people think that edessa won't be attacked- i _ bit. people think that edessa won't be attacked.ked. i think, yes. - bit. people think that edessa won't be attacked. i think, yes. and - bit. people think that edessa won't be attacked. i think, yes. and here be attacked. ithink, yes. and here is where he may be right. along the black sea coast, russian hardware and russian plans lie in ruins. the kremlin is advanced here has stalled or even been pushed back. which may explain these tense scenes in kherson, a front line city occupied by the russians. they are having growing trouble controlling it. imitten growing trouble controlling it. when the started growing trouble controlling it. when they started using _ growing trouble controlling it. when they started using this _ growing trouble controlling it. kwiez'i they started using this gas, smoke, and stunned the grey needs, so i started running. since they are using more threatening techniques and tactics, i think they are in panic. and tactics, i think they are in anic. ., . and tactics, i think they are in anic. . . ., and tactic

it is south, edessa is crucial? it is absolutely — south, edessa is crucial?solutely crucial, it is - south, edessa is crucial? it 3 absolutely crucial, it is ukraine's only remaining port. although, as i say, it is now blockaded by the russian navy anyway. but it is a historic city, it has actually got a lot of russians in it, who moved there during the soviet period. but they appear to be with the ukrainian government now.— they appear to be with the ukrainian government now. when we look at what is ha enin: government now. when we look at what is happening in — government now. when we look at what is happening in kyiv. — government now. when we look at what is happening in kyiv, we _ government now. when we look at what is happening in kyiv, we are _ government now. when we look at what is happening in kyiv, we are seeing - is happening in kyiv, we are seeing the capital being surrounded on various fronts, but the forces haven't yet been able to move in. again, is that the russians still holding back? would they bomb the city and destroy it as they have oth

edessa, saved by the soviets during world war ii, now getting ready to defend itself from its formertectors. >> the international court of justice has ordered russia to cease its operation. ukraine filed a case against russia shortly after the invasion began. moscow had claimed it was acting to stop the genocide in eastern ukraine. >> pending the final decision, russia must suspend military operations that commenced on 24 february 2022 in ukraine. in addition to specific measures, the court deems it necessary to indicate an additional measure aimed at assuring the non-aggravation of the dispute. >> representatives of the international criminal court have been gathering evidence for investigation into war crimes. -- held talks with zelenskyy wednesday. the -- after russian forces were accused of using cluster bomobs. two british iranians back to the u.k. after spending years in detention accused of spying. ain't third released on furlough in tehran. >> boarding a plane to take her home -- reckless is now a free woman. for the past six years, she has been in detention in prison. now, s

. >>> in the city of lviv, fireproof padding was used to protect dozens of statues, while in edessa, they are using sandbags to shield important statues, and military guards are watching over the city's opera house which survived the second world war. the museum has survived recent russian bombings but is no longer safe for collections. paintings include famous russian works, and they have been taken off the walls and are currently hidden away. >>> a new study shows sleeping with even a small amount of light may be bad for your health. >> reporter: we know a good night sleep is good for your health, research suggests you should close the blinds and curtains and turned on all the lights before bed. >> do you prefer lights on or lights off? >> lights off. >> i think i would sleep better that way. >> reporter: a new study from northwestern medicine shows being exposed to even moderate light during sleep can harm cardiovascular function and increase risk factors for heart disease, diabetes, and metabolic syndrome. >> when you are sleeping with the lights on, your heart rate goes up durin

that was a | member of the ukrainian parliament from the southern city of edessa but now the capital.an air strikes damaging roar has been hit by three russian airstrikes damaging an roar has been hit by three russian air strikes damaging an apartment block and a kindergarten. sarah rents. raynsford has given us the latest from there. this was an air strike, or three air strikes, in fact, that happened in the early hours of this morning. the air raid sirens went off at about a:30am this morning here in dnipro. they rang out for more than three hours, which is extremely unusual. we have been hearing sirens every single day since this war began and people have got used to scrambling to their basements and to their bunkers, if they have them. but until now, there hasn't been any actual danger to the city because we understand that has been missiles and things flying over and the air raid sirens just detecting that, but this time, there was a direct strike. what we understand from the authorities is that what was actually hit was primarily a small shoe factory, around about six kilometres

angela has just arrived from edessa with one of her daughters and two grandchildren.ukrainian army. translation: it's not peaceful.— it's not peaceful. they destroyed _ it's not peaceful. they destroyed the - it's not peaceful. they destroyed the militaryj it's not peaceful. they - destroyed the military barracks in our village, we live for three days in the bottom of the house because of the air raid sirens. �* , ., sirens. behind them odesa is a ci in sirens. behind them odesa is a city in waiting. _ sirens. behind them odesa is a city in waiting, the _ sirens. behind them odesa is a city in waiting, the city - city in waiting, the city watching as its people leave, waiting for the russians to come. hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees are now in poland and local people are doing their best to accommodate them. in helm, just 15 minutes from the poland—ukraine border, an average of 200 people a day are sleeping on the floor of a church. jonasz skripkovsky is a tax lawyer from ernst & young who was visiting his parents when the war broke out and decided to stay

me now is --, associate professor in the department of international relations at -- university in edessa . thanks for joining as . you heard me discuss with natasha that really a no fly zone is not on the table . : is interested perhaps in the idea peacekeeping forces . you think that some sort of peacekeeping humanitarian corridor in the western part of the country is something that could work, that would be a good idea and that would avoid direct confrontation with russian military forces? >> i actually think it is a good idea. just to protect some civilians left here . something like over 7 million already and there will be more of them . those who are not refugees but who are displaced persons your ukraine at least protect them . so, we will see this idea of five zone . i don't think nato countries will be actually doing that . sending peacekeeping force but the u.n. is also known for being a global organization so we don't know. four now, i don't see a third country to get closer to the russia ukraine conflict here . that is pro problematic for ukraine. >> sure . also the western pa

. >> in more recent days, the strikes by russian ships on edessa have done little to quell people's anxietyeard the explosions. we were not close to the shelter, but we ran here. here we feel safer. you cannot hear what is going on outside, and the kids don't panic. >> what scares me is that it lasts a very long time. >> in the event of a large-scale attack, authorities are hoping the depth of the catacombs can save their population's lives. >> every day, the number rises, and the united nations says 3.7 million people have fled ukraine since the russian invasion began exactly a month ago and that half of the country's children are now displaced. an estimated 6.5 million people are now internally displaced, so it means the lives of more than 10 million people have been upended by this invasion. the majority of those who have left the country crossed first into poland. today, the united states says it will accept up to 100,000 ukrainian refugees. meanwhile, the european union says it will discuss ways to share the cost burden. u.s. president joe biden has got another national security headac

objectors are achieved and we still don't know if he will stop at mary a pole or will want to go to edessayour porting so far. as kyiv, the capital. thank you so i much for all your porting so far and sadly it seems like your continued efforts will be required there. we will leave ukraine now with a hugely significant day for diplomacy in brussels, those three big meetings of world leaders getting together to show a really united front against russia in this war in ukraine and it begin this morning with that nato meeting. then the g7 meeting also a few hours ago, and right now is the eu council meeting that is going on, which is also being attended byjoe biden. joe biden saying that putin was banking on nato being split, but nato has never been more unified. that was the president of the us's message to vladimir putin a couple of hours ago. that is it, this is bbc news. good evening. we certainly are being spoiled at the moment. another day of the glorious spring sunshine and warmth for many. this was cornwall earlier on today. a story which suggests a warm summer's afternoon, not a spring

economy, roughly 70% of the country �*s experts go by sea and roughly 70% of the experts go through edessa weeks, 0desa really becomes ukraine �*s last outlet in the sea and control of it would give russia a stranglehold of the ukrainian economy. we understand russian warships _ ukrainian economy. we understand russian warships are _ ukrainian economy. we understand russian warships are stationed i ukrainian economy. we understand russian warships are stationed in i russian warships are stationed in the black sea, what sort of form as the black sea, what sort of form as the attack likely to take, are we expecting an amphibious assault? i would not expect an amphibious assault to take place until and unless ground forces with which an amphibious force could link up, begin to approach 0desa. russia simply lacks the amphibious lift capabilities to moving enough trip spicy to take the city by themselves. the ground offensive towards 0desa has for the most part stalled to the east and to the extent of the russians have made advancesin extent of the russians have made advances in the northern di

furthermore in edessa -- odessa, the use of human shields is in violation. and the abuse of russian troops who are imprisoned is a violation of the geneva condition -- convention which guarantees the dignity of troops under any circumstances. otherwise you will be ukrainian -- encouraging ukrainian radicals and neo-nazis to commit new crimes. we encourage our western colleagues to can ends -- to convince the ukrainian leader to think finally about the safety of citizens held roddick -- hostage by radicals. if of course you still have any ways to influence the nationalists, we for our part are ready to do such. >> the international community needs to hear the facts. we commend the right to workable humanitarians in ukraine, and today, on the eve of international women's day, i salute the courage of all women working on the ground in ukraine to save lives. the safety and security of all those brave individuals must be insured. one of the youngest flaying over the weekend was a two month old boy named andre who crossed the border into poland. she told unhcr, i

our family is still in ukraine, in kyiv, in - still in ukraine, in kyiv, in edessa, in lviv so we want, a former us mbassador to nato told the new york times it's too early to be triumphalist" adding, "putin has a lot of cards to play." but this ukrainian mp believes the resistance will hold. putin has miscalculated the ukrainian people. he was thinking he is going to be fighting the ukrainian army which is 215,000 people but he could have been keeping in mind the 6000 of the national guard but now what he is seeing is he's fighting 1a million ukrainians because in those numbers are overwhelming. we have seen evidence from all over ukraine of people with their bare hands stopping the tanks in their villages and cities and we have seen people who never had guns in their hands before patrolling the streets to make sure they find all the infiltrators that they have sent to our cities and towns so this is this amazing resistance on the side of the ukrainian people and everyone is getting involved and it's notjust members of parliament, its regular folks on the ground and some of the people

roughly 70% of the country 's| exports go by sea, 70% of those go through edessa, given that russia holdswhich may well fall in the coming weeks, odesa really becomes ukraine's last outlet at sea, and to seize control of it would give russia a stranglehold over ukraine's economy. we russia a stranglehold over ukraine's econom . ~ , ., russia a stranglehold over ukraine's econom . ~ , . ,, ., economy. we understand russian warshi -s economy. we understand russian warships are _ economy. we understand russian warships are stationed _ economy. we understand russian warships are stationed in - economy. we understand russian warships are stationed in the - economy. we understand russianl warships are stationed in the black sea, what sort of form as the attack likely to take, are we expecting an amphibious assault? i likely to take, are we expecting an amphibious assault?— amphibious assault? i would not exect an amphibious assault? i would not expect an amphibious _ amphibious assault? i would not expect an amphibious assault i amphibious assault? i would not expect an amphibious assault to j

traumaticjourney here and many of them have crossed across ukraine and we've had people from kharkiv or edessabest —— next part of theirjourney and with such high figures already arriving to this country alone, and with the understanding that those numbers will increase, poland will be offering as much help as they can and with the support from the rest of the european union, as you are saying, earlier, will be welcomed and will be appreciated because the numbers are just so large. i and will be appreciated because the numbers are just so large.- numbers are 'ust so large. i have heard of numbers are just so large. i have heard of friends _ numbers are just so large. i have heard of friends who _ numbers are just so large. i have heard of friends who are - numbers are just so large. i have heard of friends who are driving i heard of friends who are driving from finland, from london to go to poland to try to bring people back to help them, but those huge acts of individual kindness you are talking about there and across europe are obviously going to have to be backed up obviously going to have