streets. a clear message coming from one climate activist. streets. a clear message coming from one climate activist. one streets. a clear message coming from one climate activist. one of streets. a clear message coming from one climate activist. one of the - one climate activist. one of the many issues people having to work out and deal with. for most people it is a case of who is the devil you like least that you are going to have in the lec palace, it is a difficult time to vote. a lot of people holding their noses as they come into the polls. still that anxiety about the potential for a high number deciding frankly in this case are not to vote at all. the polls will close at seven o clock local time in paris. back to you, joanna. as russia s war on ukraine enters its third month, the us secretary of state antony blinken and defence secretary lloyd austin are due in kyiv on sunday, the first top us officials to visit since the invasion. their trip s been announced by president
emphasized in terms of its impact by statements by the regional governor who had seem so eboull ebulliant. he said we feel victoria. he put out this morning saying if you want to help out with the defense of the city, please bring tires to the intersections, and you might see video of what that looks like. just down here, we were seeing random locals turning up in their cars and just taking out of the trunk tires and dumping them in piles. that s happened across here. this is important because it is a black sea port city, normally very sleepy, utterly desolately black right now. i can step out of the way, frankly, because you re tired of seeing my face, but you can see this. just snow and black. and this would normally be a vibrant port city. and so we have this incredible
officials briefed on the intelligence, the u.s. estimates russia has lost somewhere between 2,000 and 4,000 soldiers. though this estimate comes with low confidence. the u.s. does not have reliable information on losses of ukrainian military personnel. on the battlefield, russian forces have moved more quickly in the south, more slowly in the east and north, though they continue efforts to surround cities such as kharkiv. a senior u.s. official tells me the u.s. believes russia is still several days from being able to surround the capital, kyiv. and after that, faces a protracted battle to occupy the city itself. our analysts assess putin is unlikely to be deterred by such setbacks and may escalate. we assess putin feels aggrieved the west does not give him proper deference and perceived this is a war he cannot afford to lose. as russia s forces have stalled, they have increasingly targeted the civilian population, following a
couldn t get them warm. and so it does, you know, as any person would feel, just heartbroken to hear those stories, and also, a deep sense of concern for what happens to people like valentina and the residents of that nursing home, where they do go next, and how long they can stay there as well, because even if they do find some temporary shelter for them in kyiv, which i m sure they have, the question becomes how long is that a sustainable and viable option for them? at what point does the city potentially come under heavy bombardment or become totally encircled and it s no longer possible to give them the level of care that they need, anderson? yeah, and just access to medications they need, you know, one doesn t think about this kind of stuff in war because it seems like war takes over everything, but people still need daily medication, sometimes multiple medications a dayerse especially at that age. thank you so much for telling their story. just ahead, the war already ugly may
south has been isolated by russian forces, cutting off hundreds of thousands from water and electricity for days. but that official says the russian forces have not entered the city. we assess putin feels aggrieved the west does not give him proper deference. u.s. intelligence estimates with low confident that russia s lost between 2,000 and 4,000 troops in combat. but they still retain an overwhelming majority of their combat power, the u.s. defense official says, with new advances east of kyiv. russian forces still have not been able to encircle kyiv, the ukrainian capital, with their assault stalled from the north. the russian invasion has killed more than 400 civilians to date, including 38 children, calling it genocide and accusing russia of war crimes which russia denies. russia s invasion has created more than 2 million refugees according to the united nations. while millions flee, others stay to fight.