at the end of the day. this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. more sanctions have been drawn up against russia following the invasion of ukraine, with switzerland, traditionally neutral, saying it willjoin the eu s measures against russia. the rouble has fallen sharply. also on monday, turkey, a nato member, said it would be closing the straits which lead to the black sea to all military shipping, although it could still allow russian warships to sail through to return to port. and the united nations also discussed the situation in ukraine again. the us said it was expelling a dozen russian un diplomats for security reasons. it s an unusual move, and one which angered its ambassador. they re announcing 12 people from the personnel of the russian mission persona non grata and demanding that they will leave by the 7th of march.
this is what the russian defence ministry said earlier today. translation: today the 7th of march | starting at 10am moscow time russia | has declared a cease fire to open six humanitarian corridors. the first is from kyiv, there are two more from mariupol one is from kharkiv and there are two two belgrade and others. detailed information about these humanitarian corridors was given to the ukrainian side in advance as well as a dedicated entity of the united nation, the osce and international committees of the red cross. com pletely completely different com pletely different ta kes completely different takes on the humanitarian corridors. completely different takes on the humanitarian corridors. let s take a closer look at the areas under russian control. you can see them labelled here in red. the port of mariupol where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped
but russia say they want ukraine to surrender and have no plans to withdraw their forces. greg mckenzie, bbc news. as i mentioned, when he was asked about the bombing of the children s hospital in mariupol, the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov claimed that there were no women and children there, but instead he claimed that there were what he called armed radicals in the hospital. translation: it s not the first time we see pathetic outcries concerning the so called atrocities perpetrated by the russian military. 0n the 7th of march, three days ago on the 7th or the 6th, i don t recall exactly now at the security council of the un, facts were proffered by our delegation, saying that that maternity hospital was taken over by the azov battalion and other radicals, and all the mothers
on the 7th of march, three days ago on the 7th or the 6th, i don t recall exactly now at the security council of the un, facts were proffered by our delegation, saying that that maternity hospital was taken over by the azov battalion and other radicals, and all the mothers about to give birth and nurses were chased out of there and that was the base for ultra radical azov battalion. and that data was proffered three days ago. you could draw your own conclusions as to how the public opinion is manipulated worldwide. today, i saw the reports of your channel and other western media. very emotional, but, unfortunately, the other side of any situation, the side that gives us a chance to draw an objective conclusion,
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