from the un in new york and talk about some of the other strands of the story. increased sanctions, the governing body of the paralympics has said that russian and belarusian athletes already in beijing can compete under the paralympic flag. john watson is at the sports centre and is more for us. take us through that reaction since that announcement. a controversial decision. as you are saying, those athletes will be about to compete as neutrals at the games. it follows that meeting of the apc today and they said that they will compete under the paralympic flag. they were being fitted on the medal table. the president said this was the harshest possible punishment. many will disagree with that. you might remember that the aoc had urged all international federations to ban russian and belarusian athletes from sporting events and fifa has been
claimed to be a russian air strike on the ukrainian city of zhytomyr. that s around 80 miles west of kyiv. rescuers are searching for survivors. in the southern city of kherson, which has a population of 250,000, from their windows, local people filmed russian tanks. i think i should stop recording before someone shoots me on my hand. each side is disputing whether the city is now under russian control. in nearby woodland, there are several dead bodies. locals say these were civilians killed after russia issued an ultimatum for people to surrender. but ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky remains in power, even inviting journalists in kyiv to meet him. showing his face as often as possible has become a wartime strategy. and this morning, he sounded defiant as, once again, he addressed the nation. translation: today, you,
is serious and everybody is focused. the city is united and will stand first. ., ., , . ., ., first. that was then mayor of kharkiv speaking first. that was then mayor of kharkiv speaking earlier i first. that was then mayor of kharkiv speaking earlier as l first. that was then mayor of| kharkiv speaking earlier as to first. that was then mayor of i kharkiv speaking earlier as to what is happening, the relentless bombardment in ukraine s second city. we were watching the pictures have an hour ago from the un general assembly, that vote to censure russia, to condemn what it is doing in ukraine. they speak to the uk s ambassador to the united nations. thank you so much for being here in the programme. in terms of that vote we were hearing the americans talking about the 35 abstentions. they would have hoped those people would have fallen into line. in terms of the vote, your reading of five against and 35 abstentions. picking up from where the mayor of
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