so, yes, the conflict in ukraine is far away but it will be affecting almost every household. one of the many consequences of war is families being separated, mostly men staying to fight, and women taking their younger children to safety. but those who have escaped leaving others behind remain shocked and traumatised by what has happened. reeta chakrabarti has been speaking to a mother and son, after they escaped from kyiv. now i have no tears because all my tears i left in kyiv. we just want to live in a country not built on fear. tatiana and her 15 year old son david fled to lviv, leaving her husband and older son behind to fight. it was a very difficult decision because we are a very close family. it is betterfor us, and ukraine, that all of us must be strong. glory to ukraine.
receive, i am full of admiration for all of those receive, i am full of admiration for all of those across the country and londoners all of those across the country and londoners as well, who have offered to provide londoners as well, who have offered to provide room in their home for those to provide room in their home for those fleeing ukraine. they will need those fleeing ukraine. they will need support, but financially, but as well need support, but financially, but as well as need support, but financially, but as well as the reference support. that is as well as the reference support. that is where we are asking the government not simply to speed up a really government not simply to speed up a really complex and cumbersome and clunky really complex and cumbersome and clunky visa really complex and cumbersome and clunky visa process, but also to provide clunky visa process, but also to provide the tangible assistance we will need provide the tangible assistanc
of cabinet ministers themselves have ready said it is something that they are exploring and they would like to do, but we should, today, i imagine, see a speeding up of how this process would happen now. the uk government is saying that they think matches could start being made this week and with people arriving from the affected region within the next two weeks. . ~ the affected region within the next two weeks. ., ~ , ., the affected region within the next two weeks. ., ~ y., one of the many consequences of war is families being separated, mostly men staying to fight, and women taking their younger children to safety. but those who have escaped leaving others behind, remain shocked and traumatised by what has happened. reeta chakrabarti has been speaking to a mother and son, after they escaped from kyiv. now i have no tears because all my tears i left in kyiv. we just want to live in a country not built on fear. tatiana and her 15 year old son david fled to lviv,
thousands of people have been detained for protesting so far. it in a country of over 140 million, these are not mass movements. in moscow, the authorities are taking no chances with columns of police vans, barricades and document checks and in president putin s russia there is no space for dissent. caroline davies, bbc news, moscow. i just want to bring you some pictures that have just come in to us. this is kharkiv, where residential buildings have been targeted. it is ukraine s second largest city, only 20 miles from the russian border and has been under intense russian bombardment and you can see the scale of the devastation there ukraine s second city. and these pictures have come in from the azov battalion in mariupol, showing just some of the latest devastation in and around that city. we know mariupol is a city under
lots of food and are warm. there is comfort for tatiana to learn that her husband and older son are serving together. like so many, tatiana has thrown herself into the war effort, helping to coordinate aid this distribution centre. but everywhere in this country is on edge. siren wails. as we all head down to the shelter, they switch off the lights. but they go on working. now i am feeling like a flashback about my feelings in kyiv, when this signal is every two hours, every two hours.