let s go to the city of lviv. it s in western ukraine near the polish border. lviv isn t occupied for now, but there are people living there who know all too well what it means to be invaded, as fergal keane reports. it is relentless. in a station where they load aid for the embattled armies in the east, and coming the other way, families propelled into exile by president putin s war. these are roma gypsies who fled the russian advance from kharkiv 1000 kilometres to the east. what is it like in kharkiv? translation: the war, it is difficult. everything is burning, everything is destroyed. no one is listening to us, no one wants to help us.
just like they say the example in a row when they apply pressure to iran five or six years ago, once these guysin five or six years ago, once these guys in charge, the leaders feel the pain of all their trappings of wealth really slipping away from them, then the leadership in the form of in this case president putin will also have to take notice. but there is no guarantee of that, and they know that. they know this is part of a parcel of measures they are trying to apply to president putin via his surrogates. duncan kenned , putin via his surrogates. duncan kennedy, fascinating putin via his surrogates. duncan kennedy, fascinating stuff- putin via his surrogates. duncan kennedy, fascinating stuff and l kennedy, fascinating stuff and analysis. face isjoining us on newsday with the latest. the united nations says a million refugees have now left ukraine since the russian invasion began. more than half have gone to poland. many will have travelled there from the western ukrainian city
europe. western sanctions are beginning to bite. in moscow, people queued to withdraw cash as the value of the rouble fell to a new low. and a string of international companies has suspended ties with russia. toyota says its halting production at this factory in st petersburg. this war is destroying lives and livelihoods and free speech. who knows when russians will get that back. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. the united nations says a million refugees have now left ukraine since the russian invasion began more than half have gone to poland. many will have travelled there from the western ukrainian city of lviv, just over 40 miles from the border. lviv isn t occupied for now, but there are people living in the city who understand what it means to be invaded. fergal keane reports from lviv. it is relentless.
thank you, sophie. a million people have now fled this country since the russian invasion began. almost all of them are women and children. more than half have gone to poland and many are travelling by train through the western ukrainian city of lviv just over a0 miles from the border. lviv isn t occupied for now but there are people living there who know all too well what it means to be invaded. it is relentless. in a station where they load aid for the embattled armies in the east, and coming the other way, families propelled into exile by president putin s war. these are roma gypsies who fled the russian advance from kharkiv 1000 kilometres to the russian advance from kharkiv1000 kilometres to the east. what is it
here and they know the situation in other hospitals that is why they don t want to move sometimes. kharkiv has been hit by intensitve shelling for the last two days. it is the second biggest city in ukraine. it is the second biggest city in ukraine. and this is what the centre of the city looks like now scenes of devastation. next, let s go to the city of lviv. it s in western ukraine near the polish border. lviv isn t occupied for now, but there are people living there who know all too well what it means to be invaded as fergal keane reports. it is relentless. in a station where they load aid for the embattled armies in the east. ..and coming the other way, families propelled into exile by president putin s war. these are roma gypsies who fled the russian advance from kharkiv 1,000 kilometres to the east. what is it like in kharkiv?