there was wreath laying in moscow. putin is keeping them guessing. president putin inspected the troops. he hasn t confirmed if he s already ordered any into ukraine. |translation: first, | didn t say| that the troops would go straight there after our meeting here. second, it is generally not possible to protect possible actions, it depends on the specific situations that develop on the ground. back at the border, the evacuation buses continue coming from the rebel held areas. filling out paperwork, recent arrivals were feeling emotional about president putin s decision to recognise the areas they live in as independent. emotional about president putin s decision to recognise the areas they live in as independent. 74 year old luba tells me she has been waiting since the first day of the war for this decision. how long can you hide in your basement from shelling? she says. translation: we hope that things will settle down, - and there is no more war. do you want to be part of russia?
happened. this is the city circus ring. and the authorities have laid out mattresses and pillows. they thought that people could have a rest here, take a few moments before they carried on to be housed in hostels, student hostels and schools. but it hasn t been used. what s happened is the mayor of mariupol has said that the humanitarian corridor was impossible to set up because the russian forces carried on firing. they said it was far too dangerous for people to get in the evacuation buses and to try to drive to safety. he said that there are still negotiations going on between the russians and ukrainians and that, when it is safe and when it is possible, they will get people on those buses and they will get them to places like this. but, for the moment, all of this is prepared, all of it s ready but there s no one here. yalda hakim is lviv in the west of ukraine and has been meeting some of the young men who are having
forces carried on firing. they said it was far too dangerous for people to get in the evacuation buses and to try to drive to safety. he said that there are still negotiations going on between the russians and ukrainians and that, when it is safe and when it is possible, they will get people on those buses and they will get them to places like this. but, for the moment, all of this is prepared, all of it s ready but there s no one here. that was sarah rainsford. this week we ve heard repeated calls from the ukrainian president for nato to impose a no fly zone over ukraine something the alliance has consistently refused to contemplate. our security correspondent, gordon corera, explains the reasons why. russian aircraft had been in the skies over ukraine, outnumbering defenders.
that lasts through to thursday morning. in southern ukraine, evacuation buses and aid trucks remain blocked from entering the besieged city of mariupol. on tuesday, hundreds of cars were able to leave the port city along a humanitarian corridor. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, has said negotiations with russia are beginning to sound more realistic with further talks due to take place over a video link on wednesday. mr zelenskyy is due to address the us congress in the coming hours. vika kaminsta fled kyiv and is now in utrecht, in the netherlands. on herjourney through poland, she volunteered as a translator and interpreter for the thousands of people passing through. shejoins me now. welcome. thank you forjoining us. tell us more about how you got to poland in the first place and what yourjourney poland in the first place and what your journey was like. poland in the first place and what yourjourney was like. poland in the first place and what yourjourney was like. we
individual allies have already been providing ukraine with weapons and the meeting will discuss what more they can do. it comes as more explosions have been heard in western areas of kyiv, where the curfew residents have been under continues , it will last until thursday morning. in southern ukraine, evacuation buses and aid trucks remain blocked from entering the besieged city of mariupol. on tuesday, hundreds of cars were able to leave the port city along a humanitarian corridor. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has said negotiations with russia are beginning to sound more realistic with further talks due to take place over a video link on wednesday. mr zelensky is due to address the us congress in the coming hours. with the latest, here sjon kay. mark here is tim moffat.