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Country because tomorrow at midday, the bank of england s monetary policy committee is due to announce whether or not it will alter uk interest rates. that position will come at mid day, you ll find it here on bbc news. the european union has announced plans for a total ban on oil imports from russia by the end of the year. around three and a half million barrels of russian oil are imported into the eu every day in return, russia is being paid up to half a billion dollars a day for it. the proposed ban on russian oil is one of a number of tough new measures being put forward by the european commission to intensify the pressure on russia. in ukraine, russian strikes have hit three power stations in the western city of lviv. in the besieged port city of mariupol, the mayor says he has lost contact with the last remaining forces resisting russian troops at the steelworks, as heavy fighting continues there. our eastern europe correspondent ....
So today, we will propose to ban all russian oil from europe. this will be. applause but the sanctions need unanimous support. and, while europe argues, these women s relatives are underfire. the last ukrainian fighters in mariupol. they re encircled by russian forces at a joint steelworks. a giant steelworks. mariupol s mayor believes there s up to 30 children among the civilians still with them. and across the donbas region, the fighting is relentless. the local governor says no city here is now safe. around kyiv, they know exactly how that feels. staff at this hospital, ....
Strongly dependent on russian oil. but we simply have to do it. so today, we will propose to ban all russian oil from europe. this will be. applause. but the sanctions need unanimous support. and while europe argues, these women s relatives are under fire. the last ukrainian fighters in mariupol. they re encircled by russian forces at a giant steelworks. mariupol s mayor believes there s up to 30 children among the civilians still with them. and across the donbas region, the fighting is relentless. the local governor says no city here is now safe. around kyiv, they know exactly how that feels. staff at this hospital near ukraine s capital ....
Our correspondent tom bateman is in dnipro, where wounded civilians are being evacuated from the frontline, by train. i want to warn you, his report does contain some distressing images. president putin calls his goal the liberation of this country s east. he s showing the world what that means in mariupol. street battles have intensified for days. the city s defenders are holed up in a giant steelworks, now told by moscow s forces to surrender or die. but ukraine says they ll fight to the end. mariupol s fate could seal the next stage of the war as it moves to the east. and those from the hardest hit areas are running out of time to escape. in dnipro, even some of the wounded are being evacuated west. katya s mum was killed in last week s missile strike on a train station in kramatorsk. ....
He s showing the world what that means in mariupol. street battles have intensified for days. the city s defenders are holed up in a giant steelworks, now told by moscow s forces to surrender or die. but ukraine says they ll fight to the end. mariupol s fate could seal the next stage of the war as it moves to the east. and those from the hardest hit areas are running out of time to escape. in dnipro, even some of the wounded are being evacuated west. katya s mum was killed in last week s missile strike on a train station in kramatorsk. what i saw was like a nightmare, she tells me, with blood everywhere. i somehow got to a bench, and police officers helped me. they put me in a car and took me to hospital. where people once stood ....