an effort to overthrow the pro western ukrainian government. but ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky remains in power, even inviting journalists in kyiv to meet him, showing his face as often as possible has become a wartime strategy and this morning he sounded defiant is once again he addressed the nation. translation: ., ~ ., ., , translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol of translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol of resilience, translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol of resilience, a translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol of resilience, a symbol . are a symbol of resilience, a symbol of the fact that people in any country can become the best people on earth at any moment. gian; country can become the best people on earth at any moment. on earth at any moment. glory to ukraine. millions of ukrainians now face the hardest of choices, stay or leave. those who remain prepare their own home made
they were applauding an introduction there to president zelensky, who is due to be addressing them shortly. before that, we will go now to our top story again. as we ve been reporting, a curfew was imposed by the mayor of kyiv on monday evening, and it will stay in place until wednesday morning. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse is there, and i asked him what was happening there now. as per most mornings, we can see from a north westerly direction, where the majority of russian forces are, you might be able to see some dark smoke over the top of the buildings of kyiv. we have heard booms of artillery fire. it s never clear which direction it is coming from. we have heard fighting on the outskirts of kyiv. in the south east, the mayor has
residential buildings were hit by russian strikes. the moment was captured on cctv. later, another attack on a different block of flats the one you can see smoking on the right. this was the aftermath ruined neighbourhoods and buildings. two people were injured in those airstrikes. dozens, like these people, were evacuated. and countless more homes were destroyed. you can see how traumatic russia s attacks have been for this resident. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse sent this update. this is what we can see now. plumes of dark smoke on the outskirts of the city as ukrainian forces try to keep out this russian advance. and those defending ukraine say they can and will ukraine s former finance minister is now among kyiv s territorial defenders. it is impossible, you know, it is a
for the next crisis. dominic hughes, bbc news. the climate protest group insulate britain has blocked two sections of major roads into london this morning. activists obstructed the a40 in west london and a roundabout in dartford to the south east of the capital, to urge the government to better insulate homes. protesters have been unglued from the road by police and 17 people have been arrested at the protest in acton. and this happened earlier, where a member of the public sprayed protesters with ink. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse is at that demonstration in dartford. i think ithinka i think a sense there of both sides of this argument. you