translator: just imagine 14,000 dead bodies at that stadium in moskow and tens of thousands of wounded, maimed people. that s how great are the russian losses already as a result of this invasion, but that s the price of a war in little of three weeks. the war must be stopped. the ukrainian proposal is on the table. ukrainian casualties are also mounting. russian bombers struck army baracks in mykolaiv. it s feared dozens of ukrainian soldiers may have been killed in the attack. in the besieged port of mariupol drone footage shows the utter devastation russian forces have unleashed. have a look at this. a huge shopping mall stands
it will still take a long time, but it s clear that that is their intent. so you feel the mood here is more ominous, greater foreboding, but you also hear the defiance that the ukrainians will fight. president zelensky was asked about it today and he said if the russians, if president putin, is determined to take kyiv, he ll have to raze the city to the ground. a senior ukrainian minister says around 13,000 people were evacuated from a number of ukrainian cities on saturday, but she said no one had managed to leave mariupol and blamed obstruction by russian forces. 0ur reporter leana hosea explained why the besieged port is so important. it is strategically important because if russia takes control of it, it would be able to consolidate its territory from the pro russian enclaves to the east and down towards crimea, so there is intense shelling there now. let s take a look at these latest satellite images of mariupol, which were taken on saturday
this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i m sally bundock. gunfire. as ukrainian troops apparently reclaim lost ground, we report from the small town that s facing the might of the russian forces, and pushing them back. this war is only a few weeks old and the russians will almost certainly be back with more soldiers and a lot more firepower. nothing left but the ruins. ukraine says russian air strikes are turning the besieged port of mariupol to dust.survivors tell of children starving to death. the women s world number one, australia s ash barty, says she s hanging up her tennis racket.
this is bbc world news, our main story this hour: ukraine says russian forces have bombed a theatre in the besieged port of mariupol that was being used by large numbers of civilians as a shelter. russia has denied carrying out the attack. within the past couple of hours, the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe, has touched down on british soil for the first time since she was detained in iran six years ago. this is the moment mrs zaghari ratcliffe arrived at raf brize norton in oxfordshire just after 1am local time on thursday morning. she walked down the steps of the plane along with fellow british iranian anoosheh ashoori, after their release was secured. the two later waved at cameras as they walked into a reception building at the air base.
furtherfighting has been taking place outside the ukrainian capital, kyiv, where russian forces are around 25 kilometres from the centre of the city. british military intelligence believes those russian troops have been re grouping, possibly for a fresh offensive that could happen in the coming days. a senior ukrainian minister says around 13,000 people were evacuated from a number of ukrainian cities on saturday almost twice the number who were able to get out the day before. but noone managed to leave the besieged port of mariupol blocked by russian forces. in iraq, the state news agency says the city of erbil has been hit by several missiles. video on social media shows several large explosions in the vicinity of the american consulate. no casualties were reported. erbil is the capital of the autonomous kurdish region in northern iraq.