it s pretty terrible. i have everything there. my apartment, my car, my friends, my life. so it s not the best days of my life. my heart goes out to you. so, you know, one thing in ukraine that stood out to me was obviously so many people have relatives and friends in russia. but when you talk to those relatives and friends, they often had no idea about what had happened. there was one woman, she had family in the far east of russia. and i asked her, you know, had she talked to them? and she said in fact she had talked to them and they did not even know that there was a war, that this had even happened. here s what she said. the family said what? ukraine? but nobody know about news. the russia news, absolutely not only control, absolutely different and liar. i heard it again and again. ukrainians with family in russia say their families have no idea
kirby also says that the harsh truth is that russian troops may have been misled about their mission to begin with. it is not clear to us that all of the soldiers that russia has put into ukraine realized that that s what they were doing, that they were actually going to invade ukraine. this is war coverage remains blacked out in russia after putin signed a law that criminalizes news reporting on his invasion. not even allowed to call it a war. russia s last independent network among the networks having to shut down. it s last words, quote, no to war. outfront is tv rain s editor in chief. he had to flee russia with his family after the crackdown. i m glad to see you, i m glad that you re safe and your family is safe. hi. thanks for having me. so i guess the first question i have for you now that we hear about tv networks going to black and basically a blackout in
of russia continues to grow. two of the world s biggest accountancy and business consultancy firms, pwc and kpmg, have cut their russian branches from their global networks. american express hasjoined visa and mastercard in shutting down its operations there. netflix has also stopped its service in russia, and tiktok has suspended all new video uploads and livestreams in the country. more than 5,000 people were arrested at anti war protests in more than 60 cities across russia yesterday according to the monitoring group, ovd info. videos on social media show protestors chanting, no to war and ukraine is not our enemy. it s thought more than 12,000 russian demonstrators have been detained since the conflict began. we ll have more from here in lviv later in the programme, but for now it s back to victoria in the studio.
residential neighborhood in a small ukrainian town. 50 miles south of the ukrainian capital is nowhere near the front lines. but it has felt the rage and the pain of this war. we ve come inside one of the houses that was affected by what was apparently random artillery or rocket fire into this residential neighborhood. you can see just how shattered the lives of the family here were. look. the windows have all been blown out obviously. all their belongings have been left behind as they have gone into hiding. there s a picture up there of what seems to be some of the people who lived here. it was a family with some children. apparently they have survived this, which is good. but of course when you look at
where thousands have been detained for protesting against the invasion. meanwhile, world leaders are stepping up diplomatic efforts to find a way through the crisis with the us secretary of state antony blinken in eastern europe for talks. 0ur diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has the latest. they flew in from their battle ravaged nation, the ukrainian delegation arriving on the border with belarus for a third round of talks with the enemy, with more meetings planned, but there is almost no faith in the sincerity of russia s side. the russian defence ministry today released these images, said to be of tanks around ukraine s capital, kyiv. it is the military hardware, the guns and the bombs, that are doing the talking, and the kremlin has repeatedly made clear it will be satisfied by nothing short of ukraine s surrender. he chants no to war, this russian man shouts before he s carted away. independent monitors say 5,000