what is it not, as you know, like the chernobyl zone, they pay us there, in my opinion, 700 rubles, ort the bazaar to take out the boxes of garbage to help the girls take out the boxes to start, and you bring some of this garbage to your home garbage food, food gives me food and these are good good products. do you have an education? so, why don't you work in your specialty? then sasha, no, or do you not want to work? i worked, you haven't worked yet, 53 years old. where else is it to work and work simply, the tula region, a developing region. there are a lot of jobs there. it would be a desire alexander and your son helps with money. a little you have a very good way out actually. yes, if you don't want to work, it's clear you're used to your lifestyle. you have a liquid asset. this is an apartment. make a rental agreement, please have someone do the minimum repairs for you. you monthly some payment and in case of your death probation. god forbid this apartment goes to the person of such a lot of people who are ready to conclude such an agreement. and what does the rental agreement me

also, in the chernobyl zone. moves in the direction of kyiv, this poses another threat for us. -- they had difficulty breathing, because of the smoke in the air. it also poses a danger of nuclear residue rising into the air, and making our life even more dangerous than it is. >> andriy kulykov, it is remarkable what you have endured, and continue to endure, with other opinions who remain in the city. thank you very much for joining us tonight, and we hope you stay safe. >> thank you. i'll do my best to. >> thank you. tonight's last word is next. and shows me how to get the most out of my workplace benefits. voya helps me feel like i got it all under control. voya. well planned. well invested. well protected. ♪simply irresistible♪ ♪ ♪ ♪simply irresistible♪ applebee's irresist-a-bowls are back. now starting at $8.99. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. thanks to realtor.com's home alerts we were able to see the newest homes on the market, super fast. so we could finally buy our first "big boi house." big bo

we have the same situation in the chernobyl zone, too, taken over february 24th. same shift that was there when they took it over is still there on the job keeping that station safe. so, we have a really precarious situation. you know, if you watched the shots the other night when the russians first attacked, you notice that the big sort of fireworks were really to light up the place. they did not send missiles right at the plant or artillery. what they did, send these big flares, basically, lit up the courtyard. and then started shooting. that's what you see from the control room. just horrified, getting shot at. but it wasn't the big heavy guns. i think the russians understand, as well as the ukrainians the risk of having one of those nuclear power plants, filled with 40 years -- at least 20 years of raidated fuel. really dirty stuff if those stations release water, lose electricity, pumps going to them. then woe could have the self-ig nation and a big radioactive cloud storm. you know, everybody nearby would be in danger. so i think the russians are trying to b

meeting to discuss the security of nuclear sipes in ukraine. russia seized control of the chernobyl exclusion zone, as well as zapora zisha, one of the nuclear power stations in ukraine. the chief of the u. m. 's nuclear watchdog says that he's in contact with both ukrainian or russian officials and big number of issues where we detect that there could be a need for, for some assistance. i must say that i am encouraged by the fact that in the discussions in the ongoing discussions, there has been a widespread support for the agencies readiness to engage with a with the ukraine and also with russia naturally to facilitate this much needed assistance. britton's parliamentary allowed a rare moment of applause in the house of commons to show solidarity with ukraine. politicians gave a standing ovation to the printed ambassadors of britain as he wants the proceedings form a public gallery. from this devoris, johnson accused watches president vladimir putin of war crimes in ukraine i, what we've seen already are from vladimir putin, reggie in the use of the munitions that they have already been a, been

asked the security council to meet urgently. 0n the 24th of february, russian forces entered the chernobyl zonehe facility was retained and requisitioned by russian military. 0n the 27th of february, strong, loud detonation was recorded near the centre for waste storage in kyiv. this morning, a fire was declared in the largest nuclear facility in europe after the russian attack. as indicated by the minister of europe and foreign affairs, france strongly condemns this attack on the integrity of a nuclear structure which we need to guarantee and guarantee its security. the results of the aggression of russia against ukraine are possibly devastating for human health and the environment. in 2009, russia approved with the rest of the general conference of the iaea a decision according to which any armed attack and threat against nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes constitutes a violation of the principle to honour international law and the statute of the body. russia in this circumstance also needs to adhere to the resolutions of the agency and the resolutions of the agency and the gener

chernobyl. russians must immediately cease the fire, allow firefighters to establish a security zone. once again. this isn't from some random source this is from the -- this is coming from the ukrainian foreign minister the russian army is firing from all sides on the largest nuclear power plant in europe. fire has broken out and is already -- if it blows occupy, i'm quoting now, it will be ten times larger than the explosion at chernobyl russians must immediately cease fire, allow firefighters to establish a security zone. in research for this conflict, this was part of our studies and we knew that this power plant was there. it does contain a large nuclear reactor. but the sense was that, a, it was well protected b, it's well fortified, and c, that it wouldn't be the sort of thing that the russians would want to do why in the world would you want to have live fire around a nuclear power plant that would annihilate you and presumably everyone and everything around it when we were discussing this earlier, one of the experts on russian forces and russian invasions going back to chechny

he spoke to us from the capital. they went through chernobyl exclusion zone and they take it over theyar power plant in chernobyl. they nuclear power plant in chernobyl-— they nuclear power plant in chernob l. �* . . ., ., , chernobyl. and create unimaginable threats to your _ chernobyl. and create unimaginable threats to your by _ chernobyl. and create unimaginable threats to your by destroying - threats to your by destroying infrastructure that has been there since the accident in 1986. they also are going from the eastern border basically trying to block us off in the east of kyiv. they are making different incursions all over the place around kyiv. thankfully, our people are beating them back. the salt, people are arming themselves with hunting rifles to hunt and push away invaders they are. let me bring up this map. the areas in red here, show the parts of ukraine now under russian control, with the fighting highlighted in several key cities and regions to the north, east and south of the country. there have been further attacks, it's the second biggest in the country about one an

nick: russian troops also control the chernobyl nuclear zone, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster. today it is disconnected from the electricity grid. kotin says it must be restored within three weeks. >> after that, the temperature will rise because there is no cooler. and finally, it will go to very high levels, and after that, the radiation, actually, release of radioactivity could happen. nick: and so you're calling for a corridor, a humanitarian corridor to allow workers into chernobyl? >> there were cases when they actually agreed to give this corridor and after personnel came just for maintenance, they're just trying to kill this person also. nick: a senior u.s. defense official said today russian troops near kyiv, after days of not moving, are advancing toward the city. russia continues to control territory in the north, northeast and south, surrounds 5 cities, and is increasing its assault on the port city of mykolaiv. kyiv says the only way to stop russia is a no-fly zone. but in poland, the u.s. continues to block a fighter jet transfer to ukraine. today vice president

initially when they took over the chernobyl exclusion zone, of course for all the obvious reasons peoplerom the belarus border the reason they took over the exclusive zone -- exclusion zone is because they needed that reality for their forces to advance. so it's not necessarily that they were looking to make a dirty bomb or hold that area hostage, if you will. but they simply needed the real estate for their military means. you saw that recently the generators went out, and they went off the grid, and there was a lot of concern that that could cause a meltdown. i've been talking with some nuclear scientists who say those facilities haven't been active for some 20 years. you could leave those spent rods laying in the open air, and it would not cause a meltdown. so other than the obvious fact that you have all these engineers and employees held against their will, the risk of a nuclear meltdown there chernobyl right now is not much worse than it was prior to this. rachel: that's good to hear. by: mike, this is joey. i know you're in lviv and out further west, and the majority of access to

russian forces took over the chernobyl exclusion zone, which still contains radioactive material and according to ukrainian officials they have cutoff the area from the main power grid and officials are worried that it could stop monitoring systems, stop protective equipment. it is unclear if the russians have brought in their own power to the site. >> very disturbing, richard. thank you very much. >>> i want to turn now to a woman with a unique perspective on the war former u.s. ambassador to ukraine marie yovanovitch. she was appointed in 2016. she served in that role until 2019 but that she was abruptly recalled by president trump who claimed yovanovitch was undermining the push to pressure ukraine into investigating the biden family her ousting and her testimony at capitol hill were key factors in the trump impeachment and senate trial and ambassador yovanovitch is with us exclusively ahead of the release of her new memoir. good to see you. i want to first your impressions on whether the u.s. and nato allies are doing enough. ukraine wants help in the form of a no-fly zone we saw

the concerns arising from the armed takeover by russia of the nuclear facilities in the chernobyl exclusion zone just eight days ago. ireland condemns the reckless firing against nuclear power plants. armed attacks and threats against nuclear facilities devoted to peaceful purposes , constitute violations of international law including the principles of the un charter . additional protocol 1 to the geneva conventions, and the iaea statute, and director-general grossi has made that point abundantly clear. in attacking those sites, the russian federation risks an environmental disaster, compounding the extraordinary human tragedy we are witnessing today in ukraine. a radioactive release from any of these sites would also have serious repercussions for human life and health and for agriculture, and for the environment in ukraine, in the russian federation itself, and the wider european region. president, we call on the russian federation to fully respect its obligations under the u.n. charter, international law, and the iaea statute. all international nuclear safety and security standards must be m

monitor activity around the world in real time, but right now, they cannot monitor the chernobyl nuclear containment zonemilitary controls the facility and the power plant there. nbc's josh schleiderman has the report on what's being done to make sure nuclear facilities in the war zone are as safe as they can be >> reporter: the good news is the power lines to the chernobyl nuclear site have now been restored, reducing concerns about a long-term loss of power that could lead to spent nuclear material overheating but the bad news is the iaea's radiation sensors on the ground at chernobyl are no longer transmitting data back here to vienna for nuclear experts to monitor. and that really speaks to the challenges right now in getting good information on the ground about what's happening, as ukraine accuses russia's military of deliberately targeting a nuclear site while russia's military says it has not and will not target nuclear reactors the director general of the iaea telling me this is his top concern. >> what's keeping me up is the possibility of an attack or an episode where wittingly or unwittingly,

moving heavy militaries through the chernobyl exclusion zone, the radiation level has increased rapidly. in the black sea, russian warships attacked two civil ships approaching ukraine. it is a flagrant violation of international law of the sea. incredibly, one of the vessels had a russian crew. it was still attacked by the russians. russians keep attacking kindergartens and orphanages. that is committing more crimes and violating their own statutes. hospitals and medical aid brigades are also targeted by the russian shelling and sabotage groups working in ukraine cities and towns. the russian military fired on ambulances in the area of kyiv. russian tanks shocked down civilians -- shot down civilians and the russian military does not allow ambulances on the spot. 352 people including 16 children were we cannot estimate at this moment how many have been killed. in response, ukraine has activated its right of self-defense according to article 51 of the u.n. charter. the russian troops are suffering losses. the aggressive forces have already launched more than 5000 in manpower during the

needs to immediately create this demilitarized zone around chernobyl because she says russian troops set up foolishly in her words, a ammo depot, russian ammo depot near turnersville. that's actually very troubling ,if true , that there's explosives or large amounts of explosives near near these sites. there's two two areas in particular the most concerning one is the sarcophagus over the site of the 1986 accident, which is highly radioactive still the state. but to this day but contained inside what's called the sarcophagus and then where spent fuel rods are being held in what's called wet and dry storage. those would be if disturbed very, very troublesome. but what needs to happen right now is the iaea needs to get its monitoring equipment back online so they can see and monitor what's going on there and then there needs to be a verified handover custody to that site back to the ukrainian authorities. but it has to be done carefully because in the last few weeks we don't know who's been at the site from the russian side. we don't know what they've done to other parts of the site wh

chernobyl reason, and that could explain why the russian forces made a point of taking that chernobyl exclusive zonet made -- whatever the big move is, they haven't made it. this as the violence intensifies. tv towers, municipal buildings seem to be among the recent targets. you mentioned kharkiv. there's a police headquarters there that took a direct hit today. burst into flames. yesterday a municipal building, a regional administrative building took a hit and burst into a giant ball of flame. this after the city of kharkiv, to the east of the country, came under unrelenting and indiscriminate rocket fire. it appears, aledly anyway -- allegedly anyway, a cluster bomb was used as well. russian paratroopers are taking up position in that town to the east, in carkey. -- kharkiv. when ak-47s arrive, the line of volunteers, min looking to join -- men looking to join the fight, will wrap around the building. there's a tremendous eagerness to fight. with the flow of refugees to the border, you get these tearful partings. the women and children flee to safety, the men stay to fight. >> it's terrible becaus

zone . what secret research was carried out from chernobyl laboratories a potential threat to the continent, and possibly to the whole world, now russian experts are studying materials that have found more questions than answers in the basements, but the situation is becoming clearer the event at the nuclear power plant was used by western media as a source for massive fakes. but what happened there and is actually happening all the details about huseynov’s devastation and chaos, according to the western media, it looks like the allegedly looted and destroyed by the russian military laboratory for the study of radioactive materials in the city of chernobyl, because not one an expensive device, many of which are manufactured, judging by the labeling in the eu countries, attention has not suffered. none of the western journalists draws all the office equipment, expensive, which the staff worked, all are in place, the broken parts of the mugs used by the workers who are in the field are of no value. in principle, they did not carry papers scattered on the floor, the director confirms the fact t

chernobyl was radically different, with no containment zone.hese plants are small reactors inside a one-meter thick concrete, very strong and thick reinforced steel rebar. so it was never going to go off, that was always follows. and if there is any nation in the world that would understand the difference between chernobyl and the reactor that they rely on everyday, it would ukraine. i don't want to question the motives, but it seems grossly irresponsible from my perspective, and certainly that was the headline that captured people's attention. i fielded inquiries from young parents historically wondering about their child as far away as sweden, and i have had to say no, fouls, that's wrong. i have had to walk people through the steps of how this facility is not in anyway, shape or form, capable of doing 10x or 1x chernobyl. emily: so what is the danger if russia captures the power plant. how dangerous is it? what should we be worried about? mark: each of the plant has a valuable up to city production in the tens of billions of dollars over the

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has been spotty in the area around chernobyl and they're about to enter their annual fire season where responsibility fires happen in what is called the and collusion zone. how worrisome is the potential of an unstable chernobyl for the surrounding area? for greater europe? >> i think the biggest problem here is that if the top soil is stirred up around chernobyl, you could have some radiation getting out into the atmosphere. that's why they're so very careful when there are wildfires in the area to ensure they're put out quickly so there will not be the problem of top soil getting stirred up and perhaps some dust getting into the atmosphere that would be radioactive in nature. in terms of the power plan itself, the ruined power plan is enclosed in a sarcophagus. very difficult to cause damage to that. so the thing that worries me most, as i said, is the top soil getting spilled. getting stirred up and causing some pollution in that way. >> secretary, thank you. >>> one way to be a good neighbor. a romanian man moved his restaurant operation to the ukrainian border to give out free meals to refugees. that story is next. or the places wewe didn't go. ♪ ♪

about the actions of the russian army, and the chernobyl nuclear power plant was no exception to take at least news about fires in the vicinity exclusion zonerussian military does not allow ukrainian firefighters to fight the flames and this can lead to an environmental disaster. although, in fact, only provocations by the armed forces lead to such consequences, which completely de-energized the station several times, and then completely struck at the lines that fed it, it was possible to avoid terrible consequences only thanks to the quick and coordinated actions of russian specialists. the chernobyl nuclear power plant operates without emergency operation. powered to power grids in the republic of belarus the length of the replacement of plant personnel, the fire situation near the chernobyl nuclear power plant is normal, according to preliminary estimates, the cost of creating a laboratory, the purpose of which raises many questions, cost kiev more than 5 million euros. what exactly they did here and what the found radioactive materials are, in the near future, russian specialists gusein huseynov farid muslimov and viktor averin channel

power cable related to ukraine's defunct nuclear power plant in chernobyl prompted officials to warn of potential safety risks. the exclusion zone, site of the deadly 1986 meltdown, also houses a waste facility were spent fuel from ukraine's reactors is encased for safe long-term storage, but the international atomic energy agency says the age of the way stature noble -- of the waste at the plant can be stored even without power. the program began two years ago to buffer the impact of covid-19 on subcontractors. the $6.7 billion was extradited through december, a combined $5.3 billion paid to the biggest contractors, including lockheed martin, boeing and raytheon. major contractors were told to pass along payments to subcontractors quickly to mitigate the financial effects of the pandemic. global news 24 hours a day on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. i am mark crumpton. this is bloomberg. >> good afternoon. from new york, 1:00 p.m., 6:00 p.m. in london, 2:00 a.m. in hong kong, i'm matt miller and welcome to bloomberg markets. risk appetite is back at least

chernobyl. russians must immediately cease fire, allow firefighters to establish allow firefighters to establish a security zoned a russian news agency has been fighting a ukrainian atomic and agency spokesperson and they say firefighters cannot start extinguishing the fire at the nuclear power plant, they are being fired on at point—blank range and there has already been a hit on the first unit. 0ne been a hit on the first unit. one report, citing that ukrainian atomic agency spokesperson. i ukrainian atomic agency spokesperson.— ukrainian atomic agency spokesperson. ukrainian atomic agency s--okeserson. ~' ., �* , spokesperson. i know you'll be watchinu spokesperson. i know you'll be watching that _ spokesperson. i know you'll be watching that story _ spokesperson. i know you'll be watching that story closely - watching that story closely throughout the day. the reported fire there at that nuclear power plant in ukraine. we will bring you up—to—date as soon as we get more information from the area. do you stay to bbc news. russian troops have been intensifying their attacks across ukraine. in the northern cit

chernobyl disaster, radioactive nuclear waste can travel far, it can travel fast in an explosion. ukrainian foreign minister saying this tonight, russians must immediately seize the fire, and allow firefighters to establish a security zone if the plant blows up, it will be ten times larger than chernobyl. joining us now is james act. he is the co-director of the nuclear policy program at the carnegie piece. mr. acne, thank you so much for being here tonight. i think people around the world have a lot of questions about how exactly to process what we are learning this evening, coming out of ukraine. instinctively, a lot of people are going to be concerned, what threat does a fire like the one we just heard about post to a plant like this? >> thanks for having me on this evening. and this is a serious situation. the first thing that i want to emphasize is that radiation levels around appear to be normal right now the problem's own website measures radiation levels, they put data in realtime. the website crashed just before we went on air, just because of the sheer number of people trying to get access to it. but the last time i was able to get access to the website, last time, and the most recent information we have from

. >> griff: the dire warning around chernobyl coming from ukraine's deputy prime minister, calling on the un to declare demilitarization zone around the former nuclear site as the un's nuclear watchdog group, iaea, has a mission on the ground in ukraine. fight nothing this country entering the fifth week, there is hope for progress toward peace in the negotiations in istanbul, but nobody is believing russia's claim they are backing off on the capital in kyiv. in an address last night, president zelenskyy was cautioning against accepting that as the pentagon press secretary john kirby wasn't buying it and kate bedingfield had this to say, listen here. >> i think we should be clear-eyed about the reality of what is happening on the ground and no one should be fooled by russia's announcement. we believe any movement around kyiv is redeployment and not withdrawal and the world should be prepared for a major offensive against other areas of ukraine. >> griff: meanwhile, carley and todd, no signs of peace in the south and in the east, you can see in the seaport of mykolaiv, russian rocket striking regional government building kil

chernobyl still requires constant management. officials say there is no data on the current state of radiation pollution of the exclusion zones environmenting it impossible to adequately respond to threats. the seasonal forest fires which occur most often in the spring and summer could also pose a problem. still to come on al jazeera, the u.s. declares myanmar's military crackdown on muslims amounts to genocide. plus. >> what has happened now should have happened six years ago. >> freed from jail after more than six years, the appeal for those still stuck in radiant prisons -- iranian prisons to be released. ♪ >> your weather update for asia. nice to see you. we begin in china. a lot of rain falling across the valley toward the south. the darker the color, the more intense the rain. the northerly flow has kicked down the temperature to a height of 10 degrees. this will swoop into japan. also a wet day in tokyo with a high of seven degrees. cherry blossoms season ahead of schedule, but now we are seeing the chilly air take hold. southeast asia looks like this. bursts of rain up to 100 millimeters. we can expect to see much of the same tue

chernobyl. one energy block had exploded. this is a war zone and the fact that russian troops would fire and attack at the plant is something that i think should give everybody real real sense of danger of what's going on here. we're also seeing new video this morning of damage and destruction. this is in the city of kiev in apartment building was bombed by russian airstrikes . they're killing at least 33 people. a local tv station showed pictures of heavily damaged residential buildings in flames, debris all over the streets and rescue workers looking for any possible victims. this comes as secretary of state, antony blinken just met with nato allies in brussels. he says nato is bolstering the security of its member states, calling it a defensive alliance saying conflict comes to us. we are ready for it. live in the newsroom. amanda king thought ktvu fox two news, amanda. thank you. and after that nato meeting in brussels, amanda mentioned. nato secretary general says its members agreed that nato planes should not fly in ukraine's airspace and

there, it will be a disaster six times stronger than chernobyl — it will cover all europe — and we have to prevent that, and that's why nato with no—fly zonese capabilities must go into ukraine and provide ukraine with them. let me come to you, camille, because i think you've got a comment on this? well, yeah. we can now see that the russian army- is not as strongj as we believed. i mean, the morale is not good, they have poor equipment, - so i'm not sure we would have the capacity - to come and fight our countries. - so, do you agree with that? you don't, fabrice? because we are hearing stories about russian soldiers deserting or going into supermarkets and trying to get food because they're starving and all the rest of it. i'm sure they're accurate, and we see a picture of a russian military campaign that is stalling and not going well, but i think russia does not only have land forces at its disposal, it has an airforce, which is not used very much now. it has, as we mentioned, nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, very sophisticated weaponry, strategic submarines, so they can take the fight elsewhere. this is my point. the baltic, the high

bomb there, it will be a disaster six times that of chernobyl, it will cover all europe and we have to prevent that. and that's where nato with no—fly zonesdditional air defence capabilities must go into ukraine and provide ukraine with them. let me come to you, because i think you've got a comment on this? we can now see that i the russian army is not as strong as we believed. the morale is not good, i they have poor equipment, so that i do not think _ they would have the capacity to come and fight our countries. so, do you agree with that? you don't? because we are hearing stories about russian soldiers deserting or going into supermarkets and trying to get food because they're starving. that seems accurate and we see a picture of a russian military campaign that is stalling and not going well but i think russia does not only have land forces at its disposal, it has an air force which it has not used very much now. it has nuclear weapons, cruise missiles, very sophisticated weaponry, strategic submarines, so they can take the fight elsewhere. this is my point — the baltic, the high north, these are regions where you don't need land forc

chernobyl. russians must immediately cease the fire, allow firefighters to establish a security zone, explanationmark else mark, als residential apartment building under shelling. a local driver captured one such attack on dashboard video, published by new york times. you'll see them freeze at one time where they highlight the individual projectile falling on what the driver says is a residential area and you'll see multiple projectiles. [ speaking foreign language ] that is not precision bombing. those are multiple projectiles falling in what is said to be a residential area. along with the growing attacks on civilian areas, yet more people forced to relocate or flee the country entirely. upwards of a million people are now refugees and that number rising according to the u.n., yet in all the grim news and grimmer forecasting, there is also th berlin's central train station in germany, greeting women, children, some carrying signs, offering total strangers places to stay. and later today, learn the biden administration extending temporary protected status to nearly 30,000 ukrainians in this coun

chernobyl. russians must immediately cease the fire. allow firefighters to establish a security zone. the plant had been accessible because firefighters were being shot at. no essential equipment was damaged. and the u.n. now says that no radio active material was released. terrifying to follow last night. ukrainian president zelenskyy pleaded with europeans and their leaders to quote wake up, saying in part, we need to stop the russian military. immediately. scream at your politicians. ukraine has 15 nuclear power blocks. if there is an explosion, it is the end for all of us, the end of europe, evacuation of europe only immediate actions in europe can stop the russian military. do not let europe die from a nuclear catastrophe. zelenskyy also spoke with president biden and with british prime minister boris johnson who said he will call for an emergency meeting of the u.n. security council this morning. joining us now, live from lviv ukraine, nbc news correspondent molly hunter. molly, thank you for joining us right now. talk about the significance of the power plant last night and if

longer a working power station. chernobyl still requires constant management. officials say there is no data on the current state of radiation, pollution of the exclusion zones environment, making it impossible to adequately respond to threats and seasonal forest fires which occur most often in spring and summer. could also pose a problem. ah, it's china's worse air disaster. in nearly a decade, a passenger played with a 132 people on board has crashed in the mountains of a southern province. and there are no signs of any survivors. the china eastern airlines flight was headed that from could mean to one joe. when it came down near the city of joe, the boeing 737800 crash. that a rate of 31000 feet a minute sparking a fire so huge that it could be spotted in nasa satellite images between a u reports now with aging. hello, good heretic footage. verified by chinese state media shows the aircraft, nose diving to the ground in the remote southern province of gong. she's the passenger plane operated by china. eastern airlines departed from the city of cooney just after 1 pm local time. it was headed to the city of gwan, joe, a route which should have taken less t

chernobyl. russians must meet least the fire, and allow for this established a security zone.s coming from because this, according to reuters, and i just want to be clear on the sourcing, this is from reuters. i am 600 miles from the plant. but, five artists cannot start extinguishing the fire at the nuclear power plant, they're being fired upon at point blank range. excuse me. there's already a hit on the first power unit. this was, in many ways, and military target. it was happening in the north of the country. the russians are choking these villages, these towns. they're indiscriminately shelling shelling them, and they're hitting the local power greats. with this power plant controlling a quarter of the power supply of the country, you can see why the russians will want to take it. but what has happened in the last few hours is certainly alarming. the ukraine government is trying to raise the alarm to the world that not only is their fire at the plant, but there is this ongoing fighting in which they cannot seem to push the russians back any longer, and the situation as th

chernobyl nuclear plant. are there any updates on the situation there? >> this is obviously very troubling. when you're talking about the at the us of nuclear power plants in a war zone, that is going to raise a lot of fears. ukraine right now is accusing russia of coming up with what they call a terrorist incident at this chernobyl nuclear power plant to then be able to blame it on ukraine. there is no evidence of that. but we understand from the iaea, there has been a loss of communication with the power plant and the staff there. that is, of course, of great concern. the iaea has not seen a spike in radioactive levels, a spike in radiation, they do not -- there are some questions about the power that is going to the power plant. the ukrainians said that the power is coming from emergency generators. i did speak with an expert earlier today, jeffrey white at the middlebury institute who said that there is no real cause for concern right now in terms of a nuclear meltdown. of course that would be the biggest fear. but it is significant that there is no communication with the staff there and the fact that the staff does not appear to be turning over. these guys work

a working power station, chernobyl still requires constant management. official say there is no data on the current state of radiation, pollution pollution of the exclusion zones environment, making it impossible to adequately respond to threats. the seasonal forest fires, which occur most often in spring and summer, could also pose a problem still to come here and al jazeera, the u. s. the claire's, that me and mars military crack, down on wrangler muslims, amounts to a genocide. plus what's happened now should have happened 60 free from j. a left to more than 6 years. nothing in the gallery. radcliffe appeals for all those bill stock and iranian prisons to be released ah you're locked into your weather update for asia. hello, everyone. nice to see you will begin in china. a lot of rain fall in here across the yangtze river valley toward the south and the dark of the color, the more intense the rain is nor did the flow, his kicked down the temperature and shanghai to just the high of 10 degrees. this rate will also swoop into southern portions of japan getting dose by it for places like cargo shima. also what day in tokyo and just high 7 degrees, cherry bloss

chernobyl. russians must immediately cease the fire, allow firefighters in. and establish a security zone.s very difficult at the moment. we know that fire firefighters have tried to put the blaze out earlier and had to pull back because of shelling and at this point everyone watching incredibly closely. i would imagine the russians would like to keep this power plant operational. an accident a shell in the wrong place could easily end up in disaster. jesse? >> jesse: so, ben, if they hit a kill switch at the plant, do we know which ukrainian cities would get their lights shut out? >> i'm afraid i don't know that, jesse at this time. i wonder -- imagine it feeds into the grid and potentially it could be any of the sectors. there have been reports of power lines also going down. and there are cities already facing power shortages. so, this would only make the whole situation worse. it's the dead of winter right now. it is freezing cold here in ukraine and power cut out from homes would just add to the humanitarian disaster that we are seeing here. >> jesse: describe to us in some detail. if

you may remember that russian troops captured chernobyl and the surrounding exclusion zone on the 2aths about russian troops spreading radioactive dust from the exclusion zone during their offensive in ukraine, with heavy vehicles driving over the area. so thatis vehicles driving over the area. so that is the latest on the situation at chernobyl. we are also hearing that the uk business minister is to make a statement to the house of commons a little later. we think about 1:30pm. that is on at the phase—out of russian oil imports, and we expect that to happen around 130 gmt. from the uk business minister, kwasi kwarteng. tens of thousands of children in ukrainian orphanages and foster care are desperately in need of a way out of the country. as russia's invasion approaches its third week, many of the children are forced to take shelter — without adequate food and water. zhanna bezpiatchuk of bbc ukrainian followed one group of children as they tried to flee the country with their guardians. apprehensive to go, yet fearful to stay, already these children are now in the war not of their

chernobyl. nato's secretary general issuing a dire warning saying that if they issue a no fly zone over ukraine, that move could and and result in a widespread war in europe. ukrainian president zelensky had asked the west to enforce a no fly zone over his country as russian forces launched hundreds of missiles and artillery strikes at cities. nato's secretary general say, says that establishing a no fly zone would entail shooting down russian planes, which would likely further escalate matters and ignite a war pass. ukraine's borders. >>we are going to fit in and not going to want it to rain or defend base. way too. put hold >>family wanna creek speaking out about the community's response? kron on's fully to call reports what started as a simple plea for help online has led to large monetary donations and van loads of supplies. >>after the initial shock wore from the images of russian armed forces invading their home country of ukraine. i'm on the merits and her husband, michael milstein, action from their home in walnut creek. a lot of it was on monolith was thoughts through, but it somehow co

chernobyl. ukraine's state nuclear company confirms that troops have left, and also saying the russians have dug trenches in the most contaminated part of the exclusion zone, receiving significant doses of radiation. there are even unconfirmed reports of russian troops being treated for radiation sickness in belarus. and as they pull back, more strikes come in. as i was reporting live from kyiv this morning, the sound of an incoming missile -- and then it hit. smoke rising from the capital. we just heard an enormous explosion here towards the north of where we're standing. and you can see there, deep, dark smoke rising into the -- into the sky. now, we're not sure what's been hit. later in the evening, another strike on the same area. no word yet on what the target was, but this was very close to the city center. another strike near kharkiv, this time on a gas pipeline, leaving multiple fires burning. this verified video circulating online shows a crater in the ground ablaze. russians seen here firing indiscriminately into building in a mariupol neighborhood. verified video circulated online by a journalist iist embedded the russian military show the inte

zone, especially if they've been shelled. we have seen this in trying to get to chernobyl, kharkiv, other places.lly, many successful cases where volunteers have been able to break through the roads and get under the shelling, to the hospitals. there is many patients, many doctors, and many injured civilians and military who needs drugs and then on top of it, we have different distribution with people into western ukraine, there is a different distribution of the population and their demands have been shifted and then you need to focus on the western ukraine, how you make sure there's enough shipments of the critical goods in manufacturing and then, of course, you need to ramp up manufacturing. ensure there is enough supplies, et cetera. and do have psychological conversation with your employees because when the sirens are on, when the bombs are in the distance, the motivation to work is not high. at the same time, people are committed to work because it's, people, our patients, our nation expect it from us and i am thankful to our employees. >> my time in ukraine, i witnessed ukrainians taking e

chernobyl meltdown. that could change the process for doing something more direct like a no-fly zone, but i also have to be done than a classic no-fly zone with american aircraft over the ukraine. but at the same time, this does add pressures because it is definitely dangerous. of the russian army continues to act in a reckless fashion. >> very interesting. derek, i know you think this is coming to a critical phase right now. you've called putin reckless and desperate and that could have serious implications to how he responds and how he acts next. what do you mean? what you think it happened now that he is in this position? >> i believe vladimir putin greatly miscalculated both the abilities of the ukrainian military to resist his invasion and also the international community galvanizing behind ukraine. the amount of arms in the makeshift end, the drastic sanctions that are being posted right now are crippling their economy. really don't think he planned on this. is talking about this beforehand, it the mass does not add up from vladimir putin to do this. you and see how he is now indiscriminately show

chernobyl. those are his words. and zelenskyy keeps pleading with nato and allied countries to enforce a no-fly zone. not just over ukraine, but for all of europe. >> tell us how many people have to die, how many limbs have to fly away from people's bodies? how many people will wait until that moment? >> harris: general jack keane standing by with reaction. republican congressman michael mccaul in "focus" as well this hour. and we have live fox team coverage. mike tobin reporting in western ukraine. connell mcshane in poland. we begin with trey yingst in that capital city under assault. at all times 24 hours a day by russian forces, the capital city of kyiv. trey. >> good morning. fighting erupted overnight at this nuclear power plant. a city in the southern part of the country. officials say no radioactive material was released it took russian shelling and small arms fire. russian forces have seized the plant known as being the largest in europe. the incident left the international community on edge with concerns that clashes were taking place so close to radioactive material. with the russians now