countries including the united states and britain and advising citizens to leave ukraine as soon as possible. this comes after the west warned that russia could invade ukraine at any time. that's the latest on that eatable years. this our stay tuned for shift living in the digital age. i'm mary and i haven't seen from me and the entire news team here in berlin. thanks for the company. stan lawyer and de ma'am podcast and language courses, video and audio any time anywhere. the d w media center. ah, sometimes a seed is all you need to allow big ideas to grow. we're bringing environmental conservation to wife.

but it's a question of a diplomatic pressure on ukraine from those west l. i. so, so far have stood up for what ukraine sees to be right. what ukraine thinks is the energy from its duration. it doesn't look like so far. the russians got anything that they could sell internally as a when they've been know a promises by nato to rule out membership ukraine, the future or to pull back nato forces in those eastern european member countries. so very little that would suggest that some kind of deal face saving deal when when is possible and on the cards right now. all right, and of course are right in the middle of this crisis today, ukraine is commemorating the victims of the my down protests in 2014 oh, what's been happening? people in a, in any kind of mood to commemorate that today. the destiny just behind me, where i'm here in center, key of near the might on square. you've had people with flowers are coming to the kind of impromptu memorial still stands. that was great. it just after those deaths back in 2014 people are crying. taking pictures of pictures, old me

and d, w correspondent mathias bowling is in west in ukraine at the moment. and i asked him earlier, what could we expect from these plan talks between ukraine and russia. trust in russia is understandably very low. now we have the impression or we can say that the war has not gone so far as russia had expected it. the offensives are stark. they meet with fierce resistance from the ukrainians. and the best guess would be that these negotiations are about winning time for russia. from the russian side, it's not very logical to build up an army for a month with the purpose of attacking a country openly, basically displaying its power, then attacking. and after 3 days, rethinking and offering some other kind of solution. so either russia things, they have already pressured ukraine enough into agreeing to their terms, which is not the case from the ukrainian perspective. or they're just winning time . i was my ts bowling in west and ukraine debt will. russian president vladimir putin has put his so called deterrence forces, including nuclear armed forces on high

i need a ukraine needs to see more of that, but of course, the west should, should, i should think so strategically. and by that i mean when putting says he doesn't want to see ukraine for joining natal, the west, and especially the european union, should think about taking ukraine into the because i think this is actually the only solution. ok, thank you. i want to come back to that, we're going to let me ask you this. the u. s. is long played the role of the world's policeman ready to step in with force if things got to problematic. president biden has made it clear that's not going to happen in ukraine. so how far can diplomacy really take the u. s. and nato. if force isn't even on the table, and i think we have to employ it, deployed diplomacy, there's no, there's no way out of that. there is no, as you said, there's no intention to use force or to that there's also no legal legal background of that article 5 of nato could be, could be raised or something. so they could, however, be a coalition of the willing were russia to invade their, by triggering the united nations charter ch

ukraine. this report from the west of ukraine. alljourneys now lead west.he only thought is to get to safety. many of us thought that it is just an informational war. and we don't understand why putin does it. we need help from world we say help, help, because we are here. we are alone here. siren blares and the sound they have to learn to live with. the russian army might be far from lviv but there is still a state of high alert. the sound triggered a panic attack for this woman. it is still the case here, despite the war, that the young trust their parents to protect them, whatever might come. however strange the world that they have been cast into. their hope is that the train would help them avoid this. the line of cars to the polish border. those people are moving on foot down towards the border of poland but it is another 20 kilometres from where we are at the moment. we need to move out of the way and let more people pass us here. they are coming. a constant procession of people. however they arrive at the border, this slow shuffle out of the lives t

susan's all basically shutting up shop here in care of all moving parts of their operation to west ukraine, closer to the you and nato. and you noticed the people who for the last few weeks maybe were able to put a kind of an abstract themselves from these headlines and basically assumed this was just another escalation, the kind that they'd lived with the policy. yes, they are now starting to and basically correct their behavior. you hear about people taking money out of banks, making sure they have notes for in foreign currency. small terminations, bags ready, packed, in case they need to leave in a hurry. people are taking the serious lee even if for lots of them there isn't a plan b, there is no where to go. and even if they were some kind of invasion intervention, many people here don't have somewhere else. they can go to please make connelly in t f. thank you so much for your importing. let's get a check. now. some of the other stories making news around the world. hungarian prime minister victor orbit has started campaigning for april elections aiming to win a 4th straight term in p

what the west could do is give ukraine more help like this.by britain. downing street said more support was planned and nothing was off the table. there is clearly a strong appetite here at westminster and in other european capitals to give ukraine more military kit, to support an insurgency against russian forces. but ministers are absolutely clear — there will be no uk troops on the ground, nor a no—fly zone enforced by nato warplanes. british and nato troops should not — must not — play an active role in ukraine. we must all be clear what the risks of miscalculation could be and how existential that can very quickly become. and here's why. ukraine might have held a parade for nato forces last summer, but it's not yet a member. it wants to join, but that won't happen while there is a risk of importing conflict into the alliance, and that could take years to resolve. but look at how far and wide nato reaches. and the fear is that if nato forces join the fight in ukraine then war could spread across the whole continent. an attack on one member

ukraine that an invasion is coming and keeps getting delayed. apparently, since the imminent innovation keeps getting postpone, but to deliver on that promise, the west has funneled potentially hundreds of millions worth of lethal weapons to ukraine and the span of weeks. and they are done yet. i will renew us for future europe. vedo countries visitor life. just as during the last cold war, propaganda is everywhere that isn't veiled or subtle. it seems the media can't wait for this war to kick off more so than the west ukraine and russia combined. lacking, we'll news and making things up to speed that along on the call, which the ukrainian official described as long and frank biden weren't his ukrainian. com to pop that of russian attack may be imminent. all of that was made up we later learned when both washington and t of the night any such thing was said . but it ought to show you how shamelessly war propaganda is being bushed. take british press that cheering essentially child soldiers. they call the key of young guns, 10 year olds being taught to kill people, young guns. it is virtually the same old cold war just with, with drones and the intern

ukraine. all right, any touch on can that nit skin the west of ukraine. thanks. i much and ukraine is doing its best to repel the russian attack by training civilians to fight support from the u. s. and of the nation members is also bolster national defenses. but few believe the ukraine is a match for it's much larger neighbor and taking active and reserve troops together keep control on more than $1000000.00 men and women. russia, meanwhile, has more than 3000000 ukraine has less than 2 and a half 1000 tanks compared to russia's 13000 and in the air. ukraine has just 67 attack aircraft, in contrast to russia's 1500. now in a major shift and foreign policy, germany has agreed to support ukraine with weapons as it resists rushes, invading forces. now berlin, back tracked on a long running ban on weapons, exports towards zones, and says it will now send anti tank weapons and missiles. the policy shift brings germany into line with other western allies supplying alms to ukraine. the decision came off to chancellor will have shaw. it's met leaders from poland and lit

the leader of ukraine is telling the west to sort of wind all this down. i don't feel under stress at all. if we get into sanctions with russia, we'll be in a position where it damages many of our businesses. many, perhaps tens of thousands of people would lose their jobs here in this country. the simple fact pace. this is all i think, being ramped up by a prime minister boris johnson to distract attention from the scandal he's involved in that he held all these illegal parties at 10 downing street while so restless, rudely knocked them. well, as mentioned that this is all the prime minister continues to battle. a storm of control, the sea of accusations about locked down parties, downing street throughout the pandemic. a much anticipated report into the scandal has finally been made public, at least some of it has confirming many of the accusations about boozy events at the heart of government. among the key findings of that report, it said some behavior was difficult to justify. to little thought was given to public health and there were immense failures

they would say that now this is again the same story. russia trying to prevent ukraine moving, west, moving close to nato. and again, they see russia willing to use force against ukraine. dr. nick connelly, they're reporting from t a for us. thank you so much. the u. s, vice president, kamala harris has won that war in europe, remains a real possibility. she was speaking as the 3 day munich security conference, due to a close, the gathering brought together western leaders and was attended by ukraine's precedent. but russia sent no representative for the 1st time since 1990. 1 delicate stress that a massive sanctions package is being prepared in the event that russia doesn't bait ukraine. on its last day, the conference shifted for goes to europe and its role in the crisis unfolding on ukraine's border new council presidential. michelle summed up the views of many in the block and janet, however, offer an olive branch while rush, sharon dick's missile test, and continues to em, us troops with ladies and gentlemen. one thing is certain, if there is further military aggression, we will,

the leader of ukraine is telling the west to sort of wind all this down. i don't feel under threats at all. if we get into sanctions with russia, we will be in a position where it damages many of our businesses, many, perhaps tens of thousands of people lose their jobs here in this country. the simple fact is, this is all i think being ran up by our prime minister barak johnson to distract attention from the scandal he's involved in that he held always illegal parties. 10 downing street, while the rest of us were only knocked down a my child has a painted report into the party. a scandal has finally been made public. at least some of it has confirming many of the accusations about booth the events at the heart of government. among the key findings of the report, it said some behavior was difficult to justify. to little thought was given to public health and there were immense failures of leadership as well. report could not be published in its entirety because a police criminal investigation is ongoing. so there are no full details yet on the claims that i

and the president of pen and ukraine for non governmental organization that works to protect. freedom of speech and author writes, and he joins me now from the live and west and ukraine, which is close to the polish order. mr. cook off, thanks so much for joining us now. i hear that you left give yesterday morning. i understand it to you more than 20 hours to reach the viv. tell us about your journey and how things are where you are now. well, i mean me and my wife. we had to drive 22 hours with one or break. there were lots of jams, traffic jams, there were lots of accident. some cars were trying to drive on their own way of the western highway, which is called just over highway. and we passed by approximately 5 or 6 abandoned vehicles. and of course they were also military cars and trucks and vehicles going also the same wrong way direction away from key. but finally i made it, i mean is it the this morning jim in front of me was like, we're moving one kilometer one hour. i mean, now we are reunited with our children who were on holiday week, so we'll have to decide what to do next. tell us about your take on rush of invasion. did you see this coming wi

the leader of ukraine is telling the west to sort of wind all this down. i don't feel under threat at all if we get into sanctions with rafa, we'll be in a position where it damages many of our businesses, many past tens of thousands of people would lose their jobs here in this country. the simple fact is, this is all i think, being ramped up by our prime minister boris johnson, to distract attention from the scandal he's involved in that he held all these illegal parties at 10 downing street whilst restless ruling. not them what's called m. p. 's in the public frothing this tuesday is that a much anticipated report into the party gate scandal has finally been made public . at least some of it has confirming many of the accusations about boozy events at the heart of government. among the key findings of the report thus far, it said some behavior was difficult to justify. to little thought was given to public health, and there were immense failures of leadership as well. the report couldn't be published in its entirety, as because of police criminal investi

the city straddles the vast river that divides ukraine into east and west.ocal blood donor centre is working flat—out, collecting supplies for any soldiers wounded on the front line. there's been war here in eastern ukraine for eight years, but what's happening now is on a whole new scale. this is a huge queue and people have been standing here all day, coming to give blood, because they say they want to do their bit to help their armed forces. but the thing that i keep hearing from people in this queue is that they also want the west to do more to help their country. sanctions are ok, it helps and i believe that it will help a lot. but, yeah, we need more. that's not enough. we really rely on europe now. my friend is going there now. your friend has to go and fight with russia? yeah, and i don't want to lose them. i don't want to lose my country. i love it so much, you can't even imagine that. how worried are you about what's happening? actually it's quite shocking for me and right now i'm thinking about taking a weapon into my hands, at least to defend my

ukraine. explosion. a missile strike on an airport in the west of the country. air raid sirens wail. frightening new dawn for europe and ukraine. this city of 3 million woke to sirens and an invasion. soon, a panicked exodus from the ukrainian capital, as the eu spoke of one of the darkest hours since world war ii. shouting in ukrainian. and darkened skies as russian attack helicopters targeted an airport outside kyiv. ukraine says several were shot down. the invasion was by air, sea and land. president putin, who insisted it would never come, warning that no—one should try to stop him. translation: whoever tries to interfere with us _ or threaten our country should know that russia's response will be immediate and lead to such consequences that have never been experienced in history. hours after he spoke, this was the picture in cities across the country. air raid sirens wail. distant explosions. images from ukraine's northern and southern borders showed moscow's forces streaming in. ukraine's beleaguered president, volodymyr zelensky, addressed the nation, dressed for battle. trans

the west's actions show its willingness for war in the ukraine. that's how moscow's blasted, what i called the warlike rhetoric coming from the united states during a year and security council session on monday. this is over neglected. good afternoon, western colleagues talk about the need of de escalation. however, 1st and foremost, who talks about upcoming wall are in itself provocative. florida to almost calling for this, you want it to happen? the threats of aggression on the border of ukraine? yes, on it's porter, is provocative. our recognition of the facts on the ground is not provocative. citizens, machine guns could killenger. so american colleagues have gathered us here. let them provide any evidence apart from allegations that russia is planning to attack ukraine. russians, military build up on the border, has been paired with extensive new demands, an aggressive rhetoric. pretty rashid has his course appointments of russian troops in our own territory. it's getting our western and u. s. colleagues to say that there's going to be a plan

you had the invasion of crimea in 2014, putin was concerned ukraine was getting too close to the west. ukraineade privileges with the eu and a number of agreements in place. but, this would get a closer to full membership. not necessarily in the eurozone, but this would definitely get a lot more social and political support from other members. this is not the same as nato, but it would definitely help ukraine get closer to europe. kristen: is this having a surprising effect an unintended consequence of strengthening nato? >> i think it is, to the point that even finland and sweden who have traditionally been neutral are now considering it. finland may be having a referendum on this. as you know, finland was trying to maintain a posture of neutrality with russia for decades. this is causing some changes. kristen: speaking of finland, this gets into the airspace question that i hope you can address. i think airlines and can no longer go through russian airspace along with carriers around the world, and of course countries around the world are banning russian air carriers. what does this mean and

and d w correspondent mathias bullying is in west in ukraine at the moment. and i asked him earlier, what could we expect from the plan talks between ukraine and russia. trust in russia is understandably very low. now we have the impression or we can say that the war has not gone so far as russia had expected it. the offensives are stark, they meet with fierce resistance from the ukrainians, and the best guess would be that these negotiations are about winning time for russia from the russian side. it's not very logical to build up an army for a month. with the purpose of attacking a country openly, basically displaying its power, then attacking and after 3 days, rethinking and offering some other kind of solution. so either russia things, they have already pressured ukraine enough into agreeing to their terms, which is not the case from the ukrainian perspective. or they just winning time was mateus burning in west and ukraine debt will. russian president vladimir putin has put his so called deterrence forces, including nuclear armed forces on high alert. in

and for that, ukraine is looking to the west, so i'm in pause. there's a clear majority now saying that ukraine should join the not nato of, of course, this is not on the table right now, but this is the direction where ukraine is. heading. details are emerging after a reported to in guinea be so president tomorrow's to so co em below has said assailants armed with machine guns, attack the government palace for hours while he and the prime minister were inside . but that the situation is now under control. the violence in guinea bessalo is the latest in a series of attempted military takeovers in west africa in recent months, most of which had succeeded ah gunfire near the government seat and besought, forcing bystanders to some shelter. 4 hours president omar o 6 o'clock and barlow's whereabouts remained unclear until he addressed the nation, saying several security personnel had been killed and what he called a failed attack against democracy. good. i was in the middle of the council of ministers with all the members, including the prime ministe

ukraine. vladimir putin puts russia on collision course with the west over ukraine and there was some quite peculiar where the security council in russia was assembled it does not happen very often and they were all asked to give their sage advice to president putin as to what he should do. advice to president putin as to what he should dw— he should do. yes, political theatre. — he should do. yes, political theatre. it _ he should do. yes, political theatre, it has _ he should do. yes, political theatre, it has been - he should do. yes, political i theatre, it has been described he should do. yes, political - theatre, it has been described as such and indeed it was. that only a rare event by the theatrics of it, the implications of it, the implications of this with the escalation then tonight. apparently that was supposed to be live streamed but then some eagle eyes and saw that the russian defence minister's watch was five hours earlier but anyway that seems like an eight metre and now old detail. what is far more important is the rambling address to the nation that rush apartment president gave t

even ukraine's president has urged the west to stop his hysteria, while many ukrainian citizens also say they believe old claims of an imminent attack by russia are baseless locals in the north east. in border city of holl cove shed their views on the current situation well done. when you pull notes. this is a sitter, it's manipulation so that people don't think about what to eat to morrow. but think about where to hide. this all is against the background of the fact that life is difficult, or high prices, low salaries, overall lawlessness. it so that the protest sentiment doesn't strengthen border, they simply throw this information at us. is that, that i consider this part of an information wall. you don't really need to believe in it's it's a possibility of course bettina to use common sense and filter through the information. but then for you, my, through the west isn't involved in peacekeeping phone. so they just want to inside a war and a man to all the current talk of war a 30 years ago to day to great powers officially put an end to the cold war, a period of geopolitical tens

he's in our ukraine, rita department, and he says russia has given the west and ukraine more time to raise the white flag . war is still possible and he joins us from bon mckinna and everybody's been holding their breath following those u. s. intelligence based predictions that an invasion was imminent. it hasn't happened so far. instead, russia says it's pulling back some of its troops. are you seeing signs of that within your research organization? are you seeing evidence that the de escalation is real? what we saw is a little bit of a breast taking over the last days, but in general, i think we're, we're not through it at all. um, we are seeing not no significant withdrawal of troops from the ukraine borders. so i think yes, there is a chance for talking or a politician. politicians have created a chance for talking, but the situation is still very tense. so was the u. s. warning then really indicating invasion was quite imminent. was that a mistake or do you think it was a tactic? but it was probably both something a mix of it, i guess there were indeed m science or the intellige

what the west could do is give ukraine more help like this. y britain. downing street said more support was planned and nothing was off the table. there's clearly a strong appetite here at west minister and other european capitals to give ukraine more military kit to support an insurgency against russian forces. but ministers are absolutely clear, they'll be no uk troops on the ground nor a no fly zone enforced by nato warplanes. and here's why. ukraine might have held a parade for nato forces last summer but it's not yet a member. it wants tojoin, that but it's not yet a member. it wants to join, that won't happen but it's not yet a member. it wants tojoin, that won't happen but there's a risk of importing conflict into the alliance and that could take years to resolve. but look at how far and wide nato reaches. the fear is that if nato forces joined the fight in ukraine then war could spread across the whole continent. the presidents been very clear that we will_ the presidents been very clear that we will defend every inch of nato territorx

urie, who lives nearby, says the west must help ukraine. lives nearby, says the west must help ukraine.— must help ukraine. i want to sa for must help ukraine. i want to say for you _ must help ukraine. i want to say for you and _ must help ukraine. i want to say for you and for _ must help ukraine. i want to say for you and for your - say for you and for your governments, we are in need, in urgent need, as soon as possible, as much as possible, we are in need of anti—aircraft missile's, anti—tank missile. we need ammunition. is missile's, anti-tank missile. we need ammunition. is there any message _ we need ammunition. is there any message you _ we need ammunition. is there any message you would - we need ammunition. is there any message you would wish l we need ammunition. is there| any message you would wish to send to president putin? i want to say that _ send to president putin? i want to say that there _ send to president putin? i want to say that there is _ send to president putin? i want to say that there is only - send to president

it seems the media can't wait for this war to kick off more so than the west ukraine and russia combined lacking wheel news and making things up the speed along on the call, which the ukrainian official described as long. and frank bagging were in his ukraine counterpart that of russian attack may be imminent. all of that was made up we later learned when both washington and t of the night any such thing was said. but it ought to show you how shamelessly war propaganda is being pushed. take british press that cheering essentially child soldiers, a call them key of young guns, 10 year olds being taught to kill people, young guns. it is virtually the same old cold war just with, with drones and the internet minus ideology in a greater cause. any differences, the last cold war ended before it tor, the world, the pot eyes claim the big apple is rapidly turning rotten when it comes to criminality. with the city said to be suffering an epidemic of shoplifting right now. a video posted on line by actor michael rappaport quickly went viral after it apparently showed a man brazenly walking out of

way out of give yeah, we have left key if you always ago and we're driving now west switch to west ukraine, which we can take care of was a very, very dia, place this morning for almost there were a few people running about their business, trying to get cash out of cost machines and things like that. all the shops, what clothes, most people, i think, either shelters or hope or in the metro systems get deep underground metro system. where would that show that was built with the idea that it could serve as a shelter as well? some people are being there overnight for 2 nights in a row. now, since the bombing began 2 days ago, we were in shelter. well, offices basically the whole night in the morning we got out, you were out for about half an hour, then the sirens rang again and we went back down. so it's very, very pete, i'll tell you the news that the tax on the city. so people are trying be on with tank, advancing the threat of the city, you know, being surrounded by russian forces. many ukrainians are leaving the country as you are. what are the main pathways are taking to leave ukraine? h

the west sends a blind eye to any other violations from west or ukraine itself. so we're seeing more of the same. busy instead of diplomacy and dialogue, de escalation, we see more sanctions from the west, russian threats and aggressions and accusations of also, and russian please for security demand not to be ignored. again falling on deaf ears, the stony armstrong thanks to come in. while the british prime minister has held an emergency cobra committee meeting, i, the rush has recognition of the dorm bounce republics. discuss the package of sanctions against most guy. well, let's get more on this for my love and correspond now. shoddy. edwards? darcy, shoddy, a. good morning. to you, now, you, kate, has it repeatedly claimed it would impose severe sanctions in the case of russia invading ukraine, and now the emergency meeting is ended. so take us through the main takeaway place while the united kingdom is moments away from imposing severe sanctions on russia. bar johnson says that pigeon is now on a full scale invasion and all of the united kingdom's pessimistic

explosions they say, and we also have reports of troop movement in belgorod province in south—west ukraine far as the ukraine —— government is concerned, they say the full—scale invasion of ukraine has begun. president zelensky has begun. president zelensky has urged his officials to call a state of martial law. i have to say, you have to give a sense of control. for weeks, officials here have almost said the opposite of the west�*s rim predictions are an invasion would happen imminently on a specific day within the next 2a hours. the message has been two things stay calm, as well as we haven't seen any intelligence, they suggested, to suggest, that was trying something was about to happen. in the last 2a 36 hours, a state of emergency has been declared, reservists have been conscripted, than 30,000 have been called up for the armed forces. those reservists are not allowed to leave the country. the defence minister here, alexi resnick, told troops there were losses in the body of the head—butt victory would prevail, hold your nerve, hold your line. they are not words you use if you are hop

but elsewhere in ukraine and in the west, deep concern that moscow may now move its forces openly intokraine, and that the kremlin is set on a major escalation. not long before the un security council started its session the ukrainian president gave an address to the nation. i asked our news reporter what his message was. he our news reporter what his message was-— our news reporter what his messaue was. . , ., message was. he hand his own security council _ message was. he hand his own security council meeting. - message was. he hand his own security council meeting. we i security council meeting. we saw president putin's wine industry's report. you spoke to president biden and the british prime minister and his key messages were, they are not going to give anything to anybody but they still want to seek a diplomatic solution throughout all of this. they expect a lot and clear and decisive action from their allies. interestingly he said we are not afraid. of course, this is something that the american said would happen. the american said would happen. the american said would lead to a

the city straddles the vast whether dividing ukraine from east to west. nor centre is working flat out. there has been war here in eastern ukraine for eight years. what is happening is on a whole new scale. people had been coming here all day to get blood. the thing i am hearing from people in this queue is they want the west to do more to help the country. sanctions are ok. it helps and i believe it will help a lot. we need more, it is not enough. we really rely on europe now. my friend is going there. rely on europe now. my friend is going there-— rely on europe now. my friend is going there. your friend has to go and fiuht going there. your friend has to go and fight from _ going there. your friend has to go and fight from russia? _ going there. your friend has to go and fight from russia? yes. - going there. your friend has to go and fight from russia? yes. i - going there. your friend has to go and fight from russia? yes. i do i going there. your friend has to go i and fight from russia? yes. i do not want to lose — and fight from russia? yes. i do no

eight years after russia annexed crimea, is moscow on the brink of another invasion of ukraine? the westink so, but what's the kremlin�*s view? western leaders may be warning of an imminent russian military escalation in ukraine, but moscow dismisses all of that as hype, hysteria. and if you look at the way the state media here has been covering the ukraine story, you'll see that the picture presented to the russian public is the polar opposite of how the west sees things. so, according to that kremlin picture, russia has no plans for an invasion — instead, it's american who's the aggressor and pouring weapons into ukraine, it's nato that's threatening russia by expanding eastwards. still, that doesn't explain why russia is massing more than 100,000 troops right now near ukraine's border — and why it launched a large—scale military exercises in the region. so what is vladimir putin's aim? that is a difficult question to answer, because no—one's quite sure. some in the west think this is all about russia trying to force ukraine back into moscow's orbit. some believe the kremlin�*s objecti

un's refugee agency says more than 50,000 people have fled ukraine in the past 48 hours.many have headed westthat the steady stream, could become a mass exodus. our correspondent, mark lowen, is on the polish border, as ukrainians try to flee the fighting. a border separates but also brings together. families reunited in the search for safety, like ten—year—old mariya and her mother, who travelled for two days from kyiv tojoin herfather here in poland. how do you feel about leaving? do you feel scared about what is happening? yes. i've never felt about this situation that one day another country in the 21st century could attack another country, in europe. your country? my country. the stream of ukrainians crossing this border is increasing. they've lived with the threat from russia for years. but now, with its leader besieging their homes, they've had to flee. nadiya left her eldest daughter behind to help the army, coming here with her two youngest. yesterday, i woke up because i've heard some noise and i asked my husband, "what is happening?" he looked through the window and said, "wow, rus

but elsewhere in ukraine and in the west, deep concern that moscow may now move its forces openly intoat the kremlin is set on a major escalation. let's get the words first. the ukrainian president has been speaking to the nation. what is his message? fix, speaking to the nation. what is his message?— speaking to the nation. what is his message? a busy evening for him. he his message? a busy evening for him- he had _ his message? a busy evening for him. he had his— his message? a busy evening for him. he had his own _ his message? a busy evening for him. he had his own security- him. he had his own security council meeting. we saw president putin there in the report. he spoke to british prime minister and to present biden and his key messages were, they are not going to give anything to anybody but they still want to seek a diplomatic solution throughout all of this. they expect a lot and clear and decisive action from their allies. he uses the phrase, we are not afraid. of course, this is something the american said would happen. the american said would happen. the american said would

ukraine. russia accuses the west of ignoring valid concerns over national security. borisjohnson valid concerns over national security. boris johnson flew to the ukraine to offer the support of the uk. british forces are deployed following the large build—up of russian troops on the ukrainian border. we russian troops on the ukrainian border. ~ . ., russian troops on the ukrainian border. . ., ., border. we are also preparing a ackaue border. we are also preparing a package of— border. we are also preparing a package of sanctions _ border. we are also preparing a package of sanctions and - border. we are also preparing a package of sanctions and other| package of sanctions and other measures to enact the first russian toecap goes into ukrainian territory. toecap goes into ukrainian territory-— toecap goes into ukrainian territory. toecap goes into ukrainian territo . ,,, ., ., territory. moscow says any move to allow ukraine — territory. moscow says any move to allow ukraine to _ territory. moscow says any move to allow ukraine to join _ territory. moscow says any mov

it's about sort of who calls the shots and ukraine, and that's what russia wants to do and it wants to push the way west back. but they do, it is to integrate all of that. in addition to having an upper hand in calling the shot, what else has proven stand to gain from an invasion of ukraine? and is there actually a political appetite for it at home? i think that there's very little political appetite for it, but it's not as if i think russians would really protest if it were to happen to a degree. i think we can has a free hand in terms of domestic politics. i think what we would see, again, is really the deciding role as to where you graham falls on the map of europe, which is a very significant question. and if he can't quite determine that question positively, there are ways in which he can prevent certain outcomes from happening. and that's where the military action has its attractions for looking at the moment. and the western allies are reinforcing their military capabilities in eastern europe. and your view is this the right way to just weighed russian aggression? i don't think it will have any d

ukraine. the russian saying that this had a long basis as a result off at the west and ukraine, ignoring the minsk agreement that was supposed to have led to a peaceful settlement of the conflict between easton ukraine and, and, and camp. it was supposed to given eastern crane autonomy, the russians always say that the west and ukraine ignored all of that. and then the, the european union that, but he, i, you do constantly get underlying all the speeches a lot of the speeches, that sort of, that sense of. and we often hear this of the united nations. what is the united nations actually for? and i think you're getting that underlying message from the various speakers from the president of the general assembly downwards to that. but if, if this isn't the time when the general assembly should act, than when should it act? because theoretically, the united nations is the guardian off the, the rules based order is supposed to maintain international peace and security is supposed to facilitate the settlements of dispute. so the speech that apple, as we have, the european union represents of that, saying

no one in the west releases ukraine joining nato any time soon. ukraine will not be in principle a member of nato, or shouldn't nato maintain an open door? that is the question. mata shouldn't nato maintain an open door? that is the question. nato is not auoin door? that is the question. nato is not going to _ door? that is the question. nato is not going to say. — door? that is the question. nato is not going to say, ok, _ door? that is the question. nato is not going to say, ok, we _ door? that is the question. nato is not going to say, ok, we are - door? that is the question. nato is not going to say, ok, we are not . not going to say, ok, we are not going to let ukrainejoin not going to say, ok, we are not going to let ukraine join because not going to say, ok, we are not going to let ukrainejoin because it is not up to them. ukraine is a sovereign country and can express its ambition tojoin sovereign country and can express its ambition to join and then nato will decide if it fits the criteria. sure. nato can decide who joins and who does notj