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Itself, because this is a very important industrial city in ukraine, it is full of factories. it also includes a missile factory, it is a place that is heavily fortified already, it has been heavily fortified since the beginning of the war, but it has been considered as something of a safe haven. we have seen many people fleeing to it from other cities in the south and in the east and north of here. especially this part of ukraine, those that have come under sustained russian attacks. dnipro was...

So in dnipro, people are pretty shaken by what happened overnight. the un says 2.5 million people have now fled ukraine since the invasion began more than two weeks ago. and while the eu has shown solidarity in helping those escaping the war, countries that have received a large number of refugees are becoming overwhelmed. today, ukraines government is hoping to open 12 routes for civilians to leave areas where fighting is taking place — so far tens of thousands of people have been evacuated i...

At least for a while, before they started a very long journey to the west of the country. but i think are quite a few people, that might have changed with this direct hit on its dnipro. people might be considering getting out, certainly in recent days, we have seen quite a lot of activity at the train station, lots of massive crowds heading for evacuation trains, and also the rate of a heavily congested on the way out of here, but nothing compared to what we have seen in comparison to other citi...

Such things before. we learned here in kyiv here that war had started through a sound, the sound of missiles landing on the city for the first time. that is now happening for people in dnipro, in the central eastern part of ukraine, weve had reports of explosions on the outskirts, close to a nursery school, as well as residential blocks, suggesting the more indiscriminate use of shelling by russian forces, which we are seeing more and more. weve just had reports in ukraine if ivano—frankivsk, ...

Which the us dismisses. three cities in ukraine that previously hadnt been attacked by russian troops in dnipro, a large city here in the east, and lutsk and ivano—frankivsk way over in the west, an area of the country where many refugees are travelling, and that has not previously seen large—scale military action, have no been attacked. these are the latest pictures from one of those recently attacked cities dnipro, it was hit. it has damaged a shoe factory, an apartment block and a kinderg...

Satellite images suggest that the huge russian convoy which has been heading towards kyiv from the north has now begun to disperse — its thought it is deploying its forces in nearby woodlands and other areas. there have been reports of attacks on new areas — including lutsk, and dnipro. the united nations says the number of people who have left ukraine since the fighting began has risen to two and a half million. one and a half million of them have crossed into poland. and ukraine and nato h...

Mentally and they boarded one of the last trains to poland from kyiv. this is bbc news. welcome if youre watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: reports of blasts in ukrainian cities that havent seen shelling before — in dnipro, a factory, apartment block and school have all been hit. new satellite images show that russian military convoy moving to new positions near kyiv — ahead of a possible attack on the capital. life on the front line for ukrainian forces — fighti...

The central city of dnipro has been hit by three russian air strikes, damaging an apartment block and a kindergarten. its located in the south east of ukraine, but some way from the russia border, and the annexed territory of crimea. our correspondent sarah rainsford spoke to us from dnipro. this was an air strike, or three air strikes, in fact, that happened in the early hours of this morning. the air raid sirens went off at about 4:30am this morning here in dnipro. they rang out for more than ...

Was a direct strike. what we understand from the authorities is that what was actually hit was primarily a small shoe factory, around about six kilometres from where we are staying. it is pretty central to the city, it is a sprawling city, running along both sides of the river, a vast, vast river. it cuts through the city. the shoe factory was hit, it went up in flames, it has been very badly damaged, there was also damage to a kindergarten, and to a nearby apartment block. certainly one person ...

Military assessments was that there is a convoy moving, and its closest approach, it is less than ten miles from the centre of kyiv. and that over the past 2a hours, it advanced by three miles. but it was very clear signs that russian forces are trying to move on this capital. the biggest prize in russias invasion for multiple directions. were also hearing this morning about bombing in the north—west and the west and also for the first time, against dnipro — many of our viewers will have see...