charging their phones, a vital connection to the outside world. these couples had surfaced for air because they said the concentration of grief underground was too much to bear. translation: it s scary because we don t know. what s coming tomorrow. nothing is changing here. nothing is happening. even food shopping means taking a risk, queueing in the open for three hours whilst the shelves get emptier every day. despite the pressure, ukraine still controls this crucial city. but kharkiv fears this war has barely started. a city of russian speakers, who can t fathom why russia is now destroying their lives and their houses. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kharkiv. russian forces are steadily making gains in this war,
it is scary, but this is our city, maxim tells me. we don t want to run anywhere. so, ukraine s second city has moved underground, to shelter from a war they didn t see coming and don t understand. whole lives are now playing out on these platforms. families bedding down in trains that stopped when the war began. at least the children don t hear the explosions down here. above ground, shops are running out of food. down here, people live off hand outs. i really. i m scared about myself and about my family. so, we take our documents and just came here. there are now thousands of people living underground like this here in kharkiv for more than a week now. and the parents are trying to make it as normal as possible for their children.
street-to-street combat that left at least nine people dead, including three children and dozens injured. this is a residential area with no military object. reporter: and added to mounting evidence that vladimir putin s war has put civilians in the cross hairs a school destroyed not far from the center of the city missile fragments inside a residential apartment building today the international criminal court launching a probe for war crimes against humanity maria, a kharkiv resident, shot this video inside kharkiv at a children s clothing factory do you feel as though the russians were deliberately targeting civilian targets for sure they did it deliberately. reporter: she said russia did much of this bombing while negotiating peace talks. this will happen with all enemies who will come here we are actually on the verge of a large humanitarian crisis. reporter: of most concern is the site of cluster munitions, bombs that open in
ambulance his eight year old son has given him as he said goodbye. men have to stay to fight. this man used an app to translate for us his attempt to reassure his wife. translation: she also asked me to leave. - i said that we will fight to the end. i it will be easier for us - to fight when you are safe. no one knows theirjourney s end the evacuees or the husbands and fathers they left behind. on the edge of kyiv, some volunteers are in position, still trying to get organised. the professionals, better armed and trained, are closer to the front. kyiv is the biggest symbol of ukrainian independence and that makes it the biggest target for the russian army. they re still a reasonable distance in that direction. the city s there. it s big and it s sprawling
this is bbc news. the headlines: there are fresh accounts of severe casualties and damage on the tenth day of the invasion of ukraine. the mayor of mariupol says his city is simply being destroyed. it is enduring shelling as kharkiv. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has expressed anger on friday night that nato foreign ministers again ruled out imposing a no fly zone over the country. he said the failure to act was giving a green light to russian bombings. nato s secretary general says that they had a responsibility to ensure the conflict does not spread to other countries. australia s prime minister scott morrison has announced a state funeral will be held for the cricketer shane warne, whose death was announced friday at the age of 52. adored by millions worldwide, he was considered to be the greatest spin bowler of all time. now on bbc news, click makes its way to this year s