meanwhile, in ukraine s second city, kharkiv, rescue workers continue to search for survivors amoungst the rubble of a bombed theatre. translation: the second strike was above us. - it crashed. i fell down and covered my head. i was lucky the wall fell in a way that did not crush me. i m james reynolds live near lviv, from a humanitarian aid distribution hub. the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, has called for comprehensive peace talks with russia, saying the time had come for a meeting to end the war. in the south of the country a 38 hour curfew is being imposed on the city of zaporizhzhia, which has seen the arrival of thousands of refugees from the nearby port of mariupol.
because of burning peat bogs towards the north west of the city where most of the fighting has been happening. so, it s another reason, sadly, for people to not be able to enjoy this clear, fine day, but we ve seen most of the fighting, as ever, overnight, in the outskirts of the country towards the south and east, so, in mykolaiv, this city to the south, the next location in russian forces sights, in as they try and move west, they say they ve launched a successful counterattack on russian forces, in kharkiv and sumy towards the east and north east, they say they ve repelled continued russian attacks, despite coming under heavy bombardment, but, as ever in this war it is mariupol that is paying the highest price for this level of ukrainian resistance. we are now getting reports of fighting in the city. we are getting, once again, reports that moscow is accused of shelling the agreed routes for people to get out. 30,000 have made it out
air raid warning about an hour ago. everybody has the app on their mobile phones. when you get that, you have to find shelter. work continued here for the people in lviv. just a few minutes later, the app said there was an all clear. that is the minute by minute rhythm of life that has been developed in lviv. my colleague james waterhouse is in kyiv, the capital, and he has this update us on the latest situation across the country. it has been a grim game of roulette for so many people that live here, where there is interceptor missiles, for example. every morning we have woken up to reports of a residential block being struck. this morning, you are right, there are sirens that have been sounding off here in the city, as well as the kyiv region, as well as in zhytomyr region, further west, towards where most of the fighting is happening. it s been quite a still morning. we actually had a smog warning
let s get the latest from the west of the country. my colleaguejames reynolds is at an aid distribution hub near the city of lviv. tonnes and tonnes of eight are coming into this building, which used to be our furniture warehouse. volunteers are repackaging it and sending it out to other parts of ukraine. ., , ., u, sending it out to other parts of ukraine. ., , ., , ., ukraine. people here have come from different parts ukraine. people here have come from different parts of ukraine. people here have come from different parts of the ukraine. people here have come from different parts of the country - ukraine. people here have come from different parts of the country and - different parts of the country and they are following intently news from the rest of the country with the front lines are. they will have been following the news from mariupol, who has said that street fighting in that area is hampering aid efforts. there is the potential
experiencing this. divided families. ukraine briefly existed as a separate country after the collapse after the collapse of the austro hungarian empire, but then became absorbed into the soviet union and only emerged after 1991. this olivia le poidevin reports. here is what i hear in the heart of kyiv. the russian army bombing peaceful ukraine. that s the voice of valentina from kyiv in ukraine. just months earlier, she had been celebrating new year s eve in the country s capital. could now she is fleeing from war. valentina never thought i would be a war, particularly because she, like many ukrainians, has family in russia.