nearly everyone who leaves mauripol in cars packed with families arrives here with absolutely nothingl. here in washington, confirmation hearings begin for president biden�*s pick for the supreme court. ketanji brown jackson is the first black woman to be nominated. and the british aid worker freed last week after 6 years in iranian detention says she was a pawn in the hands of two governments. welcome to world news america on pbs, the uk and around the globe. ukraine has accused russia of committing war crimes in the southern port city of mauripol, where heavy fighting has reached the city centre. president zelensky has ignored russia's demand to give up the strategic city —, saying there's �*no question of any surrender�*. tonight the capital kiev is under a new nighttime curfew, after residential areas were attacked by russia, killing eight people. one of the targets was a shopping centre which russia claims was storing rockets. russian forces are trying to encircle and cut off the capital, but large areas around kyiv remain under ukrainian control, especially in the south. our int

seems to have collapsed afterjust mauripol seems to have collapsed after just two mauripol seems tod afterjust two hours. this is the second day in a collapsed and as we have been reporting, the authorities, the ukrainian authorities, the ukrainian authorities asked civilians to stay where they were, to seek shelter, because they would be giving more information about how to evacuate but, as we have also been reporting, they continue to come under heavy bombardment. charlotte gallagher has the very latest. a russian strike on irpin — violence, destruction, panic. this city close to the capital is enduring heavy fighting, with more and more people attempting to escape. distant explosions. many are heading to lviv, a city close to the polish border. the train station here is overwhelmed by the crowds. these children from an orphanage are some of the latest to leave. for one of their carers, it'sjust too much. "my heart is being torn apart", she says. "it's so tough". a few miles from the train station, weapons are being handed out. not to soldiers and police, but ordinary citizens who

up besieged city of mauripol will open up and it accuses russia of blocking supplies.g a 90 minute conversation with persistent putin and the french and german leaders. the statement said mr putin did not shower any willingness to end the war. now it is time for dateline london. hello and welcome the programme which brings together bbc specialists and the foreign correspondents, who write, blog and broadcast to audiences back home from the dateline: london. this week: two weeks oil and gas exports from russiae xport what are those in the middle east to depend on it? controls on wheat etc.

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actually i am from mauripol but have been - am from mauripol but have been living in kyiv for ten yearsily and that is why during the month i only talk to them at times but i'm lucky that i got those phone calls, to be honest, because a lot of my friends have not heard from their families for almost one month so i am quite lucky, you no.— families for almost one month so i am quite lucky, you no. what if your family been — am quite lucky, you no. what if your family been telling _ am quite lucky, you no. what if your family been telling you? _ am quite lucky, you no. what if your family been telling you? it _ am quite lucky, you no. what if your family been telling you? it is - family been telling you? it is nonstop bombing _ family been telling you? it 3 nonstop bombing and shelling around the clock. all of the buildings, almost all of them have been damaged severely. some friends of my family have already died and registering rainwater because they are lucky to have some supplier that they have some food supply and vocally some medicines but i'm not sure they've ever, they don't have

vamos a empezar por mauripol. ha sido bombardeada en las Últimas semanas de guerra.muy complicada, porque los bombardeos se siguen en la calle y ha sido imposible evacuar a los ciudadanos que sigan en esta ciudad. que sigue estando en el punto de mira. el ejÉrcito ucraniano lo que estÁ haciendo es brindar las principales entradas y por lo que estamos viendo es que no estÁn consiguiendo su plan, lo que estÁn haciendo los Últimos dÍas es atacar principalmente a edificios residentes. por otra parte, tambiÉn importante todo lo que estÁ pasando aquÍ, en el oeste, donde yo me encuentro. ayer se atacÓ por primera vez aquÍ en leviv. rusia ha anunciado que ha usado misiles hiper sÓnicos. podrÍa generar mÁs tensiÓn, porque cada vez estÁn produciÉndose ataques mÁs cerca del terreno otan. ante esta situaciÓn que no mejora y los ataques que no cesan, lo que pide zelenski es que se retomen estas negociaciones. asÍ que, esta es la situaciÓn que tenemos aquÍ desde ucrania. leÓn: muchÍsimas gracias por tu informe. la guerra de ucrania no solamente estÁ afectando en la devastaciÓn a l

a children's hospital is hit by a russian air strike in the besieged southern ukrainian city of mauripol. ukrainian local officials say there are many dead and injured, with children buried under the rubble. the attack happened while a ceasefire was supposed to be in place. mariupol�*s mayor says president putin has destroyed a peaceful city. translation: they wanted to take the lives of our children, _ ourwomen, our doctors, who have been fighting for m days of war for the lives of every child who came under fire from enemy weapons. in eastern ukraine, a ceasefire in sumy does hold, allowing many more people to flee to safety. we'll also report from a key port city in the south, where residents are preparing for a possible russian attack. and we'll have the latest on the uk government's widely—criticised approach to granting visas to ukrainian refugees. we report from poland, where ukrainians are complaining that the uk visa process is unsympathetic and slow. at the border, the refugees are fighting congestion. here, they're battling through british bureaucracy. a warning from farmers�*

dig in and settle for a long range these towns and cities and urban areas and we've seen that in mauripolockets and bombings the air. , ., ., ., ., air. there is a nato meeting on thursday- _ air. there is a nato meeting on thursday. president _ air. there is a nato meeting on thursday. president zelensky l air. there is a nato meeting on| thursday. president zelensky is going to address that meeting via video link. what is he going to call for knowing that you cannot get the no phase and that he wants? i’m for knowing that you cannot get the no phase and that he wants? i'm sure he will once — no phase and that he wants? i'm sure he will once again, _ no phase and that he wants? i'm sure he will once again, and _ no phase and that he wants? i'm sure he will once again, and he's _ no phase and that he wants? i'm sure he will once again, and he's done - no phase and that he wants? i'm sure he will once again, and he's done so i he will once again, and he's done so repeatedly, asked for a no—fly zone. close this guys is the constant refrain we hear from close this guys is the constant refrai

cities like mauripol are encircled. _ lives, right? cities like mauripol are encircled.ing snow to drink. so i think the sort| snow to drink. so i think the sort of slightly— snow to drink. so i think the sort of slightly longer— snow to drink. so i think the sort of slightly longer term, - snow to drink. so i think the sort of slightly longer term, you - snow to drink. so i think the sort. of slightly longer term, you know, you can _ of slightly longer term, you know, you can see — of slightly longer term, you know, you can see them _ of slightly longer term, you know, you can see them putting - of slightly longer term, you know, you can see them putting in - of slightly longer term, you know, you can see them putting in thesej you can see them putting in these policies _ you can see them putting in these policies which _ you can see them putting in these policies which will— you can see them putting in these policies which will be _ you can see them putting in these policies which will be kind - you can see them putting in these policies which will be kind of- policies

cities like mauripol are encircled. people are melting snow to drink.slightly longer term, you know, - you can see them putting in these policies which will be kind of- governmental thinking, l and thinking for the long term, but the average person is thinking, why do avon two? how can i live once i have run there? i and what are our prospects for kind of maintaining a independence and| those of the month that the ability to move. - the other ones, in these surrounded cities, they are facing _ the prospect of potentially very long sieges, encirclement. - potentially starvation conditions. 0utside humanitarian supplies are not getting in. they are not getting in. and if we see the kind of tactics that russia i and the syrians used in syria, you know, we see - what the ukrainians might be looking forward to, and this is a very scary prospect. - henry, ijust wanted to pick up on the consequences of this worldwide because one of the things i did not know until this conflict started, is how much of a country like lebanon and i think yemen as well but lebanon

nearly everyone who leaves mauripol in cars packed with families arrives here with absolutely nothingoes it take for someone to come out? five. it should have been one of them eventually so now here we are. what has happened now should have happened six years ago. we begin in the southern city of mariupol — where ukraine has rejected a russian demand for fighters to give up their weapons. ukraine said �*there can be no question of any surrender.�* mariupol has been excluded from a list of humanitarian corridors that russia agreed to. we have an ultimatum. here are the points, they say. you will fulfil them and then we will end the war. it is incorrect. it will lead to nowhere. this question does not concern me alone because the fact is that the people and government are united. you�*re not going to be able to do that. you cannot do it with ultimatums. ultimatums will not be fulfilled by ukraine. wejust ultimatums. ultimatums will not be fulfilled by ukraine. we just cannot execute it physically. we have lost people. our people. how can we do it? all of us must be destroyed then their

he has talked about his priority for now it is getting humanitarian aid into the besieged city of mauripolouple of hours drive away so that his priority now and another significant day in this conflict. thank you very much indeed. let's get more now on that missile attack which has killed at least 35 in eastern ukraine. our correspondent hugo bachega travelled from lviv towards the yavoriv military base — and sent us this update: this is as close as we can get to the yavoriv military base targeted by russia earlier this morning. we have seen about ten ambulances leaving the area. there are around two dozen parked here. now, this is a region of ukraine that up until now had been spared a tax. poland is just 20 kilometres, 12 miles in that direction and of course, poland has been a sanctuary for ukrainians in this war because of the flow of weapons coming through the border and just yesterday russia said it could target the shipment of arms being sent by the west so today's events could mark a significant escalation in this war. russian air strikes have caused civilian casualties in north, e

a lot of the destruction has been around the port of mauripol here.eached the centre of that city, but there are around 100,000—plus civilians still trapped in it. and some of the defenders there are some of the most die—hard ukrainian defenders who are going to fight they're refusing to surrender, they're not prepared to be captured and they're going to fight to the death. the reason why that's so important is for russia to link up its forces from crimea here all the way through to their pro—kremlin separatist republic allies in the east, which would give them a land corridor. what they also want to do is try to take the port of 0desa over there, and that's why they're moving westwards towards the port, towards the town of mykolaiv. now, 0desa is busy defending itself. it's tying down quite a large number of ukrainian troops in preparing for any kind of russian assault. finally, in the north, up here, kyiv is pretty much a stalemate. the ukrainians have managed to retake some small areas such as the town of makariv where the ukrainian flag has been s

even if mauripol falls, ukraine cannot be conquered, city by city, street by street, house by house.ping the city is quite unbelievable, and they are real heroes, those ukrainian - fighters who fight there. so, for how long will i they succeed to fight? it's hard to say because, every day, i it's clear that they are in blockade i and russians are bombing them so heavily. - they almost destroyed this entire city. - the president of poland has strongly condemned russia's attacks in mariupol — comparing them to those of nazi forces during world war ii, translation: my fellowl countrymen are looking at mariupol and same with tears in their eyes, god, variable looks like when the nazi germans ground residential buildings —— bombed. without any mercy. the russian army behaves exactly the same way today. the russian leaders behave in the same way as hitler, the german ss and the german pilots of the fascist army in world war ii. mariupol is a key strategic target for russia. it's also a key export hub. so capturing it would strangle ukraine economically. this is another key target for russi

a second attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of mauripol after a similar plan was abandoned

notjust the usual alarm sounds but we had a huge explosion and it is not that much on the news like mauripolds and family _ anxious. are you able to get hold of friends and family and _ anxious. are you able to get hold of friends and family and colleagues i anxious. are you able to get hold of friends and family and colleagues in other parts of the country quite? other parts of the country as friends and family and colleagues in other parts of the countr- other parts of the country as you know i other parts of the country as you know i work _ other parts of the country as you know i work for _ other parts of the country as you know i work for a _ other parts of the country as you know i work for a trust _ other parts of the country as you know i work for a trust in - other parts of the country as you | know i work for a trust in ukraine and we stay in touch with our colleagues. unfortunately we all are. someone fled to other countries but there are some people doing a greatjob helping people who suffer from this situation. i5 great job helping people who suffer from this situation.— from th

joining us now to discuss the reasons behind the destruction in cities such as mauripol isjustin bronkia has employed in the past and is doing now? essentially, the russian army lacks the manpower, the tactical capacity as well, it seems, to fight their way into a city in the way that, for example, the united states did in iraq where, yes, they employ lots of firepower, but in a much more precisely, building by building, with lots of diagnostics doing it, trying to clear the structure were at a time. russia does not have the capacity and it does not seem to have the time or feel it does not have the time or feel it does not have the time or feel it does not have the time, so is much as it did in supporting the saudi regime in syria, in aleppo, part damascus, but also in chechnya, they are resorting to starving the city out, bombarding it, forcing as many people to leave, and we have seen the demands for forcing people to leave, this morning, and then busily flatting nick —— flattening it because that is the only way they can take the city. is the only way they can take the ci . ~ ., ,

the maternity hospital, number one, in mauripol has become common parlance. let me ask you this.to it, so we from inside the building and here they are. and they show that there is disorder, overturned furniture and untouched, intact chairs. once again, can you imagine what kind of destruction which have remained in the wake of the building hit by a rocket or a bomb? ask military specialists and they will tell you. they have already said that they have showed the photos of a crater near the building which resulted from an exploded mine. at the same time, we are being told about the 17 wounded in the building, and not a single death. and by way of evidence what it showed is a false picture of a ukrainian blogger here. she was shot and this blogger lady is using two different kinds of make up to present herself as two different women in photographs. and this was something that was revealed by the network users. we are dismayed by the dirty campaign to blame others for intentionally shelling civilian infrastructure. you are accusing us of propaganda whilst ignoring a huge number of

a children's hospital is hit by a russian air strike in the besieged southern ukrainian city of mauripol

donde rusia ha violado el alto al fuego que habÍan pactado para que en algunas ciudades como en mauripola y a 20 km de la capital hemos visto imÁgenes de cadÁveres en la calle de civiles que corren incluso periodistas que no podÍan ejercer su trabajo por la dureza de las tropas rusas, lo que respecta a donde yo me encuentro hemos salido a la calle a hacer una conexiÓn, cuesta mucho conseguirlo permiso para grabar, ahora mismo estÁ nevando el frÍo se incrementarÁ en los prÓximos dÍas, acÁ en la ciudad hay caos en la estaciÓn de trenes, es aquÍ el punto de salida para muchos ucranianos y de allÍ parten especialmente hacia polonia, recordemos que ahora mismo mÁs de 1.7 millones de personas habrÍan abandonado el paÍs tras la tragedia que vivimos, hoy es el dÍa nÚmero 12 de guerra, esto tiene pinta de que seguirÁ porque las tropas rusas estÁn bombardeando con durezas en las zonas cercanas a la capital. satcha: nuria queremos saber la reacciÓn de ucrania esta propuesta que hace rusia en las Últimas horas de corredores humanitarios. nuria: efectivamente el gobierno ucraniano tacha de absurda la

needed the most, especially we're talking about our cities which are suffering for many days, like mauripole. i know you've been _ but still they continue. i know you've been in _ but still they continue. i know you've been in contact - but still they continue. i know you've been in contact with i but still they continue. i know- you've been in contact with people and families where this has happened. can you tell us how widespread it is, this notion of this fact that people are being taken, versions of actually taking to forcibly deporting people to russia. it to forcibly deporting people to russia. , ., , russia. it is not 'ust deporting --eole, russia. it is not 'ust deporting people. you — russia. it is notjust deporting people. you no- _ russia. it is notjust deporting people, you no. it— russia. it is notjust deporting people, you no. it is- russia. it is notjust deporting | people, you no. it is absolutely russia. it is notjust deporting i people, you no. it is absolutely in vehicle acts of stealing people because they don't know where they are going and then they realise that they a