distant explosion. this is now the sight and sound of donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. translation: we can assess i now that the russian troops have begun the battle for donbas for which they have been preparing for a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated on this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are driven there, we will be fighting. we will defend ourselves. we tried to speak to families taking shelter. but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. we just came here to go to a shelter, but there is shelling a bit close to us and so we had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment.
ukraine s national security council says russia is attacking along a 300 mile front in eastern ukraine, but officials at the pentagon are reporting that the besieged port city of mariupol still hasn t fallen. russia has attacked elsewhere too. moscow claims to have struck more than 1,000 targets overnight. seven people died yesterday in the western city of lviv, which had largely escaped attack until now. president biden is expected to discuss the current situation in a call with nato leaders later. the humanitarian situation is also reported to be dire, with ukraine saying it s had to stop the evacuation of civilians from cities in the east because the escape routes aren t safe. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale reports from eastern ukraine. distant explosions. this is now the sight and sound of donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment.
ukraine. distant explosions. this is now the sight and sound of donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. translation: we can assess i now that the russian troops have begun the battle for donbas for which they have been preparing for a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated on this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are driven there, we will be fighting. we will defend ourselves. we tried to speak to families taking shelter. but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. we just came here to go to a shelter, but there is shelling a bit close to us and so we had to move out.
distant explosions. this is now the sight and sound of donbas. severodonetsk, another city and another target for russia s unrelenting bombardment. translation: we can assess i now that the russian troops have begun the battle for donbas for which they have been preparing for a long time. a very large part of the russian army is now concentrated on this offensive. no matter how many of the russian troops are driven there, we will be fighting. we will defend ourselves. we tried to speak to families taking shelter. but the thump of artillery was steadily coming closer. we just came here to go to a shelter, but there is shelling a bit close to us and so we had to move out. a lot of crump of artillery going on at the moment.