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Other countries. but the threat is there. thats not gonna help them in ukraine. let me tell you, one of the questions i had while ive been running around the country, was meeting with soldiers and members of the armed forces. and the military command was, tell us about those ieds in america in america afghanistan. these guys went to fight for ever. and they are gonna make every russian, and russian tank there -- . its gonna be a javelin festival. theyre gonna destroy any tank ambushes. and theyr...

Poland and ukraine. we know the polish president has been advocating that ukraine should have an express pathway to eu membership, candidate status should be granted immediately. he was saying ukraine must also have access for eu funds for reconstruction. at the moment before you can think about things like that it is the people that arrive here and are making their next onward journey and it is them that i guess our thoughts are with as they first crossover to the safety of poland and then take...

Trucks rolling in. explain the military activity were seeing how and what you think is next. >> well, unfortunately, this is right out of war college, invade a country 101. you start with a massive campaign of air strikes and knock down the air defense system so you control the air completely. you couple that with degradation of the command and control, the ability to direct those ukrainian forces in the field from their headquarters, their version of the pentagon, for example. you couple that w...

What he says is aggressive statements by nato countries. i will repeat that because that is a significant line, ordering military command to put nuclear deterrence forces on high alert after what they describe as aggressive statements by nato. lets head straight to moscow and jenny hill our correspondent. tell us more. and jenny hill our correspondent. tell us more-— and jenny hill our correspondent. tell us more. that is what we have at the moment. _ tell us more. that is what we have at the ...

Us this evening. and given your expertise how concerning is it right now russia isnt even agreeing to an exclusion zone around these nuclear plants in ukraine? what kind of risks are we looking at here? >> well, paula, its extremely concerning. these are very high security facilities. they require special -- especially trained personnel to operate them. theyre very, very rigorous safety and security protocols that need to be executed at all times. and we really dont know how this operation is go...

I think that means he is going to be looking for what tools does he have to apply pressure to those nations that are executing the sanctions against him, and how can he bleed off some of this increasing domestic pressure. the cyber element, and the disinformation piece becomes very attractive. in the coming days and weeks youre going to see a more aggressive use of cyber coming out of russia. >> what is your reaction to his announcing that hes putting his military command, his nuclear deterrent ...

Of the chernobyl nuclear disaster site. i spoke with a research associate with the project on managing the atom. at the she spoke with potential risks at a ukrainian nuclear facility. take a look at this. >> paula, it is extremely concerning, these are high security facilities, they require specially trained personnel to operate them. theyre very, very rigorous, safety and security protocols, that need to be executed at all times. and we really dont know how this operation is going to happen und...

Strike this morning, according to emergency services. 35 were rescued. the citys mayor vitali klitschko said this morning klitschko said this morning a 35—hour curfew would be imposed later today. translation: according to the decision of— translation: according to the decision of military _ translation: according to the decision of military command, l translation: according to the | decision of military command, at translation: according to the - decision of military command, at 8pm a curfe...

Civilians who have been crossing bridges to get into kyiv being bombed. the apartment buildings we have seen flattened. are those examples enough to prosecute vladimir putin for war crimes? >> theyre examples that demonstrate war crimes are occurring in ukraine. thats undoubted. the question is how do you relate specific hits on civilian populations to first a military command that has ordered that hit. and then up to vladimir putin. mr. putin leaves footprints every day publicly. as to how much...

We understand the mayor says four people have been killed. james waterhouse has the very latest. pa rt part of this war the russians do want you to see. their defence ministry released this footage of a helicopter strike on a ukrainian military target. at the start of this 20 day war, vladimir putin claimed the cities and citizens would not be targeted. we have known for sometime the has happened. more people killed in a shelling of residential blocks, this time in north—western kyiv. translat...