translation: we are accused of breaking off the operation i to evacuate people through the humanitarian corridors, but everything is actually quite the contrary. it s the ukrainians who won t agree to our proposals to honour ceasefire, and won t allow people to exit through these corridors even though we ve already said that these national battalions are holding people hostage in these towns. they re like human shields, they re putting military technology in accommodation blocks. another chance of session there. tense. our un correspondent nada tawfik gave us more details on the exchanges at the security council meeting. what we ve seen time and time again at security council meetings, as the ukrainian ambassador relays what s happening on the ground, the russian ambassador presents his own version of events that, really, i have to say, quite frankly, nobody else on the council really buys into.
all the mentioned were the main routes to evacuate civilians. in return, russia accused ukraine of using civilians as human shields. translation: we are accused of breaking off the operation i to evacuate people through the humanitarian corridors, but everything is actually quite the contrary. it s the ukrainians who won t agree to our proposals to honour ceasefire, and won t allow people to exit through these corridors, even though we ve already said that these national battalions are holding people hostage in these towns. they re like human shields, they re putting military technology in accommodation blocks. flight macro so with that, what are you to believe? is this an example of how the fog of war distorts reality, or is something much more sinister going on? joining us now from washington is dr vladislav inozemstev who is director of a non profit think tank in moscow, the center for post industrial studies.
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 by the force you have, or you 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. stay with us on bbc news.
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. that s why our whole lives turned all over, from head to toe. butjaromir gives them hope. he is a superstar! laughter
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. announcer: and the winner of the bronze medal. - 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 by the force you have, or you give us military aircraft or anti aircraft defences, which would give us the necessary force. this is the help which