but i won t lie, she said, i m very scared. gennady s home was also hit. the russians thought they d be greeted with hugs, he says, but if we don t get weapons to take the offensive, missiles and planes, the war is going to drag on for a long time. president zelensky hinted at compromise to russian journalists on ukrainian neutrality and territory. translation: i understand it s impossible to force - russia completely from the ukrainian territory. it would lead to the third world war. i understand it, and that is why i m talking about a compromise. in kyiv, a few cafes are open, and it is less tense than a month ago. slava and katarina were intrigued by what the president had said. translation: nobody s saying we should give i up the territories, but there should be some
other thing is, the kremlin agreeing to wait. the otherthing is, i the kremlin agreeing to wait. the other thing is, iwonder whether ukrainian neutrality is enough now for vladimir ukrainian neutrality is enough now foeradimir putin, ukrainian neutrality is enough now for vladimir putin, because it is widely believed that all along his objective has been to force ukraine, to force russia s neighbour back into russia s orbit. polite all right, steve, thank you very much, steve rosenberg there in right, steve, thank you very much, steve rosenberg there doctors in some parts of ukraine say they ve seen a sharp rise in premature births since the conflict began. clinics in kharkiv and lviv are reporting double, or in some cases triple the number of premature births in recent weeks because of stress and medical issues linked to the fighting. our correspondent lucy williamson has this report from here in lviv. the incubators at lviv s perinatal clinic are home to some of ukraine s smallest r
well. so they are not doing well. for the most part, they also seem to be consolidating their positions, digging in artillery and are giving the impression this is not the main front line for now. and that is of course what we heard from the defence ministry in moscow last week, that the first stage of the special military operation was over, that they had reduced the combat power of the ukrainians and, as you have been saying, the donbas, eastern ukraine, would be the priority. eastern ukraine, would be the riori . , eastern ukraine, would be the riori . v . ~ eastern ukraine, would be the riori . , ., ~ ., priority. let s talk about the vaļ¬ous priority. let s talk about the various ideas priority. let s talk about the various ideas being - priority. let s talk about the various ideas being voted i priority. let s talk about the | various ideas being voted for priority. let s talk about the - various ideas being voted for how to end this conflict. you followed many a complicate
back from belarus, russia s ally. but i won t lie, she said, i m very scared. gennady s home was also hit. the russians thought they d be greeted with hugs, he says, but if we don t get weapons to take the offensive, missiles and planes, the war is going to drag on for a long time. president zelensky hinted at compromise to russian journalists on ukrainian neutrality and territory. translation: i understand it s impossible to force - russia completely from the ukrainian territory. it would lead to the third world war. i understand it, and that is why i m talking about a compromise. in kyiv, a few cafes are open, and it is less tense than a month ago. slava and katarina were intrigued by what the president had said. translation: nobody s saying we should give i
against west indies. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the war here rages on, 33 days after russia s invasion, but there are peace talks in istanbul this week and ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, has said he s prepared to discuss formal neutrality for his country as part of efforts to end the conflict. but he says it would have to go to a referendum and be guaranteed by third parties. meanwhile, the mayor of the besieged port city mariupol says about 160,000 people are still trapped there without heat or power.