this is bbc news. i'm yalda hakim. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world... the moment a rocket hit a residential apartment block in ukraine's capital as explosions are reported across the city. the number of casualties is still unknown as an evacuation is under way. one eyewitness narrowly escapes the blast. translation: we managed to escape. we were in the kitchen. we were lucky. there was a direct hit into the living room. my wife and elder child had their legs broken open. th younger was somewhere by the rescuers. i am looking for them now. ukraine's president says fighters have held off multiple attacks in kyiv.

vowing to continue to defend his country. translation: we successfully _ country. translation: we successfully repelled enemy attacks in many _ successfully repelled enemy attacks in many cities in our country. we know— in many cities in our country. we know what— in many cities in our country. we know what we are protecting. our country _ know what we are protecting. our country and the future of our children _ more than 120,000 people are estimated to have fled into neighbouring countries since the invasion. it's nearly midnight where we are now and they keep coming. and why is that? to get away from any possibility of attack by russian troops, by russian aircraft. these are people on the move, quite simply, because of fear. those against? moscow vetoed a un security council resolution condemning their invasion of the ukraine. ——china and india abstain. in a rare step, they impose sanctions on vladimir putin and his foreign minister sergey lavrov. chanting: stop the war! showing solidarity with ukraine, protests continue around the world protesting

against the russian invasion. hello and welcome. heavy gunfire and rocket blasts have been heard in ukraine's capital kyiv is the russian military continues its assault on the city. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky says attacks have been repelled motives, directions that the governor of the kyiv region one russian troops are building the body. earlier, president zelensky is shared a video of himself on the streets of kyiv dispelling rumours he had called in the army to lay down arms. he has promised to give weapons to anyone willing to defend the country. fighting continued in several cities overnight. this map shows some of the locations that came under fire. russia claims to have captured the

southern city although this is yet to be confirmed by ukraine. more than 120,000 people across borders to escape the conflict. our correspondent reports from kyiv. the night has brought reports of strikes on a power station and explosions in western parts of kyiv. translation: we managed to escape. we were in the kitchen. we were lucky. it was a direct hit into the living room.

my wife and elder child had their legs broken open. the younger was taken somewhere by the rescuers. i am looking for them now. innovative's famously deep underground stations whole communities are keeping their heads down. if you now last 18 hours a day, not going achievements are listed. the president he refuses an american offer to get out still here. i don't need divide, he says. i need ammunition.— here. i don't need divide, he says. i need ammunition. there is a lot of fake information _ i need ammunition. there is a lot of fake information on _ i need ammunition. there is a lot of fake information on the _ i need ammunition. there is a lot of fake information on the internet - fake information on the internet saying _ fake information on the internet saying we — fake information on the internet saying we have called for the army to lay _ saying we have called for the army to lay down their arms stop well, i am here — to lay down their arms stop well, i am here. we have not lay down any weapons _ am here. we have not lay down any weapons. we will defend our weapon is a treat _ weapons. we will defend our weapon is a treat. , ., weapons. we will defend our weapon is a treat. , . ., ., , is a treat. they have already started digging _ is a treat. they have already started digging trenches - is a treat. they have already - started digging trenches attempting to slow the army where they can put russian tax will be had to stop. the bulk of russian forces are no less than 20 miles from here. they say that ukrainians are still putting up stiff resistance and that russian casualties may be far higher than the kremlin ever imagined. it is another day of silence all over the

capital, a city proud and historic waiting to discover its fate. sirens drone. security forces constantly on edge looking for signs of savage is trying to weaken the city from within. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. where were the main areas of fighting, fighting in the strategically important hostomel airport, key road running east to west from the city centre, also said to be heavy fighting near the air base south—west of tf and an important building in kyiv�*s airport was bombed as we have seen. our international correspondent met once us a break from a road international correspondent met once us a breakfrom a road on international correspondent met once us a break from a road on the outside of]. —— orla guerin.

outside of kyiv. well, we're on the road to the capital kyiv and we've just come across this convoy of ukrainian military vehicles. we've been told that they were hit yesterday. they were obviously heading towards the capital to be part of the defence of the city when there was a russian missile strike. this is an air defence missile system. very, very few cars on the road this morning. we're making a careful approach to the city, checking the information as we go. reports coming out from kyiv talk of air strikes, talk of more sirens, people hiding in basements. it's crucial for moscow's plans to try to get control of the capital, but that may involve street—by—street fighting, and, so far, there is no indication that russian forces have managed to reach the centre of the city, though there are reports that they are in one of the suburbs on the outskirts.

orla guerin reporting there. i'm joined now by severing the sled who is in deeper ukraine. if last years we have heard president zelensky say to people pick up yarns and help defend your nation. he also is people to start making molotov cocktails. that is exactly what the people behind you are doing, and they? to, yes, it is, it is really, really bizarre. i think this is the strangest thing i personally have ever seen because this is part of a park here in the centre of the dnipro, the city, and you can see people bringing cheese grater is here to great polystyrene to make these molotov cocktails, there are boxes of glass bottles and i have been speaking to some of the people here. lots of them are women. there was an english teacher i spoke to, a lawyer, also a couple of housewives and they all say the same thing. they said this is not how they wanted to spend their saturday afternoon but they don't know what else to do. they feel like they have to defend their land, they have to

defend their city and so they are preparing. they want to be ready for whatever might happen here so, for example, the housewives were saying we are good at cooking and it is just the same thing. and the others were saying we just want to keep busy. we want to feel like we're doing something. and they are not trying to think too hard about exactly what it is just the same thing. and the others were saying we just want to keep busy. we want to feel like we're doing something. and then trying to think too hard about exactly what is there doing but it is about keeping occupied, keeping busy and about trying to keep calm in the face of something which rang me the avid missing is really terrifying. indeed. really terrifying. indeed. really terrifying to think on your saturday this is not something you'd be planning to do, making molotov cocktails. president zelensky has continued to address the nation twice a day especially with the last few days but is the sense ever where you are in the dnipro images that they have been abandoned by the outside world?— outside world? well, certainly, yesterday. _ outside world? well, certainly, yesterday. for _ outside world? well, certainly, yesterday, for example. - outside world? well, certainly, yesterday, for example. i - outside world? well, certainly, yesterday, for example. i was l outside world? well, certainly, | yesterday, for example. i was a blood donation centre and people there were saying to me that they'd come to give blood for the soldiers, going to do their bit and they were frustrated, they said, that they

felt the west wasn't enough to help them, they were frustrated, they said, that they felt the west wasn't enough to help them, they won't get enough to help them, they won't get enough support. they said sanctions are all very well but it is not enough, not stopping russia. so basically this is a nation that is affairs, essentially trying to help itself so it is notjust a field full of people preparing physically to defend the city, there is also building nearby where people are bringing food, clothes, bedding, absolutely everything, petrol, buckets, anything you could possibly think of, because they worry that this city might become a city under siege at some point but eventually the russian forces may turn their attention on the dnipro and it is a city which has a reputation as a foot to city, a place preparing to defend itself, preparing for anything —— fortress city. there is anything —— fortress city. there is a hospital around the corner, military hospital which is a reminder of what this is all about. there are 400 beds at the hospital and the man in charge there told us that they are all full so injured soldiers being brought in all the

time of the front line and he said this is now the main hospitalfor the ukrainian fighters in this entire region because in kharkiv to the north example people they're sitting the basements, the danger there is so great now that injured fighters and now being brought south to the dnipro so the situation is extremely serious and that is now by the immobilising. it is like a hive of frantic activity and is really quite extraordinary. what might you have just mentioned kharkiv and we have just mentioned kharkiv and we have been reporting that savers well, people and basements concerned about the ongoing bun dough might gunfire and buttons they are coming on for —— the ongoing gunfire and bombs they are coming under. is the situation relatively calm of a behaving bomb is an aerial bombardment and guns as well? regiment when he started on thursday morning, five o'clock in the morning there were explosions outside and

around the dnipro. i think it was the military or the air base that was targeted then. since then it has been quiet in around this particular city but there is very heavy fighting down the road to the south quite far from here fighting down the road to the south quite farfrom here but fighting down the road to the south quite far from here but also to the east and donbas region and in the north some very heavy fighting so people here know what is going on and another thing to bear in mind about this region many people even here in dili fo have come originally from further east so people have come from and yet, for example, where they have been fighting of kosovo for eight years and speaking to the one of the girls here who is making these molotov cocktails, she was saying to me she knows personally exactly what it means to be at war because she spent much of her childhood living and sheltering in a basement when there was heavy shelling so you know, people, she said, a nervous but she said somehow she didn't feel scared because she

knew exactly what war means and she was doing this, keeping active, preparing, but she said, kind of, war has become a way of life here so they knows it means and that is why another woman i spoke to said i'm not scared because to admit to be scared as to say that you are weak. she said what i am is angry. figs scared as to say that you are weak. she said what i am is angry. as you said, she said what i am is angry. as you said. these — she said what i am is angry. as you said, these people _ she said what i am is angry. as you said, these people have _ she said what i am is angry. as you | said, these people have experienced displacement once before. of course, we have to remind their audiences that ukraine has been at war for eight years in excess of 14,000 people have been killed in the conflict so these people have been moved out of their homes once before and many of them there in dnipro. to pick up their bags are made again like so many across the country? —— to the expect to pick up their bags and move again? the to the expect to pick up their bags and move again?— to the expect to pick up their bags and move again? the people here say when ou and move again? the people here say when you asked _ and move again? the people here say when you asked that _ and move again? the people here say when you asked that question - and move again? the people here say when you asked that question where i when you asked that question where they go? there is fighting in big cities across the country so if you blink were fleeing originally to the west to poland or hungary or other

countries outside of ukraine here in the dnipro they can't go east and thatis the dnipro they can't go east and that is towards russia. there is basically nowhere for them to go so they are staying here preparing for whatever might come. they're hoping, of course, that nothing happens here and in fact they were new to use any of this. none of this preparation will be necessary. but we getting ready in case the war comes —— hoping they won't need to use any of this. nobody i have spoken to have said they are planning to leave here. i think a lot of people say we have got that elderly relatives for example and it is just physically impossible to leave but also just that very fact they just don't know where they will go.— where they will go. devastating situation ever _ where they will go. devastating situation ever so _ where they will go. devastating situation ever so many, - where they will go. devastating situation ever so many, thank l where they will go. devastating i situation ever so many, thank you where they will go. devastating - situation ever so many, thank you so much for all of your reporting there from the dnipro and across ukraine. sarah rainsford there. we have just got the mayor of eastern ukrainian town saying they were dead and wounded after his town was shelled by russian forces and is a set of eight power station outage as well so that is the mayor of an

eastern ukrainian town saying there is dead and wounded after the town was shelled by russian forces. also in the last few minutes reuters is reporting that uk's prince william and his wife kate have said that they stand with president zelensky and the people of ukraine as well. so that is just some more news coming in in the last few minutes. we have been hearing reports of gunfire in the last few minutes. our producer says it is still at a distance that is audible from the centre of the ukrainian capital. there is no indication of who is filing or what it is. we spoke to a chief international correspondent least is that he was in the capital. have a look, listen. —— lyse doucet. we are getting the silent at regular intervals. the last one was about two hours ago with air sirens comes very stern

warning to the authorities are to take them seriously, to take to the underground shelters, whatever people have. we have seen and we have reported repeatedly here on bbc news about people taking shelter in metro stations, in basements, underground car parks, any kind of dream which can get them out of the line of fire. now, in the last hour we heard a loud crackle of gunfire which was coming from this direction just behind us. there was also some gunfire earlier this morning from this direction. this is a very fluid situation with so many different forces involved in this gradual russian approach in the city but it has to be says as ukrainians in any underground shelters they did so with a sense of dread and woke up this morning perhaps another emergency air raid warning also to russian forces right here in centre. they haven't reached that far and thatis they haven't reached that far and that is why when volodymyr zelensky

ukrainian president verbally told the city with more than a touch of regard saying we are still here, we are standing, don't believe the fake news, we are not putting down a guns and russian forces are not in the city. he called last night difficult night. he is calling today are very difficult day. blessing the citizens notjust difficult day. blessing the citizens not just a fear others across this country know that this is just the beginning and no one, no one, perhaps even russia or maybe most of all russia knows where this will end. , . , all russia knows where this will end. , ., , ., all russia knows where this will end. , . , ., , , end. yes, lease, aiming, despite the fear and despite _ end. yes, lease, aiming, despite the fear and despite great _ end. yes, lease, aiming, despite the fear and despite great ranks - end. yes, lease, aiming, despite the fear and despite great ranks and - end. yes, lease, aiming, despite the fear and despite great ranks and we | fear and despite great ranks and we saw you in that basement in the last 24 hours, there is this level of defiance. president zelensky coming out in his nation addressing the world speaking to ukrainian people than switching and speaking the russian people. he is putting on an incredibly brave front. in russian people. he is putting on an incredibly brave front.— incredibly brave front. in every war there is a narrative. _ incredibly brave front. in every war there is a narrative. in _ incredibly brave front. in every war there is a narrative. in every - incredibly brave front. in every war there is a narrative. in every war . there is a narrative. in every war thatis

there is a narrative. in every war that is both what is happening on the ground and these symbols of what is going on. president zelensky is a form entertaining in many mocked him and said he wasn't up to the job but he has become a wartime leader, and not a day goes by in recent weeks when he didn't address the people of ukraine and yes he did address directly the people of russia only hours before the invasion of ukraine began speaking to them pleading with them not to support, not to be engaged in this war against neighbouring ukraine and so you had notjust president neighbouring ukraine and so you had not just president zelensky speaking to them, he did those videos from the streets this morning trying to send a message to his own people that the ukrainians are going to fight. this is really a time coming the other, whether as a life going on underground and life going on underground. underground, yes, even those people who are taking shelter. you speak to them and there is defiance there too. they are constantly on their phones talking to relatives who may be in other

parts of the city, he may be in other cities, but there is that sense of we have to stand strong. one woman said to me this morning one of those shelters. we can't be sad, can be pessimistic and we have to support our forces whatever way we can at this hour of an existential threat.- we can at this hour of an existential threat. �* , , ., , existential threat. and lyse as we see ordinary _ existential threat. and lyse as we see ordinary people _ existential threat. and lyse as we see ordinary people pick- existential threat. and lyse as we see ordinary people pick up - existential threat. and lyse as we see ordinary people pick up arms| existential threat. and lyse as we i see ordinary people pick up arms in the president to say to the public in population anyone who wants to pick up and wants to fight, please come forward, there is this inevitability about what is what is happening is russian forces move closer and closer into ukraine, into kyiv. closer and closer into ukraine, into k iv. , ., ., ,, ., , kyiv. yes, we often talk about these walls that you _ kyiv. yes, we often talk about these walls that you have _ kyiv. yes, we often talk about these walls that you have the _ kyiv. yes, we often talk about these walls that you have the might - kyiv. yes, we often talk about these walls that you have the might of - kyiv. yes, we often talk about these walls that you have the might of the j walls that you have the might of the russian army, the air force, the navy and then you have ukrainian forces which were no match for russia in 2014 when russian sources annexed crimea when we moved into

the donbas in the christian ukraine and since then have been trained by armies ended in recent weeks there has been a constant traffic of arms, ammunition, same equipment and communications equipment come into kyiv and other places in ukraine from nato armies. there are no nato troops on the ground the causes some bitterness here. ukrainians feel under president is often said that when it comes to despite the ukrainians were doing it so you have the most advanced of nato weaponry but then you have the most basic pay result. every time we have driven by one of these offices where ukrainians can go and register to volunteer at the result was a long queue. we saw one last nightjust before night fell. huge crowds, mainly men, surging into this open yard showing their passports, getting some tape strapped around their arm, almost no combat

experience, just a resolve to get to defend their streets, defend their families and defend their country. that was a chief international correspondent lyse doucet reporting their frontier. our europe correspondent is on the border with ukraine and finds a viktor orban has given a news conference and you saw him there asked him a few questions. what did he say? asked him a few questions. what did he sa ? , ., , , asked him a few questions. what did hesa? , , he say? yes, he was 'ust standing 'ust a he say? yes, he was 'ust standing just a tense h he say? yes, he was 'ust standing just a tense few _ he say? yes, he wasjust standing just a tense few minutes - he say? yes, he wasjust standing just a tense few minutes ago. - he say? yes, he wasjust standing just a tense few minutes ago. he | he say? yes, he wasjust standing . just a tense few minutes ago. he was obviously asked about hungary's preparations, moves taken to deal with this humanitarian situation, which has been fairly threadbare so far, but even as he arrived here we have seen more mobile toilets. for example, there has been a huge shortage of those. more infrastructure being built as i speak around me to try and help the hundreds, really, of people, thousands over several days streaming across its border with

ukraine. i was able to ask mr viktor orban at his meeting, of course, because he is one of the great western european union politicians, native politicians closest to mr putin. he visited him in moscowjust a few weeks ago. i asked him if mr putin had told him that russia was definitely going to invade. i also was able to ask him whether hungary's close economic ties with russia would need to be adjusted and the second question he said yes, the would need to adjust those close ties with moscow but he gave no details and he was also at pains to stress that hungary is not the black sheep of nato and is fully on board with sanctions including of the european union and nato. nick, that is uuite a european union and nato. nick, that is quite a shift _ european union and nato. nick, that is quite a shift for _ european union and nato. nick, that is quite a shift for victor— european union and nato. nick, that is quite a shift for victor aubin, - is quite a shift for victor aubin, isn't it? to sort of come at intervals of the sanctions and in

support of what the western alliance is doing in terms of its punishment of vladimir putin. that is doing in terms of its punishment of vladimir putin.— of vladimir putin. that is right. the opening — of vladimir putin. that is right. the opening days _ of vladimir putin. that is right. the opening days of _ of vladimir putin. that is right. the opening days of the - of vladimir putin. that is right. the opening days of the war. of vladimir putin. that is right. the opening days of the war he of vladimir putin. that is right. - the opening days of the war he has been very much stressing the importance of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of ukraine but was very slow compared to other western leaders to condemn russia by name. even today at the press conference here on the border he was saying that he is with the eu. obviously, hungary has been a member of the eu since 2004 but nato since nine so who is part of the western alliance will suddenly think there has been lost of suspicion towards hungary because of those close ties because of his criticism, his opposition of sanctions in the past even though he has never actually vetoed them but, of course, the invasion of crimea took place eight years ago and he was unwilling to condemn in the same strong terms and take economic consequences as some countries like, for example, poland

and the baltic states existed on at time. . ~ and the baltic states existed on at time. w' . ~' ,. and the baltic states existed on at time. u ., ,, y., , . and the baltic states existed on at time. ., ,, y., , . ., time. nick, thank you very much that the from time. nick, thank you very much that they from the — hungary ukrainian border. now, our corresponding kiss on the day that is in the polish border and we have been seen a steady flow of people making a winter poland. of course, poland has 150 kilometre border with ukraine. it is poland has 150 kilometre border with ukraine. , . , poland has 150 kilometre border with ukraine. , ., , ., ukraine. it is a very long border. it is very expensive _ ukraine. it is a very long border. it is very expensive border - ukraine. it is a very long border. it is very expensive border and l it is very expensive border and evolve the border crossings you have seen scenes like this. so far, the border control estimates that 100,000 ukrainians have crossed just the past two days and when they come this is what they are going to be witnessing. seems like this, just hundreds of people ready to greet them, donating clothes, meticulously pairing up. a little bit to leave on a woman had come and paired up all of the children shoes are the as and

when people get here cross over the border they can just choose what they need, clothes are being folded. there is a lot of attention to detail here. they want to welcome these people because they appreciate these people because they appreciate the difficulties that they have experience to get here. medical assistance from covid—19 tests, food, warm food as well. traditional polish dishes like pierogi, the dumplings that you get, especially in this part of the country. already in this part of the country. already in waiting. hot tea, hot sweet, sugary tea. because there's people that are coming over, it has taken them a very long time to get over them a very long time to get over the border. from our understanding is that there are huge amounts of people on the other side and the board of hisjust people on the other side and the board of his just literally over there, on the other side, that hours and hours and hours of waiting to be done for people to try and get through than one person who was with me now has been waiting for his friend to come through. you come

from crackle which is around 100 kilometres from here you have been here for the past few days because you expected of vento have arrived what was it, yesterday? —— you come from krakow. does make you estimated your friend to have arrived. she estimated _ your friend to have arrived. she estimated should behave around 7pm so i estimated should behave around 7pm so i arrived _ estimated should behave around 7pm so i arrived at seven here and then it turned _ so i arrived at seven here and then it turned out— so i arrived at seven here and then it turned out she was still 80 kilometres away from the border and she kept— kilometres away from the border and she kept texting me to keep me up—to—date and when they arrived at a distance _ up—to—date and when they arrived at a distance of— up—to—date and when they arrived at a distance of 25 kilometres to the border— a distance of 25 kilometres to the border she — a distance of 25 kilometres to the border she had to leave the car and that is— border she had to leave the car and that is the — border she had to leave the car and that is the distance she had to walk here and _ that is the distance she had to walk here and she still hasn't arrived here _ here and she still hasn't arrived here yet— here and she still hasn't arrived here yet so— here and she still hasn't arrived here yet so when she started walking last night, _ here yet so when she started walking last night, yeah, while she was still walking, yeah, ithink last night, yeah, while she was still walking, yeah, i think at 9301 -ot still walking, yeah, i think at 9301 got another update. she said it is ten kilometres to the update and then at— ten kilometres to the update and then at half past 12 another update, five kilometres to the body say three _ five kilometres to the body say three hours to walk five kilometres.

and it _ three hours to walk five kilometres. and it is _ three hours to walk five kilometres. and it is taking so long just because of the vast build up of people there?— people there? that is what i understand, _ people there? that is what i understand, yeah. - people there? that is what i understand, yeah. from - people there? that is what i l understand, yeah. from what people there? that is what i - understand, yeah. from what i've gathered — understand, yeah. from what i've gathered there is like a massive traffic— gathered there is like a massive trafficjam of in humans vehicles and some — trafficjam of in humans vehicles and some vehicles are still travelling but at the speed of one, set per— travelling but at the speed of one, set per hour, while other people 'ust set per hour, while other people just abandoned vehicles and just walks _ just abandoned vehicles and 'ust walks. ~ . , , ., just abandoned vehicles and 'ust walks. . ., , , ., ., walks. what is your understanding of wh it is walks. what is your understanding of why it is taking _ walks. what is your understanding of why it is taking so _ walks. what is your understanding of why it is taking so long _ walks. what is your understanding of why it is taking so long for _ walks. what is your understanding of why it is taking so long for people . why it is taking so long for people to get across the body itself was not because poland is welcoming people. i not because poland is welcoming --eole. ., �* not because poland is welcoming neale, ., �* 4' ., people. idon't know. itried speaking — people. idon't know. itried speaking to _ people. idon't know. itried speaking to bodyguards - people. idon't know. itried speaking to bodyguards and j people. i don't know. i tried - speaking to bodyguards and the police _ speaking to bodyguards and the police and they don't really know. one of— police and they don't really know. one of the — police and they don't really know. one of the serviceman told me that he heard _ one of the serviceman told me that he heard but it is only hearsay because — he heard but it is only hearsay because he said they don't have much contact _ because he said they don't have much contact with _ because he said they don't have much contact with ukrainian border patrol that it_ contact with ukrainian border patrol that it system verifying people went down and _ that it system verifying people went down and that is why it took them so lon- down and that is why it took them so long to _ down and that is why it took them so long to process every person trying to force _ long to process every person trying to force the border. on the other hand, _ to force the border. on the other hand. i_

to force the border. on the other hand. ialso— to force the border. on the other hand, i also spoke to a guy from germany— hand, i also spoke to a guy from germany he was waiting for his parents—in—law and he said that they were waiting for 12 hours. 12 parents-in-law and he said that they were waiting for 12 hours.— were waiting for 12 hours. 12 hours. alread at were waiting for 12 hours. 12 hours. already at the _ were waiting for 12 hours. 12 hours. already at the border, _ were waiting for 12 hours. 12 hours. already at the border, yet? - were waiting for 12 hours. 12 hours. already at the border, yet? and - already at the border, yet? and finaliy— already at the border, yet? and finally his— already at the border, yet? and finally his mother—in—law managed to -et finally his mother—in—law managed to get on _ finally his mother—in—law managed to get on the _ finally his mother—in—law managed to get on the bus because she was in... a bad _ get on the bus because she was in... a bad state? — get on the bus because she was in... a bad state? a bad state, yeah, after _ a bad state? a bad state, yeah, after all— a bad state? a bad state, yeah, after all this waiting while his father— after all this waiting while his father was still waiting there. thank— father was still waiting there. thank you very much for talking us through this period and he appreciated it is a difficult time and you are worried about your friend and we will come back to you as and when we hear more updates from her. we wish you the very best. of from her. we wish you the very best. of course it is impossible for me at the moment to verify the suggestion that there was any kind of cyber attack on the verification system in the it system on the side of ukraine but poland has dropped its entry requirements. there is a loss of information on social media about how ukrainians are welcomed and how they will be offered food and help with transportation like

accommodation and also free covid—19 test for people coming through and the message here is that poland is welcoming ukrainians and they can stay for as long as they need to because we just simply don't know what is happening on the other side of the border. studio: indeed we don't. a lot of uncertainty and fear. thank you so much for your reporting there. now, the french navy has intercepted a russian cargo ship in the channel and discussed its northern france. authorities say they expect the ship called the baltic leader belongs to a russian company targeted by eu sanctions of the war in ukraine. with me is the europe editor of the bbc world service. danny, tell us exactly what has happened here. the service. danny, tell us exactly what has happened here.— has happened here. the vessel was travellin: has happened here. the vessel was travelling from _ has happened here. the vessel was travelling from a _ has happened here. the vessel was travelling from a city _ has happened here. the vessel was travelling from a city in _ travelling from a city in north—western france and was heading up north—western france and was heading up to the baltic in saint petersburg and it was impounded in an operation that had a police vessel and a navy

vessel, quite a big operation that directed to purloin as part of the channel ports. it is being held there and is currently under investigation. we don't know specifically what the authorities alleged and we have heard that one of the banks that has been shanked and another said it is linked to individual sanctioned by the eu and the bank concerned is a bank hold... according to reports in the russian state media and also that vessel the baltic leader is linked to a subsidiary of that bank in the us treasury report. and it has a cargo of new cars and really it is a sign of new cars and really it is a sign ofjust how much these sanctions may impact what would otherwise be a normal trade.— impact what would otherwise be a normal trade. , . ,., normal trade. indeed, very much so. are we hearing _ normal trade. indeed, very much so. are we hearing anything _ normal trade. indeed, very much so. are we hearing anything from - normal trade. indeed, very much so. are we hearing anything from the - are we hearing anything from the russian side about what has happened?— russian side about what has happened? russian side about what has hauened? ,, ., , ., happened? the russian side and russian state _ happened? the russian side and

russian state media _ happened? the russian side and russian state media is _ happened? the russian side and russian state media is reporting| russian state media is reporting that the patent about the ship made an emergency call to the russian embassy in paris in the russian embassy in paris in the russian embassy are now seeking clarification from the french authorities as to why the boat is being held. authorities as to why the boat is being held-— authorities as to why the boat is bein held. , ., ., ., being held. yes, and we also hearing that it has been _ being held. yes, and we also hearing that it has been quite _ that it has been quite collaborative?- that it has been quite collaborative? , , ., , collaborative? yes, they have been allowed to come _ collaborative? yes, they have been allowed to come off _ collaborative? yes, they have been allowed to come off the _ collaborative? yes, they have been allowed to come off the ship - collaborative? yes, they have been allowed to come off the ship and i collaborative? yes, they have been l allowed to come off the ship and are now in london cooperating according to the french authorities will have to the french authorities will have to see what investigation leads to an if it does prove to be linked to an if it does prove to be linked to a sanctioned company you can expect the vessel to be held for some considerable time into the future. yes, and as you say, really, this is a sign of what is to come. as we see these sanctions start to unfold. it is fairly rare that vessels get impounded. we have had situations in the past with north korea and arms embargoes for example in north korea. , . ,

embargoes for example in north korea. , korea. these instances don't happen ve often korea. these instances don't happen very often but _ korea. these instances don't happen very often but we — korea. these instances don't happen very often but we are _ korea. these instances don't happen very often but we are all _ korea. these instances don't happen very often but we are all adjusting i very often but we are all adjusting to what the secretary general of nato said is kind of a new normal and for the months ahead we may be seeing lots of these incidents or a complete paralysis of traders as efforts from western nations step up to try and isolate russia to get it to try and isolate russia to get it to change path. to try and isolate russia to get it to change path-— to try and isolate russia to get it to change path. yes, indeed, and threatening _ to change path. yes, indeed, and threatening to _ to change path. yes, indeed, and threatening to think— to change path. yes, indeed, and threatening to think what - to change path. yes, indeed, and threatening to think what this - to change path. yes, indeed, and| threatening to think what this new normal is. thank you so much. joining us, just to be cap on what we know so far. heavy gunfire and rocket blasts have been heard in ukraine's capital as the russian military continues its assault on the city. �*s president says attacks had been repelled from all directions and the government of the kyiv region warned russian troops are building up on the border. earlier president zielinski shared a video of himself on the streets of kyiv dispelling rumours he had called in the army to lay down arms.

his promise to give weapons to anyone willing to defend the country. fighting continued in several cities overnight. this map you're seeing on your screens show some of the locations that came underfire. russia claims to have captured a southern city and though this is yet to be confirmed by ukraine. more than 120,000 ukrainians are crossed to neighbouring countries to escape the conflict. the united states has said it is imposing sanctions on president putin and his foreign minister and will freeze their us assets following similar announcements from the eu and britain. it is unclear what practical effect the sanctions will have. protesters chant. repudiation of russia's actions is growing. this the scene in georgia, where 30,000 people took to the capital, tbilisi, in a show of support for fellow former soviet nation ukraine. from the boulevards of buenos aires

to the streets of san francisco, people are marching. as he left the white house for the weekend, it was announced president biden is taking the extraordinary step of broadening a punitive package of economic sanctions to include both the russian president, vladimir putin, and his loyal lieutenant, sergei lavrov. following a telephone conversation president biden held with european commission president ursula von der leyen, and in alignment with the decision by our european allies, the united states willjoin them in sanctioning president putin and foreign minister lavrov and members of the russian national security team. i expect we will have more specific details out later this afternoon. more significant, perhaps, than a freeze on their personal assets, the measure bans both men from travelling to the united states. russia's diplomatic isolation is growing, as well. members of the united nations security council gathered in new york to consider a us

resolution condemning moscow's actions in ukraine. the discomfiture of its ambassador, the current chairman of the council, apparent as he read a list of more than 60 countries that supported the draft declaration. australia, austria, albania, andorra, antigua and barbuda... although it has yet to publicly condemn russia's action, china's abstention was taken as a sign of moscow's growing international isolation. the motion was defeated when russia, predictably, exercised its veto. you can veto this resolution, but you cannot veto our voices. you cannot veto the truth. you cannot veto our principles. you cannot veto the ukrainian people. you cannot veto the un charter. and you will not veto accountability. sensitive to suggestions that it is standing

by as the suffering in ukraine continues, the us is promising to send more arms and ammunition. but officials concede that, other than that, sanctions are all it has to offer. this conflict is testing the limits of american power. david willis, bbc news. president zielinski has said significant humanitarian support for ukraine is extremely important today. that has just come on. i am joined by the author of targeted sanctions. the big question is the effectiveness of the sanctions because there is a lot of criticism that it because there is a lot of criticism thatitis because there is a lot of criticism that it is not having any kind of direct impact as quickly as we were back there to be on putin and the

rest of the kremlin. the back there to be on putin and the rest of the kremlin.— rest of the kremlin. the threat of sanctions has _ rest of the kremlin. the threat of sanctions has already _ rest of the kremlin. the threat of sanctions has already had - rest of the kremlin. the threat of sanctions has already had an - rest of the kremlin. the threat of i sanctions has already had an impact. . it is not fair to say they have had no effect. it is being implemented as you said. these do have some immediate effects that most of these measures will have longer term effects. i think it is important that we, in a sense, put sanctions in their place in sanctions in their place in sanctions cannot be the only tool. they cannot be the only response and i think often times we have too much emphasis on sanctions but we should put them in the context of the significant diplomatic moves that have been made in the condemnations, last night's resolution. there are global public demonstrations, she

discovered, as well as the recent continued mobilisation in the most important element in all of this is the extraordinary courage and persistence of the ukrainian people themselves. persistence of the ukrainian people themselves-— themselves. ultimately, it is the ukrainian people _ themselves. ultimately, it is the ukrainian people bearing - themselves. ultimately, it is the ukrainian people bearing the - themselves. ultimately, it is the l ukrainian people bearing the brunt of this and regardless of the impact of this and regardless of the impact of sanctions, it has not stopped vladimir putin in his tracks, has it? ., �* vladimir putin in his tracks, has it? ., r ., �* 4' it? know. and i don't think sanctions _ it? know. and i don't think sanctions alone _ it? know. and i don't think sanctions alone will- it? know. and i don't think sanctions alone will do - it? know. and i don't think. sanctions alone will do that. it? know. and i don't think - sanctions alone will do that. you have to think about, as i said, combining them with all of these measures and hopefully the interactive effect of these combined measures can send a very powerful signal of unity, of opposition and perhaps the combination of these measures, she said, it is what happens on the ground that is most important but at some point, we will

be getting, hopefully, some point, ceasefire and negotiations and then we need to think about how we use these instruments in getting as well. ~ . ., ., these instruments in getting as well. . ., ., ., , ~' well. we have heard from people like the former president, _ well. we have heard from people like the former president, the _ well. we have heard from people like the former president, the foreign - the former president, the foreign secretary and putting himself, saying the sanctions don't have any effect on us. you think they are just saying this to put on their own sort of defiant fund?— sort of defiant fund? absolutely. there are some _ sort of defiant fund? absolutely. there are some patterns - sort of defiant fund? absolutely. there are some patterns and - there are some patterns and responses we see across regimes. they rarely admit that sanctions have direct impacts on them. that is part of the response. i think the combination of diplomatic isolation, global criticism, the economic restrictions, all these things taken together, plus the resistance on the ground hopefully, at some point, were read to her reconsideration of just how far to go and when we can move from the act of war to the situation of ceasefire and then

hopefully a negotiated settlement. would be fair to say that we are seeing this gap in global governance oran seeing this gap in global governance or an attempt to look at america and see sanctions packages and because of the concern of criticism of ukraine being abandoned their promising military assistance as well but, frankly, is that enough, given what the ukrainian people are facing at this point in time? i think the largest constraint is provided equipment as feasible as possible. how to get into the city? we have to think about a broader set of measures and i think the great restraint is, of course, crossing the line and having the active engagement of nato troops versus russian troops and that is actually

the point of severe constraint. nato is combined at this point. beyond the supply of military equipment i don't think we're going to see anything else beyond that. they perhaps could be some symbolic gestures. there are many other things. thank ou ve there are many other things. thank you very much _ there are many other things. thank you very much for _ there are many other things. thank you very much forjoining _ there are many other things. thank you very much forjoining us - there are many other things. thank you very much forjoining us on - there are many other things. thank you very much forjoining us on the| you very much forjoining us on the programme. we are hearing from the turkish president who is saying, in a call with ukraine's president, he said that turkey is making efforts for an immediate ceasefire. that is the turkish president saying that he has spoken to president zelensky and

that turkey is making efforts for an immediate ceasefire. hundreds of thousands of people have been making their way into europe. our correspondent gave me this update from ukraine's moldovan border. we spent the morning here at the border in moldova hearing story after story of desperation. people talking about spending a day and night in the queue, just a few metres across that border, trying to get into moulds over. one woman said after 27 hours they simply abandoned their car, took whatever they could carry and walked the final bit of distance here into moldova. spoke to another woman just before i here into moldova. spoke to another womanjust before i came on air who broke down as she told me she had to leave her husband behind. of course, martial law means that many men of fighting age have been stopped from crossing the border and here we have definitely been seeing family groups made up exclusively of women, mothers, daughters, grandmothers, travelling together without their

men and a very difficult time indeed. very heartbreaking. and we see those images of children and women having to say goodbye to their husbands and fathers, to their brothers and all the men because of course men between the ages of 18 and 60 have been asked to stay behind. there is a level of uncertainty for people coming over as to how long they will stay and whether they will be able to go back in the near future.— in the near future. absolutely. almost everybody _ in the near future. absolutely. almost everybody i've - in the near future. absolutely. almost everybody i've spoken| in the near future. absolutely. l almost everybody i've spoken to in the near future. absolutely. - almost everybody i've spoken to said they don't have any clue what they are going to do next. a lot of them are going to do next. a lot of them are pitching appear either in their cars or on foot. standing around thinking, where shall i go now and how shall i get there? there are some still set up here with volunteers. they have got coffee enzyme edges and they are trying to hand out advice to people. you heard from the polish border, local people turning up on spec to try to offer

lifts, to try to take people wherever they need and the same thing is happening here. local people really supportive of the ukrainians who are coming over. most of those who are coming over, 30,000 ukrainians were told to come all of them are staying here in this tiny country, just waiting to see what is going to few of them are going on to countries outside. that with lucy reporting from the moldova ukraine border. i've got some lines coming in from the advisor to ukraine's presidential office. he has said that ukraine has prepared its negotiating position while you will remember it was put forward what the ukrainians have described as a practical negotiating conditions. yesterday, the russian said that they are happy to begin some kind of negotiations for a

ceasefire but said that would have to involve the ukrainians surrendering and stopping at their pushback and fight. the adviser to ukraine's presidential office that we are happy to begin talks ceasefire negotiation but there will be no ultimatums. again, they are coming to a standstill as they try to figure out a out a way, a ceasefire out of this current situation. we havejust as ceasefire out of this current situation. we have just as well that the turkish president has said in a call with ukraine's president zelensky that president is making efforts of an immediate ceasefire and global leaders are still trying to use the diplomatic route to try to use the diplomatic route to try to find a way out of this current crisis that ukraine is facing with the invasion of the country by russian forces. india has sent an aircraft to start evacuating thousands of its nationals stranded in ukraine. there are close to 20,000 indians, mostly university students, in ukraine. india is a traditional ally of russia and

abstained from the vote on the resolution sorry russian aggression. for more now i am joined by our salvation editor. we will get to the students at the moment but did it come as a surprise that india joined the likes of china and the united arab emirates to abstained last night? it arab emirates to abstained last niuht? , , night? it is definitely disappointed countries like _ night? it is definitely disappointed countries like the _ night? it is definitely disappointed countries like the united - night? it is definitely disappointed countries like the united states i night? it is definitely disappointed l countries like the united states and the european union because they wanted to send out a clear message that the international community is totally against this russian aggression and all the nations, especially big countries like india which now holds a membership of the council, a nonpermanent member on a rotating basis, and they wanted everyone to vote in favour of this resolution. the ukrainian president tweeted saying that he had a telephone conversation with the indian prime minister and explained

about the russian aggression, about hundreds of thousands of soldiers on the country and he needed political support of india and the security council but india says, and india has got its own compulsions but it often talks about a territorial integrity and sovereignty of countries should be respected but at the same time, diplomacy should be given a chance at that option has been exhausted and that should have been exhausted and that should have been tried more to bring a resolution to this and that is why it says it abstain from this voting, disappointing many people in the west. , . ,., disappointing many people in the west. , . . ., west. indeed, very much so. we had those disappointing _ west. indeed, very much so. we had those disappointing remarks - west. indeed, very much so. we had those disappointing remarks india i those disappointing remarks india chose to abstain. tell us a little bit more about these mostly students who have been left stranded. what support is being offered to get him out of the country? tens support is being offered to get him out of the country?— out of the country? tens of thousands _ out of the country? tens of thousands of _ out of the country? tens of thousands of students - out of the country? tens of| thousands of students come out of the country? tens of- thousands of students come to eastern european countries to study, particularly medicine. it is cheaper there than in india. in india it is very difficult to get admission in

many university so there are about 20,000 of them, mostly students, indian nationals in ukraine and had been demands from their parents, even students who have been stuck in many cities. they have been issuing pleas to their parents and the government, to come and take us, we need to get out of ukraine as the fighting is intensifying and many of them, you know, staying in bunkers and many of the buildings and very cold conditions. now india is sending special plans to neighbouring countries. space is closed and now they are trying to use bucharest and budapest from there. they will air the students from these two countries and the best plane left the romanian capital this morning, taking about 200 plus students and they hope to, you know, send my flight but it also shows that, you know, when a conflict happens, how it can affect a number of people, even though they are not linked with the country especially with the student community who are willing to study in different countries.—

willing to study in different countries. ., ,, . ., countries. thank you so much for brinuain countries. thank you so much for bringing us _ countries. thank you so much for bringing us up — countries. thank you so much for bringing us up to _ countries. thank you so much for bringing us up to date _ countries. thank you so much for bringing us up to date there. - countries. thank you so much for| bringing us up to date there. let's get the latest sports news. thank you. we start with a sporting fallout from the russian invasion of ukraine which continues. we wait for more reaction from fifa, world football's governing body, who say they are monitoring the situation closely but poland have no intention to play their world cup play—off match in russia. the president of the polish football association tweeted today to say no more words. time to act. yesterday the champions league final was switched from saint petersburg to paris by uefa and fifa has indicated that updates in relation to the upcoming fifa world

cup in qatar 2022 qualifiers will be communicated in due course. the polish decision has been backed by their captain and their star striker. he has been on social media to show support saying i cannot imagine playing the match with the russian national team in a situation when i'm aggression in ukraine continues put up a collective statement from the player said there are more important things in life than football. the former arsenal goalkeeper his wife was born in ukraine of his team—mates with an impassioned statement saying, i refuse to play against players who choose to represent the values and principles of russia. i refuse to stand on the pitch wearing the colours of my country and listen to the national anthem of russia. i refuse to take part in a sporting event that legitimises the actions of the russian government. strong words there. there are a handful of ukrainian internationals playing in the premier league fans and players expected to show their support over the weekend's fixtures. tonight's match could feature a ukrainian on each side. hejoined match could feature a ukrainian on each side. he joined the jewel outside manchester central library on thursday evening. he

outside manchester central library on thursday evening.— on thursday evening. he is an incredibly _ on thursday evening. he is an incredibly strong _ on thursday evening. he is an incredibly strong guy, - on thursday evening. he is an incredibly strong guy, and - on thursday evening. he is an incredibly strong guy, and of. on thursday evening. he is an - incredibly strong guy, and of course it is not easy in the moment but in the training sessions i guess today it is really to playjust in case he has to play and he is ready. 18m} has to play and he is ready. 1000 uiven has to play and he is ready. 1000 given time _ has to play and he is ready. 1000 given time off — has to play and he is ready. 1000 given time off and _ has to play and he is ready. 1000 given time off and is _ has to play and he is ready. 1000 given time off and is unlikely - has to play and he is ready. 1000 given time off and is unlikely to feature against wolves tomorrow. he was born in russia to ukrainian parents moved back to their homeland when he was a child. i parents moved back to their homeland when he was a child.— when he was a child. i spoke with him yesterday — when he was a child. i spoke with him yesterday and, _ when he was a child. i spoke with him yesterday and, you _ when he was a child. i spoke with him yesterday and, you know, i when he was a child. i spoke with him yesterday and, you know, he when he was a child. i spoke with i him yesterday and, you know, he was upset, _ him yesterday and, you know, he was upset, which — him yesterday and, you know, he was upset, which you can imagine and, vitally— upset, which you can imagine and, vitally so — upset, which you can imagine and, vitally so. we just hope that everything goes well and all his family— everything goes well and all his family members and close family members — family members and close family members all keep safe. the chelsea manauer members all keep safe. the chelsea manager admits _ members all keep safe. the chelsea manager admits there _ members all keep safe. the chelsea manager admits there are _ manager admits there are uncertainties amidst the invasion of

ukraine. he said it was distracting his side from their preparation for tomorrow's league cup final. chelsea are owned by a russian billionaire, believed to be close to vladimir putin. they said the situation for chelsea was horrible. that is all the support for now. we will keep you up—to—date when it happens. seeing the images and reports from ukraine is disturbing and upsetting for any of us but it is even worse for any of us but it is even worse for the thousands of ukrainians who live here in the uk. simonjones has been hearing from some of those watching from afar, desperately worried for family, friends and the fate of their homeland. the anxiety on their faces is clear. members of this ukrainian club in luton are desperately trying to get in touch with family and friends back home. when contact is made, the message coming out of the country is grim. it's just a really heartbreaking situation, and we're fighting for europe. it feels like we are fighting for the whole world.

we don't have enough people. for oleksandra, it brings back painful memories of when she and her family fled eastern ukraine in 2014 as fighting started in the donbas region. we were sitting under the table at eight years old, and now i am 15 and i'm already disappointed that all this is happening in the world. i don't want it to face it a second time. at the ukrainian social club in manchester, people are trying to stay strong, but there's a feeling of helplessness. my mother is there, and she said, "i am not going anywhere, i am staying here," and she's disabled, she even can't go anywhere. wolodymyr has been trying to get his wife oksana back to manchester. she had flown out to ukraine to visit her parents and son just before conflict broke out. her flight back was cancelled. she was forced to drive to the polish border. she's got through the border, through the night, i'm checking with her, "where are you? "are you through yet? "which...

"where are you aiming for? "get a flight. "where from? "which airport?" our cameras were there when the couple were finally reunited. thousands of ukrainians live in the uk. their home may now be here, but their thoughts are very much with what's happening in their homeland. simon jones, bbc news. without putting troops into ukraine one of the hardest ways for the west to hit russia would be to ban it from the swift payment network. the uk has already called for that to happen. it has so far failed to get the agreement of other countries including germany. he was a business corresponded to explain why the swiss system is so important.

swift can be described as an artery of global finance. it allows the smooth and quick transfer of money across borders. it stands for the society for worldwide interbank financial telecommunication, and it is co—owned by more than 2,000 financial institutions around the world. created in 1973, it links 11,000 banks in more than 200 countries. it sends more than 40 million messages a day. over 1% of those are thought to involve russian payments. stopping russia using the swift system for financial transactions could have painful consequences for both sides. it could make life very difficult for russian banks and for businesses who are trying to get paid for their goods. but that, of course, works both ways. so, for example, for western companies trying to buy russian oil and gas, they could find it very disruptive. you have germany, which is very dependent on russian gas. you've also got italy, very dependent. but you've got france, for example, which has nuclear and is dependent a lot less on russian gas, and the same with the uk. so there is a bit of a split

in terms of whether one really wants to stop that flow from taking place, and, obviously, if you get the russians out of swift, then that flow stops, because they won't get paid, and that's a big, big issue which i don't think the europeans are quite ready to move to. so many world leaders, like the us presidentjoe biden, say their preference is for different sanctions, because of the hit to other countries' economies of banning russia from swift. katie prescott, bbc news. a reminder of our main story. the ukrainian president said his forces remain in control of key ads and key cities and had derailed russia's plan of attack. in a video message, mr zelensky urged russians to put pressure on vladimir putin to halt his invasion. air raid sirens and the rumbling of artillery fire can be held in the capital. ukrainian

soldiers are taking up defensive positions on the outskirts to withstand russian advance. we will be back in the next few minutes. high pressure is the dominant feature across much of england and wales this weekend meaning fine, dry conditions. a good feel of sunshine. this is nottinghamshire a few hours ago. a slightly different story across scotland and northern ireland. an approaching front. you can see in the earlier satellite picture this cloud draped across scotland and into northern ireland, just pushing into the far north of

england. bringing a bit patchy, light rain at times. you can see this area of high pressure drifting eastwards over the next 24—48 hours as this frontal system starts to push eastwards. a blustery picture across scotland into northern ireland this afternoon. some drizzle but further south and east is where we keep the best of the sunshine but the winds will be picking up particularly across northern ireland and northern and western scotland. these are average trends but the gusts could well touch 55, maybe even 60 mild an hour over the western isles. that front pushes them to the north and west of scotland and northern ireland, bringing a spell in rain. it is dry, mostly clear skies and we are likely to see a fast as temperatures across much of england and wales are close to or even a few degrees below freezing. we have the stone of cloud and patchy rain which continues to gradually post eastwards tomorrow. perhaps some cloud pushing into wales and south—west england for the afternoon with drizzle. once again, the further east you are the best of the further east you are the best of the sunshine. temperatures range

from 8—12. that frontal system is nudging its way eastwards as we had to be tomorrow evening. persistent rain pushing into western scotland and parts of wales and south—west england it leads us into a messy picture to start the week as the front sides across the uk. girls are like the across northern and western scotland but the rain clear from here to the morning. more persistent rain settling into northern england. temperatures typically 9—12 but turning colder behind that rain band. wintry showers across ireland and scotland. notice some rain lingering across the southern counties of england. some timings may change overnight. keep an eye on the forecast.

this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the moment a rocket hit a residential apartment block in ukraine's capital, as explosions are reported across the city. authorities confirmed that no one was killed in at the strike. one eyewitness narrowly escaped the blast. brute eyewitness narrowly escaped the blast. ~ . ., ., , blast. we managed to escape, we went in at the kitchen, _ blast. we managed to escape, we went in at the kitchen, we _ blast. we managed to escape, we went in at the kitchen, we were _ blast. we managed to escape, we went in at the kitchen, we were lucky, - blast. we managed to escape, we went in at the kitchen, we were lucky, it i in at the kitchen, we were lucky, it was a direct hit into the living room. my wife and child have their legs broken open. the youngest was taken somewhere by rescuers, i'm looking for her now. sight and sound as heavy gunfire rings out in kyiv. crowds of people rushed to shelter

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putin and his foreign minister, sergei lavrov. showing solidarity with ukraine — the protest continue around the world concerning the russian invasion. hello and welcome. heavy gunfire and rocket blasts have been heard in ukraine's capital kyiv, as the russian military continues its assault on the city. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says attacks have been repelled from all directions, but the governor of the kyiv region warned russian troops are building up on the border. earlier, president zelensky shared video of himself on the streets of kyiv, dispelling rumours he had called he has promised to give weapons ho anyone willing to defend the country.

ukrainian soldiers and are being backed up by civilian volunteers in defensive positions around the country. —— in the city. fighting continued in several locations in the country overnight. including live either in the west, where the mayor says so just out of paratroopers. russia's defence ministry claims it has been captured but ukraine and uk have disputed this. the mayor in eastern ukraine says residents have been killed and injured by russian shelling. the number of ukrainians crossing into neighbouring countries is rapidly rising. more than 115,000 people have entered poland alone. dawn in a european capital. a missile hits a block of flats.

this was hardly a military target. russia still denies attacking civilian targets, but its track record is not good. taste civilian targets, but its track record is not good.- civilian targets, but its track record is not good. we were lucky, there was either— record is not good. we were lucky, there was either direct _ record is not good. we were lucky, there was either direct hit - record is not good. we were lucky, there was either direct hit into i record is not good. we were lucky, there was either direct hit into the | there was either direct hit into the living room. my wife and eldest child had their legs broken open. the younger was taken somewhere by the rescuers. i am looking for them now. in kyiv�*s famously deep underground stations, whole communities are keeping their heads down. the curfew now lasts for 13 hours a day. they're not coming out much, even when it's lifted. the president, who could have accepted an american offer to get out, is still here. "i don't need a ride," he says. "i need ammunition." translation: there is a lot of fake information on the internet now i saying that i am calling for our army to lay down its arms and that an evacuation is under way. well, i'm here. we will not lay down any weapons. we will defend our state because our weapon is our truth.

they're already digging trenches, anticipating the worst, determined to slow the enemy wherever they can — but russia's attacks, if they continue, will be hard to stop. western officials say the bulk of russian forces are now less than 20 miles from here. they say that ukrainians are still putting up stiff resistance and that russian casualties may be far higher than the kremlin ever imagined. it's another day of sirens all over the capital. a city proud and historic waiting to discover its fate. sirens drone. security forces constantly on edge, looking for signs of saboteurs trying to weaken the city from within. pauladams, bbc news, kyiv. we have just got some breaking we havejust got some breaking news thatjust we havejust got some breaking news that just come we havejust got some breaking news thatjust come in. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has said thank you to torquay�*s president, recipe erdogan, for banning russian warships in the black sea. president ed warren has

banned russian warships in the black sea and volodymyr zelensky has thanked the turkish authorities for doing that. elliott, the turkish president spoke to volodymyr zelensky and is said to key is making efforts for an immediate ceasefire. we have heard that turkey has banned russian warships in the black sea and you can's president has thanked president erdogan for that. so where were the main areas of fighting around the capital overnight? there was said to be heavy fighting around the strategically important hostomel aerodrome outside kyiv. fires were burning along a section of the prospekt peremohy highway near central kyiv, a key road running east to west from the city's centre. there was also said to be heavy fighting near the vasylkiv air base, southwest of kyiv. and an apartment building near kyiv�*s airport was bombed, as we've seen.

well, we're on the road to the capital kyiv and we've just come across this convoy of ukrainian military vehicles. we've been told that they were hit yesterday. they were obviously heading towards the capital to be part of the defence of the city when there was a russian missile strike. this is an air defence missile system. very, very few cars on the road this morning. we're making a careful approach to the city, checking the information as we go. reports coming out from kyiv talk of air strikes, talk of more sirens, people hiding in basements. it's crucial for moscow's plans to try to get control of the capital, but that may involve street—by—street fighting, and, so far, there is no indication that russian forces have managed to reach the centre of the city, though there are reports that they are in one of the suburbs

on the outskirts. about ukraine corresponding, james waterhouse, is and key have now. we are getting a number of different lines coming in. i want to talk about this conversation between the ukrainian resident and the turkish president. the turkish president said they are working on an immediate ceasefire. but we're also hearing that turkey has banned russian warships in black sea? there are two things _ russian warships in black sea? there are two things that _ russian warships in black sea? there are two things that they _ russian warships in black sea? there are two things that they are. - russian warships in black sea? ii—iiff are two things that they are. turkey has control of the flow of ships from the mediterranean into the black sea under international law. so this announcement is significant, but you could argue that there is already a sizeable russian naval presence to the south anyway. you will remember that they were

engaging and so—called planned drills before launching this invasion on ukraine. the second part of that is, unsurprising from president erdogan, he has long seen himself as a mediator in this christ, someone to chaired both leaders and bringing them together. he has given a sizeable amount of military aid to ukraine, notably the romans, which irritate to rush out last year when the drones were used or not russian backed militants in the east of the country. —— drones. that is significant if there are talks for a ceasefire. when you have missiles or landing, automatic weapons are being fired, this is just talk about talk. there are much more immediate and pressing danger is, certainly here in the capital.

tell us about those immediate and pressing dangerous. we are hearing about explosions and gunfire in the centre of kyiv. just about explosions and gunfire in the centre of kyiv— centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder — centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder on _ centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder on the _ centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder on the other- centre of kyiv. just over my shoulder on the other side l centre of kyiv. just over my. shoulder on the other side of centre of kyiv. just over my i shoulder on the other side of the centre of kyiv. just over my - shoulder on the other side of the he go rivera, officials say russian paratroopers were trying to land there. we have heard a slight crackle of gunfire over the past hour or so, crackle of gunfire over the past hour orso, but crackle of gunfire over the past hour or so, but there were other cities under attack. there has been reports of fighting in the kharkiv to the north—east, as well as in the south—east, mariupol. there have also been reports of missile strikes in lviv in the west of the country, once a destination at ukraine's were trying to get to for safety when it looked like things were going to be escalating. we have also seen pictures from chernihiv, about 200 kilometres away, of people standing

in front of tanks and forcing rushing tanks to move around them. there does not seem to be any calming in the fighting. this incursion, this full—scale attack is still very much happening. once again, for kyiv at least, we find ourselves in and rushing oh another eerie hour of karma. that is an eerie hour of karma. that is an eerie sound of silence. when a city of under siege like this, when there is intense fighting happening in different streaks, when there is no explosion or crackle of gunfire, you have less. this eerie silence. you can occasionally hear birdsong, but you can't see anyone, you can't see any vehicles. but if the last 48 hours have taught us anything, that can change in a minute. it is an evolving situation. as you can

appreciate, the events are happening so quickly, so too are claims and counter claims.— counter claims. earlier i was speaking — counter claims. earlier i was speaking to _ counter claims. earlier i was speaking to at _ counter claims. earlier i was speaking to at least - counter claims. earlier i was speaking to at least who i counter claims. earlier i was | speaking to at least who said counter claims. earlier i was i speaking to at least who said there are two lives, almost, one above ground and the one on the ground. you mention that the fighting going on in lviv. it is difficult to imagine anything happening in lviv because for the last eight years we have seen fighting in the east of the country, but lviv always felt miles away from that kind of thing. at really gives you a sense of this onslaught right across that country. it has certainly fed into the shock and all element of this attack, where russian troops have moved in the from the black sea coast, from occupied territories of moldova, crossing the border, almost creating this military stranglehold on ukraine. it has caught everyone by

surprise. you talk about that story of two lives at the moment. that really is the case. we have continued to see volunteers today signing up at national defence offices, getting those yellow armbands, are being issued with weapons. there are very nervous phone to around the city centre here in private cars brandishing weapons, having a look of fear in their eyes as they try and enforce orders, try and defend their city. —— nervous volunteers. it is a very emotive thing at the moment for ukrainians, the very simple concept of wanting to defend one's country and identity. you have those extraordinary acts of bravery, but we have seen people just ahead of the face of the military might of russia, then you have those who have tried to get our way to different parts of the country. we have seen 20 kilometre cues on the body of

poland. then there are those who have decided to stay, who are quietly sitting in metro stations or underground restaurants or car parts, sitting there and pondering. you can see and their expressions that added strain of what is going on. people ask occasionally what do you know, what you make of what is going on outside? they can't quite believe it, they want to know, it is hard to access information. some have kids, some are stretching their legs in the underground car park close to us. it is incredibly difficult time, when nobody is really seen any daylight on this clear blue day, nobody is venturing above ground. you might hear the chimes of the bells at saint michael's cathedral, that is the only sign of normality now and what has been an extraordinarily tragic and violent two days. it is has been an extraordinarily tragic and violent two days.— and violent two days. it is it's really heartbreaking - and violent two days. it is it's really heartbreaking to - and violent two days. it is it's really heartbreaking to see i and violent two days. it is it's. really heartbreaking to see the and violent two days. it is it's i really heartbreaking to see the city of kyiv and that country come under

attack, one of the most vibrant european cities, always alive, restaurants are buzzing, people always out and about. even before this whole crisis, the city of remained calm. people were going about their day—to—day lives. now they are having to make a choice about whether they stay or leave, and the men being told to stay, women and their children being forced out of the country. we do have to remember _ forced out of the country. we do have to remember that. - forced out of the country. we do have to remember that. even i forced out of the country. we do. have to remember that. even just forced out of the country. we do i have to remember that. even just two days into the steepest of escalations in this crisis, this is a place where there were no military checkpoints, they were no people on uniforms on a street corners. there was music playing at all shopping centres and people going down to the metro stations, where there were just rows and rows of shops. they had a president who was a long saying don't panic, we have seen no

intelligence anything is going to go wrong. that did irritate some. when you take that as a snapshot and we just skip to now, and we see a president that anyone who wants a weapon will be issued with one, there are online instructions from there are online instructions from the interior ministry on how to build a petrol bomb to slow the enemy's advance. there is a call of arms to anyone between 18 and 60. that is a desperate town from the state. then we have the sound of the air raid sirens, people in uniform is urging people to get out of the streets. you have ten lane motorway is a blot on one side as ukrainians panic and try to get to safety, possibly not knowing whether they want to go. then you are left with this, this eerie quiet, with flashpoints of fighting all around. it is hard to map what is happening to stop when it is cloudy, you hear jets go overhead, you don't know

whose side they are on. we have seen that footage of the residential tower getting hit in the city. you hear the sounds of conflict, if your claim and counterclaim from politicians. we are now in a very unsettling and concerning what went and the right of which events entered in full it is hard for one to process. you speak to people, they are just sitting of that distinctive look of shock. the ceylon suggest that distinctive look of shock. the silence adjuster all day today ukraine has mounted a sizeable question is, how much longer can this go on for? what help they get? and at what cost? we have some breaking _ they get? and at what cost? we have some breaking news _ they get? and at what cost? we have some breaking news that _ they get? and at what cost? we have some breaking news that has - they get? and at what cost? we have some breaking news that has come i they get? and at what cost? we havej some breaking news that has come in in the last few minutes. the czech republic will close its airspace to russian airlines as of sunday, that is within the next 24 hours. czech

television has quoted the transport minister as saying that the czech republic will close its airspace to russian airlines as of sunday. the step really does expand the operation of russian airlines. we are hearing that the czech republic will close its airspace to russian airlines as of sunday. we also did break some news in the last few minutes that ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, thanked two is keypresident out the banning russian warships in the black sea. the russians have said they have not received any official notification from the turkish side about the closing of the straits for russian warships. a very tense and unpredictable situation there. turkish authorities have said that they have banned russian warships in they have banned russian warships in the black sea, the russians say they

have received no formal notification from the turkish side. a few things developing there. we will be bringing you a lot more of that as we continue our coverage. let's go to our correspondence on the polish border. many people making their way to the borders, but we hear tens of thousands heading to polenta. so many people on the polish side arriving to help the ukrainian people as they make their way across? , , ., ., ., , people as they make their way across? , ., ., , across? this is one of many border crossinas across? this is one of many border crossings in _ across? this is one of many border crossings in the _ across? this is one of many border crossings in the area _ across? this is one of many border crossings in the area between i crossings in the area between ukraine and poland. as you can see, there are hundreds of people getting busy, preparing themselves. we know so far in the past two days alone, 100,000 ukrainians are estimated to have crossed into poland, that is

according to the polish border control authorities have monitor the movement of people across the border. that is their estimate. a huge number of people. this is all local people travelling together from local areas, some have come from local areas, some have come from as far as way as crack of, just bringing everything they think will be needed. a lot of shows, a lot of children's shoes because we know a lot of people crossing from ukraine into pulling our mothers and children, because ukrainian men aged between 18—60 has been urged to fight, to stay and resist the encroaching invasion. the clouds also donated. there is a medical is sent out here, they are providing three cauvery tests as well because of course we are in a pyogenic at the moment. —— three covid tests.

all donated by local people who have simply rallied themselves together in order to welcome the ukrainians coming over given the hardships they have experience. those queues at the border between ukraine and poland on the ukrainian side are long. one of my colleagues who has friends and family on the other side are saying that there is an estimated waiting time of 60 hours for cars who do have fuel tools actually get over the border. this gentleman has got a team who are working in ukraine. they are in their trucks and they can't get across.

so, i'm just going to translate. basically, he is saying that the rows are blocked about 40 kilometre tailbacks from the borderjust behind us on their way into ukraine. just an immense amount of people and cars cannot get through. when you speak to your team, the workers who are trying to get into poland, though they have any estimates as to why it is taking so long? ? this is handling what he is saying. one of the reasons why it is taking so long for people to get through the board that is because men can't

come through, they are being urged to stay and fight. so that our absolutely harrowing scenarios where mothers and children are saying goodbye to their husbands and fathers and they have to carry on with their journey fathers and they have to carry on with theirjourney knowing they are leaving their husbands, partners, grandfathers behind. that is one of the elements why it is taking so long. the sheer volume of people as well. the kind of campaign we have been seen here, this is one of the number of border crossings, people are really geared up, they want to welcome ukrainians over. the polish authorities are saying that restrictions are being dropped, people will be cared for, they will get help with transportation and somewhere to stay, for the short term at least. the longer term picture it is difficult to say given the very fast changing situation in

ukraine. . , , ., ., ~ the very fast changing situation in ukraine. . ,, . ., ~ the very fast changing situation in ukraine. . ,, . ., ,, ., the very fast changing situation in ukraine. . ,, . . ~ ., ., ukraine. cassia, thank you for that u date ukraine. cassia, thank you for that update from _ ukraine. cassia, thank you for that update from the _ ukraine. cassia, thank you for that update from the poland, _ ukraine. cassia, thank you for that update from the poland, ukraine l update from the poland, ukraine border. we will get more updates from our correspondence as tens of thousands of people try to make their way to safety to get away from their way to safety to get away from the uncertainty of the developing situation in ukraine. in the city of dnipro, people have gathered to make molotov cocktails. sarah rainsford gave me this update. this molotov cocktails. sarah rainsford gave me this update.— molotov cocktails. sarah rainsford gave me this update. this is part of a ark in gave me this update. this is part of a park in the _ gave me this update. this is part of a park in the centre _ gave me this update. this is part of a park in the centre of _ gave me this update. this is part of a park in the centre of dnipro. i gave me this update. this is part of a park in the centre of dnipro. you | a park in the centre of dnipro. you can see people are bringing cheese grater is to create polystyrene to make these molotov cocktails, there are boxes of glass bottles. lots of people are women, i spoke to an english teacher, a lawyer, a couple of housewives. they all said at the same thing, this is not how they wanted to spend their saturday

afternoon but they didn't know what to do, they feel they have to prepare that land and the city, so they are preparing and want to be ready for whatever happens here. the housewives are saying, for example, we are good at cooking, it is just the same thing. the others were saying theyjust the same thing. the others were saying they just want to keep the same thing. the others were saying theyjust want to keep busy and don't want to think too hard about what they are doing. it is about what they are doing. it is about getting occupied and busy, trying to keep calm in the face of some they admit is terrifying. it is some they admit is terrifying. it is terri in: some they admit is terrifying. it is terrifying to _ some they admit is terrifying. it is terrifying to think, to think on your saturday you are making molotov cocktails. president zelensky remains defiant, he addresses the country at least twice a day. is there a sense where you are in the east, in dnipro, that they have been abandoned by the outside world? yesterday i was at a blood donation centre, people that were saying they had come to give blood for the soldiers and come to do their bit.

they said they were frustrated, they felt the west was not doing enough to help them, they were not getting enough support. they were saying sanctions are all very well, but it is not enough, it is not stopping russia. this is basically a nation trying to help itself. it is not just a field full of people preparing physically to defend the city. there is also a building nearby where people are bringing food, clothes, bedding, absolutely everything. petrol, buckets, anything you can possibly think of. they worry the city might become a city under siege at some point, that the russian forces might turn their attention to dnipro. it is a city with a reputation as a fortress city. it is a place preparing to defend itself, preparing for anything. there is a military hospital around the corner, a reminder of what this is all about. there are 400 beds at the hospital and the man in charge there told us

that they are all filled, so injured soldiers being put in all the time from the front line. he told us that this is now the main hospitalfor ukrainian fighters in the entire region. to the north, it it said people are sitting in the basements, the danger that there is now so great that many injured fighters are being brought south to dnipro. the situation is extremely dangerous, people now that. it is just a height of frantic activity, it is really quite extraordinary. just of frantic activity, it is really quite extraordinary.- of frantic activity, it is really quite extraordinary. just to bring ou quite extraordinary. just to bring you up-to-date _ quite extraordinary. just to bring you up-to-date on _ quite extraordinary. just to bring you up-to-date on some - quite extraordinary. just to bring l you up-to-date on some breaking quite extraordinary. just to bring - you up-to-date on some breaking news you up—to—date on some breaking news that the block to you in the last half hour. we said that ukraine's president, bothered me zelensky has thanked turkey's president for banning russian warships from the black sea. the russian authorities have said they have received no notification from the turkish side about the banning of warships. this

was following a suite from volodymyr zelensky who find prison out, saying a ban on the passage of russian warships to the black sea was very important to his country. turkey, that controls at least the that links the mediterranean to the plexi, has not actually announce any ban on russian warships using the straits. just to bring it up to date, there is no official announcement on a ban on russian warships using the straights of the black sea. this was after volodymyr zelensky thanked president adeline for military support and said in his tweet, a ban on the passage of russian warships to the black sea was very important to his country. but we are here in turkey has not officially banned any of the russian warships using the straights despite

ukraine's urgent request to do so. we are following these developments very closely. it is a very fluid situation, the news coming out is moving very quickly and we will keep you up to date as things develop. the un has mcvitie pgs induces more than 120,000 people are thought to have entered the country is on ukraine's borders in the west since russia invaded. the vast majority have gone to portland. the bbc�*s fergal keane was with people heading to pooling overnight as they try to escape the fighting. so, those people are moving on foot down towards the border with poland but it's another 20 kilometres from where we are at the moment. we just need to move out of the way and let more people pass us here. they're coming... constant procession of people — and cars, as well. as i've said, 20 kilometres that way, and i'm told another ten, at least, that way, cars are backed up.

now, the authorities are trying to create breaks between the lines of cars so you don't get total gridlock and a crush up at the border area. what is really, really obvious here, when you look into people's faces, when you talk to them, is this sense of fear. you know, it's nearly midnight where we are now and they keep coming — and why is that? to get away from any possibility of attack by russian troops, by russian aircraft. these are people on the move quite simply because of fear. fergal keane reporting there. the french navy have intercepted a russian cargo ship in the channel and escorted it to northern france. authorities say they suspect the ship called the baltic leader belongs to a russian company targeted by european union sanctions over the war in ukraine.

the duke and duchess of cambridge have expressed their support for the people of ukraine in a rare instance of members of the british royal family taking a political stance in public. prince william and kate said... that is prince william and kate expressing their solidarity with president zelensky and the people of ukraine. gallant guest is a british national and teach at the international school in kyiv, he is at a small town in western ukraine close to the border with romania. thank you forjoining us on the programme. tell us where you are and how you got there. i am programme. tell us where you are and how you got there.— how you got there. i am 'ust outside town in the — how you got there. i am 'ust outside town in the south. i i how you got there. i am just outside town in the south. i would _ how you got there. i am just outside town in the south. i would like i how you got there. i am just outside town in the south. i would like to i town in the south. i would like to thank for helping with the power of

the people. sharing our barriers to get out and the problem we are facing still today. we left lviv at 6am yesterday, we do pip carter 500 kilometres to the border. i would to shelter dogs. it was an arduous journey. we were able to be dropped off about ten kilometres, couldn't go any further in the car, we had to walk. we walked that with our dogs and luggage and equipment and the help we received from that very first moment from our ukrainian friends was unbelievable. we were struggling and they carried our possessions for us for ten kilometres to the barrier and we got there about three o'clock yesterday afternoon. it was mayhem, pandemonium. it really was. there was about 1000 people there, ten to

12 kilometres worth of cars and we were all trying to get through the same gates. we were therefore approximately an hour and i watched how many got through and we are talking about ten people and two cars. we went to the front, to the border guard, and we were told that you will not pass. no male will pass, ukrainian or international. that is quite extraordinary. can i pick up on that? you have been told, despite being a british national that gushue are a man you cannot the country? that gushue are a man you cannot the count ? . , , that gushue are a man you cannot the count? . . country? that is absolutely correct. we arrived — country? that is absolutely correct. we arrived at _ country? that is absolutely correct. we arrived at three _ country? that is absolutely correct. we arrived at three and _ country? that is absolutely correct. we arrived at three and for- country? that is absolutely correct. we arrived at three and for the i we arrived at three and for the first three to four hours we were told we could not leave. i believe they were checking every male. it was quite male dominated at the front of the queue, and many were ukrainian nationals. you front of the queue, and many were ukrainian nationals.— front of the queue, and many were ukrainian nationals. you are british and ou ukrainian nationals. you are british and you are — ukrainian nationals. you are british

and you are now— ukrainian nationals. you are british and you are now stuck— ukrainian nationals. you are british and you are now stuck there - ukrainian nationals. you are british and you are now stuck there and i ukrainian nationals. you are britishl and you are now stuck there and you don't really know how to get out. the women who wear with you, where they allowed through?— they allowed through? rebecca, we have two shelter— they allowed through? rebecca, we have two shelter dogs _ they allowed through? rebecca, we have two shelter dogs had - they allowed through? rebecca, we have two shelter dogs had made i they allowed through? rebecca, we have two shelter dogs had made a l have two shelter dogs had made a pact to stay together. safety in numbers. it was impossible. we were told repeatedly, and we showed our british passports, we were told no. we received help later on from the british consulate in romania, who were amazing but again ukrainian border guards refused them into the dead man's own to help us cross. over the course of seven hours i saw about ten cars across and no more than about 50 to 60 people. women and children only. that than about 50 to 60 people. women and children only.— and children only. that is quite extraordinary. _ and children only. that is quite extraordinary. all _ and children only. that is quite extraordinary. all of _ and children only. that is quite extraordinary. all of the - and children only. that is quite extraordinary. all of the men l and children only. that is quite i extraordinary. all of the men pushed back, we note that men have been asked, between the ages of 18 and 60 not to leave. we are seeing women and children and the elderly, they are leaving but you as a british

national are now stuck there. what will you do next? we national are now stuck there. what will you do next?— will you do next? we 'ust don't know. i am in i will you do next? we 'ust don't know. i am in the i will you do next? wejust don't know. i am in the middle i will you do next? wejust don't know. i am in the middle of i will you do next? we just don't| know. i am in the middle of two storms. yesterday was atrocious. we are resting, resetting, evaluating our plans. we are thinking about going back to lviv we may have more options. our brains are completely fried. without the help of the local ukrainian people, strangers, i don't know where we would be right now. i am with a host family, they are putting us up, our two dogs. wejust want to come home. i speak to them and say, what do you want? they say, look, we need urgent decision makers to impose radical sanctions. disconnect russia from swift. fuel and oil and gas embargoes, fund raise for the ukrainian army. if you

go to www.uva.ua you can donate and help. i want governments around the world to listen to what the people want stop there is a lot of pain and suffering at the moment i am here first hand, i can see this. it is not a pretty sight. i still have friends and colleagues trying to escape kyiv. it is not a good picture. escape kyiv. it is not a good icture. ., escape kyiv. it is not a good icture. . �* , picture. tell me, have the british consulate. _ picture. tell me, have the british consulate, embassy, _ picture. tell me, have the british consulate, embassy, giving i picture. tell me, have the british consulate, embassy, giving you i consulate, embassy, giving you advice as to what to do next? the romanian advice as to what to do next? tie: romanian consulate advice as to what to do next? t't;e: romanian consulate have advice as to what to do next? tt9: romanian consulate have been amazing, the team have been fantastic. they have given us supplies but ultimately last night the ukrainian border guards refused them into the dead man space to help us. they cited that you have no strength in your passport. they are all refugees. therefore we could not get the help to leave. it is very

limited, what they can do while we are in ukraine. the help is waiting for us if we can get out, but at the moment it is limited.— moment it is limited. gavin, stay safe and so _ moment it is limited. gavin, stay safe and so sorry _ moment it is limited. gavin, stay safe and so sorry about - moment it is limited. gavin, stay safe and so sorry about the i safe and so sorry about the situation that is unfolding in ukraine for so many millions of people. ukraine for so many millions of --eole. :, ~' ,. ukraine for so many millions of people-_ let's - ukraine for so many millions of people._ let's get i ukraine for so many millions of people._ let's get a | ukraine for so many millions of i people._ let's get a recap people. thank you. let's get a recap on the main — people. thank you. let's get a recap on the main points _ people. thank you. let's get a recap on the main points of— people. thank you. let's get a recap on the main points of this _ on the main points of this developing story. heavy gunfire and rocket must have been heard in kyiv as the russian military continues its assault on the city. volodymyr zelensky says attacks have been repelled from all directions but the governor of the kyiv region warned russian troops are building up on the border. earlier president zelensky shared video of himself on the streets of kyiv dispelling rumours he had called on the army to lay down arms. he has promised to give weapons to anyone willing to defend the country. fighting continued in several cities overnight. this map shows some of the locations that came under fire.

she claims to have captured the southern city of melitopol though this is yet to be confirmed by ukraine. more than 120,000 ukrainians are said to have crossed the border to escape the conflict since thursday. dawn in a european capital. a missile hits a block of flats. the blast destroyed apartments across three floors. firefighters rescued the injured. so far, miraculously, there are no reports of any deaths. translation: we managed to escape. we were in the kitchen. we were lucky. it was a direct hit into the living room. my wife and elder child had their legs broken open. the younger was taken somewhere by the rescuers. i am looking for them now. ukraine's president posted this from the heart of the capital. later he directly addresses people.

translation we have successfully repelled attacks in many areas of our country. we know we are protecting our country and the future of our children. kyiv and leer;r future of our children. kyiv and key cities are future of our children. kyiv and 9 cities are controlled by our army. and still the missiles come. here in the centre of the city, civilians have been warned to stay indoors or in bomb shelters. it's thought almost 200 people have already been killed. president putin now wants ukrainians to overthrow their own government. translation: i appeal to the servicemen of i 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. this country is under attack from three points of the compass. the russians aren't advancing as fast as many thought they would, but the ukrainian military remains outnumbered.

in the central ukrainian city of dnipro, many have started to consider what until recently seemed unthinkable. i don't want to lose my country. i love it so much, you can't even imagine that. it is quite shocking for me, and right now i'm thinking about taking weapons to my hands, at least to defend my local districts. others have not stayed to find out. tens of thousands here crossing into poland in the west. and on ukraine's southern border, into romania too. siren drones. kyiv�*s civilians now direct targets in their own homes. ukrainian forces are stalling the russian advance. the fear must be that in an effort to break their resistance, president putin may order a yet more brutal assault. angus crawford, bbc news.

there have been protests around the world. our correspondentjoins us from central london. tell us what is happening in central london. this from central london. tell us what is happening in central london.- happening in central london. this is a rotest happening in central london. this is a protest of — happening in central london. this is a protest of several _ happening in central london. this is a protest of several thousand - happening in central london. this is| a protest of several thousand people in whitehall in the middle of london where the government buildings are, government buildings that are having the unionjack and also the ukrainian blue yellow flag. i very big turnout and we spent the morning or the afternoon talking to many other people who have come out to protest and i can tell you that very many of them are who have direct links with ukraine, either ukrainian or are from that part of the well. a lot of process in central london, i have covered, but what struck me here is a sense of shock. there are people who have got friends who have literally left their homes this morning to go to sign up and fight against the russian invasion of

their country. there are people here protesting who have just got back from kyiv who have already seen some of the damage on tv and are really terribly worried about their friends and relatives and there are also russian people here, i spoke to a russian people here, i spoke to a russian couple who again almost looked in shock, theirfaces russian couple who again almost looked in shock, their faces told its own story. they felt sort of ashamed but also desperately angry about what was going on in the name of their country and they said that the only thing they could think of to do was to come out here and protest here and show their support for the people of ukraine who have come out in pretty large numbers. there are also protest outside the russian embassy in another part of london and in three or four other cities in the uk.— london and in three or four other cities in the uk. thank you so much for bringing — cities in the uk. thank you so much for bringing us _ cities in the uk. thank you so much for bringing us up — cities in the uk. thank you so much for bringing us up to _ cities in the uk. thank you so much for bringing us up to date. - cities in the uk. thank you so much for bringing us up to date. we i cities in the uk. thank you so much for bringing us up to date. we are l for bringing us up to date. we are seeing similar protests in capitals across the globe. measure's media regulators has disrupted ten media outlets to remove reports describing

russia's military assault on ukraine as an invasion, an attack, or a declaration of war. state media have been telling the commit line. twitter has joined facebook in having its service in russia restricted. saivet report is with us. as we see in most of these sorts of situations, the flow of information going into a country like russia is often distorted and blocked in this case, where we are seeing twitter and facebook being restricted —— our saivet report. when you look the media landscape in russia you have to realise that lots of it is a state run so they are, in the words of some of the commentary we are seeing toeing the line and not declaring that this was a war, aggression or invasion and they are allowed to freely publish information to the russian people but the other side of it is the social networks who are much more loose and free and that is why russia appears to be trying to clamp

down on these areas. we have seen there is a row taking place between there is a row taking place between the regulator, against facebook, saying facebook is not doing enough to take down, in the opinion of reference, misinformation. they want less fact checking, less labelling of posts presumably saying things against the russian regime. because of that facebook have said we are not going to stop fact checking and then we are seeing this threat of restrictions to connectivity being placed on facebook and we don't know whether that might spread to instagram, whatsapp and other platforms that facebook runs but speaking to the agency who watch internet connectivity, they say that facebook is running as normal at the moment, that threat has not been seen to be coming true yet. however with twitter we have seen this morning that there is pretty much a complete block on access to twitter for russians at the moment. the other issue _ for russians at the moment. the other issue we _ for russians at the moment. the other issue we are _ for russians at the moment. the other issue we are seeing, like so

many other conflicts, old videos being shared, tens of thousands of times, of conflicts from other times, of conflicts from other times, being used to talk about what is happening. there really is a lot of misinformation flowing at the moment so this fact checking is more critical than ever. t moment so this fact checking is more critical than ever.— critical than ever. i suppose that is an argument _ critical than ever. i suppose that is an argument you _ critical than ever. i suppose that is an argument you could - critical than ever. i suppose that is an argument you could say i critical than ever. i suppose that. is an argument you could say that critical than ever. i suppose that i is an argument you could say that it is an argument you could say that it is fairfor moscow to is an argument you could say that it is fair for moscow to level at the social network companies because there is misinformation on both sides and if the russian regime says, look, this post is wrong or these people saying we did this is wrong, that may be a legitimate cause for concern but there is a battle at between misinformation, one person's misinformation is another person's fact and it is very hard to verify what is happening on social networks but the argument from people campaigning for free and open internet would be that these things need to remain open and it is “p things need to remain open and it is up to the social networks to simply do more and step up to the plate. i spoke to the director of net blocks earlier he said this was effectively

stifling the information free flow. thank you so much. iamjoined by i am joined by a senior research fellow at the imperial college and an expert in energy policy and technology. thank you forjoining us on the programme. let's talk about europe's dependency on russian gas and oil. give us a sense that the extent of it and how far and wide it is. it extent of it and how far and wide it is. , , ., , ., ., is. it depends on where you are in euro e. is. it depends on where you are in europe- clearly — is. it depends on where you are in europe. clearly the _ is. it depends on where you are in europe. clearly the further - is. it depends on where you are in europe. clearly the further east i is. it depends on where you are in i europe. clearly the further east you get along the european union, the more that dependence is. the eu as a whole get something like a third of its gas and oil from whole get something like a third of its gas and oilfrom russia, the russian federation, although in germany it is 40% and higher in austria. by the time you get as far west as the uk the direct dependence is down to about 5% or 6% although

of course what is going on in the markets of europe, at least in terms of price, has implications for the whole of europe.— of price, has implications for the whole of europe. when we look at a crisis like this _ whole of europe. when we look at a crisis like this and _ whole of europe. when we look at a crisis like this and this _ whole of europe. when we look at a crisis like this and this concern i crisis like this and this concern about imposing certain sanctions because of that level of dependency, would now be the time to make a case to move away from fossil fuels, for example? to move away from fossil fuels, for examle? , , , ., . , , example? yes, so this is what crises of this nature _ example? yes, so this is what crises of this nature do. _ example? yes, so this is what crises of this nature do. when _ example? yes, so this is what crises of this nature do. when we - example? yes, so this is what crises of this nature do. when we saw- example? yes, so this is what crises of this nature do. when we saw the i of this nature do. when we saw the great oil shocks of the 1970s, where incidentally in real terms the oil price was much, much higher than it is even today, that did create a great impetus for developing alternatives. there were major nuclear programmes instigated in places like sweden and france. we went back to coal quite significantly around that period of time, cole had been declining up until that point. these days we also have the new renewables. this is

almostjust markets doing what markets do whenever a enormous pressure comes on one source of a particular service or good. then alternative goods or alternative sources of that good become a lot more attractive and start to get developed. more attractive and start to get developed-— more attractive and start to get develoed. ~ :, , ., developed. would you say it is fair to say that — developed. would you say it is fair to say that russia _ developed. would you say it is fair to say that russia has _ developed. would you say it is fair to say that russia has the - developed. would you say it is fair to say that russia has the upper. to say that russia has the upper hand here and they could also take measures to retaliate because of these sanctions? . measures to retaliate because of these sanctions?— these sanctions? , certainly. we have seen _ these sanctions? , certainly. we have seen throughout _ these sanctions? , certainly. we have seen throughout the - these sanctions? , certainly. we| have seen throughout the course these sanctions? , certainly. we i have seen throughout the course of the last ten or 15 years, on several occasions, russia has restricted gas supply to ukraine, it has restricted oil supply to belarus and that has reverberations across the rest of europe in terms particularly of price rather than availability up until now. potentially you could imagine that in the short—term russia could interrupt supplies, as well, but one would have to say that they would be very careful about their own long—term interest because in the long term if russia's gas is

replaced by gas from other countries around the world, that we can russia's position politically and economically because export of fossil fuels is i economically because export of fossilfuels is i think possibly economically because export of fossil fuels is i think possibly the single biggest foreign earner for the russian federation, it is certainly one of their major foreign earners. they won't, i suspect, want to cut off their nose to spite their face, but in the short—term, of course, this is a weapon that they will be potentially able to use because you cannot turn these alternative sources on overnight. taste alternative sources on overnight. we saw olaf schultz announced last week the halting of nord stream 2, do you think that will be something that is going to be scrapped entirely, given how much was spent on it and the aspirations for it? it how much was spent on it and the aspirations for it?— aspirations for it? it has been built and germany _ aspirations for it? it has been built and germany is - aspirations for it? it has been i built and germany is extremely dependent, as i mentioned, on imported gas, particularly from russia. germany took what too many minds is the very peculiar decision to close down its nuclear stations

and replace those largely with gas. and this is the geopolitics of that, they clearly looked very serious now, though they didn't two years ago. it is difficult to see where germany in the medium term will source the gasket was expecting to get through nord stream 2. —— source of the gasket was expecting to get. this may all turn out to not be the case in the short term case may be the thing that drives the whole issue. but countries will notjust be looking short—term, they will be thinking about their long—term interests and i think that will be on both sides of this dispute, the russian side and the european side. malcolm grimston, thank you for joining us. some breaking news has just come in. sweden has refused to play russia in the football world cup play—offs, so the international isolation of russia continues and

sweden has refused to play russia in football world cup play—offs. we are seeing different sectors of sport being impacted by this ongoing conflict. the latest is, according to the federation, that sweden is refusing to play russia in the football world cup play—offs. rob cameron, our europe correspondent told us more about the situation at the border between slovakia and ukraine. this board is one of three borders that slovakia has alongside its 100 kilometre border with ukraine. it is usually a pedestrian border so there are no cars coming through, just a steady stream of people. they are moving quite slowly, mostly women, lots of kids and it is the same thing we are seeing up and down the ukrainian border, people are coming to the border to pick these people up to the border to pick these people up and take them on to friends and family, either in slovakia and the czech republic or poland or hungary

or romania and there is a steady trickle of people and it could soon become a flood and if ukrainians start letting people and there will be many more here, they say that is something that they are ready to deal with. it something that they are ready to deal with. , :, something that they are ready to deal with. , . ., , deal with. it is a new reality with no sense of— deal with. it is a new reality with no sense of when _ deal with. it is a new reality with no sense of when this _ deal with. it is a new reality with no sense of when this may i deal with. it is a new reality with no sense of when this may come deal with. it is a new reality with i no sense of when this may come to an end. the situation is so fluid and uncertain. it end. the situation is so fluid and uncertain. , end. the situation is so fluid and uncertain-— end. the situation is so fluid and uncertain. , , ., uncertain. it is exactly so. i would not sa uncertain. it is exactly so. i would rrot say the _ uncertain. it is exactly so. i would not say the senior _ uncertain. it is exactly so. i would not say the senior is _ uncertain. it is exactly so. i would not say the senior is chaotic, i uncertain. it is exactly so. i would| not say the senior is chaotic, quite calm and well organised but when you speak to the people who have come across the border, we spoke to a young girl, i think she was 15 years old, and she was there with her younger brother who had learning difficulties so it was a distressing scene. she isjust from difficulties so it was a distressing scene. she is just from across the border from a scene. she is just from across the borderfrom a big city in ukraine, city of 100,000 people, just across

the borderfrom city of 100,000 people, just across the border from slovakia, city of 100,000 people, just across the borderfrom slovakia, where i am now and she said they had come across without their parents. there was no fighting in the city which she was being told by her parents to leave, that the parents would join them. other people, i met the woman who was from kyiv, but she has lived in germany for 20 years and she has come here to pick up herfriends from kyiv who is somewhere on the other side of the border waiting to cross and we are also hearing that some people are waiting, people in cars are waiting for eight to 12 hours across after making very long and arduous journeys. rob cameron reporting. hundreds of thousands of people have been making their way into europe. lucy williamson gave me this update from the moldovan border. we williamson gave me this update from the moldovan border.— the moldovan border. we spent the mornin: the moldovan border. we spent the morning here _ the moldovan border. we spent the morning here at _ the moldovan border. we spent the morning here at the _ the moldovan border. we spent the morning here at the border - the moldovan border. we spent the morning here at the border in - morning here at the border in moldova and hearing story of desperation, people talking about spending a day and night in the queuejust a few

spending a day and night in the queue just a few metres across that border, trying to get into moldova. one woman said after 27 hours they simply abandoned their car, took whatever they could carry, and walked the final bit of distance here into moldova. i spoke to another woman just before i here into moldova. i spoke to another womanjust before i came on air broke down as she told me that she had had to leave her husband behind. of course martial law means that many men are being stopped from crossing the border at all. here we are seeing family groups made up exclusively of women, mothers, daughters, grandmothers, travelling together without their men and a very difficult time indeed. clearly very difficult time indeed. clearly very heartbreaking _ very difficult time indeed. clearly very heartbreaking when - very difficult time indeed. clearly very heartbreaking when we - very difficult time indeed. clearly very heartbreaking when we see| very difficult time indeed. clearly - very heartbreaking when we see those images of children and women having to say goodbye to their husbands, their fathers, to say goodbye to their husbands, theirfathers, their to say goodbye to their husbands, their fathers, their brothers and all the men. these are men between the ages of 18 and 60 who have been asked to stay behind and fight. there is a level of uncertainty for these people coming over about how

long they will stay and whether they will be able to go back in the near future. ~ , , ~ will be able to go back in the near future. , ~ future. absolutely. almost everybody i have spoken — future. absolutely. almost everybody i have spoken to _ future. absolutely. almost everybody i have spoken to have _ future. absolutely. almost everybody i have spoken to have said _ future. absolutely. almost everybody i have spoken to have said they - i have spoken to have said they really don't have any clue what they are going to do next. a lot of them are going to do next. a lot of them are pitching appear either in their cars or on foot and standing around thinking, where shall i go now and how shall i get there? i don't know if you can see behind me but there are some stalls set up with volunteers, they have coffee and sandwiches and they are trying to hand out some advice to people and i think you heard from the polish border, local people turning up to try to fit lifts, to try to take people wherever they need to go. the same thing is happening here, local people really supportive of ukrainians who are coming over. most of those who are coming over, 30,000 ukrainians, we are told, have come into moldova since wednesday and almost all of them are staying here in this tiny countryjust waiting to

see what is going to happen and very few of them are going on to countries outside. i will be back in the next few minutes with the latest headlines. you can get in touch with me on twitter. i will see you in the next few minutes. hello. high pressure is the dominant feature across much of england and wales this weekend, meaning fine, dry conditions, a good deal of sunshine. this was nottinghamshire a few hours ago. slightly different story across scotland and northern ireland. we have an approaching front and you can see here on the earlier satellite picture, this swathe of cloud draped across scotland and into northern ireland — just pushing into the far north of england, as well — bringing a bit of patchy light rain at times. actually, if you see the bigger picture, you can see this area of high pressure gradually drifting away eastwards over the next 2a to 48 hours, as this frontal system starts to push its way eastwards.

so it's a blustery picture across the north and west of scotland, into northern ireland this afternoon, some drizzle — but further south and east is where we keep the best of the sunshine. but for all of us, the winds will be picking up — particularly across northern ireland and northern and western scotland. these are average strengths, but the gusts could well touch 55, maybe even 60 miles an hour across the western isles. now, overnight, that front pushes into the north and west of scotland and northern ireland, bringing a spell of rain. further south and east, it's dry, mostly clear skies — many of us are likely to see a frost as temperatures across much of england and wales fall close to, or maybe even a few degrees below freezing. milder where we've got the zone of cloud and patchy rain, which continues to gradually push its way eastwards tomorrow — quite a blustery start across the north and west of scotland, northern ireland. perhaps some cloud pushing into wales and southwest england through the afternoon with some drizzle — but, once again, the further east you are, the best of the sunshine. temperatures in the range from eight to 12 celsius. and that frontal system still is nudging its way eastwards as we head through tomorrow evening,

so some more persistent rain pushing into western scotland — perhaps into parts of wales and southwest england too. and it leads us into quite a messy picture to start the new week as this front slides its way south and eastwards across the uk. gales are likely across northern and western scotland, but the rain should clear from here through the morning — also across northern ireland — but some more persistent rain settling into northern england, wales, southwest england and eventually pushing its way eastwards through the day. temperatures typically nine to 12 celsius, but turning colder behind that rain band. we could see some wintry showers across parts of northern ireland and northwest scotland. this high pushes in to many of us on tuesday, but notice some rain is still lingering across the southern counties of england, so some of the timings may well change in the rain over the next few days. keep an eye on the forecast.

this is bbc news, i'm yalda hakim — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the moment a rocket hit a residential apartment block in ukraine's capital — as explosions are reported across the city. authorities confirmed no one was killed in the strike — one eyewitness narrowly escaped the blast. we managed to escape, we were in the kitchen, we were lucky, it was a direct hit into the living room. my wife and child have their legs broken open. the youngest was taken somewhere by rescuers, i'm looking for her now. sirens sound as heavy gunfire rings out in kyiv. crowds of people rushed to shelter — but ukraine's president

remains defiant. parts of our country. we successfully repelled enemy attacks in many parts of our country. we know what we are protecting, our country and the future of our children. more than 120,000 people are estimated to have fled into neighbouring countries since the invasion. most of them have come to poland, where local communities have organised and rally together and they say they are welcoming the refugees. showing solidarity with ukraine — the protests continue around the world condemning the russian invasion. western nations impose sanctions on vladimir putin.

heavy gunfire and rocket blasts have been heard in ukraine's capital kyiv, as the russian military continues its assault on the city. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says attacks have been repelled from all directions. earlier, president zelensky shared video of himself on the streets of kyiv, dispelling rumours he had called on the army to lay down arms. he has promised to give weapons to anyone willing to defend the country. fighting continued in several cities overnight. ina in a moment we will be live in kyiv. first of our correspondents angus in ukraine, everyone plays a part. here, even children help make explosives, so—called molotov

cocktails, improvised weapons to help stop one of the world's biggest armies. dawn in a european capital. a missile hits a block of flats. the blast destroyed apartments across three floors. firefighters rescued the injured. so far, miraculously, there are no reports of any deaths. translation: we managed to escape. we were in the kitchen. we were lucky. it was a direct hit into the living room. my wife and elder child had their legs broken open. the younger was taken somewhere by the rescuers. i am looking for them now. ukraine's president posted this from the heart of the capital. later he directly addressed his people. translation: we successfully repelled attacks in many - cities of our country. we know what we are protecting, our country and the future of our children. kyiv and key cities are controlled by our army. and still the missiles come. here in the centre of the city, civilians have been warned to stay indoors or in bomb shelters.

it's thought almost 200 people have already been killed. president putin now wants ukrainians to overthrow their own government. translation: i appeal to the servicemen of i 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. this country is under attack from three points of the compass. the russians aren't advancing as fast as many thought they would, but the ukrainian military remains outnumbered. in the central ukrainian city of dnipro, many have started to consider what until recently seemed unthinkable. i don't want to lose my country. i love it so much, you can't even imagine that. it is quite shocking for me, and right now i'm thinking about taking weapons to my hands, at

least to defend my local districts. others have not stayed to find out. tens of thousands here crossing into poland in the west. and on ukraine's southern border, into romania too. siren drones. air raid sirens bring panic. civilian is not like targets in their own homes. ukrainian forces are stalling the russian advance. the fear must be that in an effort to break their resistance, president putin may order a yet more brutal assault. angus crawford, bbc news. our international correspondent, orla guerin, sent this update from a road outside of kyiv. well, we're on the road to the capital kyiv and we've just

come across this convoy of ukrainian military vehicles. we've been told that they were hit yesterday. they were obviously heading towards the capital to be part of the defence of the city when there was a russian missile strike. this is an air defence missile system. very, very few cars on the road this morning. we're making a careful approach to the city, checking the information as we go. reports coming out from kyiv talk of air strikes, talk of more sirens, people hiding in basements. it's crucial for moscow's plans to try to get control of the capital, but that may involve street—by—street fighting, and, so far, there is no indication that russian forces have managed to reach the centre of the city, though there are reports that they are in one of the suburbs on the outskirts. these are pictures from a card's dashcam that we believe to shout the

moment just dashcam that we believe to shout the momentjust after that tank on white was destroyed by shelling. our correspondent said she believed the convoy was moving towards kyiv to help defend the city. more like 150,000 people have crossed the border from 150,000 people have crossed the borderfrom ukraine into paul in the following russia's invasion. 15,000 of those in a four hour period on saturday. fergal keane was with people on the pollen board are overnight as they try to escape so, those people are moving on foot down towards the border with poland but it's another 20 kilometres from where we are at the moment. we just need to move out of the way and let more people pass us here. they're coming... constant procession of people — and cars, as well. as i've said, 20 kilometres that way, and i'm told another ten, at least, that way, cars are backed up. now, the authorities are trying to create breaks between the lines of cars so you don't get total gridlock and a crush up at the border area.

what is really, really obvious here, when you look into people's faces, when you talk to them, is this sense of fear. you know, it's nearly midnight where we are now and they keep coming — and why is that? to get away from any possibility of attack by russian troops, by russian aircraft. these are people on the move quite simply because of fear. our corresponding kasia madera is on the polish border. tens of thousands of people making their way to that very long border with ukraine? it is a very long — very long borderwith ukraine? it 3 a very long border and very long borderwith ukraine? it 2 a very long border and there are numerous crossings with scenes like this going on behind me. this is a

collective organisation by local community groups and individuals who just wanted to help because they know that there will be an awful lot of people coming across the border. already the polish border control authorities believe around 100,000 ukrainians have crossed into poland. the expectation, given what's happening on the ukrainian side, that figure will increase. on the ground they will receive a welcome once they do finally get here. lots of donations in the clouds been getting, emergency services, medical facilities, cowardly tests. there was a whole group of people offering warm food. they will be back tomorrow, they were here yesterday. —— covid tests. peoplejust tomorrow, they were here yesterday. —— covid tests. people just want to help because that the people coming here from ukraine are leaving everything behind, they arejust fleeing with very few positions. one

person who has also been helping and kind of orchestrating this as my guest now. you are ukrainian, your family is in lviv. you are here helping out at the moment. just tell us what you have been doing. it’s us what you have been doing. it's interesting history. iwas us what you have been doing. it's interesting history. i was with my wife and — interesting history. i was with my wife and daughter in austria in the skis, _ wife and daughter in austria in the skis, my— wife and daughter in austria in the skis, my son was in lviv. we come from _ skis, my son was in lviv. we come from austria — skis, my son was in lviv. we come from austria to here in poland. what we saw _ from austria to here in poland. what we saw is _ from austria to here in poland. what we saw is the problem from people who come — we saw is the problem from people who come from ukraine here. my son is still— who come from ukraine here. my son is still in _ who come from ukraine here. my son is still in lviv. — who come from ukraine here. my son is still in lviv, he cannot come here _ is still in lviv, he cannot come here because the men cannot come here _ here because the men cannot come here what — here because the men cannot come here. what we saw, the people need us right— here. what we saw, the people need us right now— here. what we saw, the people need us right now here. i understand

laler— us right now here. i understand later we — us right now here. i understand later we organise everything here. after— later we organise everything here. after the _ later we organise everything here. after the orange revolution, i have some _ after the orange revolution, i have some starting. i know how to do, how to organise _ some starting. i know how to do, how to organise it. — some starting. i know how to do, how to organise it, some way for the people — to organise it, some way for the people who come and don't know what to do _ people who come and don't know what to do the _ people who come and don't know what to do. the people from poland help us. i to do. the people from poland help us i tot _ to do. the people from poland help us ltot of— to do. the people from poland help us. i lot of people from different countries, — us. i lot of people from different countries, for example, belarusian -uys countries, for example, belarusian guys living — countries, for example, belarusian guys living in poland. a lot of people — guys living in poland. a lot of people coming here to help, do everything they can to help the people — everything they can to help the --eole. ., everything they can to help the eo le, ., ., everything they can to help the --eole. ., ., , people. tell me, how old is your son? 25? _ people. tell me, how old is your son? 25? - _ people. tell me, how old is your son? 25? . he _ people. tell me, how old is your son? 25? . he is— people. tell me, how old is your son? 25? . he is going _ people. tell me, how old is your son? 25? . he is going to - people. tell me, how old is your son? 25? . he is going to have l people. tell me, how old is your| son? 25? . he is going to have to fiuht? son? 25? . he is going to have to fight? yes- _ son? 25? . he is going to have to fight? yes. how— son? 25? . he is going to have to fight? yes. how do _ son? 25? . he is going to have to fight? yes. how do you _ son? 25? . he is going to have to fight? yes. how do you feel- son? 25? . he is going to have to | fight? yes. how do you feel about that? afraid. — fight? yes. how do you feel about that? afraid. what _ fight? yes. how do you feel about that? afraid. what we _ fight? yes. how do you feel about that? afraid. what we need - fight? yes. how do you feel about that? afraid. what we need to - fight? yes. how do you feel about i that? afraid. what we need to fight.

you are going _ that? afraid. what we need to fight. you are going to _ that? afraid. what we need to fight. you are going to go _ that? afraid. what we need to fight. you are going to go back _ that? afraid. what we need to fight. you are going to go back and - that? afraid. what we need to fight. you are going to go back and a - you are going to go back and a fight? you are going to go back and a fiuht? , ., you are going to go back and a fiiht? , ., ., y fight? yes, i go to fight if they come to us- — fight? yes, i go to fight if they come to us. are _ fight? yes, i go to fight if they come to us. are you _ fight? yes, i go to fight if they come to us. are you ready - fight? yes, i go to fight if they come to us. are you ready for| fight? yes, i go to fight if they - come to us. are you ready for that? yeah, come to us. are you ready for that? yeah. i'm — come to us. are you ready for that? yeah. i'm ready- — come to us. are you ready for that? yeah, i'm ready. other— come to us. are you ready for that? yeah, i'm ready. other people - yeah, i'm ready. other people understand that if we don't fight, we don't — understand that if we don't fight, we don't see ukraine in the future. —— a lot of people. we don't see ukraine in the future. -- a lot of people-— -- a lot of people. when you speak to the people _ -- a lot of people. when you speak to the people coming _ -- a lot of people. when you speak to the people coming over, - -- a lot of people. when you speak to the people coming over, they i -- a lot of people. when you speak| to the people coming over, they are exhausted, absolutely shattered, they have spent hours in queues trying to get across the border. seeing them, how does that make you react? how do you feel? i know you have been really helping them on the ground. have been really helping them on the round. , ., ., , ., ground. very hard to see that. their e es, with ground. very hard to see that. their eyes. with the _ ground. very hard to see that. their eyes, with the children. _ ground. very hard to see that. their eyes, with the children. for - eyes, with the children. for example. _ eyes, with the children. for example, women with three years old across— example, women with three years old across 20 _ example, women with three years old across 20 kilometres have come to the border— across 20 kilometres have come to the border and stayed seven hours to .et the border and stayed seven hours to get here _

the border and stayed seven hours to get here. after that, they are out in really— get here. after that, they are out in really bad shape. we help these people. _ in really bad shape. we help these people, some eating, some tea, some hot things _ people, some eating, some tea, some hot things a_ people, some eating, some tea, some hot things. a lot of people have less from — hot things. a lot of people have less from us, they need it. really, want _ less from us, they need it. really, want to— less from us, they need it. really, want to help these people. they have any concept — want to help these people. they have any concept how— want to help these people. they have any concept how long _ want to help these people. they have any concept how long those _ want to help these people. they have any concept how long those people i any concept how long those people will have to be in poland? —— do you have any concept. its, will have to be in poland? -- do you have any concept.— have any concept. a lot of people have any concept. a lot of people have some _ have any concept. a lot of people have some friends _ have any concept. a lot of people have some friends because - have any concept. a lot of people have some friends because we i have any concept. a lot of people | have some friends because we are neighbours— have some friends because we are neighbours and it's normal they have some _ neighbours and it's normal they have some friends and families who live here _ some friends and families who live here i_ some friends and families who live here. i think it— 90% of people coming — here. i think it— 90% of people coming from ukraine he had have some contacts— coming from ukraine he had have some contacts and _ coming from ukraine he had have some contacts and have a place to stay. some _ contacts and have a place to stay. some of— contacts and have a place to stay. some of the people coming here didnt— some of the people coming here

didn't have. a lot of people coming here from — didn't have. a lot of people coming here from thailand and tell them, you can't— here from thailand and tell them, you can't live in our house, or we can help — you can't live in our house, or we can help you _ you can't live in our house, or we can help you to stay here. —— coming here _ can help you to stay here. —— coming here from _ can help you to stay here. —— coming here from poland. some organisations help to _ here from poland. some organisations help to organise the work here. have some _ help to organise the work here. have some futures here.— some futures here. thank you very much, some futures here. thank you very much. thank _ some futures here. thank you very much, thank you _ some futures here. thank you very much, thank you for _ some futures here. thank you very much, thank you for speaking i some futures here. thank you very much, thank you for speaking with | much, thank you for speaking with us. thank you for taking time out from this organisation, this kind of group effort. a lot of groups like this, individuals coming wanting to help. as my guess was saying, these people are exhausted by the time they get to this border crossing here. it was just sobering to hear my guest saying he knows his son will have to fight, he will have to fight eventually when he gets back

to ukraine. it is quite sobering. the reality is a lot of people coming to the board but here are women and children. they have left their brothers, fathers, grandfathers behind. they have come to the border of poland, but they note that nearest and dearest are there. ' :: :: :: :: :: note that nearest and dearest are there. ':: i: :: :: :: , .,, ., there. 0ver100,000 people are reachin: there. 0ver100,000 people are reaching the _ there. 0ver100,000 people are reaching the polish _ there. 0ver100,000 people are reaching the polish border- there. 0ver100,000 people are| reaching the polish border there, that was just over two days. some are finding temporary sanctuary in sports halls and churches. let's just show you this map of ukraine, and you can see all the neighbouring countries. many people trying to flee as russian forces pounded ukrainian cities, including the capital, kyiv, with artillery and

cruise missiles. these fearful people are making their way to the borders, hoping to enter poland, slovakia, and romania. as our correspondents have been reporting, mainly women and children there who have left behind their husbands, fathers, grandfathers, brothers. any man between the age of 18 and 60 have been asked to stay behind and fight. the thousands of people you are seen pouring over the borders, these are images coming out of romania, people walking thousands of kilometres above the small children to get to safety and to flee the artillery and cruise missiles. let's just show you these images at a port in romania, where people are also arriving by sea, using whatever means they can to get to the closest

border to them. this is the romanian — ukrainian border, but people had arrived by doubt to get away from the fighting. the majority of people coming our women and children trying to get away from the fighting and to safety, pouring across its western borders on a saturday, around 100,000 people have reached the polish borders, but tens of thousands of others are arriving at the slovakian, romanian and hungarian borders. let's get the latest from the ground in ukraine. our correspondents, james waterhouse, is in kyiv, where many have been forced to go underground. if the last 48 hours have taught us

anything, that can change in a minute. it is an evolving situation. the events are happening so quickly and so too are claims and counter claims. earlier i was speaking to lyse, who said there are two lives, almost, one above ground and one above ground and one underground. you mentioned the fighting going on in lviv. it is difficult to imagine anything happening in lviv because for the last eight years we have seen fighting in the east of the country, but lviv always felt miles away from that kind of thing. it really gives you a sense of this onslaught right across that country. it has certainly fed into the shock and awe element of this attack, where russian troops have moved in the from have moved in the from the black sea coast, from occupied territories in moldova,

crossing the border, almost creating this military stranglehold on ukraine. it has caught everyone by surprise. you talk about that story of two lives at the moment. that really is the case. we have continued to see volunteers today signing up at national defence offices, getting those yellow armbands, being issued with weapons. there are very nervous volunteers driving around the city centre here in private cars brandishing weapons, having a look of fear in their eyes as they try and enforce order, try and defend their city. it is a very emotive thing at the moment for ukrainians, the very simple concept of wanting to defend one's country and identity. you have those extraordinary acts of bravery, but we have seen people of bravery, where we have seen people

just head off to face of the military might of russia, then you have those who have tried to get away to different parts of the country. we have seen 20 kilometre queues on the border of poland. then there are those who have decided to stay, who are quietly sitting in metro stations or underground restaurants or car parks, sitting there and pondering. you can see in their expressions that added strain of what is going on. people ask occasionally what do you know, what you make of what is going on outside? they can't quite believe it, they want to know, it is hard to access information. some have kids, some are stretching their legs in the underground car park close to us. it is an incredibly difficult time, when nobody is really seen any daylight on this clear blue day, nobody is venturing above ground. you might hear the chimes of the bells at saint michael's cathedral — that is the only sign of normality now in what has been an extraordinarily tragic and violent two days.

the german chancellor olaf scholz has been holding talks on imposing further sanctions on russia. the polish president and president of the few and i joined the polish president and president of the few and ijoined the meeting in berlin. leaders have called on the eu to toughen sanctions on russia. let's look to a german mep now, he speaks on foreign affairs at the european parliament. are you satisfied with the response from the western allies, from germany, in terms of sanctions and the various other means of power they have used against russia so far? h0. other means of power they have used against russia so far?— against russia so far? no, we had by no means satisfied. _ against russia so far? no, we had by no means satisfied. when _ against russia so far? no, we had by no means satisfied. when i— against russia so far? no, we had by no means satisfied. when i say i against russia so far? no, we had by no means satisfied. when i say we, | no means satisfied. when i say we, thatis no means satisfied. when i say we, that is the european parliament, which has constantly pleaded to support ukraine with defensive weapons and also to do the utmost to

counter ruthless and attack against ukraine. we have in previous resolutions already explicitly spoken out in favour of cutting russia off the swift system, of boycotting gas and oil imports. of dropping long—term leases for those profiteers of the system, and other limits on things. where are we now see that the decisions are by no means sufficient.— see that the decisions are by no means sufficient. part of the issue here is the — means sufficient. part of the issue here is the dragging _ means sufficient. part of the issue here is the dragging of _ means sufficient. part of the issue here is the dragging of the - means sufficient. part of the issue here is the dragging of the feed i here is the dragging of the feed when it comes to swift. the german say this will impact their reliance on russia's energy.— say this will impact their reliance on russia's energy. yes, but at such historic times, _ on russia's energy. yes, but at such historic times, when _ on russia's energy. yes, but at such historic times, when it _ on russia's energy. yes, but at such historic times, when it is _ on russia's energy. yes, but at such historic times, when it is really i historic times, when it is really about the fight of democracy against dictatorship, when it is about the fate of an entire nation, in such

decisive times, such considerations have to be of secondary nature. it is not about saving ukraine as a nation, it is about making very clear where germany stands. i have seen over the last hours that other countries have change their position in this regard. the french finance minister said he is in favour of cutting off russia from the system and others have followed suit. if germany changes its mind, i think the rest of us on the german side will also shift. it is extremely necessary. will also shift. it is extremely necessary-— will also shift. it is extremely necessa . ., , ~ , necessary. the polish prime minister has slammed — necessary. the polish prime minister has slammed western _ necessary. the polish prime minister has slammed western countries, i has slammed western countries, especially germany, for what he calls on yielding egos in the face of rush—hour's war in ukraine. he said sanctions were needed and frankly are not being imposed. —— in

russia's war. frankly are not being imposed. -- in russia's war-— russia's war. they are historic days which reminds _ russia's war. they are historic days which reminds me _ russia's war. they are historic days which reminds me of _ russia's war. they are historic days which reminds me of our _ russia's war. they are historic days which reminds me of our own i russia's war. they are historic daysj which reminds me of our own tragic past. these are the moments and days when in the collective memory of a nation, when they are in—house danger, then the collective memory will sink in. if the germans come out saying no, we do not deliver weapons, no swift, no oil and gas. that will sink in with central europeans and i think also with many of our western neighbours. haste europeans and i think also with many of our western neighbours.— of our western neighbours. we are actually hearing — of our western neighbours. we are actually hearing that _ of our western neighbours. we are actually hearing that germany i of our western neighbours. we are actually hearing that germany is i of our western neighbours. we are actually hearing that germany is in the procedure of delivering 400 rpg is to ukraine via a third country? i would wish that we would provide them with the stinger missiles that they are asking for. that is by no

means enough. we should do what we can. we don't have that much, admittedly, but the symbol would already be enough to deliver our missiles and sting them ourselves that we have got. together with others, the dutch, you in britain, our partners, we should stand with the ukrainians in these tragic days. do you think olaf scholz is starting to move away from some of the policies of angela merkel, which in at the last decade seem to have got herself intertwined with russia. we sought nord stream 2 being announced and developed a year after the annexation of crimea. admittedly, the chancellor _ annexation of crimea. admittedly, the chancellor let _ annexation of crimea. admittedly, the chancellor let it _ annexation of crimea. admittedly, the chancellor let it happen - annexation of crimea. admittedly, the chancellor let it happen for. annexation of crimea. admittedly, | the chancellor let it happen for the sake of peace inside the coalition.

from the very outset we in the european parliament has it been against this project, we have always said it is a political project to bypass ukraine, to weaken the country, and now we see what the real purpose is. he thinks if he attacks ukraine's infrastructure, he would have in reserve this thing. i think, politically, regardless of how it ends, this pipeline is dead politically. i think for the short time we should also think about the position of our parliament to boycott russia's oil and gas. the ursula von der leyen has said this winter we are not sitting in the cold, but if we leave ukrainians out in the cold, they will be no ukraine afterwards. in the cold, they will be no ukraine afterwards— afterwards. turkey's president has told ukraine's _ afterwards. turkey's president has told ukraine's that _ afterwards. turkey's president has told ukraine's that he _ afterwards. turkey's president has

told ukraine's that he is _ afterwards. turkey's president has told ukraine's that he is working . afterwards. turkey's president has| told ukraine's that he is working to secure an immediate ceasefire. but that has been cast whether turkey will block russian warships moving throughout the black sea. this afternoon was a zelensky tweeted thanks to president erdogan. this was initially thought to mean turkey had approved halting russian vessels. russia has denied it has received any notification regarding the plug on using the bosporus straits, so we are hearing some confusion there. we have our diplomatic correspondents here to help us understand. it was a very fast moving, we saw that we where volodymyr zelensky thanks president erdogan, then the russians say they did not get any formal notification to stop this. did not get any formal notification to stop this-— to stop this. turkey is a nato member. _ to stop this. turkey is a nato member. it _ to stop this. turkey is a nato member, it borders - to stop this. turkey is a nato member, it borders ukraine | to stop this. turkey is a nato i member, it borders ukraine and russia. it has good relations with both, until now. on thursday, hours

after the russian invasion of ukraine, you have kyiv asking turkey to close the bosporus and doubt on our streets, which links the mediterranean and black sea. turkey has control of the straits under a pact that says under the accord russian warships do have the right to return to their bases. on friday, the turkish foreign minister said i could not stop russian warships returning to home bases on the black sea. they tweet your vision, before then there was a conversation between president erdogan and president zelensky, then at the tweet where he thanks president erdogan and thanks turkey for significant military and humanitarian support, saying they are extremely important. it may have been at president zelensky, who of course is desperate to get any support he can forward hit the country, was trying to force turkey's hand. in any case, russia

has said it has had notification, and not hearing from turkey they are still considering what to do. very complicated, but no decision yet. we're also hearing from hungry�*s leader, viktor orban. what has he got to say?— leader, viktor orban. what has he not to sa ? f . ~ . got to say? hungry's prime minister has been considered _ got to say? hungry's prime minister has been considered putin's - got to say? hungry's prime minister has been considered putin's closest| has been considered putin's closest ally among eu leaders, so you might have excited him to stand with president putin, but no. certainly, president putin, but no. certainly, president putin, but no. certainly, president putin is facing ever stronger diplomatic isolation, and he said hungary would support all eu sanctions against russia, which not any, including russia's expulsion from the swift banking system that happens. it would have a profound economic consequence for russia if russia were to be rejected, but it would also have a blow back on the

countries and companies that most deal with russia, including germany as it buys a lot thank you for clarifying those things and helping us understand that these latest developments. let's just get a recap on the main points of this developing story. uk's uk's president volodymyr zelensky says attacks have been repelled from all directions but the governor of the kyiv region want russian troops are building up on the border. earlier president zelensky its shared video of himself on the streets of kyiv, dispelling rumours he had called on the army to lay down arms. he promised to give weapons to anyone willing to defend the country. fighting continued in several cities overnight and clashes have been reported today. the map you are seeing on your

screen paul adams has a point from kyiv. a missile hits a block of flats. russia denies deliberately hitting civilians but its track record in urban areas is not good. translation: we managed to escape. we were in the kitchen. we were lucky. it was a direct hit into the living room. my wife and elder child had their legs broken open. the younger was taken somewhere by the rescuers. i am looking for them now. in kyiv famously the underground stations, communities are keeping their heads down. nick casey larson 13 hours a day. they are not coming up 13 hours a day. they are not coming up much, even when it is lifted. the president, who could have accepted an american offer to get out, is still here. i don't need a ride, he says, i need ammunition.

translation: there is a lot of fake information on the internet now i saying that i am calling for our army to lay down its arms and that an evacuation is under way. we will defend our state because our weapon is our truth. they are already digging trenches, anticipating the west. determined to slow the enemy wherever they can, but russia's attacks, if they continue, will be hired to stop. western officials say the bulk of russian forces are now less than 20 miles from here. they say ukrainians are still putting up stiff resistance and russian casualties may be far higher than the kremlin ever imagined. it is another day of sirens all over the capital, a city proud and historic waiting to discover its fate. security forces constantly on edge, looking for signs of saboteurs, trying to weaken the city from within.

people have gathered in dnipro to make molotov cocktails. we got this update. this is part of a park in the centre of dnipro. you can see people are bringing cheese graters to grate polystyrene to make these molotov cocktails, there are boxes of glass bottles. lots of people are women, i spoke to an english teacher, a lawyer, a couple of housewives. they all said the same thing — this is not how they wanted to spend their saturday afternoon, but they don't know what to do, they feel they have to defend their land and the city, so they are preparing and want to be ready for whatever happens here. the housewives are saying, for example, we are good at cooking, it is just the same thing. the others were saying theyjust want to keep busy and don't want to think too hard about what they are doing.

it is about keeping occupied and busy, trying to keep calm in the face of some they admit is terrifying. it is terrifying to think on your saturday you are making molotov cocktails. president zelensky remains defiant, he addresses the country at least twice a day. is there a sense where you are in the east, in dnipro, that they have been abandoned by the outside world? yesterday i was at a blood donation centre, people there were saying they had come to give blood for the soldiers and come to do their bit. they were frustrated, they felt the west was not doing enough to help them, they were not getting enough support. they were saying sanctions are all very well, but it is not enough, it is not stopping russia. this is basically a nation trying to help itself. it is notjust a field full of people preparing physically to defend the city. there is also a building nearby where people are bringing food, clothes, bedding,

absolutely everything. petrol, buckets, anything you can possibly think of. they worry the city might become a city under siege at some point, that the russian forces might turn their attention to dnipro. it is a city with a reputation as a fortress city. it is a place preparing to defend itself, preparing for anything. there is a military hospital around the corner, a reminder of what this is all about. there are 400 beds at the hospital and the man in charge there told us that they are all full, so injured soldiers being put in all the time from the front line. he told us that this is now the main hospitalfor ukrainian fighters in the entire region. to the north, he said people are sitting in the basements, the danger there is now so great that many injured fighters are being brought south to dnipro. the situation is extremely dangerous,

people know that. it is just a hive of frantic activity, it is really quite extraordinary. sarah rainsford reporting from dnipro. hundreds of thousands of people have been making their way into europe. lucy williamson gave me this update from the moldovan border. we spent the morning here at the border in moldova and hearing stories of desperation, people talking about spending a day and night in the queue just a few metres across that border, trying to get into moldova. one woman said after 27 hours they simply abandoned their car, took whatever they could carry, and walked the final bit of distance here into moldova. i spoke to another woman just before i came on air broke down i spoke to another woman just before i came on air who broke down as she told me that she had had to leave her husband behind. of course martial law means that many men are being stopped from crossing the border at all.

here we are seeing family groups made up exclusively of women, mothers, daughters, grandmothers, travelling together without their men and a very difficult time indeed. clearly very heartbreaking when we see those images of children and women having to say goodbye to their husbands, their fathers, their brothers and all the men. these are men between the ages of 18 and 60 who have been asked to stay behind and fight. there is a level of uncertainty for these people coming over about how long they will stay and whether they will be able to go back in the near future. absolutely. almost everybody i have spoken to have said they really don't have any clue what they are going to do next. a lot of them are pitching up here either in their cars or on foot and standing around thinking, where shall i go now and how shall i get there? i don't know if you can see behind me but there are some stalls set up with volunteers, they have coffee and sandwiches and they are trying to hand out some advice to people and i think

you heard from the polish border, local people turning up to try and offer lifts, to try to take people wherever they need to go. the same thing is happening here, local people really supportive of ukrainians who are coming over. most of those who are coming over, 30,000 ukrainians, we are told, have come into moldova since wednesday and almost all of them are staying here in this tiny countryjust waiting to see what is going to happen and very few of them are going on to countries outside. lucy williamson reporting from the moldovan border. while we are hearing about tens of thousands of people crossing various borders, in the west of ukraine to get out of the west of ukraine to get out of the country, there are also many others who are struggling to get out of the country as the fighting intensifies. earlier i spoke to gavin guest, a teacher at the international school in kyiv, who

told me about how he is struggling told me about how he is struggling to get out of the country. i am told me about how he is struggling to get out of the country.— to get out of the country. i am in the south — to get out of the country. i am in the south and _ to get out of the country. i am in the south and i _ to get out of the country. i am in the south and i want _ to get out of the country. i am in the south and i want to - to get out of the country. i am in the south and i want to start i to get out of the country. i am in the south and i want to start by i the south and i want to start by thanking my friends, ukrainian and international, as well as my family for help in the power of the people, they have allowed us to share our barriers of getting out on the problems we still face today. we left lviv yesterday at 6am, took the car 500 kilometres to the romanian border, myself, a colleague and friend rebecca jackson an hour to shelter dogs which we have. it was quite an arduous journey, we were able to be dropped off about ten kilometres. we could not go any further in the car, we had to walk. we walked with our dogs and luggage and equipment and the help we received from that very first moment from our ukrainian friends was unbelievable. we were struggling and they carried our possessions for us for ten kilometres to the barrier.

we got there about three o'clock yesterday afternoon. it was mayhem, pandemonium, it really was. there was about 1000 people there. about ten to 12 kilometres worth of cars. we were all trying to get through the same gates. we were there for approximately an hour and i watched how many got through and we are talking about ten people and to micah kiser. we were therefore approximately an hour and i watched how many got we went to the front, to the border guard, and we were told that you will not pass. no male will pass, ukrainian or international. that is quite extraordinary. can i pick up on that? you have been told, despite being a british national that gushue are a man you cannot the country? that you cannot the country? that is absolutely correct.

we arrived at three and for the first three to four hours we were told we could not leave. i believe they were checking every male. it was quite male dominated at the front of the queue, and many were ukrainian nationals. you are british and you are now stuck there and you don't really know how to get out. the women who were with you, where they allowed through? rebecca, we have two shelter dogs and had made a pact to stay together. safety in numbers. it was impossible. we were told repeatedly, and we showed our british passports, we were told no. we received help later on from the british consulate in romania, who were amazing but again ukrainian border guards refused them into the dead man zone to help us cross. over the course of seven hours i saw about ten cars cross and no more than about 50 to 60 people. women and children only.

gavin guest, an international teacher who finds himself stuck in ukraine despite trying to get out. there are many people concerned about family members inside ukraine and also about the developing situation in the country. there have been protests right across the globe, especially in european capitals. there have been demonstrations in france, in paris, but also demonstrations in central london. let's show you these pictures of people demonstrating in london outside the russian embassy and also in the streets of london. they want the situation there to be halted for a ceasefire, calling for western allies and european capitals to do more to stop this crisis in ukraine. that is pictures coming out of central london, protesting in support and solidarity with the ukrainian people. many of the ukrainians who live here in the uk will be especially worried about their loved ones. simonjones has been hearing some of those watching

from afar, desperately worried about family, friends and the fate of their homeland. the anxiety on their faces is clear. members of this ukrainian club in luton are desperately trying to get in touch with family and friends back home. when contact is made, the message coming out of the country is grim. it's just a really heartbreaking situation, and we're fighting for europe. it feels like we are fighting for the whole world. we don't have enough people. for oleksandra, it brings back painful memories of when she and her family fled eastern ukraine in 2014 as fighting started in the donbas region. we were sitting under the table at eight years old, and now i am 15 and i'm already disappointed that all this is happening in the world. i don't want it to face it a second time. at the ukrainian social club in manchester, people are trying to stay strong, but there's a feeling of helplessness. my mother is there, and she said,

"i am not going anywhere, "i am staying here," and she's disabled, she even can't go anywhere. wolodymyr has been trying to get his wife oksana back to manchester. she had flown out to ukraine to visit her parents and son just before conflict broke out. her flight back was cancelled. she was forced to drive to the polish border. she's got through the border, through the night, i'm checking with her, "where are you? "are you through yet? "which... "where are you aiming for? "get a flight. "where from? "which airport?" our cameras were there when the couple were finally reunited. thousands of ukrainians live in the uk. their home may now be here, but their thoughts are very much with what's happening in their homeland. simon jones, bbc news.

there has been a lot of analysis and discussion about the impact of us and european sanctions on russia and whether they have had any sort of effect overnight. effect overnight whether they have had any sort of effect overnight result of sanctions imposed on russia, including sanctions on president vladimir putin and his foreign minister sergey lavrov. we have been speaking to the author of targeted sanctions the impact and effectiveness of un action to ask his opinion on whether there sanctions have had any effect. the threat of sanctions has already had an impact, we have seen the decline of the rouble and the collapse of the russian stock market. it is not quite fair to say they have no effect, the threat has an effect and now they have been announced and clearly being implemented with the baltic leader,

for example, that these have some immediate effect that most of these measures will have longer term effects. i think it is important that we in a sense put sanctions in their place and sanctions cannot be their place and sanctions cannot be the only tool, they cannot be the only response and often times we have too much emphasis on sanctions, sanctions, that is all. we should put them in the context of a significant diplomatic rules, the condemnations of the un, the significance mentioned and the extension of china and india at the resolution last night. sport broadcast need to mentioned. as well as the resupply of military equipment, continued mobilisation and the most important element is the extraordinary courage and resistance of the ukrainian people themselves. resistance of the ukrainian people themselves-— themselves. ultimately it is ukrainian — themselves. ultimately it is ukrainian people _ themselves. ultimately it is ukrainian people who i themselves. ultimately it is ukrainian people who are i themselves. ultimately it is i ukrainian people who are bearing themselves. ultimately it is - ukrainian people who are bearing the brunt of this and regardless of the impact of sanctions, it has not stopped vladimir putin in his tracks, has it?—

stopped vladimir putin in his tracks, has it? no, and i don't think sanctions _ tracks, has it? no, and i don't think sanctions alone - tracks, has it? no, and i don't think sanctions alone can i tracks, has it? no, and i don't think sanctions alone can do i tracks, has it? no, and i don't. think sanctions alone can do that. you have to think about, as i said, combining them with all of these other measures and hopefully the effect can at least send a very powerful signal of unity, of opposition, and perhaps the combination of these measures, but as you said it is what happens on the ground in ukraine that is most important. at some point we will hopefully be getting a ceasefire, negotiations and then we need to think about how we use these instruments and getting to those places, as well. haste instruments and getting to those places, as well.— instruments and getting to those places, as well. we have heard from --eole like places, as well. we have heard from people like putin, _ places, as well. we have heard from people like putin, sergey— places, as well. we have heard from people like putin, sergey lavrov, i people like putin, sergey lavrov, dmitry medvedev, saying they have no effect. do you thinkjust saying this to put on their own defiant front? ~ , ,., , this to put on their own defiant

front? ~ ,,., , this to put on their own defiant front? ~ , , , front? absolutely. some patterns we see a cross-section _ front? absolutely. some patterns we see a cross-section regimes, - front? absolutely. some patterns we see a cross-section regimes, the i see a cross—section regimes, the targets rarely if ever admit they have any effect. that is part of the diplomacy and political response to sanctions. i think the confirmation do on a combination of global criticism, the economic restriction, all of these things taken together, plus the resistance on the ground, hopefully at some point will lead to a reconsideration ofjust how far to go and when we can move from the active water to a situation of ceasefire and then hopefully a negotiated settlement —— active war. is it fair to say we are seeing this gap in global governance or this attempt to look at america to take the lead on this and what we are seeing our sanction packages and because of the concern about criticism of ukraine being abandoned, they are promising military assistance as well but is

that enough, given what the ukrainian people i facing at this point in time? i ukrainian people i facing at this point in time?— ukrainian people i facing at this point in time? i think the largest constraint is _ point in time? i think the largest constraint is provide _ point in time? i think the largest constraint is provide defensive i constraint is provide defensive equipment, equipment as feasible as possible, but how do you get it to a city like kyiv is at the moment? we have to think about a broader set of measures and the great restraint is, of course, crossing the line and having the active engagement of nato troops versus russian troops and thatis troops versus russian troops and that is actually the point of severe constraint. i think nato is quite aligned at this point, we are in a very dangerous situation, but beyond simply the supply of military equipment i don't think we will see anything else beyond that. they perhaps could be some symbolic gestures, at least one colleague of mine has suggested that perhaps foreign ministers of the countries

should relocate to kyiv and try to provide a kind of mutual defence, i am not sure how seriously that can be taken but there are many things that can be done. the be taken but there are many things that can be done.— that can be done. the impact of sanctions _ that can be done. the impact of sanctions so — that can be done. the impact of sanctions so far— that can be done. the impact of sanctions so far on _ that can be done. the impact of sanctions so far on russia i that can be done. the impact of sanctions so far on russia and l sanctions so far on russia and vladimir putin. we are getting some updates here from britain's defence ministry and i have said the russian advance into ukraine has temporarily slowed, probably because of logistical problems and a strong resistance. there is a quote from twitter. the speed of the russian advance has temporarily slowed, likely as a result of acute logistical difficulties and strong ukrainian resistance. russian forces are bypassing major ukrainian ovulation centres while leaving forces to encircle and isolate them. overnight clashes in kyiv are likely to have involved limited numbers of pre—positioned mission groups. the capture of kyiv remains russia's primary literary objective. that is

a british defence military talking about russian advance into ukraine, having temperate slowed down. let's take you back to the ground in ukraine. earlierwe take you back to the ground in ukraine. earlier we spoke to collingwood who is british and based in odesa, and his wife olga, talking about their situation. £31196; in odesa, and his wife olga, talking about their situation.— about their situation. olga doesn't have a v2 so _ about their situation. olga doesn't have a v2 so if _ about their situation. olga doesn't have a v2 so if we _ about their situation. olga doesn't have a v2 so if we left _ about their situation. olga doesn't have a v2 so if we left i _ about their situation. olga doesn't have a v2 so if we left i know i about their situation. olga doesn't have a v2 so if we left i know the l have a v2 so if we left i know the polish government have said they will take ukrainians without a visa and i had this morning the czech government is doing the same, taking people at the moment without visas because people are just running. people at the moment without visas because people arejust running. i because people are just running. i saw that from the irish government, as well. maybe lithuania was talking about also taking people that are crossing from poland. what would be the decider it for you to pack up and leave? haste the decider it for you to pack up and leave?— the decider it for you to pack up andleave? . . ., , ., , and leave? we are already partially acked, and leave? we are already partially packed. just _ and leave? we are already partially packed. just in _ and leave? we are already partially packed, just in case. _

and leave? we are already partially packed, just in case. if _ and leave? we are already partially packed, just in case. if the - packed, just in case. if the fighting started getting close to us here i would make a run for it. the problem is we don't have a car. we've just sunk everything that we own into a house we've just purchased and we're refurbishing. we don't have access to the money in our bank accounts, so we have no money at all, which is why the shop is open because the only way we can... our bank cards don't work. so the only way we can buy food each day is by selling things in the shop and then using that money to go and buy. olga, are people coming into the shop? no, no people, no people, no people at all, i'm so sorry to hear of your predicament. and with the bank cards not working, i'm just trying to think of what other avenues you might pursue. we're struggling at the moment. one of my friends

in the uk is today, while we're on air now, he's just setting up a gofundme page, which will hopefully get money into my bank account in the uk. and then if we can get access to that, even if it means we run to poland and access my bank account from there, then we will. we will have some money. but at the moment there's no way of getting money. the atms are empty, the banks are not filling them up because the banks are all closed, all the shops are closed. apart from food shops. bread shops are closed, our shop's open, but we don't have any bread. we haven't had any bread for three days because the bakeries, the main bakeries that produce the bread, are all shut. well, what about that? i mean, you know, supplies for the coming days if you do stay put? well, i... to be safe, the day before putin and his troops came into ukraine, i went out and i did a massive shop and i bought loads of pasta, loads

of rice, loads of smoked meats, loads of frozen things. so our freezer is full, our fridge is full and our cupboards are full. so we probably got two, two and a half weeks worth of food, maybe a little bit more. olga, can you believe this is happening? i live here, no leaving, no weapon. her friends are staying here and we're staying as well. bu,t no, we can't believe that russia actually came across from donbas and have invaded ukraine. it is totally unbelievable.

colin and his wife olga speaking to us earlier. we have more breaking news just coming from the french presidential administration, saying that the swift discussions, and you will remember that swift is the international banking system which connects about 11,000 banks across the globe, and russia is a part of that, they are being discussions of the last few days whether they should be sanctions imposed on swift as far as rich as concerned and there has been some pushback from there has been some pushback from the likes of germany, concerned about the impact it will have on the german energy sector. because of their dependence on russian oil and gas. the french presidential administration says swift discussions are rapidly evolving and will succeed soon. they have said there is no obstruction by any partner of cutting off russia from swift payment systems but the discussion is still on. to follow us here on bbc world news as we follow these developments over the next few

hours as things intensify in ukraine and across the globe. buy from me. stay with us. hello. high pressure is the dominant feature across much of england and wales this weekend, meaning fine, dry conditions, a good deal of sunshine. this was nottinghamshire a few hours ago. slightly different story across scotland and northern ireland. we have an approaching front and you can see here on the earlier satellite picture, this swathe of cloud draped across scotland and into northern ireland — just pushing into the far north of england, as well — bringing a bit of patchy light rain at times. actually, if you see the bigger picture, you can see this area of high pressure gradually drifting away eastwards over the next 21i to 48 hours, as this frontal system starts to push its way eastwards. so it's a blustery picture across the north and west of scotland, into northern ireland this afternoon, some drizzle — but further south and east is where we keep the best of the sunshine. but for all of us, the winds will be picking up — particularly across northern ireland and northern and western scotland.

these are average strengths, but the gusts could well touch 55, maybe even 60 miles an hour across the western isles. now, overnight, that front pushes into the north and west of scotland and northern ireland, bringing a spell of rain. further south and east, it's dry, mostly clear skies — many of us are likely to see a frost as temperatures across much of england and wales fall close to, or maybe even a few degrees below freezing. milder where we've got the zone of cloud and patchy rain, which continues to gradually push its way eastwards tomorrow — quite a blustery start across the north and west of scotland, northern ireland. perhaps some cloud pushing into wales and southwest england through the afternoon with some drizzle — but, once again, the further east you are, the best of the sunshine. temperatures in the range from eight to 12 celsius. and that frontal system still is nudging its way eastwards as we head through tomorrow evening, so some more persistent rain pushing into western scotland — perhaps into parts of wales and southwest england too. and it leads us into quite a messy picture to start the new week as this front slides its way south and eastwards across the uk. gales are likely across northern

and western scotland, but the rain should clear from here through the morning — also across northern ireland — but some more persistent rain settling into northern england, wales, southwest england and eventually pushing its way eastwards through the day. temperatures typically nine to 12 celsius, but turning colder behind that rain band. we could see some wintry showers across parts of northern ireland and northwest scotland. this high pushes in to many of us on tuesday, but notice some rain is still lingering across the southern counties of england, so some of the timings may well change in the rain over the next few days. keep an eye on the forecast. let's just get a recap on the main points of this developing story.

hello, this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the moment a rocket hit a residential apartment block in ukraine's capital. we managed to escape, we were in the kitchen, we were lucky, it was a direct hit into the living room. my wife and child have their legs broken open. the youngest was taken somewhere by rescuers, i'm looking for her now. sirens sound as heavy gunfire rings out in kyiv. crowds of people rushed to shelter — but ukraine's president remains defiant. we successfully repelled enemy attacks in many

cities of our country.