we are afraid for our children, for our families. as russian attacks grow in intensity, western leaders impose sanctions and condemn the violence. putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. it s vital for the safety of every nation that putin s squalid venture should ultimately fail and be seen to fail. the un security council held a surreal emergency session to discuss the actions of one of its own. don t ask me questionsi when you are speaking. the current council president, a russian. as the secretary general called for peace. president putin, stop your troops from attacking ukraine. give peace a chance. while leaders discussed, armed convoys rolled across ukraine.
a special military operation in donbas. we will have more news on this breaking story. stay tuned, right here, to bbc news. this is bbc news, our top stories. reports of explosions in the ukrainian capital as vladimir putin announces a special military operation in ukraine. united nations security council holds an emergency meeting on ukraine, with the secretary general making a direct plea to the russian leader. russian leader. president putin, russian leader. president putin. step russian leader. president putin, stop your - russian leader. president putin, stop your troops i russian leader. president i putin, stop your troops from attacking ukraine. give peace a chance. a, , , . attacking ukraine. give peace a chance. ,, . . , chance. more russian military hardware heads chance. more russian military hardware heads to chance. more russian military hardware heads to ukrainian l hardware heads to ukrainian border, as the us secretary of state says aggression can still be avoide
jon: dawn breaking in ukraine as russia s invasion enters day five. we close this hour with a look at some of the historic moments as they played out this week. i consider it necessary to take a long overdue decision. every under case is he s preparing for a large-scale invasion. who in the lord s name thinks putin has the right to declare new so-called countries from his neighbors. stop your troops from attacking ukraine. give peace a chance. no one should have any doubt that an a direct attack on our
in intensity, western leaders impose sanctions and condemn the violence. putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. it s vital for the safety of every nation that putin s squalid venture should ultimately fail and be seen to fail. the un security council held a surreal emergency session to discuss the actions of one of its own. don t ask me questionsj when you are speaking. the current council president, a russian. as the secretary general called for peace. president putin, stop your troops from attacking ukraine. give peace a chance. too many people have already died. while leaders discussed, armed convoys rolled across ukraine. silence quickly became
as russian attacks grow in intensity, western leaders impose sanctions and condemn the violence. putin is the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now he and his country will bear the consequences. it s vital for the safety of every nation that putin s squalid venture should ultimately fail and be seen to fail. the un security council held a surreal emergency session to discuss the actions of one of its own. don t ask me questionsj when you are speaking. the current council president, a russian. as the secretary general called for peace. president putin, stop your troops from attacking ukraine. give peace a chance. too many people have already died. while leaders discussed,