good morning, welcome to breakfast with victoria derbyshire and ben thompson. our headlines today: a massive explosion at an oil refinary outside kyiv, as russian forces appear to concentrate their attack on the ukranian capital. —— refinery. the city is under curfew until monday with residents spending another night in bomb shelters and underground stations. western countries escalate sanctions, cutting off a number of russian banks from the swift international payments systems. with hundreds of thousands of ukrainians attempting to flee the country, a row in the uk over who will be allowed to settle here. speculation over sanctions

reaches the premier league, as chelsea's owner, russian billionaire roman abramovich, hands control of the club to its trustees. good morning. a lot of sunshine to come across the uk today, if anything, perhaps more widespread than yesterday. a slightly chilly start, but overall i think some pretty springlike prospects for us this sunday. more details for you coming up. it's sunday the 27th of february. our main story: an oil depot in kyiv, and a gas pipe line in the city of kharkiv have been blown up, as the russian invasion of ukraine enters its fourth day. one us research centre, the study of war, says russian troops are now bypassing eastern cities and concentrating on the capital, which is under curfew. an aerial blitz, which many feared would take place overnight, has not yet happened, and kyiv�*s deputy mayor says the city remains calm and under the control of ukrainian forces, despite skirmishes with saboteurs.

our correspondentjonah fisher has the latest details. for a fourth night russia waged war on its neighbour. this is an oil depot near an airstrip to the south of kyiv, with toxic smoke filling beer, people have been advised to close their windows and stay indoors. —— filling the air. "the enemy wants to destroy everything", says the local now. to the north—east, not far from the russian border, a gas pipeline was hit, with the authorities warning of an environmental disaster. but this doesn't look like it was the decisive night the —— for ukraine plasma capital that some had feared. yesterday, all kyiv�*s residents were instructed to stay inside until

monday, with the city's boxer turned me a warning of russians in their midst. translation: the me a warning of russians in their midst. translation: the situation in the caital midst. translation: the situation in the capital is — midst. translation: the situation in the capital is complicated _ midst. translation: the situation in the capital is complicated and - the capital is complicated and tends. the enemy has not broken into the city, but saboteurs are operating. to the city, but saboteurs are operating-— the city, but saboteurs are operating. to the west, the desnerate _ operating. to the west, the desperate exit _ operating. to the west, the desperate exit this - operating. to the west, the desperate exit this is - operating. to the west, the - desperate exit this is continuing, with long queues at border crossings leaving ukraine, and chaos at train stations. a , leaving ukraine, and chaos at train stations. , ., , ., , stations. many of us thought it is 'ust stations. many of us thought it is just informational _ stations. many of us thought it is just informational war, _ stations. many of us thought it is just informational war, but - stations. many of us thought it is just informational war, but you i stations. many of us thought it is l just informational war, but you see what happened, and we don't understand why christian does it. need help from war, we say... help, help. _ need help from war, we say... help, help. help. _ need help from war, we say... help, help, help. because we are here, we are alone _ help, help. because we are here, we are alone here.— are alone here. four days in, russia's— are alone here. four days in, russia's hopes _ are alone here. four days in, russia's hopes of _ are alone here. four days in, russia's hopes of a - are alone here. four days in, russia's hopes of a quick- are alone here. four days in, i russia's hopes of a quick victory have not materialised. and kyiv has

not fallen. but on the southern front, the russians are gaining ground, and there are plenty of troops, tanks and equipment still waiting be deployed. jonah fisher, bbc news. we will keep you right across developments in ukraine. let's just take you to kyiv now, this is a live shot across the city. remember, that curfew is still in place, so very few people if any allowed out, many were told have been sheltering in underground bunkers overnight. there were fears, as we have reported, that they would be an aerial bombardment of the city by russian forces. that hasn't happened, but we will take you back there this program is live captioned by red bee media. with our correspondent, james waterhouse, the very latest on events in kyiv and right across ukraine. borisjohnson has said the west is "tightening the economic ligature" around vladimir putin's russia, as the allies unveiled new measures to hit its financial system. the uk, the eu, america and canada have agreed to exclude certain

russian banks from the swift international payment system, among other new sanctions. chris mason has the details. anger at president putin's actions is growing around the world. this was westminster yesterday. late last night, further international action, some russian banks will be removed from the international payment system cold swift, which acts like a financial artery, making payments around the world quicker and easier, and russia's central bank basis restrictions too. bill and russia's central bank basis restrictions too.— restrictions too. all of these measures — restrictions too. all of these measures will _ restrictions too. all of these measures will significantly l restrictions too. all of these - measures will significantly harm putin's ability to finance his work. putin's ability to finance his work. putin embarked on a path aiming to destroy ukraine. but what he is also

doing, in fact, destroy ukraine. but what he is also doing, infact, is destroy ukraine. but what he is also doing, in fact, is destroying the future of his own country. meanwhile in the uk, a — future of his own country. meanwhile in the uk. a row _ future of his own country. meanwhile in the uk, a row has _ future of his own country. meanwhile in the uk, a row has broken - future of his own country. meanwhile in the uk, a row has broken out - in the uk, a row has broken out about weather the government is doing enough to welcome refugees fleeing the war. responding to a labour mp, fleeing the war. responding to a labourmp, immigration fleeing the war. responding to a labour mp, immigration minister kevin foster suggested ukrainians might want to apply for the seasonal worker scheme. the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, said many were in search of swift sanctuary, but the government were suggesting they picked britain's fruit and veg. mr foster's tweet was then deleted. of course we're going to take refugees, this has had a historic and proud role in taking refugees from all conflicts. the uk way out in out in front in our willingness to help with refugees.— in out in front in our willingness to help with refugees. plenty will now ress to help with refugees. plenty will now press for _ to help with refugees. plenty will now press for more _ to help with refugees. plenty will now press for more details - to help with refugees. plenty will now press for more details about i to help with refugees. plenty will - now press for more details about how many may be welcomed, when and to wear. chris mason, bbc news. our political correspondent, ione wells, joins us from london.

ione, wejust heard the prime minister saying the uk will take in refugees from ukraine, but when will we know those crucial details like how many and how soon? that's right, and at the moment, the home office have said the priority is on british nationals and their dependents in ukraine, who want to leave the country. they also say that while these centres have been closed for everyone but those dependents of british nationals in ukraine, if other ukrainians to reach a neighbouring country, they can then apply for a visa to work or study in the uk under the uk's points —based immigration system. but as you say, what is much less clear is what happens to those people who just want to seek refuge as refugees. labour have called on the government to ditch the usual visa requirements for those ukrainians who don't have any links to the uk. the snp's nicola sturgeon also saying we should offer refuge to as many ukrainians as possible. this is also something that has been echoed by a number of tory mps as

well, like the npjulian smith, who has called for immediate sanctuary follows fleeing the war in ukraine. some people are calling for ministers to set up a similar refugee scheme to the one that was set up under taliban took over in afghanistan last summer. what we do know at the moment is that the prime minister has said that of course we will welcome refugees, but there is a question, as chris mentioned in his report, about how many and when this might happen. the official line we have from the home office at the moment is that they are working with european partners to try to establish a plan in response to this, but they say that has to be practical and in the best interests of the ukrainian people. chelsea's russian owner has announced he's giving up control of the club. roman abramovich, who is said to be close to president putin, announced last night that he's handing over stewardship to the trustees of chelsea's charitable foundation. tim allman has more.

his billions transformed the fortunes of a football club, and helped to 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. no statement on the clu bwebsite, a step back. no statement on the clubwebsite, he said: although he has given up stewardship, he still retains ownership. the baby understands he is not calling in the £i.5 ownership. the baby understands he is not calling in the £1.5 billion alone that he gave to the club. but this week, of all weeks, is it not a good 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 with any sanctions were imposed on russian owned assets. roman abramovich likes to keep a low profile, and almost never gives interviews. he claims to be essentially nonpolitical, but he 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. fans at today's league cup final between chelsea and liverpool are likely to express their support for ukraine at wembley later. that's after thousands of people gathered at rallies and demonstrations across the uk yesterday, as simonjones reports. prayers and protest in gloucester. the archbishop of canterbury has described the invasion of ukraine as an act of great evil, a few reflected here. my

an act of great evil, a few reflected here.— an act of great evil, a few reflected here. my son, my daughter-in-law, - reflected here. my son, my daughter-in-law, my - reflected here. my son, my daughter-in-law, my little| daughter—in—law, my little grandchildren, they are in kyiv. stop putin, stop war!— grandchildren, they are in kyiv. stop putin, stop war! anger and defiance. we _ stop putin, stop war! anger and defiance. we have _ stop putin, stop war! anger and defiance. we have our - stop putin, stop war! anger and defiance. we have our own - stop putin, stop war! anger and - defiance. we have our own language! we have our— defiance. we have our own language! we have our own _ defiance. we have our own language! we have our own culture! _ defiance. we have our own language! we have our own culture! we - defiance. we have our own language! we have our own culture! we have i we have our own culture! we have never_ we have our own culture! we have never been — we have our own culture! we have never been russian!— never been russian! families separated. — never been russian! families separated, adding _ never been russian! families separated, adding to - never been russian! families separated, adding to the - never been russian! families l separated, adding to the sense never been russian! families - separated, adding to the sense of desperation. brute separated, adding to the sense of desperation-— desperation. we have a lot of relatives who _ desperation. we have a lot of relatives who live _ desperation. we have a lot of relatives who live in - desperation. we have a lot of relatives who live in kyiv. - desperation. we have a lot of. relatives who live in kyiv. they desperation. we have a lot of- relatives who live in kyiv. they are trying _ relatives who live in kyiv. they are trying to _ relatives who live in kyiv. they are trying to hide, _ relatives who live in kyiv. they are trying to hide, you _ relatives who live in kyiv. they are trying to hide, you know, - relatives who live in kyiv. they are trying to hide, you know, in- relatives who live in kyiv. they arel trying to hide, you know, in places, and shelters — trying to hide, you know, in places, and shelters. but _ trying to hide, you know, in places, and shelters. but it— trying to hide, you know, in places, and shelters. but it is— trying to hide, you know, in places, and shelters. but it is obviously, i and shelters. but it is obviously, it is a _ and shelters. but it is obviously, it is a horror, _ and shelters. but it is obviously, it is a horror, it— and shelters. but it is obviously, it is a horror, it is— and shelters. but it is obviously, it is a horror, it is a _ and shelters. but it is obviously, it is a horror, it is a disaster, - it is a horror, it is a disaster, and — it is a horror, it is a disaster, and you _ it is a horror, it is a disaster, and you cant— it is a horror, it is a disaster, and you can't believe - it is a horror, it is a disaster, and you can't believe that. it is a horror, it is a disaster, - and you can't believe that something like this_ and you can't believe that something like this can — and you can't believe that something like this can happen. _ and you can't believe that something like this can happen. it— and you can't believe that something like this can happen.— like this can happen. it must be terrifying. _ like this can happen. it must be terrifying, horrible _ like this can happen. it must be terrifying, horrible thing - like this can happen. it must be terrifying, horrible thing that i like this can happen. it must be l terrifying, horrible thing that your lives can — terrifying, horrible thing that your lives can be at any moment. singing. the ukrainian — lives can be at any moment. singing. the ukrainian flag _ lives can be at any moment. singing. the ukrainian flag is _ lives can be at any moment. singing. the ukrainian flag is raised _ lives can be at any moment. singing. the ukrainian flag is raised as - lives can be at any moment. singing. the ukrainian flag is raised as an - the ukrainian flag is raised as an act of solidarity. in manchester, watching events unfold from afar, is proving to be agonising. the situation is _

proving to be agonising. the situation is tense. _ proving to be agonising. tue: situation is tense. it proving to be agonising. tte: situation is tense. it is proving to be agonising. "tte: situation is tense. it is tough proving to be agonising. t'te: situation is tense. it is tough to see, it is tough. i am far away, i feel helpless, can't do much about it. , , , , , it. yesterday my sister, she lived in nikoluyum. — it. yesterday my sister, she lived in nikoluyum, yesterday - it. yesterday my sister, she lived in nikoluyum, yesterday she - it. yesterday my sister, she lived in nikoluyum, yesterday she had| it. yesterday my sister, she lived. in nikoluyum, yesterday she had a bomb— in nikoluyum, yesterday she had a bomb in_ in nikoluyum, yesterday she had a bomb in her city, an attack, it is reaiiym — bomb in her city, an attack, it is really... like. _ bomb in her city, an attack, it is really... like, you cannot speak about— really... like, you cannot speak about this, _ really... like, you cannot speak about this, because it is a very bad situation — about this, because it is a very bad situation in— about this, because it is a very bad situation. ., about this, because it is a very bad situation. . , ., , ., situation. in reading, people gather outside the community _ situation. in reading, people gather outside the community centre. - outside the community centre. parents finding it difficult to explain to their children what is happening in ukraine.— explain to their children what is happening in ukraine. people are d inc, we happening in ukraine. people are dying. we are _ happening in ukraine. people are dying, we are begging _ happening in ukraine. people are dying, we are begging for- happening in ukraine. people are dying, we are begging for this . dying, we are begging for this protection, and our children are asking, what does it mean? they don't know war, but based darted sensing it, because their loved ones are dying. iiit sensing it, because their loved ones are d inc. , _ sensing it, because their loved ones ared inc. , _ ., sensing it, because their loved ones ared inc. , _ .. ., are dying. in derby, a clear view. and to say _ are dying. in derby, a clear view. and to say to _ are dying. in derby, a clear view. and to say to president _ are dying. in derby, a clear view. and to say to president putin, i are dying. in derby, a clear view. | and to say to president putin, get out of—

and to say to president putin, get out of our— and to say to president putin, get out of our country!— out of our country! here, here! absolutely _ out of our country! here, here! absolutely distraught. - out of our country! here, here! | absolutely distraught. anxious, angry at the same time, because i can't even bear to say his name. putin, putin, shame on you! shame on you for— putin, putin, shame on you! shame on you for what— putin, putin, shame on you! shame on you for what you do! but putin, putin, shame on you! shame on you for what you do!— you for what you do! but at the russian embassy _ you for what you do! but at the russian embassy in _ you for what you do! but at the russian embassy in london, i you for what you do! but at the | russian embassy in london, the russian embassy in london, the russian president's name was chanted, telling him to enter the war. ,, . ., chanted, telling him to enter the war. ,, ., ., chanted, telling him to enter the war. ,, . ., , ., chanted, telling him to enter the war. ,, ., ., ., chanted, telling him to enter the war, ,, ., ., , ., ., chanted, telling him to enter the war. shame on you, shame on you for what ou war. shame on you, shame on you for what you do! — war. shame on you, shame on you for what you do! l — war. shame on you, shame on you for what you do! i am _ war. shame on you, shame on you for what you do! i am from _ war. shame on you, shame on you for what you do! i am from russia - war. shame on you, shame on you for what you do! i am from russia and i war. shame on you, shame on you for what you do! i am from russia and we totally disagree _ what you do! i am from russia and we totally disagree with _ what you do! i am from russia and we totally disagree with what _ what you do! i am from russia and we totally disagree with what our - totally disagree with what our government— totally disagree with what our government and _ totally disagree with what our government and our- totally disagree with what our. government and our politicians totally disagree with what our- government and our politicians are doing. _ government and our politicians are doing. i_ government and our politicians are doing. i am — government and our politicians are doing. lam here _ government and our politicians are doing. lam here to— government and our politicians are doing, i am here to protest- government and our politicians are doing, i am here to protest and i government and our politicians are| doing, i am here to protest and my friends _ doing, i am here to protest and my friends from — doing, i am here to protest and my friends from ukraine _ doing, i am here to protest and my friends from ukraine support - doing, i am here to protest and my friends from ukraine support or- friends from ukraine support or people — friends from ukraine support or people from _ friends from ukraine support or people from ukraine. _ friends from ukraine support or people from ukraine.— friends from ukraine support or people from ukraine. people here wish there was _ people from ukraine. people here wish there was was _ people from ukraine. people here wish there was was more - people from ukraine. people here wish there was was more they i people from ukraine. people here l wish there was was more they could do. they look at what is happening in ukraine with horror. they say coming together at least sends out a message that ukraine is in their thoughts, and prayers. simonjones, bbc news. much more on all events related to ukraine coming up. we will have the

very latest stopjonah fisher ukraine coming up. we will have the very latest stop jonah fisher will be here, giving us an overview of what you need to know about what has been happening overnight. that is coming up later. just approaching 6:14 coming up later. just approaching 6:11; a.m., let's check in on the weather. good morning. good morning to you ben and victoria and of course everybodyjoining us at home. a quiet weather story for the uk today, a lot of fine weather to come and along with that, actually, some of that widespread sunshine as well. if anything, perhaps the sunshine will be more widespread than yesterday. yesterday we will see scotland and northern ireland losing out of this weather front, the high pressure sitting across the continent at the moment will push back on that front today. i hope we will see a bit more sunshine across eastern scotland and northern ireland through the day, if you look up stream and through the atlantic, you can see what is waiting in the winds, more cloud and rain to come across the ukraine —— uk tomorrow. if you are after fine weather, today is your day. a southerly breeze, a lot of sunshine, little more cloud certainly early on

western scotland, but come the afternoon you can see that shifting offshore. tending to push away from the northern and western isles. the wind strength, significant, in terms ofjust wind strength, significant, in terms of just across western scotland, gusting up to a0 miles an hour late in the day. a little cooler than yesterday, but in the spring sunshine it will feel pleasant, we could get up to 12 degrees in the odd spot. through sunday evening and into the early hours of monday the second weather system begins to approach from the west. we will pick up approach from the west. we will pick up the windows that comes through, across scotland and northern ireland, feeling a lot of cloud first thing monday. a slightly milder started new week, possibly frost across easternmost england, for most, overnight lows of 6— eight stop this front moving across the uk, it doesn't look like it will do so in a particularly straightforward way in the next 2a hours or so. it is buckling, that means it is quite hard to plot its progress, particularly clearly. at the moment it looks like it will be heavy rain

for south—western england, wales, northern england and monday, rain stretching into southern scotland later in the day, some strong winds across the north—west of scotland, brighter conditions to the far north—west of the uk, and i think east anglia and the south—east will cling onto fine weather in daylight hours as well. rain shifting east overnight into the small hours of tuesday, and then again, that buckling front leaves a sort a question as to exactly how quickly it will pull away from the southern reaches of the uk on tuesday. at the moment, it looks if anything we could see another pulse of heavy rain tracking as far north as maybe south wales and the south midlands late on tuesday, but further north, a big area of high pressure, still lots of spring sunshine to comfort northern under scotland.

the un says that 150,000 people have fled ukraine so far, may to the west, to their western neighbours. in moldova, more than 30,000 people have crossed the border since wednesday, with some waiting in queues of up to 27 hours. our europe correspondent, lucy williamson reports. as russians enter ukraine, women are leaving. the last ten miles before the moldovan border is a queue of wives and mothers, scattered with foreign students, the only men allowed to leave. i meet anna on the moldovan side as she struggled to repack her carfor the next stage of herjourney. six—year—old ieva keeps her toys close. she had to leave her father and grandfather behind. the tears come as anna tells me about leaving their men in the southern city of odesa, waiting for the russians to come.

translation: my husband stayed there to protect his country. i i'm hoping the west will help us get out of this terrible situation, because right now, we are alone against the russian aggressor. many of those arriving here have no clear plan of where they will go. the moldovan government has set up 300 tents as emergency shelter for those crossing the border. there's still space here at the moment but the ukrainian city of odesa, less than 50 kilometres from here, is a key russian target and there is worry about a sudden influx if the fighting there develops. moldova tonight is home for thousands more mothers and children as a rift between nations splits families apart. lucy williamson, bbc news, palanca crossing, moldova. as you would expect that story is dominating most of the front pages today. let's run you through some of them. the observer tells us that the

world shuns pariah putin. a photo of a five—year—old boy taking refuge with his family in an underground shelter. ., , with his family in an underground shelter. . , , ., shelter. line hearts is the headline from the sunday _ shelter. line hearts is the headline from the sunday express _ shelter. line hearts is the headline from the sunday express with i shelter. line hearts is the headline from the sunday express with a i from the sunday express with a full—page image of two ukrainian soldiers. brute full-page image of two ukrainian soldiers. ~ ., ., soldiers. we will not run and hide sa s the soldiers. we will not run and hide says the daily _ soldiers. we will not run and hide says the daily star, _ soldiers. we will not run and hide says the daily star, quoting i says the daily star, quoting president zelenskyy. the paper reports that the defiant leader has been on the streets of kyiv as russian troops came up against fierce resistance. in the biggs bought story linked to ukraine, the back page of the telegraph reporting that abramovich has left the stewardship —— left chelsea in chat —— the steward ship of its charitable arm. we now speak to natalie who lives in the eastern

outskirts of kyiv and we speak to her now. thank you for being with us this morning. i know it is a difficult time for you right now. how are you?— difficult time for you right now. how are you? good morning. it is hard to say _ how are you? good morning. it is hard to say how — how are you? good morning. it is hard to say how we _ how are you? good morning. it is hard to say how we are _ how are you? good morning. it is hard to say how we are because l hard to say how we are because tonight at night was the worst so far and we barely slept a few hours between sirens and explosions, actually, a siren is going on now. the situation is difficult, we are scared, we stay home and don't go into shelters because i tried to give my daughter and mother the opportunity to sleep through the night. because they couldn't hear the sirens and explosions. teiiii night. because they couldn't hear the sirens and explosions. tell me about your — the sirens and explosions. tell me about your decision _ the sirens and explosions. tell me about your decision not _ the sirens and explosions. tell me about your decision not to - the sirens and explosions. tell me about your decision not to go i the sirens and explosions. tell me about your decision not to go to i about your decision not to go to that shelter. many people have been

advised on the curfew is in place in large parts of the city you chose not to go to a shelter because some of the spaces there are limited, is that right? brute of the spaces there are limited, is that riuht? ~ ., ., ., of the spaces there are limited, is that right?— of the spaces there are limited, is that riuht? ~ ., ., ., , that right? we have good shelter in our home. that right? we have good shelter in our home- it _ that right? we have good shelter in our home. it is _ that right? we have good shelter in our home. it is not _ that right? we have good shelter in our home. it is not shelter, - that right? we have good shelter in our home. it is not shelter, just i that right? we have good shelter in our home. it is not shelter, just a l our home. it is not shelter, just a basement but it is warm there but there are no places to sleep on or even sit on my mother, she needs special care and she barely slept all this night and ijust special care and she barely slept all this night and i just wanted them, with my daughter, to get some sleep before we move, actually. so we were just listening for a more difficult situation to arrive. band difficult situation to arrive. and all of this is _ difficult situation to arrive. and all of this is horribly _ difficult situation to arrive. and all of this is horribly familiar to you as you were forced to leave your

home in 201a. one would imagine a very difficult time now and simply not knowing what happens next. what information are you able to get hold of about what movements you might be able to make and if, indeed, you do want to leave, whether you can leave. ~ ., , , want to leave, whether you can leave. ., _ ., leave. well, obviously we cannot leave. well, obviously we cannot leave now _ leave. well, obviously we cannot leave now at _ leave. well, obviously we cannot leave now at all _ leave. well, obviously we cannot leave now at all because - leave. well, obviously we cannot leave now at all because the i leave now at all because the situation is hot around us and everywhere in ukraine. many bridges are blown up and roads are destroyed. and we don't know from which direction the russian troops will come. it is not a time to move, it is better to stay in the situation, in one place. so unless the situation is clear in some way, we do not move. qt

the situation is clear in some way, we do not move.— the situation is clear in some way, we do not move. of course. and we understand — we do not move. of course. and we understand the _ we do not move. of course. and we understand the curfew— we do not move. of course. and we understand the curfew is _ we do not move. of course. and we understand the curfew is now i we do not move. of course. and we understand the curfew is now in i understand the curfew is now in place and that will last until tomorrow, until monday. are you able tomorrow, until monday. are you able to get out at all right now? brute to get out at all right now? we don't no to get out at all right now? - don't go outside. only to walk our dogs but only for a minute because you cannot tell a dog that something has changed and he cannot go outside. but it is only for short time around our house next to the shelter and if something happens we have an opportunity to quicklyjump there. we don't go around for three days, actually. bud there. we don't go around for three days. actually-— there. we don't go around for three days, actually. and what can you see or hear right — days, actually. and what can you see or hear right now— days, actually. and what can you see or hear right now from _ days, actually. and what can you see or hear right now from your - days, actually. and what can you see or hear right now from your window? my or hear right now from your window? my windows are mostly shuttered,

sorry, closed with shutters, not shattered... from the sun, the blinders. but i can hear sirens and from time to time explosions. they are much closer now than it was two or three days ago. bud are much closer now than it was two or three days ago.— or three days ago. and how are you feelin: or three days ago. and how are you feeling about _ or three days ago. and how are you feeling about what _ or three days ago. and how are you feeling about what may _ or three days ago. and how are you feeling about what may happen i or three days ago. and how are you i feeling about what may happen next? we hope, of course we are hoping that everything will be ok and that russian groups —— troops. by some magic and maybe all the sanctions and all the reaction from people all over the world will do something because we can hear and see that many people support ukraine and we are really grateful for that. we can see, we can see every face in pain for us and we can see every voice

which speaks out for us. we appreciate it very much. t which speaks out for us. we appreciate it very much. i wanted to ask that, actually. _ appreciate it very much. i wanted to ask that, actually. how— appreciate it very much. i wanted to ask that, actually. how much i appreciate it very much. i wanted to ask that, actually. how much of- appreciate it very much. i wanted to| ask that, actually. how much of that are you able to see and hear and experience, all of those warm wishes and the good feeling, the support that you get around the world. are you able to see any of that there? luckily we still have an internet connection so i go through the internet, watching people rising for ukraine and i read official information. i tend ukraine and i read official information. itend not ukraine and i read official information. i tend not to believe tv, it is not about ukraine but when i lived back in donetsk i knew how highly propaganda russian runs on their channels and it is difficult to stay sane watching that throughout, all day and night, for

years so i understand that russian people are really, that a lot of them could not understand what is happening because they have been lied to for many years and when i lived back in donetsk and we were under occupation, our ukrainian channels were disconnected and only russian channels, we had unless someone had satellite and could get someone had satellite and could get some information.— some information. thank you for talkin: to some information. thank you for talking to us _ some information. thank you for talking to us this _ some information. thank you for talking to us this morning. i i some information. thank you for | talking to us this morning. i know it is really difficult right now but really grateful for you spending time with us so thank you for being with us this morning and we wish you well. ., ~ with us this morning and we wish you well. . ,, , ., with us this morning and we wish you well. . ,, i. ,., with us this morning and we wish you well. . ,, i. . ., ., well. thank you so much for having me and pray _ well. thank you so much for having me and pray for— well. thank you so much for having me and pray for ukraine, _ well. thank you so much for having me and pray for ukraine, we i well. thank you so much for having me and pray for ukraine, we are i me and pray for ukraine, we are

fighting to let's talk about some of those demonstrations in the support for the people of ukraine because quite a number have taken place across the uk, the biggest of which was at westminster.— across the uk, the biggest of which was at westminster. several thousand eo - le were was at westminster. several thousand people were in — was at westminster. several thousand people were in the _ was at westminster. several thousand people were in the crowd _ was at westminster. several thousand people were in the crowd including i people were in the crowd including dozens of young people from st mary �*s ukrainian school in west london. paul murphy went to meet them before they set off. for over 60 years, the saturday school is taught young ukrainians in london about their country's history, language and culture. the invasion back home is now putting into question ukraine's future but while times are tough, community here is pulling together. what here is pulling together. what ha--ened here is pulling together. what happened on _ here is pulling together. what happened on thursday i here is pulling together. twat happened on thursday shook them here is pulling together. kwngt happened on thursday shook them all and they could see for the first time fear in their eyes. we started getting initiatives from our school children, from here, year 89 year ten pupils that they would like to do something for the civilians back in their home country, that they would love to fund raise for the

children. �* ., ., , ., would love to fund raise for the children. �* ., ., i. , .,, children. but what do young people actually think— children. but what do young people actually think about _ children. but what do young people actually think about what _ children. but what do young people actually think about what is - children. but what do young people actually think about what is going i actually think about what is going on? t actually think about what is going on? ,., actually think about what is going on? ,. , . ., , actually think about what is going on? , , ., actually think about what is going on? ,, ., , actually think about what is going on? ,, . , , on? i feel sad because that is my famil , on? i feel sad because that is my family. my _ on? i feel sad because that is my family, my grandmother - on? i feel sad because that is my family, my grandmother and i family, my grandmother and grandfather, family, my grandmotherand grandfather, i feel sad for them and i grandfather, i feel sad for them and i hope _ grandfather, i feel sad for them and i hope everything will be all right in the _ i hope everything will be all right in the country. it is my home. my famil is in the country. it is my home. my family is there, my aunts uncles grandparents. _ family is there, my aunts uncles grandparents, they— family is there, my aunts uncles grandparents, they are - family is there, my aunts uncles grandparents, they are planningi family is there, my aunts uncles i grandparents, they are planning on staying _ grandparents, they are planning on staying there — grandparents, they are planning on staying there but _ grandparents, they are planning on staying there but i _ grandparents, they are planning on staying there but i don't _ grandparents, they are planning on staying there but i don't want i grandparents, they are planning oni staying there but i don't want them to stay— staying there but i don't want them to stay there. — staying there but i don't want them to stay there. i_ staying there but i don't want them to stay there, i want _ staying there but i don't want them to stay there, i want them - staying there but i don't want them to stay there, i want them to - staying there but i don't want them to stay there, i want them to come| to stay there, i want them to come here _ to stay there, i want them to come here. ., , to stay there, i want them to come here. . , ., ., ,, ., to stay there, i want them to come here. . , . ., , , ., ., here. raising awareness and having thins on here. raising awareness and having things on the _ here. raising awareness and having things on the news, _ here. raising awareness and having things on the news, i _ here. raising awareness and having things on the news, i think - here. raising awareness and having things on the news, i think that i things on the news, i think that will definitely help spread awareness. tt will definitely help spread awareness.— will definitely help spread awareness. ., ~' , will definitely help spread awareness. . ~ , , awareness. it makes me feel very worried and _ awareness. it makes me feel very worried and on — awareness. it makes me feel very worried and on the _ awareness. it makes me feel very worried and on the news - awareness. it makes me feel very worried and on the news they i awareness. it makes me feel very worried and on the news they say| worried and on the news they say everything — worried and on the news they say everything on the battlefield and what is _ everything on the battlefield and what is happening so sometimes i even _ what is happening so sometimes i even cry — what is happening so sometimes i even c . ~ , , what is happening so sometimes i evenc . ~ , , ., what is happening so sometimes i evenc .~ , , ., even cry. while eyes are focused on the response _ even cry. while eyes are focused on the response from _ even cry. while eyes are focused on the response from world _ even cry. while eyes are focused on the response from world leaders, i the response from world leaders, ukrainians here want action. tt is ukrainians here want action. it is not 'ust a ukrainians here want action. it is notjust a problem _ ukrainians here want action. tt 3 not just a problem for our ukrainians here want action. tt 3 notjust a problem for our children, ukrainian children. children across the world are watching what their leader is in their countries are

doing today. the children want to act, they don't wantjust to use the privilege of clear skies and continue with their lives. stand with ukraine! _ continue with their lives. stand with ukraine! stand _ continue with their lives. stand with ukraine! stand with i continue with their lives. stand i with ukraine! stand with ukraine! under those _ with ukraine! stand with ukraine! under those clear _ with ukraine! stand with ukraine! under those clear skies, - with ukraine! stand with ukraine! under those clear skies, dozens l with ukraine! stand with ukraine! | under those clear skies, dozens of young ukrainians set off to demonstrate at downing street, proudly bearing the colours of the nation but, most importantly, making sure their voices are being heard. paul murphy cast, bbc news. if you if you've been wondering to explain the situation to the young children in your life, stick around, we'll be getting some advice from the bbc newsround presenter ricky boleto ataround 8:50pm. it is 6.30, stay with us, we have more coverage from ukraine coming

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good morning, welcome to breakfast with victoria derbyshire and ben thompson. it is just after 6:30am. let's get up to speed now on the very latest developments in ukraine. the bbc�*sjonah fisher knows the country well — he lived there for four years, and he's here to fill us in. good morning. if! good morning. if i could just bring you right up to date with what we have been hearing this morning. just in the last half an hour this has been posted on facebook by the head of the kharkiv regional administration, oleg sinegubov. kharkiv is the biggest city in eastern ukraine. there has been a breakthrough

of the russian enemy in the city of kharkiv. including the central part of the city. "do not leave your places of shelter. "the armed forces of ukraine are eliminating the enemy." we have been looking at the social media footage around that, we cannot confirm it yet but it looks like there are some light military vehicles that have gone into the centre of kharkiv. take a step back for a minute. this is the big picture, you can see kharkiv there, quite close to russia. the hashed areas are areas where russia has moved in over the last several days, you can see, making some progress to the north, some progress in and around kharkiv, and also some from crimea, the land it seized from ukraine in 2014. overnight there have been several large explosions, this is a gas pipeline near kharkiv but the ukrainians say was hit by the russians. the authorities are warning there is an environmental catastrophe, that people in that

area should cover their windows with area should cover their windows with a damp cloth. another explosion, this time near the capital of kyiv, more fighting around an airstrip to the south—west of the capital. this is an oil depot, which has been struck and is burning. that is right by an airstrip, which is vital, because the russians really want to have control of an airstrip and that would give them the capability to flyer troops in near to kyiv and really have a serious bed to take hold of the capital. back to that big picture, that big map. what we have seen over the last three days, four nights, is some progress being made by the russians in these northern areas, but perhaps the most interesting progress russians have been making come from crimea. we know they have been taking territory moving east here, and there is the possibility this key port of mariupol on the azov sea will be potentially surrounded in the next

day or so. so we might see a joining up day or so. so we might see a joining up of these areas, this is the separate area and this is the incursion that has come in from crimea. we might then potentially see an attempt to circle the ukrainian trips, there is lots of ukrainian trips, there is lots of ukrainian trips you're facing russia, they might try to cut them off. but if the situation in eastern ukraine, much less fighting in the west. this is the main route people have been taking towards the border. there are long queues leading towards poland and also chaos at train stations, with women and children trying to get out, men who are just the right age to be in the military have had to stay. so an evolving picture in kharkiv, things are changing pretty rapidly. so just sojust explain so just explain that again, you are talking about this at the start, but the people tuning in, the picture in calculus what? it is the people tuning in, the picture in calculus what?— the people tuning in, the picture in calculus what? it is unclear. we had re orts of

calculus what? it is unclear. we had reports of clashes, _ calculus what? it is unclear. we had reports of clashes, there _ calculus what? it is unclear. we had reports of clashes, there is - calculus what? it is unclear. we had reports of clashes, there is video i reports of clashes, there is video around of russian military vehicles moving into the centre of the town. we have got the messages of the governor, they are trying to deal with it. it doesn't feel like this, the tanks are rolling in, it looks like more of a special operation, a presence, so far we have not seen a big—city fall to the russians, kharkiv would be a big city, it is a predominately russian speaking city, a city which perhaps the russians would have thought they would seize more easily, but now there is some scuffling, something is going on, fighting in the centre, it doesn't quite feel like this is a big advance in terms of tanks and heavy machinery into kharkiv at this point. machinery into kharkiv at this oint. �* ., , machinery into kharkiv at this oint. �* ., ., point. and there was also an expectation. _ point. and there was also an expectation, for _ point. and there was also an expectation, for kyiv, - point. and there was also an expectation, for kyiv, they l point. and there was also an - expectation, for kyiv, they would be some pretty heavy bombing last night. that hasn't happened? there have been some _ night. that hasn't happened? there have been some attacks _ night. that hasn't happened? there have been some attacks in - night. that hasn't happened? there have been some attacks in and - night. that hasn't happened? there have been some attacks in and around kyiv, certainly. kyiv has effectively been locked down until monday. the authorities have made everybody stay indoors because they are trying to deal with what they

say are russian saboteurs inside kyiv itself, i think there were some fears yesterday evening that there was going to be a really massive bombardment of kyiv, and it does not seem at this point that actually happened. seem at this point that actually ha ened. . seem at this point that actually happened-— seem at this point that actually ha--ened. . , . ., happened. thanks very much, jonah. jonah will happened. thanks very much, jonah. jonah will be — happened. thanks very much, jonah. jonah will be back _ happened. thanks very much, jonah. jonah will be back with _ happened. thanks very much, jonah. jonah will be back with us _ happened. thanks very much, jonah. jonah will be back with us a - happened. thanks very much, jonah. jonah will be back with us a little - jonah will be back with us a little later. holly is here with sport, and the big news in the past 12 hours or so as roman abramovich and chelsea? we've been talking about this for the past few days, growing pressure on chelsea and abramovich, he is a russian billionaire, all these sanctions have then introduced in the last few days, why not him? this sheet seems to be a decision he has made to safeguard the club. he has not given up ownership of the club, just to be clear. just control of the club. what that means day—to—day is unclear, but in terms of what happens on and off the pitch, nothing should change, but the statement itself has caused just a bit of a stir, as he attempts to

protect the club from these potential sanctions. protect the club from these potentialsanctions. he protect the club from these potential sanctions. he has been in charge at stamford ridge for nearly 20 years now, and says he is giving trustees of chelsey potter charitable foundation be stewardship and care of the club, so the negative attention on his background in recent days has cast a bit of a shadow over the with manager thomas herschel describing it as a distraction ahead had their league cup final against liverpool this afternoon. —— thomas tuchel. so perhaps this explains the statement last night. this was the key part, he says "i have always taken decisions with the club's best interest at heart. i remain committed to these values. that is why i am today giving trustees of chelsea's charitable foundation the stewardship and care of chelsea fc." as i mentioned, chelsea play in the league cup final this afternoon, it's unclear if there will be any gestures of protest or solidarity ahead of that game. across football yesterday there were plenty offering their support. these were the emotional scenes before manchester city's 1—0 victory at everton.

this is city's ukranian star oleksandr zinchenko and everton's ukranian player vitaliy mykolenko embracing before the match. zinchenko could then be seen in tears as players of both sides came onto the field wearing the ukranian flag. ukrainian people, russian people, they don't want to kill each other. and still right now it is happening, and that is why when the people are, you know, here, and i think all around the world, can say what are they doing. so there is no sense. distance must be the money, always for sure, always there is a reason why, is that. but it is not necessary to kill people for that reason, innocent people, thousands, thousands. we've seen in the last few days, in many— we've seen in the last few days, in many ways, — we've seen in the last few days, in many ways, i— we've seen in the last few days, in many ways, i know how much this club, _ many ways, i know how much this club, the — many ways, i know how much this club, the heart in this club, from owner_ club, the heart in this club, from owner to— club, the heart in this club, from owner to chairman to fans and

players. — owner to chairman to fans and players, and we wanted to show that and then_ players, and we wanted to show that and then obviously when we have a player, _ and then obviously when we have a player, but — and then obviously when we have a player, but are solely on our side, and on _ player, but are solely on our side, and on their— player, but are solely on our side, and on their side, their fans together, _ and on their side, their fans together, that is the humidity of sport _ together, that is the humidity of sport and — together, that is the humidity of sport. and obviously there are a lot of people _ sport. and obviously there are a lot of people on the outside who could learn _ of people on the outside who could learn a _ of people on the outside who could learn a lot— of people on the outside who could learn a lot from that as well. before kick—off at manchester united's goalless draw with watford, at old trafford, players from both sides gathered behind a banner with the word peace written on it, in several different languages, including in russian and ukranian. united have already dropped the russian airline aeroflot as one of their sponsors. and over the past couple of days we've been hearing from ukranaian and russian athletes and sports stars, hearing about their experiences and concerns over the crisis. tennis player elina svitolina has told the bbc that she is praying every day for her family and friends who are living through this "nightmare." svitolina said that ukrainians around the world, who are not in the country right now, should raise awarness in any way they can. for people who are, ukrainians around the world, i think we should

do as much as possible, and try to communicate with the people, explain what is really happening, so everyone is aware and can do, can do something from their social media or out on the streets, as we can see in different countries, when people unite and go out. this is important, you know, in europe or around the world, they see that this is something really important, what matters for people, so when you have many people united, that is where governments start to wake up a bit and start to pay more attention to what is happening, and with this, i think we can get more and more help for ukraine.

let's move away from events in ukraine for a moment, with a story bubbling in football this morning. marcelo bielsa's future as leeds united manager is under serious threat after his side suffered another damaging defeat. leeds were thrashed 4—0 by tottenham at elland road. spurs were 3—0 up in the first half before son heung min finsihed things off in the second. it means leeds have conceded 14 goals in just 6 days, and bielsa'sjob is hanging by a thread. bbc match of the day pundit ashley williams says leeds are paying for bielsa's inflexibility. it is very stubborn, to keep doing the same thing week in, week out, conceding so many goals and not changing anything. i think it is a bit of him to think he can go one this one against these quality opponents that he does, and i can't see where they are going to go from it. same tactics, weekend, week out, same and result. elsewhere in the premier league

yesterday, the return of christian eriksen, 259 days after suffering a cardiac arrest at last summer's european championship. the danish international was given a standing ovation when he came on as a substitute for brentford. but he couldn't prevent newcastle easing their relegation fears and increasing brentford's with a comfortable, 2—0 win. and it was the return of the six nations this weekend, ireland play italy this afternoon but it's france who are storming their way to the title. they remain unbeaten after a comfortable victory over scotland. england are still in it though — they managed to hold off wales after a dramatic second half at twickenham. joe wilson reports. at twickenham, they are trying to present their sport in a different way. this new muralfeatures present their sport in a different way. this new mural features an present their sport in a different way. this new muralfeatures an hour now with 50 england caps, carl sinkler. many youngsters 115, the new english recordholder. marcus

smith is a novice but his penalties built england's lead against wales, and those points count. england eventually needed all of them. when alex john eventually needed all of them. when alexjohn brown eventually needed all of them. when alex john brown stretched eventually needed all of them. when alexjohn brown stretched for a think and i'll try at the start of the second half, england were 17 nil ahead. the pattern of english rugby looked on, but the duchess of cambridge. could the duchess of wales see a revival? well, watch. when josh wales see a revival? well, watch. whenjosh adams crossed the line it was something. when nick thompkins caught it was context —— contest again, 1712. it was wales people summoning spirit, but not enough. more penalties from smith met even though wales scored a third try, they never took the lead. wales pushed to the last, by four points, england one. tired, they are victorious. it is enough for england to maintain the momentum in the tournament. but england are chasing france. all the others are chasing france. all the others are chasing france. scotland pursued in vain at murrayfield as france scored a six

tries against them. 36—17 the final score, the french have a perfect record in the tournament so far, but they have games against england and wales to come. but this year, france were complete. joe wilson, bbc news. not the result they wanted but isn't it great to see all the fans back again? it it great to see all the fans back auain? , ., , , ., ., again? it feels really strange to have such _ again? it feels really strange to have such a _ again? it feels really strange to have such a big _ again? it feels really strange to have such a big capacity - again? it feels really strange to have such a big capacity cloud. | again? it feels really strange to l have such a big capacity cloud. it is the roar of the cloud that makes games like that.— is the roar of the cloud that makes games like that. interesting that is the first championship _ games like that. interesting that is the first championship game - games like that. interesting that is the first championship game at - the first championship game at twickenham in two years? can you imagine? we were talking yesterday about the twickenham factor, it makes such a difference. six nations was incredible last year but it is nothing without the fans, that is makes it. mi nothing without the fans, that is makes it. �* . , , nothing without the fans, that is makes it. ., , , ., ., makes it. all that pent-up emotion emer: in . makes it. all that pent-up emotion emerging- lt— makes it. all that pent-up emotion emerging- it has— makes it. all that pent-up emotion emerging. it has to _ makes it. all that pent-up emotion emerging. it has to deliver- emerging. it has to deliver something- _ emerging. it has to deliver something. another - emerging. it has to deliver something. another much | emerging. it has to deliver- something. another much this afternoon _ something. another much this afternoon at — something. another much this afternoon at 3pm, _ something. another much this afternoon at 3pm, but - something. another much this afternoon at 3pm, but what i something. another much this afternoon at 3pm, but what is| something. another much this i afternoon at 3pm, but what is in dublin. — afternoon at 3pm, but what is in dublin, italy versus ireland. here's susan with a look at the weather. a lot of sunshine on offer across the uk today and, if anything, a little more than we saw yesterday

for the likes of scotland and northern ireland. yesterday we had a weather front draping thicker cloud across both countries and bringing a little light rain on and off. today it looks like clear skies will push back from the east and this area of high pressurejust back from the east and this area of high pressure just stalling this front and allowing eastern scotland and the eastern side of northern ireland to see more in the way of brightness. for england and wales it is a slightly chilly start. not quite as cold as yesterday but we will see a lot of sunshine from the get go and as you can see, the cloud isjust pushing get go and as you can see, the cloud is just pushing away from the northern western isles through the afternoon and we see the frame continue to weaken across northern ireland. a breezy day, particularly to the north—west of the uk, dusts up to the north—west of the uk, dusts up to 40 miles an hour across the north—west of scotland. in the sunshine it should feel very springlike with temperatures perhaps academically at degree also down on yesterday. highs of 9—11. upstream we need to look for what is happening over night and we get a

more meaningful weather front working its way into the uk through the small hours of monday. that clouds up the skies meaning rain around to start the new week. but eastern counties of new england staying ahead of that weather front, they may get cold enough to catch a touch of frost and elsewhere a milder start to the day. temperatures at six and seven as we get going on monday. the front coming in from the atlantic is not straightforward. it is waving and what does that mean? it means it is not an easy front for us to chart a journey from west to east. it can stall, it can have heavy bursts of rain along its length. at the moment on monday looks like a bazzoni in scotland, northern england, wales and the south—west will have the wettest weather three daylight hours. perhaps rain fringing through the east of northern ireland as well. south—east england and east anglia, the rain will be evening and overnight as the franchise to put away eastwards. but then, because of its waving nature it looks like it could actually buckle back into southern england during tuesday,

perhaps even push rain as far north as south wales and south midlands. it is not a straightforward story however, the further north you are across the uk, the greater your influence will be of another area of high pressure in the drier and brighter your weather will be on tuesday. wednesday and thursday, more friends coming into play, more cloud generally across the uk and some outbreaks of rain for all of us at some time during those two days as well. and that is outlook for now, back to you, ben and victoria. that all feels appropriate for the end of february, thank you. the ukrainian president is continuing to leave the country despite the invasion. when russian media reported that he had fled the capital, kyiv, he posted a video saying he had not. when america offered him a chance to flee the country he said i need ammunition, not a ride. roz atkins has more now about ukraine's wartime leader.

president zelenskyy addressed the nation. the enemy has smugly done as the number one target of my family is the number two target stop they want to destroy ukraine politically by destroying the head of state. mr zelenskyy is facing down a nuclear power. fouryears zelenskyy is facing down a nuclear power. four years ago he was a comedian with a tv series. played a character who becomes president. they became reality when, with no political experience, he ran for office and he won. it was a landslide victory promising to tackle corruption and promising something new. translation: i will vote for zelenskyy _ something new. translation: in" ii. vote for zelenskyy because there is hope that this man who comes from the people can better understand us and break the system that exists in the country. but and break the system that exists in the country-— the country. but to his critics, this was a _ the country. but to his critics, this was a man _ the country. but to his critics, this was a man without - the country. but to his critics, this was a man without the i the country. but to his critics, - this was a man without the necessary substance. translation: i this was a man without the necessary substance. translation:— substance. translation: i don't think he or _ substance. translation: i don't think he or the _ substance. translation: i don't think he or the other— substance. translation: i don't think he or the other candidates l think he or the other candidates will stand up to vladimir putin. they will have a laugh, drop to their knees and give him ukraine. that is not happened, as the russian military governor on ukraine's

border, president zelenskyy was visiting his troops and sending this message. it visiting his troops and sending this messare. , ., ., message. it is about our independence, - message. it is about our independence, that i message. it is about our independence, that is i message. it is about our| independence, that is it. message. it is about our- independence, that is it. we are deciding what we want and we are deciding what we want and we are deciding what we will do. days later, amanda wants make people laugh was leading them against an invasion did again while russia bombarded the capital on friday, for a time there was speculation about the president's whereabouts did aggression state media claimed he fled the country. he had not. translation: we fled the country. he had not. translation:— fled the country. he had not. translation: ~ ., ., translation: we are all here. our soldiers are — translation: we are all here. our soldiers are here, _ translation: we are all here. our soldiers are here, the _ translation: we are all here. our soldiers are here, the citizens i translation: we are all here. our soldiers are here, the citizens of- soldiers are here, the citizens of our country are here. we are all here protecting our independence, our country and it will continue to be this way. this was outside the president's office in central kyiv on friday evening. iie president's office in central kyiv on friday evening.— president's office in central kyiv on friday evening. he warned that this niuht on friday evening. he warned that this night will— on friday evening. he warned that this night will be _ on friday evening. he warned that this night will be difficult, - on friday evening. he warned that this night will be difficult, very i this night will be difficult, very difficult. the morning will come. the night was difficult, the russian onslaught continued. morning would come as well and as it did we had from the president again. translation:— from the president again. translation: , ., . translation: listen, i am here. we will not lay down _

translation: listen, i am here. we will not lay down our— translation: listen, i am here. we will not lay down our weapons. i translation: listen, i am here. we will not lay down our weapons. we i will not lay down our weapons. we will not lay down our weapons. we will defend our state because our weapon is our truth.— will defend our state because our weapon is our truth. vladimir putin wants control _ weapon is our truth. vladimir putin wants control of _ weapon is our truth. vladimir putin wants control of ukraine, - weapon is our truth. vladimir putin | wants control of ukraine, president zelensky stands in his way and with danger all around, zelensky stands in his way and with dangerallaround, reports zelensky stands in his way and with danger all around, reports emerged that the americans had offered an evacuation to which mr zielinski replied i need ammunition, not a ride. in the middle of all this the president raised the stakes further, tweeting that at a crucial moment to close long—standing discussion once and for all and decide on ukraine's membership in the european union. but as the president looks west his capital city hosts an invasion by russia to the east. back in 2019 was hosting a celebration. new president told his supporters that i will let you down. you can't have managed that promise would be tested like this. that make you he cannot have imagined. 150,000 people have already left ukraine as refugees in the final number could be as high as 5 million. that is according to the un. the uk government said it will

extend visas to ukrainians already living here and it will help those related to british nationals. but the first minister of wales and the leader of welsh labour wants to go further than that and we can speak to mark bradford now. good morning. first of all, your assessment of what you are seeing unfolding ukraine? belie what you are seeing unfolding ukraine? ~ . , what you are seeing unfolding ukraine? ~ ., , ., ukraine? we are seeing a heartbreaking _ ukraine? we are seeing a heartbreaking story i ukraine? we are seeing a | heartbreaking story unfold ukraine? we are seeing a i heartbreaking story unfold in ukraine. the extraordinary brazenness on the part of ukrainian citizens resisting the holy unprovoked attack on the country by russia. i think things are not going according to the russians original plan but, nevertheless, they do have overwhelming forces at their disposal and what we are seeing is an incredible rearguard action by ukrainian citizens. to defend their

own country and their own futures. by own country and their own futures. by yesterday we were told that 150,000 ukrainians had left the country. the un estimates it could be four million, it could be 5 million. countries like poland are taking so many refugees. at what point do you think our european neighbours will be asked to take refugees and at what point do you think refugees will want to come to the uk? i think refugees will want to come to the uk? 4' , think refugees will want to come to the uk? ~ , ., ., , , the uk? i think they will already be --eole the uk? i think they will already be people wanting _ the uk? i think they will already be people wanting to _ the uk? i think they will already be people wanting to come _ the uk? i think they will already be people wanting to come to - the uk? i think they will already be people wanting to come to the i the uk? i think they will already be people wanting to come to the uk | people wanting to come to the uk because they will have family and friends here. we have a ukrainian population in wales already and they will be desperately worried for the people they know and love in the in ukraine and there will be people we know already wanting to make their way to the united kingdom. as the position becomes clearer, than the united kingdom, as well, will need

and i believe want to play our part in responding to the humanitarian tragedy that we see unfolding. band tragedy that we see unfolding. and ou will tragedy that we see unfolding. and you will have _ tragedy that we see unfolding. and you will have heard the prime minister in an interview yesterday say that of course we are going to take refugees. i say that of course we are going to take refugees.— take refugees. i am very glad to hear that- _ take refugees. i am very glad to hear that. we _ take refugees. i am very glad to hear that. we have _ take refugees. i am very glad to hear that. we have had - take refugees. i am very glad to hear that. we have had a - take refugees. i am very glad to hear that. we have had a series| take refugees. i am very glad to i hear that. we have had a series of meetings with uk ministers over the last ten days and we will have further meetings next week. part of the agenda there is to plan together for the actions that we can take to help those people who will be looking to rebuild their lives following the awful events that we are seeing in front of us. wales has an ambition to be a nation of sanctuary and we tried to live that out in relation to syrian refugees and refugees from afghanistan and we will want to play our part again as the picture unfolds and as we work

with other governments across the united kingdom.— with other governments across the united kinudom. . ., ., , ., ., united kingdom. what does that mean in ractical united kingdom. what does that mean in practical terms, _ united kingdom. what does that mean in practicalterms, mr— united kingdom. what does that mean in practical terms, mr drake _ united kingdom. what does that mean in practicalterms, mr drake fed? i united kingdom. what does that mean in practical terms, mr drake fed? a i in practical terms, mr drake fed? a nation of sanctuary? in in practicalterms, mr drake fed? a nation of sanctuary?— nation of sanctuary? in practical terms it means _ nation of sanctuary? in practical terms it means doing _ nation of sanctuary? in practical| terms it means doing everything nation of sanctuary? in practical- terms it means doing everything we can to provide those practical things, accommodation, education, healthcare, to people who come to resettle and remake their lives in wales. but it is more than just services, it is also about an attitude of mind. in my own constituency some weeks ago and crossing a car park to get where i was going, i was late and hurrying along and i could see somebody in the distance coming towards me, it was a young woman with a baby in a pram and she stopped me as i walked and she said i have come to wales from syria, ijust wanted you to know what a warm welcome we have have received ever since we have been here. she pointed to the baby

in the pram and she said he was born after we arrived in wales and he will grow up to be a citizen of wales. when i talk about a nation of sanctuary, it's services, of course, but it is that attitude of mind in that sense of reaching out to welcome people whose needs are so enormous. the welcome people whose needs are so enormous. ., , . ., ., . enormous. the home office announced that ukrainians _ enormous. the home office announced that ukrainians on _ enormous. the home office announced that ukrainians on work-study - enormous. the home office announced that ukrainians on work-study or i that ukrainians on work—study or visit visas in the uk will have those visas temporarily extended or they will be able to switch on to different routes. they have also provided emergency visas for ukrainianfamily provided emergency visas for ukrainian family members of british citizens. is that enough? it is ukrainian family members of british citizens. is that enough?— citizens. is that enough? it is all to be welcomed, _ citizens. is that enough? it is all to be welcomed, that _ citizens. is that enough? it is all to be welcomed, that is - citizens. is that enough? it is all to be welcomed, that is for i citizens. is that enough? it is all| to be welcomed, that is for sure. there is a slightly grudging spirit in the home office, and constantly talking about concessions being made to people who are already here so i

think we will, as i say, as the position clarifies we will need to go beyond that. it is notjust the actions themselves it is the spirit in which they made which will be important to establish our reputation as a country which, in the face of these enormously disturbing events, is prepared to play our part in responding to those people who are at the very sharpest end of it all. pare people who are at the very sharpest end of it all-— end of it all. are you calling for a leual end of it all. are you calling for a legal route _ end of it all. are you calling for a legal route for— end of it all. are you calling for a legal route for ukrainians - end of it all. are you calling for a legal route for ukrainians who i end of it all. are you calling for a | legal route for ukrainians who are not related to british nationals to be able to come here? ila. not related to british nationals to be able to come here?— not related to british nationals to be able to come here? no. what i think i am — be able to come here? no. what i think i am calling _ be able to come here? no. what i think i am calling for _ be able to come here? no. what i think i am calling for is _ be able to come here? no. what i think i am calling for is a - think i am calling for is a continuation of the close engagement we have had with the uk government in recent days so that we can plan together for the in recent days so that we can plan togetherfor the moment in recent days so that we can plan together for the moment when we will need to be able to welcome a greater number of people from the ukraine into the united kingdom. i think it

is fair to allow the uk government some time to see how evans unfold but planning and preparation needs to happen now. it was a good start to happen now. it was a good start to that last week and i am very keen to that last week and i am very keen to see that continue.— to see that continue. thank you for talkin: to to see that continue. thank you for talking to us _ to see that continue. thank you for talking to us this _ to see that continue. thank you for talking to us this morning. - to see that continue. thank you for talking to us this morning. thank. talking to us this morning. thank you. a couple of updates for you at this point in the morning. we were talking to a correspondent a little earlier about the possibility that troops may, russian troops may be on the streets of the north—eastern city of kharkiv. we are getting information suggesting that there are some movements of russian troops, seen on the streets of kharkiv and also, interestingly, that have courses where a gas pipeline was reported to have been attacked overnight. there were initial reports that the pipeline had been destroyed and that could affect supplies to the rest of europe. what we're being told and,

again, there is claim and counterclaim in of this and we are told now from ukraine's gas pipeline operator that the transit of russian gas to europe via ukraine continues normally. they say the pipeline has not been damaged despite what some of those pictures may show but again it is worth bearing in mind these unconfirmed reports at this stage. what we do know at this point is that russian troop vehicle seen on the street of the of ukraine's north—eastern city of kharkiv according to the ukraine interior minister. as soon as we have anymore and that we will bring it for you. and we are looking for pictures. there will be something on social media at some points in which we will hopefully be able to verify or otherwise, if it is true. band will hopefully be able to verify or otherwise, if it is true.— otherwise, if it is true. and it is important _ otherwise, if it is true. and it is important in — otherwise, if it is true. and it is important in kharkiv, _ otherwise, if it is true. and it is important in kharkiv, the i important in kharkiv, the second—largest city in ukraine so events there are moving quickly and we will have the latest for you as we will have the latest for you as we get it. we will have the latest for you as we aet it. . ., we will have the latest for you as we et it. ,, , we will have the latest for you as weaetit. . , we get it. stay with us. more coverage _ we get it. stay with us. more coverage from _ we get it. stay with us. more coverage from ukraine i we get it. stay with us. more. coverage from ukraine coming we get it. stay with us. more -

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good morning. welcome to breakfast with victoria derbyshire and ben thompson. our headlines today: a massive explosion at an oil refinery outside kyiv as russian forces appear to concentrate their attack on the ukranian capital. the city is under curfew until monday, with residents spending another night in bomb shelters and underground stations. western countries escalate sanctions, cutting off a number of russian banks from the swift

international payments systems. with hundreds of thousands of ukrianians attempting to flee the country, concern in the uk over who will be allowed to settle here. speculation over sanctions reaches the premier league, chelsea's russian owner takes action ahead of looming sanctions. in a shock move, roman abramovich has relinquish control of the club to its trustees. good morning. lots of sunshine to come across the uk today. if anything, perhaps more widespread than yesterday. a slightly chilly start, but overall i think some pretty springlike prospects for us this sunday. more details for you coming up. it's sunday, the 27th of february. our main story: russian troops have entered ukraine's second city of kharkiv. that's according to the head of the region's administration, who pledged that ukrainian fighters will drive them out.

a gas pipeline in kharkiv has been blown up overnight, prompting warnings of a toxic cloud. in kyiv, an aerial blitz, which many feared would take place overnight, has not happened, and kyiv�*s deputy mayor says the city remains calm and under the control of ukrainian forces, despite skirmishes with saboteurs. our correspondentjonah fisher has the latest details. for a fourth night russia waged war on its neighbour. this is an oil depot near an airstrip to the south of kyiv. with toxic smoke filling the air, people have been advised to close their windows and stay indoors. "the enemy wants to destroy everything", says the local mayor. to the north—east, not far from the russian border, a gas pipeline was hit, with the authorities warning of an environmental disaster. but this doesn't look like it was the decisive night

for ukraine's capital that some had feared. yesterday, all kyiv�*s residents were instructed to stay inside until monday, with the city's boxer—turned—mayor warning of russians in their midst. "the situation in the capital is complicated and tense," he said. "the enemy has not broken into the city, but saboteurs are operating." to the west, the desperate exodus is continuing, with long queues at border crossings leaving ukraine, and chaos at train stations. many of us thought it is just informational war, but you see what happened, and we don't understand why putin does it. need help from war, we say... help, help, help. because we are here, we are alone here.

four days in, russia's hopes of a quick victory have not materialised, and kyiv has not fallen. but on the southern front, the russians are gaining ground, and there are plenty of troops, tanks and equipment still waiting be deployed. jonah fisher, bbc news. let's go to our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse. james, the city is under curfew and braced for imminent invasion, how are the people holding up? because we were led to believe there would be an aerial bombardment, but has happened, has it? == would be an aerial bombardment, but has happened, has it?— has happened, has it? -- but has not ha ened. has happened, has it? -- but has not happened- it — has happened, has it? -- but has not happened- it has _ has happened, has it? -- but has not happened. it has been _ has happened, has it? -- but has not happened. it has been eerily - has happened, has it? -- but has not happened. it has been eerily calm - happened. it has been eerily calm overnight. there were a number of aerial silence yesterday and found

the city's mayor, vitali klitschko, announced a curfew last night all the way through until monday morning, so anybody seen on the streets would be seen as a saboteur. that is very much the situation now, it was calm this morning and then the air raid siren went off once more, we heard a shell landed quite close to us, just across the dnieper river in a north—eastern direction, in the suburbs of kyiv. unconfirmed reports, unverified picture there on fighting going on, some kind of russian advance. it is clear that the advance on kyiv, at least, the school around the outer layers of the city, there has been fighting elsewhere. argued, as you mentioned, in the country's second—largest city, in the north—east, there has been fighting in the streets from russian and ukrainian forces, as well as a natural gas pipeline

getting damaged by invading russian troops, it is not thought to be affecting russia's massive gas supply to europe, but very much it might be calm here, but because of the way this complex changes and the way changes so quick clear, the story in one place might be a very different place in another. people here are calm, they have been here overnight, as you say, people are getting used to their surroundings now, in a strange way, despite all the chaos above ground. find now, in a strange way, despite all the chaos above ground. and since we soke last, the chaos above ground. and since we spoke last. lots _ the chaos above ground. and since we spoke last, lots of— the chaos above ground. and since we spoke last, lots of political— spoke last, lots of political manoeuvring going on, particularly when it comes to things like sanctions but also the supply of weapons to ukraine. i wonder what sort of information is getting through to where you are, and what people there are saying about the support that is coming from elsewhere, even if it is not troops on the ground, it is military

support, financial support, humanitarian support. yes, i think in these times, _ humanitarian support. yes, i think in these times, things _ humanitarian support. yes, i think in these times, things get - humanitarian support. yes, i think in these times, things get very - in these times, things get very simple. peoplejust think in these times, things get very simple. people just think about getting their hands on the pump, and that could be anything. that could be helping cook food, like the people at the other end of this car park. it could become as we have seen, hundreds of volunteers, taking up seen, hundreds of volunteers, taking up automatic weapons and heading out to try to defend their homes and the city that they live in. there has been a key shift, germany has lifted its long—standing ban on weapons being allowed to travel through, it's block on legal aid being allowed to travel through. it has authorised a number of weapons for the first time in a very long time to arrive here in the ukraine, and that will go down well, because what ukrainians have long called for, in the absence of any nato troops coming here, is military aid. that is what people want. they want

something tangible, something they can help with, something they can use in the face of this incoming enemy. the resistance has clearly been stiff, but the concern remains that russia will up the anti—, increase its military presence, or resort to more drastic actions. those image we have seen in kharkiv, a few hundred miles away, where we have seen on the vehicles moving through, they are now starting to be seen on the outskirts of kyiv, and the warriors will soon see that here in the centre of the city.— in the centre of the city. james, for now, thank _ in the centre of the city. james, for now, thank you. _ in the centre of the city. james, for now, thank you. will - in the centre of the city. james, for now, thank you. will let - in the centre of the city. james, for now, thank you. will let you | in the centre of the city. james, i for now, thank you. will let you go and have some of the breakfast and will speak to you later. thank you. our europe correspondent, jenny hill, is in moscow. local officials in ukraine's second city are saying that russian troops have entered the city. what updates are you getting from the kremlin, if any? are you getting from the kremlin, if an ? ~ , ., ., . . ., any? well, this morning, according to the state — any? well, this morning, according to the state news _ any? well, this morning, according

to the state news agency, - any? well, this morning, accordingj to the state news agency, interfax, president putin has thanked the troops currently in ukraine. we also heard from the kremlin this morning that president putin has spoken to the president of azerbaijan. that is potentially significant, because ukraine has welcomed proposals for peace talks suggested by turkey and azerbaijan, but at this stage there is no suggestion president putin is willing to participate, and i must say, in recent days, the rhetoric coming out of the kremlin has been contradict very and very confusing, by accident or design, we don't know, at this stage. for example, a couple of days ago the kremlin was saying that russia was willing to negotiate with the ukrainian government and a few hours later, vladimir putin launched an extraordinary attack on that government, saying that they were drug dealers and terrorists, neo—nazis as well, and urged ukrainian soldiers to rise up and stage, in effect, a military coup. so as i say, not a great deal of optimism here about those peace

talks, but still interesting that telephone call has been made, in the meantime here today, we are hearing from an independent monitoring group that well over 3000 russians have now been arrested and to dane —— detained for having participated in anti—war protests. today is also the seventh anniversary of the assassination of the opposition politician, boris nance of. that is a big day here in russia for many activists. —— boris nemsov. 0n activists. —— boris nemsov. on monday have been calling for people to come out and protest against the war. mr nemsov was himself a vociferously opposed to war in eastern ukraine. he was a big supporter of ukraine and its rights, for, if you like, westernisation, and so the anniversary of his death may well be a flashpoint, certainly something i expect the authorities are keeping a close eye on.- are keeping a close eye on. thank ou ve are keeping a close eye on. thank you very much. — are keeping a close eye on. thank you very much, jenny. _ borisjohnson has said the was just tightening the economic literature around vladimir putin's russia, as

the allies unveiled new measures to hit its financial system. the uk, eu, us and canada have agreed to shut out certain russian banks from the swift international payment system, among other sanctions. chris mason has the details. anger at president putin's actions is growing around the world. this was westminster yesterday. late last night, further international action. some russian banks will be removed from the international payment system called swift, which acts like a financial artery, making payments around the world quicker and easier, and russia's central bank faces restrictions too. all of these measures will significantly harm putin's ability to finance his work. putin embarked on a path aiming to destroy ukraine. but what he is also doing, in fact, is destroying the future of his own country. meanwhile in the uk, a row has broken out about weather the government is doing enough

to welcome refugees fleeing the war. responding to a labour mp, immigration minister kevin foster suggested ukrainians might want to apply for the seasonal worker scheme. the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, said many were in search of swift sanctuary, but the government were suggesting they picked britain's fruit and veg. mr foster's tweet was then deleted. of course we're going to take refugees, britain has had a historic and proud role in taking refugees from all conflicts. the uk is way out in front in our willingness to help with refugees. plenty will now press for more details about how many may be welcomed, when and to where. chris mason, bbc news. prayers and protest in gloucester.

i only wellsjoins i only wells joins us from london. good morning. the prime minister says the uk will take refugees from ukraine, but as yet there are not many details about how and when that could happen?— could happen? that's right. at the moment the _ could happen? that's right. at the moment the home _ could happen? that's right. at the moment the home office - could happen? that's right. at the moment the home office say - could happen? that's right. at the moment the home office say that| could happen? that's right. at the - moment the home office say that they are —— their priority is supporting british nationals and their dependentss you are in ukraine and want to leave, and that while these are services in ukraine has been suspended for everybody apart from dependence of british nationals, the home office as if ukrainians can make it to a neighbouring country they can apply for a visa to work or study in the uk under the uk's points —based immigration system. —— visa services in ukraine. what is less clear is about those people who just want to seek refuge from the war in ukraine as refugees. now, labour have called for the usual visa requirements for ukrainians to be ditched to allow people with no links to the uk you want to come here to do so. the snp�*s nicola sturgeon has also said we should

offer refuge to as many ukrainians as possible. this is also something that has been echoed by some conservative mps as well, like bmp julian smith, who called for immediate sanctuary for all ukrainians fleeing the war, some people want to uk government to set “p people want to uk government to set up a similar refugee scheme like the one that was announced after the taliban takeover in afghanistan, but what we know at the moment is boris johnson, the prime minister, last night said that of course we will be accepting refugees, but there is still this question, as you say, about how many may be accepted, when and to wear. now, the official line from the home office at the moment is that they are working with their european counterparts to try to make a plan for this humanitarian crisis thatis a plan for this humanitarian crisis that is unfolding, as we see thousands of people crossing the border out of ukraine into neighbouring countries at the moment. but they say any solution would have to be practical and in the best interests of the ukrainian people. but those fleeing, i think, desperate for more details on what exactly that might mean. i

desperate for more details on what exactly that might mean.— desperate for more details on what exactly that might mean. i know you will kee it exactly that might mean. i know you will keep it up _ exactly that might mean. i know you will keep it up to _ exactly that might mean. i know you will keep it up to date. _ exactly that might mean. i know you will keep it up to date. for— exactly that might mean. i know you will keep it up to date. for now, - will keep it up to date. for now, lone, thank you. the bbc�*s nick thorpe is on the hungarian side of the border. tell us who you have been seeing this morning?— tell us who you have been seeing this mornin: ? , ., ., this morning? yes, well, i am at the border crossing _ this morning? yes, well, i am at the border crossing and _ this morning? yes, well, i am at the border crossing and this is _ this morning? yes, well, i am at the border crossing and this is my - this morning? yes, well, i am at the border crossing and this is my third i border crossing and this is my third day here. so far about 11,000 people in those three days have crossed this border. sorry, no, closerto 18,000 here. so, smaller numbers than those in poland, but people, especially here, coming across on foot. we understand there is a huge line of cars jammed up, several kilometres long, on the far side of this border, here on the ukrainian side, but on hungarian side, people i have spoken to this morning say that if you travel on foot it is relatively easy to get across. that is what people have been doing, fleeing from inside ukraine, being dropped off by friends, relatives, even taxi companies at that order,

then they proceed on foot. it is a relatively easy process for those travelling on foot.— travelling on foot. what sort of perception _ travelling on foot. what sort of perception of— travelling on foot. what sort of perception of people _ travelling on foot. what sort of perception of people arriving . travelling on foot. what sort of| perception of people arriving at travelling on foot. what sort of- perception of people arriving at the board receiving from hungarians? from the hungarians, until now, it has been a very rudimentary service. almost only set up by the local council. they set up already, a couple of days ago, ten serving hot tea and rudimentary snacks. the hungarian prime minister, viktor orban, arrived here yesterday and pretty much simultaneously, i don't know if it was connected to his visit, immediately started getting here what has been most badly needed, mobile toilets, mundane things like that. and also an increase in the amount of food. one has the impression that now we are moving from a situation where just local people, local councils in these border regions, have been helping, and now the national response, the international response, the international response, is starting to kick in. i know the unhcr, the un refugee

agency, is setting up now, today, a big reception centre, looking at the logistics of that. and just across the border in ukraine, these are the lucky ones, in some way, that i have been meeting on the side. the unlucky ones are those in deepest trouble at the moment, though still inside ukraine, displaced within ukraine, wondering whether they have now reached a part of safety or whether to proceed to the inaudible. thanks very much, nick. it was nick thorpe reporting. the uk government has said it will prioritise help for ukrainians who are related to british nationals, and we can speak now to a couple who are in that situation. jez myers is british and his partner maria is ukrainian. they were in kiev when the invasion began but have managed to get to poland. theyjoin us from krakow. good morning to you both and thank you for being with us. i know you have had quite a couple of days. you

have had quite a couple of days. you have been on the road now for 50 hours? how has it been? goad have been on the road now for 50 hours? how has it been? good morning and thank you — hours? how has it been? good morning and thank you for— hours? how has it been? good morning and thank you for having _ hours? how has it been? good morning and thank you for having us. _ hours? how has it been? good morning and thank you for having us. it - hours? how has it been? good morning and thank you for having us. it has - and thank you for having us. it has been quite stressful, given that we had just come back from poland into kyiv on tuesday morning after spending a week here and then we have done a full 360 degrees thing where we tried to go back and that took us a very, very long time. it was stressful, there were so many people all trying to get through and, obviously, when you have thousands of people trying to get to safety things can get pushy and crowded and there was a lot of stress but we have made it and i hope everybody who is trying to do the same thing can make it safely as well. {131 the same thing can make it safely as well. . ., , the same thing can make it safely as well. _, , g. ., ~ ., well. of course. jazz, talk to me about that _ well. of course. jazz, talk to me about that journey. _ well. of course. jazz, talk to me about that journey. i— well. of course. jazz, talk to me

about that journey. i know - well. of course. jazz, talk to me about that journey. i know it - about thatjourney. i know it involved many stages and some of them were quite difficult. at one stage he was separated. can you explain a little about the journey and how you got to where you are now? in and how you got to where you are now? ., ., and how you got to where you are now? . ., ., and how you got to where you are now? ., ., ., ., now? in relation to that we were talkin: now? in relation to that we were talking about — now? in relation to that we were talking about crossing _ now? in relation to that we were talking about crossing the - now? in relation to that we were l talking about crossing the border. when _ talking about crossing the border. when you — talking about crossing the border. when you get to a border crossing point _ when you get to a border crossing point they— when you get to a border crossing point they have three stages in the first is_ point they have three stages in the first is a _ point they have three stages in the first is a filtering point where they— first is a filtering point where they stop people and then eventually allow them to get to the second point _ allow them to get to the second point where you are able to get your passport— point where you are able to get your passport stamped. so when you enter the first— passport stamped. so when you enter the first point there is an open area _ the first point there is an open area with _ the first point there is an open area with fencing all around it. there — area with fencing all around it. there was— area with fencing all around it. there was up to 4000 people in that area and _ there was up to 4000 people in that area and it _ there was up to 4000 people in that area and it was simply, you know, it was bedtanr — area and it was simply, you know, it was bedlam. people were being crushed — was bedlam. people were being crushed and people had no food, no toilets, _ crushed and people had no food, no toilets, no _ crushed and people had no food, no toilets, no water. maria pushed away forward _ toilets, no water. maria pushed away forward and — toilets, no water. maria pushed away forward and through and out of the

-ate forward and through and out of the gate because she was about to faint. she was— gate because she was about to faint. she was ill_ gate because she was about to faint. she was ill and struggling for air and at _ she was ill and struggling for air and at that point, obviously, she -ot and at that point, obviously, she got through but it took another three _ got through but it took another three hours or so for me to get through — three hours or so for me to get through. and, quite clearly, physically draining. it through. and, quite clearly, physically draining.- through. and, quite clearly, physically draining. it has been an ordeal to just _ physically draining. it has been an ordeal to just get _ physically draining. it has been an ordeal to just get to _ physically draining. it has been an ordeal to just get to where - physically draining. it has been an ordeal to just get to where you . physically draining. it has been an | ordeal to just get to where you are right now. but also, maria, emotionally difficult because you are leaving your home.— emotionally difficult because you are leaving your home. yes. yes. i hoe... are leaving your home. yes. yes. i hope- -- i'm _ are leaving your home. yes. yes. i hope... i'm still— are leaving your home. yes. yes. i hope... i'm still in _ are leaving your home. yes. yes. i hope... i'm still in the _ are leaving your home. yes. yes. i hope... i'm still in the middle - are leaving your home. yes. yes. i hope... i'm still in the middle of. hope... i'm still in the middle of processing everything and i hope i have not left. my family is still there and my friends are there. we were just making a there and my friends are there. we werejust making a decision, jointly, to be in safety together rather than separated and watching everything very closely and talking to my parents and my brother, they are all close to kyiv so it is scary to see that kyiv has been a hot spot

of this. of this military activity from russia in the last two days, especially. so i very much hope that this will lend all get, very soon because i know that russia did not expect this level of resistance from ukrainians. literally, my friends are organising into groups and getting weapons and molotov cocktails and even with bare hands, if they have to do, there are videos of people stopping tanks with no arms at all. i know russia did not expect this level of resistance and i hope that whatever it takes, a few days, as soon as possible, that they will give up knowing that they are not welcome in ukraine. i will give up knowing that they are not welcome in ukraine.- will give up knowing that they are not welcome in ukraine. i wanted to ask ou not welcome in ukraine. i wanted to ask you what _ not welcome in ukraine. i wanted to ask you what information _ not welcome in ukraine. i wanted to ask you what information are - not welcome in ukraine. i wanted to ask you what information are you i ask you what information are you able to get of your friends and family and how are they doing? you touched on some of your friends who arejoining the touched on some of your friends who are joining the organised

resistance. tell me about the difficulty of getting information but, also, the difficulty to make a decision to leave. that but, also, the difficulty to make a decision to leave.— but, also, the difficulty to make a decision to leave. at the moment i haven't had — decision to leave. at the moment i haven't had major— decision to leave. at the moment i haven't had major problems - decision to leave. at the moment i haven't had major problems in - decision to leave. at the moment i l haven't had major problems in terms of internet, that has been quite all right so i am able to reach my family and we talk to each other. my friends, you know, most of my friends, you know, most of my friends are journalists like me so they are preoccupied with writing and recording and giving media are appearances as well so i cannot talk to them in person all the time, that is how busy there. they see their facebook and their twitter updates and i know that, from them, first hand how it is all going. i know that they constantly have to go to bomb shoulders and spend time there and when it is safe to come out they come out. so that is the first part

of the question. the second part is how difficult to decide to leave? it was very difficult. as i said before we were in poland earlier this week and i kind of underestimated how quickly things would evolve so i was going back to kyiv and jazz was not a fan of that decision. so we just flew into kyiv on tuesday morning and then on tuesday evening we already had the information that something very heavy and bad is to be expected overnight so we made our way to the outskirts of kyiv and then the next morning we woke up to then the next morning we woke up to the news of a full—scale military attack happening over ukraine so he said let's get out to poland and, again, ifollowed him. if he was not in the equation i think i may have

stayed with my family. i was never set on leaving ukraine, i would rather be with my family in ukraine if i wasn't with jazz. so he was there and the biggest factor in my decision making process. of course it is still very difficult and still, you struggled to sleep when you know, when somebody tweets that something heavy is expected. last night in kyiv you just kind of struggle to sleep because you want to be there and keep checking on the updates. to be there and keep checking on the u dates. ., ~ to be there and keep checking on the udates. ., ~ i. to be there and keep checking on the udates. ., ~' ,, to be there and keep checking on the udates. ., ~ i. . ., updates. thank you so much for tellin: us updates. thank you so much for telling us your— updates. thank you so much for telling us your story _ updates. thank you so much for telling us your story this - updates. thank you so much for. telling us your story this morning. i know you have been through a lot over the last few days but think you've for being with us. tojez and maria we wish you the best and hopefully you can have some good news from friends and family soon. thank you for telling us your story this morning. we'rejoined now by joung—ah ghedini—williams

from the united nations high commissioner for refugees. yesterday we had a figure of 150,000 ukrainians having left the country. i wonder if you have an updated figure for our audience this morning? 1ng figure for our audience this morning?— figure for our audience this mornin: ? ~ , i. ., morning? as you can imagine, the number of — morning? as you can imagine, the number of changes _ morning? as you can imagine, the number of changes not _ morning? as you can imagine, the number of changes not only - morning? as you can imagine, the number of changes not only daily i morning? as you can imagine, the i number of changes not only daily but hourly so as of this morning quite early it was 270,000. we think that is an underestimate to be honest. we have also seen long queues of cars of people on the move, on foot, trying to get to the border so i think that the numbers will continue to grow exponentially.— to grow exponentially. what, potentially. _ to grow exponentially. what, potentially, could _ to grow exponentially. what, potentially, could it - to grow exponentially. what, potentially, could it rise - to grow exponentially. what, potentially, could it rise to, i to grow exponentially. what, i potentially, could it rise to, do you think?— potentially, could it rise to, do ou think? ., ., , ., you think? for a planning figure we are working — you think? for a planning figure we are working towards _ you think? for a planning figure we are working towards up _ you think? for a planning figure we are working towards up to - you think? for a planning figure we are working towards up to 4 - you think? for a planning figure we are working towards up to 4 million people who will become refugees who will leave ukraine in the coming weeks and months. obviously that is

just a best estimate. it could be much higher it could be much lower. we'rejust using that much higher it could be much lower. we're just using that a planning figure so that we can get all the necessary reinforcements in place, so that we can be ready and mobilised to help anybody in need. we heard from maria who said that she has left her home but she wants to return. you get a sense from people that ukrainians want this to be short—term and then they can go back to their homes? be short-term and then they can go back to their homes?— be short-term and then they can go back to their homes? absolutely. and this is the case _ back to their homes? absolutely. and this is the case with _ back to their homes? absolutely. and this is the case with any _ back to their homes? absolutely. and this is the case with any refugee. - this is the case with any refugee. anyone who is forced to flee wants to go back home as soon sit as possible. as we heard from maria, there are so many people forced to make a life changing decision within minutes. if you or i were forced to flee, what would we take? would we decide to leave? if we knew that we had family or our house, our entire life there? how difficult and

impossible that decision is. so almost everyone who flees wants to stay close to the border and that is why we see the largest numbers arriving in poland and moldova as well as romania and hungary because everyone wants to stay close in the event that security will allow them to go back quickly. d0 event that security will allow them to go back quickly.— to go back quickly. do you get a sense, however, _ to go back quickly. do you get a sense, however, of— to go back quickly. do you get a sense, however, of those - to go back quickly. do you get a sense, however, of those who i to go back quickly. do you get a - sense, however, of those who want to travel further afield question why perhaps because they speak the language i have relatives in germany, france, the uk? i’m language i have relatives in germany, france, the uk? i'm sure that we will— germany, france, the uk? i'm sure that we will see _ germany, france, the uk? i'm sure that we will see that _ germany, france, the uk? i'm sure that we will see that at _ germany, france, the uk? i'm sure that we will see that at some point. we are really seeing the majority of people wanting to stay as close as possible and if we look at what happened in previous conflict we do see that for the majority, as soon as people are allowed to go back, as soon as peace does prevail, that people do go back and we saw that in past conflict, whether that is

recent or decades passed. we also want to see that there is a huge number of people still inside ukraine and they do not want to leave. they may be internally displaced but they are trying very hard to not cross borders because they want to stay as close as possible to their own homes, their communities, their loved ones they left behind. pets that they left behind, as maria poignantly said, it is her life that is there so anyone of us would want to make the same choice to stay as close as possible. thank you for talking to us this morning. coming up at nine o'clock on bbc one we have sunday morning. good morning, sophie, another busy show. another pack programme this morning dominated, of course, by ukraine. i will talk to clive miry who is in the capital, kyiv, after a

third night of attacks around the city and we will get the latest from him. in the studio i will bejoined by the foreign secretary liz truss and also by the shadow foreign secretary david lambie and the ukrainian ambassador to the united kingdom will be here as well. how long can ukraine hold out? what will president putin do next and is the west doing enough? we will try to answer all of that at 9am so do join us. answer all of that at 9am so do 'oin us. �* , , , ., answer all of that at 9am so do 'oin us. ,., ., us. let's bring you up-to-date with the latest of _ us. let's bring you up-to-date with the latest of elements _ us. let's bring you up-to-date with the latest of elements from - us. let's bring you up-to-date with | the latest of elements from ukraine this morning. local officials in ukraine's second city of kharkiv in the north—east of the country say that russian troops have entered the city. there are reports of fighting in the streets and we see some social media footage that appears to show russian units in the city. and in kharkiv officials have warned locals to stay where they are in shelters off the streets. the gas pipeline has also reportedly been attacked. it is not yet clear what

the impact is. remember, those in the impact is. remember, those in the capital are under a curfew until monday morning and we will continue our coverage on the bbc news channel but at this point we say good way to viewers on bbc one.

good morning. welcome to breakfast with victoria derbyshire and ben jonah fisher is a former ukraine correspondent, lived there for a number of years, but the audience know what has happened overnight and this morning? goad know what has happened overnight and this morning?— this morning? good morning. yes, in the last hour— this morning? good morning. yes, in the last hour or— this morning? good morning. yes, in the last hour or so, _ this morning? good morning. yes, in the last hour or so, there _ this morning? good morning. yes, in the last hour or so, there has - this morning? good morning. yes, in the last hour or so, there has been, i the last hour or so, there has been, this was posted to facebook, this is one of the regional administrators in kharkiv, the city right near the border with russia, in the north—east of ukraine. what he is basically saying here, he is alerting the people of kharkiv to the fact that there russian forces in the city, russian enemy forces, he says. do not leave your places of shelter, the armed forces of ukraine are eliminating the enemy. social

media footage has been going around of those troops inside kharkiv itself, it doesn't look like a big tank movement, it has to be said. it looks more like some sort of convoy, may be an early attempts to sound out the territory. have also been reports of some clashes. here is the map, here is the big picture of what has been going on over the last four days. you can see the various areas where russia has made progress to the north, here, that is kharkiv, we are talking about but there are, where we believe there are now russian forces inside the city, and here in the south to have some advances from crimea, which is of course, that was of course seized from ukraine by russia in 2014. just to bring you up to date with what's been happening overnight, there have been happening overnight, there have been several large explosions, this is a gas pipeline, the ukrainian say it was targeted by the russians near kharkiv, the local administration is

talking about the possibility of real environmental damage and has been telling people to cover their windows with a damp cloth. that is near kharkiv. another explosion, to kyiv, this is around and air strip to the south—west, this is an important location because the ukrainians have been trying to prevent the russians having control of an airstrip near the capital, because they want to stop the russians flying in troops to try to take the capital. that is an explosion at an oil depot south—west of kyiv, and people who live in that area have been told to take precautions as well. now, just looking back at the map again, to the north, and until today, to the north—east around kharkiv, we have not seen great progress by the russian forces. a different story in the south. if we look here, this is the south. if we look here, this is the separatist areas of eastern ukraine, that effectively russia has controlled for the last eight years.

this is crimea, and what we have seen over the last few days is russia moving its forces along the coast of the sea of as of here towards mariupol. that is an important ukrainian controlled city on the sea of azov, what we might see over the next day is mariupol surrounded as the russian forces here and here try to come together, and there is also a russian presence in the sea of hours of here. so that city, i think, in the sea of hours of here. so that city, ithink, will in the sea of hours of here. so that city, i think, will be under significant risk in the next day or so, and potentially we might see an attempt made by the russian forces to cut off eastern ukraine, there is a significant ukrainian military presence here, they could find themselves cut off if the forces here from the north and the south managed to come together. now, much less fighting in the western part of ukraine. what we have been seen, thatis ukraine. what we have been seen, that is effectively the escape route, whereby people have been trying to flee the country. massive

queues at border crossings, and really chaotic scenes at train stations. forthe really chaotic scenes at train stations. for the large part, women and children have been trying to get out, men who are of an age where they could be fighting in the ukrainian military are not allowed to leave the country at the moment. that is the picture at the moment, lots going on. and we are getting reports this morning but russia has invited ukraine for talks in belarus, and a line, president zelensky saying that he would be open for talks, but not in belarus, in other locations that are not showing aggression towards ukraine. ., are not showing aggression towards ukraine. . , , ukraine. yeah, so, this is something we have heard _ ukraine. yeah, so, this is something we have heard over— ukraine. yeah, so, this is something we have heard over the _ ukraine. yeah, so, this is something we have heard over the last - ukraine. yeah, so, this is something we have heard over the last couple l we have heard over the last couple of days, russia suggesting it might be up to negotiations. whenever ukraine has responded to that, effectively the russians have come back to them and said that it would basically be negotiating the terms of surrender, that ukraine would have to agree to be demilitarised, that the government would effectively have to step down. it is hard to imagine how that could be

seen as anything other than a ploy from the russians. the idea that ukraine's resident or indeed negotiators might go to belarus would be very problematic at the moment because belarus is effectively, it has been acting as if it is almost part of russia itself, russian troops have been based there, we have had reports of russian artillery tax also coming from belarus in soil. —— russian artillery attacks. offering to have talks there is a bit of a nonstarter for the ukrainians, however much they would like to talk and find a way out of what is increasingly a difficult situation.— way out of what is increasingly a difficult situation. jonah, for now, thank you- _ difficult situation. jonah, for now, thank you- i _ difficult situation. jonah, for now, thank you. i know _ difficult situation. jonah, for now, thank you. i know you _ difficult situation. jonah, for now, thank you. i know you will - difficult situation. jonah, for now, thank you. i know you will keep i difficult situation. jonah, for now, | thank you. i know you will keep us up thank you. i know you will keep us up to date with what is happening there. thank you. the archbishop of canterbury has called for today to be a day of prayerfor ukraine, and for peace. justin welby says there needs to be an urgent ceasefire. yesterday, thousands of people joined pro—ukraine and peace demonstrations across the uk, as simonjones reports. prayers and protest in gloucester. the archbishop of canterbury has

described the invasion of ukraine as "an act of great evil," a view reflected here. my son, my daughter—in—law, my little grandchildren, they are in kyiv, and there's bombs all around. stop putin, stop war! anger and defiance. we have our own language! we have our own culture! we've never been russian! families separated, adding to the sense of desperation. we have a lot of relatives who live in kyiv. - they are trying to hide, you know, in places, in shelters. _ but it's obviously, it's a horror, it's a disaster, and you can't. believe that something like this can happen. . it must be terrifying, because it's a horrible thing that your lives could be taken at any moment. demonstrators sing

ukrainian national anthem. the ukrainian flag is raised as an act of solidarity. in manchester, watching events unfold from afar is proving to be agonising. the situation is tense. it's tough to see, it's tough that i'm far away and i feel helpless, can't do much about it. yesterday my sister, she lives in mykolaiv, yesterday have a bomb in her city, attack, it's really, like... you cannot speak about this. it's really a very big situation and a very bad situation. in reading, people gather outside the community centre. parents finding it difficult to explain to their children what's happening in ukraine. people are dying, we are begging for this protection, and our children are asking, what does it mean? they don't know war, but they started sensing it, because their loved ones are dying.

in derby, a clear view. and to say to president putin, get out of our country! hear, hear! putin out, putin out! absolutely distraught, anxious, angry at the same time, because i can't even bear to say his name. chanting: putin, - putin, shame on you! shame on you for what you do! but at the russian embassy in london, the russian president's name is chanted, telling him to end the war. chanting: shame on you, - shame on you for what you do! i am from russia and we totally disagree with what our government and our authorities are doing, so i am here to protest to support my friends from ukraine and all people from ukraine. people here wish there was was more they could do. they look at what is happening in ukraine with horror. they say coming together at least sends out a message that ukraine is in their thoughts, and prayers.

drivers honk in solidarity. simon jones, bbc news. katherine is at the ukrainian cathedral in central london. good morning to you. i suppose the press today will take on an even greater significance?— significance? yes, absolutely. reli . ious significance? yes, absolutely. religious services _ significance? yes, absolutely. religious services up - significance? yes, absolutely. religious services up and - significance? yes, absolutely. | religious services up and down significance? yes, absolutely. - religious services up and down the country, the people of all faiths, of course, will be reflect thing on the situation in ukraine, but there is a particular poignancy at the ukrainian cathedral in central london. there will be full services today, as the community comes together at this difficult time. the first one starts in just under half—an—hour, that is a mass, there will be a liturgy, there will be hymns, there will also be intentions and prayers for ukraine, and this stunning chandelier here at the cathedral that was made in the west of ukraine. of course, the community

coming together in pain and solidarity. i am joined coming together in pain and solidarity. iam joined by coming together in pain and solidarity. i am joined by the rector of the cathedral, father kohler. how important is it for people to be together at this difficult time?— difficult time? from the very beginning. — difficult time? from the very beginning, since _ difficult time? from the very beginning, since our- difficult time? from the very - beginning, since our community, our parishioners— beginning, since our community, our parishioners arrived from ukraine, they have — parishioners arrived from ukraine, they have always looked to the cathedral is a place where they could _ cathedral is a place where they could gather. it has become even more _ could gather. it has become even more important for them today, when the unthinkable has happened. nobody was, nobody could believe that war would _ was, nobody could believe that war would start in ukraine, everybody hoped _ would start in ukraine, everybody hoped that diplomacy would play out, but since _ hoped that diplomacy would play out, but since the first explosions, the community— but since the first explosions, the community have come together, very strongly, _ community have come together, very strongly, one of the first places where _ strongly, one of the first places where they came was to the cathedral, to the churches. they returned. — cathedral, to the churches. they returned, prayerand cathedral, to the churches. they

returned, prayer and support is what the churches can give to our people. and being _ the churches can give to our people. and being here in the day of spirit, they feel— and being here in the day of spirit, they feel so insecure. they don't know— they feel so insecure. they don't know how— they feel so insecure. they don't know how they can help, what they can do _ know how they can help, what they can do -- — know how they can help, what they can do. —— being here in the diaspora _ can do. —— being here in the diaspora. all they can offer is their— diaspora. all they can offer is their prayers. diaspora. all they can offer is their prayers-— diaspora. all they can offer is their prayers. diaspora. all they can offer is their ra ers. �* . ., their prayers. and that feeling of bein: their prayers. and that feeling of being powerless _ their prayers. and that feeling of being powerless and _ their prayers. and that feeling of being powerless and something. their prayers. and that feeling of| being powerless and something is happening so far away, but something thatis happening so far away, but something that is affecting your family and friends in your homeland? yes. that is affecting your family and friends in your homeland? yes, we have already _ friends in your homeland? yes, we have already had _ friends in your homeland? yes, we have already had several _ have already had several parishioners over the last couple of days you _ parishioners over the last couple of days you have come and ask for blessings — days you have come and ask for blessings to return home. some of them _ blessings to return home. some of them are _ blessings to return home. some of them are returning home to their wives, _ them are returning home to their wives, to — them are returning home to their wives, to the children, to their mothers. _ wives, to the children, to their mothers, to their fathers. some of our parishioners, being young men, have also— our parishioners, being young men, have also decided to return home to help defend their homeland. what would be different _ help defend their homeland. transit would be different here today? help defend their homeland. what i would be different here today? well, this morning — would be different here today? well, this morning the _ would be different here today? well, this morning the community will gather, — this morning the community will gather, we will offer separate prayers — gather, we will offer separate prayers for ukraine, for our soldiers. _ prayers for ukraine, for our soldiers, for our people in ukraine,

at ten _ soldiers, for our people in ukraine, at ten o'clock service we will be friends — at ten o'clock service we will be friends from the roman churches attending, we will be offering up prayers and support of the community. do prayers and support of the community-— prayers and support of the community. prayers and support of the communi . ., ., ., community. do you have a message for our government. _ community. do you have a message for our government, here _ community. do you have a message for our government, here in _ community. do you have a message for our government, here in the _ community. do you have a message for our government, here in the uk? - community. do you have a message for our government, here in the uk? yes. | our government, here in the uk? yes. we would like — our government, here in the uk? yes. we would like to _ our government, here in the uk? yes. we would like to thank the government for all of its help, for the support which it has given to us, for— the support which it has given to us, for all— the support which it has given to us, for all the humanitarian the support which it has given to us, forallthe humanitarian aid, for the — us, forallthe humanitarian aid, for the military aid they have given, — for the military aid they have given, and also, we request and help and ask— given, and also, we request and help and ask for— given, and also, we request and help and ask for their help to support the refugees, which will be one of the refugees, which will be one of the major— the refugees, which will be one of the major problems which is going to be on _ the major problems which is going to be on our— the major problems which is going to be on our doorstep.— be on our doorstep. father, thank ou ve be on our doorstep. father, thank you very much- — be on our doorstep. father, thank you very much. the _ be on our doorstep. father, thank you very much. the hashtag - you very much. the hashtag #prayforukraine has been trending this sunday. at this first service we expect a couple hundred people, thatis we expect a couple hundred people, that is the normal amount, may be more today, at the second ten

o'clock service it might be standing room only, up woods of 1000 people from the ukrainians community sending the love and strength to 2000 miles away.— sending the love and strength to 2000 miles away. katherine, thanks very much- — 2000 miles away. katherine, thanks very much- really — 2000 miles away. katherine, thanks very much. really interesting - 2000 miles away. katherine, thanks very much. really interesting to - very much. really interesting to hear all about support in london. now susan has a look at the weather. is looking very beautiful it looks very beautiful thanks to the images sent in this morning. this is oxfordshire with some clear skies allowing a beautiful sunrise and that is the picture for the majority of the uk today. yesterday, northern ireland and scotland lost out a bit tanks to the weather front which kept solid cloud in place and got some outbreaks of rain. a big area of high pressure across western europe will try and push back against that front through the course of the day today. it will also stall it and we can it and, eventually, i think, mean that a lot of the cloud in the drizzly outlooks of rain for example

from the north—west of scotland moved offshore in the afternoon. a lot of sunshine to take us through this sunday, the southerly breeze getting quite strong, that wind across north—west of scotland to the latter part of the day. locally we could see gusts of two 14 miles an hour. the numbers in wide circles behind me other sustained wind speeds. in terms of temperatures, actually start but not quite as cold as yesterday. the eventual hires somewhere between nine and 11 degrees. quiet day but overnight we will see the weather front sweeping across the uk, part of a bigger area of low pressure that will be a feature for monday and, certainly, overnight the picture will change quite dramatically and we fill in a lot of cloud, rain for many areas, eastern england stays clear with a few pockets of frost on early monday. elsewhere it is a mild start of the new week —— mild start. the front on monday is not straightforward. it is waving and what does that mean? it is not

tracking in a straightforward pattern so it could mean that the timing for it moving east to west are quite not as our model makes them up and the areas where we see heavy rain may be a little bit for monday at the moment it looks like there will be some heavy rain in southern scotland across northern england wales in the south—west through daylight hours. the south—east staying dry until the evening and we will see rain through here through the night. pressure follows on behind the weather front but again you concede is not a clear path into the continent. anything anything could hang back across southern britain across tuesday seven southern england maybe even as far north as south wales and parts of the midlands, chance of grey and wet weather round on tuesday. further nile thunder the high, a lot of fine weather with light winds and spring sunshine. a more mixed story on wednesday and thursday. a lot more cloud around and some outbreaks of rain for many of us. so if it is sunny and dry you off i think today

could well be your day. thank you, susan and we will see you soon. we have heard a lot in recent days about putting pressure on vladimir putin by freezing or even seizing uk—based assets of many of his associates. one name that came up a lot is roman abramovich. last night he announced he was handing over stewardship, as he called it, of his most famous acid, chelsea football club, to the trustees of its charitable foundation. so what does any of that mean? let's try and work that out. let's speak to kevin o'dwyer, a football finance lecturer joining us now from liverpool. good morning to you. there was a statement and the statement made no reference to ukraine but he says that he will give trustees of the charitable foundation the stewardship and care of chelsea fc. what does that mean? it is a very strange statement because it does not actually indicate he is going to

relinquish control of chelsea through his shareholding and his shareholding comes through a company called ford stamp and ford stam itself has borrowed £1.5 billion from a roman abramovich —controlled company in the bvi. it would appear to indicate that chelsea will be control on a date today basis by the club's charitable foundation and there is people such as bruce bucklew has been involved with mr abramovich and the likes of emma hayes who has been chelsea's women's manager. you predicted chelsea would face a crisis if sanctions were imposed. so this is one way, or of abramovich distancing himself from the club. fundamentally doesn't really change anything? ila. the club. fundamentally doesn't really change anything? no. looking at the words — really change anything? no. looking at the words used _ really change anything? no. looking at the words used he _ really change anything? no. looking at the words used he is _ really change anything? no. looking at the words used he is still - at the words used he is still intending to financially support the club and i think his feel was that,

that there was a possibility of if his assets were seized it could involve chelsea football club and then where would the clubs fans be in terms of funding? it has lost more money than any other club in the history of the premier league and he has prompted up as a trophy assets since he first acquired it into thousand and three to and that is the point. into thousand and three to and that is the point-— is the point. they still rely on his mone , is the point. they still rely on his money. don't — is the point. they still rely on his money, don't they? _ is the point. they still rely on his money, don't they? very - is the point. they still rely on his money, don't they? very much i is the point. they still rely on his l money, don't they? very much so. is the point. they still rely on his - money, don't they? very much so. as recently as 2020 he put over £200 million into the club and now he will say that that was partly due to covid and that is no doubt but he also wants to find chelsea's largest as far as the transfer market is concerned. so the total investment, i think, is £1514 concerned. so the total investment, i think, is £1.514 billion and clearly the club would not have been able to borrow that money from traditional banking fund within is because football is a high risk industry. in the alternative scenario, hypothetically, would be that if the government decided it

was going to seize those assets we could be in a very strange position by the unit —— uk government, that is, the taxpayer, could be responsible for a football club. band responsible for a football club. and that would responsible for a football club. jifuc that would be of no benefit to anyone. clearly there is no way that the government would want to lend money to chelsea football club, that would provoke a fairly furious reaction from other fans and also from the club's perspective it would be struggling to budget because it would not know what would be happening as far as the ownership would be concerned on a long—term basis. would be concerned on a long-term basis. �* ., , �* , , ., basis. and doesn't this tell us a lot about how— basis. and doesn't this tell us a lot about how difficult - basis. and doesn't this tell us a lot about how difficult it - basis. and doesn't this tell us a lot about how difficult it is - basis. and doesn't this tell us a lot about how difficult it is to i lot about how difficult it is to deter that may determine who owns what, what assets they have and where they are placed. some of that ownership is very opaque. yes. where they are placed. some of that ownership is very opaque.— ownership is very opaque. yes. and also roman — ownership is very opaque. yes. and also roman abramovich _ ownership is very opaque. yes. and also roman abramovich will- ownership is very opaque. yes. and also roman abramovich will point l ownership is very opaque. yes. and l also roman abramovich will point out that he is an israeli citizen within eu passport that he has picked up from portugal over the course of the last 12 months and i think he is trying to subtly diddled —— distance himself from prudent but clearly he

has had involvement historically as well. his own daughter has distanced herself from putin as well so it is a delicate act from a legal perspective in terms of trying to determine whether he, as somebody who was born in russia but who is now a citizen of another country, should be subject to sanctions. band should be sub'ect to sanctions. and this is not should be subject to sanctions. and this is not the _ should be subject to sanctions. and this is not the end of the affair, is it? and i suspect this tells us a lot about those blurred lines between politics and sport and the role that both of them play in terms of soft power around the world. yes. but when mike _ of soft power around the world. yes but when mike acquired chelsea of soft power around the world. is; but when mike acquired chelsea and from his point of view it gives him a profile. he is aware that vladimir putin is highly unstable and other all adults have suffered unpleasant fates as a result of that. so this is one way of keeping rome and it abramovich in the public profile which gives him a form of insurance

should vladimir putin take against him. we are gratefulfor your time this morning and thank you for explaining all of that to us. it also gives you some assurance, if he is sanctioned, if he ends up being sanctioned and that protects the club, the history and the legacy. good morning. that is the intention. the word delicate there, it is a delicate move and symbolic and there has been a lot of talk from mps this week and they named him in parliament, his name is come up several times and this move will take a little pressure off the club itself and that is probably the most important thing at this point. we heard from the manager this week, they have a huge game this afternoon, the final of the league cup and he had spoken about the fact that the players and he himself felt that the players and he himself felt that this was a huge distraction and overshadowing so perhaps this is the result of that and we shall see. as i say this afternoon it is a big one and we're not sure yet if they will

be any sort of gestural protest or solidarity ahead of the game. yesterday, of course, across the globe, plenty offering their support and emotional scenes before manchester city �*s 1—0 victory and this is the ukrainian star and everton's ukrainian player embracing just before the match and you can see them in tears as players of both sides came onto the field wearing ukrainian flag. sides came onto the field wearing ukrainianflag. ukrainian sides came onto the field wearing ukrainian flag. ukrainian the russian people, they don't to kill each other. and that is why, when the people are here, i think all around the world, they say what are they doing?! so makes no sense. the sense must be the money, for sure, thatis sense must be the money, for sure, that is always the reason why but it is unnecessary to kill people, innocent people, thousands and thousands for that reason. i was on the last few days in many i know how much this club, the heart that is in

this club from the chairman to fans and players and we wanted to show that and when we have a player, their fans and that and when we have a player, theirfans and ourfans that and when we have a player, their fans and our fans together, thatis their fans and our fans together, that is the unity of sport and obviously many people on the outside could learn a lot from that as well. and before kickoff at manchester united, players from both sides gathered behind a banner with the word piece written on it in several different languages including, of course, russian and ukrainian. united have already dropped aeroflot is one of their sponsors. and for a moment let's move away from events in ukraine and there is a story bubbling in football this morning across many of the back pages. the leeds united managerfuture after his side suffered another damaging defeat, being thrashed for nil by tottenham. the spurs were 3—0 up in

the first half before things were finished off in the second. and that means that leads have conceded 14 goals in just six days. means that leads have conceded 14 goals injust six days. the manager'sjob is hanging by a thread at the moment. elsewhere in the premier league, yesterday, the return of christian erickson. this is a great story. 259 days after he suffered a cardiac arrest at the european championship last summer. the danish international was given a standing ovation when he came on as a substitute for branford. unfortunately he could not prevent newcastle from easing their relegation fears and increasing bradford's with what was a comfortable 2—0 win but it wait to see him back. and it was the return of the six nations this weekend. ireland play italy this afternoon but it is france who are storming their way to the title. they remain unbeaten after a comfortable victory over scotland. england are still in it, they managed to hold off wales after a dramatic second half against

tottenham. at twickenham they are trying to present their sport in a different way. this new mural features a man now with 50 england caps. but the new english —— michael smith is a novice but his penalty has built england's lead against wales and those points count. england eventually needed all of them. when alex stretched for a fingernail try, them. when alex stretched for a fingernailtry, england them. when alex stretched for a fingernail try, england was 17 nil ahead. the patron of english rugby looked on, that is the duchess of cambridge and could the patron of wales, the duke, see a revival? well, watch. whenjosh adams crossed the line it was something. when tompkins scored it was a contest again. 17—12. it was wales summoning spirit but it was not enough. more penalties from smith and even the wales scored as third try they never took the lead. wales pushed to the last and england won by four points.

they are tired but they are victorious. and that is enough for england to maintain their momentum in the tournament. but england are chasing france, all the others are chasing france, all the others are chasing france. scotland pursued in vain at murrayfield as they had six tries scored against them. the french have a perfect record in the tournament so far. they've against wales and england to come but this france comment this year look complete. france looking absolutely unstoppable at the moment when the six nations campaign started i said there is no clear favourite. six nations campaign started i said there is no clearfavourite. i have been proven wrong. i there is no clear favourite. i have been proven wrong.— there is no clear favourite. i have been proven wrong. i feel like you have lived every _ been proven wrong. i feel like you have lived every moment - been proven wrong. i feel like you have lived every moment of i been proven wrong. i feel like you have lived every moment of this i have lived every moment of this right here on this couch. italy and ireland this afternoon and that should be a comfortable win for ireland and give us all a bit of hope. 50 ireland and give us all a bit of ho e, , ., , ireland and give us all a bit of hoe. ,., , , ., hope. so it is a few minutes before eiuht hope. so it is a few minutes before eight o'clock _ hope. so it is a few minutes before eight o'clock and _ hope. so it is a few minutes before eight o'clock and of _ hope. so it is a few minutes before eight o'clock and of course - hope. so it is a few minutes before eight o'clock and of course we i hope. so it is a few minutes before eight o'clock and of course we will| eight o'clock and of course we will bring you the very latest headlines

at eight. if you're just tuning in right now let's tell you what is happening in ukraine this morning. local officials in the second city of khaki say that a russian troops have actually entered the city. —— kharkiv. there are reports that we are seeing on social media, some need verifying but it gives you a sense of what is happening where. wishing in from the north—east on the south we are led to believe the biggest push has been from the south where we see those yellow areas blowing slightly. but it is khaki, the second largest city where this morning a warning local residents to stay inside. any are already in shelters but they say stay off the streets. and that is also the location, we believe, where a gas pipeline has also been reportedly attacked. we've had reports from the operator of the pipeline saying it has not disrupted supplies into europe but nonetheless the pictures tell you a lot about the attack that it has come under. remember, in the

capital, kyiv, residents are still under curfew until monday morning. there was no major aerial bombardment of the capital overnight as many were expecting. but air raids sounds and sirens sounded again this morning. residents in the capital are essentially living underground in basements and sellers and in the metro. also, everybody there has been told to keep their windows shut because of toxic fumes which potentially may become from an oil depot that has been attacked near the city. also we have been hearing this morning from the ukrainian president zelenskyy. we are told that there was an offer of talks, talks between russia and ukraine, offered to take place, we believe, in belarus but president zelenskyy saying he would not take part in those talks given that belarus has been a source of some aggression and there for declining that offer of talks. but we will

have the very latest with our correspondent who has a very good overview of what has happened overnight and bring us up—to—date just after this. good morning, welcome to breakfast with victoria derbyshire and ben thompson.

our headlines today: the battle for ukraine intensifies. reports of russian troops entering ukraine's second—biggest city, kharkiv. in the capital, kyiv, a massive explosion hits an oil refinery. western countries escalate sanctions, cutting off a number of russian banks from the swift international payments systems. with hundreds of thousands of ukrainians attempting to flee the country, concern in the uk over who will be allowed to settle here. chelsea's russian owner takes action ahead of looming sanctions. in a shock move, roman abramovich has relinquished control of the club to its trustees. good morning. a lot of sunshine to come across the uk today. if anything, perhaps more widespread than yesterday. a slightly chilly start, but overall, i think some pretty springlike prospects across this sunday. more details for you coming up.

it's sunday the 27th of february. our main story: russian troops have entered ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv. that's according to the head of the region's administration, who pledged that ukrainian fighters will drive them out. a gas pipe line in kharkiv was blown up overnight, prompting warnings of a toxic cloud. in kyiv, an aerial blitz, which many feared would take place overnight, has not happened, and kyiv�*s deputy mayor says the city remains calm and under the control of ukrainian forces, despite skirmishes with saboteurs and an explosion at an oil depot. our correspondent jonah fisher reports. for a fourth night, russia waged war on its neighbour. this is an oil depot near an airstrip to the south of kyiv. with toxic smoke filling the air, people have been advised

to close their windows and stay indoors. "the enemy wants to destroy everything", says the local mayor. to the north—east, not far from the russian border, a gas pipeline was hit, with the authorities warning of an environmental disaster. but this doesn't look like it was the decisive night for ukraine's capital that some had feared. this morning, russian convoy moved into concave, the second largest city in ukraine. president putin would have hoped for a warm reception here. —— moved into kharkiv. there was no sign of that. to the west, the desperate exodus is continuing, with long queues at border crossings

leaving ukraine, and chaos at train stations. many of us thought that it is just informational war, but you see what happened, and we don't understand why putin does it. we need help from world, we say... help, help, help us. because we are here, we are alone here. russia says it has dispatched a team for peace talks with ukraine, but its choice of location, belarus, an active participant in this war, is a nonstarter for the ukrainians. active participant in this war, is a nonstarterfor the ukrainians. they nonstarter for the ukrainians. they say nonstarterfor the ukrainians. they say it has to be somewhere else. jonah fisher, bbc news. our europe correspondent jenny hill is in moscow. tell us what moscow is saying about troops potentially entering the second largest city of ukraine and also the logic behind moscow

offering peace talks in belarus. led's talk about the update we have had here from the defence ministry who have concentrated largely on what they say are gains they are making in eastern ukraine. moscow's narrative of course is it is going in to rescue russian speaking populations in that part of the country from what they describe as ukrainian nationalists and their aggression, so they say they have made great gains there and ukrainian soldiers in their hundreds are surrendering as they go, they have also accused ukrainian troops of attacking residential areas. that is the defence ministry update overnight here. in terms of those peace talks, this is recomputed, because we have heard this morning that president putin has had a telephone conversation with the president of azerbaijan. —— this is really complicated. ukraine welcomed proposes a peace talks from turkey and azerbaijan, so the fact that president putin has held this phone call with the president of

azerbaijan may be significant, but there is at this stage no real suggestion from moscow that that is going anywhere at this stage. in the meantime, as you had in that report, the kremlin is telling state newsagents here that the delegation has arrived in belarus ready to negotiate with ukraine. knows perfectly well that the ukrainian government says it does not want to negotiate in belarus, because belarus has allowed russian troops to use the country as a way in to ukraine to invade it, so at this stage, there is not a great deal of optimism about the outcome of any of these potential negotiations. it is also really worth noting the messaging coming out of the kremlin has been contradictory, confusing, some would say it deliberately so, in recent days, for example one minute to the kremlin will be saying we are ready to negotiate with ukraine, the next it is calling the ukrainian government drug addicts, terrorists, neo—nazis and urging

ukrainian soldiers to overthrow them, stage a military coup. a very confusing picture here and one which i do not think leads to a great deal of optimism in terms of negotiations at the moment. of optimism in terms of negotiations at the moment-— at the moment. contradicting messages — at the moment. contradicting messages could _ at the moment. contradicting messages could be _ at the moment. contradicting| messages could be deliberate at the moment. contradicting i messages could be deliberate of course, but it could suggest that there is a slight chaos within the kremlin? it there is a slight chaos within the kremlin? , ' . there is a slight chaos within the kremlin? , , . ., _ there is a slight chaos within the kremlin? , , . ., �* kremlin? it is difficult to say. i'm told that actually _ kremlin? it is difficult to say. i'm told that actually these _ kremlin? it is difficult to say. i'm told that actually these are i told that actually these are contradictory messages are sometimes used as a deliberate strategy to obfuscate and make it difficult for people trying to do business with the kremlin to understand their position. it is difficult to say at this stage, we will have to wait and see. in the meantime, let me bring you up to date, we have had a bit more about protests here in russia, anti—war protests. and independent monitoring organisation is now said well over 3000 russians were arrested or detained since the invasion began fur protesting

against it. today is quite an important day here in russia for many people, because it is the seventh anniversary of the assassination of the leading opposition from he was a vociferous opponent of war in eastern ukraine. he was shot dead near the kremlin in 2015 and activists here have been calling on people to go out today and protest against the war. thank ou ve and protest against the war. thank you very much- _ borisjohnson has said the west is "tightening the economic ligature" around vladimir putin's russia, as the allies unveiled new measures to hit its financial system. the uk, the eu, america and canada have agreed to exclude certain russian banks from the swift international payment system, among other new sanctions. chris mason has the details. anger at president putin's actions is growing around the world. this was westminster yesterday. late last night, further

international action. some russian banks will be removed from an international payment system called swift, which acts like a financial artery, making payments around the world quicker and easier, and russia's central bank faces restrictions too. all of these measures will significantly harm putin's ability to finance his war. putin embarked on a path aiming to destroy ukraine. but what he is also doing, in fact, is destroying the future of his own country. meanwhile in the uk, a row has broken out about weather the government is doing enough to welcome refugees fleeing the war. responding to a labour mp, immigration minister kevin foster suggested ukrainians might want to apply for the seasonal worker scheme. the shadow home secretary, yvette cooper, said many were in search of swift sanctuary, but the government were suggesting

they picked britain's fruit and veg. mr foster's tweet was then deleted. of course we're going to take refugees, this country has had a historic and proud role in taking refugees from all conflicts. the uk is way out in front in our willingness to help with refugees. plenty will now press for more details about how many may be welcomed, when and to where. chris mason, bbc news. our political correspondent lone wells joins us from london. lone, wejust heard the prime minister saying the uk will take in refugees from ukraine, but when will we know those crucial details like how many and how soon? that is right, there is still a lot which is unknown at the moment. we do know is the home office have currently said they are prioritising british nationals and their

dependents who are in ukraine and wanting to leave. we know the visa processing centres at the moment are suspended for anybody in ukraine who is not a british national or dependent on a british national, but what they have said is those wishing to leave ukraine who do not have that connection to the uk can go to a neighbouring country and then apply for a visa to study or work in the uk under the uk's points—based immigration system. but what is a lot less clear is what about those people who want to seek refuge in the uk as refugees. labour have called for those visa requirements to be lifted for people who do not have any connection to the uk who wanted to come here and nicola sturgeon has called for the uk to take in as many ukrainian refugees as is possible, and this is something which has also been echoed by a number of conservative mps as well, mps likejulian smith who said

the uk should provide immediate century to all ukrainians wanting to fleet the war there. as you say, we do not yet have detail of what any further assistance could look like. borisjohnson did say last night that of course we will welcome refugees, but the official position at the moment by the home office as they are still working with european counterparts to try and establish next steps, that they want any progress made on this issue to be practical and in the best interests of the ukrainian people, but certainly for the tens of thousands of people that we are seeing fleet ukraine, crossing those borders into other european countries, they will be desperate for that certainty to know if a similar refugee scheme may be announced to the one for example that was announced when the taliban took over in afghanistan. yes. that was announced when the taliban took over in afghanistan.— took over in afghanistan. yes, of course, took over in afghanistan. yes, of course. for _ took over in afghanistan. yes, of course, for now, _ took over in afghanistan. yes, of course, for now, thank— took over in afghanistan. yes, of course, for now, thank you. i let's go to our kyiv

correspondent james waterhouse. you are on the roof of the hotel, earlier you spoke to us from the basement, tell us what you can see and hear. i basement, tell us what you can see and hear. .. , , basement, tell us what you can see and hear. ~ , , ., and hear. i think this is where a russian advance _ and hear. i think this is where a russian advance is _ and hear. i think this is where a russian advance is coming i and hear. i think this is where a russian advance is coming just| and hear. i think this is where a i russian advance is coming just over my shoulder. this is the east part of kyiv, an area called bucha and thatis of kyiv, an area called bucha and that is the east bank of the river and there have been images on social media of advancing russian columns of armoured vehicles and soldiers moving around with large automatic weapons, occasionally looking down their sides. we have heard four or five explosions, shellfire, really close, just over the foreign ministry building there to the left of saint michael's cathedral. it is thought they could be targeting bridges where ukrainian forces have focused their defensive position, but it is really hard to tell at the moment. you just go on sounds and

occasional sites, because where we are an essential part the city is still eerily quiet. there is a curfew that has been in place from last night till tomorrow morning and the message from the mayor is pretty clear, if you are seen on the street, people will think you are a russian saboteur, and at the moment, in this inner city area, there are hundreds, probably thousands, of volunteers who have signed up to the country's national defence. they are armed with automatic weapons, they are also, some are nervous, they are patrolling, setting up checkpoints, whilst ukraine's enforces take a more defensive position further out. so it is quiet for now but it is punctuated by shellfire and this is a city is still very much bracing itself despite a relatively calm night. itself despite a relatively calm niuht. ._ , night. on friday night, president zelensky was _ night. on friday night, president zelensky was warning _ night. on friday night, president zelensky was warning that i night. on friday night, president i zelensky was warning that russian troops would storm the capital in the coming hours. that did not

happen. is it possible to say at this stage whether the fall of the capital is still inevitable? it is really difficult _ capital is still inevitable? it is really difficult to _ capital is still inevitable? it is really difficult to say. - capital is still inevitable? it is really difficult to say. i i capital is still inevitable? it 3 really difficult to say. i think what we can say is that ukraine is outnumbered, ukraine is the military underdog here. it is clear that the russians have been caught out by just howard stern defence has been put out, notjust here, the country's head of the military forces it's a similar defences are being mounted in other cities across the country. ukraine has a way said it will be just as to fight it and we will fight and that is clearly what has happened. then there is the other side of that, the other question as to whether is this a deliberate ploy by writer tony use, not use all of its military might? -- ploy by not use all of its military might?

—— ploy by russia. there was a russian delegation arriving in belarus now and they claim that they are arriving for talks, but the ukrainian government said you have not made any offer, you have just gone ahead with this large—scale invasion, so that is still going on. the other concern is did vladimir putin underestimate the defence? and if so, will he be frustrated by the lack of progress across the country and will he resort to more drastic measures like discriminative fire or heavier artillery? one it dreads to guess, to be honest with you. what is clear is whilst defences have held, there is hundreds of miles away in heavy fighting and an oil depot has been targeted by missile strike just outside of kyiv. winston that troops have been ordered to approach the city from all angles, so this is not ending, the worry is that this is just the beginning, despite the can't you see this morning. —— we understand that

troops have been ordered. morning. -- we understand that troops have been ordered. let's get some more analysis of the situation from dr patrick bury, a senior lecturer in security from the university of bath. good morning. hopefully you are able to hear some of what our correspondent there in kyiv was telling us and it really paints a picture of the security situation thatis picture of the security situation that is changing very quickly. i wonder what your assessment is so far this morning about what we have heard over the past 24 hours? absolutely and i thought james' pointjumped out straightaway, it looks like the russians have really underestimated the resistance from the ukrainian armed forces and ordinary people. it points to an intelligence failure, but it is very difficult to assess the morale and cohesion of a force. you can look, count the numbers, look at their equipment, add up their capability,

but until the shooting starts, you just do not know often how well they are going to fight or not and it looks like the russians are looking at the problems with governance in ukraine, it looks like the russians have seriously underestimated, and thatis have seriously underestimated, and that is the root of problems. what you have seen so far, again what james was talking about, we have had these relatively fast movements especially centred on what you want to concentrate your force, it seems to concentrate your force, it seems to be that north thrust on kyiv and really they probably wanted to get that within a couple of days, seeing how they wanted to get airborne forces into the airport which did not succeed. what james was talking about was ok, we have had this fast manoeuvre approach which was

probably trying to decapitate the ukrainian government essentially, and it has not worked, we are now one day four, so what happens next? i thinkjames�* point now about russia having to bring back to more of its forces and go to a very methodical and destructive approach to warfare which is reliant on artillery is definitely on the cards, unfortunately. talk artillery is definitely on the cards, unfortunately. talk to me a bit about the _ cards, unfortunately. talk to me a bit about the planning _ cards, unfortunately. talk to me a bit about the planning that - cards, unfortunately. talk to me a bit about the planning that will i bit about the planning that will have been involved in this, because we have seen images of maybe tanks stopped on the roads because they have run out of petrol for example. there is a huge logistical operation in anything like this and one would guess that the kremlin has planned for that to be quite a quick strategy to getting and then get out, ultimately. the big question is i suppose if that has not gone to plan, do they have to start adjusting their strategy to think hang on, we will focus on different

areas or smaller areas or may be our attack will come injust areas or smaller areas or may be our attack will come in just one place rather than this multipronged approach we have seen it so far? essentially what they say they will do and how they fight is they reinforce success and that is generally what you do in military operations, but they need more troops and need to keep feeding things in. as you mentioned absolutely correctly, americans nearly ran out of fuel in 2003 in iraq but they did not. we are seeing some of the russian tanks clearly running out of stuff so it suggests in places acute shortages. maybe they have been told to keep going and we will get the supplies, but if you want to talk about the plan here, there are three big things, you mentioned one it so we will skip over that, you mentioned one it so we will skip overthat, but you mentioned one it so we will skip over that, but air superiority. they do not have that and it does not appear like that, maybe locally, but without that you cannot manoeuvre

operations when you have your helicopters, attack helicopters supporting your tanks, so that is a crucial thing. supporting your tanks, so that is a crucialthing. it supporting your tanks, so that is a crucial thing. it is slightly puzzling, does not look on the first night of the attack they even find enough missiles to suppress air defences. what we're seeing the pincer movements, there is a lack of command and control, it appears. only today this morning, again, looking with military experience, finally they are operating with infantry around their armour, really basic stuff, and for some reason or another that they were not doing it, especially in early advances into kyiv etc, so from a planning perspective, there will certainly be a lot of angry words spoken in the russian military of the last three days, i would say. we russian military of the last three days, i would say.— russian military of the last three days, i would say. we have talked a lot about the _ days, i would say. we have talked a lot about the response _ days, i would say. we have talked a lot about the response from - days, i would say. we have talked a lot about the response from the i days, i would say. we have talked a. lot about the response from the west and western allies. we are now seeing more supplies of military equipment being provided for ukraine, even though it is not

soldiers or boots on the ground. what's difference will those supplies make and i suppose the question, can those supplies get there in time?— question, can those supplies get there in time? you would imagine thins are there in time? you would imagine things are rolling _ there in time? you would imagine things are rolling already. - there in time? you would imagine things are rolling already. it i there in time? you would imagine things are rolling already. it is i things are rolling already. it is obviously really encouraging to see that the west have stepped up in a moving boat supplies in a comic does come with risk you can imagine, where are these crossing from? —— moving more supplies in. they are having a massive impact on how the ground war is going, yet seen anti—tank missiles being used which are having a serious effect on russian armour. being effective against russian attacked helicopters which makes it much more difficult. it is all about how do you keep

those risks is limited and avoid escalation as much as possible. let's talk about the role of belarus, because this morning we have heard from ukrainian president saying he has been offered to have talks in belarus with russia but he will not do that they're because in his view belarus has been a staging post for attacks on ukraine. he said he would be open to talks elsewhere. maybe give me your assessment of how much we can read into that and whether talks at this stage really are viable. it whether talks at this stage really are viable. , . ,. ., ., are viable. it is fascinating and it comes back _ are viable. it is fascinating and it comes back to _ are viable. it is fascinating and it comes back to the _ are viable. it is fascinating and it comes back to the cloak - are viable. it is fascinating and it comes back to the cloak and i are viable. it is fascinating and it i comes back to the cloak and dagger that we expected of putin all along, you do not know what is going on. is an internal division where putin has been told you have to open negotiations because it is not going well? it is hard, is itjust more deception to try and deceive and potentially capture zelensky? they have been attacked from belarus and

i would not go near there for negotiations.— the conservative mp tobias ellwood is chair of the commons defence select committee. he's been calling for the west to give more weapons to ukraine and impose stiffer sanctions on russia. in your view, does that appear to be happening? we have the fact that germany is now on board with shutting russia out of the swift international payment system, we have finland closing its airspace to russian aircraft, the netherlands, us and germany sending more weapons to ukraine. , ., , ., us and germany sending more weapons to ukraine. , . , ., ., to ukraine. yes, we are starting to see nations _ to ukraine. yes, we are starting to see nations rally _ to ukraine. yes, we are starting to see nations rally together - to ukraine. yes, we are starting to see nations rally together in i to ukraine. yes, we are starting to see nations rally together in a i to ukraine. yes, we are starting to see nations rally together in a way| see nations rally together in a way that some of us were hoping would have happened is perhaps six months ago, but really good to see. really pleased to see britain also leading on this front in

provide to ukraine, logistics and so forth. but if i could pay a huge shout out to the ukrainian people who are standing in defiance against the odds and also to president zelensky, as you have been reporting, standing his ground. he is proving to be an inspirational war leader, running his patient to stay and fight with incredible results. they have hampered the russian timetable, but we must brace ourselves for an escalation in the war. i'm not put it past putin to stick to radical tactics because he cannot fail and the stakes are high indeed. which are notjust to provide humanitarian aid as well but put pressure on russia. days don't go by without further pressure on russia. we should see every country send home at the russian ambassadors, invite sweden and

finland tojoin nato. we have given putin the space, that must stop. we are starting to unite as a continent, let's get putin guessing at what will happen next. you suggested — at what will happen next. you suggested a _ at what will happen next. you suggested a memo _ at what will happen next. you suggested a memo ago he might start to use radical tactics out of frustration, what do you mean by that? i frustration, what do you mean by that? ., ., ., ., ,, . ., that? i do not want to speculate too much because _ that? i do not want to speculate too much because i— that? i do not want to speculate too much because i do _ that? i do not want to speculate too much because i do not— that? i do not want to speculate too much because i do not want - that? i do not want to speculate too much because i do not want to i much because i do not want to inflame this, but we have seen what he has done in a syriac for example, he has done in a syriac for example, he can certainly use other weapon systems which have not been tested or we are used to in the battleground at the moment. ibyre or we are used to in the battleground at the moment. are you talkin: battleground at the moment. are you talking about — battleground at the moment. are you talking about chemical— battleground at the moment. are you talking about chemical weapons? i talking about chemical weapons? chemical weapons and worst case scenario would be low chemical weapons and worst case scenario would below yield tactical nuclear weapons as well. we need to ask those horrible questions as to what we would do. oppose at the more general question as to how many people do we need to watch die on

our tv screens before we ourselves lean into this and put in a no—fly zonein lean into this and put in a no—fly zone in the west of the country? —— i pose the question. we need to isolate putin. our biggest asset is nato, isolate putin. our biggest asset is nate, the most formidable military alliance in the world and we need to look cleverly at how we can utilise this military deterrent.— this military deterrent. when you sa a this military deterrent. when you say a no-fly _ this military deterrent. when you say a no-fly zone _ this military deterrent. when you say a no-fly zone in _ this military deterrent. when you say a no-fly zone in the - this military deterrent. when you say a no-fly zone in the west, i this military deterrent. when you say a no-fly zone in the west, a l say a no—fly zone in the west, a humanitarian no—fly zone you said, would that be led by nate, is that what you are suggesting or not? it has to be led by nato. that - what you are suggesting or not? it has to be led by nato. that isn't i has to be led by nato. that isn't that a provocative _ has to be led by nato. that isn't that a provocative action - has to be led by nato. that isn't that a provocative action to - has to be led by nato. that isn't - that a provocative action to russia? this is the big question we ask, is it provocative to come in to defend a country that is requesting support? this is a democracy that has been calling for help for months and months and now has been invaded, so do we simply say we cannot help you because they believe you are

involved with has taken over your country is too big to content? —— because the bully that has taken over your country. because the bully that has taken overyour country. if because the bully that has taken over your country. if putin is successful in ukraine, it will not spendin successful in ukraine, it will not spend in europe. this is a turning point in our history. i make it clearfrom a bigger picture, sadly after 30 years at the world is returning to authoritarian states wanting to use brute force to get their agendas. wanting to use brute force to get theiragendas. it wanting to use brute force to get their agendas.— wanting to use brute force to get their agendas. it was said on this programme _ their agendas. it was said on this programme yesterday _ their agendas. it was said on this programme yesterday nato - their agendas. it was said on this programme yesterday nato will l their agendas. it was said on this i programme yesterday nato will not instigate a no—fly zone over ukraine because if a russian aircraft is shot down in that space, nato is at war with russia. that shot down in that space, nato is at war with russia.— shot down in that space, nato is at war with russia. that simplifies the situation. war with russia. that simplifies the situation- it — war with russia. that simplifies the situation. it is _ war with russia. that simplifies the situation. it is also, _ war with russia. that simplifies the situation. it is also, i— war with russia. that simplifies the situation. it is also, i am _ war with russia. that simplifies the situation. it is also, i am afraid, - situation. it is also, i am afraid, we are then in denial to what we should be doing to stand up putin

himself. we need to workshop this carefully. it does not simply mean we put in a no—fly zone that you start world war iii. there is a spectrum of events that would need to take place for us to ratchet up there. i pose the question, what sort of humanitarian disaster, what bloodbath must we watch before firstly we send the russian ambassador back home to moscow and secondly we actually wade in and say we need to defend and help ukrainian people? the we need to defend and help ukrainian neale? , , ., we need to defend and help ukrainian --eole? ., ., we need to defend and help ukrainian n-eole? ., ., ., people? the russian ambassador to moscow is still _ people? the russian ambassador to moscow is still here _ people? the russian ambassador to moscow is still here in _ people? the russian ambassador to moscow is still here in the _ people? the russian ambassador to moscow is still here in the uk? - moscow is still here in the uk? white? , ~ , moscow is still here in the uk? white? ~ , ., moscow is still here in the uk? white? ~ , c, white? -- why? why do you think? that is the — white? -- why? why do you think? that is the question _ white? -- why? why do you think? that is the question i _ white? -- why? why do you think? that is the question i posed. - white? -- why? why do you think? that is the question i posed. we i that is the question i posed. we need to start controlling this agenda, show the russian people putin is taking their country take they do not want to go, so every day they do not want to go, so every day they should be another initiative that further isolate putin and a great symbol of unity right across

the west would be for all nations to send the ambassadors back. do you remember back in 2018, the novichok poisoning, embassies were emptied out across the west as we sent back diplomats, we should be doing the same. every day that we have, another announcement has been worked out as to what we can do to place a greater pressure on putin.- out as to what we can do to place a greater pressure on putin. thank you for talkin: greater pressure on putin. thank you for talking to — greater pressure on putin. thank you for talking to us _ greater pressure on putin. thank you for talking to us here _ greater pressure on putin. thank you for talking to us here on _ greater pressure on putin. thank you for talking to us here on bbc- for talking to us here on bbc breakfast. conservative mp and chair of the defence select committee. it isa it is a rapidly developing situation, things are moving quickly, you can stay up to date on the bbc website, and you are on a newscast. gabriel gatehouse and i and the team put out a news each evening to summarise what has happened in the previous 12 hours or so. if you're just previous 12 hours or so. if you'rejustjoining us, we previous 12 hours or so. if you're justjoining us, we will have all the latest about developments overnight in ukraine in

just a moment. stay with us.

hello, you are with breakfast, let's get up to speed with the latest developments in ukraine. jonah fisher is here, he lived in ukraine forfour years jonah fisher is here, he lived in ukraine for four years and his here to update. this is the russian city

of kharkiv, you can see russian vehicles moving in. the local administrator posted on facebook not to go out onto the streets, they would be administered by the ukrainian military. there has been some footage of clashes taking place. it doesn't feel, looking at the pictures, like this is a full—blown invasion, more a convoy checking out the centre of kharkiv, but may be how russia is testing the water to see how it would be received in that city. kharkiv, the second biggest city in ukraine and have the largest in eastern ukraine. if we go to the map, you can see the areas that have effectively changed hands over the last four days. there have been advances from the north, the south, that area in the east was

already held by russian backed forces. president zelenskyy has just posted a new message in the last few minutes, here he is in his military fatigues speaking from inside and he has been speaking outside some of the last few days and effectively, what president zelenskyy is saying, he is addressing belarus, which has been used as a base for russian troops and artillery to attack ukraine and president zelenskyy is here responding to russia's call for him to attend peace talks in belarus, and effectively president zelenskyy has said that is a nonstarter, belarus is basically under the thumb of russia, russia has been basing its troops in belarus, launching artillery attacks from belarus and he is upperfor peace talks and it has to be anywhere but belarus. i willjust bring you up—to—date with the picture that happened overnight...

this is explosions taking place again near kharkiv, this is a gas pipeline that ukraine says was hit by the russians. authorities there are warning of an environmental disaster and have urged people in that area to put towels over their windows. that is a gas explosion that was hit in some way. there has been another big explosion near the capital kyiv, near an airstrip to the south—west of the city. airstrips are particularly important because russia has been trying to seize control of an airstrip near the capital so it can fly in reinforcements and try and take kyiv. this is an oil depot that was struck overnight, again, a big toxic cloud has gone up in the air and the mayor of the area has warned residents about the smoke, to take care around that. if we go to the map again, it is a complicated picture but you can see that the

gains that have been made so far in the north end until this morning, very limited gains around kharkiv, there hasn't been a lot of progress in the northern part of ukraine. it is a different story in the south. what we have seen is russian troops moving from crimea, which russia seized from ukraine back in 2014 and they are moving eastwards towards marry a poll, which is a big ukrainian city on the sea of azov and it looks like potentially marry and it looks like potentially marry a poll could find itself surrounded —— mariupol could see itself surrounded and we could see the russian executive joining up with the crew markedly troops that have come from crimea, so mariupol could find itself isolated very quickly and the situation could change quite dramatically in eastern ukraine. in the west, it is a different story, much less fighting and the western

part of ukraine has basically been the escape route for people trying to flee the war, this is leading up to flee the war, this is leading up to the border, they are extremely long queues for people trying to drive out. many have left cars and started to walk. there has also been chaos at train stations with mainly women and children trying to get out because, under ukraine's rules at the moment, if you are a man and of an age who can serve in the military, you are not allowed to leave the country. lots developing all the time and a pretty complex picture. i know you were talking about president zelenskyy and the refusal of that offer for talks and we have been to a security expert earlier and it is no surprise, belarus has been the staging post for attack so if he was going to go anywhere, it wouldn't be belarus. it is pretty cynical, the russians putting it on the table in the knowledge that it is simply not possible for president zelenskyy or his negotiators to consider going there and, even if he was, the

indications we have had is that russia would insist on it effectively being a surrender arrangement and ukraine would have to agree to be neutral, be demilitarised and the government would have to step down, so many reasons why the russian proposal just isn't going to get off the ground. president zelenskyy is saying yes to talks, but anywhere else. jonah, thank you, and we will pick up jonah, thank you, and we will pick up on that theme, talking about president zelenskyy. so many details are emerging about his response, he is very keen to say he is staying in the ukraine, he will not go elsewhere despite offers to do so and he has released a video most days rallying his country and residents there, encouraging them to take up arms and fight. when russian media posted a video saying he had fled kyiv and he posted a video showing he hadn't and when america

offered evacuation, he said he needed ammunition and not a ride. ross atkins has more. president zelenskyy addressed the nation. the enemy has marked me as the number one target. my family is the number two target. they want to destroy ukraine politically by destroying the head of state. mr zelenskyy is facing down a nuclear power. four years ago he was a comedian with a tv series. he played a character who becomes president. that became reality when, with no political experience, he ran for office and he won. translation: i will vote _ for zelenskyy because there is hope that this man who comes from the people can better understand us and break the system that exists in the country. but, to his critics, this was a man without the necessary substance. translation: i don't think he or the other candidates l will stand up to vladimir putin. they will have a laugh, drop to their knees and give him

ukraine. that has not happened, as the russian military gathered on ukraine's border, president zelenskyy was visiting his troops and sending this message. it is about our independence, that is it. we are deciding what we want and we are deciding what we will do. days later, a man who once made people laugh was leading them against an invasion. while russia bombarded the capital on friday, for a time there was speculation about the president's whereabouts. russian state media claimed he fled the country. he had not. translation: we are all here. our soldiers are here, the citizens of our country are here. we are all here protecting our independence, our country and it will continue to be this way. this was outside the president's office in central kyiv on friday evening. he would warn that this night will be difficult, very difficult. but the morning will come. the night was difficult, the russian onslaught continued.

morning would come too, and as it did we heard from the president again. translation: listen, i am here. we will not lay down our weapons. we will defend our state because our weapon is our truth. putin wants control of ukraine, president zelenskyy stands in his way and with danger all around, reports emerged that the americans had offered an evacuation to which mr zelenskyy replied "i need ammunition, not a ride." in the middle of all this, the president raised the stakes further, tweeting that at a crucial moment to close long—standing discussion once and for all and decide on ukraine's membership in the european union. but as the president looks west, his capital city hosts an invasion by russia to the east. back in 2019, he was hosting a celebration. the new president told his supporters "i will never let you down." he can't have imagined that promise would be tested like this. that was ros atkins reporting.

with an explanation about president zelenskyy and the background to the man who says he will not leave the ukraine. now the sport. this all began this week with the sanctions talking about russian businesses and one man's name was brought up in parliament and it hasn't gone away, roman abramovich, the owner of chelsea. we don't hear a lot from him most of the time, he stays quite quiet, he is hands—on but he put out a statement last night to say he will be stepping away from control of the club, he is still very much the owner but he is handing the control of the club over to the trustees, which is a shocking itself. what it means in reality, i think it is just to protect the club, which has had a bit of a shadow cast over it in the last few days. they do have a huge match this afternoon, they have the league cup final so hopefully business as usual but the statement has caused a huge stir as he aims to protect the club from sanctions. the russian has been in charge at stamford bridge for nearly 20

years and has been hands on in that time. in his statement, he made no mention of ukraine and did not condemn the actions of vladimir putin. the negative attenion on his background in recent days has cast a shadow on the club — with manager thomas tuchel describing it as a distraction ahead of their league cup final against liverpool this afternoon. earlier on breakfast, football finance analyst kieran maguire explained what "giving up control" actually means. looking at the words used, he still intends to financially support the club. i think his fear was that there was a possibility of, if his assets were seized, this could involve chelsea football club and then where would the club stand in terms of funding? it's lost more money than any other club in the history of the premier league and he has propped it up as a trophy asset since he first acquired it in 2003. so business as ususal for chelsea this afternoon as they face liverpool in the league cup final at wembley.

we don't know if there will be any gestures of protest or solidarity ahead of that game. but across football yesterday, there were plenty offering their support. these were the emotional scenes before manchester city's 1—0 victory at everton. this is city's ukranian star oleksandr zinchenko and everton's ukranian player vitaliy mykolenko embracing before the match. zinchenko could then be seen in tears as players of both sides came onto the field wearing the ukranian flag. before kick off at manchester united's goalless draw with watford at old trafford, players from both sides gathered behind a banner with the word "peace" written on it, in several different languages, including in russian and ukranian. united have already dropped the russian airline aeroflot as one of their sponsors. stepping away from the impact of ukraine... the six nations is back this weekend. england kept themselves in the running by withstanding a comeback from wales in the second half. wales handed forward alex dombrandt england's only try

of the match early in the second half at twickenham. that saw the home side lead by 17—0 at that point. wales hit back, with a couple of tries putting them back into contention. but six penalties from player of the match marcus smith saw england record a fifth successive home win over wales by 23 points to 19. scotland's six nations hopes were effectively ended by france, who ran in six tries in a bonus—point victory at murrayfield. they�*re the only team still unbeaten. france on their way to a grand slam title. this afternoon, it's ireland hosting italy in dublin. that's at three o'clock. it wasn't to be for cameron norrie in the final of the mexican open. he lost in straight sets to rafael nadal in acapulco overnight. the british number one had previously beaten world number four stefanos tsitsipas, but he was simply outplayed by nadal

who claimed his fourth title in acapulco and his third straight title this year, including that remarkable australian open win last month. the boxing world has united in outrage following a hugely controversial fight in glasgow last night. scotland's josh taylor clung onto his undisputed light—welterweight world title against england's jack catterall, but many boxing pundits have claimed that catterall was clearly the winner of the bout. he floored taylor in the eighth round, but the judges delivered a split—decision verdict in favour of taylor, which was met with widespread disbelief, and one that was labelled as "disgusting" by the catterall camp. imean, it i mean, it wasn'tjust his camp. if you went on to boxing twitter this morning, every single person in the world of boxing, and from football, michael owen and peter crouch, was

talking about this and there is not one single person who thought that burdick was correct, so i don't think it will be the last of it. —— that verdict. and you are off now, i am told. iam off now, i am told. i am off to read the news, i will disappear and leave the programme in your capable hands. but let's get one last look at the weather with susan. good morning, it is looking pretty gloria out there if the weather watcher images are anything to go by. this is taunton in somerset, the daffodils in the sunshine behind them but a touch of frost on the grass in front of them. it has turned chilly in a few spots but not as cold as last night. today, those clear skies make way for plenty of sunshine. yesterday, thick cloud across scotland and northern ireland. this is a weak weather front that is still around at the moment but this big area of clear sky you see is all part of this big area of high pressure that will work away on that front, weakening it

through today and if anything pushing it back further westwards, making way for more extensive sunshine across scotland and northern ireland and, particularly come the afternoon, the wind will strengthen across the western side of the uk through the second half of the day, gusts perhaps up to 40 mph across exposed areas of western scotland but a lot of sunshine for the western isles in the highlands by the time we get to the afternoon. the northern isles clinging on the cloud for longer. temperature is fairly springlike, highs of around 9-11. fairly springlike, highs of around 9—11. look to the west end you can see what is waiting in the wings for monday. quite a different story, a big area of low pressure pushes a weather front towards us, even really through the earliest hours of monday, wetter weather already into scotland and northern ireland by the end of the night, getting down into wales in the south—west. a lot more cloud around, a milder start and aside from easternmost counties of england where it will stay clear and we could catch a frost. this weather

front is not straightforward, it is waving. and where you find any weather front tends to slow it down so makes it harder to plot where we will find the wettest of any weather and makes it harder to find the timing it will go from west to east. this is the model because my best thinking for monday, whether fringing into northern scotland, wait for england and the way is on the south—west, getting into the midlands in the afternoon and wait for east anglia and the south—east overnight and into tuesday. tuesday, high pressure tries to build across the uk again and, certainly for the northern half of the uk, there will be a lot of fine weather to come but it is these front again. how far south will it sink? that is the question. at the moment, the possibility of some quite heavy rain pushing along it into southern england and perhaps as far north as south wales and the south midlands. then it is a more mixed picture with cloud and then it is a more mixed picture with cloud and rain then it is a more mixed picture with cloud and rain for then it is a more mixed picture with cloud and rain for the then it is a more mixed picture with cloud and rain for the middle then it is a more mixed picture with cloud and rain for the middle of then it is a more mixed picture with cloud and rain for the middle of the week.

thank you very much, susan. people across the uk have been taking part in pro—ukraine demonstrations — the biggest was in westminster. several thousand people were in the crowd, including dozens of young people from st mary's ukrainian school in west london. paul murphy—kasp went to meet them before they set off. for over 60 years, this saturday school has taught young ukrainians living in london about their country's history, language and culture. the invasion back home is now putting into question ukraine's future but, while times are tough, community here is pulling together. what happened on thursday shook them all and they could see for the first time fear in their eyes. we started getting initiatives from our school children, from year eight, nine, year ten pupils that they would like to do something for the civilians back in their home country, that they would love to fundraise for the children. but what do young people actually

think about what is going on? i feel very worried because that is my family, my grandmother and grandfather, i feel very sad for them and i hope everything will be all right in the country. it is my home. my family is there, my aunties, uncles, grandparents, they are planning on staying there but i don't want them to stay there, i want them to come here. raising awareness and protesting, | having things on the news, i thinkj that will definitely- help spread awareness. it makes me feel very worried and, on the news, they say everything on the battlefield and what is happening so sometimes i even cry. while eyes are focused on the response from world leaders, ukrainians here want action. it is notjust a problem of our children, ukrainian children. children across the world are watching what their leaders in their countries are doing today.

the children want to act, they don't want just to use the privilege of clear skies and continue with their lives. stand with ukraine! under those clear skies, dozens of young ukrainians set off to demonstrate at downing street, proudly bearing the colours of their home nation but, most importantly, making sure their voices are being heard. paul murphy—kasp, bbc news. so good to hear from them. how have you been explaining to your children, particularly younger children, what's happening in ukraine, without causing too much fear? bbc newsround presenter ricky boleto is here, and you have the same challenge in your bulletins. how do you tread that line? hi how do you tread that line? it has been a really _ how do you tread that line? it has been a really difficult _ how do you tread that line? it has been a really difficult few - how do you tread that line? it has been a really difficult few days - how do you tread that line? it has been a really difficult few days forj been a really difficult few days for us but i think we have done a really good job, we have tried our best not to focus on all of the bombs that

have been going off in the horrific pictures coming out of ukraine. what we try to do is select the images that we think are appropriate for young people to look at, because we have 6—12 —year—olds watching newsround. we have also been careful not to do the wall—to—wall blanket coverage, so for us this morning, we featured all of the children that were trying to escape to go to the neighbouring countries but also looking at other stories happening here in the uk, children planting trees and other news. we can'tjust focus on the one story because we know there are a lot of children who are very anxious at the moment and visibly worried about what is going on, but what we're trying to do, we have this animation which is called if you are upset by the news and it is advice, we want them to know it is advice, we want them to know it is advice, we want them to know it is a normal feeling to be upset by the news, something that adults feel and something that children feel and the best thing to do is to talk to someone you trust, have that conversation, whether it is around

the dinner table and could delete before you head to school and don't keep the feelings to yourself, that is important and that is the message we are trying to send out on newsround —— or before you head to school. i newsround -- or before you head to school. , ., , , ., school. i get loads of messages from teena . ers school. i get loads of messages from teenagers saying _ school. i get loads of messages from teenagers saying i — school. i get loads of messages from teenagers saying i am _ school. i get loads of messages from teenagers saying i am really - school. i get loads of messages from teenagers saying i am really anxious| teenagers saying i am really anxious about what is going on in ukraine and we say, just concentrate on the facts, talk to somebody, keep things in perspective and focus on those families in ukraine who are living through this. families in ukraine who are living through this-— families in ukraine who are living through this. that's right and also lettin: through this. that's right and also letting children _ through this. that's right and also letting children know _ through this. that's right and also letting children know that - through this. that's right and also letting children know that these i letting children know that these stories are rare, they don't happen all the time, they are adults who are trying to sort this out, politicians who are trying to work on this and hopefully there will be an endgame inside.— on this and hopefully there will be an endgame inside. well, there will at some point— an endgame inside. well, there will at some point be _ an endgame inside. well, there will at some point be a _ an endgame inside. well, there will at some point be a resolution, - an endgame inside. well, there will at some point be a resolution, we l at some point he a resolution, we just don't know when that will be. which is again why i think a lot of children are anxious but ourjob is just to try and reassure them and also let them know that, sometimes, parents may be in the living room watching the news at ten or breakfast in the morning and it

might not be appropriate, some of the footage that is being shown first thing in the morning so kids maybe need to have that conversation with their parents, that's not something for them to watch in that moment or to be out of the room and it's ok to remove yourself from the story if it makes you feel uncomfortable. even just story if it makes you feel uncomfortable. evenjust hearing uncomfortable. even just hearing something uncomfortable. evenjust hearing something on the radio. we don't think as parents sometimes that some of the content that is around our children might be worrying them without us realising. that children might be worrying them without us realising.— children might be worrying them without us realising. that is a good oint without us realising. that is a good point because. _ without us realising. that is a good point because, often, _ without us realising. that is a good point because, often, if— without us realising. that is a good point because, often, if we - without us realising. that is a good point because, often, if we are - point because, often, if we are talking about, you know, an item with graphic sexual content, we would always, always give a warning and say if you have young children in the room, you might not want them to see this and perhaps we should be more cognisant of the fact that... we think really carefully about the kind of images we show, of course we do, but it is a good point. i kind of images we show, of course we do, but it is a good point.— do, but it is a good point. i think also it is very — do, but it is a good point. i think also it is very important - do, but it is a good point. i think also it is very important to - do, but it is a good point. i think also it is very important to let i also it is very important to let kids know there is a lot of stuff on social media being shared at the moment that is just not true. this information is something we try to

explain to the kids, fake news and there is so much out there being shared at the moment which are from different conflicts or pictures that have nothing to do with what is going on in ukraine so explaining thatis going on in ukraine so explaining that is something we are trying to do on newsround.— that is something we are trying to do on newsround. . ~ , ., , . do on newsround. thank you very much for tellin: do on newsround. thank you very much for telling us — do on newsround. thank you very much for telling us about _ do on newsround. thank you very much for telling us about it. _ prayers for ukraine will be said in churches across the uk today — including the ukrainian catholic cathedral in central london, where a service is already underway. kathryn stanczyszyn is there. this is such a worrying, distressing time for that congregation in particular. it time for that congregation in particular-— time for that congregation in articular. , ., ., , , ., particular. it is indeed and, as you can see, particular. it is indeed and, as you can see. we _ particular. it is indeed and, as you can see, we have _ particular. it is indeed and, as you can see, we have moved - particular. it is indeed and, as you can see, we have moved outside l can see, we have moved outside because that mass is currently ongoing inside this beautiful cathedral, the ukrainian catholic cathedral, the ukrainian catholic cathedral here in central london. the masses under way, there have been hymns sung as well as the liturgy and prayer is, or intentions, for ukraine have also

been given today, bringing together a community here at a really difficult time. many other faiths of course will be reflecting on what is going on throughout ukraine today and more people than usual turned up today for this 8am mass, gathering and solidarity, some of them looking visibly upset as they walked in, a sombre mood as you would expect and that stunning chandelier made in the west of ukraine, an important link back to the country for the cathedral. the service at ten o'clock is expected to be cathedral. the service at ten o'clock is expected to he intended by more people, may be upwards of 1,000, and some vip and senior figures as well and there will be two more services throughout the day. an important moment for the congregation and also may be for people who haven't actually attended before. i am joined

people who haven't actually attended before. iam joined by people who haven't actually attended before. i am joined by bishop kenneth, tell us what you are hearing from ukraine.- kenneth, tell us what you are hearing from ukraine. thank you, this morning _ hearing from ukraine. thank you, this morning i _ hearing from ukraine. thank you, this morning i spoke _ hearing from ukraine. thank you, this morning i spoke with - hearing from ukraine. thank you, this morning i spoke with several| hearing from ukraine. thank you, l this morning i spoke with several of my colleagues in ukraine and one of them _ my colleagues in ukraine and one of them is _ my colleagues in ukraine and one of them is working with an ngo my colleagues in ukraine and one of them is working with an n60 and yesterday— them is working with an n60 and yesterday when i spoke to him, he is a grandfather and he was scared and visibly— a grandfather and he was scared and visibly upset because he has a grandson _ visibly upset because he has a grandson and said what will happen to him? _ grandson and said what will happen to him? when i called him this morning. — to him? when i called him this morning, he was very resolute and said we _ morning, he was very resolute and said we are — morning, he was very resolute and said we are staying, we will fight and win— said we are staying, we will fight and win this war and i spoke to a schoolteacher who said her school was getting ready to receive children— was getting ready to receive children who were being evacuated from eastern ukraine.— from eastern ukraine. things that ou from eastern ukraine. things that you wouldn't _ from eastern ukraine. things that you wouldn't have _ from eastern ukraine. things that you wouldn't have believed - from eastern ukraine. things that you wouldn't have believed you i from eastern ukraine. things that - you wouldn't have believed you would be saying, but of course, the support you are providing here for the congregation is very strong at the congregation is very strong at the moment. and, of course, everyone

sending strength and love over to ukraine from here in central london. absolutely, thank you very much. that's all from breakfast today. we're back from six o'clock tomorrow. have a good day.

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