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crisis conflict researcher for human watch richard weir. thank you for joining us. i know you have been investigating these attacks on civilians around kiev where you are, what have you discovered so far? >> well, once we are able to get access to areas in and around kiev, when russian forces withdraw, all we found was evidence of extraordinary violence. each of the cities that we visited like bucha ahave effectively been turned into crime scenes, where we have been documenting sudden executions, torture and other indiscriminate violence that left civilians dead or maimed over the course of the russian occupation. >> other parts of the country as you well know, including mariupol, for example, have been under vehicle for weeks. do you fever what we are seeing is only the tip of iceberg?
>> at one point the tank turret turned our way. we were staring down the barrel. it's not clear what spooked them, but something definitely did, and sudden will some of the russian soldiers to the right and left of the tank were kneeling and aiming their rifles at our convoy. thankfully, the situation eventually calmed down. they then checked our i.d.s, searched our vehicles, and allowed us to proceed. it took a while to drive through what turned out to be a large russian armored column. >> dozens and dozens of vehicles, armored personnel carriers, tanks, hundreds of men. >> reporter: their presence confirmed that mariupol is indeed encircled, and it's
with more companies pulling out of the country, life is getting harder. visa and mastercard have announced they're suspending their payment services, so doing business will get even tougher. and, speaking in their language, ukraine's president has something to say directly to the russian people in whose name vladimir putin is waging this war. translation: | know that - many of you came to believe that ukraine allegedly hates you, allegedly will attack, allegedly will destroy. liars. liars talk about it every day on the russian television. it's theirjob to lie to you every day, but that shouldn't be your fate. russian promises of a temporary ceasefire weren't kept yesterday, which meant this evacuation centre stood largely empty, with ukrainians unable to escape from mariupol, which has been under siege for the last ten days. that is why the calls keep coming for nato to impose a no—fly zone, including from ukraine's former president.
cities in the south including mariupol, and kharkiv in the north—east, are being attacked. there are reports that civilians continue to be targeted. cities in the south including mariupol, and kharkiv in the north—east, are being attacked. international companies like visa and mastercard have become the latest western companies to suspend their services in russia. dan johnson reports. the pummelling of the ukrainian people shows no sign of relenting. it's getting closer to kyiv and it's causing more casualties as well as forcing more people on the move. it's also sparking more resistance.
is in many other cities of ukraine and different parts like kherson and many other cities which have been captured by russian terroristic groups and russian army. but in this, mariupol has been identified as the first point where we will test the agreement reached bilaterally and supported by the red cross organisation on establishing the humanitarian corridors, both for providing humanitarian aid to the population of the affected region, but also the voluntary evacuation of people. the first wave of this should have started yesterday but we basically didn't start it because of the shelling which was ongoing throughout the territory agreed as a humanitarian corridor
there have been protests around the world, but also in russia. with more companies pulling out of the country, life is getting harder. visa and mastercard have announced they're suspending their payment services, so doing business will get even tougher. and speaking in their language, ukraine's president has something to say directly to the russian people in whose name vladimir putin is waging this war. translation: | know that - many of you came to believe that ukraine allegedly hates you, allegedly will attack, allegedly will destroy. liars. liars talk about it every day on the russian television. it's theirjob to lie to you every day, but that shouldn't be your fate. russian promises of a temporary ceasefire weren't kept yesterday, which meant this evacuation centre stood largely empty, with ukrainians unable to escape from mariupol,
ukraine and, of course, we have seen a very defined the zelensky who has said that they will not negotiate with a gun to their head. there have been several rounds of negotiations already between the two sides but they haven't had any kind of successful outcome so far, 11 days into this conflict. there was also talk of humanitarian corridors that were promised but, as we've seen in places like mariupol, there was also talk of humanitarian corridors that were promised but, as we've seen in places like mariupol, fired out. one such person who fled the conflict in the south in odesa is a woman i met earlier lviv train station. earlier i spoke to yelena, who'd just arrived here in lviv after leaving her home in odesa in the south of ukraine this morning, leaving herfamily and her parents behind. they told me, like, you should leave, so i should listen to what my parents say, so, yes, i left.
this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm victoria derbyshire. our top stories... russian artillery continues to pound cities and towns in ukraine — as the invading forces seek to capture more ground. the besieged city of mariupol will attempt another evacuation of civilians — after a similar plan was abandoned yesterday due to continuing fighting. the un says one point five million people may have fled ukraine by the end of today. and i am at the border crossing, it is expected i million people will have fled to poland alone. credit card companies mastercard and visa join those businesses withdrawing
sanctions to be introduced by the democratic world, europe, and different groups. we are working with our partners but the situation is going more and more severe. we understand that it's not the end of the war, even especially given our determination and the normal losses the russian army faces both in human dimension in terms of soldiers and also in terms of techniques is something that does not deter russia but only encourages the aggression and it is also confirmed by intelligence around the world. can i ask ou intelligence around the world. can i ask you about _ intelligence around the world. can i ask you about mariupol? there is very little information coming out of there but we know the citizens there under very heavy attack. a ceasefire we understand is going over is in place right now for the whole day. how much confidence do you have that that will hold, but