are ignored, then of course, any hypothetical scenario is possible. behind the beacon of the palanca crossing point, moldova s sparse villages have become a refuge. this man s family have taken in nine people since friday. he is one of five siblings himself. children see everything , his mother told us. i want them to learn that when people need you, you help. lucy williamson, bbc news, moldova. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is with me. stores fail, lyse, as if there has been an uptick in the intensity of the war here, we are hearing many more missile and mortar strikes here in the capital. and in other places
population centers, especially in the south were russian forces have moved through quickly, are cut off. it is a big concern not only for that area but also the capital of kyiv. we saw it today, people going to as any store that still up and gathering his many supplies as they could. we were in the northern part of the city where we saw air defenses active and people were lining up at shopping centers trying to fill their bags with goods, because they understand as russian forces push forward with that ground offensive, they may be trapped. what supply lines no longer operating in many parts of this country, you have not only the food and water situation, but also, obviously, living amid the russians shelling russians showing. thank you so much, trey, stay safe. harris, it s devastating when you look at that hospital. yesterday we talked about a mother and her two kids who were killed. now reports suggest we know who that mother was, her name is tatyana. her children, elyse and nikit
shank you, ben. thank you, ben. welcome back to lviv. and lysejoins me once more. lyse, nearly two weeks on in this war, what is your insight into how the situation is developing? i think everyone s assessment is that russian forces have not prevailed in the skies or on the ground, as many expected, with a vastly superior firepower and manpower. the ukrainians have put up surprising and effective resistance, both soldiers and civilians. the air power is still largely intact. we see almost every table surface to air missiles streaking across the sky. what the russians have made some progress has been in the south along the black sea where they have more effective fighting forces, but
instinctively threw himself over the baby. dad alexei was hit by shrapnel and glass. his son, born only a month before the war, bears no injuries. after that we lived in the shelter cooking with wood and just trying to survive, says alexei. ukrainians have their differences, but the war has brought people together in adversity. volunteers provide anything those escaping mariupol need for their onward journeys, knowing full well that their town could be next. wyre davies, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent, is in kyiv. lyse a mixed picture tonight because we have those reports of increasingly dire conditions in some beseiged areas but also we ve seen ukrainian forces still managing to hold back the russian advance.
in chief is not a popular one. they ve already paid a high cost. in rivne in the west, five soldiers are laid to rest, the pain ingrained on the faces of those they leave behind. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. 0ur chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is in kyiv. lyse, what are you hearing about the possibility that some people have been cut out of the theatre that was