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Lightning offensive down to the city of chernihiv, their tactics grew more brutal. faced with stiff resistance on the ground, they doubled down on bombardment from the skies. this ukrainian soldier shows us what is left of the village just outside chernihiv. the scale of the destruction is jaw-dropping. not a single house is untouched. bogdan explains that this was the final push to get into the city. so he is saying that this was a ukrainian position. the russians bombed it heavily, and then ru...

Ukrainian position. the russians bombed it heavily. and then russian soldiers were actually here in this area, just a mile away from the city. nikolai never saw the russian soldiers here, but he felt the full force of their assault. this is my cellar, he says. he tells us his nephew was sheltering from the bombardment there when it took a direct hit. pinned down, nikolai was forced to bury him in a shallow grave in the garden. he put a cross and covered with a field so dogs wouldnt dig him out, ...

I heard a man shouting, the airport is being bombed, the airport is being bombed. >> natalia and her kids went home. to her mother. >> i could see the sky over the airport. a lot of smoke over the airport. >> reporter: they were waiting outside the building. >> >> something exploded. and then it was the first time we ran into the cellar. there were maybe 30 people at that moment. >> reporter: the next morning, natalia decided her kids would be safer if they left ukraine and stayed with friends i...

I spoke to a woman trapped in a cellar with her elderly mother and several other families. at first, natalia said she couldnt believe russian would invade her adopted ukraine. she was born in russia. native russia speaker and running a language school in bucha. >> after putins speech on february 21, i burst into tears fearing something was going to happen. >> on the 24th, natalias mother called to say the war had started. >> i was on the highway from kyiv to warsaw. and i saw a lot of car leavin...

Today is about the promise of a bright future, a day when we hope a line can be drawn under the bloody past. i think that picassos i works were beautiful, they were intelligent, and its a sad loss - to everybody who loves art. details emerge of more than a hundred ukrainian civilians held captive in a cellar for weeks, by russian forces. it happened in chernihiv

This is bbc world news, the latest headlines... details emerge of more than a hundred ukrainian civilians held captive in a cellar for weeks, by russian forces. it happened in chernihiv which is now back under ukrainian control. the united states supreme court has a newjustice — ketanji brown jackson has been confirmed by the us senate. shell become the first black woman to sit on the countrys highest court — and only the sixth woman in history to be a supreme courtjustice. three republican ...

Delays at ports and airports. here at dover, as channel crossings are disrupted, there are thousands of lorry drivers who have spent the night of stock on the motorway. the port are expecting a huge influx of holiday—makers this weekend. harrowing accounts of life under russian occupation near the ukrainian city of chernihiv, where more than a hundred civilians were held captive in a cellar for weeks. there were people here, including dozens of children who were living amongst corpses for hour...

17-year-old son and 19-year-old daughter. a little over a mile from the town of hostomel. >> we heard some shots. i heard explosions. there appeared motorbiker and he was shouting, the airport has been bombed. the airport has been bombed. >> reporter: natalia and her kids headed home and to her mothers flat nearby, where they surveyed the basement, just in case they would have to take shelter. >> i can see the sky over the airport, a lot of smoke over the airport. >> reporter: they were waiting ...

Theyre escaping or trying to escape what they rightfully worry is coming their way. russian forces targeting civilians, like we saw revealed near kyiv this week. i spoke with a woman who endured the siege near the capital in bucha, trapped in a cellar for 14 days with her elderly mother and several other families. at first natalia said she couldnt believe russia would invade her adopted ukraine. she was born in russia, a native russian speaker, and was busy running a language school in bucha. >>...

Russian tanks shot one flat. there was a big fire. on the first day, there were three flats burned. in the cellar, there were people. the smoke went down to the cellar and they couldnt breathe any more. they have plastic metal pipes that started melting. they just moved to our cellar. pwtsdzs on the 7th floor, there was a disabled woman. and she was staying in a wheelchair. of course she couldnt -- it was the biggest panic probably over that skaeugz. ag situation. our brave men just ran upstairs...