let's go back to andrew simmons standing by for us and live andrew. so these talks are happening obviously, as we've been saying, not a lot of hope right now. but as this goes on, the fighting still rages across ukraine, bring us up to speed with the latest on the ground. well, as i referred to earlier, her song, the black sea port in the south has fallen to the russians. further along the coast . maria paul, that is her the sea of as of port, it's bigger as a bigger city and it's an absolutely desperate state right now with a full on onslaught from a russian forces. and it is, it, it is being besieged. it is almost like a medieval sort of siege classic military extremes at no food, no water, and no fuel. it is really desperate people are trying to get out. it is a real scramble and there's not a lot of hope. those 2 examples, a give you an idea of why a humanitarian corridor is absolutely essential if we go to save lives here. and furthermore, this is justin in shown a heave, which is a region in the north sector just by the bell roof border. not a l

jonah, how al jazeera louise was also in louis visit andrew simmons for us this morning. good morning, andrew. why don't you start with the situation? and that seems to be the most pressing. it certainly does come all the situation. hockey's. the 2nd city of ukraine is critical. it really is, or there are paratroopers reports to be on the outskirts of the city that they were fought. they what preceded that was a colossal or massive blast at the it the military air field, something like 67 kilometers outside the city. it filled the night sky. it was in fact and secondary explosion to the missiles strike, which she took out, a rock hits miss isles bombs. what looked like it almost looked like a nuclear explosion. it was huge. and then the paratroopers were landing something like 34 hours after that more bombardments, on hoc heave over nights. the latest on the we've heard from the military press office is that there were no deaths in an attack on the military hospital. what near where these proud troopers landed, and there is a hand to hand fighting going on. no news of exac

jonah, how al jazeera louise and andrew simmons is leih from levine. this our i, andrew, have son and can keep to places we're learning a lot about at the moment. tell us more hook, heave has suffered such colossal damage, such colossal human loss. and it all the latest wave started on tuesday night when there was a colossal explosion at a military air field. and just outside the city. that shook with military air filter's, it's known an orange, a total fireball there in the sky. it was a stove, a secondary explosion within that that, that blaze which was from, of bombs rock. it's miss isles. are all we've expect for war planes? nothing left of it. now. this was followed a few hours later by paratroopers landing and the outskirts of the city immediately coming into contact with ukrainian forces. small arms, fire grenades, chaos and a military hospital was a tats, according to ukrainian officials by those power troopers. it's unclear what's happening in that fighting right now. but hark eve, well, if you look at it, what remains of that city it's been bo

or we can speak to andrew simmons now who is live for us in the viva. and we were just hearing there from jonah painting the desperate situation for millions of people in ukraine. tell us a little bit more about this agreement, the russians ukrainians have come to when it comes to humanitarian corridors. what, what do we actually know? we know this, that there is an agreement. its details are apparently pretty fresh, but there are so many possible question marks about how such corridors are implemented. but have to add that this is better than expected. some had thought the would be a break up in these talks and there have been suggestions that the were further apart than ever before. will they all essentially, in terms of any possible agreement on the conflicts, but on the issue of humanitarian need, which is absolutely desperate, as you saw in jonah's report, there is this tacit agreement and it goes like this. they agree that they will form humanitarian codle's russians in the ukrainians in essentially a complex and difficult circumstances. and they

andrew simmons has this report, one of so many towns and cities under relentless attack. and in hawk, he, it's even worse here. the city's military airfield is destroyed. it's the start of another round of terror for ukraine's 2nd city. it's forces, again trying to defend themselves and their civilians. russian power troopers are reported to be in the outskirts of the city, fighting with ukrainian soldiers in the capital keys, the aftermath of a missile attack on the cities, television tower doors in the mosaic looting. it is beyond humanity. this rocky strike proves that. for many russians, our cave is absolutely foreign to them. they don't know a thing about our capital of about our history, but they all have all this to erase our history a, raise our country a raises all. wednesday saw a low in the fighting, and many families took the opportunity to make their escape. some of them getting to the outskirts by foot and finding bridges destroyed by ukrainian forces to hold back russian advances are through us. we should with, with you. the enemy is pulling its troops clos

andrew simmons al jazeera levine, without as much as half, is in the capital. he described hearing loud explosions, even a philosopher to give them a home too. it was a difficult and hard day for people here and keep. many residents made the decision to either seek shelter or flee the capital. today we witnessed many families carrying their luggage and making their way by foot to the main train station before the curfew is put in place. despite talks between russia and ukraine on the bela lucy and border, i don't want to draw conclusions. however, it is clear that things have not gone well, because shortly after the talks ended, the bombings intensified was. we heard loud explosions that shook the capital. probably the loudest explosions that we've heard so far. and according to the mayor of brewery, a city in the suburbs of keys, missiles have targeted the city agenda. but like i mentioned, you're crying as president of court for no fly zone to stop russian strikes. or you feel, you wouldn't, you know, still go to the russian forces severely shout. garcia who

andrew simmons al jazeera levine, was he mentioned more than a 1000000 people have fled ukraine in just a week. the you and products for 1000000 good eventually lee. but once even that projection could be revised upwards, most of headed west into poland and hungary dominant came, spoke to some ukrainians who arrived in germany just a few days ago these people were fleeing the war in ukraine. now they are arriving in berlin after a journey which has lost it many hours. the chaos of the last week is separated many from their families and brought them to a city which is welcoming them as refugees. for some, the experience has been overwhelming. i was on the train from keel to the 5th, when the bombs started to fall. i can still hear the explosions in my ears now. the whole train was shaking off. oh my god. we have no plan. i. i know this. we're on, we're on. i don't know what to do. i wanted to look and sense my, me army brain and for the many still stuck in the war zone. there are people here trying to help them assembling packages of essential supplies as at this center, in potsdam or in

it's beginning coverage with andrew simmons reporting from the v. o. lethal actions speak louder than words. this is the message russia since, as their delegates were talking with ukraine negotiators, civilians attacked in their homes over 90, ukrainian authorities report deaths and schools of injuries in hoc eve. the attacks targeted civilian areas in and around ukraine. second city, they appeared to include cluster munitions by nightfall on monday, the capital key of came under heavy russian bombardment. just as a talks were winding up for the day. green ian and the russian delegations today held the 1st round of talks. the main aim of reach was to discuss the ceasefire and the sation of hostilities in the territory of ukraine. huge a. so the river, the negotiations last at approximately 5 hours, during which time we went in detail through every point on the agenda. we found a few points that we can use as a prognosis about joint positions. and the most important is that we agreed to continue the process of the negotiations. the negotiations held

andrew simmons, al jazeera levine, and more with john hall. now he's in the v. v as well. jonah, i feel intensity is the word now right across to ukraine. russia just increasing that intensity, whether it be on the ground with area of the time. you know, that continues to be lots of talk, including in western intelligence assessments about they frustration being felt by the russians at the slow pace of their march into ukraine. a combination of heavy ukrainian resistance and sort of equipment failures and tactical decision making by the russians as well. and the result of it is that they are certainly upping the tempo of their attacks and potentially changing their tactics aimed at heavily populated urban centers. but most important, of course, of which use the capital key is we've heard reports of explosions on tuesday morning in and around the city. and as you said, that this enormous convoy to the north, north west, stretching some 40 miles, these of troops, artillery support, and logistics units, readying to move on the capital, making very, very, very slow progress. i

let's go back to andrew simmons who is live from live near the border with poland as interesting that russia is going to be addressing the. 7 un human rights council because the international criminal court has now said it is going to open an investigation into possible war crimes in ukraine. what, what do we know that? well, the international criminal court has the confirmed it's going to open investigation . karim com has made quite a lengthy statement saying that he is looking into a series of allegations. now, obviously, ukraine and, and russia are not signatories of the rome treaty. but this is allow, this investigation will be allowed because ukraine has made a declaration back in 2013 to allow the i c c jurisdiction on its territory. and that was then followed up with a further declaration that was open ended in 2014, during the conflict and dumbass. so that is a situation in, that's a con is saying that he now is looking at a series of allocations and he will go to the pre trial chamber of the i, c c. and to take it to the next stage. he's also asking for, for assistance from

james days, there live for us in brussels, that's cross and look at the latest on the ground from andrew simmons. who is leih from living, which is near the border with poland. andrew just bring us up to speed with the latest that we're hearing that palo russian troops now may be in ukraine in support of russia. yes sir, as ukrainians were watching television and seeing those the could and seeing that president a get that standing ovation fitting. so emotional about it, on the other hand, they were really thinking with dread about what's gonna happen next on the ground because there is now another convoy following on from that 606062 kilometer long armored column. and it's from bella, luce, roseville, allusion troops going over the border. now joining the conflict. it would seem. 33 armored vehicles and 11 garage missile launchers, a witnessed by a number of people verified by ukrainian authorities and announced by the ukrainian parliaments. this means that, that served look at shanker, the president house, basically betrayed ukraine in the sense that it's a, it was never really at ally anyway,

let's bring an andrew simmons, he joins us live now from the viv in western of ukraine near the border with poland . andrew, so another day and night of bombing just bring us up to date. now, with the latest military situation on the ground, day 7 months, the number of attacks of concentrated and hockey view rightly pointed out that his fist fighting there at a terrible situation. and on wednesday, i'm sorry. on tuesday night, there was a massive explosion at sir shook, where have military airport outside our keys. or this would appear to have totally destroyed the airport at an arm's dump, a very large store of, of weaponry, our bombs and our missiles that were absolutely filled the night sky with a firestorm effectively. then in the early hours of wednesday, oh, we were receiving reports of paratroopers landing around the city. we don't have any ideas of the numbers, but ukraine military have confirmed that this has taken place. they've said that there has been street fighting and that the a force is the power trooper paratroopers open fire on a minute hospital. there was a straightf

there was andrew simmons. it was in live near the border with poland. but what do you make of what you heard there? andrew said, well, tired in extreme weary, you can see from his eyes that this is a man who is, has been for nothing like it one can't imagine what he's been through. but of course, this is now the beginning of the 2nd week of a war that wouldn't appear to have an end and, and certainly as an extremely fragile way and any hope of any peace am god forbid. he said, if ukraine is no more, it is wiped out of the earth effectively. because god forbid, if that happens, the estonia, other states that border russia a will follow, he warned the world. it had to stand up to protect ukraine. he was grateful for all possible assistance to the wave of migration and he hit on the point of a no fly zone being the only thing that could start to prevent all of the civilian deaths of the deaths of thousands of young men, which he referred to and made a very strong points on that a worn standouts point in all of it is no mention of the talks. yes, it was reco

andrew simmons alger 0, the vive. or ta stratford is in guinea pro in eastern ukraine, and he is more now on the reports of heavy casualties after recent fighting in mary paul as well as other cities. some worry, the terrifying accounts that we're hearing from people trying to get out of mario full, we've been speaking to drivers and members of a convoy put together by the greek console. the. the greeks surprisingly have a community in mariel full and the council tried to put together a convoy to get civilians out, and they're describing horrifically strong and terrifying. fighting inside mariel, paul, the seasoning they are describing bridges, at least one bridge that has been destroyed. they're unable to confirm who destroyed the bridge, and they say that there is this, this, this terrifying effort to try and get civilians out of the cities, marable, of course, of huge strategic importance. a naval port city on the see of as off and somewhere where we had always suspected am and military analysts had said that there

let's go to andrew simmons reporting from levine close to the border with poland. can i ask you and i just mentioned that in those headlines there, ukraine's parliament says forces from belarus of now entered its territory. that's right, this is a disturbing development since we're hearing from both the ukrainian parliament and the spokesman spokesperson for the northern territorial defense forces are the column of armored vehicles, at least 11 of them carrying grad missile launchers. they've gone through the villages in the north western area of the country and it's sac. apparently they have 0 but big white zeros on each vehicle that fits with various, a lettering identities of, of, of armor vehicles all over the country. and alexander lucas jenko has some lucas shanker has been on record as saying, no way would this happen? pravda quoted him as saying, abs. it categorically this would not happen. he had been approached rather ukrainians ahead of the talks and negotiations on the border between russian delegations and ukrainian delegations. i had been quoted as a,

let's go back now to andrew simmons standing by for us. eliza is andrew, so i me all of that. it is very well talks are ongoing, not, not great. hundreds that talks will be happening. meanwhile, the fighting continues, the bombardment continues wrap up for us the latest on the ground. well, the biggest development is her song, which is sir. a city in the south. blacks are black sea port arc, strategically important. russia has now got full control of that city, the mer, having negotiations with soldiers at tanks on the streets, unsure of what is going to happen next. the ukrainian forces apparently have gone out of the city where they are right now. we're not sure. will they try and mount a counterattack? totally unclear, further down the coastline to maria poll, i don't see of as of port, very big city. and that his critical situation, it is under siege with food, water, and fuel run out all round the wicked. it's just to, in a totally catastrophic situation right now, in terms of other cities, her keys in it, in a terrible state as well, more attacks their attacks in the cap

killed in china. heave, a city that has faced heavy russian, shelly, or bring it altogether with andrew simmons this hour live in the vive andrew, i think her son is probably our starting point. the 1st city to officially fall. that's right, we're into a 2nd week now this a conflict and there's a new phase going on this the 1st or defeat, or of our city in ukraine or her soul. a key city in that it's the black sea port, or it has a lot of resources, a lot of fighters as well. it was a bloody battle to the end. and then the conflict got into a stage whereby they were counter attacks by the ukrainian forces. and in the end, the mer said that he witnessed the entry of armed soldiers obviously into the building, and he effectively surrendered there. and then the go see aging. what should happen next, that the soldiers us, the senior officers suggested that they do not take down the ukrainian flag at that stage. we're not sure whether it still flies over this city, but we do low the tanks, r rawlings, to and from the central area. the troops are in foot patrols there right now, and this is a defeats

andrew simmons reporting live from, from a live near the border with poland. andrew for the moments many thanks indeed are a mister off is a journalist and ukraine television. he joins us now live from keith. i understand it. you don't live too far away from that tv mask. that was struck an hour or so ago. you. you heard that last right. he. oh, of course i started so maybe around for the enemy and it's walker from my house where i'm located at now. i and it was so way shocked, a sound the and i bought in our me a one stored destroy our, our c t. and it's worse or for, for our information, but for, for destroy our t. v. see them and destroy all communication system because it's so secret santa and a lot of communication between, between civilian people and 55 people or so killed the it's not the people who wore cleans istation. it's just the family who caused the drive for years and years a t v. our in the, in the, in that moment. yeah, it's a the, the was shocked for, for us. and it's your knowledge center. it's not their local conflict or are some, are me a b

from the ukraine, i'll just here as andrew simmons wraps everything together for us. one of so many towns and cities under relentless attack. and in hawk, he, it's even worse here. the cities military airfield is destroyed. it's the start of another round of terror for ukraine's 2nd city. it's forces, again trying to defend themselves and their civilians. russian power troopers are reported to be in the outskirts of the city, fighting with ukrainian soldiers in the capital keys, the aftermath of a missile attack on the cities, television tower. wednesday saw a lull in the fighting, and many families took the opportunity to make their escape. some of them getting to the outskirts by foot and finding bridges destroyed by ukrainian forces to hold back russian advances orchestra, so we should with, with him. the enemy is pulling its troops close to the capital we. we are getting ready and we will defend our city. says the mosaic newtons. it is beyond humanity. this rocky strike proves that. for many russians, our cave is absolutely foreign to them. they don't know a thing

let's go back to andrew simmons in levine to talk about and i just almost mentioned this in passing earlier . andrew d i c. c. the international criminal court are looking at a possible investigation into war crimes. i am i right in saying that neither russian or ukraine is actually a signatory? that's absolutely correct. kemal. however, another nation can actually put forward a request for an investigation. and that immediately kicks in a procedure whereby, whereby the international criminal court. so it chief investigator will institutes an investigation. and there are indications from the i c. c that that may be underway soon and also reports that sir lithuania has actually requested that investigation. that has been, hasn't been confirmed yet, but certainly there are reports that sir, their eye witness accounts are of this attack. and also suggestions that a cluster munitions were involved. some of the images we saw seemed to suggest that there are military observers who also claim that this is the case that munitions cluster munitions, which are banned in more than a 100 countries. and

ok, thanks andrew simmons for that update from the v. and we'll be talking more about that russian response with an analyst at shortly. i do want to just move to some developing use related to ukraine, and that is the 10s of thousands of foreign students trapped in ukraine following the invasion. many of them have been told by the governments just to, well get out of the country leading to cues, train stations, the largest group of foreign students comes from india, ran 800000 studying in ukraine. some of them have now made it back home. so let's go to poverty metalli's in new delhi. in fact, is that the 1st people starting to arrive behind g yes, they did. in fact, just a few minutes ago, they were 100 this to lose exhausted, buttery leave. just walked out of those gates as part of the many flights that the indian government has been operating from neighboring countries like poland and hungary, and romania. you know, there are 1000 still suck over there. remember, indians are the largest group of fords. students in new played most of th

andrew simmons al jazeera levine in this, in sandra, filed his report. we understand that that convoy he was talking about is now roughly 64 kilometers long, so positioned to the north of the capital q for large as it is. our son is in the capital and he describes loud explosions. and we not know that sirens have been sounding in the city of philosophy to give more of them home to it was a difficult and hard day for people here and keep our many residents made the decision to either seek shelter or flee the capital. today we witnessed many families carrying their luggage and making their way by foot to the main train station before the curfew is put in place. despite talks between russia and ukraine on the belly, mercy and border, i don't want to draw conclusions. however, it is clear that things have not gone well, because shortly after the talks ended, the bombings intensified. we heard loud explosions that shook the capital, probably the loudest explosions that we've heard so far. and according to the mayor of brewery, a city in the suburbs of keys, m

andrew simmons al jazeera levine. the international criminal court chief prosecutor says investigation into possible war crimes in ukraine. we'll start straightway. investigation is backed by almost 40 countries, including e u. member states, the u. k. australia and canada. i see, see, prosecutor cream con said last week there was a reasonable basis to believe war. crimes have been committed. russia's foreign minister says the sanctions imposed on his country amount a theft and will hurt ordinary people. speaking exclusively to al jazeera, the gay lebron also keys the west of behaving like monsters. the blue holding up, so slow blues because to renew the such, they do not give a damn about all their principles, which they implemented in the international arena, including when they began to seize the assets of both the central bank of russia and our private companies. it's just tapped, they have abandoned all those rules that have been implemented into international life for more than 70 years. they have now simply cro

let's go to andrew simmons who live from levine near the border with poland. andrew bring us up to speed. the latest on the ground. we're hearing report said bell ocean troops may now be in ukraine also. yes, this is where we're at the i'm just sheltering at the moment after another arrayed war a very late morning, not here, but that getting a bit more frequent. now what we've heard is that russia has warned civilians and keith that if they're near any intelligence installations, military intelligence installations, or it would seem civil in the civil intelligence, which is police that they should evacuate. the clear warning is that they're going to attack buildings that relate to intelligence. the atmosphere in the capitol is getting more and more tensile over time with that army column from the north, which is so long. it's more than 60 kilometers long. and this front part of the column is actually now something like 15 kilometers outside the city. also advances being made from the west and the south are not at a rapid rate, as it seems. it's not clear what t

andrew simmons al jazeera levine, was he, exclusively without his heir rushes foreign ministers that his country has always worked hard with the west. avoid the risk of a nuclear wall. so kayla, for all was asked if the world has reached the edge of a novice with another spreadsheet presented by the new ones cuz they'll still use live and we, you should direct that question to president biden. he's the one who said, if we do not go the way of sanctions, the alternative can only be the 3rd world war fighting as a veteran politician, regardless of our position on what the united states does on the international stage. biden. and president putin in june of last summer in geneva, consistently confirmed the declaration of the leaders of the united states and the soviet union in the 1980s that there could be no victor in nuclear war. and therefore, it should never flare up. in january of this year, the leaders of the 5 permanent members of the security council signed a similar joint declaration of a study in most likely the old instinct is still alive in the minds of our western partners t

andrew simmons al jazeera levine. ok, let's cross live now to jonah hole who is in la v. that for a says so jonah, let's start with that is capture of care sun, which of course is slightly disappeared or at least a ukrainian forces say they're fighting on, but how significant is it if indeed it is the case, russia is control in control of song and they say they are, and so the pictures indicate that they are all. there are lots of pictures of heavy russian. amr and artillery parading quite at ease through the city and through the main thoroughfare through the center of the city. if indeed, this is the case, it is significant 7 days into this invasion, no other urban centre has fallen to the russians. every intelligence analyst will tell you that they will have hoped for much quicker capitulation, they won't have counted on the storm ukrainian resistance. so it's not if you like in the russians belt, that they've got one city down. it's a strategic target. it's only denita river. it's also on the black sea coast, just to the immediate west of the crime in peninsula. and wh

andrew simmons al jazeera levine was behaving exclusively to out there are rushes. foreign minister insist that the military operation is justified. think a lover of said his country could no longer sit and watch its neighbor become a bigger threat. it took me shasky to call a yeast, you put them so you ukraine has the capabilities and technology to manufacturer and nuclear weapon. mister putin talked about this. that's why within this military operation, we put into consideration the experience we've learned over the last decades. since the collapse of the soviet union, the mission is clear to disarm ukraine and not deploy or manufacture any weapons that threaten russia, security. or meanwhile, the un general assembly, as a proved to resolution that deplores spot, doesn't condemn russia's ukraine invasion. it was, it's fast emergency fashion since 1997 from the un kristen slimming port you crane came to the general assembly, arguing that russian aggression is a violation of the un charter as well as a deadly existential threat. they have come to the ukranian soil, not only to kill some of

those are the developments that talked to andrew simmons about them. he is in levine in poland, key of under increasing attack. her son has been taken a lot of moves by the russians here. most certainly were entering the 2nd week and there is no let up in the scale of the violence. in fact, it's increasing every hour. it would seem her song, marking the 1st city in ukraine to fall to the russians. and doing so, it's devastated some level of morale in one area that is in that city itself. ukraine forces are nowhere to be seen in the city, and the mass says that the mayor had russian troops crash into the local authority headquarters. a. he wasn't held at gunpoint. he immediately went into negotiations with senior officers. apparently the ukrainian flag was allowed to stay flying on the roof of the building and tanks and rolled through the streets. these russian soldiers were seen moving along in a very common rational manner. patrolling the streets of the city. further down the coast, merrier pole. well, that situation there is, is just extraordinary. n

andrew simmons reports now from lived near the border with poland. there is a, a pretty doc backdrop to the talks that are ongoing as far as we're aware between the russian delegation and the ukranian delegation. add to the pessimism coming from the french president. there is pessimism coming from the ukranian president lensky. in that he feels that he needs the help of your more help from your more help from the rest of the world. the critical situation, his countries in its fighting for its very survival. he outlined that in a news conference, the mayor of mario paul is reporting mass casualties after what he describes as 50 now as a bombardment by russian forces who are surrounding the eastern port city officials say that wars has been cut off and that food is wanting out, rational forces are continuing to pound, surely him, which lies north of the capitol. keith. earlier this dash camp footage kept at the moment of an explosion rocked the city. international criminal court chief prosecutor says an investigation into possible war crimes in ukraine

andrew simmons is more on rushes advances. he's in the fif. we're hearing from the strategic coastal town of her soul, which is a black c port that has fallen to look to the russians. and russians have taken it . the soldiers seen on the streets of the local mer, saying, it's an absolute tragedy. they'd fought till the law of the ukrainians couldn't overcome the russian forces. this is a strategic city because it links the crimean peninsula to the mainland of ukraine and the forces also now trying to take mary, a poll, a much bigger city, a port city of c, of as of russian paratroopers. meanwhile, of land at around ukraine's 2nd largest city had a give and enjoyed the worst bombing since russia began its invasion. 6 days ago, we shall say 21 people have been killed in the past day. and now keith, the capital is bracing for a russian assault missile, and artillery strikes have only been intensifying the current president obama zalinski says russia's trying to erase his country. only mutual in his night for an office fully, for many people in ru

andrew simmons al jazeera levine. let's focus more on east and ukraine now where russian forces and separate and say the port city of mario paul is surrounded and there are reports of heavy casualties. child stratford is monitoring developments different any pro some worry, the terrifying accounts that we're hearing from people trying to get out of mario full. we've been speaking to drivers and members of a convoy put together by the greek console. the. the greeks surprisingly have a community in merrill pal, and the council tried to put together a convoy to get civilians out and they're describing horrifically strong and terrifying. fighting inside mariel pal, the seasoning they are describing bridges, at least one bridge that has been destroyed. they're unable to confirm who destroyed the bridge, and they say that there is this, this, this terrifying effort to try and get civilians out of the cities, marable, of course, of huge strategic importance. a naval port city on the see of as off and somewhere where we had a

andrew simmons al jazeera levine. well, as he mentioned more than a 1000000 people have fled ukraine in just a week. the un products for 1000000 could eventually lead, but once even that projection could be revised upwards, most have headed west into poland and hungary, or catherine mahoney's global spokeswoman for the un refugee agency. she says the situation is going to get much worse. i can't even imagine that i am here 7 days ago. i would have never thought it possible to be here a telling the world that we now have 1000000 people who have fled terrifying violence in ukraine. this is an accident rarely seen. we and you know, many of my colleagues who been working in with you and each year for the a lifetime. they've never seen a pace and a scale of a crisis like this. we're talking about 1000000 people who are fleeing, you know, active warfare into the cold. you know, we're so grateful that these 1000000 women children, elderly disabled, have received such a warm welcome. the solidarity from the international comm

andrew simmons, al jazeera levine. well, as you mentioned, ukraine's president has called for a no fly zone to stop russian air strikes. or she's, you silly, she wouldn't him. just look on through lethargic russian forces, severely shell car, key or houses were destroyed. a lot of infrastructure was destroyed. video has proven that the target people's buildings, advocates, a war crime that should be investigated. and no one will ever forgive you for targeting civilians, ballistic missiles, artillery. this war has to be stopped immediately. i suggest and i believe that the sky needs to be close to russia. metal co worker is a former us ambassador to nato, and he says the alliance should seriously consider president zalinski is request. i do think it's a relevant idea. we should be listening carefully to president zalinski on this. i think if it were over keith and western ukraine, it could be effective and helping preserve the capital, helping deserve ukraine armed forces, so that they can defend their country. if russi

began its invasion. 6 days ago. officials say 21 people have been killed in the past day mo, from andrew simmons at he's in the western city of living. there are power troopers reported to be on the outskirts of the city. they were fought though. what preceded that was a colossal or massive blast at the, in the military airfield, up something like 67 kilometers outside the city. it filled the night sky. it was, in fact a secondary explosion to the missile strike, which took out a rock hits miss oils bombs. what looked like it almost looked like a nuclear explosion. it was huge. at let's look at cave itself now. the capital which is bracing for a russian assaults, hundreds of military vehicles advancing on the city and missile, and artillery strikes have been intensifying. one of the latest targets to be hit was a tv broadcast tower heading. so the south sun russian forces are in control of the city of harrison and the strategic port, city of mario pole as well, surrounded and under constant bombardment. your friends government also says 4 people, including a child of been killed after russian cr

andrew simmons alger 0 live in the united nations that says, the number of refugees fleeing the conflict in ukraine has surged to nearly 875000 . this marks a significant jump from the 677000 announced by the u. s. u n to russia g agency, just on tuesday, more than half have headed west into poland. are you going to love us? and then these my relatives. oh, they won't take us so kindly. so you and you just came in 3 babies. you yeah, my husband's is left over dr. lacrowe a gun to enter. my 3 friends died or it went to terrible news for me. i had just lived to his children. if there were no children with me, i will stay with my husband. rushes foreign minister said caleb rob has spoken to al jazeera but the war with ukraine. he was asked if the world had reached the edge of the abyss with another spot, a suit present. the bowden, the once gazelle still useful when we, you should direct that question to president biden. he's the one who said if we do not go the way of sanctions, the alternative can only be the 3rd world war. but in, as a veteran politician, regardless of our position on wh

andrew simmons alger 0 live in the united nation, says the number of refugees fleeing the conflict in ukraine has surged to nearly 875000. it marks a significant jump from the 677000 announced by the you and hcr on tuesday. more than half of had at west into poland. he was secretary of state antony blinkin will travel to many of those countries are to reaffirm support for ukraine. he says rushes attacks leading to the deaths of civilians have been shameful. in this time of uncertainty, we have a clear way for help ukraine defend itself, support the ukrainian people hold russia accountable, and persist with reformers present goodness, more isolated from the world than ever before. as president biden predicted, last night when the history of this era is written. russia's warren ukraine will of leicester russia weaker and the rest of the world stronger. and in the days ahead will continue to draw inspiration from the iron will of the ukrainian people. and the united nations general assembly is overwhelmingly approved the resolution that deplores but does not condemn russia's invasion of

andrew simmons is following developments from the vive, in ukraine's west. they were entering the 2nd week and there is no let up in the scale of the violence. in fact, it's increasing every hour. it would seem her song, marking the 1st city in ukraine to fall to the russians. and doing so, it's devastated some level of morale in one area that is in that city itself. ukraine forces are nowhere to be seen in the city. and the mass says that the mayor had russian troops crash into the local authority headquarters. a he wasn't held at gunpoint, he immediately went into negotiations with senior officers. apparently the ukrainian flag was allowed to stay flying on the roof of the building and tanks and rolled through the streets. these russian soldiers were seen moving along in a fairly common rational manner, patrolling the streets of the city. further down the coast, mario pole. well, that situation there is, is just extraordinary. no food, no water, no fue, and very little hope for people and some were getting out to the last minute. so convoys with tanks comi

let's go live now to andrew simmons, his monitoring developments from the viv the at the border with poland. andrew, what's the latest the latest is that is at sack in keith's, there was a warning put out by the russian defense ministry saying that there are going to be targeting installations in the capital that relate to military intelligence. 2 hours later around 2 hours later. anyway, and there was a missile strike on the main t, v. 's and communications tower are the tower is obviously damaged by that. strike on the skyline. you only see black smoke, the tower is the tower is looks to be in sack, but sir, there was a lot of damage. oh and 5 people died according to the authorities here in ukraine. m kiva came under attack from a number of areas. and of course, there is an arm, a column in the north, an extraordinary m site from the air from satellite imagery, because it stretches a more than 60 kilometers in the front end of it. it was last reported to be about 17 kilometers from a center of a city, no sign that it's moved. certainly, we don't have satellite images, no sign that

andrew simmons al jazeera levine. well, i come boy of russian vehicles and just been talking about is no said to be about 40 kilometers long. it's including tanks of miss i launches, and it's still reported at the moment to be positioned north of the capital cave. agitators moves us. her son is in the capital. he describes loud explosions with more expected through the nights. and we're being told that silence or no sounding and give him on a philosophy to give mar them home to it was a difficult and hard day for people here and keep our many residents made the decision to either seek shelter or flee the capital. today we witnessed many families carrying their luggage and making their way by foot to the main train station before the curfew is put in place. despite talks between russia and ukraine on the belly, mercy and border, i don't want to draw conclusions. however, it is clear that things have not gone well, because shortly after the talks ended, the bombings intensified. we heard loud explosions that shook the c

andrew simmons, i was just 0. louise ross, you mentioned you claims president of call for no fly zone to stop those russian strikes. or you feel you wouldn't, you know, still got the character russian forces severely. sheldon, car, or houses were destroyed, a lot of infrastructure was strong. video has proven that the target people building up the war cry and that should be investigated in no one will ever forgive you for targeting civilians, the ballistic missiles artillery. this war has to be stopped immediately. i suggest, and i believe that the sky unable to be close to russia, nice to speak in general, joins of live now from lavette, near the border with poland jones. so just bring us up to date with a military situation. on the ground, including this huge rush and convoy outside of t e l. i mentioned at the moment the most recent news that's coming in to us is of a major ass strike on a ukrainian military base between the cities of keep the capital and car keys in the east. that's a base in a place called octane curve has been considerable fighting in and around october in recen

to see how they can hold out for a long period of time after many thanks to date out a 0 sir andrew simmons that reporting live from live at sir shows and pictures now all for you. do you case parameters? devoris johnson, the nato secretary general, and attorney as prime minister speaking after they met in the last hour or so. this is what forest johnson had to say a few months ago. be very clear about this because you're, you're not quite right. and what you say about supporting volunteers getting to fight on the ground, the u. k is not actively doing such a thing. but i understand, of course, are the feelings of people who feel emotionally engaged in this conflict. because i cannot think of a time in international affairs when the difference between right and wrong in good and bad. a, between a good and evil has been so obvious. and it is clear that the, the people of ukraine have right on their side. michael, understand why people feel as they do, but we have a lot in our country about a about international conflicts and how they must be conducted and on your, on your pointers as both pr

right, andrew simmons joins us now live up from the v of near the border with poland. and you so key it is under increasing attack in kennesaw, which we haven't mentioned yet, apparently in rush, enhance her soul has fallen now, and this is now the 2nd week of this invasion. and it's entering a new face, an even more disastrous phase than the 1st in terms of loss of life and damage to infrastructure and, and also damage to hope of independence for this country. continuing, her soul is a black sea port. it's an important target for the russians. it was heavily fought over the ukrainians, put up a big resistance counter attacking. but now it's fallen. the mass says that russian troops are patrolling the tanks of patrolling. we've seen pictures of that. there is still apparently, the ukrainian flag flying above the local authority building, where the man said that he tried to negotiate with the russians. the russians said that they were going to put in a military administration to replace the civic one there. right now, we don't know of the, the numbers dead, but this is

near future, i was out there was under simmons reporting live there from the live in weston ukraine, near the border with poland. many, thanks for the moment andrew are joining us now. the line from key is, is pablo kim king, who is the former ukrainian foreign minister, good savvy with us. i want to start by getting your thoughts on this agreement between russian of ukrainian negotiators on setting up humanitarian corridors and implementing a ceasefire around those areas. in order to, to help civilians escape and to, to bring in aid the least we could do, you know, that you're pre ran in all out in that area. the best trophy because russians on i would try injury and circle our big cities be really medieval way to check them and show our real blockade and to guide them all from ellison, from any sort of logistics and many people i was suffering because for lack of you to because of that goal for food. so it's a fundamental challenge for millions of ukrainians and so called by the russian army. so please keep me on that area and corridor and for letting people out is critically important. but if you talk to gradients and then use your all your gr