this war in russia is free speech. meanwhile, a second round of talks between ukrainian and russian delegations got under way in belarus. a ukrainian negotiator tweeted this picture of the talks. and said, we ve started talking to russian representatives. the key issues on the agenda one, an immediate ceasefire. secondly an armistice and thirdly, humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians from destroyed or shelled villages/cities. for more on that, here s james waterhouse in kyiv. negotiators from both ukraine and russia continue to sit at a table and discuss a possible way out of this fighting, but i ve got to say, on both sides, expectations are low. top of the agenda is a ceasefire, an armistice as well for weapons to be put down, moved out, as well as corridors for humanitarian aid to move in. the uk defence secretary says the consequences of russia s war
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the most pressing parts is the refugee crisis. the european commissioner for home affairs says the bloc has agreed plans to give ukrainian refugees temporary protection for up to three years. ylva johansson has tweeted this afternoon following a meeting of thejustice and home affairs council, calling it a historic decision . the united nations says more than one million people have now fled ukraine since russia launched its invasion a week ago. most of them are women and children men between the ages of 18 and 60 have been made to stay and fight. you can see from this map where the refugees have been fleeing to. they have mainly entered neighbouring eu states including poland, hungary and slovakia. the larger arrows indicate the biggest population flows. let s start with the border between hungary and ukraine. these were the scenes there earlier today. you can see hungary s prime minister, viktor orban, visiting the area. he spoke to the assembled press.
hello, i m ros atkins, this is outside source. russia takes its first major city in ukraine, and its bombardment continues. strikes in the north, east and south this, just a few hours from the capital kyiv. people in the city of mariupol say they re under siege shelling is so fierce, they can t rescue the injured. vladimir putin says the invasion will go on. translation: i would never announce my conviction translation: i would never announce my conviction that translation: i would never announce my conviction that russians translation: i would never announce my conviction that russians and - my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people, despite part of the residents of ukraine having been brainwashed by the nazi nationalist propaganda. the un says more than1 million people, have now fled ukraine and we ll look at europe s efforts to reduce its dependency on russia s oil and gas.
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