outside the capital, the cities of chernihiv, sumy, and kharkiv continue to be shelled. while the ukrainiany the eastern outskirts of the beseiged city of mariupol have been captured by russian troops. the city has endured days of shelling. president zelensky has said russian and ukrainian negotiating teams have started discussing what he called �*concrete topics rather than exchanging ultimatums�*. meanwhile, the french president emmanuel macron and germany's olaf scholz have held talks with president putin. we'll have more on that shortly but our first report tonight is from jeremy bowen, on the outskirts of kyiv. pictures of russian forces, time and place indeterminate, emerge from their side. among their potential targets here in kyiv, no—one knows their precise orders, but they're assuming an attack is coming. on the ukrainian side, they're trying to make checkpoints into real obstacles. the professionals are a few miles closer to the russians. the soldiers here are all volunteers. they are still expected to fight, even with only a few days training. just over a week ago i met two univ

percent every weekend on d w ah ah, this is the w news live from berlin. missiles hit, the western ukrainian city of the v. clouds of smoke rise from the area around the cities airport will get the latest from our correspondence on the ground. also coming up, germany is foreign minister called for an end to the countries complacency in how it deals with autocratic regimes. it's part of our vision for a new security strategy as germany grapples with the political fallout of russian invasion. ah, i'm good. how else as well come to the program? and we start in western ukraine where russian forces have attacked the area around the airport of beef. the cities mayor says russian missiles hidden aircraft maintenance plots, though not the airport itself. no casualties have been reported up until now. these had been largely spared from major attacks. the city is located less than a 100 kilometers east of the polish border and has taken in some 200000 internally displaced people since the war started. you can all go straight to live, even speak to our correspondent matches burling her there. but he has, co

could _ translation: the only ukrainian city we could flee _ translation: the only ukrainian city wewe could flee to was - translation: the only ukrainian city we could flee to was lviv - city we could flee to was lviv stopping the refugees from all over ukraine now but it is already overwhelmed. there are essential medicines —— there are not enough essential medicines here.- are not enough essential medicines here. her daughter was given _ medicines here. her daughter was given toys _ medicines here. her daughter was given toys and _ medicines here. her daughter was given toys and children'sl was given toys and children's books but it's impossible to replace all they lost from home with ade. so they will continue their journey out of with ade. so they will continue theirjourney out of ukraine to build a new life in safety, allowing other displaced families to take their place. zhanna bezpiatchuk, bbc news, lviv. as we saw in that report, a huge number of people have been internally displaced within ukraine, but many others have left the country altogether. they have fled near and fa

us naval aircraft, carrier, harry, s truman, patrolling nato, s space and jewish children from ukrainian city of odessa find refuge in berlin, where they're celebrating the festival for it. ah, i'm really mohammed walking to the program. russian forces have entered the center of the besieged city of mario paul, a key port in the south east that's been under attack for several weeks. taking mario pole is seen as a key strategic move for moscow, and would open up a land corridor between russia and crimea. ukrainian troops on out fighting with russian forces over the as of stealth steel plant in mario polk. a warning, some viewers may find some images in this report, disturbing. ukraine's port city of mario poll lies in ruins. this used to be a shopping center. now, it's just a shell. dead bodies, litter the streets. oh, those still standing left with almost nothing. rushes assault on the city has not let up with reports. russian forces have now entered the center against this background, ukraine's president is demanding fresh peace talks was available and available. always insisted on negotiati

in the south, the russians are now claiming they've taken their 1st ukrainian city since the fighting began. it's the black sea port of hudson. in the city of anna holder, residence blocked the road to europe's largest nuclear power station in a stand off with the russian forces, bohemia moody. so as it was up for the nuclear part as under secure protection, all the workers and people are standing under ukrainian flags. nobody's going to surrender the city out. people are totally determined. its a determination shared by so many civilians. every day, the war effort gets bigger, small companies run across ukraine, trying to do their bit to help this company is attempting to use steel beams, to good effect. they were all hours making defences that date back to the 1st world war, the so called tank hedgehogs, there are determined efforts by those fighting and those helping. but is it enough to avoid defeat? andrew simmons al jazeera levine was behaving exclusively to out there are rushes. foreign minister insist that the military operation is justified. think a lover of said his country

lie from berlin. russian forces extend their aerial assault as explosions are reported in more ukrainian cities. the city of ne pro, in central ukraine is formed for the 1st time in this war. troops are also edging closer to the capitol, while hundreds of thousands remain trapped in the port city of mighty. you have the bombardment after days of heavy shelling and broken ceasefire. some residents of air pin northwest of tea at are finally able to flee. dw correspondent mathias brinninger has the ground and a band on russian gas importance threatened to divide you leader there, meeting this morning and for side for a 2nd day to discuss the blocks response to the war in ukraine. ah, i'm see me so much gonna glad you could join us. russian forces are extending their air strikes on ukrainian cities a day after high level talks between moscow and he has failed to produce a diplomatic breakthrough. emergency services in central ukraine, se civilian targets, and nitro, or hit in the 1st aerial bombardment of the city. russia says it destroyed to military airfields in looks, and even offline keeps. and

well, after nearly a month of war in ukraine, russian forces are still struggling to take case cities, ukrainian forces, say they've pushed back russian troops from a k suburb of keith. further slowing russia's assault on the capital. meanwhile, authorities in the strategic port city of mary, you, paul say, fighting is raging on the straits amid russian bombardment. he trans president says nothing is left of the city where tens of thousands of civilians remained trapped. yet more palms falling on the besieged city of mario paul, russian forces had been trying to take the key port for weeks civilians. lucky enough to escape to live if say conditions in the city, a desperate to them you did. you hear the liberal of mario paul aren't being held. i'm speaking with that elite of help. or you can, you can limit people don't have water, the drink water that's not even fit for industrial purposes. as no one you can ask for help. yoga kia, another major cities have also been the targets of increase shelling with russia ramping up. it's bombardment as its troops struggle to advance on the ground on tuesda

city. it's close to the black sea. nikolai of is where ukrainian forces allegedly pushed russians foresees back from the city outskirts on sunday, renewed shelling their witnesses describing shells landing in residential areas, including the mayor on his facebook post. the important thing about nikolai of is that it would be on a route that would allow russian forces to muster for an attack on a desa that huge and very important economic archery for ukraine on the black sea and operational reports coming out of the ukranian military suggest that the russians continue to violate the rules of humanitarian law by selling civilian areas and posting equipment and resources, ammunition in civilian areas with specific reference to the town of 13 to the west of the capital, key of where the civilians were heavily shelled on sunday 8 people are known to have died. ukrainian command suggesting that the russians outside your pin to the west of the capital about 25 kilometers through the capital, regrouping, reassessing re supplying in anticipation of a possible advance, possibly eminent advance on the

president vladimir putin has sharon, he's not ready to make pace as air raid sirens continue across ukrainian cities. russian forces are fanning out around caves and have moved to within 25 kilometers of the capitol center. things are getting drastically worse and the besieged and bombarded in port city of mary palm where civilians have been fighting over what little supplies are left mc alive in the south. west is also under heavy bombardment russian troops. there are expected to move west toward odessa, another port city. if it's taken, it would cut your crane off from it's closed. we have correspondence across the ukraine. we begin with iran con. he's in the capital where people are hoping to get on to trains and get to safety in the west. a desperate scramble to get on a train out of keith. but most of these people aren't residents of the capital. they've come from places like a pin and butcher on the outskirts of people, places that have seen the worst of the war so far in this region. they sit in shocked silence. women like svetlana, still trying to understand what they've seen. the doom was h

what's a good movie with russia stepping up, it's bombardment of ukrainian cities, including the capitol. it's feared more and more civilians will be caught in the crossfire satellite images show. russian forces just 25 kilometers from central cave president followed. amir zalinski has promised ukrainians will put up us to fight in what he's calling a war for the country's independence. emily? mim i am, we're proud we have no right to lead up in the intensity of our defense yet linens no matter how difficult it is. we have no right to let up in the force of our resistance. the enemy is bringing more columns into ukrainian territory vehicle only the besieged port city of mar, you bull, continues to bear the full brunt of rushes bombardment. the humanitarian situation is worsening by the hour for hundreds of thousands, trapped without power running water or fresh food. in the nearby southern city of melita pool, which has already been taken by russian forces, residents turned out to protest against the alleged kidnapping of their mayor. and to demand his release as pleading rages people in

charles traffic is close to the ukrainian city of zeppelin. another failed attempt to getting potentially hundreds of thousands of traps civilians out of the besieged city of mary opal. we've been speaking to some civilians inside the city who say that so there is very little electricity across the city. very little water. we seen pictures of people scrambling into what we understand are semi destroyed supermarkets and shopping malls. trying to gather as much food and materials as best they can protect themselves, keep themselves warm and fade, as we understand at hundreds of thousands of them, are living in basements, living underneath their buildings. we've also spoken to ukrainian soldiers in the city. they sang, they accusing the russians of starting to shell, whilst the attempts out to get people on buses and had to had started. simon wanted accusations being made by the wash and back separatists, the spokes person for the self declared donates people's republic militia, saying that sam, the ukrainians had started shelling 1st. now we were

ukrainian territory. vehicle warning. the besieged port, city of mar you pal, continues to bear the full brunt of rushes bombardment. the humanitarian situation is worsening by the hour for hundreds of thousands, trapped without power running water or fresh food. in the nearby southern city melita pool, which has already been taken by russian forces, residents turned out to protest against the alleged kidnapping of their mayor. and to demand his release as bleeding rages, people in and around keith will be hoping and praying that last minute diplomacy could still spare them the worst of what has happened to other ukrainian cities as we just saw in that report, maria paul has endured some of the worst suffering since the russian invasion began . constant. shelley has foiled attempts to bring supplies in and get civilians out . ukrainian official say russian forces have captured the cities eastern outskirts . now new satellite images from max. our technologies show the extent of the damage to maria pole. they reveal artillery craters and fields an

some of gladys family remain trapped in a big ukrainian city. she does not want us to name to protect their safety. oh my god think i'm in my father and sister. my whole family is still in ukraine. we're very big family. but we did to every one of my full aunts, my mother, he attending and my boyfriend. my current planner is part of a grassroots ukrainian initiative in berlin. visa. they have mobilized thousands of people for their course. after their protests, the group meets in this bar to organize space. medusa is a hot spot for eastern europeans in berlin. to leak marie, you are the next rally needs to be planned, but it's also a place where everybody from the group can release their stress. good, that's good, we were all together. they follow the news and comfort each other sometimes as i felt and maybe still feel guilty that i am not there with them right now. sometimes i just want to crash everything in my home because if i cannot do anything to save my save my parents, save my friends. i'm just like i'm, we're doing this demonstrations b

she is now in the western ukrainian city of the viv on able to go home due to the russian siege. she told us what she's hearing from family. back in maria, will i be the madge to reach any of my close people. however, my friends parents called sure yesterday they managed to find some pole in the center of the city where there was some weak bio network and they shared that to the city is being shout every hour, every minutes. and i heard from telegram channel, you know, they're awesome groups. so when people communicate and exchange, some information between them. so i heard that my neighborhood where my parents leave, it was really damaged to yesterday and day. and the bomb have my house, where my parents have an apartment, and i have no idea why them. my apartment is still vale, or it's completely destroyed. so this is terrifying. french president emanuel micron says his counterpart vladimir potent shows no willingness to end. the war in ukraine crone and german chancellor love shows how joint talk telephone talks with bruton saturday afternoon during the 90 minute call. the 2 w

president vladimir zalinski says ukraine will never bow to all the me ultimatums from russia, then ukrainian cities will never surrender. earlier, the besieged port city of mario bold, defied a russian deadline to lay down arms overnight. the capital key came under attack. rush and shelling destroyed a shopping mall in a residential neighborhood, killing at least 8 people. a blast that shook the entire city of keith. fires interrupted amid the wreckage of the mall that was hit by russian shelling, fire fighters that rushed to the scene. we're able to pull at least one person out of the rubble alive. but the aftermath is a scene of devastation. parts of the mall were completely obliterated when those blown out metal twisted craters in what used to be the parking lot civilians killed in the bombing of civilian infrastructure. fresh and troops have been hitting keith with a series of strikes, including on apartment buildings. but for now, their advance has largely stalled on the outskirts of the city. ukraine rejected an ultimatum for the city of matthew pole in the countries east to surrender to russ

but ukrainian forces have repelled the attacks. the cape, what city on the black sea has so far been spared fighting official suggests the situation could change with rushes, military planning to attack by land and sea addresses, residents are preparing to defend their hon. well, alexander phenomena out a doubly correspondent in ukraine is in the port of odessa and joins us now. alexander, welcome to you again. i want to begin by asking how was the night where you are for we had to seek shelter at night and actually in the early morning hours and with sirens, going off at least for 3 times. so you can understand that people are tired, they're on their, on dissipating, that russian attack on the port city for this could happen anytime we also spoke with the local defense forces. they told us that they are ready to meet, put in soldiers, who would fear this? since that said, they are ready to fight to whatever a cost center. what do we seeing across the city that the city has been turned into? a full truck to a barricade, checkpoints, and even tank trap

stepping up it's bombardment of ukrainian cities, including the capitol. it's feared more and more civilians will be caught in the crossfire satellite images show. russian forces just 25 kilometers from central cave president followed. amir zalinski has promised ukrainians will put up us to fight. and what he's calling a war for the countries independence and we may, mine will prom. we have no right to lead up in the intensity of our defense governance. no matter how difficult it is. we have no right to lead up in the force of our resistance. the enemy is bringing more columns into ukrainian territory, vehicle lonnie. the besieged port city of mar, you pole, continues to bear the full brunt of russia's bombardment. the humanitarian situation is worsening by the hour for hundreds of thousands, trapped without power running water or fresh food. in the nearby southern city melita pool, which has already been taken by russian forces, residents turned out to protest against the alleged kidnapping of their mayor. and to demand his release as plating rages, people

not so far from the city here, so there is no large scale war on western ukrainian cities. but of course, these rocket attacks on infrastructure targets. they have been part of the war and they're not surprising. now leave her seen a great influx of people are fleeing the war. how safe to these people feel now? not hot. that's hard to say. i means live is still one of the safer places in ukraine. it's still a place where you don't see fighting on the ground. you don't see mortar fire, for example. this is one of the, of the things that have caused so many cost. so many human lives is that shelling of residential buildings. and that makes the cities like more, your po, for example. hark, if basically on livable now. so this is not happening here. the people have fled here. it's also one of the places where people flee through many of continue from here to europe. the polish border is quite close. so in that regard, this hasn't really changed yet. this is still one of the places where people flee to to relative of course, safety, or correspondent, but he has billing other in

city to the ground. we hear from the young ukrainian recruits at the checkpoints they'll be defending. satellite imagery shows some of the damage in the city of mariupol, with claims russian troops are stopping people from leaving. still no diplomatic breakthrough. talks are described as difficult, with claims president putin is showing no willingness to end the war. hello and welcome to bbc news. russia's invasion force has advanced towards several ukrainian cities, with more intense fighting reported in the northern outskirts of the capital, kyiv. several explosions could be heard as the city's defenders faced a new russian artillery barrage around the contested town of irpin. air raid sirens went off for a second consecutive early morning in the western city of lviv. the cities of chernihiv, sumy, and kharkiv continue to be shelled, while the ukrainian military says the eastern outskirts of the beseiged city of mariupol have been captured by russian troops. our first report is from jeremy bowen on the outskirts of kyiv. pictures of russian forces, time and place indeterminate, emerge

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hold fire, to allow civilians to leave safely. humanitarian corridors being opened in several ukrainian cities at the request of the french president manual comp, ukrainian president of law miss zalinski has condemned what he says is the deliberate targeting of civilians. he was in russia's military of murder, fighting around the capital key of has intensified his russian forces advance. here a secretary of state and ne, blinkin is in this way the up as part of his visit to several nations following russia's invasion of ukraine during a speech to embassy staff. he said moscow is acting against a rules based international order. it's not okay for one country to invade another, to change its borders by force. it's not ok for one country to try to dictate to another it's choices, it's future. it's policies with american associate principles like it's not ok for one country to say it as a sphere of influence over another to try to subjugate their country to as well. all of that is at stake here by russia's aggression. china says it hopes progress can be made between ukraine and russia. during the

more than 100,000 trapped in the ukrainian city under russian bombardment. in the latest attempt to get people out, the ukrainian government is sending dozens of buses to the city, while aid organisations wait to deliver more supplies. we are waiting basically for a green light from the parties to go in to be able, one, of course, to facilitate safe passage for the civilians in a convoy, and two, also bring humanitarian aid in. in russia, president putin tries to put pressure on the west by insisting on payment in roubles only for gas and oil supplies. we'll have the latest on the state of the conflict and on claims that president putin is being misled by his own intelligence services. also today... we talk to more victims of the failings in england's maternity services. ministers are promising sweeping reforms. millions of households in england, wales and scotland will see their energy prices increase substantially from tomorrow. and the met office issues two weather warnings for snow and ice in several parts of the uk. and coming up on the bbc news channel.

for the 1st time since the world war 2 people are being buried in mass graves in ukrainian cities. i would like to use this opportunity to ask the gentleman, he's a soviet cit. if you are really connected wired to moscow, please stop to moscow. to release the kidnapped mayor of the city of multiple please help us get him back from the arms or the invaders. harkey of chimney, he of sue me is doom terika, wilma, and many other ukrainian cities are being raised to the ground. documents and maps seized by the ukrainian troops from russian prisoners of war, confirmed that bombardments of presidential areas had been planned in advance captured russian pilots. at today's press conference in kia, have reconfirm that they deliberately dropped the bombs on residential areas. the number of civilians killed by the russian troops exceeds military losses. many people have lost their homes more than one point. 5000000 left ukraine almost a 1000000 by now. across the west and boredom, hundreds of thousands if not millions, became id peace. only from harkey. 600000 people were evacuated by trains. t

the mayor of the ukrainian capital issues, a defiant call to the residents of the city, to prepare to fight. as russian artillery fire reaches the outskirts of keith. this is german chancellor. all our shoals and french president emanuel micron demand an immediate cease fire in ukraine during a phone call was lied. amir potent. but they say the russian leader is not ready to end the war. ah. hello, i'm clear. richardson of a warm welcome to the show. with rush as war on ukraine now in its 3rd week, the capital key is bracing for an all out attack. as the invading forces close in the city's mer, former heavyweight boxing champion vitaly clinico called on residents to prepare to fight warning russia. we will not give up and together we will stand. and meanwhile, shelling has already reached the outskirts of keith. fire crews rushed to the scene. after a mortar struck an apartment building on the outskirts of keys lib, lib liberal as the all the artillery showing started at around 6 30 in the morning with, oh, she's pretty sick around. there are people living in these apartment buildings

as russia continues bombing ukrainian cities, kiev asked the un top court to order a hole to the invasion, but russia doesn't turn up to be here. ah, i'm see me, so must gander. glad you could join us. ukraine has rejected a russian proposal for humanitarian corridors. ukraine, deputy prime minister said it was not an acceptable option because the planned roots out of several ukrainian cities only led to russia or sal i belarus. kiev also accuses the kremlin of continuing to shell civilians during previously greed cease fires to help people escape overnight. russian forces stepped off their bombardment of several cities across the country, according to ukrainian officials. there were reports of heavy shelling and hot heat in the east nikolai, up in the south, and she hadn't even the north as well as in the outskirts of t f. the cranium president, laudermill zalinski says his country will not forgive russia for the suffering. the war is causing. here is a part of his latest address. me never, we will not forgive the shooting of unarmed people the day be destruction of our infrastructure. n

they have captured a city, pushing towards odessa. while ukrainiances are holding fast, another city has suffered extensive damage. andrew harding is there. he sent us this report. warning -- you might find some of the pictures in the report distressing. reporter: a snowstorm unfolds us as we head toward the front lines, to which is the -- towards a ukrainian city blocking the russian advance. civilians gather on the outskirts of nicolaiv. leading the madness -- fleeing the madness. >> [speaking native language] reporter: loud and deadly, the russians are trying to blessed a path through the city in order to seize the whole block seacoast. but this city is proving difficult. [sirens] reporter: we just heard artillery in the distance an a -- then an air raid siren. in the cellar, volunteers follow the examples set by millions of ukrainians nationwide, forming a dyi army. >> it is late, we need arms, but it isood. reporter: that defiance is echoed by thlocal government, who tells us the russians are acally inetreat here, for now. >> we pulled the enemy

the kremlin has appointed an acting man, the ukrainian city of municipal soft security video released by ukraine, the port to show russian soldiers abducting, be elected mer, even federal and russia continues to show the port city of mario hold. the mass has 1500 people have been killed in 12 days, but elsewhere in the south ukrainian forces are battling russian troops on several fronts. russia is already in control of the city of kershawn and wants to take nikolai, they stepping stone full force is pushing towards odessa. on the black sea coast, from mc alive is al jazeera, as emma luffy, the some of the noise on the had the shell limit being local residents of mickey live had a very tough not due to the massive explosions and missiles zooming across. almost all of the city's neighborhoods. we're at one of the eastern suburbs of mc alive, a totally residential area, with no military prisons. it was hit by a number of missiles during the night. this is a bus stop and an adjacent coffee shop which was totally destroyed. the cars parked here also damaged residence. he had told us about

russian troops are advancing towards major ukrainian cities amid strong resistance . they're pushing to encircle, keep with heavy fighting, taking place. just east of the capitol. russian forces are also continuing their siege of the south eastern city of matthew pole after a deadly strike on the children's hospital. high level talks on thursday failed to bring a cease fire, as ukrainian civilians continued to suffer ambushed on the road to keep after 2 weeks of fighting ukrainian forces, baffling to stop their capital from being surrounded after russian tanks reached its eastern outskirts on wednesday. ukrainian soldiers said they fought back the convoy with the russians, leaving behind an armored personnel carrier as well as 2 tanks, one of which they were able to repair and take themselves. but while keith continues to put up fierce resistance on the ground, there was little progress on the diplomatic front of the russian and ukrainian foreign ministers met in turkey. russia is not in a position at this point to establish a ceasefire. they seek a surrender from ukra

city. we often see surface—to—air missiles fired by ukrainian forces streaking across the sky. or russian forces, even as they regrouped, it seems from around the capital, is there pounding cities, particularly to the south, including, of course, mary and paul, which seems to be the most grave humanitarian situation. you hear from so many people who desperate to find out about what's happening to their relatives, are they safeand i made those reports of more than 1200 bodies lining the and bodies being buried in mass graves, people fear the worst, but it's really hard to know what's happening in a place like mariupol. but it is absolutely barbaric conditions. figs like mariupol. but it is absolutely barbaric conditions. as mentioned, russian forces _ barbaric conditions. as mentioned, russian forces have _ barbaric conditions. as mentioned, russian forces have made - barbaric conditions. as mentioned, i russian forces have made progress barbaric conditions. as mentioned, i russian forces have made progress in the south of ukraine. they've captured the city of kherson and are push

the top stories on al jazeera, some of the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the ukrainian city of merrier poll, appeared to be getting out. finally, after more than 2 weeks of relentless bombing by russian forces, 160 private cars have left the besieged city. but aid has not been able to reach mary or po with claims that russian convoys a blocking it will have 400000 people.

ah, some civilians leave the besieged, ukrainian city of mario pole, but hundreds of thousands remain facing another night of russian bombardment. ah, nor in tennis is out there, alive from london, also coming up. and apartment building is targeted and ukraine's capital a civilian casualties. mount russia is again accused of war crimes and tired, hungry and displaced by war report from poland as ukrainian refugees continued their long journey to safety. ah, i know some of the hundreds of thousands of civilians trapped in the ukrainian city of mario po, appeared to be finally getting out after more than 2 weeks of relentless bombing by russian forces. a 160 private cars have left the besieged city. but aid has not been able to reach mary po with claims that russian convoys are blocking it. attach about those in the of if and she begins are coverage. this is what life has become in mary, your po, an existence punctuated by the sound of russian plains and shelling and by fear and grief. ah, people hoping it won't be them next day when i want the house, we have no information at all. we k

accused russia murder for what he calls the deliberate targeting of civilian areas. several ukrainian cities are coming under attack. russian troops continue to push towards key of with fighting around the capital. intensifying. tasha butler reports from live a civilian volunteer in the northern ukrainian city of your pin on the outskirts of the capitol hill in the caught up in the moment someone shout for a doctor for but it's too late for a family. had been trying to get away living elsewhere in the city. russian shells destroy homes, frightened, people run for their lives. families and children caught up in confusion and chaos. i don't believe that money has years. russian troops of not yet entered keith, but they aren't far away. the convoy has encircled the city for several days. goods depot in a suburb is destroyed by shelling, but you cranes forces in the capital are undeterred and say they are ready for the worst was, is a hotel you my, our positions are prepared, we're fitted them out. we're simply waiting to meet them here tools and then we'll change them out, as well as any other

city. while over and on. yes, g rush and back separates or say at least 20 people died in a missile strike by ukrainian forces on monday, ukraine denies launching the missile. and ukraine says, 9 humanitarian court or is high been agreed for tuesday, including the besieged city of mario pole, residence there are running out of food and water. will after several failed attempts around $4000.00 civilians did manage to flee. mar your pull on monday it was the 1st civilian convoy to leave it since it came under siege. natasha butler has more from living. this is what life has become in mario pool. mm hm. and existence, punctuated by the sound of russian plains and shelling. and by fear and grief, ah, people hoping it won't be them. next. do i want the we have no information at all. we know nothing. it's as if we are living in a dark forest. russian forces continued to attack the southern ukrainian port city . more than 400000 people are trapped in what the mayor calls an apocalypse. water and electricity supplies a cut food and medicine scarce. some people manage to evacuate till monday, but not very many. in a m

banning crude from russia. russian military forces are reportedly holding a sci fi in several ukrainian cities to allow people to leave humanitarian car. it also being opened in 4 places, including the capital, key of andy court, key port city of mario pole, which has come under heavy russian bombardments. go straight to natasha butler, who joins us live from living. natasha, ukraine's. deputy prime minister has said russia is manipulating the issue of humanitarian corridors. what they mean? well, completely immoral were the words that were chosen by a spokesperson for at ukraine's presidency a short while ago to describe russia's offer of humanitarian, a corridors that would effectively evacuate civilians from a number of cities in ukraine, but to belarus or russia or russian occupied areas in the east now, as you said, we have just heard from ukraine's deputy a prime minister. she echoed those sentiments. she said that russia was manipulating. the situation was manipulating civilians in order to show people on television and what is needed. she said is to evacuate. people but across ukrainia

there is charles chester that has more now and the latest fail ceasefire from close to the ukrainian city of parisha. another failed attempt to getting potentially hundreds of thousands of traps civilians out of the besieged city of mary opal. we've been speaking to some civilians inside the city who say that there is very little electricity across the city, very little water. we've seen pictures of people scrambling into what we understand are semi destroyed supermarkets and shopping malls. trying to gather as much food and materials. as best they can protect themselves, keep themselves wool and fade as we understand at hundreds of thousands of them, living in basements, living underneath their buildings. we've also spoken to ukrainian soldiers in the city. they sang, they accusing the russians of starting to shell, whilst the attempts out to get people on buses. i had to had started sim amount of accusations being made by the wash and back separatists, the spokes person for the self declared donates people's republic militia saying that sam, the ukrainians had started shelling 1st. now

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but this fil a 10th by the ukrainians to try and get a into that city now. they've been trying for the last week and a half. the haven't managed to do it yesterday. and a convoy again attempted and they didn't make it again. they're going to try today, but the russians have said that 450 tons of humanitarian aid has been delivered to that 50. and again, there are 2 different narratives here, both sides. they mean each other for the lack of humanitarian aid getting in the navigation. so that the russians have shelled convoys, of course, they have denied the and say that they don't target civilians. ok, thank you so much. as a big reporting from the east of ukraine, ukrainian media is reporting the power has been restored to the tr noble nuclear plant. it had been relying on electricity from diesel generators after external power lines were damaged on sunday. chernobyl was seized by russian forces almost 3 weeks ago. the wednesday clear watchdog is warning that workers still on the site are suffering mental and physical exhaustion. the un secretary general has

have a shout to flee her home in mario paul for the relative safety of the western ukrainian city of vive a. hi maria. welcome back. and thanks again for taking the time under these terrible circumstances. at 1st, some of our viewers may remember, but your grandmother is still in my old full. and the last time we spoke, you'd been unable to contact her for more than a week. and have you had any update on her situation now? hi, and thanks to heaven again. yes, i haven't heard anything from her for 11 days already. so still no connection with her or with the other relatives back leaving mary paul. however, yesterday we managed to get some updates from the neighbor who escaped the c day 2 days ago. and they didn't see my grandmother personally. however, they share they that to, while they are there they. so the jordan's in my grandma house raised, you know, every morning. so at least this basic information gave me and my family some hope that she's there, she's alive. so this is the only use that i get from someone in mary both during the last few days. it was a terrible to have just th

western ukraine. china haul takes us through the rest of the days, talk developments, major ukrainians. cities are surrounded and under constant attack. this is chill neve, a city of textile factories, churches and monasteries, its greatest misfortune to lie on the root of rushes advance from the north. eastern city of han keith to people wake daily to seems of terrible destruction and a fast rising civilian death. toll look what couldn't is do you. this is one crime need to again, the real in the car here. this city of one and a half 1000000 people, most ethnic russians is being torn apart by russian forces for no reason. other than that, it exists just across the border from russia. in ukraine. once again, i saw you and in the far south ukraine's biggest port odessa, he's under threat to hear frantic efforts have been underway for days to build defences against a possible beach landing multiple vessels belonging to russia's black sea fleet. hover on the horizon, including lending ships and support craft, were ukraine's military is very much still in this fight, reinforced by supplies of weap

we need a no fly zone over your brain, or at least some of ukrainian cities because every single day, the only matter for us to lose the only one is that if wouldn't, we'll be able to polish ukrainian soil by from the sky. we are doing very well on the land side. we are, we definitely will be able to push back and we definitely will be able to win. but before that, there is a high chance that booty will destroy all our cities and destroy our infrastructure . the way that will be thrown back up to 2030 years behind. and this is so frustrating, right now i'm think we'll do the u. s. president, for all the support on all the sanctions and all that direction that he have given the world community on how to help ukraine. however, what we are expecting right now is oh, by any means help us to protect us from disguise. for the last 7 days of war, we have experienced maybe 20 times when there were a tax on, on kia. and you had seen the destruction that have happened. and you had seen that right now put in is using forbidden weaponry. and even that is not a hiding it. so given all of that, we

[000:00:00;00] ah, this is dw news lie from berlin, missiles hit, the western ukrainian city of levine, clouds of smoke rise from the area around the cities airport. we'll get the latest from our corresponded on the ground, also coming up, suffering and survival in mario. we hear from a teenager who's endured life in the besieged, ukrainian port, plus war, raging in ukraine. nato conduct its largest arctic military drill in decades. will look at the purpose of the menu. ah, a michael ok, welcome to the program. we start in western ukraine where russian forces have attacked the area around the airport of leave. the extent of the destruction is unclear at this point, but the city's mer, it says russian missiles hit the a, the aircraft maintenance plant, not the airport itself. up until now the beef had been largely spared from major attacks. the city is located less than a 100 kilometers east of the polish border and has taken in some 200000 internally displaced people since the war started. we can now speak to dw correspondent mathias bellinger, who is in the vive, in western ukraine. m

from bird that russian forces extends the aerial assault as explosions are reported in more ukrainian cities. city of to beanpole in central ukraine is bombed for the 1st time in this war. troops are also edging closer to the capital keep while hundreds of thousands remain trapped in the port city of mario pole. i made heavy bombardment that after days of heavy shelling and broken cease fire some residence of either the pin, northwest of kiva, finally able to flee the devil corresponding that he is pulling up or bring us that story from crime. and a ban on russian gas in ports threatens to divide you leaders, they're making this morning in the sy for a 2nd day to discuss the blocks response to the war in you crime. past the russians, leaving home for refuge in finland amid sanctions from other countries. and a crackdown on free speech inside russia, people are leaving a country that's becoming more isolated way in helsinki, where a train line is one of the last open roots out of russia to you. ah, i'm anthony. how'd walk into the program? russian forces are extending day air strikes on ukrai