President Biden said today there was no clear evidence that the Russians were scaling back their military operations around the Ukrainian capital, despite that assertion from Moscow earlier this week, the US has seen some redeployments of Russian troops, but not in sizable numbers. Meantime, the Russian attacks and Ukrainian resistance grind on most fiercely in the east and south east of Ukraine. The international committee of the red cross said that it had secured an agreement to evacuate civilians from besieged Mary upper, but those plans have been blown away by Russian shells. In the past tonight, we start well north of there in Ukraine's second largest city. Hark of special correspondent jack Houston again begins our coverage.
A once a residential area in northeastern hark, give, now it goes down, the horror continues even as Russia pledged to stop the attack.
Another Russian missile hit a pipeline. Cutting the gas supply to thousands of residents destroyed triggered a massive fire that burned dozens of local shops. And I don't think that our apartment block was hit by three missiles. People were left without entry doors. Where are we supposed to live? Look at us, look at my clothes, that's how we live.
Elsewhere in the north, Russian troops are now pulling out of the channel nuclear plant. The size of the world's worst nuclear disaster, the Russian sees the facility in the early days of the invasion today, Ukraine's nuclear operator reported Russian soldiers were exposed to significant doses of radiation from digging trenches around the highly contaminated site.
Ukraine said those troops are now moving toward the Belarus border. Where the us expects Russia to resupply and redeploy them elsewhere in Ukraine, yeah.
The Ukrainians are not letting up their defense this week. They recaptured towns and villages near Kiev. Where dead Russian soldiers now lay.
Ukrainian fighters eager to take away any Russian weapons left behind. We will win and we will be victorious because we are on our land, and that is a huge advantage we have over the enemies as Russian forces struggle today, president Putin authorized drafting conscripts into the army. He said it had nothing to do with Ukraine, but the issue of conscription has been contentious in the war.
Earlier this month, Mr Putin claimed all soldiers were quote professional. But Russia chief defense spokesman said that was not the case. Unfortunately, we have discovered several facts of the presence of conscripts in units taking part in the special military operation in Ukraine, U S officials say Russia continues to reposition its troops away from the capital, but despite promises of de-escalation, Russia intensified its offensive in the southeast as it focuses on the dumbass region in the north. Heavy shelling continues to hit key.
Chinese and hockey of there was a renewed onslaught of Russian artillery hitting the northeast of hockey of today 380 impacts were recorded according to firefighters. We spoke to. This was the heaviest weight that observed since the beginning of March, so contrary to Russian claims of reduced military activities, in fact. It appears the bombardment is actually getting worse. Farther south in Mariupol, Russia promised a one day ceasefire. But Ukraine said a new humanitarian convoy headed to evacuate trap civilians was stopped at a Russian check point. In Washington today. President Biden said he seen no sign of Moscow scaling back its offensive depending on your view of food, i'm a little skeptical. It's an open question whether he's actually pulling back. And going to say i'm just going to focus on the dumb boss, and i'm not worried about the rest of them.
meanwhile, in Berlin. A Ukrainian delegation met with Germany's economy minister as the country is trying to reduce its dependency on Russian energy, put in, threaten to hold gas exports if they're not paid for in rubles beginning tomorrow, she wouldn't you. But today I signed a decree that establishes the rules for trading Russian natural gas with the so called unfriendly states in order to purchase Russian natural gas, they must open rule accounts in Russian banks earlier this week, put in spokesman Dmitry Peskov insisted Russia will cut off all gas supplies if countries don't adhere to the new rules and as peace talks are expected to resume tomorrow in another address to his nation last night. Ukraine's leader said the suffering was expected to grind on duck. Yeah, put a whole lot of these are only words so far. No specifics.
There is a real situation on the battlefield, and we will fight for every meter of our land for every. the P B S news out on jack Houston in hockey of Ukraine.
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