block to my right. every window is dark. 0ne block to my right. every window is dark. one or two have lights. i look this way in the streets are completely empty, the traffic lights are flashing amber, which is rather eerie. i look at these lights as if to say to the russians, don t come here to the city. today, we drove around for about an hour and only saw one little kiosk with lights, selling bread, snacks, crisps, chocolate bars and coffee. in january, this was a city full of life and energy, with cafes and restaurants and people spilling into the streets all through the night. what really struck me about this city was how the lights on the soaring classical columns, the lovely golden domes, it really was such a wonderful metropolis. now,
north east have been able to escape after a russian ceasefire was put in place. sarah rainsford reports. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford has been to poltava, where people are set to arrive from sumy. these are people who have lived through extremely traumatic days in sumy. it is a city that has been under heavy russian bombardment for a very long time now, right since the beginning of this war. it is very close to the russian border and we know that even overnight last night, there was an air strike which killed at least 21 people, including two children. so there has been an intense focus on trying to get civilians out of that city and get them to safety as quickly as possible but this is the first time that a safe corridor has actually been set up and actually been used. we have heard a lot of rumours, a lot of attempts to do that from other cities like mariupol in the south that have failed because they have collapsed in renewed fighting, but sumy is the first city
long road ahead, with the devastation rattling global markets and launching gas prices to all-time record high. the white house could strike a deal with saudi arabia, iran or venezuela to address concerns as it considers banning oil from russia. todd: following the developments this morning. we begin with jonathan hunt on the ground in ukraine. jonathan. john: good morning. day 13 of this ongoing war and ukrainians woke up to the grim news civilian casualties have climbed above the 400 mark, the number of those killed in this russian bombardment of so many ukrainian cities. overnight, at least 18 civilians died in one strike in the eastern city of sumy. there was supposed to be a
sumy. all of them, as i say, extremely relieved, had an extremely anxious few weeks, but finally. this ladyjust anxious few weeks, but finally. this lady just asked anxious few weeks, but finally. this ladyjust asked me where this train is going, she is trying to get on board as well. this is a train heading to the west of ukraine which is the main point where people who are across ukraine now have been flooding, one of the safest cities in this country at the moment. sarah rainsford reporting in this country at the moment. sarah rainsford reporting on in this country at the moment. sarah rainsford reporting on that - rainsford reporting on that story for us. a reminder of our top stories for you right before we end the programme. the united states, britain and the european union have announced plans to target russia s energy sector in
good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six, live from lviv in western ukraine, on day 13 of the war here. civilians who have been trapped for daysin civilians who have been trapped for days in besieged towns and cities have been scrambling for safety after a temporary ceasefire held in some places. convoys of vehicles streamed out of the north eastern city of sumy. people trapped just north of kyiv were allowed to leave. but in the southern city of mariupol where aid workers say tens of thousands are living in apocalyptic conditions, ukrainians say russia have continued shelling the evacuation route. this map shows the areas here in red where russian forces are present, but not