tonight at ten — kyiv under attack, as russian troops could be as close as 12 miles from ukraine's capitalexplosion. parts of the city came under a barrage of air strikes overnight, damaging residential buildings and streets. nato condemned russia's actions. president putin's decision to pursue his aggression against ukraine is a terrible strategic mistake, for which russia will pay a severe price for years to come. russian armoured vehicles are filmed entering the capital. ukraine's president tells his people only they can protect their country. translation: this morning we are l alone in defending our country - l just like yesterday. the most powerful forces in the world watch from afar. gunfire. soldiers try to maintain order at kyiv�*s railway station, as people try to flee. across the country people say they're worried. i am scared for my life, for my kids. i'm scared for my country, but this is, you know, the fear that is transformed into anger. stay with us on bbc news or continuing coverage and analysis from our correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening and welcom

potential renewed conflict ah, explosions reverberates across he evers, rushing suits eggs towards ukraine's capital. ah, i know about this, and this is al jazeera life and doha, with special coverage of the russian invasion of ukraine. ukraine's president remains defiant, but says he's ready to discuss a ceasefire and peace with vladimir putin. russia vetoes a un security council resolution deploring aggression in ukraine. china abstains from voting. the u. s. is imposing sanctions on vladimir putin and his foreign minister, sergey laval, following similar announcement by britain and the in awe . zones of explosions and air. raid sirens are echoing across kia as russian troops and tongues crawl closer towards the city center. ukraine's president says he expects russian forces to storm the capital over night and in a fresh plea called on the public to defend it. after 2 days of strikes and shelling across ukraine, international pressure is mounting on moscow to withdraw its forces. but in the past few minutes, it vetoed a draft resolution that the un security council that would have condemned its ac

reporting from the capital of ukraine capital kyiv.n speak to keir giles, who's a senior consulting fellow on the russia and eurasia programme at the chatham house think—tank. heavily involved in much of the foreign policy thinking. it's a place where people often gather to exchange ideas with up to what extent do you think these current events are going to lead to a rewriting of peoples analysis of the state of play in europe, of the balance of power, anyone can put it like that between russia and those whose start themselves as western allies? �* ,., , whose start themselves as western allies? �* , ., ., �* allies? i'm sorry to say it won't chance allies? i'm sorry to say it won't change our _ allies? i'm sorry to say it won't change our analysis _ allies? i'm sorry to say it won't change our analysis at - allies? i'm sorry to say it won't change our analysis at all. - allies? i'm sorry to say it won't i change our analysis at all. you've gave a very optimistic assessment of how involved we are in influencing western policy towards r

those connections ah, explosions, reverberate across give, as russian troops push ahead towards ukraine's capital. aah! i know about this, and this is all 0 ally from doha also coming up ukraine's president. oh, just residents to take up arms warning. russian troops may storm give in the coming hours. russian veto is a un security council resolution deploring aggression in ukraine. china abstained from voting and global wheat. price is surge ahmed fears the conflict could disrupt the supply from major export as ukraine and russia. ah, explosions and air raid sirens can be hard to cross give as russian troops and tanks crawled towards the city center, the cranes president says he expects russian forces to storm the capital over night and cold on the public to defend it. after 2 days of strikes and shelling across ukraine, international pressure is mounting on moscow to withdraw its forces. andrew simmons begins are coverage from give ah, the sound of sporadic gun battles echo across the ukrainian capital give russian invasion forces at closing in on the city. the president vladimir zalinski made a

the reinforced camp is several 100 kilometers from the ukraine capital key of russia also appears to have moved troops and heavy equipment to other sides close to the border. meanwhile, in the countries east fighting between ukraine, government forces and russian back separatists has intensified. another shell falls nearby here in the frontline town of chest chair and ukrainian control. who hans, the war is already a reality. an attack targets a power station. ukraine says pro russian forces were responsible there is also been artillery shelling on residential areas and people ask it but you know that if we have no coverage, no light, but we are in the basement with flashlights, like what we went to and then it stopped for a while, but when you go out the blasts start again. it's scary, of course, although we have already experienced this before. he was far away from the frontline, the upper house of the russian parliament voted to approve bloody me. putin's recognition of the done yet enhanced people's republics as independent states. something the un course of breach of internationa

russian troops advancing toward ukraine's capital taking out this military academy, but ukrainians fighting back blowing up a bridge to stop russian forces. ukraine's president with an urgent appeal calling up all able-bodied men to fight and saying he is the enemy's target number one. the latest from our correspondents on the ground. >>> here at home, president biden details the punishment for putin. will it be enough? what happens if putin takes ukraine? and this morning, a new prediction about gas prices. plus, the threat of cyberwarfare. could it drag the u.s. into a larger war? our experts weigh in. >>> winter weather alert. snow, sleet and ice making travel treacherous this morning. major u.s. cities in the bull's-eye. some areas could see more than a foot of snow. we'll time it out. >>> and a landmark day in the pandemic. the cdc's new announcement on mask guidelines. >>> good friday morning, everyone. we begin with breaking news, russian troops are advancing toward ukraine's capital. >> explosions have been heard all night in the outskirts of kyiv. ukraine's president says he is tar

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ukraine. if the capital falls, i think the country falls. fully taken over all of the country. i think they will leave their forces on the territory of ukraine. they will seize control of the borders of ukraine to the west to europe. and this is one more piece in the puzzle. putin has taken over belarus. he's taken control of the security services in kazakhstan. he's taken pieces of georgia and moldova, already taken pieces of ukraine. now if he gets the whole thing, this is one more big step in his project of re-establishing the russian empire. >> and recreating the ussr. >> yeah, i think the ussr is slightly different because that had a communist ideology, which putin despices. i think he thinks the leaders of the ussr let the country down because he allowed those countries to become independent, to slip away. and he thinks that was based on a foolish attachment to communist ideology. putin is using nationalism and religion as a way to unify the russian people. and i think he is intended he will reaccumulate the lands but do a better job in

cues on the road in ukraine's capital— history. cues on the road in ukraine's capital in - history. the road in ukraine's capital in kyiv - history. cues on the road in| ukraine's capital in kyiv with an exodus of fearful residence. we've had armoured personnel carriers hear the whole line of traffic for as far as the eye can see trying to get out. the russian advance has been met with universal condemnation and tougher sanctions from the west. , ., , , ., west. putin is the aggressor, putin chose _ west. putin is the aggressor, putin chose this _ west. putin is the aggressor, putin chose this war - west. putin is the aggressor, putin chose this war and - west. putin is the aggressor, putin chose this war and now west. putin is the aggressor, i putin chose this war and now he and his country will bear the consequences. it's eight in the morning in singapore, and two am across ukraine — where russian military forces have been carrying out an offensive by land, sea and air. there have been casualties on both sides — ukraine says 137 lives have been lost — and many thousands of ukrainia

all jazeera ah . explosions reverberated cross kia via the russian troops push ahead towards ukraine's capital. ah, i'm to clog this is out your life and also coming up ukraine's president judges residents to take up arms warning russian troops may soon storm p f. in the couple of hours. russia vito's un security council resolution deploring aggression in ukraine. china abstained from great, wasn't the united states and pays the sanctions on vladimir putin and his foreign ministers. so gay lever following similar analysis by britain and the european union, ah, the explosions and air raid sirens had been heard overnight across. give a sh. yes, russian troops and tanks. so pushing ahead towards the city center early. ukrainian media said russian troops hit an army base in capital, but the attack was repelled. ukraine's president says he expects russian forces to storm the capital in the coming hours. the cold on the public to defend it. under simmons begins our coverage from q ah, the sound of sporadic gun battles echo across the ukrainian capital give russian invasion forces closing in on the c

will be a very tough night today for, for k u or ukrainian leadership, but also for civilians in ukraine capital. how many times the russian officials in written days and weeks of denied that they are going to invite you grades and here we are. full scale invasion of ukraine is on the way with him. you know, air strikes, targeting not only military, but also severe restructure target in kindergarten hospital in residential areas, killing civilians were more into perfect. so for the fall, do not believe with would in fact, no, but it's certainly ukraine believes what he says, nobody lives in his field. ukrainian soldiers show that they are determined to defend their country at the cost of their own lives. we're witnessing all over, you know, cross ukraine, ukrainians, or send you not too much stronger aggressor to much stronger enemy, but they are showing that they are not willing to give up and they are going to defend the country. so, battle for cave would be very fierce and a lot of russian life will be a lot of booth and made it clear that she wants to wipe your brain from the face of earth.

i absolutely and unbelievable were in the center of the capital of ukraine in a war that's costing so much in lives, money and faith. yet there's an eerie silence here. no want to be seen around this area. the streets over there, pretty deserted. those that are around are invariably in palm shelters have to cope so, but really as a struggling by getting stuck in here that the thing that we can kind of cape at the moment. her son, voice some optimism, is very terrifying. the um, we're closing and i'm sure that in about a few days it should be fine. now it should says little bit to those who want to escape. time is running out, and the kids main railway station, the plant rooms have been crammed with people trying to get on to trains and flee the city. oh, this exodus is regularly interrupted by air raid sirens, which send any one out to the open, scurrying for the safety of the nearest metro station. more than 100000 ukrainian civilians have already fled to neighboring countries. a steady flow of people crossing into romania, hungary and poland in the country they've left behind cases

protests in support of ukraine have been held in the georgian capital tblisi. idarity with ukraine —— tblisi. back in 2008, it fought a war with russia, and just like in ukraine, president putin recognised two of georgia's breakaway cities as independent states. he invaded this country under the pretext of defending people in those territories. georgians are saying their struggle with ukraine is won. they want to be part of european family... cheering member of nato. that is why they were punished by vladimir putin in 2008, and ukraine is being punished today. russia's invasion of ukraine, is having a direct impact in the world of sport. in motor racing, formula one has cancelled this year's grand prix in russia, saying it's impossible to hold the race under current circumstances. and in football, the champion's league final has been switched from st petersburg to paris. our sports correspondent, natalie pirks, has more on that story. across european football last night, russia was sent a clear message. and today, another as governing body, uefa, stripped the ga

capital. this is a very perilous situation that ukraine is facing right now. of course ukraine outmatched and out gunned, but there's a lot, we don't know how long ukraine can withstand a russian attacks. of course, how much russia is willing to commit to this fight. and what exactly russia's end goals are, whether it's simply to give that separate it's region over to the separatists in for fully as more so than in 2014, if they're looking to split the country entirely between east and west. and of course, if they want to do complete regime change and occupy the country entirely, very, very difficult to say, very difficult to say where the losses are right now. and of course very perilous in the days ahead. william growth, thank you so much for that. all right, now let's get a view of a conflict from one of ukraine's neighbors. thomas hendrick. elvis was the president of estonia from 2006 to 2016. welcome to d w. how much of what's happening in ukraine today is because western governments underestimated letting that person know western it depends which western

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ukraine. the russian military or heating targets across the country, including big cities and the capital. keith, ukraine's government says dozens of it. soldiers have been killed so far and what it's calling a full scale war. tens of thousands of civilians are seeking shelter across the country. the e. u is calling the invasion the darkest hours for the continent since world war 2 . and has vow to impose crippling sanctions. d w, so funny for chart is in the capital cares funny. what's happening right now where you are i had to move inside occur. she just started here in keith. people are not supposed to be outside bench outside. also, in addition to that martial law is in place, state of emergency is in place. so everybody i has to say inside and make sure that they were the are they do have the security provided being a bunkers as shelters. and that the people are basically in a way have some sort of a general feeling of protection. given the fact that there's been so much explosion, so much her shelling going on across the country. but also keith, in fact, they are still battles on goin

ukraine. here is a live look at you have, capital of ukraine. russia's president announced military operations last night. this was while united nations leaders were having an emergency meeting asking him to stand down. jobina is tracking the latest. jobina: at any moment now, president biden will be participating in a virtual meeting of g7 leaders to discuss the situation. that comes as implications are already being felt around the world this morning. here in the u.s., stock futures are tumbling. within minutes of vladimir putin ramping up his address to russia, the sounds of explosions were heard in the ukrainian capital of kyiv. the russian military says it has struck ukrainian airbases and other military assets. now, popular did areas. an advisor to ukraine's president said people have been killed ands e hurt. the separatist region's inside ukraine that put declared as independent requested help from the russians in taking on ukrainian forces. >> the a the a the a the a the a sphere of influence, rick up the global rules that have kept us a

ukraine's border. russian troops now reached the outskirts of the capital of kyiv. the first day of fighting left dozens dead and thousands of people stuck in traffic jams as they desperately tried to get out of kyiv and other ukrainian cities. hello,

busy towards the city center, ukraine's president says he expects russian forces to storm the capital overnight and cold and the public to defend it. after 2 days. who strikes in shelling across ukraine international pressure as mounting and moscow to withdraw its forces. but in the past couple of hours the kremlin vetoed a draft resolution at the un security council that would have condemned its action . we're going to have more on that in a moment. first, andrew simmons brings us the latest from kiev. ah, the sound of sporadic gun battles echo across the ukrainian capital give russian invasion forces closing in on the city. the president vladimir lensky made a bleak but defiant video address him the ridge. good evening everyone. our troops are here. our citizens are here. all of us are here protecting the independence of our country, and it will continue to be this way, glory to our defend us glory to ukraine, gloria to heroes. but sadler images show massive russian reinforcements waiting in reserve at various staging pros, just across the borders from ukraine, russia has the number

russian assaults on the outskirts of keith authorities have urged systems to help defend the capital. ukraine's military says it has repelled a major russian attack on a military base in the city. it was 20 w news live from a mobility show up. next is ref, looking at one of the latest electric vehicles. the don't forget you can always get the latest news coverage of what's happening. ukraine on a website has d w dot com, and you can follow us on twitter and instagram to dean. i'm and you could some again, and thank you so much for watching with ah, with who is the end of the pandemic in site. we show what he could look like will return to normal and we visit those who are finding it difficult. he sees his successes at noon in our weekly cove is 19 special over $910.00 special next on d, w, or m ukraine. once drive you to team to him, russian is on its way to old greatness. but what does that truly mean? where will his ice cold to tend to lead? a search for clues? what's driving protein d w use? in 60 minutes on d w o. she's up to date, don't miss our highlights. the d w program online. d w dot

ukraine's capital braces itself for further russian attacks with residents forced to spend another night sheltering. the country's president warns russia will try to stop kyiv tonight. his spokesman says ukraine is ready to talk about a ceasefire. those against. in new york, russia vetoes a united nations security council resolution condemning moscow's invasion. , , . resolution condemning moscow's invasion. ,, ., ., ., invasion. russia cannot veto the american _ invasion. russia cannot veto the american people. - invasion. russia cannot veto the american people. but i l the american people. but i cannot veto their own people protesting this war in the streets and russia cannot veto the un charter. it streets and russia cannot veto the un charter.— streets and russia cannot veto the un charter. it comes as the us “oined the un charter. it comes as the us joined the — the un charter. it comes as the us joined the uk _ the un charter. it comes as the us joined the uk and _ the un charter. it comes as the us joined the uk and eu - the un charter. it comes as the us joined the uk and eu in -

your doctor about eliquis. >> o'donnell: tonight, as russian troops continue their march toward ukraine's capitaldarkest hours for europe since world war ii. ( siren ) peace on the continent has been shattered. ( explosion ) also shattered, the lives of many in ukraine. overnight, so much has changed. apartment buildings on fire, a work-space, evidence of a war zone. as ukraine's president warns of a new iron curtain falling, berlin's brandenburg gate-- a symbol of the cold war-- is lit up in blue and gold, the colors of ukraine, in solidarity with the people, including children, who should be headed to school but are headed to emergency shelters. subway stations, usually packed with commuters, are now filled with those seeking shelter from air strikes. and many are stuck waiting-- waiting for money at an a.t.m., or waiting for food; waiting to leave, and to see what exactly vladimir putin will do next. and so, our hearts and our prayers are with the people of ukraine. we'll be right back. ukraine. we'll be right back. if you have advanced non-small cell lung cancer, your first treatment could be

berlin, russia launch is a full scale invasion of ukraine. russian air and land forces are moving in from all sides, and are inching closer to the capital kids and other large cities. ukraine says dozens of people have been kill ukrainian president brought him is a lensky, says the country's army is fighting back with ukrainian troops engaging russian forces across the country. tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing major cities, while those who remain shelter in the history of deserves written prudence choice to make it totally unjustifiable war on ukraine who love love, russia weaker than the rest of the world. stronger. and us president joe biden announce his severe new sanctions against russia and more us troops to bolster nato allies. ah, a michael ok welcome. russia has launched the full scale invasion of ukraine, the russian military or heating targets across the country, including big cities and the capital. kia ukraine government says dozens of its soldiers have been killed so far. and what it's calling a full scale war. tens of thousands of civilians are seeking shelter across the country. the e was calling the invasion th

capital. people are fleeing ukraine with car seen backed up trying to leave the capital neighboring. moldova says it is ready to take in tens of thousands of ukrainians. let's look at where the attacks of happened in ukraine are. reports of strikes on kiev, and on the next 3 largest cities, car cove, odessa, and denise pro, a number of other cities and towns have reported leave in targeted across the eastern regions. russia as bomb major airports across the country is targeted. kia bought a small, which handles 2 thirds of the claims passenger traffic. it also hit those in mid july of can i'm a tourist, harrison. and hark, if we have reported, we have correspondence covering this from all the angles. we are in kiev, moscow, vienna, london, and washington d. c. first, let's get a recap of what we know so far more of that, lia harding, as this report. all right, unfortunately, we don't have that report available right now. apologies for that. let's get a live update then from ukraine's capital key of andrew simmons is live 1st there, andrew, talk us through what's been what you've been hearing and

but it definitely seems like even those ukraine troops now within 20 kilometers of grants, capital key of to try to get there are some tanks. russian special forces coming from helicopters have managed to that, evolved for now. and now there are ukraine tanks on the street to keep mat leakage go. the former books team will champion with his brother, also at the front lines that are trying to kind of show that no one is running away . as is the case with presence lensky and his government who are in place, and as they say, ready to fight and to keep, keep going without fear of russia somehow speaking them away. exactly. we've seen a very defiant, ukrainian president, right. he posted a video of his cabinet out on the streets. how dangerous is the situation for him right now? do you think? i think he definitely is a target. he has said of himself that he considers him to be himself to be talking number one. and we had had some pretty extraordinarily aggressive rhetoric from the russian side just to this offensive started in the middle. the night. you remember the u. n. was talking about

let's have a quick update of the headline to renounce 0 and loud explosions have been heard in ukraine's capital on friday morning. ukraine's foreign minister says russia has carried out her rift rocket strikes on key if president, florida made zalinski.

on al jazeera o l g 0, a capital aah, bolden untold stories from asia and the pacific on al jazeera ah, a gun battles rang out across kiev as russian forces close in on ukraine's capital. and people try to escape. ah, hello, i'm mary m m, as in london with continuing coverage of this story, crane's present, roger, me, zalinski is saying he and his family are there, talk to targets, but pushes for talks with russia. we must star reviews to do more nato deploying its response force and sending more weapons to ukraine, which says it's been left to defend itself alone. and the you agreed to freeze the assets of president putin and his foreign minister, sergey labrons. ah, russian forces are closing in on ukraine's capital key of on the 2nd day of an invasion that killed at least a 137. ukrainians, driven thousands from their homes and shocked the world. ukrainian military, he sang russian spies in saboteurs on the outskirts of care of the defense ministry has told residents to prepare molotov cocktails to defend their city grains present road. amir zalinski says, russian forces have marked him in his family as that top targets, but he's refusing to leave kev, but

latest reports unconfirmed seemed to indicate that there are paratroopers now landing close to the capital ukraine. as you know, there's often also been a massive out flux of people trying to leave the capital. european leaders are talking about the likelihood of a big wave of refugees, anywhere from tens of thousands up to a 1000000. some say it could even be more than that. of the e u council will be meeting that is the body of e. u. member state leaders to talk about the next package of sanctions that the german chancellor has said will exact a bitter toll for mister putin to the president of the you and of the commission has said the same thing. it will be a very harsh package. indeed, there too, we have some unconfirmed reports coming in. that the package will include denying major russian banks access to a you capital markets where of course, they do refinance a lot of the, the russian debt also apparently trade embargoes on high tech projects going to russia. russia, as you know, is entirely economy entirely based on resources. ha, higher industry, they are a bigger industry, requires a lot

ah, take this is al jazeera, these are the top stories and loud explosions have been heard in ukraine's capital on friday morning. ah, yeah, that was in kiev. it appears to no objects was being shot done over the city. ukraine's president says a 137 people have died on the 1st day of a full scale russian military invasion for mister lensky.

but tonight, there is some significant fighting around the ukrainian capital as reports indicate, and president zelenskyy of ukraineaid this could be the major push into this capital city. it is not just here in kyiv that we are seeing this fighting, though, across ukraine, i want to show you some video here of a fire earlier today in a ukrainian city where a security service building was hit by a russian strike. similar scenes across this country as the russian invasion continues. the new numbers we are getting indicate only a third of the russian forces, nearly 200,000 that were staging along the ukrainian border, have actually entered this country and started to participate in the invasion. we know belarus is also being used as a staging ground for these russian forces. satellite images today show attack helicopters that are lined up less than 20 miles from the ukrainian border. just yesterday, there were some fierce fighting outside of kyiv, where there were basically a firefight of forces going back and forth, trying to maintain control of an airport that experts worry could be used by the russians to bring in

new explosions in ukraine's capital as russian forces may be preparing a major assault tonight. ukraine's president warning just a short while ago that the country's fate is being decided tonight. >>> also the biden administration has decided to punish vladimir putin for his aggression ordering sanctions directly against the russian president. >>> nato is taking unprecedented actions as putin's war threatens europe. we're covering this crisis as only cnn can with our team of correspondents in the war zone, in moscow, and here in washington. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> this is cnn breaking news. >> only moments ago, air raid sirens bs blared in the ukraini capital as the country's president just delivered an ominous warning. in a video message, president volodymyr zelenskyy said, and i'm quoting him now, listen to this, this is what he said. this night will be very difficult and the enemy will use all available forces to break the resistance of ukrainians. he added, this night, this

have a quick update of the headline 2 announces here and loud explosions have been heard in ukraine's capital on friday morning. ukraine's foreign minister says russia has carried out her rift rocket strikes on key. if president vladimir zalinski says 137 people have died so far in russia's full scale military invasion, he signed a decree to mobilize all able bodied men of fighting age to defend their country. the un estimates around a 100000 cravings, have fled their homes and your 7 just more now from lee crane. what kind of a? well, the placid sky line behind me belies the fact that it was a menacing nights. a lot of our strikes, a lot of missile strikes, which has been emphasized by the foreign minister and an early this morning that shoot down that sir air defense getting that war plane, that jet that crashed sadly into a residential area. the early reports we have is that 3 people have definitely been injured. we know that there's one fatality, and that was something that proves or the russians wrong in that they had taken out all air defenses. in you officials held an emergency lately

that is in ukraine's capital city, many explosions in multiple parts of the city. ukraine says heavy fighting is under way in an eastern suburb of kyiv. the fighting getting closer and closer to the city center from multiple directions. we've got it all covered for you. let's get right to cnn's alex marquardt in kyiv, kaitlan collins at the white house, orrin leiberman at the pentagon. explosions heard tonight in kyiv and heavy fighting south of the capital. this comes as ukraine's president says the fate of ukraine is being decided right now. russian forces are advancing. give us the latest there, please, sir. >> don, clear evidence that the russians are encircling the city, there is fighting in every direction. and it's not just it's coming from every direction, but as you noted it is coming closer and closer to the city center. in just the past few hours we have heard explosions to the west near a military base. we don't know the nature of that fighting, but those explosions just within 3 to 4 miles we understand of the city center, that is the closest that we ha

ukraine. of course it's understandable the field left and all last capital is under siege. i'll ask you when it comes to something like lethal aid is an invasion going on? is that even feasible for allies to get more weapons into ukraine? absolutely, yes. course, providing ukrainians with brand new revenue systems will be they have no experience and don't know how to use it. that will make much sense. however, many companies provides ukraine big systems because it's already using, given line, given and typing the size and l e w. and type in massage and the other things. and on top of that, ukraine is already in the shortage of ammunition artillery ammunition or more on the mission. and many former many members day to members of the eastern bloc, still have lots of buys of x rays and munitions. just the public wanted to start to supply ukraine with these on immunization, which can be huge crank and still use this is of a to go for many countries in the quarter because we're talking about political will. can you give me your reaction to the west sanctions on russia over its in

pacific on al jazeera ah, a gun battles ring out across key of is russian forces close in on ukraine's capital. and people tried desperately to escape. ah, hello, i'm marianne massey. welcome to al jazeera live from london, and our continuing coverage of russia's attack on ukraine. president rodney zalinski saying that he and his family are the 2 top targets, but pushes for talks with russia. also. we must start the route to do more. nato's deploying its response force and sending more weapons to ukraine, which says it's been left to defend itself alone. and the you agrees to freeze the assets of president fusion and his foreign minister, circular ah, russian forces are closing in on ukraine's capital, key of on the 2nd day of an invasion that's killed at least a 137 ukrainians, driven thousands from their homes and shocked the world, the ukrainian military who sang russian spies in saboteurs or on the outskirts of care of the defense ministry is told residents to prepare molotov cocktails to defend their city and take up arms ukraine's president. laudermill zalinski says russian forces of mar

more explosions were reported over night in the ukraine in capital cities across the country. residential building was hit. it says as russia and ukraine are due to hold talks at the border with fellow roost. russian president vladimir putin as put his nuclear forces on high alert. he says it's in response to aggressive statement by nato and economic sanctions against moscow. more people are fleeing as russian troops and to cities in ukraine. the un refugee agency saying 425000 people have fled so far. most of crossing into poland, romania and hungry. and so not to for a brief port. yeah. he's a former director of planning at and they tell me join us from santander in spain. thanks for being with us. so i want to ask you, 1st of all about these reports unconfirmed at this point that bella, russian forces may be made joining up with, with the russian forces in india attack on ukraine. if, if that is the case, would that be another indication that things are not going, as well as, as the russians had planned? well, i think it's person indication that the barriers is now an integr

ukraine's capital bases itself are further attacks residents forced to spend another night shelteringhting continues across ukraine some people are making less preparations for battle. our eastern europe correspondent the sports. strategically importantly situated between further dividing east and west ukraine. this is not normal. but it is life now for anna and herfamily, ever since vladimir putin launched his invasion. the boys don't go to school any more. everyone's home, waiting for the war to reach them. if there's shelling, they're ready to run to the basement. just basic stuff like warm clothing, a bottle of water and a snack. i have to keep up my smile for the kids, because they are very nervous. they cried yesterday, they're scared. i'm scared for my life, for my kids. country, but this is, you know, the fear that is transformed into anger. that makes you act, do something to defend your country and to protect yourself. this is dnipro, and by daylight things are calm for now. but at 10pm, a siren sounds and the streets empty. until then, there's queues everywhere for cash. th

of a full scale russian invasion overnight, explosions in air raid sirens were heard across ukraine's capital. ah, moscow strips and tanks, continuing to push ahead towards the city center, ukraine's president said earlier, he expects russian forces to storm the capital in the coming hours and called on the public to defend it. andrew simmons reports not from the camp. it was an extraordinarily awful night and miss, i'll miss aisles just raining down on kiev and ballistic missiles, a shuddering the city and relentless bombardments by the air force of the russian repub of federation. there is, has been so many stories of bravery. so many stories of tragedy, ah, advances from the north by russian armour, from the west, which has been one of the weaker points of the russian advance from the east and the south, or for many in east and ukraine. this is an escalation of a conflict with b, raging freight is in the town of whole lives, which is controlled by russian back separatist people say shilling from the ukranian army. as a secondary school shall fall, has intensified in the rebel held errors o

ukraine. the new capital key of residents have spent a 3rd night under ground. many of the cities, 3000000 residents remain to defend it from russian invasion. germany doesn't about face and agrees to send weapons to help you crane battle the russian invasion . in a significant policy shift, chancellor, olaf shoulds approves the delivery of anti tank weapons, and missiles, jokes, calls russia's action, a turning point in history, which threatens the world order. and germany also bows to pressure over swift, berlin, now on board. as the you and other western powers, announce a coordinated move to limit russian access to the global payment system. ah, i'm amin use if welcome to the program. ukraine says russian troops have blown up a gas pipeline near its 2nd largest city hockey eve. as rushes invasion of the country enters its 4th day and near the capital key of an oil depos a blaze after being hit by a missile strike. residence in the city, i spent the 3rd night hunkered down under ground. like these people in a bomb shelter. ukraine says a radioactive waste sig

some of the areas hit with missiles today are far from ukraine's border or capital. >> military experts's a sign that vladimir putin is trying to economically strangle ukraine. >> the other thing we just heard was explosions in a town called nipro, which is right here. so if you draw a line here from kharkiv to nipro, that would be the only thing the russian army would have to take. then this waterway, the river forms a natural boundary. so now putin could carve off essentially one-third of eastern ukraine and be able to control the river and all of the exports that go down the river into the black sea, all of their domestic gas production is here. and this is one of the richest agricultural areas in the world. >> russia's military is nearly five times bigger than ukraine's. many people are asking why is putin doing this now? >> to answer that question, you need to look at the history of the region and putin himself. this morning, ukrainians remaining defiant in the face of russian president vladimir putin as the crisis takes a turn toward war. abc's matt gutman speaking with one ukrain

behind me now, a live look at ukraine's capital city of kyiv. it's 5:00 a.m. on thursday. the president of ukraine appeared once more on national tv. this time he gave an urgent plea to the russian people saying ukraine wants to avoid war. he said he tried to call russian president vladimir putin, but his phone call was met with silence. a former u.s. ambassador to russia, michael mcfaul, who is a stanford professor now, doesn't believe sanctions will stop putin. >> tragically, he's going to go in big. this will probably be the largest war in europe since 1939. >> this is a live look in new york city at the united nations. the u.n. security council is having an emergency meeting at the request of ukraine. this could be the beginning of a deadly period in that region. >>> back at home, we're following breaking news in the east bay. more than 77,000 customers are without power at this hour. this is a serious concern as our temperatures are dropping near freezing in many communities. the outage is in richmond, el cerrito, albany, and berkeley. you see the area highlighted in r

would ukraine capital ah, 11 o'clock, this is out there. a life coming up grains president just residence to take up arms warning russian treats may storm given the coming out russia veto. the un security council resolution deploring aggression in ukraine. china abstained from voting and global wheat prices. sir john fairs. the conflict could disrupt supply from major export as ukraine and russia. ah, so explosion dinero, sorry can be heard across. give is russian troops and tanks, push a head towards the city center. grants president says he expects russian forces to storm the capital in the coming out and cold on the public to defend it. craning media says that russian troops, it's an army base in the capital, but the attack was repelled up to 2 days as strikes and shutting across ukraine. international pressure as mounting on moscow to withdraw its forces under simmons begins coverage from care. ah, the sound of sporadic gun battles echo across the ukrainian capital give russian invasion forces are closing in on the city. the president v

capital and designated him a target. men over 18 have been called to take up arms and defend ukraine. es have blocked from the west. that would mean the capital is surrounded. on gma, a retired colonel says he expects russia put out misinformation. >> i think we will see disinformation throughout the day. the russians will claim the government is fleeing and they will put innate up at government. this is the time where the capitulation is highest. he is going to be the target as noted. >> russia has said it will only negotiate with her ukraine if the president surrenders the army. you can see the interview on gma coming up at 7:00. world leaders are trying to figure out how to respond to the crisis in ukraine. president biden is meeting with nato leaders to discuss a plan of action. jobina: president biden is joining from the situation room. we do plan to get an update later today when the nato secretary-general holds a press conference. it comes after president biden announced new sanctions on it russian banks. thatatatatat participation in global markets. president biden did not sanc

ukraine. as the russian military approaches the capital city of tf. >> chopper 5 spotted this huge rally near san francisco's ferry building. demonstrators are scared the conflict could explode into another world war. >> thousands of people attended sand with ukraine rallies across the country today including washington, d.c., new york city, and atlanta. >> stand with ukraine! >> we will when! >> demonstrators are calling for nato peacekeepers to head to ukraine. john raymo spoke with local ukrainians who were devastated by the attack on their homelands. >> this year brutality has shocked the community and ukrainians here are saying, it's time to take action now, before it's too late. >> it wasn't just ukrainians who showed up at the ferry building this afternoon. people of all nationalities, seemed stunned by what's happening. >> it's surreal. it feels like, we are going back in time, to the 50s and 60s. it feels like a 20th century war using 21st-century weapons. >> russian forces have moved in, often randomly attacking civilian targets, and mayhem reminiscent of the blitzkrieg of european n

explosions have been heard and ukraine's capital, as can just mention and in other cities as well. ukraine's president zelinsky saying at least 137 people are dead, 316. others are wounded. 74 ukrainian military facilities have been destroyed and that includes 11 air bases. of course, all of these numbers are fluid and likely to change. >> the chernobyl nuclear facility has been seized by russian forces and the ukrainian president zelensky is calling these attacks a, quote, full scale war. now for the very latest on how the united states is responding to the russian attack on ukraine as well as how the world is reacting to all of this. we want to welcome our washington, dc correspondent hannah brandt who joins us live from the nation's capital. hannah. >> ken, pam, good evening. ukraine says it will fight back in world leaders are rushing to impose sanctions in response, but any hope of avoiding a war is now shattered. ukraine is under >> dozens of people are dead after strikes from russian forces. >> 2 new shows this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. the p

a gun battles rang out across kia as rush and force his clothes in on ukraine's capital. and people tried desperately to escape. ukraine's president reloaded me as the lensky says, he and his family all they.

the capital, kyiv, is underfire, with invasion of ukraine. om social media. it appears to show russian tanks driving through a residential district. we have seen pictures of what looks to be the wreckage of a plane after a russian aircraft was reportedly shot down over care. i cannot tell you if that is the wreckage of a russian plane. some people were injured when it came down. martial law has been imposed across the whole of ukraine, and men between 18 and 60 have been barred from leaving the country, presumably in case they are needed to fight. more than 100,000 people are thought to have left their homes, seeking safety. russia claims it has destroyed 80 military sites in the first wave of its attack. here, the uk defence secretary ben wallace says that a50 russian soldiers have been killed. president zelensky has pleaded with the international community should do more, and also appealed to russia for a ceasefire. he also said he would not leave kyiv, even though he knows he could be killed. he is an assassination target. last night, the b

ah for explosions reverberates across key f as russian sheets edge towards ukraine's capital. ah, i know about this, and this is all 0 life. and doha, with special coverage of the russian invasion of ukraine, ukraine's president remains defiant, but says he's ready to this.