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>> reporter: ivan and elena hope to help those suffering through the brutalities of war with the beauty of ballet. >> thats the world of arts and culture, but theres also been solidarity with ukraine in the sports world, an emotional finish at the world ath leices indoor championship. ukraines top high jumper took gold. and italy pays tribute to the six nations. >> reporter: a golden moment of courage and inspiration at the world athletics indoor championships this weekend. ukraine sealing victo...

Thats the blood of russian soldiers who were sheltering in her house. while she hid in a cellar, her cottage became a russian field hospital. translation: they left at night in such a hurry. | they left almost everything behind. theyjust took their dead and wounded. it may be russias heaviest defeat so far — their troops retreating far to the east. this town, this community achieved something remarkable here. but we need to put it in perspective. this war is only a few weeks old and the russia...

This is bbc news — welcome if youre watching here in the uk or around the globe. im rich preston. our top stories. a ukrainian soldier is pulled alive from the rubble of a theatre in mariupol which was bombed by russia on wednesday, but intense fighting hampers efforts to rescue hundreds of others. very tense here. it looks like somebody heard planes overhead. i heard some explosions, and the soldiers told us to leave very quickly, which is what were doing now. 80% of buildings in the port cit...

You, too, joe. in a cellar, volunteers follow the example set by millions of ukrainians nationwide, forming a diy army. its plates for body arms what we made from our factory. its really heavy but its good. that defiance is echoed by the local governor, who tells us the russians are actually in retreat here, for now. we pulled the enemy back from the borders of our city, from about 15—20 kilometres in the southern and western part. for now, they are almost surrounded. we are attacking them. so...

"our house is gone" she says. "weve been in the cellar for ia days with no light, water or heat. but we will be back for sure." further down the road, immense relief. a reunion forfriends and neighbours — who didnt know if they would meet again. svetla na says... "you are alive, my sunlight." anastasia is finally on her way to relative safely in western ukraine with baby oleg. we first met them two days ago as they fled. but shes concerned for her father who stayed behind in the horror of irpi...

Uprooted injust 14 of ukraines children has been uprooted in just 14 days since russia invaded. the united nations calls this a dark historical first. well, hour after hour, people keep believing irpin. the town is being emptied of its residents. and it is notjust happening here. there are other cities in ukraine being bombarded by the russians, where civilians are being driven out. this is just one corner of the fastest—growing refugee crisis in since world war ii. we met svetlana on the road...

She says the russians took two ukrainian soldiers prisoner in there, and she feared they were going to kill them but then the battle got out of hand. thats the blood of russian soldiers who were sheltering in her house. while she hid in a cellar, her cottage became a russian field hospital. translation: they left at night in such a hurry. | they left almost everything behind. theyjust took their dead and wounded. it may be russias heaviest defeat so far, the troops retreating far to the east. th...

A dark historic first. well, hour after hour, people keep leaving irpin, the town is being emptied of its residents, and its not just happening here, there are other cities in ukraine being bombarded by the russians where civilians are being driven out. this is just one corner of the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. svetlana is among the legions made homeless by vladimir putin. "our house is gone" she says. "weve been in the cellar for ia days with no light,

>> the last day i saw my father. completely destroyed mentally. it was like depression. and she havent left the cellar. since the beginning of the war. staying inside. unfortunately. and the last day i saw my father and he begged me that please leave. leave somewhere. i dont know where. just escape this. and he was crying. >> they piled into a car with friends. and spent 15 hours driving through russian front lines. to escape the siege of mariupol. their parents refuse to leave. >> i dont know. ...

—— air raid siren and more notice that russia is not just looking to kill ukrainian soldiers. it looks like they are targeting purely military sites but more often than not, it is civilian neighbourhoods like this one getting hit. nine people who were queueing on the street outside these shops were killed a few days ago by a russian bombardment. just two blocks away, this man is trying to clear up after this. by chance, he and his family were away when the bomb hit. translation: this is not ...