ukraine s second largest nuclear facility. so, this imminent danger continues. as russian forces there, we are seeing, capture more territory, particularly in the south of ukraine. there is growing concern about where this goes. after taking the port of kherson, russian forces appear to try to consolidate control of the cities that are on the black sea. currently, they are advancing on the town of nikolai of, and ukrainian authorities are warning of a planned amphibious assault, on the major city of odessa. to the east, closer to the russian border, mary a poll, surrounded, and under heavy shelling, with the mayor of the city saying electricity has been cut off. meanwhile, in areas around the capital of kyiv, they are increasingly being hard hit. this is the destruction caused by russian air raid on a village, just 37 miles southwest of kyiv. it is apocalyptic. it is the aftermath of an attack 80 miles northwest of
there were simply no safe places in the city anymore. there were simply no safe places in the city anymore. and that s now the case in a number the city anymore. and that s now the case in a number of the city anymore. and that s now the case in a number of ukrainian - case in a number of ukrainian cities. in nikolai have come in the south, around 200 soldiers were sleeping in barix 13 russian missiles hit. a glimmer of hope as one man is pulled from the rubble, but with temperatures reaching those of 6 it is fear there might not be many more survivors. around 10 million ukrainians have now been forced to leave their homes. 0fficials forced to leave their homes. officials say more than 6500 people were evacuated from cities through humanitarian corridor s yesterday. in more than 3.3 million people have fled ukraine altogether since the start of the war just fled ukraine altogether since the start of the warjust over three weeks ago, not knowing if they will ever return. jon donnis
nikolai of, every promise of a cease-fire or for people to reach safety has been broken so far. i have tears running down my face, although i am a tired soldier, my wife was injured yesterday, she is now at hospital number four. she was just about saved there, and now she is there and i am here trying to sort things out somehow. [end of translation] there is little optimism. today s seas flower will have no more success. ukraine s president zelenskyy is pleading with nato for a no-fly zone in his country, but u.s. and nato have formally rejected that idea from that which will likely lead to a ground war with russia, which of course is a nuclear power. that is in addition to the u.s.
ferry fills with refugees. she and her mother, natalya, among them. many are from 0desa, but there are also some from nikolai of, the city further east still blocking any further east still blocking any further along the coast. they came by boat, by train, by car to the water crossing, their thoughts as they reach safety themselves between 0neworld at war and another at peace are among those they have left behind in ukraine. in romania, the ukrainians get a warm welcome. he was ukrainians get a warm welcome. he: was good, he was crying. but he thinks we will never see each other again. i will be happy when i returned to ukraine. i will be happy. figs returned to ukraine. i will be ha . r returned to ukraine. i will be ha . , , returned to ukraine. i will be ha“ m , , , returned to ukraine. i will be ha . a , , , , happy. as the sun sets behind the uranite happy. as the sun sets behind the granite mountains, happy. as the sun sets behind the granite mountains, and happy.
a shelter was struck. it s just a desperate, desperate situation. places like odessa are kind of holding their breath, trying to figure out when the attack will come, and how bad it will be. one thing to say, odessa is a very well defended city. the other night, we heard that the russian missile had been fired in towards where we were, and in defense missile had been sent back and exploded. that perhaps will gives people some heart about whether they can be defended or not via social media. that leadership is filtered down to the regional governments here. look at the vitali kim and nikolai of, on social media, every day trying to rally their own people. these political leaders,