caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskiy has been giving a news conference, from a subway in kyiv. he said he was still willing to meet with vladamir putin — but not if ukraine's remaining forces in the besieged city of mariupol were killed. he urged russia to resolve the war through diplomacy. translation: i would like to stop, to finalise the war. _ there is the diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows that even if it's hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands — and with such neighbours, hundreds of thousands, and maybe even millions — of victims. victims, losses of people, we don't want that. and any leader, whether he wants that or not, he doesn't have the right to deny subjectively, because it would be a subjective decision to deny the diplomatic way. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent in kyiv, anna foster, and asked her how unusual mr zelenskyy�*s press con

what weaponry does odesa have to _ against odesa. what weaponry does odesa have to defend _ against odesa. what weaponry does odesa have to defend itself? - against odesa. what weaponry does odesa have to defend itself? boris i odesa have to defend itself? boris johnson, the british prime minister, said a number of weeks ago now that hardware, including anti—ship missile systems, would be sent to protect ukraine and since then there have been attacks from the sea on odesa. is that sort of... are those defence, is that defence weaponry in place now? what has arrived? first of all, we place now? what has arrived? first of all. we are _ place now? what has arrived? first of all, we are very _ place now? what has arrived? f “st of all, we are very thankful for all the support we are receiving from the support we are receiving from the west and from the united kingdom, and we are especially thankfulfor kingdom, and we are especially thankful for the leadership which the united kingdom and its prime minister shows in the help of ukrain

that happens to odesa? or do you look at kyiv and say that could be those two i.e, you know, ukrainian forces have regained control of the whole of kiev? as we know, luckily, we are under the full control of the ukrainian forces, but what you talked about, mariupol, that extremely tragedy and we hope that none of the other sides would experience anything like this. but you also need to understand mariupol is four or five times smaller than odesa, and it didn't have the same protection and defense as odesa. so it would be much more difficult. plus, being from the very beginning since 2014, a target for the russian armed forces in 2014 has been even occupied for one month by the russian forces. and the idea is that that is the possibility to connect the russian federation and occupied crimea with odesa. the situation is much more difficult. it's not so easy to to take the city out. it's not so easy for the russian federation to control the city. the former archbiship of canterbury dr rowan williams has said t

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. ukraine's president volodymyr zelenskyy has been giving a news conference, from a subway station in kyiv. he revealed that the us�*s top diplomat antony blinken and defence secretary lloyd austin are due to visit kyiv on sunday. in a wide—ranging news conference, president zelenskyy urged russia to resolve the war through diplomacy and said he was still willing to meet vladimir putin but not if ukraine's remaining forces in the besieged city of mariupol were killed. translation: i would like to stop, to finalise the war. _ there is the diplomatic way, and there is the military way. so any healthy and sane person always chooses diplomatic way because he or she knows that even if it's hard, it may stop the losses of thousands, of tens of thousands — and with such neighbours, hundreds of thousands, it's the middle of the night injapan, where coastguard vessels and patrol aircraft are using searching the waters for 26 passengers and crew of a sightseeing boat that's missing off the

finally, you are in odesa, want peace. finally, you are in odesa. an _ want peace. finally, you are in odesa, an mp. _ want peace. finally, you are in odesa, an mp. we _ want peace. finally, you are in odesa, an mp. we have - want peace. finally, you are in odesa, an mp. we have been| want peace. finally, you are in - odesa, an mp. we have been hearing a lot about the strategic relevance of president putin's targets when it comes to territory. odesa must be strategically important to president putin for the power save is the city feeling? i putin for the power save is the city feelin: ? ~ ., ., feeling? i think, after the moment that the crew _ feeling? i think, after the moment that the crew became _ feeling? i think, after the moment that the crew became submarines, after this the safety of odesa is much higher. it is a much better situation because we understand that it will be a very big problem for them to make a land operation. they tried to get to odesa by land, so the place where i am staying, just kilometres from the front line, today, ukrainians are holdin

in this case my city of odesa should be russian stop it that odesa should be russian stop if that is our odesa should be russian stop if that is your position. _ odesa should be russian stop if that is your position, in _ odesa should be russian stop if that is your position, in terms _ odesa should be russian stop if that is your position, in terms of - odesa should be russian stop if that is your position, in terms of the i is your position, in terms of the level of weapons and support that ukraine is getting from its allies, is it going to be enough to really repel the russian forces? we are seeing for example a new russian general has been appointed with a pretty dire record. the general has been appointed with a pretty dire record.— pretty dire record. the general is the au pretty dire record. the general is the guy responsible _ pretty dire record. the general is the guy responsible for _ pretty dire record. the general is the guy responsible for the i pretty dire record. the general is| the guy responsible for the carpet bombing of syria so not the most optimistic developmen

as odesa. also mariupol was a target for the russian forces. the idea is, it is a possibility to connect the russian federation and occupied crimea. with odesa, it is not so easy to take the city, it is not so easy to take the city, it is not so easy for the russian federation to control the city even if they manage a landing operation.— a landing operation. you, personally. _ a landing operation. you, personally, how- a landing operation. you, personally, how are - a landing operation. you, personally, how are you | a landing operation. you, - personally, how are you feeling at the moment? do you feel afraid, what is your emotions? i am definitely preferring to wake up on a sunday morning. the preferring to wake up on a sunday morninu. . . preferring to wake up on a sunday morninu. ., ., . morning. the fear and panic, it still exists, _ morning. the fear and panic, it still exists, but _ morning. the fear and panic, it still exists, but is _ morning. the fear and panic, it still exists, but

president zelenskyy saying a 3-month-old baby was among the eight dead odesa is vulnerable. notably from the sea, by the way. ukrainian military analysis saying russia was capable and is capable of launching 12 ships here and with battalions of about 400 each, they could launch and attack odesa now addition to that, the weak ukrainian naval resistance would be minimal russian artillery and air attacks could bombard oh december sack, not to mention the 1500 troops that are here in moldova that could create a second front to take over odesa. however, there is something important to notice here and these little yellow lines here, these are estuaries. these are rivers and they are natural kill zones that are spaces where ukrainian forces have an advantage so all of this red does not necessarily mean it's going to be easy to come from the east to attack odesa, making an amphibious landings even more costly are potential mines that ukraine could also put in here russia remembers how costly odesa can e. during world war ii, the soviets were the ones defending this port city. they w

they will be met with a serious rebuff from odesa residents. odesa is a heroic city. we are not planning to welcome the occupiers here. we will only welcome them with the return fire from all kinds of munitions. pakistan's parliament has been dissolved, just hours after prime minister imran khan survived a move to oust him from power. fresh elections are now likely to be held in the coming weeks. our correspondent secunder karmani is in islamabad and had this update. it is an unfolding political drama. plenty of twists already today, and more could be to come in the coming hours. we were expecting to see a vote of no confidence being held against imran khan, and it was expected he will lose the vote of no confidence which would have seen him ousted from office. instead, the deputy speaker of parliament ruled that the vote of no confidence was unconstitutional, and it did that because imran khan, for the last week or so, has been telling pakistanis that this plot to remove him, or this move to oust him, is notjust part of the democratic process, but is actually an inte

"i won't leave odesa, even to save my life." ed lavandera, cnn, odesa, ukraine. >> earlier i spoke with journalist lawrence sheets. he's one of many who actually did leave odesa. i asked him what life is like in the region at the moment. >> what they're really worried about and which they stated is that there will be some sort of provocation they say or attack, today being the commemoration of the liberation of the city of odesa, the odesa region, from pro-nazi turks in world war ii. so a lot of people got the message that bombing of the city was imminent, things like this. i can't call it a panic but there was a mass exodus of people from the city. the roads were absolutely jam-packed out of the city to the west, as you noted. odesa's blocked from two to three sides. many came last night. there's a barge. takes ten minutes between the romanian and odesa region of ukraine. ten minutes across. i and others, you can see them in the background, spent the night in a one-room church on bunk beds and so on. because they p naturally ar

she was teach ing outside odesa in the south. can you tell us what your school days are looking like, how many of your students are still signing on for class? >> yes, hi. so a typical school day for me starts at 8:30 when about 17 or 18, up to 20 students usually log to our google meet. so we usually start with some check-ins, then we have a class for 45 minutes. and every day at 9:00 a.m. we usually hold a moment of silence for those people who have lost their lives because of russian full-scale invasion. then they have a break. some of them stay with me on line during the break because they miss communication, they miss their friends, they miss talking to each other. what about me? i usually have like five or four classes a day. and then i usually have them if we do not get any air raid sirens in odesa region. in case there are air raid sirens, we cancel the lesson, and i advise all of my students to go and take shelter in the basement or any other safe place in their house. and yeah, that's pretty much it. what about the extr

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. president zelensky has announced that the us secretary of state, antony blinken, will visit kyiv on sunday, along with the us defense secretary. they're the most senior american officials to visit ukraine since the start of the conflict. our correspondent, anna foster, gave us this update from kyiv. highly unusual to find out about a high—profile visit like this before it's actually happened. normally this is the sort of thing that's released after the event, but he did tell everybody that the most senior us officials so far, since the war began, will be arriving here in kyiv tomorrow. that press conference was the first that he's held since the war began surrounded byjournalists. as you know, he normally does one—on—one interviews in his highly secure bunker, but here he was deep below the streets of the city. he was animated. he was angry at times. he called for a meeting with president putin which he thought might help bring this war towards an end, and he also said that the

odesa from the sea. britain is now giving ukraine anti—ship missile systems, what difference would that make? yes, just a few minutes walk in front of me is the black sea. what we know is that since russia began its invasion of ukraine there have been a number of ships just off the shoreline, about 25 to 30. another concern is that, as russian forces reorganise there may be more forces coming here to the south that could stage an amphibious landing. with this british support, the hope is that by having these anti—ship missile systems, they skim the sea and can hit their targets, the hope is it will force russian forces to push back and therefore, will not be able to stage an attack on odesa. that is what the authorities here are hoping for. that is what the authorities here are hoping for-— that is what the authorities here are hoinr for. ., ~ ,, , . ukrainian troops have been fighting on the front line against the russian invasion for weeks now — but a growing number of international volunteers

yes, indeed, this is the first assault on odesa. - this is the first assault on odesa. well, i suppose people were in shock, especially the people who live nearby, but there is no panic. unfortunately, people are getting used to the military situation, to a tense situation in the region, all over the country, due to the military invasion of the russian federation. so there is no panic. everything is stable. do you think there's a missile strike will prompt some people to leave, or are those who are still in odesa determined that they will not leave? as i said, as a personally from me, i hope it as i said, as a personally from me, i hoe , s, as i said, as a personally from me, | ho i , ., ., , ., as i said, as a personally from me, iho-e , i, i, i hope it is not a sign of invasion, let's say. — i hope it is not a sign of invasion, let's say, complete _ i hope it is not a sign of invasion, let's say, complete assault - i hope it is not a sign of invasion, let's say, complete assault of - i hope it is not a sign of invasion, j let's say, complete assault of the city. the

bombs falling in odesa. officials say russian forces fired more missiles after hitting an oil refinery yesterday. we have cnn's ed lavandera in odesa with more. it seems like things have been relatively calm for a while and we've seen this increase in missile strikes. >> reporter: we certainly have. yesterday was quite a day. this is a city, as you mentioned, that had been enjoying several days of quiet, but what happened yesterday has shaken the city. [ explosion ]. >> reporter: the missiles exploded in a startling violent barrage, about six strikes lit up the sky. russian military officials say the attack on odesa was launched from the sea and land using high-precision missiles. the massive plumes of black, swirling smoke covered much of the city of 1 million people. the strikes landed in a largely industrial area, destroying an oil refinery and fuel storage facilities. multiple air strikes hit the port city of odesa in southern ukraine just before sunrise sunday morning. there were no air raid sirens that

lately, the number of missile strikes on odesa and the odesa region has increased. . >> what, mayor, do you think is ahead as russians are shifting their focus to the east and the south? >> translator: well, what can i say? you know, like i've already mentioned, that we see the change in mood and concerns and anxious among the people in odesa. this is quite understandable, of course. for the occupier, the oppressor, it is a desirable city for them. it is south of the capital of ukraine. it is a cultural hub. obviously, they would like to visit odesa. however, it would be hard for me to guess the movements of the russian troops. they keep changing their tactics. it seems like at the beginning they were looking into invading all of ukraine. now they're shifting their strategy. but all i can say is that every single citizen and resident in odesa is ready to fight. our morale is high. you know, we have a saying, if you want peace, you have to be ready for war. and i can say that the armed forces of ukraine are working hard to defend odesa. they've ensured very professional defense line a

do you think they are going to come back to odesa. we have already beat their ass, we will do it again, he tells me. russian ships remain stationed to have coast of odesa in the black sea. the concern here is the war will intensify here in the south. before the war, he worked as a professional scuba diver. he defiantly says he looks forward to exploring the underwater wreckage of those sunken russian ships as a diver when the war is over. on a street corner we find dozens of escaped families who escaped to odesa. they are from the worst war zones hoping to find food and clothing. olga is waiting with five of her six children. so you come from a village that was surrounded by russian soldiers. you are in the crossfire. how frightening was that? i was scared for the children most of all, she tells me. olga says her family had to walk through a forest to escape shelling. tears well up in her eyes as her husband tells us russian soldiers broke into their homes taking everything they could from the families in their village. >> translator:

that's what's happening in o odesa. in other parts of the country, a couple headlines, there was an oil refinery in the center of the country struck by russian forces last night as well. that's significant. it continues to follow the path that russian forces have been carrying out for several days now, striking those key oil and gas facilities, and then also the humanitarian crisis that continues to unfold, and we can't stress enough just how dramatic this has been. there are supposed to be seven humanitarian evacuation corridors open. in various parts of ukraine today. whether or not that is happening is in the air. luhansk in the northeast of ukraine, there was supposed to be an evacuation route, but we have reports that one of those paths has come under fire as people were trying to evacuate. also, they're trying to continue reaching mariupol to get more than 100,000 people evacuated out of that city. that is still not coming to fruition. many people trying to escape from there, essentially having to drive themselves

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this is the most significant attack odesa has seen since the war in ukraine started. just after the attack, we were able to make our way to the scene. it's mostly an industrial area of the city, but there are a number of apartment buildings and homes on a hill overlooking the fuel storage facility. we spoke with several residents in that area who described the terrifying moments of the blast. of windows being shattered, people scrambling to take cover in the initial moments as the fires and explosion continued to rage there, just several hundred yards away from where they were standing. so terrifying moments here this morning. what is also interesting and the residents we spoke to, three different people tell us that they had been hearing reconnaissance drones flying over the area for several days. many people had the belief that something bad was about to happen, because of that. russian military officials say they fired high-precision missiles at these targets from land and sea locations. that they were targeting this fuel storage facility, because it is providing f

when you talk about odesa, what the mayor of odesa told me, he needs anti-ship weapons. the shells are coming from ships and they can't attack them. so these are a couple things they could use more of. they would save more lives. >> so what will it take? for the biden administration to send more weapons to ukraine including defense systems like the s-300? >> the biden administration is sending a lot of weapons and nato countries individually are sending a lot of weapons into ukraine. the pattern has been that they only send the weapons that they feel are not escalatory. in other words, the bidens administration will make a decision about what will and will not provoke putin. what they are saying clearly is those calculations are nonsense and that putin will escalate anyway. so the best way to stop the war would be to give them more weapons now. and the pattern has also been that the biden administration eventually gives them the weapons they ask for. not always. i think what will have to happen is people will have to see more of these horrendous photos and then pressure

live to caroline davies now in odesa. what is the latest where what is the latest where you what is the latest where you are what is the latest where you are now? {iii what is the latest where you are now? . ., , what is the latest where you are now? .., , :: , what is the latest where you are now? . ., , ii , ., ., , what is the latest where you are now? . ., , i: , ., ., now? of course 20 miles away from the front line _ now? of course 20 miles away from the front line we _ now? of course 20 miles away from the front line we are _ now? of course 20 miles away from the front line we are about - now? of course 20 miles away from the front line we are about two - the front line we are about two hours wait here in odesa, just down the coast, it's an incredibly important city because if the russians take it, the next one along is odesa an important port in ukraine. it has not has had much action as somewhere like mykolaiv. there has been missile six and this afternoon we had another here in odesa, this time on the airport an

are you concerned and do you think they'll start coming back toward odesa? "we've already beat their ass, we'll do it again," he tells me. russian naval trips remain stationed off the coast of odesa off the black sea. the concern here is that the war will intensify in the south. before of war, he worked as a professional scuba diver. he defiantly said he looks forward to exploring the underwater wreckage of sunken russian ships as a diver when the war is over. on a street corner, we find dozens of displaced families who escaped to odesa. they're from the worst war zones, hoping to find food and clothing. olga is waiting with five of her six children. so youa village that was surrounded by russian soldiers, you're in the crossfire. how frightening was that? "i was scared for the children most of all," she tells me. olga says her family had to walk through a forest to escape shelling. tears well up in her eyes as her husband tells us russian soldiers broke into their homes, taking everything they could from the families and their village. >> translator: when w

are you concerned and do you think they'll start coming back toward odesa? "we've already beat their ass. we will do it again," he tells me. russian naval ships remain stationed off the coast of odesa in the black sea. the concern here is the war will intensify in the south. before the war, markeen worked as a professional scuba diver and defiantly says he looks forward to exploring the underwater wreckage of those sunken russian ships as diver. on the street corner, we find dozens of displaced families from the worst war zones hoping to find food and clothing. olga is waiting with five of her six children. so you come from a village that was surrounded by russian soldiers. you were in the cross fire. how frightening was that? "i was scared for the children most of all," she tells me. olga celtics her family had to walk through a forest to escape shelling. tears well up in her eyes as her husband tells us russian soldiers broke into their homes, taking everything they could from the families in their village. >> translator: when we came here, the volunteers

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. voting in the second round of the french presidential election will begin in the next few hours. the incumbent, emmanuel macron, is facing off against the far right candidate, marine le pen, with polls suggesting that president macron is currently the favourite to win. my colleague reeta chakrabarti is in paris. there is a lot of apathy and a lot of "none of the above," if you like. you have to remember that these two candidates, le pen and macron, between them they only got 51% of the support in the first round. that means that nearly half of the people who voted in the first round voted for neither of those two, so everybody�*s looking to see what the supporters of the runner—up, the person who came third, will do. now, he wasjean—luc melenchon. he's of the radical left. he got nearly 8 million votes — he got 7.7 million votes in the first round. he was onlyjust a little bit behind marine le pen, so what will the people who voted for him do? it's a choice that nobody�*s re

no, no, she says, i won't leave odesa even to save my life. ed lavandera, cnn, odesa, ukraine. >>> earlier, the governor of the kyiv region spoke to cnn's brianna keilar. he explains why it is so important for european and other world leaders to see firsthand the scenes unfolding in bucha, irpin, and other parts of ukraine. >> it's very important for us that european leaders came to bucha, and could see this tragedy with their own eyes. also, from the line we showed her -- when she visited, we showed her mass graves. in one of them, one of those there were more than 200 bodies and we saw that some of these bodies were executed. they were killed by bullets and, yes, of course, it's very important for us that european leaders could come and see these huge tragedies with their own eyes. >> what else do you need from them? >> translator: after we visited the mass grave, we went to the street where there were lots of damaged russian military vehicles. on the 27th of february, a huge russian convoy, which is 3.5 kilometers long, was headed to kyiv b

and do you think that they are going to start coming back toward odesa? >> we've already beat their ass. we will do it again, he tells me. russian naval ships remain stationed off the coast of odesa in the black sea. the concern here is the war will intensify in the south. before the war, he worked as a professional scuba diver. he defiantly says he looks forward to exploring the underwater wreckage of those sunken russian ships as a diver when the war is over. on a street corner, we find dozens of displaced families who have escaped to odesa. they are from the worst war zones, hoping to find food and clothing. olga is waiting with five of her six children. so you come from a village that was surrounded by russian soldiers. you were in the crossfire. how frightening was that? i was scared for the children most of all, she tells me. olga says her family had to walk through a forest to escape shelling. tears well up in her eyes as her husband tells us russian soldiers broke into their homes taking everything they could from the families in their village. >>

i want to talk about these new strikes in odesa. explain for our viewers why this is such an strategically important port for russia and why they want it. >> well, there are several things. and remember, part of this war is putin's vision of restoring the russian empire. so odesa was a partially russian-speaking city, part of the former empire of russia, part of the soviet union. so it's a target in thatceps. from a military perspective, it seals off the black seacoast, so that russia controls all of ukraine's southern coast, from donbas, mariupol, crimea, odesa, and all the way across to romania. so that is important for them to cut off ukraine that way. >> mr. ambassador, throughout this last month, we've seen the information war, really crucial here. we have ukrainians on the one hand saying they're liberated in cities around kyiv. it's been a measured response, but that's sort of the party line we're hearing. but we have russia saying that they're merely pulling out forces, and sources talking about sort of a shifting strategy.

>> odesa. >> odesa. okay. how long did it take? >> translator: around four hours. >> you left this morning? >> yes. >> okay. >> thank you so much. thank you. that's so sweet. my daughter will love this. thank you so much. >> amazing stuff. and orlando bloom joins me now. he's also the executive producer of the new documentary "if you have" about unicef's work over the last 75 years. great work, and your heartbreaks for these kids caught in the middle of such brutality. what was it like to talk to them? what was that experience like for you? >> as you can imagine, it's heart wrenching as a father, to be at the border and to see these women and children as they cross and one of the mothers that i met had fled the night before, her neighbor's home had been bombed and her child was visibly distressed from the circumstances of their departure. she had taken just the bare minimum of clothes and personal belongings, along with her two children and her grandmother. leaving behind her husband and anyone mandated, the men between the ages of

he left odesa quite — escape from this place. he left odesa quite early _ escape from this place. he left odesa quite early on _ escape from this place. he left odesa quite early on because i escape from this place. he left i odesa quite early on because you wanted to be of use in other parts of the country, how likely is it you will return, do you feel you are needed back in your home city? certainly, when there were danger of russia _ certainly, when there were danger of russia and _ certainly, when there were danger of russia and also when russian forces were approaching i left. i definitely was there in my home city and my— definitely was there in my home city and my constituency. for the moment, fortunately, _ and my constituency. for the moment, fortunately, and thanks to ukrainian army. _ fortunately, and thanks to ukrainian army. the _ fortunately, and thanks to ukrainian army, the russians cannot make this attack _ army, the russians cannot make this attack they — army, the russians cannot make this attack. they cannot go into the neighbouring region of odesa. also th

cnn's ed lavandera joins us live from odesa. ed, we've seen strikes multiple southern cities, including odesa. what stands out from the way these russian attacks are carried out? >> well, if you look at the two rounds of air strikes that hit the odesa area on sunday, seemed very specific targeted to these oil refineries and fuel storage facilities. the russian officials had said that they had used high precision missiles to attack those very spots. u.s. military officials say they have no reason not to believe that is what exactly happened in this case. and then you drive about two hours east of where we are, jake, in mykolaiv, and you see the shelling that has happened there. and in the words of one local official there, they believe that those attacks there are designed to harass and panic the public. this is much more sporadic, no rhyme or reason, actually more deadly, as there is one strike in particular that killed tenden ten civilians and injured many more earlier today. the indiscriminate nature of the way the attacks are

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earlier today i spoke to our correspondent catherine byaruhanga who is in odesa for us. what we are seeing on the streets today is there is nobody walking around. we are seeing a few cars passing by every now and again but the regional military administration has told residents in odesa to stay in their homes for 33 hours starting from yesterday evening. now, they say following that rocket attack in kramatorsk in the east of the country that targeted a train station, they worry that something similar could happen here in odesa. so they are telling people to stay in their homes. up until now, since this invasion began, we understand from authorities that up to 50% of this city's population have left, they have gone to neighbouring countries such as moldova, romania, scared about a possible attack here in odesa. so far, there have been some rocket strikes but on the whole, the city has remained safe in the midst of a massive conflict in this country. tell us a little bit more about the strategic significance of odesa and what is the latest thinking on whether russia might

odesa is a history of pro-russian sentiments. it is difficult to get anyone to talk about it especially during this time of war. the usual buzz of this vibrant port city is far more subdued and many businesses are closed. city officials estimate about 20% of the city evacuated since the start of the russian invasion in late february. the chess players gathered in this part are not reflecting on the curfew. they will relax, more interested in chess strategies and not war strategies. we did meet the 70 years old who sells painting. he pours me a coup of wine when we talk about curfews. she's worried her city is facing imminent attacks. >> she tells us she thinks the curfew was called to keep people from public gathering on odesa's liberation day. >> reporter: is there a moment where you think you would leave odesa to save your life? >> no. >> reporter: no, no, she says, i won't leave odesa even to save my life. this extended curfew is rare but it comes at a time where residents here are trying to figure out what russia's intentions

baby, a tragic, tragic day there in odesa. griff, my friend, so good to see you safe and sound and hopefully you're going to be able to come back soon we want you back home and safe. griff, this is an important weekend for so much russians and ukrainians celebrating eastern orthodox easter. we were hoping, hopefully for a pause in fighting, but it doesn't look like that's the case, right? >> that's right, president zelenskyy saying that vladimir putin rejected the offer for a truce, an easter truce, if you will, and that golden dome, st. michael's golden dome monastery behind me one of the many orthodox churches here across ukraine who have much to mourn this sad easter here and to be thankful, there's one church in the region northeast of where we are, that was hit very hard during that initial assault on the capital area as russian forces came from the east down on the capital and they destroyed an orthodox church there that won't have an easter orthodox sunday service tomorrow. it's left in ruins, nothing standing, but a si

ukraine's port city of odesa is the latest target of russian fire. now the focus of the fighting is moving south and east, and as troops move away from places like kyiv, fresh devastation is revealed. the ukrainian government says it is back in control of that whole region — but it's come at a cost. people are still arriving here in lviv all the time, but it is now from places that have proved so difficult to get away from, places like kharkiv, irpin and bucha, where we are now only starting to hear and see how horrific the effects of the russian occupation have been. ruslan fled here from bucha. how do you feel towards the people who did this in your town? "at the moment it is hard to call these people human," he told me. "they shelled and killed civilians." andrii just arrived from kharkiv, on the front line. what happened to your leg? i'm shot, 20 shots. i showed him the images from bucha. they were painfully familiar. kharkiv, the same. in these pictures there are bodies. in the kharkiv suburbs, there are only parts of bodies — legs, arms, he

our ed lavendera is standing by in odesa with more on this. ed, take us through what happened there. >> reporter: well, it has been a jarring morning here in the city of odesa. the key port city on the black sea in southern ukraine. it was just before sunrise, around 6:00 a.m. local time, when we heard the explosions of multiple blasts here inside of the city. we have been able to reach the location. you can see the dark clouds, the dark smoke still billowing here in the background, from our vantage point. and closer to the scene, the strikes, multiple strikes, perhaps as much as, as many as a half dozen or so, hit a fuel depot area inside the city. as we go closer to the scene, we kind of discovered that it's an industrial area, not highly populated with residents, but there were a couple of apartment buildings right next to the fuel depot. we spoke with several witnesses there who described the terrifying moments when they were woken up by these series of blasts, just across the street from where they were. we could see the broken out glass

caroline davies, bbc news, odesa. we can cross live to the capital kyiv now and our correspondent there, anna foster. and i, we havejust heard what and i, we have just heard what is going on in odesa, can you tell us about malleable? any new information from there? , ,�*, from there? president zelensky's advisor said _ from there? president zelensky's advisor said earlier _ from there? president zelensky's advisor said earlier today - from there? president zelensky's advisor said earlier today that - advisor said earlier today that despite the fact that just two days ago, president vladimir putin said they would stop the attack on the steelworks where the remaining ukrainian fighters are hold—up, he has changed tactics to seal a plant off itself. he feared russian forces would be most so told them to seal it so not even if i could escape. yet here we are, two days later with what appears to be a fresh assault on that plant. at the same day that the azov brigade releasing a video which seems to show civilians under

multiple air strikes hit the port city of odesa here in southern ukraine just before sunrise, sunday morning. there were no air raid sirens that went off before the blasts, and the explosions could be felt and seen from miles away. ukrainian officials say there were no injuries but tat tatyana harasim says the explosions through her from the chair she was sleeping in and window glass shattered all over her. tatyana volunteers in this building late into the night cooking meals for ukrainian soldiers. in recent days, she said reconnaissance drones were f flying over the fuel storage facility, two other residents told us they saw them as well. >> the drones were flying around and knew they were up to something. we were thinking where we could hide in case something happens. >> reporter: a small pocket of apartment buildings and homes sit just across the street from the bombing site, families stood outside their homes under the clouds of dark smoke. watching flames shoot up into the air. the explosions shattered windows and any remaining sense of security these residents had left. >> tra

ukraine say at least eight people have been killed in missile strikes on the southern port city of odesa. the dead include a three—month—old baby. 20 other people were injured in the attacks. the ukrainian foreign minister says they were designed to "spread terror." ukraine's president zelensky has announced that the us secretary of state and us defence secretary will visit kyiv on sunday. they're the most senior us officials to visit ukraine since the start of the conflict. mr zelensky expressed his gratitude to the us for its provision of weapons. voting has begun in some french overseas territories in the second round of the presidential election. the polls will open in france itself in a few hours�* time. the incumbent, emmanuel macron, is going head to head with the far—right candidate, marine le pen. now on bbc news — dateline london. hello, and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the uk's leading columnists with the foreign correspondents who write, blog and broadcast from the dateline: london. here in the studio are steve richards, who's been walking

odesa has not has had much action as somewhere like mykolaiv. which is being shelled on a near—daily basis. there has been missile six and this afternoon we had another here in odesa, this time on the airport and we heard earlier from the press centre of the southern defence forces who said the runway at the airport had been hit and that meant it was impossible to use it at the moment. we don't have any further details, commercial aircraft have not been travelling into ukraine since the 24th of february. this is not something that is going to be affecting passengers but the fact that an airport has been hit is always of concern. we were here earlier today and heard a very loud bang that reverberated across the city from the south—west of the city. it was so loud we saw dogs running away from the direction of the noise, clearly enough to disturb them. in terms of what might happen here in odesa, the key concern has recently been the east of the country and that has been where a lot of the fighting has intensified. that does not mean ukraine h

been killed — and 18 injured — by a series of russian missile strikes on the strategic port city of odesa. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says us secretary of state antony blinkin will visit kiev on sunday, in the highest level us visit since the war began. campaigning ends in france's hard—fought presidential election — with emmanuel macron and his far—right rival marine le pen urging people to turn out and vote on sunday. downing street confirms the prime minister has not yet received any further fines for breaking lockdown rules. and more than 90 thousand fans have packed into wembley stadium to watch tyson fury defend his world heavyweight title against dillian whyte in just over an hour. now on bbc news. our world. myanmar is now in a state of civil war. what started in february 2021 as a mass protest movement against the military coup is now a nationwide armed uprising. a people's army made up of unlikely soldiers. they are sacrificing everything to fight for democracy in myanmar. their enemy is the general who seized power in a coup. i'll stain that top elected leader

caroline davies in odesa. hollywood star angelina jolie has been meeting refugees in lviv, during a surprise visit to ukraine. she s been to the city's railway station, as part of her work as a special envoy for the unhcr. during her visit to the city near the polish border, the actor spoke to volunteers and posed for pictures with some of those who have fled the fighting. and she put a very big smile on the face of this little girl. here in the uk, the conservative mp, neil parish, has told the bbc he is resigning his seat, after admitting he watched pornography, twice, in the house of commons. mr parish, the memberfor tiverton and honiton in devon, has apologised and says it was not his intention to intimidate anyone. two female colleagues claimed they had seen him looking at adult content on his phone, while sitting near them. mr parish says he'd been looking at tractors online, and went onto another website with a similar name. our political correspondent, ben wright, reports. he had wanted to plough on, h

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