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There is complete destruction absolutely everywhere. but maybe the most interesting thing is not the place this flattened but the fact it wasn't 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 don't believe that. >> translator: we cannot trust them. at the moment we don't see any withdrawal of russian troops from certain areas of kyiv. >> reporter: because you needn't go far from kyiv to see the area around it was in russia's sights no...

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 there's a story of failure too. more than a month into this war life of sorts carries on. the russian troops never arrived although ...

>> 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. >> let's 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. what's your read of this? >> reporter: well, going into this, the united states said it would pursue diplomacy with russia right up to the last minute when they crossed into ukra...

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.