this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m lewis vaughan jones. our top stories. 10 million people have now fled their homes in ukraine since the start of the war more than a quarter of the population. among them children who escaped from besieged mariupol but are left with life changing injuries. all of these are victims of russian attacks. it isn tjust the physical injuries though, many of these children have deep psychological trauma that they will perhaps never get over. in mariupol itself, the bombardment is said to be constant many are believed to be trapped in shelters below destroyed buildings.
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m lewis vaughanjones. our top stories. 10 million people have now fled their homes in ukraine since the start of the war more than a quarter of the population. among them, children who escaped from besieged mariupol but are left with life changing injuries. all of these are victims of russian attacks. it isn tjust the physical injuries though, many of these children have deep psychological trauma that they will perhaps never get over. in mariupol itself, the bombardment is said to be constant many are believed to be trapped in shelters below destroyed buildings. russia has confirmed the death of one of its senior naval commanders.
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m lewis vaughan jones. our top stories. 10 million people have now fled their homes in ukraine since the start of the war more than a quarter of the population. among them children who escaped from besieged mariupol but are left with life changing injuries. all of these are victims of russian attacks. it isn tjust the physical injuries though, many of these children have deep psychological trauma that they will perhaps never get over. in mariupol itself, the bombardment is said to be constant many are believed to be trapped in shelters below destroyed buildings.
it s important to say that over recent weeks and days, people have been making their way out from those russian controlled areas like mariupol on their own, in bomb damaged cars, sometimes in large numbers, but what is being attempted today is the first real mass evacuation of mariupol itself, and this morning, a very small red cross convoy left here bound for mariupol with the intended aim of getting into the city and facilitating the evacuation on government provided buses of hundreds of people. but it was interesting that even though there has been a sort of temporary ceasefire and those red cross vehicles are being allowed in, two trucks the red cross wanted to take in laden with medical aid and some food aid, that was not permitted to travel by the russians, so those three red cross vehicles with the staff on board are trying to facilitate the evacuation of the city, but in the last couple of hours we have heard from the mayor s office in mariupol that the city itself is still too
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. i m lukwesa burak. our top stories. 10 million people have now fled their homes in ukraine since the start of the war more than a quarter of the population. among them children who escaped from besieged mariupol but are left with life changing injuries. all of these are victims of russian attacks. it isn tjust the physical injuries though, many of these children have deep psychological trauma that they will perhaps never get over. in mariupol itself, russia has urged people to surrender, offering to open up humanitarian corridors. previous arrangements have been targeted by russian fire. ukraine s president tells the israeli parliament