although of course they do not call it a war. no one here is allowed to call it a war with several justifications. the first is that they say ukraine needs to be, in their words, denazified. the second is that nato and its expansion represents a threat to russia. the third we have heard them saying is that ukraine wants to get its hands on nuclear weapons and that is something russia will not tolerate. so again we heard mr lavrov repeating the accusations against the west and that the expansion of nato is something which russia cannot agree to. as vladimir putin s war leaves russia increasingly isolated, let s take a look what life is like for the russian people at the moment. here s our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. an echo of moscow, they are still
where russian is advancing most. they seized their first major city kherson. and they ve encircled mariupol, where residents are trapped from shelling. let s focus on south ukraine. russia is targeting these cities for strategic reasons. controlling the south cuts ukraine off from the sea and creates a direct link between russia and crimea, which it anexxed in 2014. you can see from this map, troops are advancing from crimea. let s show you what mariupol looks like it s had hours of sustained shelling. hundreds are feared dead. it s still under ukrainian control, but russian troops surround it. electricity, water and heat supplies have been cut. authorities say, they are hindering food supplies, blocking us like in leningrad.
then moldova, georgia, poland and so on. they will march to the berlin wall, believe me. it s the same story of destruction in southern ukraine. large parts of the port city of mariupol are being shelled. russian forces are slowly overwhelming the people here. and resistance, though noble, is futile in the city of kherson. conquered by russian tanks, the first major urban area to fall in this war. but there s no bigger prize than the capital, kyiv. an explosion overnight rocks the railway station. debris from a russian cruise missile shot out of the sky. it s unclear how many were injured. by day, the capital
cities across northern ukraine are being slowly choked by bombing. kharkiv s metro station is no shelterfor this man. ukraine says russian targeting is indiscriminate. in the town of borodyanka, population 12,500, wastelands of destruction. translation: god forbid, - if we are no more, then latvia, lithuania, estonia will be next. then moldova, georgia, poland and so on. they will march to the berlin wall, believe me.
he s already condemned russia s invasion and supports ukraine. i don t have refuge to anybody. i have refuge only to those refugees who are here. hungarians are here, hungary is a good friend of ukraine and ukrainian people. if they are here, they can count on us. i don t think the leaders leave any message on my side. they are big guys and they know better than me what should be done. it s hungarian wishes. it s not advice or message, just a wish from our heart peace, please. that s on the border. our central europe correspondent, nick thorpe, is also on the hungarian border with ukraine. one particular charity, the maltese cross there, looking after the refugees here, and they re giving them opportunities to eat, to sleep, to get hot drinks and also helping organise their transport onwards. teams of doctors are arriving here, volunteers from all over hungary. the response of the hungarian