a trolley bus conductor was killed. ukrainian military success has surprised their friends and their enemies, but the russians have not turned anything like their full force on this capital city yet. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. as you can imagine, the rush to get out of ukraine for those caught up in the fighting has been intense. an evacuation convoy has managed to leave the key port of mariupol in the south of the country, which has been subjected to heavy russian bombardment. 160 cars were able to leave the city. it s been cut off from food, water and heating systems for more than two weeks. the city s authorities say that civilian deaths have risen above 2,100 and mass graves have had to be dug. and now, it s being reported that a pregnant woman, who was pictured fleeing after an attack on the city s maternity hospital last week, has died, along with her baby.
a trolley bus conductor was killed. ukrainian military success has surprised their friends and their enemies, but the russians have not turned anything like their full force on this capital city yet. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. i m joined now by the former us ambassador to ukraine between 2006 and 2009: bill taylor. he s now vice president, russia and europe, at the us institute of peace. thank you forjoining us. jeremy bowen was making a point that that cheered, and you would know this better than most it is a very big city, very sprawling, difficult to take over, probably infinitely harder to keep containing, presumably the attraction of some sort of ceasefire of some
attacking will cost them very large losses. as we were talking, another missile exploded not far from the first one. it might have been brought down by air defence. a trolley bus conductor was killed. ukrainian military success has surprised their friends and their enemies, but the russians have not turned anything like their full force on this capital city yet. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. as you can imagine, the rush to get out of ukraine for those caught up in the fighting has been intense. an evacuation convoy has managed to leave the key port of mariupol in the south of the country, which has been subjected to heavy russian bombardment. 160 cars were able to leave the city, it s been cut off from food, water and heating systems for more than two weeks. the city s authorities say that civilian deaths have risen above 2,100 and mass graves have had to be dug.
attacking will cost them very large losses. as we were talking, another missile exploded not far from the first one. it might have been brought down by air defence. a trolley bus conductor was killed. ukrainian military success has surprised their friends and their enemies, but the russians have not turned anything like their full force on this capital city yet. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. an evacuation convoy has managed to leave the key port of mariupol in the south of the country, which has been subjected to heavy russian bombardment. 160 cars were able to leave the city. it s been cut off from food, water and heating systems for more than two weeks. the city s authorities say that civilian deaths have risen above 2,100 and mass graves have had
they have enough soldiers, and they understand that in kyiv, around 20,000 people have received weapons, and the city is fortified. attacking will cost them very large losses. as we were talking, another missile exploded not far from the first one. it might have been brought down by air defence. a trolley bus conductor was killed. ukrainian military success has surprised their friends and their enemies, but the russians have not turned anything like their full force on this capital city yet. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. city authorities in the key port city of mariupol say that civilian deaths have risen above 2,100 and mass graves have been dug to bury the dead. it is being reported that a pregnant woman, who was pictured fleeing after an attack on the city s maternity hospital last week, has died, along with her baby.