russia and put on more international pressure. the foreign minister also said he wants the united nations to deliver more humanitarian relief to ukraine, he thinks that s warranted at this moment. we had from the united states saying this could lead to a very serious refugee problem in the region, as many as 5 million people could be affected if there is a major invasion. these are all areas where the united nations would be able to step in, even though it s be able to step in, even though its hands are tied in terms of preventing president putin from acting in a certain way when it comes to security council action, for example. as we said, a state of emergency is being declared in ukraine, starting midnight on thursday. here is that annoucement being made earlier. we have considered imposing a state of emergency in our country. this decision has to be approved by the parliament,
we take a look at the big winners from an historic night. let s start in china, where the the government has announced it s biggest city wide lockdown since the covid outbreak began, more than two years ago. the critical financial hub of shanghai will be locked down in two stages over nine days, while authorities carry out covid 19 testing. the city reported 3,450 asymptomatic covid 19 cases and 50 symptomatic cases today, according to the city government official wechat account. and we re already seeing some reaction from big brands, with tesla announcing it s closing its factory in the region for four days, due to the lockdown. when the annoucement was made, we saw immediate reaction on markets in asia, with loses in mainland china and hong kong. in the last hour or so,