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Danger if they tried to flee. this house in the nearby village of shevchenko took a direct hit. bombardment is less frequent now. its just calm enough for 72-year-old natalia to pack up and go. "its impossible to tolerate this anymore," she says. "im already an old woman." a neighbor will drive her to nearby mykolaiv. shrapnel riddled his car and shattered the back window. "im not afraid to die," says natalia, "but im just not ready. i havent gone to confession yet." in an adjacent town, yuba sh...

Things. i wouldnt use this type of word because i continue to hold discussions with president putin. what do we want to do collectively? we want to stop the war that russia has launched in ukraine without waging war and without escalation. and through diplomatic means, the objective is to obtain a ceasefire and complete withdrawal of troops. if this is what we want to do, we should not escalate things, neither with words nor actions. >> well, british officials are also reacting to president bide...

State led by a war criminal. and we are working day and night and fighting fiercely to defend our land and defend our democracy and everyone should be brought to justice. so i think it will be difficult to run a state from the hague. >> thousands of people have fled the terror of finding peace and security in an unlikely place. salma abdelaziz spoke with some of them in the mountain sanctuary they now call home. >> reporter: nestled deep in the carpathian mountains, far from the bombs and bullet...

Like belfast, drive my car and power of the dog. in other awards, arianna dubois became the first openly woman of color to win for best supporting artist. she won for anita in steven spielbergs remate of "west side story." the first deaf male actor has won an academy award. he is taking home the best male actor for his performance in coda. its not being ignored by the stars of the oscar. chloe millas reports. >> reporter: hollywood paid tribute to ukraine at the academy awards. celebrities suc...

And the strat jifts protecting the capital believe nothing has changed. rahit kachroo. >> phil, we have seen overnight several cities overnight being targeted with missile strikes. this of course as the ukrainian government warns russia is trying to, quote, wipe ukraine off the face of the earth. what more can you tell us about these strikes overnight? >> reporter: its been a trend here, isa, from late last week. russian missiles mostly fired from russian naval ships in the black sea and now wer...

There is complete destruction absolutely everywhere. but maybe the most interesting thing is not the place this flattened but the fact it wasnt flattened into submission. in the capital monument is being protected as history is rewritten because met with a fierce resistance moscow now says it no longer wants to focus on the capital but the ukrainians dont believe that. >> translator: we cannot trust them. at the moment we dont see any withdrawal of russian troops from certain areas of kyiv. >> r...

Ukrainian capital. >> reporter: shevchenko survived. but not much else did. a statue of the ukrainian poet still stands after almost everything else was wiped out by a russian airstrike. the library was hit. residents take the books they once borrowed. the town hall was destroyed too. and the shop for kids. and the pharmacy. and even the off license. vichi is a village one hour from kyiv and it tells two stories. the crater reveals the force of russian might. but theres a story of failure too. m...

>> translator: we need to not escalate things. i would continue to hold discussions with president putin. what do we want to do collectively? we want to stop the war russia has war without waging war and without escalation. >> lets get more on this from nic robertson from brussels. good morning to you. we heard president macron kind of suggest, nic, that perhaps the u.s. position and the eu position vis-a-vis russia. whats your read of this? >> reporter: well, going into this, the united states ...

Governor of the National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) Kyrylo Shevchenko called on Asian countries to impose economic and financial sanctions similar to those of the United States and the European Union.

The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) has appealed to the international payment systems Visa and MasterCard with demands to stop servicing payment cards issued by banks – residents of the Russian Federation, the regulator's press service reported on Sunday.