i'm ramin mellegard.atching. ■ al jazeera. ♪ >> you are watching al jazeera. a reminder of our top news stories -- ukrainian forces are retaking territory on the outskirts of the capital, kyiv, pushing back. rush appears to be relying upon and other attacks to take control of ukraine's major cities. ukraine's president has called for demonstrations around the world on thursday to mark one month since the russian invasion. >> starting from march 24th, exactly one month after the russian

i'm ramin mellegard.mir putin is stepping up pressure on foreign firms exiting his country over the invasion of ukraine. he suggested that the government could seize control of their assets. >> translator: we need to act decisively against companies that are stopping their operations in russia. >> putin made the remark in an online meeting with cabinet ministers. he said it is necessary to introduce external management and transfer the enterprises to those who want to work. the prime minister said the government has aimed a draft law aimed at preventing the closure of operations. he said protecting jobs is the key test. western countries have been punishing russia with economic sanctions. putin said the moves amount to a declaration of war. sanctions against russia are expected to have a major impact on the country's economy. a global banking associate has now put a number to the damage. the institute of international finance says it expects russia's economy to contract some 15 percent in 2022. that's a d

" i'm ramin mellegard.ba shareholders have rejected management's proposal to split the struggling japanese conglomerate into two. the plan failed to win a majority of votes at a shareholder meeting on thursday. toshiba had wanted to spin off the semiconductor unit to help improve corporate value. it also pledged to sell three subsidiaries to return 2 1/2 billion dollars to shareholders but activists investors who hold a major stakepposedhelan toshiba says the voting result is not legally binding. still the outcome is a setback, many shareholders side with the activist investors. they have been at odds with management over which direction the company should take. >>> and the moscow stock market has resumed trading. operations had been suspended for nearly a month in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. trading got underway from 9:50 a.m. and ends at 2:00 p.m. local time. 33 stocks are changing hands. they include the country's largest lender, spare bank, government banked gas provider, gas prom, and inv

i'm ramin mellegard. thank you very much for watching. the top stories.ed port city of mariupol has been canceled for the fourth time. empty buses were seen turning around following reports of russian shelling along the humanitarian corridor. fighting north of kyiv is intensifying as russian forces push toward the city. military experts say russia could attack kyiv within days. : says it is ready to deploy all of its mig 29 fighter