hello, this is bbc news. our top stories: explosions are heard across the ukrainian capital as the war enters a second day. there are reports kyiv is under missile attack from russia. an apartment building in the city has been destroyed. ukraine says it was hit by a russian aircraft that was shot down. the eu is the latest in the west to impose sanctions on russia, targeting its financial, energy and transport sectors, the commission president saying it is a watershed moment —— the west. is a watershed moment -- the west. , , ., west. putin is trying to subjugate _ west. putin is trying to subjugate a _ west. putin is trying to subjugate a friendly - west. putin is trying to - subjugate a friendly european country. and he is trying to redraw the maps of europe by force. he must, and he will,

fail. . , fail. leaving their lives behind: _ fail. leaving their lives behind: the _ fail. leaving their lives behind: the un - fail. leaving their lives behind: the un says. fail. leaving their lives - behind: the un says around 100,000 ukrainians have already fled the country and urges its neighbours to keep borders open. all chant. and russians take to the streets of more than 50 cities to protest the government's move. a police crackdown sees almost 2000 arrests. hello, and welcome. loud explosions have been heard in the ukrainian capital kyiv is the ukrainian capital kyiv is the war enters its second day. ukrainian officials say russia have carried out further missile attacks. video footage shows a large object, either an

aircraft or missile, falling from the sky after being shot down. the mayor says wreckage at a residential building, setting it on fire and injuring three people. thousands of people in kyiv have spent the night in the metro to shelter from the threat of russian air strikes. the defence ministry in russia has claimed air and missile strikes knocked out more than 80 ukrainian military facilities on the first day of fighting and that the targets included airbases, command posts, radarstations included airbases, command posts, radar stations and missile defence systems. the president of ukraine volodymyr zelenskyy says 137 ukrainians were killed in the first day of fighting. translation: sadly, today, we lost 137 heroes. - 0ur citizens. ten of them were officers. 316 people have been wounded. defending snake island, all our border guards died

a heroic death, but they have not surrendered. they will all be awarded posthumously immensely —— they will all be awarded posthumously the title of the hero of ukraine. let those who gave their lives for ukraine be remembered for ever. iremain in i remain in the capital. my family is also in ukraine. the children are in ukraine. my family are not traitors. they are citizens of ukraine. we exactly they are, i no right to say. according to the information we have, the enemy has marked me as target number one. my family as target number two. they want to damage ukraine politically, by destroying the head of state.

this is the scene live this morning in kyiv, it hasjust gone seven o'clock in the morning. china's state media has reported that china has arranged charter flights to bring chinese nationals out of ukraine and there are thought to be about 6000 living in ukraine. in another development, new zealand's prime ministerjacinda ardern government had immediately implemented a number of measures against russia, including a targeted travel ban against russian government officials. so those are live pictures coming in from us, the scene in kyiv on the second day of violence. the un estimates that 100,000 people have been forced from their homes in ukraine. several thousand have already crossed into neighbouring dover and —— moldova and poland. the european union has announced extensive new sanctions on russia, targeting the financial sector, oil, transport and visas for the russian elite. speaking in the early hours of

this morning at the end of an emergency eu summit in brussels, the head of the european commission ursula von der leyen gave more details about these measures. fiur about these measures. our exert about these measures. our expert -- _ about these measures. our expert -- exp°ft _ about these measures. our expert -- export ban - about these measures. oi" expert —— export ban will hit the oil by making it impossible for russia to upgrade its oil refineries, which gave actually russia export revenues of 2a billion euros in 2019. the third topic is the van, that we ban the sale of all aircraft spare parts and equipment to russian airlines. this will degrade key sector of�*s economy and the country's conductivity. three quarters of russia's current commercial air fleets were built in the european union, the us and canada and therefore, they are massively depending on that. the fourth point is we are limiting russia's access to crucial technology. we will hit

russia's access to important technologies it needs to build a prosperous future, such as semiconductors of cutting—edge technologies. and finally, on visas, diplomats and related groups and business people will no longer have privileged access to the european union. as always, these measures are closely co—ordinated with our partners and allies— these are of course the united states, united kingdom, canada and all norway now alsojoined united kingdom, canada and all norway now also joined by south korea, japan and, for example, australia. our unity is our strength. the kremlin knows this. and it has tried its best to divide us. but it has utterly failed. it has achieved exactly the opposite. we are more than ever united and we are determined. and to conclude, let me stress that

these events, indeed, mark the beginning of a new era. we must beginning of a new era. we must be very clear now in our analysis. putin is trying to subjugate a friendly european country and he is trying to redraw the maps of europe by force. he must, and he will, fail. �* , fail. at the same news conference, _ fail. at the same news conference, the - fail. at the same news| conference, the french president emmanuel macron said that president putin had been duplicitous. translation: lip to duplicitous. translation: up to 'ust a few duplicitous. translation: up to just a few hours _ duplicitous. translation: up to just a few hours before _ duplicitous. translation: up to just a few hours before the - just a few hours before the launch of these military operations, and the recognition of two illegitimate republics and then the military attack, we were still having talks with president putin about the details of the limitations of the minsk agreements. that means that there were certainly duplicity. a choice, deliberate choice, was taken consciously by president putin to launch a

war when it was still possible to negotiate peace. the united nations, sorry, _ to negotiate peace. the united nations, sorry, united - to negotiate peace. the united nations, sorry, united states | nations, sorry, united states has extended its sanctions on russia, focusing on the financial system and tech exports. joe biden said they would impose a severe cost to the russian economy.- the russian economy. putin is the russian economy. putin is the aggressor. _ the russian economy. putin is the aggressor. putin - the russian economy. putin is the aggressor. putin chose . the russian economy. putin is| the aggressor. putin chose this war. and now, he and his country will bear the consequences. today, i'm authorising additional strong sanctions and new limitations on what can be exported to russia. this is going to impose severe costs on the russian economy, both immediately and over time. we have purposely designed these functions to maximise the long—term impact on russia and minimise the impact that the united states and our allies.— and our allies. authorities in russia broke _ and our allies. authorities in russia broke up _ and our allies. authorities in russia broke up widespread| russia broke up widespread protests against the war on thursday. a humanitarian rights

monitoring group says that nearly 1800 people had been arrested in sa cities across the country. in moscow alone, over 900 people were detained. the military action also triggered an outpouring of condemnation on social media in russia. bbc monitoring service's margarita has been following the crisis in ukraine and gave us this update. ukrainian forces downed an enemyjet and it ended up crushing into a residential house on the left bank of gear. —— kyiv. casualties are feared, according to the mayor. three people are injured and one is gravely injured. we are hearing more and more reports of further casualties that are feared. also according to the interior ministry, kyiv is under fire also according to the interior ministry, kyiv is underfire by ballistic or cruise missiles and people are advised to hide

in bomb shelters. i am next to one right now and there are people coming in. some people slept at the bomb shelter and i see children there, but other people are still inside this block of flats where i live, our bomb shelter is in the basement, we use it as the bomb shelter. and, yeah, iam seeing people leave, people go into their car and leave the city but also, some people staying and going downstairs. it's pretty calm out here because we have curfew so you don't really see a lot of people in the streets. curfew is 10pm to seven am so there is a sense of calm but of course it is very deceptive because people are very scared and hiding or fleeing. very scared and hiding or fleeina. , , ,, fleeing. do stay with us. still to come. _ fleeing. do stay with us. still to come, taking _ fleeing. do stay with us. still to come, taking a _ fleeing. do stay with us. still to come, taking a look - fleeing. do stay with us. still to come, taking a look at - fleeing. do stay with us. stillj to come, taking a look at the mood in ukraine's capital without corresponded in kyiv. —— with our correspondence.

—— with our correspondant. first, the plates slipped gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier and so, my heart went - bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of these marches are their rights as citizens of the united states, and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i don't know you want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get the states? well, it bothers me, yes, i but i hope everything will be

all right in the end of the day. - hello, this is bbc news and a reminder of our headlines — loud explosions are heard across the ukrainian capital kyiv with reports of a russian rocket attack under way. this apartment block in the city was hit. russia faces more pressure from the west, severe sanctions imposed targeting the financial, energy and transport sectors. let's get some detail on how the world of sport is reacting to the ukraine crisis. hello there, this is your update from there, this is your update from the bbc sport centre. uefa is holding an emergency meeting on friday to confirm that the european champions league final will be taken away from russia. it follows widespread condemnation of the invasion of

ukraine. it was due to be played in the gazprom arena at the end of may and the decision will be made to move the showpiece event to another venue. the fifa president says a decision about potential sporting sanctions will be taken in due course. in fact, he now confirmed russia's world cup 2022 play—off game against poland is being reviewed as a matter of urgency. the polish, czechoslovakian and swedish federations wrote to fifa, is a game that should not be played back, citing the military escalation and lower safety. russia is scheduled to host a play—off semifinal against poland on march 2a in moscow for the right to also host the winner of a meeting between the czech republic and sweden for a place in qatar. ukraine are in a separate pool with scotland, wales and austria.— wales and austria. regarding the football _ wales and austria. regarding the football matters - wales and austria. regarding the football matters in - wales and austria. regarding the football matters in both l the football matters in both ukraine and russia, we continue to monitor the situation. and

we'll communicate updates with regard in particular the outgoing —— upcoming fifa world cup qatar 2022 qualifiers soon. the german football side have removed the name of russian state owned energy giant gazprom from their shirts as the club look to cut ties in light of the invasion. —— the german football side schalke. gazprom, who also back the champions league, have sponsored schalke since 2007. elsewhere, there were lots of protests and messages of support for ukraine at matches across europe on thursday night. these were dinamo zagreb fans holding a banner saying "support to the people of ukraine". the napoli and barcelona players came togther before kick off behind a banner saying "stop war" and one of ukraine's big football stars, ruslan malinovskyi, scored twice for atalanta in the europa league. he celebrated after the first goal by revealing a t—shirt under his atalanta top that said "no war in ukraine." the formula one team haas will continue pre—season testing on friday in white livery, removing the branding of russian company uralkali,

which is in the colours of the russian flag. and four—time world formula one champion sebastian vettel says he won't drive at the russian grand prix, and it should be cancelled. f1 officials met with team principals on thursday to discuss the race which is due to take place in september. you can get all the latest sports news at our website — that's bbc.com/sport. but from me, gavin ramjaun, and the rest of the sport team, we'll see you next time. i want to bring you some breaking news, thisjust into us now, air raid sirens as of the last five minutes are sounding all over kyiv. this is according to our world affairs diplomatic correspondence paul adams. at least one muffled explosion in the distance and hotels are instructing guests to head back into the basement. this, the hotel in which our diplomatic correspondence is currently at. so people very much back in basement, we know that overnight there were

plenty of people sheltering overnight in bunkers and underground metro station as well —— correspondent. 20 of ukrainians and our own journalists on the ground as well. we know the ukrainian president zelenskyy has said russia wants to destroy ukraine politically. he said by, in fact, liquidating him and he said he is very much target number one and his family our target number two. you have heard reports overnight that there are troops within 60 kilometres of the capital. we have heard from president zelenskyy that there are what he has described as saboteurs in the city. we will have more as we get it. we're hoping to speak to ukraine correspondent james waterhouse very shortly, if we can. well, one of the big questions being asked at the moment is just how far russia is prepared to go. we bring in an

independentjournalist to go. we bring in an independent journalist and former senior raf officer with a masters in war studies from king's college whojoins a masters in war studies from king's college who joins us via skype from paris who talks about the military aspect of this crisis. thank you for joining me. how well can ukraine stand up to the military might of russia? welcome i think when it comes to one on one, ukraine doesn't have the air and certainly the land forces to be able to deal with what ross is throwing at them at the moment. and when it comes to how the west and nato might bolster ukraine from that component, you have to look at this in two separate areas, the first is the strategic and the tactical. i will talked about the tactical first, which tactical. i will talked about the tacticalfirst, which is air, sea, and land. from the air, sea, and land. from the air component it is quite obvious that the russians are using a loss of the airspace in order to achieve their military

object. we saw squadrons of helicopters yesterday doing assaults on airports and we have seen a loss of fast air that you have been speaking about in terms of air raid sirens going off over kyiv, it is about getting the mission, that has been established since 2004 that operates out of estonia and lithuania, it operates for the baltic states, which are nato members, there is a conversation to be made about the sb7 eastern ukraine and how nato might be able to deny the russians or certainly disrupt the use of the airspace by the russians in terms of its military objectives from the air. from the ground that is going to be more interesting. the us is definitely not wanting to put boots on the ground anytime soon. we know they are just withdrawn from afghanistan, that'll be the priority when it comes to what joe biden is doing. the third

one is when we come to the sea, you can fire them from far away onto targets and you can do it quite accurately. a lot of cruise missiles, specifically the tomahawk attack missile comes from naval destroyers, there will be interesting conversations with erdogan from turkey about the straits in terms of access of us and nato naval assets through the bosphorus strait into the black sea in order to potentially target, you know, certain russian assets that my becoming inside ukraine with cruise missiles, that is the tactical layout, the interesting piece here is the strategic layout, in the past america's justified military action with the 2001— 2002 authorisation for the use of military force. i can't see in any way how the authorisation for the use of military force which was generated by the war on terror will cover any form of activity in the ukraine. so what that

means is if it doesn't, then, technically, it would have to go to a vote in congress in the united states and that is going through the house and the senate. i don't sense that there is any form of the us people wanting to get involved in ukraine. joe biden will be juggbng in ukraine. joe biden will be juggling with all the components at the moment. it is a complex situation strategically and tactically. very briefly, you have said that biden has already said that biden has already said that the us will not put boots on the ground. choice is extremely limited, as you have underlined that, with your answer, i wonder with the option is for nato. what exactly would it take for nato to become directly involved in this conflict? there are a number of ways you - this conflict? there are a number of ways you can | this conflict? there are a l number of ways you can do this conflict? there are a - number of ways you can do this. what we have seen in the past, and syria is case example here, is the us has shied away from putting conventional boots on the ground, but what it has done as it has put special operations boots on the ground,

which have worked, in the case of syria, with the likes of the syrian democratic forces. so what the us can do and what the us has been doing is using special forces activity in order to carry out objectives, because the us and the uk don't have to report to the media on what special forces activity are doing in these countries. that is one way. the other way is supplying things like stinger missiles, that is a man portable air defence system launched from the shoulder, that was a game changer when the cia provided that he stinger to the mujahideen in afghanistan in the 19805 and disrupted this obvious in afghanistan to a point where the soviets withdrew. lithuania, open source, lithuania, open source, lithuania has given ukraine us stinger missiles, and they do have incredible what is called counter countermeasures, it has a flair rejection capability, there was lots of footage from yesterday of russian helicopters kicking out these

flare5, what that does is it ba5ic wooli tries to declare the missile, the stinger has a brilliant ccm capability, and if stingers start entering the ukraine, whether it is from lithuania or the us, and the us wouldn't do it directly, think the cia would try to bigger route through the when you to give it to the ukrainians, then stinger mi55ile5 would be a game changer. we stinger missiles would be a game changer.— stinger missiles would be a game changer. we are going to have to leave _ game changer. we are going to have to leave it _ game changer. we are going to have to leave it there _ game changer. we are going to have to leave it there for - game changer. we are going to have to leave it there for the i have to leave it there for the moment. thank you very much for your analysis of the situation and some of the options available to the west. for many ukrainians their worst fears became a reality on thursday morning as they woke to the news that the country had been invaded. here is clive myrie, who spent the day with the people of kyiv. ukrainian troops burn piles and piles of documents. what they contain, we don't know. but so great is the fear they could fall into russian hand5, they must be destroyed. the enemy is literally at the gates.

not far, up the road, ukrainian armour in a capital city braced for the worst. and in the trafficjam, in every vehicle on this highway sit families who, for weeks, had prayed for peace. this is actually the main road out of the capital. that way is poland, it's lviv in the west, and you've got the city there. we've got armoured personnel carrier5 here and a whole line of traffic for as far as the eye can see, trying to get out. the nearby petrol station is doing brisk bu5ine55 in an atmosphere of dread. but while some fear for their lives, others will wait for the moment. we want to stay in our apartments with our family. we don't want to leave and we stay in kyiv. are you worried, though, about what's going on? 0h, of course, we worry,

because i am wake up, like, five o'clock in the morning and i listened, and until now, i don't believe about the situation, but we will wait. beneath the city streets, shelter from the russian storm. kyiv�*s warren of underground train tunnel5 are now bomb 5helter5. alexander is down here with his wife and two—year—old 5on. "i'm very, very 5cared for my boy," he says. al5o biding their time, staying put in an apartment in the heart of the capital are a group of young civil rights activists with dreams for their country. like yuri, aged 21, convinced ukraine can prevail over mighty ru55ia. i say we win. you think you'll win? yeah, we will.

ukrainian and ukrainian army will win. i believe it. you'll survive this? yes. a hopeful a55e55ment, but his friend artien isn't so confident. are you worried for your life? are you worried about what could happen? oh, yeah, of course. it's scary because it's a war. horns blare a war too close. as we talk, the country's defender5 pass by, the hopes of this land, its future resting on their shoulder. clive myrie, bbc news, in kyiv. we are going to be ending this last half—hour with live picture5 last half—hour with live pictures from kyiv, from the capitol there. the 5iren5 have been ringing out again on the second day of violence in the city. —— capital. there have been reports of explosions and an aircraft shot down over kyiv. we know that the sirens

also blasting the second city of the lviv, as well. volodymyr zelenskyy said earlier that saboteurs had already entered the capital. stay with us. hello there. we're ending the working week on a largely fine and settled note, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. the winds and showers continue to ease down during the overnight period. it's a chilly start to friday morning but there will be a lot of sunshine around and it'll feel a little bit warmer than it did yesterday, too. now, here's the ridge of high pressure pushing in from the west. you can see fewer isobars, so lighter winds. this weather front, though, may bring more cloud northern ireland, western scotland later on. could start with a few blustery showers through the morning. these will fade away, the winds will turn lighter, plenty of sunshine bar a little fair weather cloud into the afternoon.

more cloud for northern ireland and western scotland, thanks to that weather front i showed you, and outbreaks of rain for western scotland. could see a little bit of wintriness over the higher ground as well. but the temperatures a bit higher than yesterday's — 7—11, maybe 12 degrees across the far south—west. as we head through friday night, it stays cloudy for scotland and northern ireland — quite breezy here, too. for england and wales, we'll have clear skies. lighter winds here, so another chilly night to come. maybe a touch of frost out of town. less cold further north and west, where we have more cloud and more breeze. into the weekend, then, this area of high pressure over the near continent will influence the weather across england and wales. but you'll see the further north—west you go, closer to this weather front, it's likely to be cloudier and also breezier, so more cloud for scotland and northern ireland through the day, could see some outbreaks of rain for the north—west of scotland. it should be drier further south and east but for england and wales, another largely fine, dry and settled day. and after that chilly start, with all the sunshine around, it'll be quite mild with top temperatures of 10—12 degrees, so feeling quite springlike. similar story for england and wales on sunday, though this weather front may have a bit more influence. this area of low pressure will have more of an influence

across the country — during monday, it'll bring us outbreaks of rain. so, sunday starts off dry and bright, plenty of sunshine across england and wales. that weather front, though, fading as it moves its way eastwards to bring a bit more cloud around. but again, scotland and northern ireland probably seeing most of the cloud through the day and temperatures again similar to saturday's — 8—11 degrees. on monday, that area of low pressure i showed you brings wetter conditions for a time on monday but then, high pressure builds back in and the rest of the week looks largely fine and settled with some spells of sunshine.

this is bbc news with the latest business headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. financial warfare — requesting countries announced sweeping new sanctions on russia, targeting banks, businesses and wealthy individuals.— businesses and wealthy individuals. ., ., ., ~' individuals. we agreed to work individuals. we agreed to work in unity to _ individuals. we agreed to work in unity to maximise _ individuals. we agreed to work in unity to maximise the - in unity to maximise the economic price that putin will pay for his aggression and this must include ending europe's collective dependence on russian oil and gas —— western countries. russian oil and gas -- western countries-_ countries. underlining those concerns. — countries. underlining those concerns, gas _ countries. underlining those concerns, gas prices - countries. underlining those concerns, gas prices surge, | concerns, gas prices surge, threatening to plunge europe deeper into an energy crisis. and so does the price of wheat. russia and ukraine make up almost one third of world exports. but finding some stability again, global stock

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