with over 6.2 million people under a hurricane warning here. sandbags lining the charleston streets, the governor says he knows what is coming. and now, zooming out, still trying to comprehend the tol tolerating pain, and the death toll. and now, sanibel island is only reachable by boat, and city after city in florida decimated by hurricane ian. and in fort myers, decimated by heaps of concrete and debris and the people trying to pick up their lives and send help. we lost everything last night, everything. the family is okay, and the dogs are okay, and the parents are okay, and we have lost everything, and we have been in the house since 1987, and everything is gone, pictures, memories, everything. and now, going to charleston where the community is waiting, and we have miguel marcus there, and the high tide just as the hurricane is set to come ashore, and what are you seeing? yeah, it is pretty miserable right now, and this is the worst that we have seen. the winds are
war in ukraine, a chance to just be a kid. she says here she s grateful. reporter: poland has welcomed nearly 3 million people since the war started, yet not everyone is greeted with open arms. it s clear that we are more open for, you know, those slavic people. ethnic folks. reporter: while ukrainians arriving in poland can stay for 18 months, work legally, and have access to health care and social services, non-ukrainians can t. these three women knew they could help. they have only two weeks to think about their next steps. it s i can t imagine, actually, how to do it when you re a war refugee. reporter: overnight they started a shelter for non-ukrainian refugees run by a catholic ngo in poland. with space for 70 guests, they re turning people away daily.
and for the west. right now, most russians are focused on celebration, not confrontation. if there is a full scale war with ukraine or a clash with the west, the kremlin may be skating on thin ice in terms of public support. i don t want any war, irina says, any killing. slavic people are like a family, says roslan. i can t bear the idea of fighting with ukraine. ultimately, it s the president who will decide whether russia takes the path of compromise or confrontation. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. i m joined now by professor andrei korobkov, an expert in post soviet states, from middle tennessee state university. thanks very much indeed for joining us. ijust wonder, the demands being made by moscow would certainly be seen by the
we don t know what the kremlin is planning, but what is clear from what president putin has been saying is that 30 years after the fall of the soviet union russia s leader remains deeply resentful of how the cold war ended with russia losing territory, influence and empire. and if vladimir putin has decided that now is the moment to try to reverse that, that will be a huge challenge for russia s neighbours and for the west. right now, most russians are focused on celebration, not confrontation. if there is a full scale war with ukraine or a clash with the west, the kremlin may be skating on thin ice in terms of public support. i don t want any war, irina says, any killing. slavic people are like a family, says roslan. i can t bear the idea of fighting with ukraine.
people of russia, again, his president hasjust people of russia, again, his president has just authorised an onslaught against a fellow slavic people, i cannot believe that this horror is being done in your name or that you really want the pariah status that these actions will bring to the putin regime. and to our ukrainian friends, in this moment of agony, i say that we are with you and we are on your side. you are right you re right to choose your own destiny is a right to united kingdom and our allies will always defend, and in that spirit, ijoin you in saying. and i commend the statement to the house. statement to the house. leader of the opposition. statement to the house. leader of the opposition, keir statement to the house. leader of the opposition, keir starmer. - statement to the house. leader of i the opposition, keir starmer. thank ou, mr the opposition, keir starmer. thank you. mr speaker- the opposition, keir starmer. thank you, mr speaker. in the opposition, k