russia steps up its bombardment of ukraine, as nato warns the conflict is about to get worse. we is about to get worse. will be reporting from inside country s we will be reporting from inside the country s second biggest city of kharkiv, where residential buildings have been reduced to rubble by constant russian shelling. this is so far from normal, it s kind of hard to even describe. and these people have no idea what they re going to do next. europe s largest nuclear plant is hit by russian forces overnight but the fires are under control. ukraine says moscow is resorting to nuclear terror . translation: the russian tanks knew what they were firing at, they directly hit the plant. this is terror on an
assaulted as residents try to shelter from the heavy bombardment. todd: julia joins us live. describe how horrific the situation is right now. hi, everyone. first of all, i would like to for those countries who are trying to help us. to the usa, who are doing everything they can to help us, we are here in kharkiv, we didn t this war, didn t believe it. now yesterday we had 90% of our at night they aim where the people live. there are no factories, no shops, no nothing.
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. i m live in kyiv where the russian advance on the capital creeps ever closer to the centre of the city. overnight, the russians attacked a nuclear plant, europe s biggest, in zaporizhzhia. the fires and shelling sparked fears of a nuclear leak, which led to ukrain s president zelensky again calling for a no fly zone over the country. if we take a look at the map, the areas in red show the gains russia is making in the country. they control large areas of the south and are targetting the city of mariupol which if captured would cut off ukraine s access to the black sea. another key target is kharkiv in the east, ukraine s second largest city. our eastern europe correspondent, sarah rainsford, has this special report from inside kharkhiv, which has been bombarded by russian forces this week.
there are thousands of people living underground here in kharkiv, some 3000 injust this underground here in kharkiv, some 3000 in just this one metro station. there are adults and children here, people brought their pets as well and a few bags of belongings. they came here in particular after there word two big explosions up above. we have seen the destruction, people felt it in their houses and have been terrified, living down here ever since. they are trying to make it as normal as possible, they have toys and blankets but there are people living in train carriages in the middle of the city. 0ne people living in train carriages in the middle of the city. one woman just told me, she said, we are russian speakers, we used to respect vladimir putin and didn t have a problem with russia before, now they are bombing us. they want help from anybody outside to end it as quickly as possible because for the moment they are living underground, their nerves are on edge, people here are crying w
feature of these plants is they are pressurised water reactor types but essentially you have a steel pressure vessel with the walls around 20 centimetres thick steel, and that keeps the reactor core in one place. then outside of that, you have a bio shield which is a thick concrete shield. these two features, safety features for the reactor, they keep the reactor and the radioactivity car means they are protected from the outside which is fortuitous in this circumstance. qm. fortuitous in this circumstance. ok, professor tom fortuitous in this circumstance. 0k, professor tom scott, it has been really interesting to get your insight. thank you so much for talking to us. ukraine s second city, kharkiv, near the russian border remains under siege. thousands of people have taken refuge in the city s metro station, living in train carriages and frightened to go above ground. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is there.