the kremlin s demand for disarmament was out of the question. but he accepted there were areas of potential compromise. stephanie prentice reports. butt taking his message to the heart of his enemy. a lot of mere selenski spoke to volodymyr zelenskyy spoke to four independent russian journalists. translation: security guarantees and neutrality, the non nuclear status of our state. we are ready to go for it. this is the most important points. the sounds of most important points. the sounds of war most important points. the sounds of war echoing through his homeland. these rescue workers are digging for bodies in khaki of, and mr zelinsky was keen to use the interview to tell russians who have been subject to extreme censorship of the conflict, the dark details of the war, including
what s next? peace talks begin again in istanbul this week, and in his latest video address, mr selenski said while the fight for ukrainian sovereignty and territorial integrity in the negotiations, his goal is also to get his country back to normal life and to find a path to peace. stephanie prentice, bbc news. well, more than a month into the fighting, analysts believe russia is trying to encircle and cut off ukrainian troops in the east. one key russian target is the strategic port city of mariupol, which has been devastated by shelling. ukraine accuses russian troops there of forcibly re locating thousands of civilians from the city, something moscow denies. but the bbc has spoken to one resident of mariupol, who says she was given no option but to leave, and was taken to the russian separatist held area of donestk and then onto russia itself. our correspondent, wyre davies reports. thousands of refugees have been able to leave mariupol,
this reluctant capital colombo. after what i would like to express my heartfelt closeness to the christian community attacks that in prayer for. all the victims of such a cruel act of violence. hope francis at the vatican this easter sunday adding his voice to a course of condemnation and sorrow from world leaders reacting to the sri lankan attacks also coming up. comic actor becoming ukraine s next president. casting ballots in today s runoff election incumbent president petro poroshenko faces for the mere selenski comedian played a president on television but can you do it for real treat.
one villain for the camera. zelinsky comes to the candidacy by way of a hit t.v. show called servant of the people where he plays an outsider elevated to the presidency. so does playing a president on t.v. teach you how to do it in real life supporters and analysts have different views. i don t know if there is such a person as the protagonist in the series but i d like to believe in that with you it s a view that it was can move resilin ski is new he s not part of the system he s against the system and there are demands for change in this country. selenski may not be entirely outside the system many say he s in the pocket of an oligarch who owns the t.v. channel selenski program appears on who opposes present president petro poroshenko
presidential elections for a t.v. comedy star has opened a commanding lead in the first round but over. half of all ballots counted followed a mere selenski leads with at least thirty percent of the vote the forty one year old is the star of a popular comedy show and topped opinion polls prior to the vote has never held political office incumbent petro poroshenko is partly in second place with seventeen percent former prime minister yulia timoshenko is said to be knocked out of the running in third place. so could you crave top politicians soon be a comic is nicolas connelly joins us now from kiev so nick as we heard there around seventy percent of the votes have been counted cancel inskeep already been named as the winner of this round. could offer news there well i don t think there s much chance of that commanding lead as you said of a ten percent that selenski has in front of president bush abortion because there s