w. william blue cross has more yet, let's remember that putin deployed nearly 200000 troops to your cranes borders in the last few months, which means many of them have not actually been committed to combat yet. but we might be seeing signs of that starting to change after light, fast attacks around the country appear not to be going quite in rushes favor. now you might have heard, and we've talked about already, this massive russian convoy put together from forces based in bellow, roof that's ukraine's northern border. now, satellite imagery shows it is heading towards the capital cave and it's grown in the last couple of days, apparently stretching 65 kilometers made up of hundreds of vehicles. that's tanks, artillery troop transports these kinds of heavy armored heavy mechanize vehicles. now, we don't know exactly how this kind of equipment is going to be used when it's going to reach, keep moving. this amount of armor at once takes a long time. there's fuel in supplies that need to keep up. and russia we've been hearing appears to be struggling with those kinds of supply lines. but if

w. william blue cross reporting, they're here or more headlines from the war in ukraine. russian president vladimir putin has discussed western sanctions in a call with saudi crown prince ma hm had been selman. now, according to kremlin sources, putin denounced the politicization of global energy supplies. russia is the 2nd largest exporter of crude oil behind saudi arabia. france has seized a super yachts linked to a russian oligarchy. the a more a vero, the is owned by a company with ties to igor such and he's head of the russian oil group ra, sniffed french customs, sees the 85 meter long vessel at a shipyard near mar, say in accordance with ease sanctions against vladimir putin's inner circle of the kremlin has long been cracking down on independent media in russia. censoring voice is critical of the government's issues when the were in ukraine began. authorities band media outlets from using terms such as attack or invasion to describe what is happening. we're now the latest casualty in the information war is the independent radio station echo of moscow. it says it's shutting down aft

w. william blue cross has the data. thanks very much. as we've been reporting for days, ukrainian forces have been putting up impressive resistance. i'll be at a steep cost. russian advances had been slower than many expected, including russia's own military planners been taken a bit by surprise. the thing is, given russia superior strength in terms of sheer numbers and the resources they can throw into this fight. even small advances on the russian side can have devastating effects on the course of the war for ukraine. so let's have a look at the front lines as best as we can tell from the latest movements. now military analysts suggest that russian forces are re supplying and reinforcing their troops all around the country from the point that they have invaded from the north, the east and the south for a renewed and harder push into those 3 parts of the country. they've entered. now possibly, some, the most dramatic movements are in the south, where fresh and forces have come up from crimea. that's where vladimir putin annexed illegall

would you w william blue cross d u n. refugee commissioner, put it bluntly on twitter earlier today to 1000000 people have now fled ukraine since russia's invasion less than 2 weeks ago. now, where are they going? we can have a look on the wall here. now most people are heading of course, makes no sense to neighboring countries. the vast majority of them of the more than 2000000 people. 1.2000000 them going to neighboring poland smaller but still significant numbers to countries like slovakia, hunger, romania, moldova, all countries bordering ukraine. now this is where people are going 1st. it doesn't mean that's where they're going to stay already. thousands of people have moved on from poland to next door here in germany, for example. now ukrainians can already travel to the european union without a visa, and the e. u has said it will grant them automatic protection for at least a year. something that's never been done before. and you've probably, as we said at the top, we've been hearing this comparison toward war 2. now let's remember back then, europe was largely in ruins to day.

he w william blue cross picks up that part of the story. now. yet let's remember that potent deployed nearly 200000 troops to ukraine's borders in the last few months, which means many of them have not actually been committed to combat yet. but we might be seeing signs of that starting to change after light, fast attacks around the country appear not to be going quite in rushes favor. now you might have heard, and we've talked about already, this massive russian convoy put together from forces based in bella roof, that's ukraine's northern border. now, satellite imagery shows it is heading towards the capital cave and it's grown in the last couple of days, apparently stretching 65 kilometers made up of hundreds of vehicles. that's tanks, artillery troop transports these kinds of heavy armored heavy mechanize vehicles. now, we don't know exactly how this kind of equipment is going to be used when it's going to reach, keep moving. this amount of armor at once takes a long time. there's fuel in supplies that need to keep up. and russia, we've

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let's take a at sort of more broader look in a bigger picture with me in the studios d, w reporter william blue cross tag. good to see you, william. now, this visit is a delicacy balancing act will say for joe biden is no, it's no secret at the post present. would her brother have a president, donald trump, a more so than the democratic president? right. i mean, i wouldn't go that far. i think the polish president, polish government is always happy to have a visit from a u. s. president to get the attention of the united states regardless of who's in power. but of course, it's no secret, as you mention as, as our colleague barbara mentioned and, and the, the guest before that mentioned there is not a lot of love lost here between the 2 sides of their ideologically, they're politically very different by them being on the more the sort of central left side of the spectrum and in poland being a very conservative government, being a go going very hard against l g b t q writes, for example, squeezing their judiciary very hard. and we shouldn't forget that there is an ongoing rule of law dispute right here

d, w reporter william blue cross. thanks for your analysis. well, many of those who flee ukraine austin arrived traumatized in neighboring countries . the war itself, the sudden need to leave everything behind and the journey out as well as the uncertainty of what might come next can be overwhelming. he w's monica shariska, sent us this report from the train station in shami shall on the polish border with ukraine there. she met eva buena. she's a polish psychotherapist who's worked in germany for decades. just one of several, german and polish mental health professionals offering you arrivals. psychological 1st aid. and as someone trying to here to go, you were pharmacists in, we're not. i've been baby life owner. good pick a 25 year old woman arrived without luggage carrying just her baby. she has 3 children. the youngest is just 10 months old. she couldn't bring anything as she traveled 3 days without sleeping without eating. when she got here, she was so exhausted. she was barely able to sleep at the back when we approached her and asked h

d w reporter williams, blue cross thanks for your analysis. meanwhile, more than half a 1000000 people have fled to moldova as neighbor, romania. the country is a member of both the european union and nato, and is the 2nd most frequent destination for ukrainian refugees after poland. many arrive with harrowing tales of their escape from the war. it's just a short ride to safety, but for many here it comes after a long and perilous journey. this family reunited at the docks. some came by ferry, others over land, leaving behind a home caught in some of the fiercest fighting so far. we could either law, comical alive. the situation is very bad. one got to sir. it is being shell from every direction. almost people who are able to flee are fleeing. it is hard, boy, i want to go home. i want to go home very much. ukraine's short border with romania runs along the danube river. fairies land at the town of a sacha with only a few 1000 inhabitants. it is become yet another transit point as refugees flow out of ukraine. many of the new arrivals are fleeing southern ukraine, where the russians ha

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