among them are some desperately ill children who were being treated for cancer in ukraine s hospitals. our correspondent mark lowen sent this report from the polish city of bocheniec. they, too, are the fighters of a debilitating disease made deadlier by the war they ve fled. ukraine s young cancer patients evacuated to poland, victims of a battle on two fronts. taken to a hotel to be examined, the most urgent to be sent to hospitals here and across europe. our hearts are tearing from pain, says this lady. my son always says he s fine, but we need to continue his treatment. lilya s little brother olexi has a brain tumour and is weak from the journey. he had three operations and then he had chemotherapy,
of ongoing demonstrations. as we said, protests as far as siberia. the people fleeing the fighting continue to make their way to the relative safety of lviv, although if you speak to ukrainians they say no corner of this country is safe or secure. every day and night to hear the air raid sirens that go off and we are ushered into underground bunkers. there are dozens of them here in lviv so there is a sense of war, even though the images you are probably seeing behind me of people milling around, walking around on a sunday afternoon here in lviv is life as normal, they know this is a nation at war. there are people constantly arriving with small bags in their hands, with children, trying to get away from the
fighting took place since day one of the war that they still have issues with electricity and gas supply or water supply just as well. with electricity and gas supply or water supplyjust as well. most of the city is having all the communications in it. except for mobile network. which has turned down for the second time for the past two days. so several hours in the morning we just cannot connect to mobile internet or make phone calls or whatnot. it is reported that russians purportedly destroyed a cable, cable networks are ukrainians here do not organise into rallies or organise any sort of resistance. i5 rallies or organise any sort of resistance- rallies or organise any sort of resistance. , ., ., ., ., resistance. is there a way out of the city for resistance. is there a way out of the city for anyone? resistance. is there a way out of the city for anyone? no. - resistance. is there a way out of the city for anyone? no. not - resistance. is there a way out of the city for anyo
in london. but than conflict than this office block in london. , ., , in london. but behind me, doctors are connecting in london. but behind me, doctors are connecting online in london. but behind me, doctors are connecting online to in london. but behind me, doctors are connecting online to give i in london. but behind me, doctors are connecting online to give a i are connecting online to give a crash course in conflict surgery. david has been running courses like this for years. one thing he knows better than nearly anyone, nothing prepares a doctor for war. better than nearly anyone, nothing prepares a doctorfor war. iausten prepares a doctor for war. war surue prepares a doctor for war. war surgery is prepares a doctor for war. surgery is something completely different. you need to have a mindset about war, you need to have a mindset about what to know what to do with patience when they come in and they have fragmentation wounds, blast injuries and severe gunshot wounds
this arts and cultural centre in bloomsbury in central london has long maintained its independence from the russian government, and now, even more so. the centre s director, elena, says they have long supported opposition voices in russia and now they are rethinking their events programme to show solidarity with ukraine. being a russian speaker does not equate to supporting putin s war. and there are very many different russian communities here in london and all of them come from different backgrounds and have very different opinions and different points of view, but i think we all stand united against this war. it is very dark times for us. we condemn russian military aggression and we stand with ukraine. this war should not have happened in the 21st century. the most recent exhibition explored russian queer identity, and the curator says russians living abroad must continue to use their freedoms as a platform for activism.