then i met a rocket hit an apartment block in ukraine's capital. this is what kyiv woke up to this morning. all of this destruction is in a residential area in a european city, and there is a real sense now that nowhere in the capital is safe. the exodus grows around 100,000 people have already fled to neighbouring countries. tougher sanctions on russia, the eu calls for a number of russian banks to be removed from the swift interbank

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in the last few hours. the ukrainian capital kyiv is braced for another night of russian assault after forces failed to break through earlier. a curfew is in place until monday morning. and those financial sanctions, well, as well as restrictions on the swift banking system, the assets of some russian banks in europe will be frozen and there will be action against the assets of oligarchs. the number of ukrainians crossing into neighbouring countries is rapidly rising. more than 115,000 people have now entered poland. and chelsea football club's roman abramovich may have taken a move to protect his assets from tighter sanctions, he has transferred stewardship of the club to its charitable foundation. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine, russian troops are spreading out in parts of the north, the east, and the south,

gaining territory, particularly in the east. this map is showing you how much of ukraine is now in russian control. 0ur international correspondent 0rla guerin is in kyiv with the latest. the rush to kyiv, a capital under attack. as we headed for the city this morning, there was little moving — apart from ukrainian troops. but the russians are watching from the skies, ready to strike, as they did here, just an hour outside the capital. well, this is what we've come across on the road to kyiv. this convoy was obviously travelling to the city to be part of the defence of kyiv. this is an air defence missile system. it was hit yesterday. the smoke is still rising here. deep boom and here, too, after an early—morning strike on a block of flats near kyiv�*s giuliani airport. the authorities here say it was a russian missile strike.

and it killed two people. sirens wail. it could have been many more, but many locals had already fled or taken cover in shelters. yuri shevchuk, who lives nearby, says the west must help. i wanted to say for you, for your governments, that we are in need, urgently in need, as soon as possible, as much as possible, we are in need of anti—aircraft missiles, we are in need of anti—tank missiles, we need ammunition. is there any message that you would wish to send to president putin? i wanted to say to president putin that only one way for him — it's the way to hell. well, this is what kyiv woke up to this morning. all of this destruction is in a residential area in a european city, and there is a real sense

here now that nowhere in the capital is safe. and so much of kyiv now looks like this. still standing but bracing for impact. ukraine's embattled president volodymyr zelensky took to the deserted streets shooting a selfie video to reassure his people. a city of almost 3 million people turned ghost town. "i am here," he said, "and we will not lay down our arms." far from it — we found ukrainians taking up arms, forming volunteer brigades to defend the city alongside the local police. this volunteer, who goes by the nickname molloy, said, "i don't want to live in russia, "and my brothers—in—arms don't want that either.

"we will defend this city or i will die." the volunteers are looking for russian sabba tours, said to already be in the city. nearby, we met this lady come out walking her dog and venting her fury. "we demand an end to the war", she says. "we can do it with sanctions. we must isolate the aggressive country. it terrorises the whole world. this lady, who was taking the risk of walking her dog, with russian forces at the gates, some are still fleeing the capital. for now, the city remains in ukrainian hands, but the battle may bejust beginning. 0rla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. refugee agencies are warning that millions of ukrainians could be on the move to escape the fighting, heading for the border with neighbouring

countries. our correspondent has said this report. he has been speaking to people seeking safe haven beyond the ukrainian frontier. alljourneys now lead west. in days, the lives of millions upended. the only thought is to get to safety. many of us thought that it's just informational war, but you see what happened and we don't understand why putin does it. we need help from the world. we say, "help, help, help, help us," because we're here, we're here, so we're alone here. air raid siren drones. and the sound they're having to learn to live with. the russian army might be far from lviv, but there's still a state of high alert.

the sound triggered a panic attack for this woman. it is still the case here, despite the war, that the young trust their parents to protect them — whatever might come... ..however strange the world they've been cast into. their hope is that the train would help them avoid this — the line of cars to the polish border. 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. and a constant procession of people. however they arrive at the border, this slow shuffle out of the lives they knew is what awaits.

back at lviv station, word that a train to poland will leave in half an hour. but there would only be one this afternoon, and so many desperate to escape. this train is going now towards dnipropetrovsk, which is in the east. no good to the people who are standing around me, who want to get west as fast as they can, away from what they fear will be the advance of the russians. and there are thousands of people along this platform. can any train possibly take the number of people who are here? it seems very, very doubtful. there's an air of...of desperation. it's quiet desperation, but no less real for that. the train to poland arrived. shouting.

this is hard to credit, to believe, in the europe of 2022. people are just crushing all around me, trying to get onto these trains. a woman, a young mother with a baby there screaming because everyone's getting crushed. this is not the result of any accident — it was created by mr putin's deliberate choice, and it is they who must carry the burden. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv. most of those in that report are heading for poland where reception centres have been set “p reception centres have been set up along the 330 mile border with ukraine. the polish government has denounced what it describes as russia's aggression and there is a 115,000 people have already fled ukraine since vladimir

putin ordered his invasion. 0ur europe correspondent reports now from the polish side of the poland ukraine border. an arrival from next door but which is now another world. the overnight train from kyiv pulled into eastern poland today, carrying europe's neighbours, seeking safety from russia's bombs. it took us 52 hours to get here. kateryna leontieva and her daughter came from kharkiv in eastern ukraine as the missiles rained down on her city. how did it feel having to leave your homes? i don't know yet. i'm, yeah... like tears are just coming, you know? i think i didn't feel anything then and i'm starting to realise. yeah. but i hope it's just a short time and we will be back soon. the 19th—century train station at przemysl is now a modern refugee reception centre. those arriving welcomed with open arms before travelling on around

poland and europe. among them, irene and her children. her husband left behind to defend their homeland. they want to stay there to fight because they are heroes. how do you feel about your husband being there now? i'm afraid. i'm afraid but we believe that everything will be all right. we want to return soon and we are praying for them. poland has become a vital lifeline in and out of ukraine, welcoming those fleeing and sending ammunition and supplies back to those who are remaining. as europe's newest war prompts europe's freshest refugee crisis, it's now poland and no longer the mediterranean that's on the humanitarian front line. for irene and herfamily, anotherjourney now starts — on to relatives in italy. homes, people, livelihoods, are being uprooted — scenes europe thought

were confined to the past. mark lowen, bbc news, przemysl, eastern poland. the head of the eu commission, ursula von der leyen, has praised the resistance by the ukrainian army and population as she outlined new measures in response to the russian invasion, announcing new financial sanctions, she said the eu, us, and their allies have agreed to cut off a number of russian banks from the main international payment system, swift. watching that press conference was our europe editor. conference was our europe ednon conference was our europe editor. . ., , ., editor. the eu, which does not have a reputation _ editor. the eu, which does not have a reputation for— editor. the eu, which does not have a reputation for acting - have a reputation for acting swiftly in normal times made up of individual 27 countries but the oppression of russia in ukraine is definitely focusing minds here so ursula von der leyen was referring to how the eu is working on now third sanction package in a week. she was talking about really

targeting russia's ability to fund its military action in ukraine and she was saying that there is now an agreement amongst all european union member states, amongst all european union memberstates, remembersome amongst all european union member states, remember some of them were rather lagging on the idea of ejecting russia from swift, the international thanked —— that international transactions network, particularly italy, germany, hungary, these are countries with very close ties with russia, business ties reliant on gas supplies, but everybody, said ursula von der leyen, is agreed, vertically through swift to target russia's banks, to also focus very much on russia's central bank, making it difficult to get money off the globalfinancial it difficult to get money off the global financial markets, not just the global financial markets, notjust european the global financial markets, not just european financial markets and capital market as well, also she said the eu would be targeting individuals and entities that are helping russia in its aggression in

ukraine. we have heard talk over the last day or two that the eu wants to introduce a separate sanctions package against ally belarus, for example, and again ursula von der leyen underlined that all the measures that have been taken by the eu are done together and with consultation with the other western allies and definitely at the moment, whichever country i'm calling at the moment, i am told the prime minister or in france the president is in constant touch on the phone with other eu leaders and also borisjohnson in the uk and joe biden in the us as well. as i say, this aggression in ukraine is definitely focusing minds and causing action, including germany, rather historically, the words of the chancellor, a watershed moment, it has decided to send weapons directly to ukraine. 0f decided to send weapons directly to ukraine. of course, traditionally, germany, because of its role in the second world war, has been very wary about military involvement in

complex. com plex. early complex. early i spoke with ukraine's former minister of finance. some of the worst bombing is happening right now in kharkiv and it makes these sanctions that much more important. we made major project —— progress today with select banks being moved from swift, select progress but some restrictive measures in the central bank of russia but i will tell you that we still need more, we need more and we need it more swiftly. ursula von der leyen said some of these measures would paralyse russia's central bank, would they?— would paralyse russia's central bank, would they? well, i sadly hoe bank, would they? well, i sadly ho -e so bank, would they? well, i sadly hepe so but _ bank, would they? well, i sadly hope so but from _ bank, would they? well, i sadly hope so but from the _ hope so but from the announcements today we don't yet know exactly what the language means. restrictive measures and the use of reserves tied to sanctions banks is what i am assuming. it

is not completely clear. it is not a full blanket effective set of sanctions. we also don't know the effective date, i am hoping the effective date is today but we don't know. what does it actually _ today but we don't know. what does it actually take _ today but we don't know. what does it actually take to - today but we don't know. what does it actually take to flip - does it actually take to flip that switch on a swift? who does it? my _ that switch on a swift? iwir,�* does it? my understanding that switch on a swift? �*w�*irr does it? my understanding is there is a vote that occurs and again, president biden and the european union have wanted with the uk to act in concert so they had to all come to agreement before they could make the announcement today. second point that we had about is the sale of citizenship. how right is that? i is the sale of citizenship. how right is that?— right is that? i think it is uuite right is that? i think it is quite right _ right is that? i think it is quite right but _ right is that? i think it is quite right but i - right is that? i think it is quite right but i have - right is that? i think it is quite right but i have to| right is that? i think it is i quite right but i have to say right is that? i think it is - quite right but i have to say i find that to be something that should have been done at least in 2008 when they invaded georgia but then in 2014 when the kremlin invaded ukraine illegally annexed crimea and invaded donbas. i mean, it is great they. issuing the

so—called golden possibles going forward. i wish they could take them away from those they gave two in the past seven years of war. they gave two in the past seven years of war-— years of war. obviously, you have worked _ years of war. obviously, you have worked in _ years of war. obviously, you have worked in government. removal of the swift service for a country, which is what they have done, what will that mean? , ., , ., mean? they will only remove it for select _ mean? they will only remove it for select banks _ mean? they will only remove it for select banks and _ mean? they will only remove it for select banks and we - mean? they will only remove it for select banks and we don't i for select banks and we don't yet know which select banks. they have not remade it for the full financial system. had they done that, it would have meant a paralysis in all messaging of transactions. clearly, they have left out some bags, we don't know which are in or which are out.— don't know which are in or which are out. ok, another oint which are out. ok, another point that— which are out. ok, another point that was _ which are out. ok, another point that was brought - which are out. ok, another point that was brought up | which are out. ok, another. point that was brought up was to impose restrictive measures to impose restrictive measures to prevent russia deploying its international reserves. how much of a hit is that? again, this is what _ much of a hit is that? again, this is what we _ much of a hit is that? again, this is what we were - much of a hit is that? again, this is what we were all - much of a hit is that? again, l this is what we were all hoping for and this is the beginning of sanctions on the central bank of russia, which is

critical. it is the achilles' heel critical. it is the achilles' heel, in essence, of the financial system. heel, in essence, of the financialsystem. but heel, in essence, of the financial system. but the language is very specific, restrictive measures, they did not say they were freezing, you know, employing full out sanctions on the central bank so we are all guessing what the restrictive measures would be. it sounds like it is tied to previous sanctions banks which means the central bank would not be able to move its reserves, theoretically, into banks that were having trouble because they were previously sanctioned. but we are guessing at that until we get more detail. , . ~ , detail. very quickly, the oligarchs. _ detail. very quickly, the oligarchs, and _ detail. very quickly, the oligarchs, and how- detail. very quickly, the oligarchs, and how this| detail. very quickly, the i oligarchs, and how this will hit them. surely, theyjust listen to president putin? they are not going to put pressure on him, are they? i are not going to put pressure on him, are they? i disagree, i think the _ on him, are they? i disagree, i think the more _ on him, are they? i disagree, i think the more unhappy - on him, are they? i disagree, i think the more unhappy they i think the more unhappy they are, the more potential there is for them to influence putin. and hopefully the freezing of assets, removal of family visas, the removal of ill gotten gains as reported will

be a major influence because people need to stop this war now. ukraine's president zelensky has urged all citizens to resist the invasion of his country. people from all walks of life are answering the call. this was saturday in dnipro. women making molotov cocktails in the park. housewives, businesswomen and lawyers, all now preparing for the defence of their city. arina is an english teacher in normal life. nobody thought this would be how we would spend our weekend. nobody thought, but now we're doing this, and it seems like the only important thing to do now. we can'tjust live our ordinary

life, even if we are safe, so we have to do something. these are scenes unimaginable to most in europe. they were unthinkable here, too, until now. but these women say sitting home doing nothing would be even scarier. it suddenly feels like this whole city has sprung into action. people are donating whatever they can, for soldiers and for those forced to flee here from the fighting, but also for if this strategic city comes under siege itself. and men and women are signing up for weapons, ready to fight against troops sent by president putin. he really believed that he can take ukraine and to make from ukraine, russia. it's fake and we don't believe in it and we're really angry. dnipro is already feeling the cost of this war,

taking the casualties from other cities. people are bringing all sorts of things now to this military hospital. they're bringing syringes, they're bringing medicines, they're bringing bandages, because they know that the staff here are under real pressure now. this place is already full. there's already 400 injured soldiers here. they are used to war here in the east, but sergei tells me this is intense, with hundreds of injured soldiers brought in every day. translation: before, - we used to know exactly where the fighting was happening and we could prepare for the wounded before they got here. now, there's a constant flow. the city is coping, everyone rallying round. but the mood in dnipro has darkened today. the pressure on everyone is increasing. sarah rainsford, bbc news, dnipro.

the russian billionaire roman abramovich is an it is given up control of chelsea football club. stay abramovich who is said to be close to president putin said he was handing stewardship to the trustees of chelsea's charitable foundation. protest in support of ukraine have been taking place around the world. in the uk, some draped themselves in the blue and yellow colours of ukrainian flag. 0n and yellow colours of ukrainian flag. on saturday, they were protests in several cities and in london outside the russian embassy. he was tom simon. chanting: stop putin now! stop putin now! _ their country is fighting for its future. the morale of the ukrainian army is extremely high. we are here supporting them, praying for them, and hoping for them to return home safely. they're losing contact with family and friends in the war zone. my dad is still spending all the time in the bomb shelter and people are dying there. for now, all they can do is protest. russian mothers, please

notify — be notified that your sons are in ukraine and they are dying there. with several thousand at this westminster demonstration, ukrainians have been leading the way, and russians. we are absolutely devastated and shocked, it's really... it's the state of shame. we've been in a state of shame since thursday. we are hopeless, don't know what to do because it's - entirely against, like, all the values - of my generation. at the russian embassy, no arrests for those chalking their messages on the walls outside. but in russia itself, protesting without permission is usually banned. more campaigners were taken away by police today. people have been taking to the streets across the world. this was milan... ..and thisjapan — a protest in hiroshima. but uk for ukraine is already a message attracting large numbers here, boosting protests in central manchester today.

there were vigils in glasgow and inverness. and there was a little girl's message... you do that yourself? yeah. ..in gloucester. so this protest is deeply personal for many of the people here. but it's also very political. there's a feeling that britain has done its bit so far but it's just the start — much more is needed. to paralyse their financial infrastructure. the second is a total embargo of russian oil, to also completely paralyse their energy sector as well. and there was a message from both sides — please, stop. a feeling like you're fighting with yourself and, like, with your friends and with your brothers, so it's. .. i'm sorry. tom simon is with some of the report on the protests that have been taking place around

the world. get in touch with me on twitter. stay with us. hello, the weather through the remainder of the weekend is continuing on that fairly dry settled fame, we have high pressure in charge, more cloud across northern ireland and scotland but that event in wales, fairly clear skies on saturday and a similar picture in sunday as well. this area of cloud out to the north—west of the uk, with a front starting to move in, you can see the proximity of the isobars, some breezy weather across northern and western areas but as the front pushes eastwards, it bumps into a bigger area of high pressure so it fizzles out on sunday. a chilly start, but icky for england and wales, also in eastern scotland, we have got this weak front

through the irish sea bringing more cloud. a few spots of drizzle. light southerly winds for most of us so if you have a blue sky and the sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant with temperatures of round about eight to 11 degrees on sunday. in the evening, initially quite dry and clearand in the evening, initially quite dry and clear and we keep the clear spells the longest crossed eastern england but from the west, this next band of cloud and patchy rain moves in and that will be with us on monday morning. not as cold on monday, because we have more cloud, outbreaks of rain and more of a breeze around, too. monday's weather will be dominated by this frontal system which kisses eastwards dashed pushes eastwards. sunny spells through the course of the day on monday, fair bit of cloud, windy conditions, girls up cloud, windy conditions, girls up in the western isles and iran will clear out of scotland and northern ireland but it will be quite slow—moving in

northern england. another fairly mild day, temperatures up fairly mild day, temperatures up to 12 degrees. tuesday, high—pressure sets across the uk, there may well be rain across southern counties of rain coming to south wales, still some uncertainty about how far north or south the system will be. across much of the uk, high pressure will dominate bringing dry and settled weather. a touch cool on tuesday. towards the middle of the week, rain lingering in the south on wednesday and more rain in the north—west by thursday. bye—bye.

hello, this is bbc news. there've been several powerful explosions near key of as residents in the ukrainian capital hunkered down in another in shelters. 0n another in shelters. on saturday... a curfew has been enclosed for the whole sunday. the russian invasion has driven more than 150,000 people to fill you crown —— ukraine. the vast majority have gone to poland many to joins friend of family. i western coalition is to cut some russian links from the interbank payment system. ursula von der leyen said the aim was to cripple president putin's ability to finance his war machine.