translation: if anyone from the outside intends to interfere in what s happening, then they should know this. if they create threats for us, threats of a strategic nature, our retaliation, our counter strike will be instantaneous. in the southern port city of mariupol, this steel plant, surrounded by russian forces, the last stronghold of ukrainian fighters here, their commander appealing for a mass evacuation, saying alongside 600 wounded soldiers are civilians, including children inside. translation: today my appeal is apply the extraction procedure to us. the wounded will die and those who are alive will fall in the battle. civilians will die together with us. very, very many people have died in the city. the city has been wiped off the face of the earth.
was a strategic imperative and that the conflict needed to be a catalyst for wider change. russia s president valdamir putin warns any country interfering in ukraine will be met with a lightning fast military retaliation. the head of the un, antonio guterres has arrived within the last hour on the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it is the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it is thought the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it is thought they the outskirts of the ukrainian capital kyiv or talks with president zelensky. it is thought they will how to evacuate hundreds of civilians from a besieged steelworks in the southern port city of mariupol. let s have a look at what he has been saying. i mariupol. let
russian forces out of ukraine. some argue that we shouldn t provide heavy weapons for fear of provoking something worse. but my view is that inaction would be the greatest provocation. this is a time for courage, not for caution. now president putin has sent a message to the west, warning ukraine s allies against further interference. translation: if anyone from the outside intends to interfere in what s happening, then they should know this. if they create threats for us, threats of a strategic nature, our retaliation, our counter strike will be instantaneous. in the southern port city of mariupol, this steel plant, surrounded by russian forces, the last stronghold of ukrainian fighters here, their commander appealing for a mass evacuation, saying alongside 600 wounded soldiers are civilians, including children inside.
translation: today my appeal is apply the extraction procedure to us. the wounded will die and those who are alive will fall in the battle. civilians will die together with us. very, very many people have died in the city. the city has been wiped off the face of the earth. after meeting president putin earlier this week, today, andrew plant, bbc news. the defence secretary ben wallace told the bbc this morning that it would be legitimate for ukrainian forces to target russian logistics. so, first of all, under un law, a country that is being attacked, in the way ukraine has, has a right under international law, to defend itself. it is also under international law the right of that country to seek, where there is an illegal invasion or attack, to seek other countries to come to its defence. it is called mutual self defence. the united kingdom, alongside many of those 40 countries,
improvements can t come soon enough. she s still, you know, she is still bouncing from crisis to crisis. and i don t know if we just have to try and manage it because there isn t any support. inspectors will return to the trust in the next few months and warn if services are no better, further action will be taken. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. a heatwave which has gripped india for the past few weeks is expected to continue with forecasters predicting record breaking temperatures for the capital, delhi. firefighters have been tackling flames at a huge landfill site near the city,