them when they are committed. russia s assault on ukraine is intensifying. this is kharkiv in the east of ukraine, and president zelensky is clear on what we are seeing. translation: russian forces have brutally fired on kharkiv from rocket artillery. it is clearly a war crime. if civilians were targeted, that would be a war crime. and otherfootage raises questions about russia s conduct. this attack may have been a cluster bomb. they are banned by many countries, although not by russia or ukraine, but borisjohnson is clear on what we are seeing. vladimir putin is prepared to use barbaric and indiscriminate tactics against innocent civilians. other russian attacks include this, in the north east town of okhtyrka. ukraine says 70 soldiers died and makes this claim.
we ll look at how the world is responding. him and we ll look at the humanitarian impact. russia s invasion of ukraine is in its sixth day and the attacks have intensified. here you can see a russian air strike on kyiv s main television tower in the heart of the ukrainian capital. the attack took some broadcasts off air, and damaged a nearby memorial to the victims of the nazi holocaust, marking the infamous babi yar massacre of soviet jews. here s a tweet from president zelensky reacting to the bombing. it says.
with this situation, maybe. maybe, i don t know. but with this government, with this president, no future for many, many years. ekaterina is leaving behind a country isolated by sanctions. a country at war. it s now almost week since russia launched its invasion, and their forces continue to move towards us here in kyiv. our defence correspondent jonathan beale has this assessment of where we are, and what russia s strategy might be from here. russia s advances have slowed in recent days. there has been evidence of poor planning, with the russians struggling with resupplying their armoured convoys with basics like fuel and seriously underestimating the strength of ukrainian resistance. but they have still gained ground here in the south. they are now targeting the city of mariupol, and they may soon begin to cut off the ukrainian army, dug
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believe me, despite the fact that all our cities are blocked nobody shall occupy our country. our cities, believe me i risk in our country. you can hear there that even his translator in that session was moved to tears. mr zelensky said his country was paying a high price forfreedom. he also said this. translation: but we also fight to be equal members of europe. and i believe that today we demonstrate to everybody that we are europeans and together with us the european union will be stronger.