the factory hit had been used to repair tanks in short supply here. ukraine s president again appealing today for arms from abroad. although russia warned the west to stop the supply. translation: the more and the sooner we get i all the weapons we have requested, the stronger our position will be and the sooner there will be peace. but any hope of that is being drowned out by the ferocious assault in the east. this is a foreshadowing of what ukraine fears will be even greater battles ahead. here in kyiv, the city is back on high alert. the urgency is the scarred wasteland of mariupol in the southeast, close to falling to the russians, who now claim they ve captured this crucial steel plant. warning sirens. 0ur europe correspondent mark lown has been telling us the city of kyiv is once again on edge. there was a hint of normality
0ur europe correspondent mark lown is in kyiv. coming back to normal? have been renewed strikes on the outskirts of kyiv, how is the relative feeling of safety residents were talking about proceeding those strikes? i were talking about proceeding those strikes? ~ ., , ., strikes? i think it has made the ci feel strikes? i think it has made the city feel very strikes? i think it has made the city feel very much strikes? i think it has made the city feel very much on - strikes? i think it has made the city feel very much on edge. i strikes? i think it has made the i city feel very much on edge. there was a hint of normality that was beginning to return to the city, with shops reopening and residents who had fled west when kyiv looked poised to be attacked, beginning to return. yet again, the city has been in the cross hairs of the attacks. long range cruise missiles hitting the weapons factory, the tank repair factory in the early hours of this morning on the outskirts of kyiv. i was
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have any sense at all russians? i don t think the russians have any sense at all at russians? i don t think the russians have any sense at all at the - russians? i don t think the russians| have any sense at all at the moment that there are going to pursue they are going to pursue peace negotiations. the war in the donbas is shaping up. this is the next phase and possibly the defining phase and possibly the defining phase of this war so i think the idea of peace talks working now are quite fanciful. 0ur europe correspondent mark lown is in kyiv. mark, there had been offensive things in the capital may be coming back to normal and then there was this missile strike today. what is the atmosphere like now? i this missile strike today. what is the atmosphere like now? i think it is re the atmosphere like now? i think it is pretty tense the atmosphere like now? i think it is pretty tense morita. the atmosphere like now? i think it is pretty tense morita. and - the atmosphere like