this is bbc news. our top stories. another terrifying night for the citizens of kyiv with reports of a massive explosion south—west of the capital. this is the scene live in the city as people seek shelter from further russian military action. 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 banking system. figs removed from the swift banking sstem. r ,, . removed from the swift banking sstem. a , system. as russian forces unleashed _ system. as russian forces unleashed their _ system. as russian forces unleashed their assault i system. as russian forcesi unleashed their assault on system. as russian forces - unleashed their assault on kyiv and other ukrainian cities, we are resolved to continue imposing massive costs on

russia. �* . ., ., russia. and away from the front lines, international— lines, international condemnation of russia's invasion. protests have been taking place around the globe. welcome to bbc news. just past four o'clock in the morning in kyiv and there have been several powerful explosions near the capital city as residents of the city hunker down for another night in shelters. multiple reports say one explosion was caused by missile attack on an oil depot south—west of the capital and you can see the fire glowing in the night sky. meanwhile, on the night sky. meanwhile, on the ground in ukraine, russian troops are spreading out in parts of the north, east and the south, gaining territory, particularly there in the east, next to russia itself. the map

shows how much of ukraine is currently under russian control. 0urfirst report currently under russian control. our first report is from our international correspondent in kyiv. 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, one hour outside the capital. and this is what we have 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 and the smoke is still rising here. and here, as well, after an early morning strike on a block of flats near the airport. the authorities say it was a russian missile strike that killed two people.

it could have been many more but plenty of locals had fled or taken cover in shelters. yuri, who lives nearby, says the west must help ukraine. i want to say for you and for your governments, we are in need, in urgent need, as soon as possible, as much as possible, we are in need of anti—aircraft missiles, anti—tank missile. we need ammunition. is there any message you would wish to send to president putin? i want to say that there is only one way for him and that is straight to hell. this is what kyiv woke up to this morning. all 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 zelenskyy took to the deserted streets, shooting a selfie video to reassure his people. "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 do not want to live in russia and my brothers in arms do not want that either. we will defend the city or

i will die." the volunteers are looking for russian saboteurs said to be already in the city. nearby we met nino, 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 aggressor country, it terrorises the whole world." with russian forces at the gates, some are still fleeing the capital. for now, this city remains in ukrainian hands but the battle may be just beginning. 0rla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. the chief editor of the kyiv post had to evacuate to spain to continue operating his newspaper but he is worried about the safety of his staff.

my staff are reporting to me as best they can, because most of them are in shelters or in places where the internet is very difficult to get hold of. the big story at the moment is that this oil depot outside kyiv, where there was a big battle yesterday, where russian airborne troops attempted to get an air base, you see, the russians have been desperate to get an airstrip somewhere close to kyiv so that they can land their military cargo planes to bring in equipment and more troops. they failed, so far, so this has been a major setback for them. they have had to rely on some troops being brought in by helicopters from the north, from belarus, or else the forces that have come by land from belarus, mainly through the chernobyl zone. are you able to update us at all with what your colleagues are telling you about what is going on towards the east? particularly in the major

city of kharkiv? there have been bit battles around the city but it has held and the enemy is not within yet. the mayor and the other officials there are saying that defences are holding but, of course, the general feeling is that it is question of time, only, because kharkiv, the second largest city of ukraine, is virtually on the border with russia. the russians seem to have made advances in the south around crimea and mariupol and, clearly they have the advantage. they have the manpower and the weapons, the airpower so that is not a surprise. what is a surprise is that ukrainians have managed to hold out so firmly for three days, especially under such pressure. so the general feeling is that if they can hold out for another day or two,

the russians themselves will become demoralised but, also, the nation is gelling, the mood of defiance, the sense of outrage and fighting to the bitter end, even if it is a partisan war against the russians, that has grown. and looking across ukraine as well, we spoke about kyiv, the capital, we just saw a live shot at 3am we do not appear to see any fire or flames. as you said, kharkiv is not far away, let's look now at 0desa which is towards the south—west. not that far away from crimea which was annexed in 2014. 0desa has been a prime target of the russians. they considered it virtually theirs like crimea.

there has been a shift in the european _ there has been a shift in the european consensus - there has been a shift in the european consensus about l european consensus about banning — european consensus about banning russia _ european consensus about banning russia from - european consensus about banning russia from the l european consensus about. banning russia from the swift banking — banning russia from the swift banking system. _ banning russia from the swift banking system. as _ banning russia from the swift banking system. as recently. banning russia from the swift. banking system. as recently as friday— banking system. as recently as friday the _ banking system. as recently as friday the german _ banking system. as recently as friday the german premise - banking system. as recently as friday the german premise to. friday the german premise to argue — friday the german premise to argue that _ friday the german premise to argue that now— friday the german premise to argue that now was _ friday the german premise to argue that now was not - friday the german premise to argue that now was not the i argue that now was not the right— argue that now was not the right time _ argue that now was not the right time to _ argue that now was not the right time to exclude - argue that now was not the . right time to exclude moscow from — right time to exclude moscow from the _ right time to exclude moscow from the system. _ right time to exclude moscow from the system. but- right time to exclude moscow from the system.— right time to exclude moscow from the system. but early on saturday the _ from the system. but early on saturday the eu _ from the system. but early on| saturday the eu commissioner chief said that the eu was now proposing that a number of russian banks be removed from swift. she also said that russia's central bank would come under pressure. we will stop putin from using _ pressure. we will stop putin from using his _ pressure. we will stop putin from using his war- pressure. we will stop putin from using his war chest. i pressure. we will stop putin | from using his war chest. we will paralyse the assets of russia's central bank. this will freeze its transactions and will make it impossible for the central bank to liquidate assets. and, finally, we will work to prohibit russian oligarchs from using their financial asset on our markets. all of these measures will significantly harm putin's

ability to finance his work. let's keep talking about this and joining me from washington as a former senior adviser to congress on sanctions and foreign policy. will this move on swift make a practical difference?— on swift make a practical difference? , difference? yes, it will. the swift dan — difference? yes, it will. the swift dan is _ difference? yes, it will. the swift dan is very _ difference? yes, it will. the swift dan is very important, j swift dan is very important, very important politically in particular. it becomes something of a cause celebre for president zelenskyy and all those who are supporting ukraine and it is very important from the perspective of continuing to isolate russia. it will, from an economic perspective, be somewhat not weak but much of what it will accomplish has orally been accomplished with the financial sanctions that have already been placed on russian banks.— have already been placed on russian banks. ~ ., ., ., , russian banks. what about moves towards russia's _ russian banks. what about moves towards russia's central _ russian banks. what about moves towards russia's central bank? . towards russia's central bank? those are the real deal. now

we're about really serious economic and financial cost. sanctioning a central bank is rare and, you know, if done full throated lead could lead to a total breakdown and the ability to engage in monetary policy which means you could see the rouble simply go into freefall. ~ ., freefall. we have looked then at the central _ freefall. we have looked then at the central bank _ freefall. we have looked then at the central bank and - freefall. we have looked then | at the central bank and looked at the central bank and looked at swift and noticed that western countries in recent days are targeting a number of oligarchs, those billionaires were seen to be close to vladimir putin. i wonder if there is a paradox there. a few original to be targeted surely you are also written off to have worked out ways around sanctions. have worked out ways around sanctione— sanctions. yes. that is very true. sanctions. yes. that is very true- and — sanctions. yes. that is very true- and i _ sanctions. yes. that is very true. and i think _ sanctions. yes. that is very true. and i think it - sanctions. yes. that is very true. and i think it is - sanctions. yes. that is very true. and i think it is an - true. and i think it is an extremely good point. sanctions are still important from the perspective of, again, much like sensing putin and lavrov as has been done, not so much for immediate economic impact

but from the perspective of you are not welcome here, your money is not welcome here and you are banned from these countries and so on and so forth. now, what is very exciting, again, from an economic perspective and from the money perspective is that it appears a new transatlantic task force will be formed which... whosejob it will be to simply investigate all of these oligarchs and to hunt their money down wherever it is, to seize their yachts, to seize their real estate, to seize their real estate, to seize everything, their money in bank accounts, to ensure that their children are not going to school here, that their money is not being used to buy any family members or anything like that. so there will be follow—up on this. it will be follow—up on this. it will notjust be purely the sanctions, it appears going to make a concerted effort to hunt down all of this money. [30 down all of this money. do sanctions _ down all of this money. do sanctions ever _ down all of this money. do sanctions ever bring down governments? there have been sanctions against iran and north korea, syria in recent years and those regimes have not changed.

years and those regimes have not changed-— years and those regimes have not changed. sanctions are not 'ust not changed. sanctions are not just about. _ not changed. sanctions are not just about, they _ not changed. sanctions are not just about, they are _ not changed. sanctions are not just about, they are not - not changed. sanctions are not just about, they are notjust i just about, they are notjust about deterrence and they are also notjust about bringing down a covenant. that meant government. they are not about favourable change. it is about protecting ourselves and rendering these regimes, these extremely harmful regimes, the dictatorial regimes less violent, less harmful to the international community, taking away their resources and their ability to harm us and that is what we are thinking about here. it is important to recognise that, yes, have not fallen but they have unable to do much less damage to the world order. their ability to attack us is much less and in that sense they have accomplished their mission. their money is no longer in our society, they are no longer undermining us from within or, in the case of ukraine, from without, and actual invasion that has been the result, over a decade of crossed redlines

without serious sanctions. so sanctions work and these sanctions work and these sanctions are very, very powerful and will, indeed, render russia a rogue state and lock it down and isolated. taste lock it down and isolated. we have et lock it down and isolated. we have yet to — lock it down and isolated. we have yet to talk about energy because russia is a huge producer of all sorts of energy, gas and oil and so on. other any moves on the horizon 0ther any moves on the horizon to limit russia's ability to trade with countries? that is et to trade with countries? that is yet to be _ trade with countries? that is yet to be seen. _ trade with countries? that is yet to be seen. there - trade with countries? that is yet to be seen. there have l trade with countries? that is i yet to be seen. there have been sanctions on some of the energy companies but they have been mild sanctions, about denials of raising money in western markets they have not been all—out full blocking sanctions. these are, understandably, difficult to do with the dependency of, particularly europe, on russian gas. but i do believe we will be seeing those further down the line as we rush to find

alternatives and over the next while, work to completely remove, completely remove that dependency. the economic minister of germany already says that russia can do without sorry, germany could do without russian gas so i do think that we are moving in that direction before too long.— before too long. thank you so much for _ before too long. thank you so much forjoining _ before too long. thank you so much forjoining us. _ refugee agencies one millions of ukrainians could be on the move to escape the fighting. some will move to other parts of ukraine but others will cross the border into neighbouring countries in the west. fergal keane sent us this report from the westin ukrainian city of lviv. 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 need — we say, "help, help, help, help us," because we're here, we're here, so we're alone here. air raid siren wails. 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 20km 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. yelling. the train to poland arrived. yelling continues. this is hard to credit, to believe, in the europe of 2022. people arejust crushing all around me, trying to get onto these trains. woman screams. 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. well, as we heard in focal�*s report, most people fleeing the fighting are heading west towards poland where reception centres have been set up along the long 500 kilometre border with ukraine. the polish government has denounced what he describes as russia's aggression and says more than 100,000 people have already left ukraine since the russian invasion began. mark lowen reports from the polish side of the 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 trip 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. 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 frontline. 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 russian owner of the english premier league side chelsea has handed over stewardship of the club to the trustees of chelsea's charitable foundation. roman abramovich brought the club in 2003 and will relinquish day—to—day control but will retain ownership for chelsea.

tim allman reports. his brilliance transformed the fortunes of a football club and helped revolutionise an entire sport. under his ownership, chelsea has become one of the most successful teams in europe but now, roman abramovich seems to be taking a step back. in a statement on the club's website, he said: although he has given up stewardship, he still retains ownership and the bbc understands he is not calling in the £1.5 billion loan — it's around $2 billion that he gave to the club. but this week of all weeks, it is not a good look to have russian owners. it

look to have russian owners. it seems to be an attempt to distance the club from the awful situation, and what it may also do is protect the club if any sanctions were imposed on russian owned assets. congratulations. roman abramovich likes to keep a low profile and almost never gives interviews. he claims to be essentially non—political but it is believed to be close to vladimir putin. as for the chelsea players, they have been preparing for the league cup final against liverpool. the future of the club just that little bit more uncertain. tim allman, bbc news. before we go, earlier on saturday night my colleague clive myrie reported from a shelter in a bunker in the ukrainian capital kyiv. it's too dangerous above ground, we have had to come down, the bbc team here, to shelter underground. it's been clear throughout the day that the increasing level of military ordinance going off

quite a few miles away but getting closer and closer to our position here, it's simply too dangerous to be above ground and i think what needs to be remembered is this is the experience now for millions of people across this country. let's get into that little more with our chief correspondent liz doucet. this is a city, kyiv, capital, 12 million people, a0 million people across the country, this is the experience of this war —— lyse doucet. experience of this war -- lyse doucet. ~ ., , ., ., doucet. ukraine is now a subterranean _ doucet. ukraine is now a subterranean world. i doucet. ukraine is now a subterranean world. life | doucet. ukraine is now a l subterranean world. life is lived for millions of people across this country in basements like this, in car parks, in bomb shelters, whatever they can find shelter, the metro station has stopped working in kyiv because it is now a 2a—hour refuge and a curfew is enforced, just a night curfew, clive, but one which will last until 8pm on monday. it was the first warning we had today that something was about to happen. and in the last hour, there's

been electricity in the air. the air raid sirens have sounded, there's been explosions, rattle of gunfire and an urgency to the warnings— take to the shelters. this comes after an orderfrom comes after an order from moscow comes after an orderfrom moscow to its comes after an order from moscow to its forces to advance in all directions against kyiv. very briefly, president zelensky again, he has been defiant in getting his people to stand up to the russian attack. ., attack. tonight, clive, there is a warning _ attack. tonight, clive, there is a warning but _ attack. tonight, clive, there is a warning but tonight i attack. tonight, clive, therel is a warning but tonight could be the night of all nights in the russian invasion of kyiv. but was chief international correspondent lyse doucet speaking to bbc presenter clive myrie. they are both in a shelter in the ukrainian capital kyiv where the time now is almost half past four in the morning. let's show you the scene, live, as we have it from one particular camera shot. we expect to be the centre of the city, but, it shows the city there where it may be several

million people spending the night for the third or fourth night for the third or fourth night in shelters, hoping to get some protection against russian advances. do stay with bbc news. hello. the weather through the remainder of the weekend is continuing on that fairly dry, settled theme. we've got high pressure in charge of our weather. a bit more cloud pushing in and breeze across northern ireland and scotland but certainly, for england and wales, we've had fairly clear skies on saturday and it's gonna be a similar picture into sunday as well. here's is the satellite image. it shows the area of cloud out to the north—west of the uk. this is a weather front which is just starting to move in. you can see the proximity of the isobars. there's some breezier weather across northern and western areas but as this front pushes its way eastwards, it bumps into a big area of high pressure, so it's tending to fizzle out through the day on sunday. certainly a chilly start, particularly for england and wales, with a touch of frost around. also for eastern scotland, a bit of a chilly start. plenty of sunshine for most areas. we have got this weak front draped through the irish sea

bringing more cloud to parts of western scotland. northern ireland, a few spots of drizzle here, and a bit of that cloud into the likes of pembrokeshire and cornwall, too. but light, southerly winds for most of us, so if you've got the blue sky and the sunshine, it's going to feel quite pleasant out there with temperatures between around about 8—11 degrees on sunday. and as we move through into the the evening hours, then, initially, things are still looking quite dry and clear and we keep the clear spells for longest across eastern england. but from the west, this next band of cloud and patchy rain moves in. this is another weather front, and that's going to be with us to start off monday morning. so not as cold first thing monday — certainly compared to first thing sunday — because we've got more cloud, outbreaks of rain and more of a breeze around, too. so, monday's weather, then, will be dominated by this frontal system which slowly pushes its way eastwards across much of the uk. i think it'll be quite slow to reach east anglia and the south—east, so here, you may well keep some sunny spells through the course of the day on monday but elsewhere, a fair bit of cloud. windy conditions — gales possible up towards the western isles, for instance

— and that rain will clear out of scotland and northern ireland, but it will be quite slow—moving moving for parts of northern england into wales, down towards the south—west as well. another fairly mild day — temperatures up to around 12 degrees. heading on into tuesday and high pressure sits across much of the uk, but we've got this trailing frontal system, so that may welljust spill some rain across some southern counties of england, perhaps into south wales as well, but there's still some uncertainty about exactly how far north or south this system is going to be. but across much of the uk, we are thinking that high pressure will dominate, bringing a lot of dry and settled weather. a touch cooler, i think, on tuesday. looking ahead towards the middle of the week, still a bit of rain lingering in the south on wednesday and more rain in the north—west by thursday. bye— bye.

this is bbc news. the headlines: there are reports of a large explosion south—west of the ukrainian capital, kyiv. believed to better fuel depot

1a kilometres from the centre of kyiv. reports say it was hit by a russian missile. a curfew is in place for all of sunday. the un refugee agency says invasion has driven more than 150,000 people to flee ukraine to the west and the vast majority have gone to poland, many to join friends and family and others in hungary, moldova, romania as let i was in college including the united states, the eu, canada and the uk is to cut off some russian banks from the swift banking payment system. the eu chip comp is says it was — a ceu chief, ursula von der leyen says it is designed to cripple the financial system of russia. now it is time for dateline london.