volodymyr, when a shell landed near their apartment, his father instinctively threw himself over the baby. dad alexei was hit by shrapnel and glass. his son, born only a month before the war, bears no injuries. after that we lived in the shelter cooking with wood and just trying to survive, says alexei. ukrainians have their differences, but the war has brought people together in adversity. volunteers provide anything those escaping mariupol need for their onward journeys, knowing full well there town could be next. wyre davies, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. james cowan is a former british soldier who now heads the halo trust which has four hundred staff working in ukraine. thank you forjoining us. i know some of those staff are in mariupol. i wonder if you are able to hear from them at all. we i wonder if you are able to hear
anna, says, it s all too much for me at my age. some of those arriving today gave us videos, a snapshot of the nightmare in which they ve been living and the perils of their journey out. around 300,000 people are still thought to be trapped inside the besieged city, much of which has been destroyed by the russian bombardment. from the sky in particular, russia is causing real damage to mariupol s civilian and industrial infrastructure. it was a bombardment that almost took the life of two month old volodymyr. when a shell landed near their apartment, his father instinctively threw himself over the baby. dad alexei was hit by shrapnel and glass. his son, born only a month before the war, bears no injuries. after that we lived in the shelter, cooking with wood and just trying to survive, says alexei.
instinctively threw himself over the baby. dad alexei was hit by shrapnel and glass. his son, born only a month before the war, bears no injuries. after that we lived in the shelter cooking with wood and just trying to survive, says alexei. ukrainians have their differences, but the war has brought people together in adversity. volunteers provide anything those escaping mariupol need for their onward journeys, knowing full well that their town could be next. wyre davies, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. lyse doucet, our chief international correspondent, is in kyiv. lyse a mixed picture tonight because we have those reports of increasingly dire conditions in some beseiged areas but also we ve seen ukrainian forces still managing to hold back the russian advance.
and i m happy that i will live here and i m now in ukraine. this van filled with 25 people also made it through today. all occupants of the same bunker in mariupol escaping together from ages 2 75. overcome with emotion, babushka, or grandmother, anna, says it s all too much for me at my age. some of those arriving today gave us videos, a snapshot of the nightmare in which they have been living and the perils of theirjourney out. around 300,000 people are still thought to be trapped inside the besieged city, much of which has been destroyed by the russian bombardment. it was a bombardment that almost took the life of two month old volodymyr, when a shell landed near their apartment, his father instinctively threw himself over the baby. dad alexei was hit
after that we lived in the shelter, cooking with wood and just trying to survive, says alexei. ukrainians have their differences, but the war has brought people together in adversity. volunteers provide anything those escaping mariupol need for their onward journeys, knowing full well that their town could be next. wyre davies, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. russia s most prominent opposition figure, alexei navalny, already serving jail time, has been given a 9 year prison sentence, after being found guilty of fraud and contempt of court, charges which are widely considered to be fabricated. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has more details. the images are grainy, but the meaning was clear. kremlin critic alexei navalny, already a prisoner, was about to receive anotherjail term. his prison colony had been turned into a courtroom. his supporters call