global economy. could it potentially trigger a major shock? it certainly could, and there are signs that it s doing so already, paula. shanghai is a city of 25 million people. it s been completely locked down now for 20 days, and the original idea was to try and lock down the city in two halves, the eastern parts, which contains the financial district was going to be locked down for five days. that would then reopen, and then the western part of the city would lock down for five days. but there were so many cases. we ve been seeing 20,000-plus cases a day, that pudong never reopened. the rest of the city went into lockdown as well, and it s been like that ever since april 1st. now, shanghai is the country s biggest port. about 20% of the container exports go through the port, and also it s a major manufacturing
in fear of russia s navy, which is stationed in the black sea just behind me. this historic city, odesa, which has the country s biggest port, would be a great prize for the invading forces. but so far, russia has been prevented from taking it by land and its navy stopped from reaching its shores. the russian cruiser is believed to have led a fleet of 25 30 ships which have been firing missiles at ukraine. odesa s mayor told me he was relieved that the warship had been destroyed, but he warned that the situation was still dangerous. translation: unfortunately, the enemy has missiles, - not only on the cruiser, but also on the land. in crimea too, we can see it as there were attacks in ukraine last night. they were done from the territory of crimea. and there was another reminder of the threat from russia. in the hours after the moskva sank, rockets hit a city
of odesa in ukraine, has told the bbc one of the biggest threats in the black sea region has been taken away after the russian warship the moskava sank. the flagship carrier was destroyed after it suffered an explosion and fire. but cities on ukraine s black sea coast remain on alert, our correspondent catherine byaruhanga is in odessa. southern ukraine has lived in fear of russia s navy, which is stationed in the black sea just behind me. this historic city, odesa, which has the country s biggest port, would be a great prize for the invading forces. but so far, russia has been prevented from taking it by land and its navy stopped from reaching its shores. the russian cruiser is believed to have led a fleet of 25 30 ships which have been firing missiles at ukraine. odesa s mayor told me he was relieved that the warship had been destroyed, but he warned that the situation still dangerous.
would die of those restrictions were lifted, and it s a politically sensitive time for the chinese president is facing a communist party congress later this year where he is seeking a third term in office. as you mentioned the signs of economic pain abound right now, demand for coal, crude, for natural gas is well below what is expected the operations at the port in shanghai have been affected by the lockdown, that the world s biggest port, and manufacturing has taken a hit as well, every day getting more reports of companies either suspending or restricting operations. now, that is happening while cases keep going up. shanghai hasjust reported a new daily record of then 27,000 infections, while this may raise questions as to the effectiveness of this zero covid i9 approach, it seems chinese leadership thinks
attack on a ukrainian army barracks in mykolaiv. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet says it s an extremely strategic city and crucial to russia s plans to control the black sea coast. it s in the south, close to the black sea coast. it has been on the front line for many weeks, some of its neighbourhoods around the edges under incessant russian shelling. but today, an army barracks in the north of the city appears to have taken a direct hit from russian missiles. a ukrainian mp told us dozens were wounded and dozens were killed at a base which was being used to train ukrainian soldiers. and this comes after ukrainian armed forces repelled a major russian advance on mykolaiv, but they will try again. mykolaiv matters to moscow. it stands on the way of the magnificent city it stands in the way of the magnificent city of 0desa, ukraine s biggest port, and it is, yes, part of a swathe of land along