yourfamily budget, your family budget, your ability yourfamily budget, your ability to fill up your tank, none of it should hinge on whether a dictator declares war or commits genocide a half a world away. to help deal with this putin price hike, i have authorised the use of1 million barrels per day for the next six months from our strategic petroleum reserve. the president s comments come as ukraine and russia are building up theirforces in the east of the country, ahead of a major escalation in the war, with a new russian offensive. the mayor of the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol says he estimates that 21,000 civilians there have been killed. moscow says its war aim is the complete liberation of the eastern donbas region. kremlin backed separatists have held significant territory there, and the area has been marred by conflict for many years. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, is in the city
in iowa, and later clarified them, saying vladimir putin was trying to wipe out the idea of even being able to be a ukrainian. i called it genocide because it has become clearer and clearer that putin is just trying to wipe out the idea of even being able to be a ukrainian, and the evidence is mounting, more evidence is mounting, more evidence is mounting, more evidence is coming out of literally the horrible things that the russians have done in ukraine. and we can only learn more and more about the devastation, and we will let the lawyers decide internationally whether or not it qualifies but it sure seems that way to me. president biden, there. russia has denied targeting civilians. the president s comments come as ukraine and russia are building up theirforces in the east of the country,
it comes as the us and the uk investigate unconfirmed reports that chemical weapons may have been used by the russians as they attacked mariupol. meanwhile, ukraine and russia are building up theirforces in the east of the country, ahead of a new russian offensive. moscow says its war aim, is the complete liberation, of the donbas region. kremlin backed separatists hold significant territory there. our defence correspondent jonathan beale is in the city of kramatorsk, in the donbas, travelling with ukrainian forces and he s sent us this report. this is where the war in ukraine will be won or lost. the wide open landscape of the east. we went with ukraine s army to see artillery already firing on russian forces. nervously watching for signs
reporting. more on that story later in the programme. letsjoin lets join clive murray in kyiv. clive mhairi. ukraine and russia are building up theirforces in the east of the country, ahead of a major escalation in the war, with a new russian offensive. ukraine s president zelensky says tens of thousands of russian troops are preparing to attack, with satellite images showing troops massing on the border. it comes as britain and america investigate unconfirmed reports that chemical weapons may have been used by the russians, attacking the southern port city of mariupol. moscow says its war aim now is what it calls the complete liberation of the eastern donbas region. kremlin backed separatists have held significant territory there, and the area has been marred by conflict for many years. 0ur defence correspondent, jonathan beale, is in the city of kramatorsk in the donbas, travelling with ukrainian forces, and he s sent us this report.
attacks in the east. any further indication of when that might be? people are being warned to leave some of those regions in the east immediately with the expectation that the military focus of the russian campaign has already shifted, having completed their withdrawal from shifted, having completed their withdrawalfrom kyiv shifted, having completed their withdrawal from kyiv and shifted, having completed their withdrawalfrom kyiv and now building up their forces withdrawalfrom kyiv and now building up theirforces in withdrawalfrom kyiv and now building up their forces in the east. we ve seen russian military hardware on the move, reinforcing that military campaign, we have seen them reshuffle the military leadership in charge of russia s forces in ukraine so the warning to people in the donbas, those regions in the east of the country, was to get out immediately in expectation there could be intensifying attacks in the next few days, certainly in the next few weeks. that is why we h