Russian President Vladimir Putin has backed plans to allow foreign volunteer fighters into Eastern Ukraine. The Kremlin says its already received more than 16,000 applications from people in Middle Eastern countries. Al Jazeera’s @Bernard Smith reports from Moscow, Russia. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #Russia #Ukraine #MiddleEast
In the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, soldiers and volunteers have built hundreds of checkpoints to protect the city of nearly 4 million, often using sandbags, stacked tires and spiked cables. Russia does have a significant air force capable of causing serious harm over large areas. But still functioning Ukrainian Air Defence, a surprise to many, continues to contain it. Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko ahave revealed that he is ‘ready to die’ for Ukraine as he defend it against the Russian invasion. Vitali has also applauded the ‘amazing’ and ‘huge patriotic movement’ from Ukrainians who have stayed to fight the Russians, with ‘old people, doctors and actors’ all taking up arms to […]
Ukraine’s second largest city is in ruins. Kharkiv, home to 1.4 million people, has been devastated by Russian air attacks. Buildings are flattened and the streets filled with rubble. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from the heart of Ukraine’s second largest city, from which many people have been forced to flee. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UkraineWar #Kharkhiv #RussiaUkraineWar
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has claimed that Russian forces were preparing to bombard the major port city of Odesa on Ukraine’s Black Sea coast. “They are preparing to bomb Odesa,” Zelenskyy said in a televised address on Sunday. Russian forces have since made progress, overrunning the city of Kherson and besieging the port of Mariupol, but Odesa has so far been largely spared. Al jazeera’s Natacha Butler reports from Lviv. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UkraineWar #Odesa #VolodymyrZelenskyy
In the second agreed corridor, the village of Buhas was expecting to receive people from the city of Volnovakha fleeing the war. However, residents are hunkering down in bomb shelters as fighting continues all around them, making humanitarian evacuations nearly impossible. The area is now under the control of Russian-backed rebel forces from Donetsk – just a few kilometres from the latest front line. Al Jazeera’s Bernard Smith reports from Donbas, Ukraine. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UkraineWar #Donestk #RussiaUkraineWar
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned Western powers against imposing a “no-fly zone” over Ukraine, saying any such attempt by another country would be seen as a step into the military conflict between Russian and Ukrainian forces. “Any movement in this direction will be considered by us as participation in an armed conflict by that country,” Putin said during a meeting with Aeroflot employees outside of Moscow on Saturday. Al Jazeera’s Mohamed Vall reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UkraineWar #Putin #UkraineNoFlyZone
Ukraine has said civilian evacuations were halted in two cities in the country’s southeast because of continuing attacks, an account dismissed by Russia which had announced a temporary ceasefire to allow more than 200,000 people to escape the fighting. Russia earlier on Saturday said its forces stopped firing near Mariupol and Volnovakha to allow safe passage to civilians, but Ukraine officials accused Russian troops of breaking the partial truce. Al Jazeera’s Charles Stratford reports from near Zaporizhzhia in eastern Ukraine. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UkraineWar #UkraineCeasefire #RussiaUkraineWar
Moscow announces temporary truce to allow residents of Mariupol and Volnovakha to evacuate. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #BreakingNews #Russia #Ukraine #Ceasefire
In a medieval town in Poland a few hours’ drive from Ukraine, volunteers from across Europe are preparing aid convoys bound for the border. Volunteers are working against the clock to pack and distribute as much aid into Ukraine as they can, as organisers worry Belarusian forces allied with Russia could soon block their supply lines. And some volunteers are crossing the other way, back into Ukraine, to provide humanitarian relief or to take up arms against Russia. Al Jazeera’s Zein Basravi reports from Lublin, in eastern Poland. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: […]
Ukranians who have made it to Germany are working out their next steps, after going through what they say was an overwhelming experience. Al Jazeera’s Dominic Kane reports from Berlin, Germany. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #UkraineWar #UkraineRussiaWar #Germany
