there was supposed to be a ceasefire in place to let civilians flee mariupol. instead, they weren t safe, even in hospital beds. here, the massive craterjust outside the building. the local mayor said this was utterly evil. translation: today the russian federation led by putin raided a peaceful city, shelled a children s hospital, destroyed the most valuable thing we have, we, the people of mariupol. they wanted to take the lives of our children, ourwomen, our doctors, who ve been fighting for ia days of war for the lives of every child under fire from enemy weapons. russia claims ukrainian forces expelled the staff and patients and set up firing positions. russia also claims it does not fire on civilian targets.
thank you so much forjoining us on bbc news. i appreciate you taking the time. first of all, let me ask you what is happening where you are in 0desa? ., ., ~ , ., you what is happening where you are in 0desa? ., . ~ , ., , you what is happening where you are in 0desa? ., ., ~ ,, , . in 0desa? hello. thank you very much for this opportunity in 0desa? hello. thank you very much for this opportunity to in 0desa? hello. thank you very much for this opportunity to represent - for this opportunity to represent the situation, the actual situation in 0desa. 0f the situation, the actual situation in 0desa. of course, i guess is quite a peaceful city, without constant shelling like other cities in ukraine, like in kyiv or eastern cities. but sometimes, during the day and that night, we hear air alarms, and from time to time, we hear blasts from air defence, successful work from the air defence, defending us from russian missiles and drones, mainly. and todayis missiles and drones, mainly. a
want to flee to let them out of the city he s putting under siege and we here in yiv for siege, we know there is no mercy. we ve seen in the out skirts of the city where the peaceful city was bombarded, we haven t seen any mercy there and this is why the ukrainian is still standing. it the 13th day of war and nobody gave us more time than two days and said you will fall. we haven t fallen. we are standing, keeping our major cities and we do know that there will be no mercy from the russian soldiers, we are not giving them mercy and we know that the only way out of this war is that we win this war otherwise we fight until the last man standing and this is why we re continuously asking for air force protection and be
more sanctions. because the words of president biden in warsaw about the united states will stay with ukraine until the very end it resonated into ukrainian hearts but what is the end for ukraine for us it s only the victory. we need to keep our russian soldiers, russian troops be out of the country can tri and to defender our air. because every day missiles are coming peaceful city. when president biden was speaking in warsaw, russians were hitten very close, less than 100 miles close to polish border. a few hundred miles from the place where president biden was taking his speech and say ising about war. it s not war in ukraine. it s the crash of civilization. putin s regime and western civilization. and ukraine route illinois now is the shield.
in beverly hills they, only missing is kurt russell driving up in escape from new york. pete: this l.a. detective knows about this, what is happening there. the mayor, eric garcetti attempted to reverse course recently, saying we need to keep people locked up, after pursuing the soft on crime approach. why? he mentioned it in that statement, beverly hills. rachel: his donors. pete: rich people are being robbed. that when they suddenly start to care kind of, sort of, a little bit. the question will anything change at all? people live in the cities, almost like they re being told to live with a culture of crime. just comes being in a big city. rachel: here in new york city a bank told their employees, not to dress too mice coming to work, you be a target. you wonder, this is ideology that some of these politicians feel like they re being kind-hearted. i know that there is obviously a