under sanctions and that went on to achieve, he said, colossalsuccess. jenny hill, thank you. and live now to washington and our correspondent, barbara plett usher. what is likely to happen at this un security council meeting? it is security council meeting? it is often said security council meeting? ut 3 often said diplomacy is war by other means and that is what we have been seeing at the un so this is the latest battle in that war, i think. we can expect to hear the russians repeater accusations that the united states is funding ukrainian research into pathogens, deadly pathogens that could be used as a weapon against russia. we can expect the united states to again deny that. saying that this is nonsense, they have no biological weapons laboratories in the world, they are funding public health research in ukraine into how to mitigate the spread of dangerous decisions, as is the eu and who but i think we can
we talked about the no fly zone. i think these drones in combination with the surface-to-air missiles, the x300, they only know how to operate russian equipment. so that s what we re getting our allies to send in right now. the culmination of those two will effectively set up a no-fly zone. and shoot down these russian planes in the sky. harris: that is very good detail for us to understand. the backdrop of this today, cannot be missed. potent put together a rally. we know that they do not have freedom of speech there, so we don t know how may people voluntarily filled up that stadium. some estimated 82,000 seats. it certainly looks full. some of them are caught on camera smiling, don t know how much of it was orchestrated in a dictatorship. but, russia today celebrating the annexation of crimea and rally russians behind the war in ukraine now. one quote from putin s speech read this way i come to mind
he still is people with dissidents in protest to the war. this is what tyrants do. he is trying to spread the borders back to the soviet union abroad. he is trying to recreate the soviet union at home. harris: it is interesting what you decide. because of course, we are going off of some of this reporting, while we are getting translations. all that together. so what you re saying is that putting the dissidents and they would make sense because what, they are being brainwashed? is this some sort of strong arm, you have to keep these words and let me praise scripture over you? even though it s completely crazy. every dictator can feel a stadium. adolf hitler felt stadiums. fidel castro filled stadiums. you have no choice but to come. the majority of russians, polls show that he has majority of support. if you are a russian, someone calls you, you do not know picks up the phone and calls you and says, do you support conrad
we will rebuild ukraine, but we will not, you know, we cannot bring back our people. they have died. today, this exodus of the living. they managed to flee, though convoys are often shelled. an estimated 300,000 people remain trapped inside the suffering city, where conditions are said to be medieval. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. you re watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme. we speak to the russian journalist who protested against the war in ukraine on a live tv news programme after she was detained and fined for her actions.
routes, for mariupol to donetsk. the routes, for mariupol to donetsk. the route will be cleared and made safe from mines. a column of buses carrying humanitarian aid will depart to mariupol. we hope the corridor will work today. however, the red cross says not a single person has made it out of besieged mariupol so far. people are running out of food and water and are dying. as this war spreads into more parts of ukraine, the window for people to escape is shrinking. james waterhouse, bbc news, in kyiv. live now to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet. russia is widening its attack on ukraine, it seems? russia is widening its attack on ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if you ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if you look ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if you look at ukraine, it seems? yes, day 16 and this feels, if you look a