residents are forced to spend another night underground. there is against. in new york, russia vetoes a security council recommendation condemning russia's invasion. russia cannot be told their own people protesting this war in

the street and russia cannot veto the un charter. it comes as the us joined the veto the un charter. it comes as the usjoined the uk and eu in bringing sanctions against president putin and his foreign minister. and nato vetoes the russian invasion of ukraine. there are reports of fighting in and around the ukrainian capital hours after the president warned that russian forces were preparing to storm the city. it is just after 5am local time there. the ukrainian army says it has repelled an attack along one of the main avenues from the west. it also said a battle broke out around an airport to the south where russian forces were trying to land. ukrainian said they shot

down a large russian plane carrying troops. the president has urged people to stand firm saying the fate of ukraine was being decided. here are the key developments. russian forces are progressing from multiple directions in an attempt to circle the city. at the united nations, russia has vetoed a draft resolution. hundreds of people have been crossing from ukraine into poland, romania and hungary in cars, food and bail. the un refugee agency believes up to 5 million people may try to leave the country. fierce fighting continues in many parts of ukraine. all eyes are on kyiv. gunfire has also been heard in the city centre near the presidential office and there has been fierce fighting at the airports to the west of the capital. in the first of our report tonight our correspondent looks at the date 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.

is. it happens again. president putin urged the military he was attacking to turn on their own government. attacking to turn on their own government-— attacking to turn on their own government. translation: i a - eal to government. translation: i appeal to the — government. translation: i appeal to the servicemen - government. translation: i appeal to the servicemen of. government. translation: i. appeal to the servicemen of the armed forces of ukraine. let neo—nazis and ukrainian ultranationalist use your children, wives and the elderly as human shields. take power into your own hands.— as human shields. take power into your own hands. ukraine is under attack — into your own hands. ukraine is under attack on _ into your own hands. ukraine is under attack on many - into your own hands. ukraine is under attack on many fronts. i into your own hands. ukraine isj under attack on many fronts. in marion pole in the south—east, destruction. in sumy, in the north—east, 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 battleground, and 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 neighbourhood they come through, cordial. today,

it looks like any other in ukraine. this 0 is for the pharmacy —— popdil. maxime told us any they hope any advancing russians to attack the people. 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... when a person is so inadequate, nobody knows what will come to his mind. this evening, the mind of president zelensky was defiant. speaking from the streets of kyiv, posted this message on social media. translation: we are all social media. translation: - are all here, householders are here, the citizens are here and

we are here. we defend our independence. that's how it will go. glory 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. russia has vetoed a un resolution that would condemn its invasion. india, china and the uae abstained, ii voted in favour. the ambassador addressed the meeting after the vote. translation: i will addressed the meeting after the vote. translation:— vote. translation: i will not diuni vote. translation: i will not dignify the _ vote. translation: i will not dignify the russian _ vote. translation: i will not dignify the russian diabolicall dignify the russian diabolical script that is rather a letter of obligation for the upscale seatin of obligation for the upscale seat in hell. by commenting on it. a couple of hours ago, my president said, and i quote," tonight, the enemy will use all

the forces at their disposal to break our resistance. while crawl and inhumane, tonight, they will storm —— cruel. we must all understand what awaits us. we have to persevere tonight. the fate of ukrainians being decided right now." but was ukraine _ being decided right now." but was ukraine ambassador to the un speaking a few hours ago and in his latest televised speech, to me putin called on ukraine's military to abandon the government in kyiv, who he described as" terrorists, addicts and neo—nazis." personal addicts and neo—nazis. " personal sanctions addicts and neo—nazis." personal sanctions have been announced against mr putin and serco lavrov i several countries. steve rosenberg. 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 easier for 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 sergey 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. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. javed ali, associate professor at the gerald ford school of public policy spoke to me earlier. i've asked him whether he thought from putin's perspective, the invasion was going to plan. 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 wait in a ringed formation, or will they make a push to try to capture or even kill president zelenskyy? there are a lot of things that can happen in between those two scenarios. so, there is so much that still 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, and they are taking losses as well, so this is something that will go back and forth for the next several days or weeks. you mentioned the losses there — do you think president putin might have been caught somewhat by surprise 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 — now, 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 russia 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 is 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, of course, calling it "a special military operation". do you believe that he doesn't want to occupy ukraine but do what he says, which is demilitarise it? i mean, based on 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 objective and not occupy it 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. but every day there are troops on the ground, they will also be targets. some people have been saying they're slightly surprised that russia hasn't initiated more cyber attacks on ukraine. it is obviously something that the country allegedly does pretty well. yes, russia has incredibly sophisticated russian cyber — offensive cyber capabilities — and 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 a warning and also to see what the response would be. but i actually was surprised that those more aggressive

cyber operations weren't integrated into the military operations and maybe, that is just 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 happened yet. whether it happens going forward, that is also something that will be interesting to see. javed ali speaking to me earlier. a reminder of our headlines, reports of fighting in and around kyiv as ukraine claims that shot down a large plane carrying russian troops. the country's president wants the capital's fate would be decided tonight, calling for residents to take up arms. nato leaders have called russia's invasion a terrible strategic mistake for which it will pay a severe political and economic cost for years to come. nato has been holding an extraordinary summit which also included finland, sweden and the eu to discuss the latest developments. turkey told the meeting the alliance should

have responded to the invasion more decisively. james landale reports. this is what the defence of kyiv looks like. soldiers with guns and armoured vehicles, ready to take on the might of russian tanks and warplanes. little wonder there is a debate about what more the west can do to help. but these american fighter jets will not be coming to theiraid. they arrived in romania today as part of nato's decision to beef up its presence in member states close to russia. so, too, these british forces, arriving in the baltic state of estonia. they are there to deter potential russian aggression against nato countries. at the headquarters of the military alliance in brussels, world leaders agreed to go even further, making what they called "significant additional defensive deployments" in eastern europe. we are deploying elements

of the nato response force on land, at sea and in the air. we will do what it takes to protect and defend every ally and every inch of nato territory. what the west could do is give ukraine more help like this. these are anti—tank weapons, provided by britain. downing street said more support was planned and nothing was off the table. there is clearly a strong appetite here at westminster and in other european capitals to give ukraine more military kit, to support an insurgency against russian forces. but ministers are absolutely clear there will be no uk troops on the ground, nor a no—fly zone enforced by nato war planes. and here is why— ukraine may have held a parade for nato forces last summer but it is not yet a member. it wants to join but it will not happen while there is a risk of importing conflict into the

wild lions, and it could take years to resolve. but look at how far and wide nato reaches and the fear is that if nato forces join the fight in ukraine, war could spread across the whole continent. the president has _ across the whole continent. tue: president has been across the whole continent. tte: president has been very clear that we will defend every inch of nato territory. i think that's the most powerful deterrent against president pruden going beyond ukraine. but it may be of little solace to the many thousands of people trying to flee kyiv station —— putin. where guards fired warning shots to keep the crowds. crowds choosing to head west rather than rely on the west. james landale, bbc news. earlier i spoke to the head of the eurasian democracy in the richard mcevoy initiative, is returning to help the city after earlier fleeing with his family. after earlier fleeing with his famil . ~ . , , after earlier fleeing with his famil. . , , , family. we are pretty depleted, it's obviously — family. we are pretty depleted, it's obviously very _ family. we are pretty depleted, it's obviously very emotional. it's obviously very emotional but it also comes in strains

the mind very well, i was apparently on the hit list, there are groups of diversionary strong trip is operating throughout ukrainian cities and especially in care of and some have been disabled but we don't know what the number that remains is. i'm someone who has been very vocal with my and i putin views and we hold ukrainian and american passports so i assume i would be a prime target but i am hoping to make my way to kyiv and as i'm driving around ukraine, i'm seeing throughout the country this is unlike anything we've seen since world war ii, when ukraine defended itself when it was part of the soviet union from 1941 to 1945. territorial defendants units being formed, there are teenagers and old men in every little hamlet, every little town, every little city and the result is overwhelming. people are going to fight, it seems like, to the west.—

are going to fight, it seems like, to the west. you seem very determined. _ like, to the west. you seem very determined. peter, - like, to the west. you seem | very determined. peter, tell like, to the west. you seem i very determined. peter, tell us about your personal story. you left kyiv with your family to protect them and came back. was it a personal choice or did you have to return? t’m it was obviously notjust it was obviously not just a personal decision, not, i mean, obviously, it is a call of duty and it is a call of our president. the president issued this call to all able—bodied men from, you know, 15 to 60 years of age, to do so. as chief of the army, i mean, we listen to him. we have two bays command. this is a do or die moment for ukraine. it is to be 13 in ukraine. it is when they are expecting another round of shelling and it seems putin is going to go all guns blazing.

he has been reading people. it is estimated he's lost 3000 people. we don't know, in the fog of war, how reliable these numbers are, but a significant loss. he has lost tanks and aeroplanes. so the blitzkrieg was planned by all accounts has failed and he wants to take out very quickly not to get bogged down in street warfare and this is looking increasingly likely. if the people of kyiv stand their ground tonight it is going to turn into something much bloodier and heavier than putin anticipated.— putin anticipated. you're on our putin anticipated. you're on your way — putin anticipated. you're on your way back. _ putin anticipated. you're on your way back. on - putin anticipated. you're on your way back. on your - putin anticipated. you're on your way back. on your way j putin anticipated. you're on - your way back. on your way back to fight and protect. how prepared are you for this? anything eh? yellow like nothing can prepare you for this. i have my life i have been reading books about war

and now i am living it, you know. this is our, you know, a cup that we have to drink to the fullest. that is all i can say. if your limit is one minute, apart from a personal story, there is something to be said about what the west can do. let me appeal to western governments. there are already talking about disconnecting russia. there are close to that decision and the only recount descent members germany and german titles and of their historical guilt. good more ukrainians than anyone else. their sympathy should be on ukrainian side. the russian sovereign wealth fund should be frozen. a lot of it sits on the ledgers of central european bank of england and the us federal reserves. they can be frozen and used to pay for ukrainian resistance. they are discussing ways to close ukrainian sovereign airspace. there is a lot of things that

can be done and has to be done now. this is western liberal democratic on the line. this is a do or die and advise all. very passionate, of course. hoping western governments may hear his pleas and to take on some of the sanctions. the un refugee agency says more than 50,000 people fled ukraine and have headed west to try to cross the country to neighbouring correspondence. 0ur correspondence has been to the polish border. 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 21st 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 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. stay tuned to bbc news. 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.

to storm the city. the ukrainian army said it had repelled an attack along one of the main avenues. russia has vetoed a un resolution that would have condemned its invasion of ukraine. 11 members voted in favour. the russian ambassador said it was not waging war against the ukrainian people but was carrying out an exercise to protect the residents of donbas. the united states has said it is imposing sanction on putin and will freeze us assets following announcements from the eu and britain. the russian foreign ministry said it showed utter impotence.