abstained from the vote on the resolution sorry russian aggression. for more now i am joined by our salvation editor. we will get to the students at the moment but did it come as a surprise that india joined the likes of china and the united arab emirates to abstained last night? it arab emirates to abstained last niuht? , , night? it is definitely disappointed countries like night? it is definitely disappointed countries like the night? it is definitely disappointed countries like the united - night? it is definitely disappointed countries like the united states i night? it is definitely disappointed l countries like the united states and the european union because they wanted to send out a clear message that the international community is totally against this russian aggression and all the nations, especially big countries like india which now holds a membership of the council, a nonpermanent member on a rotating basis, and they wanted everyone to vote in favour of this resolutio
banned russian warships in the black sea and volodymyr zelensky has thanked the turkish authorities for doing that. elliott, the turkish president spoke to volodymyr zelensky and is said to key is making efforts for an immediate ceasefire. we have heard that turkey has banned russian warships in the black sea and you can s president has thanked president erdogan for that. so where were the main areas of fighting around the capital overnight? there was said to be heavy fighting around the strategically important hostomel aerodrome outside kyiv. fires were burning along a section of the prospekt peremohy highway near central kyiv, a key road running east to west from the city s centre. there was also said to be heavy fighting near the vasylkiv air base, southwest of kyiv. and an apartment building near kyiv s airport was bombed, as we ve seen.
they re already digging trenches, anticipating the worst, determined to slow the enemy wherever they can but russia s attacks, if they continue, will be hard to stop. western officials say the bulk of russian forces are now less than 20 miles from here. they say that ukrainians are still putting up stiff resistance and that russian casualties may be far higher than the kremlin ever imagined. it s another day of sirens all over the capital. a city proud and historic waiting to discover its fate. sirens drone. security forces constantly on edge, looking for signs of saboteurs trying to weaken the city from within. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. we have just got some breaking we havejust got some breaking news thatjust we havejust got some breaking news that just come we havejust got some breaking news thatjust come in. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, has said thank you to torquay s president, recipe erdogan, for banning russian warships in the black sea. president ed warren has
in terms of whether one really wants to stop that flow from taking place, and, obviously, if you get the russians out of swift, then that flow stops, because they won t get paid, and that s a big, big issue which i don t think the europeans are quite ready to move to. so many world leaders, like the us presidentjoe biden, say their preference is for different sanctions, because of the hit to other countries economies of banning russia from swift. katie prescott, bbc news. a reminder of our main story. the ukrainian president said his forces remain in control of key ads and key cities and had derailed russia s plan of attack. in a video message, mr zelensky urged russians to put pressure on vladimir putin to halt his invasion. air raid sirens and the rumbling of artillery fire can be held in the capital. ukrainian
engaging and so called planned drills before launching this invasion on ukraine. the second part of that is, unsurprising from president erdogan, he has long seen himself as a mediator in this christ, someone to chaired both leaders and bringing them together. he has given a sizeable amount of military aid to ukraine, notably the romans, which irritate to rush out last year when the drones were used or not russian backed militants in the east of the country. drones. that is significant if there are talks for a ceasefire. when you have missiles or landing, automatic weapons are being fired, this is just talk about talk. there are much more immediate and pressing danger is, certainly here in the capital.