switzerland where russian oligarchs hold billions of dollars joins the eu in imposing sanctions. president putin remains defiant. translation: the so-called western community, as i call that in my speech, the empire of lies, is now trying to implement against our country. ukraine s capital kyiv is one of several cities in the country holding back an attack from russian troops five days after they invaded. and fighting there has intensified as ukrainians continue to defend their capital. our international correspondent orla guerin reports now from kyiv. gunfire. by night they defend the capital. skies full of fire.
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so, what are the chances of peace? ukrainian and russian officials hold talks on a ceasefire, but with no success as president putin rails against the west. translation: the so-called | western community, as i called it in my speech, the empire of lies, it is now trying to implement against our country. russia s central bank is rocked by sanctions imposed by the us and its european allies, with sharp falls in the rouble and the interest rates soaring. in the world of sport, fifa and uefa suspend all russian football teams at country and club level from international competition. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday.
turned its back on russia. western sanctions have sent the russian rouble tumbling and interest rates soaring. no panic yet, but russians are feeling it. svetlana s advertising agency is already losing clients. it s just like a nightmare for me, really. i can t believe that this is really happening. we don t want to go back there, to this iron curtain, we don t want to be isolated from the society. me personally and everybody who i know, we don t want this. western sanctions, economic and financial, are designed to punish the russian state, the kremlin, for its war in ukraine. but inevitably the russian public will feel the effects, too,
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