v. jonah, thank you very much. indeed. so good protocol phase, ukraine's deputy minister of justice. he says moscow will need to change its demons if diplomatic efforts have any chance of success. i'm not optimistic of all the talks because i think that at this point of time, positions are quite opposite and the russia will have to change their position a lot to to approach what is acceptable to ukrainians. and it's only about what, what the goal shadows will do is something that you can in people, as a community, as, as all of us will have to accept. and therefore, as of now, i don't think anyone in your train would accept the annexation of crimea by russia, all the independence of the so called republics of done escal hands. and therefore, i can hardly see how 20 miles can he can be met. unless he's ready to change them, the greatest president vladimir lensky, physician, or warning for europe. stop russia now or your next that's after russia hit a ukrainian military base near the polish border. not yet sure, naval desert sky, but of him doing this. this is the war of our lives for

andrew simmons al jazeera levine more now from the v, with jonah hall, who's her reporting life press. good morning, jonah, you know, we were talking yesterday about how it is some quarters. the people was angle. actually, things aren't going as well as they might have expected for the russian military. but then we see these say to satellite images, they're close. well, that is still the assessments of quest and intelligence. things are not and have not been going quite as the russians might have hope that's certainly no reason the russians to stop and evidently in any reason any longer of them to slow down. they are upping their tempo now of attacks on large urban centers that is clear, the reports of explosions being heard in key of this morning. the capital, of course, the most important urban centre in the country, that enormous convoy you've been hearing about to the north west. 40 miles long, contains rush, nama troops, logistical and support supplies, field supplies, and so on. that's ready to move or attempt to move on the capital. there's another convoy coming up from the sou

v as well. jonah, i feel intensity is the word now right across to ukraine. russia just increasing that intensity, whether it be on the ground with area of the time. you know, that continues to be lots of talk, including in western intelligence assessments about they frustration being felt by the russians at the slow pace of their march into ukraine. a combination of heavy ukrainian resistance and sort of equipment failures and tactical decision making by the russians as well. and the result of it is that they are certainly upping the tempo of their attacks and potentially changing their tactics aimed at heavily populated urban centers. but most important, of course, of which use the capital key is we've heard reports of explosions on tuesday morning in and around the city. and as you said, that this enormous convoy to the north, north west, stretching some 40 miles, these of troops, artillery support, and logistics units, readying to move on the capital, making very, very, very slow progress. indeed,

ok, let's cross live now to jonah hole who is in la v. that for a says so jonah, let's start with that is capture of care sun, which of course is slightly disappeared or at least a ukrainian forces say they're fighting on, but how significant is it if indeed it is the case, russia is control in control of song and they say they are, and so the pictures indicate that they are all. there are lots of pictures of heavy russian. amr and artillery parading quite at ease through the city and through the main thoroughfare through the center of the city. if indeed, this is the case, it is significant 7 days into this invasion, no other urban centre has fallen to the russians. every intelligence analyst will tell you that they will have hoped for much quicker capitulation, they won't have counted on the storm ukrainian resistance. so it's not if you like in the russians belt, that they've got one city down. it's a strategic target. it's only denita river. it's also on the black sea coast, just to the immediate west of the crime in peninsula. and wha

john hall live for us in the v ms . jonah mentioned still the pro in ukraine southeast has come under attack. what are del hamid reports from the city where air strikes here close to a kindergarten and apartment building on friday? it was 5 55 in the morning and much of the new pro was asleep only to be walked into this one of 3 explosions that rock the city court on surveillance camera. oksana didn't hear the air raid sirens more, but the force of the blast shattered the windows and her ceiling collapsed. she lives on the 4th floor of an apartment block facing a shoe factory, an apparent target of russian missiles. we didn't expect anything in neat pro. there are no military facilities around the rations were saying that they would only target military infrastructure. here, there are only residential blocks. the school and the kindergarten windows were hit . the acrylic, he says the rockets were launch from the burnett's region interrogation controlled by the russian back separatist. this is the 1st time this city has been t

jonah, how in the v now to james base in brussels today, our diplomatic editor, as we wait to hear from national foreign minister today, james, nato, foreign ministers, all of the 30 nature countries are here as is the european union, as is the 2 other countries which are not nato members, but he, you members, finland and sweden, 1st on what you've just had, jonah reporting from ukraine, about the power plant, the sex general nato, is about to open the meeting at the north atlantic council. all of the nato members around the table. still to book has already talked about this being a demonstration of the recklessness of the war and also the fin finished foreign minister when he came in, responded to the news of that battle around the nuclear power pon, describing it as very, very scary on the agenda for this meeting, nato will discuss what they now do and how they now proceed. clearly, they already reinforce that forces that are close in the countries that nato members as a close to russia. and it was clear from all of the foreign ministers we spoke to as they came in, that there is no a

jonah whole al jazeera v ukraine has called for a ceasefire to reconnect each novel nuclear power plant to electricity. official say diesel generators can only provide a backup for 48 hours. the plant hasn't had any active reactors more than 20 years, but large amounts of radioactive waste remain on the side of the world's worst nuclear disaster in 1086. when react number 4 exploded. the default site is sealed under a giant structure and the you in nuclear watchdog says it doesn't see any immediate danger from a power outage. where many of those who haven't fled kiva, hiding under streets in subway stations and tunnels. but there's no guarantee of safety. a step faster now, reports the looking for cover in a city virtually under seat with attacks coming from the sky and on the ground, a population on the run. leaving the st. empty and airy barricades made up everything large enough to stop russian troops entering the country's capital city. key if the main prize in florida may put into war. but not everybody has left the below the city people have settled in for the long haul. hiding fr

jonah hall reporting from the v. now spoke to jason stress you so a little bit earlier media team leader at the international committee of the red cross. he says the organization is communicating with both sides, trying to reach the humanitarian crisis. i, serious, he does have this privilege position as a neutral intermediary, a very valuable position for conflicts around the world. so the answer to your question is, yes, there are conversations that are taking place. we're not, we're not talking to a stone wall. and now it's just an issue of making the progress that we want to see . of course you or your viewers might be familiar with the approach we take, we take a bilateral one on one, a confidential approach. so there aren't more details to sharon that other than to say we are urging this to happen. those conversations are taking place. me more you credit president calling for help from world leaders to secure the release of many top those now. they have been protests in the se, in city after accusations, and th

jonah ho l 20 o v. i spring in the us, some employee and singapore. he is a senior fellow and of insecurity and hybrid warfare with the international institute for strategic studies and a former sci fi monitor in easton, ukraine. thanks for joining us. i mean, the devastation caused by this russian bombardment is very clear to see. we just saw in that report from our correspondence, but russia was not using its air force to its fullest extent. is it why is that? i wish i knew we don't know. there are so many mysteries about the russian campaign is it's unfolded, sorry for the one. the fact that we can be sure of is that russia, unfortunately has a considerable amount more of military power that it could, yes, apply to as offensive that it could yet bring to bear across the cities that we've just seen footage. all that were already devastated on to cities of yet to be reached by the russian of boston columns. but the question about the air power, i think there have been instances where russia's air force now deploying ammunitions in a way that seems to

v. if so, what hope is there of any progress? and the current ongoing talks, jonah, a big picture in terms of ending this will probably very little hope at all the words that make out a product there. a senior advisor to mr. lensky, talking about how hard it is to find common ground. here he went on in that very statement to talk about how difficult it is because they are negotiating on 2 different bases really they, you create inside and we've heard this from them before negotiating on behalf of an entire nation under. so defects essential threats of the russian side, negotiating on behalf of, but essentially vladimir putin and not necessarily fully appreciate your understanding exactly what the president is thinking at any given point in time. so in terms of a meeting of minds extremely difficult. no obvious. shifting of red lines on either side, the grade is clearly still pushing in big picture terms for a full cease fire. the withdrawal of all russian troops, the russians still pushing for the capitulation, the surrender of keys and the demilitarization of the c

get to safety, let's bring in joe holland is joining us from the v for an update on the situation on the ground in terms of fighting, jonah, and, and reports of russian advances. one of the last hour or 2, we've heard from the ukranian side, from a ukranian presidential adviser, who has said that in their view, the russian advance has been substantially slowed down and in some places a stoled altogether. and that's the result, of course, of stiff ukrainian resistance. they talk about 12000 russian soldiers having been killed that number probably on the well high side as far as the painting numbers are concerned. but it is clear that the russians have suffered attrition losses and multiple defeats along the way more probably than they would have expected. i think there are multiple perspectives though to consider here on the one hand, yes, large scale ground advances have been stalled. that enormous convoy outside, key of now about 30 kilometers away to the west hasn't moved in 6 days. that is the result of logistical problems, support problems, mechanical problems, morale problems, all sorts of things. but it's easy to al