red cross in this war, and there is no cross on them either. evgeny i, frankly, would believe in humanism on national organizations, like who is the refugee committeeoss committee if initially, as vladislav said, this organization would somehow influence the ukrainian side and organize a corridor, because, unfortunately, this does not happen the question is why. moreover, i'll just remind you that a couple or three days ago, the red cross committee was actually forced to justify itself by tapes. it was that they were accused of allegedly being there with russian money, doing something in ukraine, then whether it helps or not. in general, it is not clear that some kind of base was organized and so on, so you understand, we have, as it seems to me, unfortunately, inertia thinking that there is some kind of over-national institutions on planet earth in human society, which, as it were , can influence on all sides and say, comrades. wait. we have peaceful people. women, children , old people, let's let them go out, and you will go wall to wall to fight for uh, what are you born for, but this does not happen, therefore, a reassessment of the values ​​of

is currently impossible, the un secretary general declared his readiness together with the red cross committee to ensure the work of a humanitarian patient from the territory of the azovstal plant in mariupol, and also called for an independent investigation into reports of war crimes in ukraine, allegations that the second is visiting ukraine where he will meet with president volodymyr zelensky and minister of foreign affairs dmytro kulev, zelensky himself criticized the day before in hotelier for the fact that he first visited moscow and to kyiv download the voice of america mobile application, the application allows you to automatically bypass blocking thanks to the built-in vpn service read news , watch informative programs and videos, as well as listen to podcasts of the ukrainian service of the voice of america the country of dreams can be different cloudy and one-story gloomy and inspired traditional and progressive and even ukrainian, we are showing it. we are finishing the first part of the program. the time will be there in a few seconds. we will continue the broadcast. we have for y

working together with our you and colleagues together with colleagues from the international red cross committee. as for an additional efforts to lee lee the, to the suffering and the, the situation for the civilian population. the un, after the contacts between the un secretary general with our ministry of defense, which happened almost 2 months ago. we have agreed and we have created a working group that is seeking based here in moscow at our ministry of defense. you and representatives agree on specific things and negotiate specific things that allowed to safely deliver humanitarian aid. through the un, through office for the coordination of human syrian affairs, osha managed to launch said was 5 such humanitarian con, vice. they were people dispatched to a different regions of the grain, in addition to the humanitarian aid that is daily been given out to the queen and citizens. and don't ask. i will ask, as well, naturally was through russian military, prussian history of defense and emergency ministry and other angie yos of russia. today we have discuss possible actions how to strengthen ou

because the international committee of the red cross does nothing in ukraine, really. what committee in ukraine, really. what do ou mean nothing in ukraine, really. what do you mean by _ nothing in ukraine, really. what do you mean by that? _ nothing in ukraine, really. what do you mean by that? i _ nothing in ukraine, really. what do you mean by that? i mean - nothing in ukraine, really. what do you mean by that? i mean by - nothing in ukraine, really. what do you mean by that? i mean by that. you mean by that? i mean by that from the first _ you mean by that? i mean by that from the first day _ you mean by that? i mean by that from the first day of— you mean by that? i mean by that from the first day of the _ you mean by that? i mean by that from the first day of the war, - you mean by that? i mean by that from the first day of the war, the | from the first day of the war, the ukrainian department of the red cross tries to do something in the hot place, but international committee does nothing, they have no resolve. the only position that is all they have is to open a place that wil

a red cross committee left for mariupol hoping to help with the humanitarian aid effort. looking at the incredible video there is showing utter chaos in the russian stores as people are trying to get their hands on sugar and anything else as they can, as the sanctions are sinking in. cnn's ed lavandera is joining us from the port city of odesa, and ed, we showed the video of the clouds dispersed by gun fire and explosion, and in one controlled town in ukraine, some dramatic footage and what the people are dealing with when the russians come in to take over a area and in charge and the people try to rise up. tell us what happened. >> well, this happened in a small town near zaparitya in places where people of mariupol is trying to es cape from, and the small town not far from there is still under the russian control, and we can see the videos emerging today from the protest of the ukrainian nuclear state agency who had a view from square, and so you can imagine the bravery of the ukrainian citizens coming out to protest the russian forces there in the city, and after a whi

a red cross committee left for mariupol today, but cnn is learning they have not made it there as of yet and will spend the night along the route. more than 4,000 civilians have been able to evacuate via humanitarian corridors. ivan watson is in one port city where some convoys are arriving safely. >> reporter: the buses finally arrived from the russian occupied city. it's supposed to be a two and a half hour drive. we were told they left around noon local time. it was around noon local time, and they've come in just before 11:00 p.m. and these buses have red crosses on them, and there are dozens and dozens and dozens coming behind them. and they're pulling into this parking lot. it's all rather dark because the city is blacked out to protect it from the threat of air strikes and so on. and people here are piled in and exhausted. this has been close to a 12-hour journey for people who were already trying to flee the besieged city of mariupol. so, people have already had to endure bombing and weeks without -- weeks without electricity and connection to the outside world, cell phone si

fulfills a certain mission according to the geneva conventions the red cross of ukraine is not a subdivision of the international committeecompleting humanitarian aid by escorting people e-e who are leaving from abroad and standing at border crossing points today is already the reverse side with the fact that our rapid response units of the red cross are rescuing people two from under the rubble, together with the state service of the state - the state emergency service situations and shots of how our volunteer in kharkiv actually protected a woman at the expense of er. so to speak, the one who filmed this episode and the representatives of the assorshitel press flew around the country and i think that less and less turns off questions about what the red cross of ukraine does. well, then we will not forget that you have always been in their programs as such a general commentator. now we, and you and shpachynska and synyutka, will watch a very moving video because , you know, the leaders of various countries consider it necessary turn to the russians, the same russians that we saw in the story, they say drive, drive, let t

of the other— principle for the involvement of the other nations and the international committee of the red crossans from the azov steel plant in macro —— mariupol _ azov steel plant in macro —— mariupol. today we have the chance to address _ mariupol. today we have the chance to address this issue and as we speak— to address this issue and as we speak there are intense discussions to move _ speak there are intense discussions to move forward on this proposal to make _ to move forward on this proposal to make it _ to move forward on this proposal to make it a _ to move forward on this proposal to make it a reality. finally let me say that— make it a reality. finally let me say that in— make it a reality. finally let me say that in many ways, we are at ground zero— say that in many ways, we are at ground zero for the world we need to build _ ground zero for the world we need to build a _ ground zero for the world we need to build. a world of respect for international law, the un charter and the — international law, the un charter and the power of multilateralism. a world _ and the power of multila

the international committee of the red cross said several vehicles had been on their way — but couldn'ttions made it impossible". however, bus—loads of mariupol residents who had already reached the town of berdyansk have now reached the relative safety of zaporizhzhia. those onboard the busses appear to have made it out of mariupol to berdiansk on their own, after which they were allowed to leave russian—controlled territory. alyona synenko is a spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross who is currently working in kyiv — i asked her what the stumbling blocks in getting to mariupol were for the icrc. the stumbling block is basicallyjust the lack of very precise and very concrete agreements, and the respect of the these agreements on all levels. they have to be respected and to be communicated through the chain of command, and everyone must be aware. and this is notjust a choice, this is the responsibility on both sides of this conflict under the international humanitarian law. so there has been a lot of disillusionment and disappointment, and it actually hurts me to

international committee of the red cross let a convoy evacuating 500 people from the city. on wednesday. the u. s. has outlined more sanctions against russia focusing on financial institutions. and 2 of president vladimir putin, his daughters, president driven, says moscow's paying a severe and immediate price. chris alleged atrocities in gotcha. yes, extra state entity blinkin his met nature chief. yes. stoughton burg, in brussels. both his se allies will focus on further measures to help ukraine, including considering the delivery of more weapons, step, fasten is in brussels, with more on the nature general's response to russia's offensive what we've seen now in the last couple of days and weeks, as well. also, especially after these images came out from a boucher that civilians there. that there's been some correct appearing. it seems that countries are calling out for more action. a more aggressive action also by nato offensive weapons. also be going to be sent to ukraine and others are much more careful. so that's a very interesting tone that he's striking there. and h

red cross in ukraine. steve, thank you so much for being with us. what are the main challenges your sister organization, the international committee of the red cross,e challenges we're facing is mostly security and safety and access. the locations are still highly contested by the different parties to the conflict. and we need to make sure that our colleagues in the international committee of the red cross and those volunteers from the ukraine red cross are able to do their jobs, stay safe, not get caught in any cross fires, and help to evacuate the people that we're trying to get out of mariupol. we estimate, there are tens of thousands of people right now that are trying to get out and we still are not able to help them. >> steve, talk to me about all of the different branchs of the red cross, et cetera, that are working in ukraine, throughout the entire country. >> yes, so we have the of the r which is working directly in a conflict zone, but we also have the ukraine red cross which has over 7,000 volunteers mobilized here within ukraine. and then we have multiple red cross societies in the surrounding countries and around the world including am

red cross, this of course pertains to ukraine. we've been talking about that effort on the part of the international committee of the red cross to trysiege, a very grim situation there, but the red cross hasjust sent this update, bad news essentially saying that the team has had to turn back, essentially. it had to turn back, essentially. it had been on its way to the city of mariupol, but the arrangements and conditions made it impossible for that convoy to proceed. it couldn't reach mariupol and it couldn't facilitate the safe passage of civilians today. they will try again on saturday to get people out of mariupol. it says for the operation to succeed it is critical that the parties respect the agreements and provide the necessary conditions and security guarantees. sounds as if thatis security guarantees. sounds as if that is clearly my detail to come in that, but it sounds as if it simply wasn't saving him. that's my deduction from what we are getting so far. itjust deduction from what we are getting so far. it just wasn't safe enough of the team to get there, and so many people in desperate need of help and wanting to get out

the international committee of the red cross lead a convoy evacuating more than 500 people from the city on wednesday through a humanitarian cordial. european union's top diplomat says variable has become another aleppo, a reference to the syrian city, which russian forces helped to destroy 6 years ago. many of those label, maria poll is the l. a po of europe and the guernica of ukraine. a martin city that was destroyed and crimes against the civilian population, war crimes. we'll take care of that. we will do what we can to help the ukrainians and to put pressure on russia. my name is robert bride is in the v, where he's been following developments in variable. there is a humanitarian corridor in place. it's one of the corridors that has been set up and is an offer operating on this day. and it comes from mary, you, papa, it is only open to private vehicles. we are hearing from upper asia. this is the ukrainian controlled city to the north of matter. you paul hazards internally displaced. people are arriving there, but it's difficult to judge exactly how many of them will be coming from

are interested in cooperating with from the un as with colleagues from the international committee of the red crossn terms of additional efforts to alleviate suffering, a and the fate of the civilian population. it was after the contacts between the secretary general and our ministry of defense took place. it was already almost 2 months ago. and we agreed and formed, uh, a working group, which is located here in moscow at the base. our ministry of defense representatives of the un agree on specific things that, uh, help organize the safe delivery of humanitarian aid and un command and control forces, as well. he on humanitarian issues has already managed five such essential convoys. to send various regions of ukraine to the regions in addition to the aid which is transferred on a daily basis to ukrainian citizens and in donetsk to lugansk, of course, also through the russian side of the ministry of defense of the ministry of emergency situations through various russian public organizations, and we discussed today possible actions to strengthen our cooperation in this area. e. i think that following

that was of the honor and then go with the international committee of the red cross. as russia pulls troops away from ukraine's north, new explosions are being reported in the strategic lexi port of odessa. this follows weekend air strikes that russia says targeted an oil plant and fuel depos used to supply ukrainian forces. residents fear this might be the beginning of a larger assault on the city. bomb strike ukraine's main port city of odessa. turning the dawn sky orange waking residence up to a new phase of russia's war in ukraine and aid worker filmed the bombings on his phone. i woke up approximately at 4 or 4 30 am because our house was a bit shaking and lately so animals was very big. nice. also disrupt or i'll get that dogs. and this guy was read the you know, and the small goals. adams, don't want a big explosion to be like if an airplane crash switch could go somewhere. i have never seen something like that news through with the call. we should and we need to close the sky because we don't want this to happen again. i'm not the be the critical tenure but ne

the international committee of the red cross says a con, void out people leaving the besieged city of mary. opal was forced to turn around that will so unable to leave humanitarian aid. hello, mr. lansky has accused russia mining and booby trapping errors. they retreated from near the capital keys, not even a janasia grave occupiers are retreating in the north of our country slowly but noticeably they are parched away with fighting and leaving their positions after their withdrawal, the situation is catastrophic, and there is so much danger. first of all, air strikes, my continues. secondly, they are mining the entire territory, houses, hardware, even the bodies of those killed. there are so many trip wires and other dangers less hold in lesser, in the east of our country. the situation remains very difficult. russian troops are building up and the don bass in the car, key region. they are preparing for new powerful strikes. we are preparing for even more active defense, israeli forces of shot and killed 3 palestinians and the occupied west bank. it happened in the town of other bay s

but pin brushes. defense ministry has accused the international committee of the red cross of destructive actions near the ukrainian port city of mary upon the agency is trying to reach the besieged area to get the residence out. a 3rd attempt to bring a fleet of buses failed on friday. russia says red cross employees made unplanned stops, and some vehicles broke away from the main convoy. another attempt is on the way with the convoy expected to arrive on sunday or that 4000000 ukrainians have fled to other countries. millions of others remain internally displaced. stephanie decker is at a facility on this vacuum border in western ukraine. around a quarter of a 1000000 people have come here to the trans carpathian mountain range, everyone telling us it's because they feel safe as tear. it is remote, it is close to nato countries and the board and i, we're in a center for the internally displaced. these are people who cannot afford to stay anywhere else. why? because the main city was good is packed, the hotels are packed. apartments are packed and there is no where to stay. so now this c

. >>> joining us now, the head of the kyiv office of the international committee of the red cross.joining us. thanks for all your important work. how does an attack like the one we saw on this rail station in eastern ukraine, on civilians trying to flee a war zone, make the work of the red cross even more essential? >> well, as you've seen the images on tv, that what is going on there, the images you saw is going on all across ukraine. and it makes not only the work of the red cross more difficult, but actually the situation for the civilian population really horrible. and this is the focus of our operations, try to find ways to make sure at least that civilians are protected, somehow protected. but i tell you it's really a difficult task. >> the international committee of the red cross was founded as a neutral, impartial, independent body. is it hard to remain impartial, though, and neutral when you see these atrocities like these? >> well, as you rightly say, we are a neutral organization, and we are not neutral to violence nor human suffering. this is what i'm observing on a dai

she works with the international committee of the red cross in ukraine. she joins us from kia a unit. let me start by asking you about what happened in boucher is the red cross able to confirm that russian troops committed atrocities there. we are going to push it to morrow and i'm going there with a very heavy heart prepared to, to what we're going to see, the images that are circulating and that we saw, or simply shocking. and it is at the, at the core of the international humanitarian law that civilians and civilian infrastructure must be protected. and we continue repeating it tirelessly to both parties in the conflict. are you able to work independently in ukraine? how much access do you have to places like boucher or mario poll? the ice or c works independently everywhere in the world. if we don't work independently, we simply don't work because the neutrality and independence are at the core principles of what we do that till i was document, violations of international humanitarian law, and speak with warring parties to prevent those violations fro

the international committee of the red cross that a convoy evacuating more than 500 people from the city on wednesday through a humanitarian corridor. all the opinions top diplomat says mar, hugo has become another electrode, a reference to the syrian city, which russian forces help destroy 6 years ago. mary, your ball as april maria poll is the l. a. po of europe and the guernica of ukraine . a martin city that was destroyed and crimes against the civilian population, war crimes. we'll take care of that. we will do what we can to help the ukrainians and to put pressure on russia. well, mcbride is in levine where he's been falling developments in variable. there is a humanitarian corridor in place. it's one of the corridors that has been set up and is an offer operating on this day. and it comes from mary, you, papa. it is only open to private vehicles. we are hearing from zap alisha. this is the ukrainian controlled city to the north of matter. you paul, as it's internally displaced, people are arriving there, but it's difficult to judge exactly how many of them will be coming from. now

bride al jazeera levine shortly after all, but broad fall that report the international committee of the red cross says its team, which was on its way to help people leave. mary paul was not allowed in. the convoy was turned back to nearby as a parisha. the red cross says the conway was also unable to leave humanitarian aid because it did not have permission from russia. ukraine president says at least 3000 people were able to leave. the city of autumn is landscape, the ukrainian president of accused russian troops of mining and booby trapping areas near keith as they retreat nappies much enough. occupiers are retreating in the north of our country slowly but noticeably they are pushed away with fighting and leaving their positions after their withdrawal, the situation is catastrophic, and there is so much danger. first of all, air strikes might continue. secondly, they are mining the entire territory, houses, hardware, even the bodies of those killed. there are so many trip wires and other dangers that's not in the east of our country. the situation remains very difficult. russian troops are buil

following long gun complex negotiations between the 2 warring sides and the international committee of the red cross, a convoy of buses was sent to the proceed city of mary you. paul, in the hope of evacuating trapped residence vincent from the i chair. see we are currently on the move from completion to the to my you. in order to ensure safe passage for the civilians desperately want to have the city. the i c r c is also looking to bring much needed humanitarian aid into the city. robin bride al jazeera live eve, and shortly after rob mcbride fall that report the international committee of the red cross said the team on its way to help people leave money. when not allowed in a convoy, it was turned back to nearby is parisha. the i c r c says the convoy was also unable to lead humanitarian aid because he did not have permission from russia. ukraine president says at least 3000 people were able to leave the city a lot of landscape, the crews, russia of mining and booby trapping air as they have retreated from near the capitol. keith, not even a great occupiers, are retreating in the north of our coun

however, a larger evacuation and aid convoy planned by the international committee of the red cross failedr correspondent anna foster is in liviv — and has been giving us more details on the attempts to bring people out of mariupol. well, the international committee of the red cross are trying to lead this humanitarian operation at the moment. they say that they are a neutral intermediary and they feel that they have got the best chance of trying to secure a brief pause in hostilities so they can bring people out but of course they were hoping to do that yesterday and it had to be postponed, because they could not get the security guarantee that they needed to enable that to go ahead. they said that they will try again today. we do know that they are struggling to get permission to take in humanitarian aid. things like food, water, medical supplies which are so desperately needed in every poll. much of that city, as you can see, has been raised to the ground. it has been absolutely destroyed and its mayor says around 160,000 people are still trapped in that city. he wants a full evacuation

the international committee of the red cross helping with the evacuation of civilians from the as off style plant in the besieged, ukrainian city of merrier poll. the 1st time the un chief has visited russia since the war in ukraine began 2 months ago. the us defense secretary lloyd off and says, washington and his allies will hold monthly meetings to discuss army ukraine. the u . s. has been hosting talked at devonshire airbase in germany, focus on helping ukraine defend itself against russia and on the ground in ukraine . russian rockets have hit a commercial center in the city of chaper re jacqueline, one person in injuring another. it's a last major city under ukrainian control in the southeast. now ukraine is investigating more than $500.00 suspects for committing thousands of potential war crimes. evidence is being gathered across the country. algiers here is hold abdel. i me travel to villages north of keith and has this report family ever since the russians pulled out a few weeks ago. detective victoria namir rover and her team have been zooming bodies at least 10 day leave a

the international committee of the red cross said the team on its way to help people leave money off of what not allowed in a convoy. it was turned back to nearby. is that or is yeah, the i see on see says the convoy was also unable to leave humanitarian aid, because it didn't have permission from russia. ukraine, the president says at least 3000 people were able to leave the city. a lot of myth lensky has accused russia of mining and booby trapping air as david treated from the capitol. keith, not even that, you know, great occupiers are retreating in the north of our country slowly but noticeably they are pushed away with fighting and leaving their positions after their withdrawal, the situation is catastrophic, and there is so much danger in 1st of all air strikes might continue, secondly, they are mining the entire territory, houses, hardware, even the bodies of those killed. there are so many trip wires and other dangers that you're not in the east of our country. the situation remains very difficult. russian troops are building up and down bath in the car, key region. they are

they crisis, the international committee of the red cross walls is going virtually a notice because of the war in ukraine. and as i mentioned, sees it says 346000000000 people, more than a quarter of the content population is experiencing what is described as alarming hunger. and that number is expected to rise in the coming months. the situation spreads from somalia and e. c. a peer in east to retain it in the west. the i c. r . c has budgeted $1100000000.00 for c by the terry responds across africa, but that could be about $875000.00 short. and the united nation says western africa in particular. stacy, it's word, worst food crisis in a decade and twenty's of 1000000 people going hungry. it says that number could jump to 38000000 people. by june. patrick is us, is the africa director, the international committee of the red cross, the he says, explosive mix of global conflict and the climate crisis is leading to greater food insecurity in africa. on many parts, africa, from the west. the subhead will delay to the horn or if a security crisis and the current estimated 346000000 accordi

m wrong con our desert, that pin rushes. defense ministry has accused the international committee of the red cross of destructive actions, navy, ukrainian port city of merrier poll. the agencies trying to reach the besieged area to get the residents out. a 3rd attempt to bring a fleet of buses failed on friday. russia says red cross employees made unplanned stops, and some vehicles broke away from the main convoy. another attempt is underway with the conway expected to arrive on sunday. more than 3000000 people have fled ukraine, and about the same number are internally displaced. most have gone to border areas to seek safety. but many cities already full 70 decker reports from oscar road in the trans copy. the mountains were around 300000 people. of escaped deep in the mountains in western ukraine, close to the borders with slovakia and hungry people fleeing war are coming to find peace. this is one of many centers and it was good for the internally displaced. olga and her husband or from car keith. they left their city under heavy shedding. they had though for sold as got the family, donnelly di

the russian military little finger said that russia is appealing to the un international committee of the red crossof the west to demand from the ukrainian authorities to immediately provide access to the russian military and check the conditions of their detention. otherwise, as pointed out by little fingers. they themselves become participants without human crimes, ukraine their neo-nazis have reliably established that russian servicemen are subjected to torture, violence , bullying, which, with their inhumanity, copy the actions of punishers during the great patriotic war, and that's all. it's widely circulated on the internet and the media like its drinking facts remain. unfortunately, without the attention of the world community, including the united nations, the osce and the international committee of the red cross, western countries not only are aware of kiev’s grave violations of international humanitarian law against russian prisoners of war, but are also trying to help the ukrainian authorities avoid responsibility. they also reported on the preparation of new provocations in ukraine and,

now the intentional committee of the red cross as a convoy to help people leave the besieged city of mario pole with falls to turn around the i. c r c says that he was also unable to leave humanitarian aid because it had not had permission from russia. the convoy had turned back to nearby, as of a spokesman says the arrangements unconditionally made it impossible to proceed, but it's possible on the people's efforts to get out of mario pole. most people who've left mary awful had to make their own way out. pavel says he's used to the walking. he's a shepherd. love that. we've got 35 kilometers to go. he says he and his wife yanna, a heading to their village, away from the fighting. they hope. around a $140000.00 people have escaped mario pole in the 5 weeks since the start of what russia calls its special military operation. but not everyone made it to safety. those that do find themselves in reception centers in russia or schools like this in don yet looked up. what usually sort of to me about, why did we come yet? because it became too hard. we were exhausted. i took you earlier. s

joining me now is the spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross.e you hearing from the field? >> this latest news shows how difficult it is to move even when you're a humanitarian organization. our team was held by police today. it's the fourth straight day that we've been trying to get into mariupol. we haven't yet been able to get there. sometimes it's the security situation. sometimes it's getting past check points. it's really difficult work. >> what are the residents doing from what you can -- you have some communication because you know what you're trying to supply. they must be desperate by now. >> that's a great word. you know, unfortunately we've been here for days seeing the situation get worse every day. we can see in other cities that we do have access to that when we reach there the residents are saying we don't have anyway to get water. there are no doctors left in the town. there's no medical supplies. people come up to us and say do you have any first aid? do you have any food? do you have any water? those are places closer to kyiv.

the international committee of the red cross, we're going to there to try to open a humanitarian corridor. they actually had to turn back. they simply couldn't get to the city the met of mary paul has been speaking. he say that we managed to get some people out in private calls, but our mass evacuation could not take place at the ukrainians. blaming the russians for this thing, they've renamed on yet another humanitarian corridor, a deal. but remember marian at retiring corridors. i. she worked both ways. you got to get aid in this still a 150000 people according to the man trapped inside as has he been living under ground in that city. a lot of them haven't seen a daylight for a while now. the mayor also says that they're only getting maybe 3 meals a week if they're lucky that situation there absolutely die on the russians. i say the ukrainians are continuing to keep up the pressure the ukrainians are getting much more frustrated. in fact, be, are they saying that we need to get into that city? we need to get he monitoring aid into that city almost immediately. yet every time they, every

the international committee of the red cross said several vehicles had been on their way but couldn'te conditions made it impossible. they will try again tomorrow. tens of thousands of people are trapped there, following weeks of russian bombardment. joining me now is alyona synenko, a spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross who is currently working in kyiv. thanks for making time to talk to us. now, earlier, a short while earlier, we did hearfrom an ukrainian mp who was rather critical of the progress or rather lack thereof of the icrc having in ukraine, your response to that? i think we are always ready to accept criticism but we should all remember that the icrc can act in its traditional role as a neutral intermediary but it is not our response vanity and we cannot stop the bullets. it is up to parties to find concrete and precise agreements and then respect these agreements on the ground for us to be able to do our work. . , the ground for us to be able to do our work. ., , , .,, ., our work. so, many people are wondering _ our work. so, many people are wond

how dessert, that pin rushes defense ministry has accused the international committee of the red cross of what it calls destructive actions, navy, ukrainian port city of mario poll, the agencies trying to reach the besieged area to get the residence out. a 3rd attempt to bring a fleet of buses failed on friday. russia says red cross employees made unplanned stops, and some vehicles broke away from the main convoy. another attempt is now underway with a convoy expects to arrive on sunday. a series of explosions were heard in ukraine . southern port city of odessa. it happened in the early hours of sunday. pillar of black smoke rose into the sky. queen officials have not given additional information about the attack. a more than 3000000 people have fled ukraine, than about the same number are internally displaced. most have gone to border areas to seek safety. but many cities are already full. stephanie decker reports now from was garage and they trans, carpathian mountains, where around 300000 people have escaped ish. deep in the mountains in western ukraine, close to the borders with s

well, the - international committee of the red cross i trying to read this humanitarian operation at they say that they are a neutral intermediary and they feel that they have got the best chance of trying to secure a brief pause in hostilities in mariupol so they can bring people out but of course they were hoping to do that yesterday and had to be postponed because they could not get the security guarantees they needed to ensure that goes ahead. they said they would try again today. they are are trying to get permission to take in humanitarian aid, food, water, medical supplies are desperately neededin medical supplies are desperately needed in mariupol. much of that city has been raised to the ground. it has been absolutely destroyed and its mayor says around 160,000 people are still trapped in that city. you want a full evacuation but, of course, logistically to bring all those people out while fighting continues is an incredibly difficult task. there is a lot of work going on behind the scenes to try to make that happen. there is hope that perhaps a convoy of people led by the r

it's being led by the international committee of the red cross, who are a neutral intermediary in thise. what they want to do is go into mariupol, of course with all the necessary agreements in place, at a high level, that there would be a brief ceasing of fire from both sides, that they would be able to lead out this convoy, potentially of buses, potentially of people in private cars. there are still more than 150,000 people we think trapped inside mariupol. what they aren't doing is giving minute by minute progress, but it's 4.00 in the afternoon now here in ukraine, it will be dark in the next two hours, if they haven't reached there yet, it would seem, once again, that it is unlikely that that operation would happen today. you have to remember to do something like that in the daylight is dangerous enough, but to do it in darkness would really be far more dangerous for all concerned. so there is, i think, a chance as the day goes on and we don't hear any news, that perhaps for a second day may have failed, but we don't know that for sure, we wait and we watch for updates. but of cou

a convoy by the international committee of red cross was again denied access.are sticking it out hoping to help those caught in the fighting. >> translator: the latest rumors we hear from official sources are that russia is moving its forces to the east and could turn into a second mariupol here. we hope the ukrainian forces will manage to hold their positions and the west helps us a lot. i'm a doctor. i can't leave. of course it's a little scary but i don't want to leave my city. i'm needed here. >> well, since this war began more than 2 million ukrainians have fled across the border and have stayed in poland. but now 3-in-1 tens of thousands have started to return home despite the threat of war. cnn's kyung lah spoke with refugees in warsaw to find out why. >> in some ways we've almost become a accustomed to these images because they're so common now six weeks into the war. ukrainians carrying bags they can roll, their babies in tow except they are not fleeing to safety. we are on a platform, a bus platform in warsaw, poland. and what you are looking at are u

however, a larger evacuation and aid convoy planned by the international committee of the red cross failediday. 0ur correspondent anna foster is in lviv. shejoins us now, what is she joins us now, what is the latest anna, that you can tell us on the attempted evacuation of the citizens trapped inside mariupol? weill. attempted evacuation of the citizens trapped inside mariupol?_ trapped inside mariupol? well, as ou said trapped inside mariupol? well, as you said rightly. _ trapped inside mariupol? well, as you said rightly, this _ trapped inside mariupol? well, as you said rightly, this was - trapped inside mariupol? well, as you said rightly, this was planned | you said rightly, this was planned for yesterday, and it didn't go ahead so we were told it had been postponed for today, it is being led by the international committee of the red cross who are a neutral intermediary in this case. what they want to do is go into mariupol, of course with all the necessary agreements in place, the at a high level, that there would be a brief ceasing of fire from both sides, that they would be able to

organizing humanitarian convoys and the evacuation of civilians, together with the international committee of the red crossd the president accepted this interest with understanding. we positively assess the desire of the un to play a constructive , unbiased role, and we, in general, explained to our colleagues, the general and the king of his delegation, how exactly he could make his contribution. and in solving these humanitarian tasks, otherwise he is here for several representatives who vkontakte with our ministry of defense. they will get what they need. e suggestions. how can this interest shown by the secretary general be realized? that, in fact, is what we talked about. the talks were, as i said, useful, and we agreed to continue working on all areas of our trip. thank you good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, first of all. allow me to express my gratitude to mr. sergey viktorovich lavrov and the government of the russian federation for the invitation that was given to us sent to visit moscow for bilateral consultations in order to consolidate our cooperation and strengthen our ties. we are together

the international committee of the _ nations, the international committee of the red _ nations, the international committee of the red crossppening — and this is notjust about what is happening in ukraine, as we are seeing— happening in ukraine, as we are seeing shock waves around the world. the dramatic acceleration of the increase — the dramatic acceleration of the increase of the prices for food and energy— increase of the prices for food and energy that was already taking place in the _ energy that was already taking place in the last— energy that was already taking place in the last year, are causing enormous _ in the last year, are causing enormous suffering to hundreds of millions— enormous suffering to hundreds of millions of— enormous suffering to hundreds of millions of the most vulnerable people — millions of the most vulnerable people worldwide and this comes on top of— people worldwide and this comes on top of the _ people worldwide and this comes on top of the shock of the continued covid _ top of the shock of the continued covid pandemic and even access to resources — covid pandemic and even access to resour

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. >>> international committee of the red cross is with husband from ukraine. thank you for taking the time. now that moscow has made ultimatum for last of ukrainian forces to surrender, seems like will be under total russian control. over a thousand still there, what are your concerns for them moving forward? >> it's always the same concerns we've been having as we haven't been able to go inside the city of mariupol to assess the humanitarian needs but we know they're huge. we were able to have convoy with residents from mariupol, bringing them to safety, and they were telling us barely any food, water, no electricity and barely any connectivity, cut off from the world and huge lack of medication. what we node from experience when cities are with ungoing hostilities, basics come to lack. also for medications. those who stay behind are usually elderly, vulnerable, chronic diseases, disabilities, problems with mobility. we've been calling to parties to enable us to facilitate safe passage but also get humanitarian aid. part of their legal obligations. civilians

that convoy was on the move, escorted by the international committee of the red cross. by emergency work,. we understand many russian checkpoints on the way. it gets held up on the way. if it makes it here, we are hearing there are 2,000 people welcomed here. a part of the process that goes on here is you have ukrainian police that have to check people's documents and everybody is above board. that there aren't any potential threats and a remarkable volunteer effort in the superstore over my shoulder. a woman is standing with fuzzy animal tours to give to kid. one food, medics are standing by. this is a part ofwelcoming committee for people fleeing, this is unusual. the international committee of the red cross says they're running out of adjectives for the horrors taking place in that city pummelled by russian artillery. back to you. >> not many people flee for sure life. get safe, that's most important. >>> joining us now retired army company of u.s. special operation forces in europe. food to have you, sir. i wonder if we can begin with the news overnight of an attack

information bureau was created, this bureau is responsible for all question and international committee red cross has access to war prisoners, which is called by ukraine. unfortunately, international committee has no access to war prisoners, which is hold by russia. >> the ukrainian government did promise a transparent investigation. it said that the results would be made public. do we know where that investigation stands right now? when will those findings be released? and this is in particular with the allegations that ukrainian soldiers shot dead russian p.o.w.s or russian soldiers who were wounded. >> yes. we as a human rights organization openly urged our ukrainian authorities to provide this investigation as quickly as possible and also report publicly not only to human rights organization but to the whole international community because it's violated the policy of ukrainian army, which distribute a lot of information to russian soldiers how they can stop their battles and to go to a hostage. and if ukraine will not be able demonstrate a safe conditions in accordance of international humani

the red cross, ukraine and russia, are ready to determine the number of those who want to leave the city. my proposal concerns the coordinated work of the united nations, the international committee of the red cross, forces of ukraine and the russian federation to organize a safe evacuation those civilians who want to leave both inside the zubstal plant and those in the city in any direction they choose and to deliver the necessary humanitarian aid video that was filmed immediately after the russian bombing of the mariupol drama theater on march 16, the adviser to the mayor of the city, petro andryushchenko, made public, according to him, these footage nullifies the russian fake about the involvement of the azov regiment in the attack, we will show you fragments of this recording. more than 1,000 dead people who fled to the outskirts of the city in the hope that they would be burned a couple of times were left as victims. they put it on and it burned additionally, let me remind you that on march 16, russia bombed the mariupol drama theater in which about 600 civilians were hiding. according to human rights commissioner lyudmila denisova, 300 people, two women and a man, died as a

the early morning helicopter attack in the russian city of belgrade, the international committee of the red cross. as a convoy to help people leave the besieged city of mario paul was forced to turn around the c r c sense. the team was also unable to leave. he managed harry, an aid because it did not have permission from russia. the wall was front and center talks between china and the european union, brussels as pressing beijing reassurances. but it won't supply all to russia or help moscow avoid western sanctions. workers at an amazon facility in new york are voted to form the company 1st. you the end of the us. the result is when the labor rights groups we've tried for years to 4000000 america, 2nd largest, private employer and alignment for the woke up 2020 to eval games is now set the drawer to decide which teams will face each other. took place in the host city, host city of doha, here in canada. now this will be the 1st time the competition has been held in the middle east. and american actor will smith has resigned from the hollywood motion picture academy after he slapped comedian chris

another thing that i can confirm is that the international committee of the red cross was trying to get in five days, detained by the security forces and had to turn around just shy of the city. they were not allowed in by the russians and did manage to escort around 500 civilians who most of home had flet either in cars or on foot. the red cross helped them in buses. ukrainian-controlled territory that is a glimmer of hope but still a drop in the bucket because there are tens of thousands of additional people believed to be trapped in that city, a city the city council is describing as a death camp . back to you. >> i fear so much what we'll find or what they will find when people other than russians are allowed in there. ivan, i do want to ask you about your interview that you did with somebody who was in hospital who i understand was able to get out, who survived a bombing there in mariupol. tell us about that moment. >> reporter: this is a 21-year-old man named dmitry who was hiding with his mother on the night of march 9th in a building when he says they were hit by russian air str

the red cross, ukraine and russia are ready to determine the number of those who want to leave the city. my proposal concerns coordinated the work of the united nations, the international committee of the red cross, the forces of ukraine and the russian federation to organize the safe evacuation of those civilians who want to leave, both inside the steel plant and in the city in any direction they choose, and to deliver the necessary humanitarian aid, ukraine can quite legitimately attack objects in russia is the opinion of the minister of the armed forces of great britain jamesby ukraine ukraine is a sovereign country that lived peacefully within its borders and then another the country decided to violate these borders and send 130,000 troops this started a war between ukraine and russia and in the war ukraine has to strike the influence of the enemy to attack his logistics lines fuel stocks ammunition warehouses this is part of the war washington will move heaven and earth to help ukraine in the war against russia such said the minister of defense of the united states at the american airbase ramstein during the meeting with representatives of taxes from 40 countries of the wor