and tributes from across the music industry for taylor hawkins, drummer with the rock band foo fighters, who s died at the age of 50. a number of powerful explosions have been heard near the western ukrainian city of lviv. they came as president biden was preparing to deliver a set piece speech in the polish capital warsaw, accusing russia of trying to strangle democracy. these pictures are believed to show a fuel storage plant which was hit earlier in the day, and officials later confirmed that a defence facility was also hit. according to the city s mayor, five people have been injured. no one was killed. lviv has been less affected by the fighting than most cities in ukraine, making ita refuge
that they were going to shift their military focus to the east and then suddenly, today, bombing lviv in the west, where, you know, just 200 miles or so from where president biden was giving a speech in warsaw. was that a message of defiance to the americans? who knows? but clearly a sign from the kremlin that no part of ukraine is safe. there is exasperation, clearly, with vladimir putin. joe biden saying that putin is completely to blame, all the attempts to talk to vladimir putin before this war, before the invasion broke out, were, you know, putin was lying at every step. so, you know, a defiant message, a message of support to the ukrainians, a message of support to poland and to its nato allies and a clear message that vladimir putin has to end this aggression. the un says a ukrainian child becomes a refugee every 90 seconds.
latter. . ., ~ ., latter. yeah, i don t think that there is any latter. yeah, i don t think that there is any hope latter. yeah, i don t think that there is any hope really - latter. yeah, i don t think that there is any hope really of- there is any hope really of diplomacy between the americans and the russians at this stage. earlier on today, joe biden repeated his belief that vladimir putin is a war criminal. he also called him a butcher. in the last 2a hours, we have had the kremlin saying that they were going to shift their military focus to the east, and then suddenly today bombing lviv in the west where they are just 200 miles orso west where they are just 200 miles or so from where president biden was giving the speech in warsaw. was this a message of defiance to the americans? who knows. but clearly a sign from the kremlin that no part of ukraine is safe. so there is exasperation clearly with vladimir putin. joe biden saying that putin is completely to blame. that all th
reduces their supply lines. if they are going to do that, though, you know, they are going to need a significant reorganisation and we are talking probably ten days or so to be able to achieve that. that is by no means, it is very early days yet, we just do not know if that is happening or not. and then, despite the kremlin saying this, we have, in the last couple of hours, heard these explosions in the west of the country, in the city of lviv. do you think this could be deliberate sort of confusion creating tactics, you know, to try come out to be saying one thing and doing another, deliberately, to cause uncertainty about their strategy? there will be a little bit of that, yes, but i think the location tells the story for itself. president biden is not that far away, anyway, so it might be sending a bit of a message, but lviv is a root out, obviously, for refugees, but obviously it is a route in almost certainly for equipment
of diplomacy, you know, between the americans and the russians at this stage. earlier on today, joe biden repeated his belief that vladimir putin is a war criminal. he also called him a butcher and in the last 2a hours, we have had the kremlin saying that they were going to shift their military focus to the east and then suddenly, today, bombing lviv in the west, where, you know, just 200 miles or so from where president biden was giving a speech in warsaw. was that a message of defiance to the americans? who knows? but clearly a sign from the kremlin that no part of ukraine is safe. there is exasperation, clearly, with vladimir putin. joe biden saying that putin is completely to blame, all the attempts to talk to vladimir putin before this war, before the invasion broke out, were, you know, putin was lying at every step.