this is bbc news these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. officials in eastern europe say the number of refugees fleeing ukraine has surpassed 2 million it s as russia opens so called humanitarian corridors such as this one in the north eastern town of sumy a ceasefire has been introduced and humanitarian corridors from kyiv, sumy, kharkiv and mariupol have been opened. i m yalda hakim in lviv. the mayor says the city is at capacity after tens of thousands of
this is bbc news welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: the un says the number of refugees fleeing ukraine has surpassed 2 million it s as russia opens so called humanitarian corridors such as this one in the north eastern town of sumy a ceasefire has been introduced and humanitarian corridors have been opened. even lviv and mary says they are overwhelmed by the number of people fleeing here from the fighting. i am
hello, welcome to our viewers around the world and the united states. reporting live from lviv, ukraine. the mayor says several russian missiles hit an aircraft repair plant this morning. video from the area shows large clouds of smoke coming from the direction of the airport. the mayor is saying no reports of tacasualties right now. lviv is larger than spared from russian bombs and missiles. that could be changing as russia takes aim at supply routes from nato countries to the west. again some loud explosions near the airport here in lviv. we heard them around 6:30 a.m. local time. about two and a half hours ago. throughout the country russian strikes have become more frequent. and less precise. often hitting civilian targets. authorities in the northern city near the border with belarus say
to do that then to do nothing. james reynolds, thank you very much. james is in lviv. alya shandra is editor in chief of the ukrainian english language website euromaidan press. shejoins me now from lviv. thank you very much for talking to us. you spent the morning and a bomb shelter. tell us about that. well. shelter. tell us about that. well, for the last shelter. tell us about that. well, for the last couple shelter. tell us about that. well, for the last couple days, - shelter. tell us about that. well, for the last couple days, we ve i shelter. tell us about that. well, i for the last couple days, we ve been woken up early in the morning or shortly after midnight by sirens calling us to the bomb shelters, but usually nothing followed. today, however, ten minutes after the sirens sounded, we rushed to the bomb shelter and heard explosions. 0f bomb shelter and heard explosions. of course, it was much more frightening. the announcement and the school told everybody to get in the
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