should acquire meaning, well, these monuments now will be dismantled at the next session of the kyiv city councilll submit a draft decision on renaming this city, this arch and the freedom of the ukrainian people , the dismantling has just begun, as the head of a conditional russian was immediately torn off, and further attempts to destroy the monument dragged on for hours, and three young men are watching the action of the neighboring monument last saturday they single-handedly decommunized victory square, we, following these brave guys, took down two orders of lenin on victory square that had been hanging there since the 14th year after already the adoption of the law on decommunization and well, if it wasn’t for the strength to endure because the russians are committing genocide, killing ukrainians en masse, and they have been doing it for centuries, and well, patience has simply broken. because it is happening now, we are pleased to see it, but at the same time, it is a shame that everything is happening so late that to tear down the pedestal of the utility workers sawed off the legs of the c

the kyiv city council shortened this procedure earlier. the procedure was as follows. public discussion and further to the toponymic commission, more precisely the naming commission to the suburban council, the experts discussed, consulted and then brought it to the session, so they voted here, the city council decided to shorten this procedure and actually brought out the list there are 420 or 430 streets. well, really, as you said, there are about 500 streets. well, here is the only nuance. of course, in this list, we wrote down about 30 names that definitely cannot be renamed. we have already given a corresponding letter to the kyiv city council . they will take into account because there, for example, tychyna got into this list , or there is mykola bazhan, and there is rachmaninov, who participated in the creation of his school in kyiv, respectively . but we received about 120 proposals for defeating anton, from the historical truth, watchmen, anton, that's exactly what i wanted to clarify, because now there is a war, many people are n

with the weather for kyiv, and we will talk about the capital, the city of kyiv, contact us volodymyr prokopiv, he is the deputy mayor of kyiv, the secretary of the kyiv city council, mr. volodymyr, i greet you. good evening. well , i would like to talk about the general situation in the city. we know that the city continues to be under threat. it is impossible to say that a direct invasion is possible now, but it is certain that the enemy will not give up his desire to threaten the city and hit the city with rocket strikes. infrastructural facilities for residential buildings, besides, the city today receives a lot of people who return. please tell me , as of today, how many citizens return to kyiv during the day, if you count, because there different numbers, voiceovers, it’s interesting to know about the real numbers, please. unfortunately, no one can tell the real numbers right now, because a lot of people are really returning, both by rail and by all the arteries that lead to the city, the city is blocked from all sides and people believe that it is already safe enough here, and due to the fact that there is no siege, this is probably true somewhere, but stil

right, oleksandr linchevskiy, a kyiv city i oleksandr linchevskiy, a kyiv city council who has gone toere on bbc news. president zelensky has again said he has said this many times, that he wants direct peace talks with vladimir putin. not very likely anytime soon, and he has also been saying to his people, who are facing huge fuel shortages here in ukraine at the moment because the russians have been targeting fuel storage facilities and supply lines, and he so that ukraine and its government are working very hard to get extra fuel supplies in from european allies that he is telling ukrainian people that more fuel will be coming to this country in the next week or two. that is the latest from the ukrainian capital of kyiv. i will hand you back to joanna in the studio in london. in the uk... police has confirmed officers searching for missing woman katie kenyon have found a body. the 33—year—old mother of two was seen getting into a ford transit van in burnley, in lancashire, on the morning of 22nd april. our correspondent, helen wilkinson is following this for us. what can you tell us

dmytro dmytro bilotserkovets, kyiv city council the chairman was the line of communication with us, ande again we express our condolences to the relatives and friends of faith hyrych. she was also our colleague, of course, and recently worked as a producer of radio svoboda , and well, we have another topic. yes, we are already moving on to this one, you know. and i raise them. thank you, or in particular, and angela, all because war is war, and there are already such more peaceful moments , this is also anti-resistance, this is also an anti-russian direction of activity, but this is so anti-russian, but not a military method, but hmm, for some reason, come on, i will say why kai hrystyna nikolayeva project coordinator street of ukraine here she is you have already seen her here she will explain to you what she wants what they want these designers these people who are involved in this project called street of ukraine ms. khrystyna tell you the word to grow we have a goal to relocate the embassy and consulates of russia in different countries of the world on the streets of ukraine due to

well, on the kyiv city council hung huge portrait. all the whole maidan well, there is sex in november of the thirteenth year. i was in kiev at that time. i saw this portrait. i have seen these portraits. on the maidan itself, i saw this battle, which was not organized there, and in general, the direction was absolutely fascist. therefore, my son. besides that, as it were, for the fact that the land is russian, for the fact that there are no russian people, that odessa is a russian city. but i think it is my son who is primarily an anti-fascist. well, many of those who were there were also . i repeat once again. show rage to him like we will exist, we will fight with them in those possible ways, and in odessa , including for viewers, i remind you, odessa is a russian city, odessa is a city of paradise to warn, i warned the son that it was more careful. the last phrase that i said at the meeting. white son, be careful, it's the nazis they can kill. that's where they killed him. the first clashes began on grecheskaya street, the city le

dismantled and will be moved to the city where all the monuments of the post-soviet period are kept , and i am the mayor of kyiv in at the next session of the kyiv city council, i submit a draft decision on renaming this city, this arch of the mink freedom of the ukrainian people, radio freedom also interviewed kyiv residents near the monument that started to dismantle what they think about the demolition, they should have been removed a long time ago, nothing is good for ukraine, for our people, they have not done only one thing : devastation, and well, they hate us, what can i say, what is being removed? i think it is right. first of all, then this is our historical heritage. let me understand why i cut down the same statue of lenin. this is understandable because they were terrible people, but simply if this monument is not supported by anything like the border of the friendship of nations, then remove this church to hell i know that the monument is put up because people still made and tried to make monuments during the war, we don't need them and our history wants to forget about it, because there is a part of the aggressor country in this monument, so w

such a part of the great project which is registered by members of the e-e voice party in the kyiv city council we will also register an additional draft law in the verkhovna rada on de-sovietization regarding de-russification of the so-called e-e we rename streets we dismantle monuments that uh, in essence they confirm about the friendship of peoples, what friendship is possible. they always considered us not a country. they always thought uh, that we shouldn't exist today . then we don't need monuments to this friendship. monuments to vatutin will be dismantled everywhere. and to many others, part of them will be transferred to the museum of communism, the other part will disappear forever. just like the illusions that we and the russian people could have some friendship which there is such a relationship, it was a very painful friendship. if that's the case, the psychotherapist gave you a different name, friendship comes with violence, it's called yes, but the russians presented it as friendship and are trying to present it, but look, with monuments, it's easier to tear them down, so it's be

beautiful as always, thank you very much serhiy taran, a political scientist, a deputy of the kyiv city councilirect communication, and thank you, our i would like to remind the viewers that you are joining our broadcast. yes, we are also broadcasting on youtube. i would like to give you a little information before we can discuss it with our guest, literally a paragraph of information. visited kyiv on an official visit, he declared that he would continue the work on providing humanitarian aid to ukraine and the evacuation of civilians and combat zones, in particular from mariupol, and also informed nagaday on his twitter the day before, the secretary general met with the president of the aggressor country, vladimir putin, after which it was reported on the un website about putin's agreement to participate in the organization, together with the red cross, of the evacuation of those freed from azovstal in mariupol, and already today the spokesman of the russian dictator denied such an agreement with us on direct communication taras berezovets, now we will be able to discuss with him all these iss

the appeal, and now i immediately greet serhiy taran, a political scientist, a deputy of the kyiv city council, mr. serhiy. good evening, i am all at once. i will start with this hot information. and i hope you have also heard it. no, i don't know. there is even information that pope francis even asked putin and the russian leadership three times to allow at least to take out those people who are there, civilians who found themselves in a terrible situation as hostages, in fact, of these constant bombardments of his shelling on azovstal and why is this why not to release the civilians if however, the goal of the meeting, in particular, is the question of the removal of civilians from mariupol and on the same day, i arrived in kyiv right in the exact russian missile attack on the city of kyiv and theoretically they sacrifice the hospihu and attacks therefore i do not know another country that shows a majority for attention to international institutions to international public authorities than russia, so there is nothing to be surprised about. if russia were another country, it would not have st

again on the website of the kyiv russian council in the kyiv digital application, and after that they will also be submitted for consideration by the kyiv council of the city, i hope that i say once again we will finish it by the middle thank you mr. volodymyr glory to ukraine thank you for working for the kyiv community and for ukraine in general volodymyr bondarenko, the secretary of the kyiv council, worked live on the tv channel espressor. i will remind you that today zaporozhye woke up to explosions. eyewitnesses say that they heard at least three sounds, which, unfortunately, are already characteristic of the war. there are also flights, as they say in the regional military administration. i hope that we will soon be in contact with the representatives of ova . in zaporizhzhia, but before moving on to this topic , i would like to remind you that today, april 26, and today in ukraine, traditionally, all the victims of the chernobyl disaster are remembered on this very day over three dozen years ago there was the biggest a-a explosion in the history of the peaceful atom, so to speak, and this event is very often called almost fundamental for the collap

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it is possible, how will the new name of the street be chosen, so this is a procedure, the city council of kyivd this procedure earlier , the procedure was such that a public discussion is held and then the toponymic commission is more precise the nomination commission for the suburban council, experts discussed, consulted and then brought it to the session, so they voted here. the city council decided to shorten this procedure and actually issued a list of streets there 4

the course of this war in the near future. with medium- severe injuries, the fastiv city council and the head of the kyiv regional military administration, oleksandr pavlyuk, reported about it. well, the kyiv city hall, vitaliy klychko, reported on the details of the consequences of rocket attacks on the capital yesterday evening vitaliy klitschko reported in a telegram that a russian missile was found under the rubble of a house in the shevchenkivsky district of the capital yesterday. for a long time, which our tv channel and i knew personally, and for me this is my first colleague, the first person close to me who died in this war. in the very center of the capital, in a moment he will be with us on communications adviser to the minister of internal affairs of ukraine anton gerashchenko, we will ask him about the details, and for now let's watch one of the latest video materials filmed by our journalist colleague vera hyrych already during this war, i am asking for a fragment of march 5 in kyiv, it is one of the most popular streets, now it is almost completely empty, most of the people left and those

. >> w in the capital, kyiv, the european council president paid an unexpected visit. a citywas heavily shelled by the russians earlier this month was also visited. this follows a trip to the ukrainian capital last month by the european commission president, urszula von der leyen. several western leaders have is it of ukraine -- have visited ukraine. here is mr. michele after meeting with mr. zelenskyy. >> what you are demonstrating day-to-day is a demonstration that you're totally committed for democratic principles, for the freedoms, and you don't fight only for the future. we know that you fight for the european fundamental principles and values. >> our correspondent, anna foster, also in kyiv has more on the efforts to evacuate civilians from mariupol. >> they have been trying for weeks to establish a humanitarian or door - corrid or. they haven't managed it since early march, despite repeated efforts. they've spent several days trying to get the necessary security permissions, trying to lock everythg down, to make it safe to bring people out, but it proved impossible. we

conference in kyiv , guterres admitted that his security council could not do that which was intended to prevent a war in ukraine and almost simultaneously with kyiv, the rashists struck and shelled the city of fastiv with cruise missiles in the region, the occupiers hit one of the main railway junctions of the kyiv region three times immediately after the explosions , all emergency services were on the scene, the russian military reached khmelnytskyi and attacked one from the air from the territorial communities of the shepetiv district, a rocket hit an infrastructure object, the consequences of the hit are eliminated, many thanks to the employees of the state emergency service, who quickly respond, there are no victims ukraine over all marches continue to shell kharkov and the region with artillery over the past day, the russians killed five civilians and injured another 11. this was reported by the head of the kharkiv regional military administration, oleg sinegubov, the invaders made another attempt to advance from the raisin in the directions of brazhnyvka, dovgenyka, and big komyshuvakha, but they suffered heavy casualties losses and were forced to retreat, our defenders continue to

we can cross live to the capital kyiv now and our correspondent there, anna foster — what is the latest from odesa? the city councilve people were killed in this missile strike and 18 more were wounded and they suggest that six more restrained missiles were fired. two of them and they say were shot down, to hit a military facility and it was the final two that hit this residential area. was the final two that hit this residentialarea. i was the final two that hit this residential area. i would was the final two that hit this residential area. iwould bbc colleagues have been to one of the blocks of flax was hit and they will put ambulances outside and seen people bear with head injuries as well. this is not the first time that odesa has been hit but it has largely escaped the type and scale of the attacks we have seen further east and i think this will attract possibly more attention today as well because what we had a military facility and it was the final to that hit this residential area. our bbc colleagues have been to one of the blocks of flax that was hit enable put ambulances outside and seen people bear with

kyiv could be threatened again. so how should the capital city remain vigilant? oleg pollvinko is the i.t. for the city councilg in effect the offensive in donbas to kyiv's safety. are you concerned that if donbas falls that could be another chance for russia to go after kyiv? >> good evening. yeah, you're absolutely right that this scenario can be -- can be done. >> i was in kyiv in the days leading up to the invasion. at the time it was a peaceful place. places were open. it's been through many stages since then. what is daily life now in the capital? we hear of municipal i.t. employees like yourself carrying guns, not leaving their offices. how are you doing? >> of course the i.t. team carrying guns and preparing because we saw it a few weeks ago. the russian troops were quite close to kyiv, and our application was one of the information channels for our citizens because any other channels cannot help them. groceries and food through our store, from our application. >> this is remarkable for folks watching now. what your team did, they took a municipal app that's usually used for parking tickets, you change

city council warns 100,000 residents are in mortal danger because of unsanitary conditions in the city stemming from a lack of clean water. and the u.n. secretary-general visited the outskirts of kyiv to witness the aftermath of those reported civilian massacres that took place under russian occupation. >> the civilians always pay the highest price. innocent civilians living in this building, they were paying the highest price for war for which they not contributed at all. >> all this as russian leader vladimir putin is out with a new warning this morning that western nations' intervention in ukraine will be met with a lightning quick military response. joining us now, nbc news correspondent erin mclaughlin. she is in kyiv for us. erin, good morning. what are you seeing on the ground there today? >> reporter: hey, jose. we just arrived back in kyiv from the war-ravaged city of irpin. we were there to interview the owner of a children's mall. and he described for us what he saw as the russian forces moved into irpin, a fierce gun battle unfolded between russian forces and ukrainian forces. he showed us the video of the battle. you can see dead bodies of russian soldiers lying on the

meanwhile in the capital kyiv — the european council president paid an unexpected visit. charles michel also visited the cityer this month. is that it is followed by the visit of ursula bonder line. several western leaders have also recently visited ukraine and held meetings with president zelensky. i am convinced that what you are demonstrating day to day, this a demonstration that you are totally committed to the democratic principle, for the freedoms, and you don't fight the future, we know that you fight for the european fundamental principles and values. let's crossover now at kyiv. we have had an update from the ukrainian deputy prime minister and the humanitarian corridor from mariupol, it's simply not good news.— it's simply not good news. know. i mean, it's simply not good news. know. i mean. they've _ it's simply not good news. know. i mean, they've been _ it's simply not good news. know. i mean, they've been trying - it's simply not good news. know. i mean, they've been trying for - it's simply not good news. know. i l mean, they've been trying for weeks to establish a humanitarian corridor on thi

kyiv. horrifying scene unfolding in barazhenka. bodies laying out in the open in a city now in ruins. ukraine's president zelenskyy addressing the u.n. security council describing the horrors he witnessed in bucha. >> translator: there is not a single crime that they would not commit there. the russian military searched for and purposely killed anyone who served our country. they killed -- shot and killed women outside their houses when they just tried to call someone who is alive. they killed entire families, adults and children. and they tried to burn the bodies. >> general mark milley, the chairman of the joint chiefs, telling congress today that russia's invasion of ukraine is the greatest threat to peace and security in europe and the world in decades. cnn's john vause is in lviv tonight live for us. john, hello to you. we're getting new video showing the town of borzhenka completely destroyed. more bodies and more allegations of war crimes. this is about 30 miles northwest of kyiv. what are you learning? >> well, this is where ukrainian authorities have said they expect to find the highest number of civilians who have been killed so far. just b

city council. according to a local ukrainian councilman, replacing local currency with the ruble and threatening ukrainian teachers. cnn's anderson cooper joins us from kyiv, ukraine. anderson, we know the secretary-general of the united nations was just there meeting in kyiv right where you are with president zelenskyy. and we heard about large explosions there. so what's happening on the ground? >> reporter: yeah, alyson. the enemy fired on kyiv. there were two hits in one district. he added all services are working on the scene and information about casualties is being clarified. that is a direct quote from the mayor. president zelenskyy just wrapped up a meeting with the u.n. secretary-general. gutierrez, met with vladimir putin yesterday -- or two days ago. he toured bucha today and said it is the epicenter of heartache and pain. tkpwaou tear res said the meeting was useful. then he made it clear it is only russia that can stop this war. >> we will end when the russian federation decides to end it. >> reporter: i want to bring in cnn's matt rivers with me in kyiv. we just heard explosions a couple miles from here. >> not that far away. we could see t

council where he demanded justice for the alleged atrocities committed by russian forces. >> yesterday i returned from our city of bucha, recently liberated from russian troops, not far from kyiv. there is not a single crime that they would not commit there. the russian military searched for and purposefully killed anyone who served our country. shery: for more, let's bring in jodi schneider. what further sanctions are coming and what is the intent behind them? jodi: this next round of sanctions is a coordinated round between the u.s. and eu allies and some allies even in asia. looking to coordinate to try to hit even harder russia's economy, and with that backdrop of the ukrainian president's words, and images of those alleged atrocities in ukraine. the governments of the u.s. and european allies want to act quickly. we heard from the white house press secretary jen psaki today saying that this is a continuation of those sentience efforts that have been occurring in the u.s. and in europe, and that it is meant to punish those, to give consequences to those who have been part of this war effort. we are looking at a ban on all u.s. investment in russia, and a ban on coal import

council, where he demanded justice for alleged atrocities committed by russian forces. >> i returned from our city of butcher recently liberated from russian troops, not far from kyiv. there is not a single crime they would not commit there. the russian military searched for and purposefully killed anyone who served our country. haidi: let's bring in for more, our congressional reporter. what we know about these new round of sanctions being proposed? who are they targeting? dan: i think in general you are seeing an attempt to basically tighten the sanctions regime around russia. they will be targeting some individuals close to vladimir putin, potentially even his two daughters. they will also be targeting some oligarchs who may carry some influence with putin. and there will be a ban from the u.s. on new investments from russia. we have already seen a lot of companies pull out of the country. so in some ways, this is symbolic, but there are some investments at the margin that this could affect. and one of the more interesting moves is potentially coming from the eu, which would be to institute a ban on coal from russia. so you see kind of a willingness now to engage

city. michael allen served as special assistant to george w. bush and strategy in the national security council. begin with griff jenkins on the ground, live from kyiv us. griff. >> good afternoon, sandra. after 54 days of bombardment, lviv's residents had been mostly spared until now, but seven dead, and long range bombers delivered the strike. now the mayor is condemning the attacks and ready to fight. watch. >> we have to defend, we have to be ready to start the offensive and keep the enemy from our land. we are free people and the enemy wants to turn us into slaves but we will always be free and will fight to the last drop of blood, we are ukrainians. >> among the injured, 3-year-old boy has serious injuries to one hand. he was among the refugees that fled kharkiv where missiles also struck there this morning, making it clear nowhere is safe from attack in this country. meanwhile, the situation in mariupol is dire after russian forces issued a surrender or die ultimatum. some 2,000 ukrainian defenders are defying the ultimatum to give in. they are bunkered in a steel plant as the ukraine prime minister says they are not going to yield. >> it has

council in about 1.5 hours. as after visiting the devastated city which is just outside of the capital of kyiv.lenskyy visiting this town calling it that will not be forgotten. >> the time will come when every row similar in the whole truth about who their fellow citizens killed, who gave the orders, who turned a blind eye. i wish all of this and make it known globally. >> slapping rusher with further sanctions and expelling the russian diplomat prepresident joe biden responding as well treat these gruesome images of people being carried away in body bags. >> president biden: we have to gather the information but we have to continue to provide ukraine with their weapons they need to continue to fight. and we have to get all the details for this to be actual have a war crimes trial. -- >> ainsley: the west warning of possible chemical weapons attack by russia. outside, the situation continues to deteriorate with future humanitarian options. finding drinking water out of that bug at their prepresident biden calls for a war crimes trial against russian president vladimir pruden. the concern of cou

kyiv during a visit by the organisation's secretary general. antonio guterres was visiting the city to hold talks with the president, and criticised the un security counciln was staying during a visit to the country. several people were left injured by the attack. i was shocked to be informed that two rockets had exploded in the city where i am. so this is a dramatic war, and we absolutely need to end this war, and we absolutely need to have a solution for this war. the missile struckjust hours after the un secretary general criticised the organisation's security council for failing to prevent or end the war, saying the situation was a source of anger, frustration and disappointment. ukraine's president went further, saying russia was trying to humiliate the un. this says a lot about russians' attitude to global institutions, about efforts of the russian leadership to humiliate the un and everything the organisation represents. it's scenes like these that the us presidentjoe biden says he's trying to prevent, with a proposed new aid package worth $33 billion, the majority of which to help increase ukraine's air defense and artillery capacity, as well as

city and kyiv. as far as the atrocities seen there, the mayor says that as many as 300 people have been killed and ukrainian president zelenskyy will plead their case at the united nations security counciln any minute from now. >> bill: alex bringing our coverage from ukraine today. >> dana: let's bring in michael allen. a senior director on the national security council under george w. bush. i want you to listen to our u.n. ambassador. listen here. >> they have a narrative that what they are doing is normal. this is not normal. they will hear from the entire world that we will not continue to allow their misinformation, their propaganda to be used in -- on a u.n. platform. >> dana: what is going to happen at the u.n. after the zelenskyy speech, michael? >> dana, i think he will give a very emotional appeal. he is speaking on behalf of a decimated country. i looked back at his speech to the germans three weeks into the war. he very bravely invoked the holocaust and said the words never again will be worthless unless germany and the west acts more forcefully to intervene in terms of weapons and sanctions. i expect a similar emotional plea today. >> bill: we will ask that russia is suspen