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 but have never been experienced in history. have never been experienced in histo . ., , ., , history. hours after he spoke, this was the history. hours after he spoke, this was the picture history. hours after he spoke, this was the picture in - history. hours after he spoke, this was the picture in cities . this was the picture in cities across the country. sirens wail. images from ukraine s northern and southern borders showed moscow s forces streaming in. ukraine s beleaguered president, volodymyr zelenskyy, addressed the nation, dressed for battle. translation: the nation, dressed for battle. translation: what do we hear toda ? it translation: what do we hear today? it is translation: what do we hear today? it is not tran
we met nino, out walking her dog and venting her fury. we met nino, out walking her dog and venting herfury. we demand an end to the war, she says. we can do it with sanctions. we must isolate the aggressor country, it terrorises the whole world. with russian forces at the gates, some are still fleeing the capital. for now, this city remains in ukrainian hands but the battle may be just beginning. i want to give you a sense of what we plan to do over the next few hours as we monitor the conflict. it is nowjust past 3am in kyiv and these are life pictures from the ukrainian capital where there is a curfew at the moment and we are keeping a very close eye on this, live shot, locked on shot of kyiv, now, where people, several million of them, hunkered down in metro
but they were silenced. you can arrest people, but you can t force people to support the invasion of a neighbouring country. this is not a conflict the russian public wants. this is the kremlin s war. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. european union leaders have agreed a new package of sanctions at an emergency meeting on thursday, which they said would have severe consequences on russia but which some critics say didn t go far enough. and the us presidentjoe biden has announced new sanctions, on technology exports, banks and individuals, which he said would impose a severe cost on the russian economy. putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now he and
forever into unknown is heartbreaking. including the challenges of leaving with not enough petrol and the petrol stations, there is traffic, heavy traffic on the roads, so people are challenged all the way. people are challenged all the wa . , . ., , way. and we ve seen sanctions cominu way. and we ve seen sanctions coming into way. and we ve seen sanctions coming into place way. and we ve seen sanctions coming into place from - way. and we ve seen sanctions coming into place from the - coming into place from the international community. are they enough, in your view, to stop what russia is doing right now to ukraine? i stop what russia is doing right now to ukraine? now to ukraine? i believe in the ukrainian now to ukraine? i believe in the ukrainian world - now to ukraine? i believe in | the ukrainian world congress believes that there is a lot more that our partners and nato countries can do. first of all, let s stop any diplomatic relationships with the country, aggresso
her dog and venting her fury. we demand an end to the war, she says. we can do it with sanctions. we must isolate the aggressor country, it terrorises the whole world. with russian forces at the gates, some are still fleeing the capital. for now, this city remains in ukrainian hands but the battle may bejust beginning. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. western allies have stepped up their response to the invasion, subject russia to its harshest sanctions ever. russia s access to the international payment network swift has been restricted, a move often dubbed a financial nuclear weapon. it makes international business difficult and more expensive and economists say will have a dire effect on the russian economy and currency which the eu commission chief is also