russia is now stepping up its repression, silencing all opposition, virtually all independent media in the country has ceased to function. and a new symbol has emerged to signify support for president putin s war. the letter z first appeared on tanks and military vehicles, but it s now also on bus stops and businesses and elsewhere. look carefully and you ll see it even on this gymnast s chest as he took bronze at a world cup event in qatar. it was ukraine who took gold. the quick victory moscow had hoped for in ukraine has failed to materialise. russian forces have actually taken very little territory over the past week and instead have resorted to bombing and shelling, causing ever more civilian suffering. translation: what sl the difference between the peaceful residents of kharkiv or mykolaiv, and hamburg or vienna? we are waiting for a decision. either you clear the skies
relationships with russian friends and family. it s terrible, because we. we lose a lot of friends. we have no food in the supermarket. now i can only reach them online. they are trapped inside a town, surrounded by the russians. you even cannot imagine, all people got together, and they are waiting for the russians to kill them. how is galina? hi, galina. hi. translation: | feel only. disappointment and anger. and i cannot understand how this can be happening. this isn t possible. in kyiv, at the end of ourjourney then, we witnessed the beginning of another. hello! hello. vasily and 0lga zelenskyy with their newborn baby,
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russian forces have actually taken very little territory over the past week and instead have resorted to bombing and shelling, causing ever more civilian suffering. translation: what sl the difference between the peaceful residents of kharkiv or mykolaiv, and hamburg or vienna? we are waiting for a decision. either you clear the skies by the force you have, or give us military aircraft or anti aircraft defences, which would give us the necessary force. this is the help which the world should provide not simply to ukraine, but to themselves, in order to prove that humanity will prevail. western allies continue to meet day in, day out on what more they can do to support ukraine, what more pressure they can put on president putin, but there s very little hope at the moment of getting russia around a table for meaningful talks that would actually stop the war. caroline hawley, bbc news. the russian ukraine conflict is being fought on many fronts including that of social media, disinformati
hello! hello. vasily and 0lga zelensky with their newborn baby, jaromir. his name means peace. translation: we need to think about the better life, especially now, when we have such a miracle in our arms. we can t think about bad things any more. but not long after, this came the invasion that forced them to flee to the countryside ahead of the russian advance. 0lga, what is it like for you, all of this now, with the baby and the war? translation: we met your team a week before the war started. - who would have thought that when our son was two weeks old, we were going to speak here, right now, after seeing these rockets flying over our house? to say that i was shocked is saying nothing.