hello, this is bbc news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: the battle for the capital — there are reports are fighting in and around kyiv with reports of a plane being shot down carrying russian troops. the country's president want the country's president want the country's fate would be decided tonight. those who can't take arms are asked to spend another night underground. in new york, russia vetoes a united nations security council resolution condemning moscow's invasion. russia cannot veto the ukrainian people. russia cannot veto their own people protesting this war in the streets and russia cannot veto

the un charter. it streets and russia cannot veto the un charter.— streets and russia cannot veto the un charter. it comes as the us “oins the un charter. it comes as the us joins the _ the un charter. it comes as the us joins the uk _ the un charter. it comes as the us joins the uk and _ the un charter. it comes as the us joins the uk and eu - the un charter. it comes as the us joins the uk and eu in - usjoins the uk and eu in bringing sanctions against blood impudence and his foreign minister. and nato beefs 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. there are reports of fighting in and around the ukrainian capital, kyiv, hours after president volodymyr zelenskyy want the russian forces were preparing to storm the city. the ukrainian leader has urged people to stand firm, seen the fate of ukraine was being decided. here are the key developments tonight: russian forces are progressing towards kyiv from multiple directions in an attempt to encircle the city. at the united nations,

russia has vetoed a draft motion that would have censored it for the invasion. the un refugee agency believes up to 5 million people may try to leave ukraine. fierce fighting continues in many parts of the country with russian troops advancing from the north, from the east, and from crimea in the east, and from crimea in the south. but all eyes are on kyiv. gunfire has also been heard in the city centre in the presidential office and there has been fierce fighting to the west of the capital at the antonov airport. nick beek looks at the day the nation's capital came under report. 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 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 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. 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 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. let's bring you right up to date with developments in the last couple of hours. louisa bilbyjoins me now. has fighting reached in a kyiv like we were expecting it to tonight? it we were expecting it to tonight?— we were expecting it to toniaht? ., .,, ., tonight? it has. it has not been as — tonight? it has. it has not been as widespread - tonight? it has. it has not been as widespread as . tonight? it has. it has noti been as widespread as we expected and as widespread as the ukrainian president himself expected. he did address the nation to tell them, in his words, tonight the enemy will begin storing us, we need to withstand them. he thought that kyiv could have been taken this evening. that hasn't happened, but we have heard reports of fighting in the centre of kyiv. across kyiv people are hunkered down in sellers, in subways, and bunkers, so the city is quiet apart from, as i said, these pockets of fighting. i will bring you some information about a couple of attacks. the

ukrainian army say that they have repelled an attack on the west of kyiv. that would complete the encircling of kyiv, which is incredibly important strategically, because the troops have been coming down from the north, from the east and from the south. we don't have many details of the fighting and that has come from the ukrainian army. there has also been some fighting at the airport to the south, where russian paratroopers were trying to land. there are reports of a large russian plane carrying a significant number of troops has been shut down. that is coming from the ukrainian side of things. about president volodymyr _ ukrainian side of things. about | president volodymyr zelenskyy, we have seen videos from him, effective ones where he is appealing to russian speakers and his people leading from the front very much. what we know about him at the moment? he is sta in: in about him at the moment? he is staying in kyiv- _ about him at the moment? he is staying in kyiv. he _ about him at the moment? he is staying in kyiv. he said - about him at the moment? he is staying in kyiv. he said he - staying in kyiv. he said he would and he is still there.

earlier he posted to social media that he actually took himself outside some of the government buildings. he announced that he is there, there with his people and he is not leaving. and that is despite the fact that we have heard previously that he has the intelligence to say he is russia's number one target, and that his family is the second. that is his life in danger. if they get hold of him that they are planning to, reports suggest, assassinate him. very serious situation for him, but he is not moving. he is, as so many we have seen of the ukrainian fighters, they are proud, they are brave. and he is staying put. we proud, they are brave. and he is staying put-— is staying put. we have some low pictures _ is staying put. we have some low pictures that _ is staying put. we have some low pictures that we - is staying put. we have some low pictures that we can - is staying put. we have some low pictures that we can go . is staying put. we have some | low pictures that we can go to in kyiv at the moment and it doesn't let's look at it is fairly peaceful. but we have seen reports of gunfire,

explosions, and it looks as if they're moving into kyiv as expected, perhaps not at the rate we expected, but we will keep you on standby, louisa pilbeam, thank you very much. russia has vetoed a resolution that would have condemned its invasion of ukraine. india, china, and russia have abstained. i china, and russia have abstained.— china, and russia have abstained. ., , abstained. i will not dignify the russian _ abstained. i will not dignify the russian diabolical- the russian diabolical prescription that is rather a letter of application for an up skill seat in the hall by committing it. a couple of hours ago my president said "tonight the enemy will use all the forces at their disposal to break our resistance while cruel and inhuman, tonight they

will storm. we must all understand what awaits us. we have to persevere tonight. the fate of ukraine is being decided right now. " that is the ukrainian _ decided right now. " that is the ukrainian ambassadorl decided right now. " that is. the ukrainian ambassador to decided right now. " that is - the ukrainian ambassador to the un addressing the security council little earlier. in his latest speech, vladimir putin called on the ukrainian military to abandon government in kyiv who he described as terrorists, drug addicts, and neonazis. the european union and uk have announced personal sanctions against vladimir putin and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov. 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. kyiv is a very dangerous place to be right now with residents and journalists advised to take refuge. let's hearfrom our chief international correspondent lise doucet taking shelter in a basement. this is kyiv tonight. what was a vibrant european city nearly 3 million people. but tonight they have gone underground to take shelter and that includes us. we are in an underground parking garage. many others i hear, but we can show you where we are. the chairs all lined up, cuts have been brought out. you can see the urns of coffee and tea in the distance. this is where we're going to have to take shelter through the night and we're not sure for how much longer. there were repeated air

raids sirens tonight and then a call from the authorities, including the people running this hotel — "take to your shoulders and don't come out." the meier of the city, a famous boxer who has now taken on a military uniform and picked up again, he told the citizens of kyiv "this is going to be a difficult night." there was a roll of explosions across care tonight, explosions in the distance, still not in the centre, still about ten miles away, there was also the rattle of gunfire and artillery as well. this was a night so different from last night where these exclusions first started, but there is a real worry that as the russian forces approach kyiv, approached the city, with fighting in the suburbs, this is just the fighting in the suburbs, this isjust the beginning of fighting in the suburbs, this is just the beginning of what could be a long battle, a battle for the city to survive. and we saw today, as we went

around the city, how war has pulled life from kyiv. people have taken over pulled life from kyiv. people have ta ken over two pulled life from kyiv. people have taken over two underground shelters like this or have fled or they are picking up a gun to fight. i spoke to bradley bowman who was senior director of this and on and political power in the foundation for defence and democracies. i asked whether he degree crane's defensive capabilities have improved. there were some legitimate, has improved since then and they have been combat hardened since that time because they have been finding the movement at donbas, so this is a better military that has combat experience.— military that has combat experience. my review of history tells _ experience. my review of history tells me - experience. my review of history tells me you - experience. my review of l history tells me you should never underestimate the will and strength of a free people depending the homeland. d0 and strength of a free people depending the homeland. do you think the longer— depending the homeland. do you think the longer this _ depending the homeland. do you think the longer this goes - depending the homeland. do you think the longer this goes on, - think the longer this goes on, the longer maybe russia's

forces don't get the games they were expecting to get, the worse it might get for vladimir putin who might be expecting a quit when here, and you are getting more stories of bravery and defiance from ukraine's people who are staying to defend the country, to think it could be quite clear the fact that ukraine's military is so much better than it used to be? i think it is key, but the sad truth is from my perspective the russian have undertaken a massive military modernisation effort, the russians are better than they were in 2008 when russia invaded georgia. i still occupy parts of georgia. in every metric of military power, the russian military is superior to the ukrainian military, and we are seeing roughly one third, one half of the russian forces by my assessment that have been engaged. there is a lot more russian forces that can come in in the coming days. these first few days of conventional combat

will be the best days. it will only get worse from here. even if they overthrow the government and install in kyiv a new government after the decapitation of the current government, but is only going to stay in power if russian forces remain. if russian forces remain. if russian forces remain, they will be targeted by ukrainians. the people protesting in russia will not be happy about that. what do you think nato and the us will be doing at this point? i have been arguing for a long time, at least since january that the united states working should be moving heaven and earth to get ukraine, a need to defend itself. the biden administration's movement was slow in starting, it has been significant since then, but it has been insufficient. with all the ukrainian defence minister pleading for additional

anti—tank missiles, more stinger shoulder launched missiles to take out aircraft. in the early stages russians will rely on missiles. they will rely on missiles. they will want these stinger missiles this is a decisive moment in the contest between freedom and authoritarianism, and we have to help the ukrainians at their own peril. it has been enough consensus among western countries, people working together and countries working together and countries working together and countries working together as much as they could be?— working together as much as they could be? some countries have been _ they could be? some countries have been very _ they could be? some countries have been very impressive. - they could be? some countries| have been very impressive. uk, canada, baltic countries. germany has been to for a number of reasons. we need nato unity and strength at this moment. this is one of the most significant test of nato since 1949. . ., , 1949. the fighting continues across through _ 1949. the fighting continues across through crane, - 1949. the fighting continues across through crane, some| across through crane, some people are making last preparations for battle. their arrangement reports from the city of dnipro.

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 anymore. everyone's home, waiting for the war to reach them. these are for kids. 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. i'm scared for my 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, 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? well, actually, it is 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. the refugee agency said more than 50,000 people have fled ukraine in the past 48 hours. many headed west trying to cross the board into neighbouring countries. our correspondent has been to the polish border speaking to people trying to escape.

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 herfather here in poland. how do you feel about leaving? do you feel scared about what is happening? yes. i have 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, russians 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's traffic in the other direction too.

ukrainians andrei and nikolai heading back to help their homeland fight. "we're 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. before we go, let's bring you some pictures, live pictures of independence square, this is in central care. it is 6:25am and just starting to get lighter. looks pretty calm there but we are getting reports of combat operations actively taking place in the streets of care. we don't have any pictures of that, but we heard reports of gunfire and shells exploding and we will bring you up—to—date on all of the latest right here on bbc news. don't forget you can also go to our

website. from me and the rest of the team, thank you for watching. stay tuned. 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. so, 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 are 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 around 8 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 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 the 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.

hello. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: reports of fighting in and around the ukrainian capital, kyiv, hours afterthe ukrainian capital, kyiv, hours after the president wanted russian forces were preparing to storm the city. the ukrainian army said it had repelled attack along the west of the city. russia has vetoed a un resolution that would have condemned its invasion of ukraine. 11 members voted in favour. the russian ambassador insisted his country was not waging war against ukraine or the ukrainian people but was carrying out an exercise to protect the residents of dundas. and the united states is that it is imposing sanctions on vladimir putin and his foreign minister, and will freeze their assets, following similar announcements from the european union and britain. the russian foreign minister said it revealed the absolute impotence of western countries.