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and nato base up its own defences and condemns the russian invasion of ukraine. hello and welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. ukrainian president has warned that russian forces may try to storm the capital kyiv in the coming hours. in an address to the nation he told people to stand firm saying the state of ukraine was being decided —— fate. residents were spending another night in metro stations and basements. here are the key developments tonight. russian forces are progressing towards kyiv from multiple directions in an attempt to encircle the

city. russia has vetoed a draft resolution is. hundreds of people have been crossing from ukraine into poland, romania, and hungary, in cars, on foot and hungary, in cars, on foot and by rail. the refugee agency believes nearly 5 million people may try to leave ukraine. his fighting continues in any part of the country with russian troops advancing from the north, the east, and crimea in the south. all eyes are on kyiv. gunfire has been hurt in the city centre near the presidential office and there has been fierce fighting at the airports to the west of the capital. let us listen to ukraine's ambassador to the un addressing that meeting, quoting his president, warning it will be a difficult night for his country's capital. i will not dignify the russian diabolical prescription which is for an upscale seat in hell.

a couple of hours ago my president said" tonight the enemy— president said" tonight the enemy will use all the forces at their— enemy will use all the forces at their disposal to break our resistance." while cruel and resistance. " while cruel and inhuman_ resistance." while cruel and inhuman tonight they will storm _ inhuman tonight they will storm. we must all understand what _ storm. we must all understand what awaits us we have to persevere tonight. the fate of ukraine — persevere tonight. the fate of ukraine is being decided right now — ukraine is being decided right now. . , ukraine is being decided right now. ., , «a, 2 now. that is ukraine's representative - now. that is ukraine's representative on - now. that is ukraine's representative on the | now. that is ukraine's - representative on the un. on the first of our reports nick beake looks at the day the nation's capital came under attack.

siren. the early sirens wailed in ukraine's capital once more. but this was no rude awakening — no—one had been able to sleep. the latest russian bombardments had hit yet more homes, injuring the very civilians the kremlin promised had nothing to fear from what it calls a targeted attack on the ukrainian military. as we make our way through kyiv, we find volunteers now bearing arms to protect their country. we soon see signs of a battle drawing ever nearer, as well as those bracing themselves for a last stand. of all the places to get a flat tyre. alyna's family now caught between ukrainian artillery and the russian front line. alyna says the whole family is very afraid and can't now go back to their home, and this is why. explosion. what do you think of what vladimir putin is doing to the ukrainian people? explosion. "this is him," alyna's mother tells me. you can hear the artillery — that is outgoing fire from ukrainian forces. that family has just left. the fear here is that very soon

russian forces will be making their way down here to take the capital. at the same time, ukraine's president was trying to reassure a nation, pleading with the world to help them. for the second day, our city has experienced rocket and bomb strikes, masses of tanks as well as air strikes, which are similar to those which europe has already seen during the second world war, and about which it said, never again. but this is now how it is. it happens again. president putin urged the military he was attacking to turn on their own government. translation: | appeal- to the servicemen of the armed forces of ukraine.

do not let neo—nazis and ukrainian ultranationalists use your children, wives and the elderly as human shields. take power into your own hands. ukraine is under attack on many fronts. in mariupol in the south—east, destruction. in sumy in the northeast, battles rage. and here in the capital, in circumstances still unclear, horror as a tank drives over a car. incredibly, the driver survived. and this is a pivotal battle ground — an airport north—west of kyiv. its fate could be vital to that of the whole country. if the russians succeed there, this will be one of the first neighbourhoods they come through, podil. today it looks like any other in ukraine. this queue is for the pharmacy. maxim tells us he hopes any advancing russians would not harm him and his family. i think they don't take our — like normal people.

i think they have a heart inside, they have something good inside. elena, a grandmother, says russian occupation would be a disaster. translation: this is my city. the city of my parents, my grandparents. i'm not going to leave. and as for what she makes of vladimir putin... translation: when a person l is so inadequate, nobody knows what will come to his mind. he posted this message on social media. translation: ~ �* social media. translation: �* ., translation: we're all here, our soldiers — translation: we're all here, our soldiers are _ translation: we're all here, our soldiers are here, - translation: we're all here, our soldiers are here, the - translation: we're all here, our soldiers are here, the are l our soldiers are here, the are here, and we are here. we defend our independence. but�*s how it will go. sorry to our defenders, both male and female, glory to ukraine. tonight, there is overwhelming support for the men and women

being asked to save their country. but there's also a deep fear the effort will not be enough. nick beake, bbc news, kyiv. in his latest televised speech, russia's president vladimir putin called on ukrainians to abandon the government in here. the european union and the uk have announced personal sanctions against mr putin and the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov. from moscow, steve rosenberg reports. has the kremlin�*s plan become any clearer? for months, putin kept the world in suspense. then, invasion of ukraine. now an appeal to ukrainian soldiers to topple their government. translation: take power into your own hands. - i think it will be easierfor us to deal with you than with the drug addicts and neo—nazis that have installed themselves in kyiv.

the state media is backing the kremlin�*s war. russia's foreign minister tried to justify it. mr lavrov, let's put euphemisms aside. this is not a special military operation, is it? it's a full—scale russian invasion of ukraine. how can you possiblyjustify invading a sovereign nation, your neighbour? translation: in terms of euphemisms, - we've a lot to learn from you anglo—saxons. you called the destruction of iraq a battle for democracy. russia will ensure the demilitarisation of ukraine. it's time, the west thinks, for sanctions against sergei lavrov and vladimir putin. their foreign assets are being frozen by britain and the eu. personal sanctions against vladimir putin sends a strong message. it shows that western leaders

view him increasingly as a pariah. but will it make the kremlin leader change course? almost certainly not. because president putin seems determined to continue with his military plan. and here's part of it. this is belgorod, western russia, near the border with ukraine. a lot of military hardware and activity. and different views on russia's offensive over the border. translation: the| president explained it all, that they will target military objects only. of course it's unpleasant, but there was no other way out. translation: there is nothing good in it. - everyone has friends and relatives there. i can't find words to express it. the longer the war continues, the harder it will be to convince russians that their president took the right decision.

well, javid olly is a former senior director of counter terrorism and the un national security council and is now at the gerald r. —— gerald r ford school. we are sweeping attack on here tonight. how do you view the assault so far from a russian perspective, is going according to plan for president putin? , , ., ., , putin? this is a really important _ putin? this is a really important question. | putin? this is a really| important question. it putin? this is a really i important question. it is putin? this is a really - important question. it is so difficult to understand what president putin's objectives are, whether they have reached them according to the campaign plan that they have laid out. if there is, indeed, a siege on kyiv tonight, one of the important aspects of that is will they encircle the city and sort of weight in a ring formation, orwill sort of weight in a ring formation, or will they make a push to try to capture all kill

president zelenskyy. there are a lot of things that can happen inbetweeners two scenarios. there is so much that has not played out on the ground. but also every day that goes by and russian troops continue to push in that puts them at risk as well, they are taking losses as well, they are taking losses as well this is something that will go back and forth for the next several days or weeks. you mentioned _ next several days or weeks. you mentioned the _ next several days or weeks. you mentioned the losses there, was president putin caught slightly surprised by how robust ukraine's defences have been? that could be part of the dynamic playing out. and with the losses that are unfolding, both on the ground and, apparently, in the air, this is something that president putin is going to have to think really hard about and, going back to the days of the soviet invasion of afghanistan and looking at the losses, the significant losses the soviets took there, we're only in the early phases of this conflict, but day that goes by there are dead russian soldiers and airmen and even potentially

people in the russian navy, this is going to impose serious cost on roster and also every day that goes by, more sanctions will come into play, not only on leadership but potentially affecting the economy, the diplomatic pressure is obviously rising, so russia was obviously going to have to figure out a way to in this conflict soon and if not there is going to be more and more of these costs they will have to endure. president putin calling _ will have to endure. president putin calling it _ will have to endure. president putin calling it a _ will have to endure. president putin calling it a special- putin calling it a special military operation. do you believe that he doesn't want to occupy ukraine but to do what he says, which is demilitarised? i he says, which is demilitarised? ., , he says, which is demilitarised? ., ., demilitarised? i mean, based on what is happening _ demilitarised? i mean, based on what is happening right - demilitarised? i mean, based on what is happening right now, - demilitarised? i mean, based on what is happening right now, it l what is happening right now, it looks like this is a full—blown invasion with an attempt to decapitate the government of kyiv. and then the only way that they could achieve that object of and not occupied would be to install some kind of puppet regime, which also could be at risk from ukrainian resistance elements. so i think

this russian occupation is going to go on for some period of time, regardless of what president putin wants. every day there are troops on the ground they will also be targets. ground they will also be targete— ground they will also be taraets. , ., , targets. some people have been sa in: targets. some people have been saying they're — targets. some people have been saying they're slightly _ saying they're slightly surprised that russia hasn't initiated more cyber attacks on ukraine, it is obviously something the country allegedly does pretty well.— does pretty well. russia has incredibly — does pretty well. russia has incredibly sophisticated - incredibly sophisticated russian cyber capabilities they have used those capabilities on ukraine for the last several years. they affected power and energy targets in 2015 and 2016 for short periods of time, probably to demonstrate capabilities, and also see what the response would be. but i actually was surprised that those more aggressive cyber operations won't integrated into the military operations and maybe that is yet another phase of this campaign that hasn't yet played out for a tool that russia could use to increase the pressure in ukraine. but that hasn't

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fighting continues across ukraine some people are making less preparations for battle. our eastern europe correspondent the sports. strategically importantly situated between further dividing east and west ukraine. this is not normal. but it is life now for anna and herfamily, ever since vladimir putin launched his invasion. the boys don't go to school any more. everyone's home, waiting for the war to reach them. if there's shelling, they're ready to run to the basement. just basic stuff like warm clothing, a bottle of water and a snack. i have to keep up my smile for the kids, because they are very nervous. they cried yesterday, they're scared. i'm scared for my life, for my kids. country, but this is, you know, the fear that is transformed into anger. that makes you act, do something to defend your country and to protect yourself. this is dnipro, and by daylight

things are calm for now. but at 10pm, a siren sounds and the streets empty. until then, there's queues everywhere for cash. the city straddles the vast river that divides ukraine into east and west. its bridges reportedly prepped for destruction if russian tanks get close. the local blood donor centre is working flat—out, collecting supplies for any soldiers wounded on the front line. there's been war here in eastern ukraine for eight years, but what's happening now is on a whole new scale. this is a huge queue and people have been standing here all day, coming to give blood, because they say they want to do their bit to help their armed forces. but the thing that i keep

hearing from people in this queue is that they also want the west to do more to help their country. sanctions are ok, it helps and i believe that it will help a lot. but, yeah, we need more. that's not enough. we really rely on europe now. my friend is going there now. your friend has to go and fight with russia? yeah, and i don't want to lose them. i don't want to lose my country. i love it so much, you can't even imagine that. how worried are you about what's happening? actually it's quite shocking for me and right now i'm thinking about taking a weapon into my hands, at least to defend my local districts. ukraine's now called on everyone to help defend this land, as russian troops fight their way forward across a country nervous but determined to resist them. sarah rainsford, bbc news, in eastern ukraine. each of the un's refugee agency

says more than 50,000 people have fled ukraine in the past hours. many have headed west to try to cross their border into neighbouring countries. now there is concern there could be a mass exodus. a correspondence has been to the polish borders. a border separates but also brings together. families reunited in the search for safety, like ten—year—old mariya and her mother, who travelled for two days from kyiv tojoin her father here in poland. how do you feel about leaving? do you feel scared about what is happening? yes. i've never felt about this situation that one day another country in the 215t century could attack another country in europe. your country? my country. the stream of ukrainians crossing this border

is increasing. they've lived with the threat from russia for years. but now, with its leader besieging their homes, they've had to flee. nadia left her eldest daughter behind to help the army, coming here with her two youngest. yesterday, i woke up because i've heard some noise and i asked my husband, "what is happening?" he looked through the window and said, "wow, russia has bombed our airport. so, 0k, just pack our bags and you have to save the kids." i love my country. i want to go back. but we cannot go, we cannot stay safe over there. poland is welcoming the new arrivals with open arms, and is setting up several reception centres. it's been one of the eu's most hardline, anti—migrant countries in recent years, but it also knows all too tragically the cost of russian occupation and hostility. these scenes of seeking refuge across europe's borders are more associated

with the migrant crisis from the middle east. but now the threat is on the eu's doorstep, and while poland says that the uptick in arrivals so far is modest, it warns that it could become the largest refugee wave since 2015. there is traffic in the other direction too. ukrainians andrei and nikolai heading back to help their homeland fight. "we are going home to defend our country," he says. "this is our duty. we didn't do anything wrong to russia. putin is trying to capture the whole of ukraine." from wherever they came, they have one destination — safety. yesterday they were residents, today refugees. mark lowen, bbc news, on the poland—ukraine border. let's bring you breaking news were getting on the story of ukraine. russian troops have tried to attack an electricity generating station in kyiv and russian troops have attacked a ukrainian army base in here. we

bring you more news as we get it regarding that. earlier we spoke to the director of the eurasian democracy initiative he was forced to evacuate his family and is now attending to help defend the city. i family and is now attending to help defend the city.— family and is now attending to help defend the city. i am kind of re help defend the city. i am kind of pretty depleted, _ help defend the city. i am kind of pretty depleted, you - help defend the city. i am kind of pretty depleted, you know. | of pretty depleted, you know. it is obviously very emotional but it also concentrates the mind very well, you know. i was informed that i was on hit list. there are groups of diversionary storm troopers operating throughout ukrainian cities especially in kyiv. some of them have been disabled but we don't know the number that remains. i'm someone who has been very vocal with my anti—putin views and a whole in both a ukrainian and american passports i assume i will be a prime target but i'm hoping to make my way though, as i'm driving around ukraine and see throughout the country this is unlike anything we have seen since world war ii when ukraine

defended itself and it was part of the soviet union from 1941 to 1945. territorial defence units have been formed. with teenagers and old men. every little town, every little town, every little city. the result is overwhelming. people are going to fight. it seems that, to the last man.— going to fight. it seems that, to the last man. you seem very determined. _ to the last man. you seem very determined. tell— to the last man. you seem very determined. tell us _ to the last man. you seem very determined. tell us about - to the last man. you seem very determined. tell us about your| determined. tell us about your personal story. you left kyiv with your family to protect the magic came back. was that a personal choice that you made or did you have to return? in the mike i am not there yet. i can disclose my location but i'm to reach it tomorrow. it was obviously notjust a personal decision, i mean, obviously, it is a call of duty and it is a call of our president. the president has called all able—bodied men from 15 to 60 years of age to do so. as chief of the army we listen to him. we have to do obey his

command, you know. this is a do or die moment for ukraine. we are talking 3:13am in ukraine. this is about when they are expecting another round of shelling and it seems like putin is going to go all guns blazing. he has been reading people. it is estimated he has lost about 3000 people, may be, we don't know, the fog of war, reliable these numbers are but it is a significant loss. he suffered losses in tanks and aeroplanes. so the blitzkrieg that putin planned by all accounts has failed. and he wants to take kyiv out very quickly and not get bogged down in street warfare and is looking increasingly likely, if the people of kyiv stand their ground tonight then it is going to turn into something much

bloodier than putin anticipated. before we give a quick reminder of that news we're getting from the reuters news agency that is the russians could be attacking electricity stations and an army base in care. stating that we will be new monies to get it. well, we have some pretty good weather on the way for this weekend. lots of sunshine across england and wales. a little bit more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, but on the whole, it is still going to be a dry one. so, let's have a look at the big picture at the moment. we are in a sort of window of decent weather across western europe here. there are storms out in the atlantic, but for a change, they are heading way to the north of us. so, we'rejust being gently brushed here in the north west of the country by these atlantic weather fronts. it'll be dry because they'll stay out to sea. and, in fact, most of us will be under the influence of the high pressure, and indeed this is the case through the early hours. you can see the clear skies and light winds across england and wales. a bit more cloud here in the north west because we

closer to the weather front. as i said, that weather front will stay out to sea, so it'll be dry. but it will be mild for belfast and glasgow. we're talking eight degrees first thing across many parts of england, certainly a good chance of at least a ground frost outside of town. so, light winds and sunny skies for many parts of england, very pleasant indeed for wales. in scotland and northern ireland, always a little bit more cloud and particularly windy around some of these western coasts. in fact, off the hebrides, winds will be near gale—force during the course of the day. temperatures fairly similar wherever you are, 10—12 degrees. now, here's the weather map for sunday, and the high pressure slips away a little bit further towards the east. that brings a weak weather front in, and that spells spells cloud and maybe some rain for a time in western parts of scotland, maybe a little bit more cloud across other western areas. but on the whole, for most of us, it's going to be at least another bright day and a generally dry one as well. very, very decent indeed. in fact, the best of the weather will be across eastern and southern areas, but the weather fronts are encroaching. it's because that high pressure, that is, is slipping out towards eastern parts of europe, and that does mean that weather fronts advance towards the uk. so, we are expecting rain

and gale—force winds in the north west of the uk, but the rain will spread into england and wales through the course of monday. so, after the two dry days, saturday and sunday, make the most of the weekend because monday is looking pretty wet, especially out towards the south west. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. our top stories: ukrainian president has warned that russian forces may try to storm the capital, kyiv, in the coming hours. volodymyr zelenskyy told people to stand firm, saying the fate of the country was being decided. residents of kyiv spending another night in metro stations and basements. russia has vetoed a un motion. the russian ambassador insisted his country was not waging war against ukraine or the was not waging war against ukraine orthe ukrainian ukraine or the ukrainian people, ukraine orthe ukrainian people, but was ukraine or the ukrainian people, but was carrying out an exercise to protect the residents of donbas. and the united states has said it is imposing sanctions on president vladimir putin and his foreign minister and will freeze the us assets following similar announcements from the european union and britain. the russian foreign minister uses the personal sanctions showed the utter impotence of western countries.