the russians to stay on our land. also in the south is odesa, a port city on the black c. today a ship sunk off its coast after an explosion. residents are preparing themselves as russian troops near. one man spoke to the bbc. patrolling the street with some of my neighbours, and we heard about eight explosions above us, so things are going on here actually, but we are certain that the centre of the city is fully barricaded. there is a lot of militia travelling around the city. there is a lot of locals who are joining those forces to protect their homes as well. the spirit is pretty strong. you can feel that definitely, but the intensity is still there. let s go to kyiv now. there was a huge explosion overnight people ran for cover
broadcasting on social media but their radio programmes and website had been blocked, censorship over their coverage of the war in ukraine. this woman has worked there for 18 years. now russia s oldest liberal radio station says it is being forced to close. brute liberal radio station says it is being forced to close. we ust can sa , being forced to close. we ust can say. welcome being forced to close. we ust can say, welcome to h being forced to close. we ust can say, welcome to the being forced to close. we just can say, welcome to the north - being forced to close. we just can j say, welcome to the north korea, being forced to close. we just can i say, welcome to the north korea, or maybe welcome to the ussr. right now, in 2022, you cannot destroy all the voices of the truth. you cannot do it. . , . the voices of the truth. you cannot do it. ., , ., , the voices of the truth. you cannot doit. do it. falstaff, the news came as a shock. it do it. falstaff, the news came as
russia if it wants to stop the war from spreading. here is our economics editor faisal islam. seized the floating palaces of top russian billionaires, accused by the european union of being too close to vladimir putin. this yacht, the largest in the world, with two helipads, owned by the british football linked alisher usmanov and now seized by german officials. and on the south coast of france today, french customs seizing this vessel, owned by long term putin ally igor sechin, boss of the rosneft oil company. here in the uk there are questions about the speed with which the government is acting, with one lawyer, who advises wealthy clients on sanctions, saying russians were being given time to sell up. it s absurd amongst legal circles for people to be aware that they will be sanctioned in the coming weeks. they know who they are, and they have been given plenty of time to dissipate their assets.
for me, i am against this kind ofjoint control, because it will show that we agree the russians to stay on our land. also in the south is odesa a port city, on the black sea and today a ship sunk off its coast after an explosion. it s not yet clear what caused that, but residents are preparing themselves as russian troops near. one man spoke to the bbc earlier. we were patrolling the streets with some of my neighbours and we heard around eight explosions above us, so things are going on here, actually, but we are certain that the centre of the city is fully barricaded there is a lot of militia travelling around the city, there is a lot of locals who are joining those forces to protect their homes as well. and the spirit is pretty strong, you can feel that definitely,
they are advancing the most. it has seized its first city kherson and it has encircled mariupol where residents say they are trapped by the shelling. so as we were saying russian has zeroed in on southern ukraine. several cities have been targeted for strategic reasons. controlling the south cuts ukraine off from the sea and creates a direct link between russia and crimea, which it annexed in 2014. you can see from they re advancing from crimea. these are the latest pictures from mariupol it s had hours of sustained shelling hundreds are feared to have died. it s still under ukrainian control but encircled by russian troops. electricity, water and heat supplies have been cut. authorities say: they are hindering food supplies, blocking us like in leningrad, the deadly nazi siege of st petersburg formerly leningrad in world war two. they add they re constantly shelling the city, preventing us from evacuating the injured, and women and children.