jeremy bowen, bbc news, ivankiv.i'm ukraine quickly, giving you the equipment it needs to make sure it fails. they resume discussions on thursday as to how to i'm ukraine against a renewed russian attack was the expect lunched in the east of the country. expect lunched in the east of the country. the ukrainian government has urged people in the east of the country to flee while they still can, as russian forces continue to shell towns and cities there. meanwhile an estimated 130 thousand people remain trapped in the southern port city of mariupol, in appalling conditions. the ukrainian authorities say they're trying to evacuate civilians through humanitarian corridors, with limited success. our correspondent, tom bateman, reports now from the city north of mariupol — he's been speaking to some of those who've managed to escape the fighting. some of the people arriving here didn't know if their country still existed. these are the survivors of europe's biggest humanitarian crisis in a generation. they've had no contac

jeremy bowen, bbc news, ivankiv.has urged people in the east of the country to flee while they still can, as russian forces continue to shell towns and cities there. meanwhile an estimated 130 thousand people remain trapped in the southern port city of mariupol, in appalling conditions. the ukrainian authorities say they're trying to evacuate civilians through humanitarian corridors, with limited success. our correspondent, tom bateman, reports now north of mariupol — he's been speaking to some of those who've managed to escape the fighting. some of the people arriving here didn't know if their country still existed. these are the survivors of europe's biggest humanitarian crisis in a generation. they've had no contact with the outside world for weeks. and they faced the choice of a journey through the front line. air raid siren sounds. ..or starvation and siege at home. "the russians claim they came to liberate us," anna tells me. "mariupol has become a graveyard, and all the neighbourhoods are covered with the grav

in recently liberated ivankiv, a local official posting this photo, showing joyful residents posing with the ukrainian flag. ♪ victories, though, are hard won. the price, heartbreaking loss felt across the country. in lviv, funerals held every day for fallen ukrainian soldiers. [ singing in foreign language ] >> reporter: three families laying their brave sons to rest. this, a family's good-bye. more lives lost in defense of their nation. >> extraordinary loss just over a month into this war. james longman back with us again tonight from kyiv. james you're learning more about what happened to those ukrainian generals. president zelenskyy fired? >> reporter: whit, this is the first time president zelenskyy commented on these two generals, both stripped of their command. it's understood one fled ukraine before the invasion began. it's not known where either of them is now. but president zelenskyy did go on to praise ukrainians who are still defending their nation. >> james longman thanks to you again tonight. great week of reporting for us. >>> back here at home and new revelations from ou

jeremy bowen, bbc news, ivankiv.d people in the east of the country to flee while they still can, as russian forces continue to shell towns and cities there. meanwhile an estimated 130 thousand people remain trapped in the southern port city. our correspondent, tom bateman, reports now from the city and he's been speaking to some of those who've managed to escape the fighting. some of the people arriving here didn't know if their country still existed. these are the survivors of europe's biggest humanitarian crisis in a generation. they've had no contact with the outside world for weeks. and they faced the choice of a journey through the front line. air raid siren sounds. ..or starvation and siege at home. "the russians claim they came to liberate us," anna tells me. "mariupol has become a graveyard, and all the neighbourhoods are covered with the graves of civilians." "the air strikes were the scariest," nina tells me. "they are constantly shelling. one of their strikes killed seven people, two of them children. the

our correspondentjeremy bowen is one of the first journalists to reach the area of ivankiv and its surroundings. his report contains details, you may find distressing. deep in the forest, towards the border, ukrainian forces were securing the territory the russians have left. large areas are hard to reach as bridges are down and roads blocked by mines. on the the edge of the exclusion zone around chernobyl is a village. really swampy ground. everyone wanted to talk about the russians. this man showed a place where russian soldiers made him dig a shallow grave to bury a man they killed. he said that with four other young men, he was held as a prisoner for 15 days in the open, often bound and blindfolded, threatened with fake executions, then one shot him in the leg. translation: he put me on the bench, aimed his machine gun _ at me and shot my knee. it is because my younger brother was in the army. they found his military cap. in the next village, the russians tried unsuccessfully to blow up the dam before they left. the people of the village are still traumatised by the village are still traum

our correspondent, jeremy bowen, is one of the first journalists to reach the area of ivankiv and itsng villages. his report contains details you may find distressing. deepin deep in the forest, ukrainian forces for securing territory left. large areas are hard to reach as bridges are down. roads are blocked by mines. on the edge of the exclusion zone around the edge of the chernobyl nuclear disaster is this village. really swampy ground. everyone wanted to talk about the russians. bob dan cheryl a place where russian soldiers made him dig a shallow grave to bury a man they had killed. they had to sleep under these rugs? he said for other young men he was hailed as a prisoner with 15 days often bound, blindfolded, threatened with fake executions, then one shot him in the leg. translation: he put me on the bench, aimed his machine gun at me and he shot my knee. it is because my younger brother was in the army. they found his military equipment. ukrainian soldiers and others said the russians had used civilians as human shields in the next village. it is a small place. the russians trie

— where you ivankiv so what is life like there? , . , ., ., ., ~' like there?, you look out at the moment in _ like there? general life, you look out at the moment in the - like there? general life, you look out at the moment in the city. i like there? general life, you look| out at the moment in the city. we have under a curfew here and you can be out on the streets between ten at night and seven in the morning. regularly you will get the sounds of silence that they out through the streets of the city but the other notable thing is the people who are arriving here now. i was at the station in lviv this morning talking to people from kharkiv, ukraine's second city and it is right on the front line of this fighting and now the people who are arriving in the west are people who have been chaps on the front line four weeks. i spoke to the people with her 11 and 13—year—old children since the first day of this war they had been sheltering in the basement of a school in kharkiv and that school had been shelled by russian forces. i spoke to another mother of a two—ye

jeremy bowen, bbc news, near ivankiv.nd western nations have responded to the allegations of war crimes against russia by imposing fresh sanctions. for more on president biden�*s response, here's our north america editor sarah smith in washington. there was quite an emotional response from president biden when he declared that what was happening in ukraine was nothing less than major war crimes. and he directly linked the atrocities in ukraine to new economic sanctions, saying russia must pay an immediate and severe price for what he called its sickening brutality. so, the us and uk have been working together on a new round of sanctions. both countries announcing today sanctions against russia's largest financial institution and also an outright ban on any new financial investment in russia. as well as personal economic sanctions against economic sanctions against vladimir putin's two adult daughters and against some other oligarchs and politicians. the white house described this as a dramatic escalation in sanctions, and

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our correspondent jeremy bowen has been the among firstjournalists to reach villages surrounding ivankiv his report contains details you may find distressing. deep in the forest, towards the border, ukrainian forces were securing the territory the russians have left. large areas are hard to reach as bridges are down and roads blocked by mines. on the the edge of the exclusion zone is a village. really swampy ground. everyone wanted to talk about the russians. this man shared a place where russian soldiers made him dig a shallow grave to bury a man they killed. he said that with four other young men he was held as a prisoner for 15 days in the open, often bound and blind folded, threatened with fake executions and then one shot him in the leg. translation: he put me - on the bench and shot my knee. it is because my younger brother was in the army. they found his military photos. down the road an elderly couple live in the ruins of their house, damaged in an attack on a ukrainian tank. what happened to your house? what happened he said, it just collapsed! he confirmed he had seen the priso

our correspondent, jeremy bowen is one of the first journalists to reach the area of ivankiv.ning that you might find his report distressing everyone wanted to talk about the russians. this man shared a place where russian soldiers made him dig a shallow grave to bury a man they killed. he said that with four other young men he was held as a prisoner for 15 days in the open, often bound and blind folded, threatened with fake executions and then one shot him in the leg. translation: he put me - on the bench and shot my knee. it is because my younger brother was in the army. they found his military photos. down the road an elderly couple live in the ruins of their house, damaged in an attack on a ukrainian tank. ukrainian soldiers and others said the russians had used civilians as human shields in the next village. it is a small place on a lake. the russian tried to blow up the dam before they left. the people are still traumatised by the occupation. and by the 2a hours when they were held as human shields at the village school. ivan said it was chaos, children were crying, ever