Civilians flee heavy bombardment in town near Kyiv
Heavy bombardment in Bucha, Hostomel, and Irpin have resulted in civilian death by Russian mortar fire.
On day 11 since the invasion was launched, some of the heaviest fighting has been in towns to the north west of the capital Kyiv. The towns of Bucha, Hostomel and Irpin have been under heavy bombardment. Civilians trying to flee have been killed by Russian mortar fire.
A second attempt to coordinate a ceasefire in the southern port city of Mariupol failed again today. The city has been under heavy Russian bombardment for several days and around 200,000 people are trapped in deteriorating conditions with no safe path to evacuate.
Also in the programme: A look into the safe-haven oligarchs find for their dirty money in London; and we hear from a resident of Odesa, a critical port city and Ukraine鈥檚 third-largest city.
(Photo: Women look out from inside an evacuation train to the city of Kyiv, at the train station in Irpin, Ukraine on 4 March 2022. Credit: Roman Pilipey/EPA)
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