i am sorry, l kateryna. harrowing stories to brace and... i am sorry, - kateryna. of time, but thank you for sharing some of their stories with us on newsday. russian president vladimir putin has never called it a war, but rather a "special operation" to demilitarise his neighbour. russia has seen protesters take the streets, and life for many has been changed drastically by economic sanctions. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports from st petersberg. at the age of 76, she's a prolific artist, but for yelena, the priority now isn't paintings, it's placards. they�* re anti—war and anti—putin. "putin is war," this one says. "we don't want to die for putin." after russia attacked ukraine, yelena took to the streets of st petersburg. like many anti—war protests in russia, it ended like this. she describes one of her favourite placards the police haven't given back. translation: i'd been given some red tulips, | beautiful young flowers. but very quickly, they died and wilted. they reminded me of young men falling into their graves, so i made a poster and wrote, "the

kateryna says she is grateful to share such a special day with them.ays before with only a few backpacks of their possessions. she says, she wants to say thank you to them for giving her a roof, clothes, everything they need. families around the world are opening their homes to ukrainian refugees. the host says he just wanted to help and offered up his home on social media. he says, three families replied. kateryna's, a family that would stay with his parents and a mother and daughter who he found a place for in the south. about 3 million refugees have fled ukraine, and countries around the world are trying to find ways to house them. the united kingdom launched the homes for ukraine program, which matches people in britain willing to offer a room or home rent free to ukrainians escaping the war. >> there will be no limits to the number of ukrainians who can benefit from this scheme. >> reporter: the government also says it would give around $450 a month in compensation to sponsors for a minimum of six months. germany says, so far, nearly 150,000 peopl

kateryna malofieieva. you are watching bbc news.uped around ukraine's capital kyiv. russia has also expanded its offensive to more cities, elsewhere in the country. the central—eastern city of dnipro has been targetted —— targeted for the first time. a russian air strike killed at least one person and damaged several civilian areas. i've been speaking to our reporter mark lobel for the very latest as a new set of satellite images of the russian military appearing to edge closer to the capital have just been released. another set, so 2a hours since you and i were discussing the last set, and again, they're showing russian military forces deploying closer to kyiv in what appear to be firing artillery onto residential areas. if we have a look at them, to start with, these are, according to the us firm maxar technologies, homes and buildings on fire as part of this set, and in the town of moshchun, 25 kilometres — just 25 kilometres from the capital, kyiv. if we show you the next set, there are fires at the nearby antonov airport. this

. >> reporter: her grandmother, kateryna romanivna, has lost her home, left her village and is out in the cold. but incredibly accepting the uncertainty of her future. how do you keep you spirits up? what else can you do, she says? >> the resilience of the ukrainian people. ian pannell joins us again tonight from the capital of kyiv. ian, russian forces obviously relentlessly raising the pressure on the capital. where do things stand tonight? how close are they? >> reporter: yeah, i mean, i think the kremlin has troops nine miles to the northwest of here. although they haven't pushed closer for days officials are seeing rear elements moving up to support them. we know they're about 50 miles from the city limits. i don't think they've got enough troops in place to encircle the city letcompletely yet, but tak kyiv is putin's primary and it feels like the net is starting to close in tonight. >> ian pannell, incredibly reporting again this week, and we so appreciate it. >>> of course the growing concern within the biden administration -- is russia planning to use chemical or biological we

kateryna lived across from that theater, and delivered food and other aid to the people hiding out there. she tells us, it's difficult to describe the sympathy she felt for them. they were terrified, cowering in horror at the sounds of planes overhead. always afraid of a bomb dropping. she lived under russian attack in mariupol for 21 days. this is not just a city, she says, this is my whole life. she survived without power in freezing conditions with little food, with eight other members of her family until the building was hit. they pulled dead neighbors from the rubble, and decided to leave the city. she says she can't imagine life without mariupol. she will return but now in her burning city, there are lots of people, lots of children under the rubble. others in shelters. the journey out of the besieged city is slow and dangerous. but every day, relatively small numbers are leaving what ever way they can along what are supposed to be agreed corridors. a local official says some people have been fired upon. others have had their vehicles seized at russian checkpoints. the people of ma

kateryna lived across from that theater, and delivered food and other aid to the people hiding out there. she tells us, it's difficult to describe the sympathy she felt for them. they were terrified, cowering in horror at the sounds of planes overhead. always afraid of a bomb dropping. tina lived under russian attack in mariupol for 21 days. this is not just a city, she says, this is my whole life. she survived without power in freezing conditions, with little food, with eight other members of her family until the building was hit. they pulled dead neighbors from the rubble, and decided to leave the city. she says she can't imagine life without mariupol. she will return but now in her burning city, there are lots of people, lots of children under the rubble. others in shelters. the journey out of the besieged city is slow and dangerous. but every day, relatively small numbers are leaving what ever way they can along what are supposed to be agreed corridors. a local official says some people have been fired upon. others have had their vehicles seized at russian checkpoints. the people of

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. >> how confident are you, kateryna, it's been a horrible ten days plus here. are you you'll get to go home? >> i don't know. i'll tell you honestly, i don't know because at the moment, the only thing that i am thinking of is safety and future of my child. at the moment, there is -- well, it's not safe. i mean, it's a hell out there. so i need to think about my child firstly. >> understood. understood. amen. thank you so much for your time and for your courage and bravery. we wish you all the best and we'll keep in touch in the days ahead. i promise. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> you see the heartbreak there. just 1 of 1.7 million so far. the number climbing. for more information about how you can help the humanitarian efforts in ukraine go to cnn.com/impact. >>> when we come back, more ahead on the devastation in ukraine. >>> first, one hopeful moment here. a bomb, a shelter, a song, and look at this brave young girl. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ (johnny cash) ♪ i've treled every road in this here land! ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man. ♪ ♪ i've been everywhere, man. ♪ ♪ crosse

kateryna 0sadcha is a tv presenter and journalist in ukraine, who is using her celebrity status to helps. it gets many hundreds of desperate pleas everyday, from people trying to find theirfriends and family members. thank you forjoining us. i want to start by asking you what prompted you to start this group? fin start by asking you what prompted you to start this group?— start by asking you what prompted you to start this group? on the day ofthe you to start this group? on the day of the war i — you to start this group? on the day of the war i realised _ you to start this group? on the day of the war i realised we _ you to start this group? on the day of the war i realised we were i you to start this group? on the day| of the war i realised we were seeing millions of messengers of missing children, missing people and mostly people from irpin, mariupol, with no chance to connect to the people and i realised i canjust help bite my instagram which is really popular but not enough and we just strayed away made this group on the telegram channel and my tv group, those who are working with me

kateryna malofieiva is a ukrainian journalist currently in dnipro. nice to have you with us.day i feel much better than this morning i you? by the end of the day i feel- much better than this morning when i saw the video of the air in kharkiv. now it is more or less quiet. i think when we last spoke to two weeks ago you were in kharkiv. can you must reflect on what has happened in that short space of time? figs happened in that short space of time? �* , , happened in that short space of time? . , , ., ., time? as i 'ust mentioned, after kharkiv i time? as ijust mentioned, after kharkiv i travelled _ time? as ijust mentioned, after kharkiv i travelled to _ time? as ijust mentioned, after kharkiv i travelled to marie - time? as ijust mentioned, after kharkiv i travelled to marie opal| kharkiv i travelled to marie 0pal and works there as well and now i move to a little bit more safer place to visit the areas around. —— two mariupol. there is still intent on my side to go to kharkiv on thursday and ss situation on the ground but as i mentioned i was working in kharkiv in the khark

that is kateryna malofieieva who is a journalist in dnipro.ukrainian refugees without family links to the uk to come here are expected to be announced on monday. the government has come under criticism for being too slow to put measures in place. jayne mccubbin has been to meet people in north yorkshire who are taking matters into their own hands to help those fleeing ukraine. we feel exactly as every other village, town and city in the uk feel. we want to help. i village, town and city in the uk feel. we want to help.- village, town and city in the uk feel. we want to help. i watch the news with absolute _ feel. we want to help. i watch the news with absolute horror. - feel. we want to help. i watch the news with absolute horror. just i feel. we want to help. i watch the l news with absolute horror. just over news with absolute horror. just over two weeks _ news with absolute horror. just over two weeks ago they were living in normal— two weeks ago they were living in normal circumstances like we are. i think— normal circumstances like we are

earlier i spoke to kateryna osadcha a tv presenter and journalist in ukraine, who is using her celebrity. she's launched a group called �*search for the missing' on the messenger app telegram, which now has over 100,000 subscribers. it gets many hundreds of desperate pleas everyday, from people trying to find theirfriends and family members. i asked what prompted her to start this group. on the third day of the war, i realised i am receiving millions of messages about missing people, missing children. mostly people from mariupol, places where there was no chance to connect to the people at that moment. i realised that i can help with my instagram, which is really popular, but not enough. we just straightaway made this group on the telegram channel, and my tv group, people working with me, say they will help me and we just united for this injust one hour and we started searching for missing people. started searching for missing eo - le. , started searching for missing --eole. , , ,., started searching for missing --eole. , , people. there must be so many heartbreaking _ people. there must