president zelensky denounced russia s army as barbaric and inhuman. he said it was unfair his government had to keep asking allies for more weapons to fight the invasion. meanwhile, in the city of mariupol, russia has given a fresh ultimatum to ukrainian soldiers, who are holed up in the azovstal steelworks complex to lay down their weapons. and in the latest development the ukrainian deputy prime minister says they have reached a preliminary agreement with russia on establishing a humanitarian corridor to evacuate women, children and the elderly from the city. the first of today s reports is from our correspondent, gareth barlow. this is the reality of russia s renewed offensive in the east of ukraine. lives ended, livelihoods reduced to rubble. these communities have wearily witnessed war for the past eight years, after russian backed rebels seized swathes of land in 2014.