welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. ukraine s president appeals directly to the people of russia to prevent a war. the un security council has called an emergency session. more russian military hardware heads to the ukrainian border as the us secretary of state says he leaves russia will invade in the next few hours although aggression can still be avoided. separatists in the east ask for help from the kremlin in repelling what they claim is ukrainian aggression. we will bring you all the latest on the dynamic situation
a special military operation in donbas. we will have more news on this breaking story. stay tuned, right here, to bbc news. this is bbc news, our top stories. reports of explosions in the ukrainian capital as vladimir putin announces a special military operation in ukraine. united nations security council holds an emergency meeting on ukraine, with the secretary general making a direct plea to the russian leader. russian leader. president putin, russian leader. president putin. step russian leader. president putin, stop your - russian leader. president putin, stop your troops i russian leader. president i putin, stop your troops from attacking ukraine. give peace a chance. a, , , . attacking ukraine. give peace a chance. ,, . . , chance. more russian military hardware heads chance. more russian military hardware heads to chance. more russian military hardware heads to ukrainian l hardware heads to ukrainian border, as the us secretary of state says aggression can still be avoide
tonight at ten, here in ukraine, the nation enters a state of emergency, with all military reservists banned from leaving the country, in preparation for a russian attack. more russian military hardware heads for the border, as separatists in the east ask for help from the kremlin in repelling what they claim is ukrainian aggression. preparing for an invasion safety drills for the ukrainian people, while its troops say they re ready to fight. i am also afraid to be hurted or die here. and that s why i stand here in the armour and try to do myjob as possible to stay alive.
welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i m karishma vaswani. the headlines. more russian military hardware heads for the border, as separatists in the east, ask for help from the kremlin, in repelling what they claim is ukrainian aggression. ukrainian president vladimir zelensky prepares a state of emergency. preparing for an invasion, safety drills for the ukrainian people, while its troops, say they re ready to fight. i also afraid to be hurt or die here and that s why i stand here and try to do myjob
hidden from the world for the rest of his life. this is newsday on the bbc. for the rest of his life. i m karishma vaswani in singapore, our headlines. more russian military hardware heads for the as separatists in the east ask for help from the kremlin in repelling what they claim is ukrainian aggression. in response, ukraine s foreign minister calls for another emergency meeting of the united nations security council. away from russia s military build up, both moscow and kyiv are taking other steps in apparent preparations for a beginning of hostilities. russia says it will evacuate diplomatic personnel from ukraine it says the measure is needed to protect their lives. you can see here how quiet its embassy in kyiv was on wednesday. meanwhile ukraine is to bring in compulsory military service for all men of fighting age.