this is hard to credit, to believe in the europe of 2022. people are just crushing all around me, trying to get onto these trains. the european union closes its airspace to russian airlines, and announces tough new sanctions on moscow. freeze russian money now! the concern is that, with the eu and the west taking all of this action, if vladimir putin feels on the back foot, what action might he take next? translation: top officials - of leading nato countries are making aggressive statements about our country. - therefore, i m ordering the minister of defence and the chief of the general staff to put the strategic nuclear- forces on special alert.
believe, in the europe of 2022. people crushing all around me trying to get onto these trends. a young mother with a baby screaming. desperate scenes and also in the city. tetiana stawnychy is the president of the caritas ukraine charity in the western city of lviv. her organisation has been providing aid to people fleeing from the conflict and this is what you told me earlier on. we were seeing people on the move as soon as the attack started several days ago so a lot of people on the move and most of them are coming through lviv and other cities and heading to the border and some are stopping and being resettled here. the city government has been working with local organisations to arrange
less real for that. the train to poland arrived. crowd clamors this is hard to credit, to believe, in the europe of 2022. people are crushing all around me trying to get onto these trains. woman screams a young mother with a baby there screaming because everyone is getting crushed. this is not the result of any accident. it was created by mr putin s deliberate choice and it is they who must carry the burden. fergus keane, bbc news, lviv.
and there are thousands of people along this platform. can any train possibly take the number of people who are here? it seems very, very doubtful. there s an air of desperation. it s quiet desperation, but no less real for that. shouting. this is hard to credit, to believe, in the europe of 2022. people are just crushing all around me trying to get onto these trains. a woman, a young mother with a baby there screaming because everyone s getting crushed. this is not the result of any accident. it was created by mr putin s deliberate choice. and it is they who must carry the burden.
we are cities of our country. we know what we are protecting. our country and the future we are protecting. our country and the future of our children. we will have all the latest from the capital kyiv where people have been taking shelter after sustained russian attacks. ijust russian attacks. i just saw one explosion russian attacks. ijust saw one explosion lighting up the lord night sky and throughout the lord night sky and throughout the day we have had the blaring of air raid sirens warning people that explosions and attacks were to come. hundreds of thousands are desperate to leave. chaotic scenes at one railway station in the west, en route to neighbouring poland. this is hard to credit, to believe, in the europe of 2022. people are just crushing all around me trying to get onto these trains. and around the world, protests continue condemning russia s attack, as western nations impose personal sanctions on vladimir putin. hello and welcome to bbc world news.