was determined to pursue a military operation. right to the very end. now,

following that cool between mack on impeaching and the lease, a official also told reporters here in france that the country is thinking of toughening sanctions even more against russia. they said that the current sanctions 1st though needed to be evaluated and then that they would be complimented and the sanctions have already started to bite those who are here in france, a c p. your belonging to one russian oligarch was seized by customs officials on the mediterranean coast. in other developments, you ministers have also been meeting she approved for the very 1st time the use of the temporary protection directive. now it will give those refugees who are fleeing ukraine, temporary protection of it suggests. it will also mean that they'll get you residency and the rights that come along without presidency, access to health care and education for

a year. and that that will be able to be renewed. we manage to have a unanimous decision on the temporary protection directive. there's never been used, even though it's been existing for 20 years. when this comes into force, everybody can have protection directly. they can work, they can have their, they can have the help with accommodation. children can go to school. there will be no wasting time here. and this is really, really important. now he was hyped up has been a pretty major announcement, but there was some in the press room. the question whether actually this had been watered down. that's because the scope of the directive is actually a lot wider than what is being implemented. it is white enough to include giving those protections to food nation nationals. that means individuals from other countries who were working in ukraine or studying in ukraine, legally,

who've also had to flee the country as a result of the war. however, the directive assets been in that it will only be a political ukrainians. now there's also a warning that won't be you is seen an inflexible around $1000000.00 refugees in just one week alone. that many more could be on their way the you shouldn't be naive. the commissioner said, millions of refugees will create challenges. however, she believe that the use in a much better position. since the migration courses in 2015, to ensure that those protections would be upheld, at least for ukrainian citizens. with the e u showing a united stance and its efforts to help you create in refugees. protests have been held throughout europe and run the world, rushes actions in berlin. 5 students out there say outside the vendor stud, calling for peace, while enable, gary and capital, sophia,

people celebrated its national day holding ukrainian flags. demonstrations also took place in london with those rallying carrying anti war banners at trafalgar square. and in israel, dozens of protesters gathered as well to collect humanitarian aid for the ukrainian people. now despite the claims by western politicians, not the crippling sanction slammed and russia won't effect ordinary people. the international cancer specialist network unco alerts, severed old cooperation with russian doctors. i have select already with the world health organization, the list, the say list counselors are leading cause of death worldwide. unco alert is a network of colleges whose common stated goal is to ended, sees. nevertheless, a recent social media post shows they will now be helping to do not in russia. the head of the russian presidential council for human rights believes no matter the

circumstances. people's hell should always be kept outside of politics. this is some kind of revenge, not just on the country of russia. it's revenge on cancer patients who live in russia. this is beyond good and evil. las by the decision by uncle alerts, leading russia on college is andree capron. sage russian doctors are still cooperating with many other international organizations reserves closed. we cannot say it's a wide spread story. we maintain relationship with the largest and best known uncle logical organizations. and we haven't felt any deterioration in our relationship yet. of course we hope that this will not happen. moreover, i believe the on co alerts organization will return to cooperation with us and reason will prevail in soviet times we will isolated for a very long time. and yet we had excellent medicine, some of the best doctors, none of us are insured from ending up in a sick bed. no one is protected from cancer, not even doctors. that is why there should be no politics. hale will

a former us diplomat, has provoked anger after claiming any casualties caused by the u. s. in conflicts or an accident. while russia does a deliberately, i chinese column is, has highlighted the starkly different attitude towards afghan and ukrainian casualty. the u. s. drone strikes killed at least thousands of civilians and they can't be explained away all by accidents. whether the media has been following a similar line when comparing the events in ukraine to the middle east. me, i'm sorry, is really emotional for me because i see europe, young people with blue eyes and blond hair being heels. this isn't a place with all due respect, you know, like iraq or afghanistan says a relatively civilized i relatively european. i have to choose those words carefully to we are in the 21st century. we're in a european city, and we have cruise missile fire as though we were in a rock. or we got the thoughts on all this from political unless alessandra bruno

on the min press news editor in chief minora move her wish. so when comparing the crisis in ukraine or yemen, any bombs being dropped anywhere does or full media coverage and the plight of civilians, whether it's in ukraine or in yemen, should be prioritized and de escalation shouldn't be the message. but from, you know, media pundits alike. but perhaps right now, the biggest hypocrisy in coverage that we're seeing is the complete outrage at russian's millis, russia military actions in ukraine by the western mainstream media. while simultaneously being completely silent for the last 7 years to the nearly daily bombings by saudi arabia and the u. e. completely hypocritical. and part of that reason is because our media in the west has become the product of the military industrial complex. we conducted a study at mid press,

actually looking at all of the up and an article published at the new york times, the washington post and the wall street journal. when found that 90 percent of those articles have taken a hawkish view on the ukraine conflict, written by pundits tied to the national security state, promoting nato as a defender of the free world, the lives that are being lost in the, in our lives that are being lost by weapons that are being manufactured and created by the west and natal allied countries. human life is a human life, no matter where war is wage. and we have to end this very blatant racism. i've never in my life felt a conflict so close to almost physically close even though i'm in canada now and the fighting is in the ukraine. in fact, i have to say, i'm quite frightened. i'd never been because the media coverage has been much more

lonely, intense, but skewed in, in a way to, to show that the victim than the conflict. this is europe, the conflict is happening in civilized europe. and the contrast with the conflicts that took place in iraq and afghanistan, syria, libya, we could go on. and of course, the one that continues to occur in yemen and which most people know absolutely nothing about. there is a certain government agenda that needs to be followed. i know 1st hand that i, i spoke about syria and libya in ways that on, on the western t. v and media in ways that were unexpected. because i explained the reasons of the syrians, for example, for what was happening or the libyans. i was critical of the attacks and they find, i found certain resistance later in, in,

in being invited again. meanwhile, off a syrian refugee is calling on the fact the e open that stores to hundreds of thousands of ukrainians in less than a week while he fled the war in syria 10 years ago, but still not been allowed to enter europe to start his new life. we're wondering why we're ukrainians. welcome in all countries, while we syrian refugees is still intent to remain under the snow facing death and no one is looking at us. the european union is urgently preparing to grant ukrainians the right to live and work in the blocks member states for up to 3 years with germany's interior minister, calling for a non bureaucratic way to quickly take in the refugees. but serene refugee augment . i'll harry explained to reuters his concerns on this contrast in the western reaction to the refugee crisis, triggered by russia's actions in ukraine with the way europe has sought to hold

back millions of syrian and other refugees since 2011 debates and discussion to the for next thus peter and gas get stuck into another round of cross talk action. stay close for that. ah ah ah ah ah.