instead, he s hosting nine refugees from ukraine. in the refugee centre, a pop up children s theatre replaces normal school. the lesson taught here, that worries and uncertainty are nothing to fear a salve for the lessons of real life. lucy williamson, bbc news, moldova. more anti war protests have been taking place in russia. these pictures show arrests being made at a demonstration in st petersburg. russia has clamped down on any protests against its military action in ukraine, with thousands detained since the start of the invasion. still to come a bit later in the programme, we ll look at why the russian oligarch roman abramovich has announced his plans to sell the english premier league club chelsea. but first, china s government has so far avoided taking sides in the wake of russia s invasion of ukraine. it abstained in a un vote during a special emergency session of the un general assembly to deplore russia s
the owner of chelsea football club, the russian businessman roman abramovich, says he s planning to sell the club, which he has owned for the past 19 years. last week, the uk parliament was told of a leaked government document referring to mr abramovich as having links to the russian state links which he denies. he announced today that all net proceeds from the sale would be donated to the victims of the war in ukraine. 0ur correspondent laura scott reports. there wasn t even time to tell players before the news broke that, after nearly 20 years on in chelsea, russian billionaire roman abramovich has decided to sell. in a statement, he said he felt it was in the best interests of the club in the current situation. he said he d instructed his team to set up a charitable foundation where all net proceeds from the sale will be donated and this would benefit all victims of the war in ukraine.
if only god would help us and give us peace, everyone could live a normal life. but now everyone in the world is trembling. moldova s army was also thinking about russian soldiers today. 30 years ago, it was then facing russia s troops in the breakaway region of transnistria. at the national war memorial, moldova s president marked the anniversary of that conflict while, she said, cannons sounded again nearby across the border. the veterans who carried guns back then laid flowers for their fallen comrades. their hearts turned towards their past, their minds on the present. mikhail told me he d like to go and fight the russians again, but he s 67 now and too old.
be determined on the battlefield in ukraine. , . , ., ~ ukraine. given that it is taken president ukraine. given that it is taken president putin ukraine. given that it is taken president putin and ukraine. given that it is taken president putin and the - ukraine. given that it is taken l president putin and the russian forces longer than perhaps they expected to gain the advantage they were hoping to gain, what is the military strategy likely to be in the coming days and weeks? the kremlin faces the coming days and weeks? the kremlin faces a the coming days and weeks? tue: kremlin faces a complicated the coming days and weeks? tte: kremlin faces a complicated decision as it moves forward. he was hoping the ukrainians with sickly collapse, the ukrainians with sickly collapse, the military would not put up a serious resistance and the russian army could waltz into kyiv almost unopposed, but of course the opposite has been true. the ukrainians have been tenacious, the russians
next step in the russian plan is to begin a full scale assault on kyiv and in attempts to topple the ukrainian government. ichris and in attempts to topple the ukrainian government. chris miller from tufts university, ukrainian government. chris miller from tufts university, thank - ukrainian government. chris miller from tufts university, thank you i ukrainian government. chris miller| from tufts university, thank you for joining us on the programme with your thoughts. as you heard there, the fighting continues, and so too does the wave of people trying to flee to safety. the united nations says nearly 900,000 people have left ukraine since russia launched its invasion. almost all of them are women and children men aged between 18 and 60 are effectively not allowed to leave. most have gone to countries bordering ukraine like poland, romania, slovakia, hungary and moldova. 0ur correspondent lucy williamson is in the moldovan capital chisinau and sent this report. out of the bunke