of zaporizhzhia whose nucler power plant was targeted by russian troops earlier this week, and where evacuees from mariupol are being taken. this enormous pile of clothing, warm clothes here, has been brought by the people of zaporizhzhia to this collection point because they were told that they were expecting a huge flow of families to come here from mariupol in the south, where there s been really heavy fighting for days now, so they ve brought blankets, they brought bedding. hot dinners have been prepared by local businesspeople. they ve brought fresh fruit and vegetables, too all of it for the large number of families they were expecting to arrive here, but that humanitarian corridor that was supposed to be set up today never happened. so what you ve got in here look at this this is the city circus ring, and the authorities had laid out mattresses and pillows. they thought that people could have a rest here, take a few moments before
a missile struck an airport. unverified images from ukraine s northern and southern borders seemed to show columns of russian armour entering from belarus and crimea. within hours, russian tanks were reported to be on the streets of ukraine s second largest city, kharkiv. whatever russia says, this attack will not be surgical. to the east of kharkiv, emergency workers battled to control fires in residential building is hit by rockets. the number of civilian casualties is rising. at mariupol in the south, another airport on fire. this country s civilian infrastructure is being heavily struck. there are no more flights in or out. a glance at the map shows a country under attack from east to west, north to south. earlier, a snarling russian leader said this was all in self defence and warned ukrainians to lay down their arms.
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. russia resumes its offensive in mariupol after a so called ceasefire ends it was supposed to allow the evacuation of civilians but has not been observed. they continue to destroy mariupol. we decided to move our citizens back because it is not safe to be on the streets. just to know that they are alive. like, every time i close my eyes, i can see and hear my mum and hear the voice of my dad, and i don t know if i will hear them again. sorry. protests against russian occupation in ukraine have
our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in the town of zaporezhia, whose nucler power plant was targeted by russian troops earlier this week, and where evacuees from mariupol are being taken. this enormous pile of clothing, warm clothes here, has been brought by the people of zaporizhzhia to this collection point because they were told that they were expecting a huge flow of families to come here from mariupol in the south, where there s been really heavy fighting for days now, so they ve brought blankets, they brought bedding. hot dinners have been prepared by local businesspeople. they ve brought fresh fruit and vegetables, too all of it for the large number of families they were expecting to arrive here, but that humanitarian corridor that was supposed to be set up today never happened. so what you ve got in here look at this this is the city circus ring, and the authorities had laid out mattresses and pillows. they thought that people could have a rest here,
in ivano frankivsk in the far south west, a missile struck an airport. unverified images from ukraine s northern and southern borders seemed to show columns of russian armour entering from belarus and crimea. within hours, russian tanks were reported to be on the streets of ukraine s second largest city, kharkiv. whatever russia says, this attack will not be surgical. to the east of kharkiv, emergency workers battled to control fires in residential building is hit by rockets. the number of civilian casualties is rising. at mariupol in the south, another airport on fire. this country s civilian infrastructure is being heavily struck. there are no more flights in or out. a glance at the map shows a country under attack from east to west, north to south.