translation: i asked why they did not transfer her i to the hospital and they said the ambulance s key was lost for 20 minutes and they could not find it. can you believe this? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. many russian citizens are trying to flee their country to escape the military mobilisation announced by vladimir putin. tickets for direct flights between russia and serbia have sold out, and there are long queues on other border crossings. president putin s order to mobilise 300,000 russian reservists to fight in ukraine led to protests on wednesday, at which more than a thousand people were reportedly arrested. 0ur russia editor steve rosenberg reports from moscow. called up by the kremlin, they set off for ukraine. russian reservists now part of vladimir putin s war. there were scenes like these across russia. a sense of shock at the first mobilisation here since world war ii, and apprehension at what lies ahead. child cries. daddy, cr
added onto that his nuclear sabre rattling. a clear statement aimed at national side of the statement and, of course, the caller had the opposite effect when it comes to the russian people, as we have seen. it remains to be seen whether the kremlin can manage it. clearly they decided to take the risk because they had to do something about the nationalists and the people living in donetsk and lance who were panicking about whether the russian government would stick with them. find the russian government would stick with them. stick with them. and yet the risoner stick with them. and yet the prisoner swap, stick with them. and yet the | prisoner swap, extraordinary stick with them. and yet the i prisoner swap, extraordinary in terms of who the russians have given back to ukraine. albeit by a turkey in some places. the leader of the azov brigade and the people who held out in mariupol, that will not please the nationalists. we mariupol, that will not please the nationalists. the nati
fighting in the steelworks in mariupol. fighting in the steelworks in mariuol. ~ . fighting in the steelworks in mammal- fighting in the steelworks in mariuol. ~ ., ~ ., , mariupol. what we know? if these re orts mariupol. what we know? if these reports are mariupol. what we know? if these reports are true, mariupol. what we know? if these reports are true, it mariupol. what we know? if these reports are true, it seems - mariupol. what we know? if these reports are true, it seems we - mariupol. what we know? if these | reports are true, it seems we could be entering what would be the final phase of the battle for mariupol. for many of the fight for this southern port city has characterised the defiance of the ukrainians in the defiance of the ukrainians in the face of this invasion and they have held out ten weeks. but the defenders have been narrowed down to this small place called the azovstal steel plant we have spoken about so many dance. the russian said a couple of weeks a
of the most experienced combat troops, working against them is geography. they are much closer to the russian border than they are to the russian border than they are to the capital, and to their support lines, so getting supplies to them will be tough, but this is where the battle is going to be decided. moving further south to mariupol, the besieged portadown on the sea of azov, incredibly, it is still not completely in russian hands, despite nearly 50 days of intense shelling and assault by the russians. today, there are claims of an alleged russian chemical attack on mariupol s defenders. the west is taking that seriously. we mariupol s defenders. the west is taking that seriously. taking that seriously. we are workin: taking that seriously. we are working urgently taking that seriously. we are working urgently to - taking that seriously. we are i working urgently to understand whether working urgently to understand whether or not chemical weapons have been used. whether or n
blockade. russia stopped allowing any citizens and will not allow to enter any citizen, even local, even with information that they were born here or have family living here. so they do not allow to provide any humanitarian help, food, water, medicine. so we estimate that about 150,000 citizens are still in mariupol, and they are just surviving, they are living like mice underground in shelter, just to survive. the ukrainian army continues to defend our city, and ukraine still controls the centre of the city, industrial parts of the city, and russia temporarily occupied some outskirts. we know from everything occupied some outskirts. we know from everything we occupied some outskirts. we know from everything we have occupied some outskirts. we know from everything we have heard - occupied some outskirts. we know| from everything we have heard that there are huge problems with