because we ve just shelled you. it is hard for me to say from here because i m not in the area but one thing i can tell you re absolutely certainly for the people who are trying to get out of there it will be a horrifying nightmare. jeremy, thanks so much be a horrifying nightmare. jeremy, thanks so much for be a horrifying nightmare. jeremy, thanks so much for all be a horrifying nightmare. jeremy, thanks so much for all your - thanks so much for all your proposing their frontier. that was our correspondentjeremy bowen joining us there from the ukrainian capital. joining us now on the line is a student. we cannot disclose their name or location for their own safety. i just want you to tell me what is happening with you now. you are trying to leave the country. what is the situation where you are? it has the situation where you are? it has been extremely the situation where you are? it has been extremely difficult the situation where you are? it has been extremely difficult for
around 30,000 people have been able to leave mariupol in the south leaving behind a sieged city where 90% of buildings have been damaged and destroyed. and in 0desa, they fear they may be next. families are being torn apart as they prepare for the unknown weeks maybe months ahead. hywel griffith, bbc news. our correspondentjeremy bowen joins us from ukraine s capital, kyiv. good morning to you. we understand, and you can tell us more, that some explosions have been heard in the city. explosions have been heard in the ci . . ., ., explosions have been heard in the ci . ., ., ., ~ , explosions have been heard in the ci . . ., ., . , , city. yeah, from the north west side which is where city. yeah, from the north west side which is where most city. yeah, from the north west side which is where most of city. yeah, from the north west side which is where most of the city. yeah, from the north west side which is where most of the military l which is where most of the military a
the second world war. in an address to the un, he accused vladimir putin s forces of creating mass starvation and shooting and raping civilians. it comes as images emerge from the town of bucha after the russian retreat showing the bodies of civilians lying in the streets. russia says the images shown are staged and fake. however, ukraine s leader says the numbers killed in towns and villages like borodyanka could be even higher. our correspondentjeremy bowen has just visited there. this is his report. a warning you may find it distressing. the destruction in the centre of borodyanka is the worst for its size i ve seen in any of the towns around kyiv, including much fought over irpin and bucha. the worst killing in borodyanka might have come when these flats were destroyed. a line of them stood here. you can see the gaps.
hello and welcome to the programme the un secretary general has called for an independent investigation into the deaths of civilians in ukraine after russia was accused of war crimes. ukrainian forces have reported finding hundreds of bodies as they ve re entered areas close to the capital kyiv and mass graves in the town of bucha. it is here and in the surrounding areas that the bbc has filmed bodies of civilians in the streets some with their hands and feet bound who had been shot. russia says images of civilian killings are fake . our correspondentjeremy bowen is in kyiv, and a warning you may find some images in his report distressing. the last bleak kick of winter froze any euphoria left from ukraine s successful defence of kyiv. the war is switching to the east. both sides will learn lessons. the russians left their armour
bound who had been shot. russia says images of civilian killings are fake . our correspondentjeremy bowen is in kyiv, and a warning you may find some images in his report distressing. the last bleak kick of winter froze any euphoria left from ukraine s successful defence of kyiv. the war is switching to the east. both sides will learn lessons. the russians left their armour vulnerable to drone, artillery and fast moving infantry with anti tank weapons. you can see the results scattered across the roads and villages around the capital. this was a russian supply column on the main highway that runs west from kyiv. the lorries were