ukrainians are in charge. we have heard that there are but blasts in the last few hours in the early mornings of thursday the early mornings of thursday the in the separatist areas. we also have this appeal from readers of those areas, we can show this letter now. this was actually written on tuesday but published on wednesday and analysts are saying is part of analysts are saying is part of a russian playbook in order to show an appealfrom a russian playbook in order to show an appeal from those leaders to president putin to quell what they called ukrainian aggression in bringing the troops. it is a war of words and those in the ukrainian side are saying there s been far more aggression met out at them than inside the separatist areas. be hearing parts of russian airspace have passed few hours been closed. the element that is why it was ukraine. the airspace has been closed. no doubt there is speculation that russia is close the airspace in order to provide airspace space should tanks
this is bbc news i m nuala mcgovern with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson warns europe could be on the verge of the biggest conflict since the second world war if russia invades ukraine. people need to understand the sheer cost in human life that could entail, notjust ukrainians but russians too. this is the east of ukraine where a day of clashes has left two ukrainian soldiers dead but the country s president says it won t be provoked into war. a demonstration of power 100 miles from ukraine s border russia and belarus take part in huge military exercises. storm eunice leaves a trail of destruction across europe.
no heating and no water, because everything, all of the infrastructure was damaged. but there have been relative successes. more than 5,000 people made it out of sumy yesterday. the hope is more will follow today. translation: i am addressing the russian federation. - you have officially and publicly- committed to stop shooting from 9am on the 9th of march, 2022. we have a negative experience - when the undertaken commitments were failed along the - mariupol zaporizhzhia routes. ukrainian army chiefs claim the russian advance has been slowed these last 2a hours. the worry remains, though, that they will continue to surround key cities instead. as of now, some people are managing to escape, but many ukrainians, like these in the central square of kyiv, have decided to stay.
to shape its orientation. this is a matter of deep personal conviction for him. he s been stewing in a combustible combination of grievance and ambition for many years. that personal conviction matters more than ever in the russian system. he s created a system in which his own circle of advisers is narrower and narrower. where that leads, i think, is for an ugly next few weeks in which he doubles down, as i said before, with scant regard for civilian casualties and which urban fighting can get even uglier. the one thing i m absolutely convinced of, and i think our analysts across the intelligence committee are absolutely convinced of, is the ukrainians are going to continue to resist fiercely and effectively. one of the cities putting up fierce resistance is kharkiv in the north east of the country. it is just 20 miles from the russian border and was one of the first cities to come under attack. and for over a week, that attack has been relentless
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