invasion, but it has become the story of ukraine s resistance. today, fight back. the regional chief of police posted this patriotically video. complete with dramatic music. russia isn t stopping, it continues to bombard mikel i have, where this lady is in labour. translation: , , labour. translation: , :, translation: it is scary, but not as much of february translation: it is scary, but not as much of february the translation: it is scary, but not as much of february the 24th translation: it is scary, but not as much of february the 24th when i translation: it is scary, but not as much of february the 24th when the | much of february the 2ath when the russians began to shell from all sides. everyday you get used to it more and more. especially when the explosions are far away, it seems they are in another state. then yesterday, nearthe they are in another state. then yesterday, near the hospital, just 500 metres away from the hospital, it became scary again. it became scary ag
there have been some striking images coming out of ukraine. joining me now from kharkiv is alex lourie who has been documenting the war in the country. you have been in ukraine since the beginning of february. talk us through your main observations. observations. the primary observation observations. the primary observation would - observations. the primary observation would be, - observations. the primary| observation would be, like observations. the primary- observation would be, like you said i have been here since the beginning of february, how quickly things turned on a dime. my guess it would have been the early morning hours of february the 24th, the night of the 23rd was fairly normal. what we had been doing for three weeks, bars and restaurants were full, people are taking their kids to school and stuff and then it sort of snapped and he woke up in a different world that they. just and he woke up in a different world that the ., , , ., ., that they. just before we look at s
russian forces should withdraw to the positions they were in before the positions they were in before the invasion began on february the 24th. then he said we can discuss a compromise. but right now it doesn t seem that president putin is likely to make a compromise and, frankly, everyone i speak to here, with this war, and with the sirens, are not ready to compromise on territory. all right, lyse, thank you very much, lyse doucet. we can talk to our russia editor, steve rosenberg, in moscow. steve, there was comments from president zelensky about the neutrality of this country is on offer, they were made in a detailed interview with independent journalists in russia. but our ordinary russian people ever going to hear those comments? weill. ordinary russian people ever going to hear those comments?- ordinary russian people ever going to hear those comments? well, it is a aood to hear those comments? well, it is a good question- to hear those comments? well, it is a good question. i
being would experience in a time of immense suffering and perform a job. 0k, immense suffering and perform a job. ok, let s take a look at those pictures. i think you have described the state you have to be in. if we bring up the first picture, we have an elderly lady with the destruction and we have fire coming out of an apartment block. tell us about this? that would have been the very first thing that i experienced after putin decided to invade ukraine. it would have been i would say, nine or ten in the morning, maybe earlier of february the 24th. we arrived at this billowing column of smoke and we were investigating it, me and my colleagues. it turns out a large munition, people whose opinion i trust said it was a submerged rocket and it landed in the courtyard of a residential apartment complex, did a
it can be incredibly difficult. you kind of have to quiet a lot of voices in your head that are what any human being would experience in a time of immense suffering and perform a job. ok, well, let s take a look at those pictures. i think you ve described the state you have to be in. and if we bring up ourfirst picture, we ve got an elderly lady with the destruction and we ve got fire coming out of an apartment block. just tell us about this. sure, so that would have been the very first thing that i experienced after putin decided to invade ukraine. that would have been, i would say, 9am, 10am in the morning, maybe earlier, of february the 24th. we arrived at this billowing column of smoke, and we were investigating it, me and my colleagues. and it turns out a very large russian munition people whose opinion i trust say it was a smerch rocket