this is bbc news, i'mjoanna gosling. our top stories. the un says 102 civilians have been killed including seven children as ukraine faces more clashes with russian forces, blasts were heard again in kyiv in the early hours. ukraine's president said the next 2a hours will be crucial as is forces fight the russian invasion. talks between ukraine and russia are expected to take place at this table in belarus today. with sanctions beginning to bite, the russian rouble. an all—time low. the us says russia should tone down the rhetoric after president putin puts his nuclear forces on after president putin puts his nuclearforces on high after president putin puts his

nuclear forces on high alert. western countries are not only taking on friendly steps against our country in the economic dimension, but the top officials of the leading nato countries make aggressive statements towards our country. fix, statements towards our country. a woman tells us she fled with her maybe saying goodbye to her husband at the border. my maybe saying goodbye to her husband at the border-— at the border. my husband says, 0k, ou need at the border. my husband says, ok, you need to — at the border. my husband says, ok, you need to leave. _ at the border. my husband says, ok, you need to leave. no _ at the border. my husband says, ok, you need to leave. no discussion, i you need to leave. no discussion, you need to leave. no discussion, you need — you need to leave. no discussion, you need to — you need to leave. no discussion, you need to leave. no discussion, you need to leave. i can't describe how it _ you need to leave. i can't describe how it feels — you need to leave. i can't describe how it feels-— you need to leave. i can't describe how it feels. and i am on the polish ukrainian border _ how it feels. and i am on the polish ukrainian border were _ how it feels. and i am on the polish ukrainian border were thousands i how it feels. and i am on the polish ukrainian border were thousands of| ukrainian border were thousands of refugees have crossed over, more are expected, they are coming to terms with what is happening. prime minister borisjohnson says ukrainians fleeing the russian invasion will be allowed to go to

the uk but only if they have a close family member living there already. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. ukraine president volodymyr zelensky says russian forces have deliberately bombarded overnight describing the us all as brutal. the residential areas. at a missile attack on an oil terminal near the capital has caused a huge explosion. more than 30 kilometres north of kyiv are the bulk of the russian forces, said to have been slowed by

the ukrainian forces. fighting in cities but reported to remain under ukrainian control. president zelensky has asked for eu membership to be granted immediately. images have not been independently verified showing a large deployment of russian ground forces showing tanks situated about 80 kilometres north—west of kyiv. release five kilometres long. the un says the un says 120,000 ukrainians have fled the country, more than 100 civilians are confirmed to have died in the fighting, it said, hundreds more injured. but one day true hire is number —— number is likely to be higher. residents of the city have

been able to emerge from their underground shelters but there are reports of food shortages after the curfew was lifted. russia was first to double its key interest rate to 20% after the rouble plummeted against the us the bank of russia ordered countries to sell their foreign earnings to shore up the rouble. talks are due to begin on the belarus— ukraine border. belarus state area have be pushed this photograph of the planned venue. the united nations general assembly is to hold an emergency special session later today involving 193 member countries. more on all of that, but firstjonah fisher on the main developments in ukraine. the night was relatively quiet. but kyiv knows the worst is almost certainly still to come. for all the talk of resistance, kyiv knows the worst is almost these satellite images show a three

mile long convoy of russian tanks and military hardware to the north of kyiv, almost certainly preparing for a ground assault. but they are also vulnerable from the air. the ukrainian military posted this footage of a drone strike, possibly on the same convoy. if the russians were expecting the ukrainians to roll over, the first four days of this war have proved them wrong. on sunday, russian vehicles moved into the eastern city of kharkiv. they appear for now to have been repelled. fighting is reported again this morning. the mood is hardly promising for talks. but it looks like there could be talks today between ukraine and russia near the border of belarus. this is the room in belarus where ukraine and russia could meet face—to—face for the first time since the start of the invasion. ukraine's president says

there are no preconditions attached, but that he has little hope of a breakthrough. lviv in ukraine's west is now a hub for those trying to flee. nina's husband must stay to fight, and she is trying to get out with her teenage son and two young daughters. translation: it is difficult to i describe the pain and fear inside. everything is burning. it is hard to explain to our children. they miss their relatives and friends. it is very painful. i can't describe it. ukraine has managed to slow the advance, but russia is gaining ground and unlikely to turn back. the more dogged the resistance, the more brutal the russian tactics may become. jonah fisher, bbc news. some lines we are getting from the

kremlin, saying there will be a response to western sanctions against the russian aviation industry. the kremlin has said we had a plan to react to sanctions and it is being carried out. and the kremlin has said these are severe, problematic sanctions but russia has the potential to compensate for the damage. and the kremlin has also said, as i mentioned, that it has a plan and the potential to compensate for the damage. some of that financial temperatures being seen here this morning with the slumping in value of the rouble by 30%. the bank of russia is saying it has raised interest rates to 20% from 9.5% to help to cushion the impact of the slide in the rouble. we are also getting a defence intelligence

update from the uk ministry of defence with the latest in the intelligence on the ground in ukraine. i will read you the latest wines we have from that. the bulk of vladimir putin's forces remain more than 30 kilometres to the north of kyiv. their advance having been slowed down by ukrainian forces defending the gossamer airfield. that was a key objective for day one of the conflict to take the airfield. —— the postal mail —— hostomel. despite continued

attempts to talk about the russian armed forces has been for the first time forster admit to losses. 4500, said president zelensky. we are hearing vladimir putin will meet officials including the prime minister and central bank cheaper. that is no doubt in response to what is happening economically from russia with the russian central bank trying to stop the rapid depreciation in value of the rouble against the, which obviously undermines the buying power of the rouble and will also impact directly on the savings of ordinary russians. we can get the latest now. the bbc�*s james waterhouse joins uns now live from kyiv.

in the grand scheme of things, it has been calmer. we have had a night of some explosions but they felt certainly around the outskirts of the city and fewer of those. but we do know there has been fighting in most of the city's district between ukrainian forces and the russian saboteurs we keep hearing about, the covert soldiers, if you like, who have long thought to have infiltrated the city for a number of days. this morning one of the long lost freedoms, taken away from ukrainians over the past five days, one was restored, the ability to venture outside and go to a shop, a supermarket. reason being is that the curfew imposed here on saturday has been lifted at 8am this morning. it will be brought in at 10pm but there were for the first time in what feels like a long time signs of normality, people going for a walk. at one point we saw someone going for a jog in the square, a few hundred metres away, the sound of automatic gunfire in the direction to my left.

it is still a morning of deadly contrasts, to be honest with you, but given that the city was plunged into darkness, came under the shadow of war five days ago, it has been welcome news, especially for the ukrainians who have spent the last few days underground with no natural light and limited food and drink. you think about fruit and vegetable starting to go a bit soft around the five day mark. and a chance of course to go out and enjoy what is a clear, crisp day here in the ukrainian capital. people are not going to be hanging around of course. president zelensky has said the next 24 hours will be crucial, can you explain what he means by that? in the sense that his country has held firm in key cities across ukraine, they appear to have held.

there have been russian gains to the south in a small port town on the south. that is a naval base as well, that is seen as very much a russian gain. but there are talks as we speak about russian... the talks will be happening close to the belarusian border. what comes out of those will of course be significant. this has already been a full—scale invasion where people have died, soldiers have died, lives have been transformed and the very existence of a country is under threat. it is significant what comes out of those talks. whether anyone is going to be optimistic of a political breakthrough is quite another thing because the idea for many here of making any concession

to russia is something that is unpalatable for so many people. the idea of russia having any influence on the running of ukraine is a nonstarter. president zelensky himself has ruled out making any concessions. there has been a proposal of neutrality to be adopted by ukraine but for anyone here will say that for that to work moscow has to be neutral too, and that is not going to happen. that is seen as another proposal from moscow to bring ukraine back into its orbit. nevertheless talks are happening and in the background of what is now a war, we have to be clear about that, that is seen as a significant move. however, the government despite everything else, for now, for this morning on this fifth day of fighting, is striking a defiant tone, saying this war has changed. describing victories in certain areas.

talking about people realising the defence it can mount. they say 100,000 ukrainians and counting havejoined the armed forces. they are urging people from other countries to do the same, come here and fight. if ukrainians have taught us anything over the past few years, decades, centuries, they are willing to fight, i do not say that lightly, willing to fight and die for the sovereignty of the country. in a situation that changes hour by hour, there is optimism. there are technically talks happening but the concerns about what is a sizeable military threat posed by one of the most powerful countries in the world, those concerns are not going away. james waterhouse. we will be live in kyiv with a former ukrainian diplomat in a while. we can go to moscow now

and hearfrom our correspondent therejenny hill. some lines out of the kremlin talking about the impact of sanctions, what is the latest? yes. sanctions, what is the latest? yes, i think first — sanctions, what is the latest? yes, i think first and — sanctions, what is the latest? yes, i think first and for _ sanctions, what is the latest? yes, i think first and for most _ sanctions, what is the latest? yes, i think first and for most the - i think first and for most the kremlin does not want russian people to think these sanctions are going to think these sanctions are going to bite although international experts are all saying they will. and deeply too. we are seeing some of that this morning, the rouble fell to a record low, we have learned the stock exchange is not going to open today here. the central bank has more than doubled its key interest rates. nevertheless the kremlin spokesman hasjust its key interest rates. nevertheless the kremlin spokesman has just said, as you said before, russia was expecting these sanctions and it has prepared for them. beneath that, of course, there is going to be concerning the kremlin. vladimir putin is due to meet economic advisors later today in a meeting that will only be partially

televised, presumably the part not televised, presumably the part not televised will be the part they deal with how they are going to do with some of these really heavy sanctions. we had a little more from the kremlin spokesman, he was asked will businesses be given extra help in the way they were during the pandemic? he shrugged that off and said nothing has happened yet. we are prepared, we have preparations in place. intriguingly, he was asked weather vladimir putin was concerned about the personal sanctions against him. he said mist or putin was indifferent because he only owns a flat here in moscow and an old russian trailer. make of that what you will. —— mr putin. most people, many people in russia will be getting their information from state—controlled television, that of course will repeat many of these wines coming out of the kremlin.

queues at cashpoint, a run on banks people are predicting. presumably in coming days people will dart how the kremlin deals with that, the suspicion is that the narrative, this will be another example of western aggression against russia. we heard vladimir putin saying that in effect yesterday when he ordered russia's nuclear deterrent forces to increase their level of preparedness. doing that in response, he said, not only in response to nato but in response directly to western economic sanctions. we will have to see how people react but there is nervousness among people here.

russians who are accessing independent media are extremely concerned about what these sanctions are going to do, to themselves personally but of course and more broader terms to their country. thank you, jenny hill in moscow. volodymyr zelensky has been speaking, saying the response has been overwhelmingly united. translation: russia did not expect such a salt powerful response, the european union decided to supply us with its weapons, we are grateful. yesterday i spoke to ursula von der leyen, president of the european commission, about the next even stronger steps. europeans understand that our soldiers, our people are fighting for the whole of europe. as well as for peace for everyone, for all countries in the european union, for the lives of children, for

equality. this gives us every right... we appeal to the european union for the immediate accession for ukraine. we are grateful to our partners for being with us. our goal is to be together with all europeans, and most importantly to be on an equal footing. volodymyr zelensky. joining me now is olexander scherba. he is a former ukrainian diplomat for 26 years, served as ukraine's ambassador to austria 2014—2021. he also has extensive experience working with the eu and was involved in the preparation of the ukraine—eu association agreement. welcome, thank you forjoining us. welcome, thank you forjoining us. we have heard from volodymyr zelensky this morning, he would like swift accession to the eu for ukraine. what is your view to

whether that is possible? thank you for having me on. let me begin with reacting to what has already been said. the whole world is looking up to you so use verifiable sources. the kremlin sources are liars. no, russia is not making any major gains in ukraine, russia is getting its first night kicked all over the place. —— getting its first mac kicked. they fought us, tanks running out of fuel, being thrown with molotov cocktails. look it up.

about the eu membership for ukraine, i think about the eu membership for ukraine, ithink ukraine about the eu membership for ukraine, i think ukraine woke up the conscience of the world. what is happening now is historic, of historic proportions. when the soviet union fell, it is the same feeling right now. the guy who the whole world has feared is getting his rear end kicked in the smaller neighbour, a david versus goliath story of enormous proportions. we see the people who were just smirking at our freedom, see the people who were just smirking at ourfreedom, smirking at ukraine a couple of weeks ago now are saying, yes, take the men. ursula von der leyen said the key word, they are one of us, and this is true. 50

word, they are one of us, and this is true. ., , , is true. so we have seen this unprecedented _ is true. so we have seen this unprecedented reaction - is true. so we have seen thisj unprecedented reaction from is true. so we have seen this - unprecedented reaction from the eu. obviously the talk of ukrainian accession to the eu, the sending of arms to the country, the banning of russian state media outlets. we have heard from nato this morning, talking about stepping up support to ukraine, anti—tank missiles, humanitarian and financial aid. the un is also holding an emergency session involving 193 member countries and we are also seeing the impact of sanctions on russia this morning. are you content with the level of the international reaction? first, i am content, amazed and happy to see my nation like that. united, strong, resilient. putin of

course does not see the reality but whoever does cease to conquer ukrainians you have to kill ukrainians. ukrainians are capable of defending themselves. and fighting back. about the reaction of the world, i was ambassador to austria six and a half years. yesterday, one of the main landmarks, the gate of heroes, was late in ukrainian colours. in six and a half years and ever so it late on anyone's coloured. —— i never saw it lighted up and anyone's colours. i do not know whether you saw the pictures from perlin, from tallinn, london probably, it is amazing. ——

berlin. we do not need right now anybody to fight our war, we are fighting a war, we need weapons and are extremely, extremely grateful to united kingdom, who started supplying us with weapons, saved so many lives, helped us stand our ground. we need more of that and more medicine, supplies and national bank of ukraine opened a special account for those who want to support ukraine financially. go on the site of the national bank, it is verified, give whatever you are able to give. finally, just very briefly, we are going to take a look at the scene where those talks between ukraine and russian representatives will happen today in belarus. do you have any expectation for those

talks? well, our delegation will be there for two reasons, first to listen to what the aggressor has to say to us. and our eyes, in our faces, those people who were calling us brothers. second of all, to tell them in the clearest words, that ukraine is not going to seed any inch of its territory, not any inch of its freedom. —— ukraine is not going to cede. thank you. now to the polish border. kasia madera is there for us. the small border town that has seen

waves of people coming across. estimates of 400,000 people leaving ukraine, 200,000 pressing into poland over the past few days. huge numbers. polish authorities saying ukrainians are very much welcome. the first port of call we are seeing what people experience when they come here. we have been here for a few days, i have to say the dynamic is changing a little bit. local people really engaged in trying to help people through. the past couple of days we have been seeing ukrainian families, children and mums coming through, lots of different nationalities coming through together. today where we are, one of the first crossings, the dynamic has changed slightly differently. i have who has been organising a lot of this relief effort, a ukrainian himself, a volunteer. what has been

happening on the ukrainian side of the border? the happening on the ukrainian side of the border?— happening on the ukrainian side of the border? ~ . ., , ., the border? the ukrainian side, our border officials _ the border? the ukrainian side, our border officials help _ the border? the ukrainian side, our border officials help separate - border officials help separate ukrainians who leave from the war on our side, _ ukrainians who leave from the war on our side, they surface it —— separate _ our side, they surface it —— separate african and other asian people. — separate african and other asian people, some of them starting on ukraine _ people, some of them starting on ukraine and half of these people are immigrants. they do not have the ukrainian — immigrants. they do not have the ukrainian passports. it is not the students — ukrainian passports. it is not the students. they are separated. now the polish — students. they are separated. now the polish government have ukrainians who leave from ukraine,

they leave — ukrainians who leave from ukraine, they leave on buses going straight on the _ they leave on buses going straight on the border and pick up the ukrainian _ on the border and pick up the ukrainian women and children, and gum _ ukrainian women and children, and co. .. , ., , , ., go... the people we see right now here, the go... the people we see right now here. the peeple _ go... the people we see right now here, the people who _ go... the people we see right now here, the people who have - go... the people we see right now| here, the people who have crossed over, these are non—ukrainian nationals because ukrainian nationals because ukrainian nationals have been put onto buses and are being directly taken from within the border.— and are being directly taken from within the border. yes. can you exlain within the border. yes. can you exuiain why _ within the border. yes. can you exuiain why they _ within the border. yes can you explain why they are doing within the border. ij:3 can you explain why they are doing that, segregating them on the ukrainian side of the border?— segregating them on the ukrainian side of the border? because we have more kilometres, _ side of the border? because we have more kilometres, these _ side of the border? because we have more kilometres, these people - side of the border? because we have | more kilometres, these people going across, _ more kilometres, these people going across, with women and children. there _ across, with women and children. there are — across, with women and children. there are too many of these people, a lot of— there are too many of these people, a lot of people who cannot wait 20 or 30 _ a lot of people who cannot wait 20 or 30 hours— a lot of people who cannot wait 20 or 30 hours on the border because it is really— or 30 hours on the border because it is really very— or 30 hours on the border because it is really very hard, it is cold, it was _ is really very hard, it is cold, it was snowing today. the polish

government help these buses. it was fast two _ government help these buses. it was fast two days ago, it is more fast now _ fast two days ago, it is more fast now. , . , ., , ., ., now. they are prioritising women and children to get _ now. they are prioritising women and children to get onto _ now. they are prioritising women and children to get onto the _ now. they are prioritising women and children to get onto the buses. - now. they are prioritising women and children to get onto the buses. are i children to get onto the buses. are they also helping women and children who are not ukrainian nationals onto the buses? i who are not ukrainian nationals onto the buses? ., �* ~ ., ., the buses? i don't know. some of them who — the buses? i don't know. some of them who have _ the buses? i don't know. some of them who have ukrainian... - the buses? i don't know. some of them who have ukrainian... we . the buses? i don't know. some of - them who have ukrainian. .. we found them who have ukrainian... we found a passmrt- — them who have ukrainian... we found a passmrt- den't _ them who have ukrainian... we found a passport. don't show _ them who have ukrainian... we found a passport. don't show the _ them who have ukrainian... we found a passport. don't show the picture. i a passport. don't show the picture. it is a congolese passport. thea;r it is a congolese passport. they have this ukrainian, _ it is a congolese passport. they have this ukrainian, i _ it is a congolese passport. they have this ukrainian, i think- it is a congolese passport. they have this ukrainian, i think it is a student, — have this ukrainian, i think it is a student, these people can help. and buses will be — student, these people can help. fific buses will be picking up these people, they come every hour, these non—ukrainian nationals will be moved on to centres to help them? yes. thank you so much. he has been

helping, volunteering his time, he is expanding what has been happening. from his understanding of what is happening on the border. we are on the polish side, we cannot verify any of this, the polish government is adamant anyone who needs assistance will get it. there are still tens of kilometres of people waiting to cross to get near to the ukrainian — polish border. thank you, kasia. let's take you to belarus. the talks will be happening between the representatives from ukraine and russia. we can hear now from an aide to vladimir putin. translation: i can say since the conflict is developing _

translation: i can say since the conflict is developing every - translation: i can say since the conflict is developing every hour l conflict is developing every hour and a ukrainian and russian citizens are dying, we are looking forward to agreements happening as soon as possible and these agreements should be in the interest of both parties. we will keep you updated on those talks. anastasiia levdikova left her home in odesa with her family last week and travelled to moldova, where a hotel put her family up for free. she joins us from the complex in a village in moldova. alongside the manager of that complex. thank you forjoining us. tell us what happened with you and your family. tell us what happened with you and yourfamily. it tell us what happened with you and your family-— your family. it started on the 24th of february _ your family. it started on the 24th of february when _ your family. it started on the 24th of february when the _ your family. it started on the 24th of february when the first - your family. it started on the 24th| of february when the first bombing hit odesa. we didn't think it was actually happening because it was out of our way. we had to pack one suitcase for the four people of our

family, five people, sorry, three children and two adults. after some uncertainty we decided to take off and drive to moldova. we drove to the border and stood in line for six hours to cross the border. i believe we were the first ones to cross the border because from what i hear right now it takes about 36 hours to do the same trip right now. we tried to go to romania to get further from ukraine but that wasn't possible. one of the kids didn't have the travel documents because he didn't own it. i think that's the biggest problem that many parents encounter. many kids, adults, old people, they don't have foreign passports to travel out of ukraine. now i know some countries are allowing us to travel even without having a passport on hand as people leave. when we arrived at moldova it was about four o'clock in the morning.

we were trying to find a hotel to pay for our stay and spend the night. the kids were exhausted. it wasn't possible, the hotels were already booked. one of the advisers told us to contact a person who was leading a group of volunteers helping ukrainians who arrived in moldova. from this person we found about this complex, and we gave them about this complex, and we gave them a call when they said we were welcome. they hosted us free of charge, providing three meals a day. in exchange we tried to help, welcoming other families arriving here and helping in the kitchen. it amazes me the thanks people are expressing. there is help coming, many food and clothing has been donated. so many people who come from ukraine can use them because many are leaving with just one backpack and nothing else. maybe they have leftjobs. many brilliant

people, business owners, are leaving ukraine, losing everything they have, all their business connections. now there is uncertainty what to do next. haifa uncertainty what to do next. how man do uncertainty what to do next. how many do you _ uncertainty what to do next. how many do you now _ uncertainty what to do next. how many do you now host _ uncertainty what to do next. how many do you now host from ukraine, and from what we were just hearing, it sounds like incredible generosity that you are extending to these refugees. it’s that you are extending to these refu~ees. �* . . that you are extending to these refu~ees. �* , . , that you are extending to these refu~ees. �*, . , , ., ., refugees. it's a terrible situation in ukraine- _ refugees. it's a terrible situation in ukraine. we _ refugees. it's a terrible situation in ukraine. we decided - refugees. it's a terrible situation in ukraine. we decided to - refugees. it's a terrible situation in ukraine. we decided to help l refugees. it's a terrible situation l in ukraine. we decided to help our neighbours. right now our complex provides— neighbours. right now our complex provides accommodation and three meals _ provides accommodation and three meals a _ provides accommodation and three meals a day for 135 people. for free _ meals a day for 135 people. for free we — meals a day for 135 people. for free. we have very big help for our volunteers, — free. we have very big help for our volunteers, and from our donors.

they— volunteers, and from our donors. they are — volunteers, and from our donors. they are donating mattresses, beds, clothes, _ they are donating mattresses, beds, clothes, toys, sanitary products. fruit _ clothes, toys, sanitary products. fruit and — clothes, toys, sanitary products. fruit and vegetables, meals. communication companies, we do not have phones, minutes, internet, but theyare _ have phones, minutes, internet, but they are being provided all for free so they— they are being provided all for free so they can — they are being provided all for free so they can communicate. right now we have _ so they can communicate. right now we have everything we need to make the neighbourhood feel like a home. it the neighbourhood feel like a home. it was _ the neighbourhood feel like a home. it was clear— the neighbourhood feel like a home. it was clear how grateful you are for the kindness that has been extended to you. you talked about what happens next. what are your thoughts on how long you will be there and what your plans might be? right now i am trying to be in moldova because many of my employees and relatives might still be coming. some are already coming and we are trying to assist them, going to the embassy to solve issues with documents to help them move to other

countries in europe where they have relatives and friends. for my own plans, i don't have a planjust relatives and friends. for my own plans, i don't have a plan just yet because everything i owned remains in ukraine. my business was connected with ukraine. now there is no business activity inside the country, we don't have a source of income, just some savings. so we did not have a plan, just uncertainty. and trying to help people who are coming, ithink and trying to help people who are coming, i think that's the only good thing i can do right now, just support people. i also have many connections within ukraine, just regular people. my prior customers, trying to lead a messenger group where they are connected to me and i try to give them advice. the best ways to get to moldova or romania, for example, the shortest routes, how to get assistance at the embassy. those people are trying to help each other. if someone is driving they might get someone on board who doesn't have a car. that's my input. board who doesn't have a car. that's m inut. ~ . board who doesn't have a car. that's m inut. ~ , , ., board who doesn't have a car. that's m inut.~ , ., board who doesn't have a car. that's m inut.~ . . , my input. wishing you all the very best and thank—

my input. wishing you all the very best and thank you _ my input. wishing you all the very best and thank you for _ my input. wishing you all the very best and thank you forjoining - my input. wishing you all the very best and thank you forjoining us. | best and thank you forjoining us. after leaving ukraine and entering moldova. and her host, hosting her and many other ukrainians who have moved to moldova. we are hearing that measures against russia need to be further tightened and will need international cooperation. there are already considerable measures in terms of sanctions against russia and we have been hearing about the impact of those measures this morning with the plummeting value of the rouble and interest rates doubling to 20%. we have heard vladimir putin is holding talks with members of his government and also key figures in the economy in terms of how to respond to that. the kremlin saying they do have the possibility to compensate those

affected. we are also hearing from greece, from the migration ministry, greece, from the migration ministry, greece has suspended the issuance of new permits for investors from russia. that's the latest from around the world as countries unite with action against russia over its invasion of ukraine, as we are into the fifth day of that invasion. we have just had reaction from a chinese ministry spokesperson. translation:— chinese ministry spokesperson. translation: ., ., , , translation: china is against using sanctions to resolve _ translation: china is against using sanctions to resolve problems. - translation: china is against using sanctions to resolve problems. even| sanctions to resolve problems. even more so against unilateral sanctions without an international mandate. practice has long proven sanctions will both fail to solve problems and create new problems. this will result in a situation of double or multiple economic losses and also interfere with the process of seeking a political settlement. china will continue to carry out

normal trade cooperation in the spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.— spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit. some reaction from china. _ and mutual benefit. some reaction from china, saying _ and mutual benefit. some reaction from china, saying they _ and mutual benefit. some reaction from china, saying they are - and mutual benefit. some reaction i from china, saying they are opposed to sanctions. yesterday vladimir putin put nuclear weapon forces on high alert. what does that mean and how worried should we be? our security correspondent frank gardner is with me now. this security correspondent frank gardner is with me now-— is with me now. this move has been not exactly — is with me now. this move has been not exactly dismissed _ is with me now. this move has been not exactly dismissed but _ is with me now. this move has been not exactly dismissed but slightly i not exactly dismissed but slightly played down by defence secretary in uk ben wallace, saying it's a distraction because the war is not going his way in ukraine. i think it's slightly unwise to dismiss this so publicly because russia has the most powerful nuclear arsenal in the world, with over 4000 nuclear warheads. someone was posting on russian television yesterday, we've got 500 nuclear missiles that could be launched from submarines alone

that could obliterate nato countries. just to calm down a bit from that, nobody is suggesting he is about to use these. he is reminding the west that russia is a major nuclear power, don't mess with us, don't push it too far. he sees the reaction by the west to his invasion, which has been non—military. the west is not trying to get involved militarily other than supplying weapons, but not getting involved on the ground. he sees that reaction as an attack, as a form of nato attack on his country. it is worrying because president putin is in a tight spot. he has spent the last two years largely in isolation. he is terrified of covid. this has been his big lockdown project, invading ukraine, he has been drawing this up with his defence chiefs and the chief of staff, they have been drawing this up, all the time people were shuttling to moscow talking

about off ramps and diplomatic solutions, the plan was already drawn up. it is not going to plan. the sanctions are far tougher than he expected so i think we can expect him to lash out in some form, probably inside ukraine, with the gloves coming off and an intensification of the fighting there. . ., ., there. there are talks today in belarus. there. there are talks today in itelarus- is _ there. there are talks today in belarus. is there _ there. there are talks today in belarus. is there any - there. there are talks today in i belarus. is there any expectation for what might come of them? the fact they are _ for what might come of them? ttj: fact they are talking for what might come of them? t“jtj: fact they are talking at for what might come of them? tj“tj: fact they are talking at all for what might come of them? tj“t: fact they are talking at all is great. but as the ukrainian government and president himself said, pretty low expectations. the sides are far apart. russia wants ukraine back in its orbit. it doesn't want ukraine to join the eu, nato or be part of western europe. president putin sees ukraine as a historic part of mother russia, joined together with belarus in a loose confederation. that's what he wants. anything less than that will not be acceptable to him. ukraine wants to be independent, they voted overwhelmingly in 1991 to be

independent and they want to look to the west. i don't see what the common ground is. it is possible that if the war goes badly then eventually there could be some form of partition. it's not great, ukraine say they don't want to give up ukraine say they don't want to give up one inch of their soil and they are defending it. i think things could get worse. looking at where russia have conducted urban warfare in the past in aleppo and in chechnya, we have seen devastation so i fear things could get a lot worse if russia doesn't get its way. thank you, frank gardner. liza grach, fled ukraine with her 10 month old baby and said goodbye to her husband at the border. here she is describing that moment. it was, it was horrible. but i was lucky. i assume i was lucky, because we got this decision very fast, after the missiles come.

i live in western ukraine so i had a short time to come to the border. but we didn't expect the war to start. on the morning of the 24th i saw a yellow splash from my window, shortly after seven o'clock in the morning, and there was a big boom and black smoke coming from our airport. we live close to it. we got the decision just to pack our stuff and maybe go for one or two days from the town, from the panic, just from the town and from the airport. just to move a little bit. and in a few hours my husband says, ok, you need to leave. this is no discussion, you need to leave. i can't describe how it feels like.

it's horrible. a woman who has fled ukraine with her ten—month—old daughter, leaving her ten—month—old daughter, leaving her husband behind. she is now in germany. let's speak to shabia mantoo — global spokesperson for the un refugee agency. what's the latest figure in terms of the number of people who have now left ukraine? the the number of people who have now left ukraine?— left ukraine? the figures we are seeinu left ukraine? the figures we are seeing are _ left ukraine? the figures we are seeing are astounding. - left ukraine? the figures we are seeing are astounding. the - left ukraine? the figures we are l seeing are astounding. the latest figures we have from my colleagues that i can share with you, we have seen half a million people who have fled ukraine to neighbouring countries in the last five days alone. a massive number of people, with many of these stories, seeking refuge in neighbouring countries

that have displayed a tremendous display of hospitality to these people. but this is quite a huge situation we are dealing with, half a million refugees in the region. tote a million refugees in the region. we have been hearing stories of the extraordinary hospitality being extended to those who are leaving everything behind. are you only hearing good news in terms of the reaction these refugees are getting? what's the situation? the reaction these refugees are getting? what's the situation?— reaction these refugees are getting? what's the situation? the main thing is that people _ what's the situation? the main thing is that people trying _ what's the situation? the main thing is that people trying to _ what's the situation? the main thing is that people trying to seek - what's the situation? the main thing is that people trying to seek safety i is that people trying to seek safety and access protection, that they can make the journey to come across the border. we are encouraged by the fact the borders have remained open for people seeking safety. that's really encouraging. we are seeing displays of compassion and empathy from local communities to people who are fleeing. we know it's a very challenging situation. people have been on the road days and they are

trying to get a in freezing conditions, by foot and by car and they are being received by local communities, volunteers are coming to express that and also local authorities. it is quite remarkable. this is a huge situation that requires more effort and also more solidarity with receiving countries because something of this proportion, we haven't seen that in recent times. iiii proportion, we haven't seen that in recent times-— proportion, we haven't seen that in recent times. if 500,000 have fled in five days — recent times. if 500,000 have fled in five days alone, _ recent times. if 500,000 have fled in five days alone, what _ recent times. if 500,000 have fled in five days alone, what are - recent times. if 500,000 have fled in five days alone, what are you - in five days alone, what are you predicting about what might be to come in terms of numbers? tote predicting about what might be to come in terms of numbers? we have warned if the — come in terms of numbers? we have warned if the situation _ come in terms of numbers? we have warned if the situation escalates - warned if the situation escalates further in ukraine we could be prepared to see perhaps up to 4 million fleeing ukraine. 4 million refugees. it's quite a large figure. but this is constantly also being updated in relation to the movements we are seeing. this is the worry we are dealing with, a massive humanitarian need. we will have to see what happens. the main thing is

now to ensure people can access safety and they have the support they need. in the coming days as well, the coming period, we will launch appeals for a humanitarian response inside the country and in the region to support the refugee response in those countries. tt is response in those countries. it is clear, if 4 _ response in those countries. it is clear, if 4 million _ response in those countries. it is clear, if 4 million people leave ukraine heading for neighbouring countries, the impact of thatjust in terms of the practical and logistical impact of those numbers on the move, the amount of time it would take them to move across borders, how much coordination does there need to be in terms of actually moving people away from those areas and into other areas where they can find hospitality and a temporary home at least? people are making — a temporary home at least? people are making these _ a temporary home at least? people are making these journeys - a temporary home at least? people are making these journeys on - a temporary home at least? people are making these journeys on their| are making these journeys on their own. the footage we have seen and what has been shown before

illustrates the challenge and the arduous journeys they are having. the main thing is, once they come across the border they are received. national authorities are doing a remarkablejob in terms national authorities are doing a remarkable job in terms of receiving them. they have to register them, take care of arrangements and where they need support, we will provide it with other humanitarian partners. it will be a chance to make sure they have the support they need. not just material support but also support for people who have experienced trauma, to make sure they can access psychosocial support counselling. there might be children who have been separated, or people with particular needs that need attention. it's making sure they have a full range of assistance when we are talking about refugee flows, as is the case with refugee flows in many other countries where they are experiencing situations of violence and conflict. experiencing situations of violence and conflict-— and conflict. from the un refugee auen , and conflict. from the un refugee agency. thank— and conflict. from the un refugee agency. thank you _ and conflict. from the un refugee agency, thank you for _ and conflict. from the un refugee agency, thank you forjoining - and conflict. from the un refugee

agency, thank you forjoining us. | and conflict. from the un refugee i agency, thank you forjoining us. we can go to westminster and speak to our political correspondent nick eardley. what's the latest coming out of westminster?— eardley. what's the latest coming out of westminster? good morning. the prime minister _ out of westminster? good morning. the prime minister is _ out of westminster? good morning. the prime minister is chairing - out of westminster? good morning. the prime minister is chairing a - the prime minister is chairing a meeting of the uk cabinet at the moment to discuss the latest of elements in ukraine. we heard from the defence secretary this morning saying that his view is that russia isn't making the gains it hoped to at this stage and there has been fierce resistance from ukrainian forces. the conclusion from uk intelligence chiefs is still that things are not going the way president putin wanted in ukraine. the big domestic question in terms of policy today is how far the uk government is prepared to go on granting people refugee status and allowing ukrainians to come to the uk. last night the prime minister confirmed that if people already live here and are settled in the uk and they have immediate family in

ukraine, then that immediate family can come to the uk. that is quite a close—knit definition. you are talking about spouses, parents of people under 18, or if the person who is in the uk is under 18, their parents, or children as well. there has been some criticism from opposition parties and from some tory mps that it doesn't go far enough. my understanding is the home office are looking at other potential schemes at the moment. that is likely to develop over the course of today and i expect when we hear from course of today and i expect when we hearfrom home course of today and i expect when we hear from home secretary priti patel later, who is due before parliament for her regular question time, we might get more flesh on the bones of what exactly the uk government is planning when it comes to allowing ukrainians to come to the uk. we have seen hundreds of thousands of people leave the country in the last few days and the uk is pledging it

will do what it can to help. hick will do what it can to help. nick eardle , will do what it can to help. nick eardley, thank _ will do what it can to help. nick eardley, thank you. _ will do what it can to help. nick eardley, thank you. we - will do what it can to help. nick eardley, thank you. we are hearing that fuel prices in the uk have gone up that fuel prices in the uk have gone up because of the increase in the price of oil. the automobile association, the aa, is saying that the average price for a litre of petrol at uk pumps is now at a new record of 151.25 p per litre. the aa says that two years ago fuel was around £1 per litre. that shows you how quickly it has gone up. that's down to the wholesale price of oil,

impacting directly on the pumps in the uk, as no doubt it will be impacting elsewhere as well. and the impacting elsewhere as well. and the impact in russia on what is happening economically has been severe. we heard this morning the rouble has fallen dramatically. russia's central bank has more than doubled its key interest rate to 20% to try to stop the value of the rouble plunging further because of sanctions over ukraine. our business correspondent rob young is with me. tell us more about the impact of the sanctions. the tell us more about the impact of the sanctions. . ., , ., sanctions. the sanctions over the weekend are _ sanctions. the sanctions over the weekend are tough _ sanctions. the sanctions over the weekend are tough and _ sanctions. the sanctions over the j weekend are tough and punishing sanctions. the sanctions over the - weekend are tough and punishing for russia a's economy. the value of the rouble plunging 30% in value and if thatis rouble plunging 30% in value and if that is sustained it would have a dramatic effect on the living standard of ordinary russians when they try to buy imported goods, and good that include elements from

abroad. the gun and has tried to improve the value of the currency through an emergency interest hike, doubling interest rates up to 20% in one day, an extraordinary move. central banks would normally have another tool at their disposal, selling foreign exchange holdings, the dollars and pounds they hold, and buying roubles, but sanctions on the russell central bank house limited russia's ability to do that. we think the russian bank hasn't to support the currency in the wait would like to because so much is held abroad at.— held abroad at. international companies — held abroad at. international companies are _ held abroad at. international companies are pulling - held abroad at. international companies are pulling out i held abroad at. international companies are pulling out ofj held abroad at. international- companies are pulling out of their investment in russian companies will stop how much of an impact is that having? tote stop how much of an impact is that havin: ? ~ ~j ., �* stop how much of an impact is that havinu? ~ ~ ., j having? we know bp will off-load in some way it's _ having? we know bp will off-load in some way it's 2096 _ having? we know bp will off-load in some way it's 20% stake _ having? we know bp will off-load in some way it's 2096 stake in - having? we know bp will off-load in some way it's 2096 stake in a - having? we know bp will off-load in some way it's 2096 stake in a big i some way it's 20% stake in a big russian oil company. questions are being raised about other firms that

have stakes in russian companies as well. we talked about the price of petrol. we have seen the continuing crisis of the war in ukraine hitting energy markets today, the price of natural gas surging by about 20%. today the price of petrol on the wholesale market increasing again to about $103 per barrel. the focus on the moment of investors is on the chaos this may cause within russia. we know a large number of russian banks will be excluded from the swift financial messaging system as well as sanctions on the central bank. our reports of long queues of russians at cashpoints trying to withdraw as much money as they can. the russian government said today they have confidence that the central bank can support the financial system in the way that it is able to, but the kremlin has also acknowledged that the economic reality has significantly changed and president putin is due to meet with economic advisers. but the wet is tightening the economic and

financial screw on russia. —— the west is tightening. but russia is still sailing oil and gas internationally.- still sailing oil and gas internationally. still sailing oil and gas internationall. j , . ., internationally. and the price of that is going — internationally. and the price of that is going up. _ internationally. and the price of that is going up, increasing i internationally. and the price of that is going up, increasing the| that is going up, increasing the flows of cash in woods. in terms of the impact of the economic sanctions and various financial measures that are being taken, it is to make prompt, sending a clear message to the russian people that things are changing and will impact on them directly and also impact on the ability to finance the war. briefly, how powerful is that? t ability to finance the war. briefly, how powerful is that?— ability to finance the war. briefly, how powerful is that? i think we are seeinu how powerful is that? i think we are seeing unprecedented _ how powerful is that? i think we are seeing unprecedented sanctions. i how powerful is that? i think we are seeing unprecedented sanctions. al seeing unprecedented sanctions. a large g20 central bank is the subject of sanctions, this has not been done before. the europeans have been done before. the europeans have been clear this is to paralyse the central bank in the uk say they believe the sanctions could devastate the russian economy. thank ou so devastate the russian economy. thank you so much- — devastate the russian economy. thank you so much- we _ devastate the russian economy. thank you so much. we are _ devastate the russian economy. thank you so much. we are hearing - devastate the russian economy. thank you so much. we are hearing from the eu on that request from ukraine for membership of the eu, saying there are different opinions on enlarging the block. you're watching bbc news.

hello again. as we go through this new working week, more of us are going to see some rain. but by the end of the week, with high—pressure settling in, it looks like next weekend will be settled. today, though, it's going to be breezy. there will be rain for many. the rain coming in courtesy of this weather front, moving from the north—west towards the south—east. and we can see from the isobars, especially across the north—west, that it's going to be windy with gales at times. the rain will be fairly persistent across northern england, wales and south—west england, and ahead of it you can see the cloud building. although the south—east should stay

dry for much of the day. on the other side of that weather front, for scotland and northern ireland, brightening up with just a few showers. these are our average wind speeds. the gusts obviously will be more than that in the north—west and also the south—west. temperatures today, 9—13 degrees with the wind slowly starting to ease through the course the afternoon. as we head on through the evening and overnight, eventually the weather front does take its cloud and rain into the south—east. behind it, we will have clear skies and especially across northern ireland, northern england and scotland, where you can see the blues on the chart, there is going to be a sharp frost. temperatures in actual fact could fall as low as —3 in parts of scotland and we could see a bit of mist and fog forming in east wales, northern and western parts of the midlands. tomorrow, high pressure really builds in. you can see where we've got our weather front across the south—east. that's going to be fairly weak in the south—eastern end of it so there will be a fair bit of cloud around, some patchy light rain and drizzle. but if we follow it round as it comes back into the south—west, the rain will be heavier. a lot of cloud across southern england and wales. for the north, northern england, scotland and northern ireland, under that ridge of high pressure,

you've got the sunshine. as we head on from tuesday into wednesday, our weather front moves north. the high pressure is squeezed away and a new atlantic front starts to show its hand by the end of the day. you can see all the cloud associated with our fronts moving north and also the rain. not particularly heavy, and by the end of the day we've got this next line of rain coming our way. temperatures, 8—10 degrees. after a frosty start in the north of scotland, you will hang on to the sunshine. as we head into thursday, further cloud and rain but friday, something more settled comes our way as high pressure builds.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy hockings our top stories. talks between ukraine and russia are expected to talk place in belarus in the coming hours. russian and ukrainian delegates have begun talks on how to end the fighting, but expectations are low. ukraine's president says the next 24 hours are crucial — as his forces fight the russian invasion. translation: our people are fighting for the whole of europe, _ as well as for all of us, for peace for everyone, for all countries of the european union. the united nations say 102 civilians have been killed, including seven children — as ukraine faces more clashes with russian forces. blasts were heard again in kyiv in the early hours. with sanctions beginning to bite — the russian rouble falls to an all—time low as interest

rates are hiked. the kremlin says president putin's nuclear alert was response to a statement made by the british foreign secretary — after comments on possible conflict situations. translation: western countries are not only taking unfriendly i steps against our country in the economic dimension, but the top officials of leading nato countries also make aggressive statements with regards to our country. and i'm live at the polish— ukrainian border where the human tragedy unfolds as hundreds of thousands of refugees flee ukraine. on the fifth day after russian troops invaded ukraine, delegations from the two countries

have begun talks aimed at ending the war. moscow's negotiator at the meeting, on the ukraine—belarus border, said it wanted to reach an agreement that was in the interests of both sides. before the talks, the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, urged russian troops to lay down their weapons, and called for the european union to grant ukraine membership of the bloc immediately. president zelensky says russian forces have deliberately bombarded residential areas in ukraine overnight, describing the assault as "brutal". there's been heavy fighting around

chernihiv and kharkiv; both cities are reported to remain under ukrainian control. a missile attack on an oil terminal near kyiv caused a huge explosion. british military officials say the bulk of moscow's troops remain more than 30 kilometres north of kyiv, but their advance has been slowed by ukrainian forces. here are satellite images of military vehicles heading towards kyiv. the images have not been independently verified, but they appear to show a large deployment of russian ground forces, including tanks, situated near the town of ivankiv, about 80 kilometres north—west of kyiv. the convoy is thought to be at least 5 kilometres long. the un says more than 420,000 ukrainians have now fled their country. it says more than 100 civilians are confirmed to have died in the fighting, with hundreds more injured, but warned the true number is likely to be far higher. shops are reopening in kyiv after the lifting of a curfew which has been in force since saturday evening, allowing residents of the city to emerge

from their underground shelters. in other developments, russia has been forced to double its main interest rate to 20%, after the rouble plummeted against the us dollar. the bank of russia ordered companies to sell foreign earnings to try to shore up the rouble, amid turmoil on its markets. the kremlin has blamed comments by the british foreign secretary, liz truss, for the decision to place russia's nuclear forces on "special alert". and the united nations general assembly is to hold an emergency special session later today, involving all 193 member countries. more on all that to come, but first, tim muffett on the main developments in the past few hours. tear following a relatively quiet

night. today ukrainian president deliver this message —— to give following a relatively quiet night. translation: we following a relatively quiet night. translation:— following a relatively quiet night. translation: ~ ., ., ., ., translation: we are grateful to our artners for translation: we are grateful to our partners for being _ translation: we are grateful to our partners for being with _ translation: we are grateful to our partners for being with us _ translation: we are grateful to our partners for being with us but - translation: we are grateful to our partners for being with us but our i partners for being with us but our goal is to be together with all europeans and, most importantly, to be on an equal footing. europeans and, most importantly, to be on an equalfooting. th europeans and, most importantly, to be on an equal footing.— be on an equal footing. in this room in belarus talks _ be on an equal footing. in this room in belarus talks are _ be on an equal footing. in this room in belarus talks are due _ be on an equal footing. in this room in belarus talks are due to - be on an equal footing. in this room in belarus talks are due to take i in belarus talks are due to take place between ukraine and russia, the first face—to—face meeting since the first face—to—face meeting since the start of the invasion. translation: i the start of the invasion. translation:— the start of the invasion. translation: ., , . translation: i can say that since the conflict — translation: i can say that since the conflict is _ translation: i can say that since the conflict is developing - translation: i can say that since the conflict is developing every i the conflict is developing every hour— the conflict is developing every hour in— the conflict is developing every hour in ukrainian citizens and soldiers — hour in ukrainian citizens and soldiers are dying racism invested in seeing — soldiers are dying racism invested in seeing some agreements happening as soon— in seeing some agreements happening as soon as _ in seeing some agreements happening as soon as possible and his agreement should certainly be the interest— agreement should certainly be the interest of both parties —— and

soldiers — interest of both parties —— and soldiers are dying, we are certainly interested — soldiers are dying, we are certainly interested. the soldiers are dying, we are certainly interested. ~ ., ., soldiers are dying, we are certainly interested. ~ . ., ., , interested. the ukrainian military osted an interested. the ukrainian military posted an image _ interested. the ukrainian military posted an image of— interested. the ukrainian military posted an image of a _ interested. the ukrainian military posted an image of a drone i interested. the ukrainian militaryl posted an image of a drone strike, possibly on the same convoy. any hopes the russians may have had that this will be an easy invasion appear to have been misplaced. on sunday, russian troops moved into the eastern city of kaki but now they seem to have been repelled. an unprecedented package of sanctions against russia has been announced. the rouble slumped by 5% this morning but a chinese foreign ministry spokesman yesterday said this wasn't the right response. china is against using sanctions to induce response, even more so against induce response, even more so ariains ., ., induce response, even more so aains- ., ., . ., , induce response, even more so aainst ., ., . ., , ., against unilateral sanctions without an international _ against unilateral sanctions without an international mandate. - against unilateral sanctions without an international mandate. this i against unilateral sanctions without an international mandate. this will| an international mandate. this will result in a situation of double or

multiple economic losses and also interfere with the process of seeking a political settlement. leisr seeking a political settlement. lviv in the west of _ seeking a political settlement. lviv in the west of ukraine is now a hub for those trying to flee the country. nina's husband must stay to fight. she is trying to get out with her teenage son and two young daughters. translation: tt is daughters. translation: it is difficult to describe the pain and fear inside. everything is burning. it is fear inside. everything is burning. it is hard — fear inside. everything is burning. it is hard to— fear inside. everything is burning. it is hard to explain to our children. _ it is hard to explain to our children, they miss their relatives and friends. it is very difficult. i can't _ and friends. it is very difficult. i can't describe it.— can't describe it. ukraine has slowed the — can't describe it. ukraine has slowed the russian - can't describe it. ukraine has slowed the russian advancel can't describe it. ukraine has i slowed the russian advance but russia seems unlikely to turn back and there are growing fears that the russian approach will only become more brutal. one of the bigger elements of the past few hours those

talks have started, we understand, and the ukraine — belarus border. delegations from both sides are there. these are the latest pictures we have and they are not life. ukraineonce an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of russian forces while moscow's spokesman says he wants an agreement in the interest of both sides though these are the latest pictures live on the ukraine — belarus border. most of the expectations of these talks promptly if? —— what are the expectations of these talks promptly if? the bbc�*s james waterhouse joins uns now live from kyiv. we have seen this happen. president zelensky will — we have seen this happen. president zelensky will go _ we have seen this happen. president zelensky will go into _ we have seen this happen. president zelensky will go into them _ we have seen this happen. president zelensky will go into them wanting i zelensky will go into them wanting to things, for a ceasefire and the

russian troops to pull back and that might send familiar, 90, russian troops pulling back given that those russian troops have gathered in their tens of thousands across ukraine's borders as well as on the shores to the south. that hasn't happened in ukrainian is entering into a negotiation whilst missiles and shells landed on ukrainian cities for a fifth day. that said, in a state of war that this country finds itself in, that will be seen as a positive. the question is whether russia is hoping to achieve some kind of political concession, which most ukrainians and certainly ukraine's leader has until now been unwilling to give on the issue of nato membership or what is often being touted at the moment is possible neutrality, the idea that ukraine neither sides with russia or the west and that only works, say ukrainians, if russia still adopts a

neutral stance. which, of course, it won't do, he willjust pull ukraine back into moscow's orbit so it is interesting to see whether these worries about russian troops were that have been frustrated to these point. there is no doubt ukraine's defence it is doubted have been extraordinary and surprising that there are questions around whether russia is deliberately not ratcheting things up in the aim of getting some kind of concession so it is a nervy time without a doubt. james, can you bring us up to date with what you are hearing about the fighting around the country? the ci of fighting around the country? tj“t: city of kharkiv that you mentioned has experienced an intense period of fighting yesterday and fighting in the streets, shelling overnight, images this morning of shelling close to a shopping centre in the centre of ukraine's second city. that said the city's mayor is

defiantly under ukrainian control and that seems to be the broad picture across ukraine but russian forces are still making gains in the south. there is a small port town called the dansk, population of around 100,000, that is now under russian control and cause a few headaches along with reports coming out of belarus to the north where these talks are happening, by the way, of belarus mobilising its own troops to join russia's effort in the stolen invasion, if you like. and there are also a vote in what has been called an autocratic country, alexander lukashenko has passed a vote to potentially station russia's nuclear weapons there so it is very serious language that is swirling, this invasion, at the moment, but if we're talking in a really immediate sense and if we take a look at see if things are calm. a curfew has been lifted.

people are regaining some of the freedoms that are been so dramatically taken away and its government is defined. tote dramatically taken away and its government is defined. we saw even eo - le government is defined. we saw even people going — government is defined. we saw even people going for _ government is defined. we saw even people going for a — government is defined. we saw even people going for a jog _ government is defined. we saw even people going for a jog on _ government is defined. we saw even people going for a jog on the - people going for a jog on the streets of gf, pictures as well of people going shopping and getting some basic supplies. the world is really watching in admiration have ordinary ukrainians are dealing with the situation and where does that spirit of defiance, where does that couege spirit of defiance, where does that college come from? t spirit of defiance, where does that college come from?— college come from? i think it is 'ust college come from? i think it is just people _ college come from? i think it is just people here, _ college come from? i think it is just people here, if— college come from? i think it is just people here, if you - college come from? i think it is just people here, if you look i college come from? i think it is| just people here, if you look for the best part of the last decade, all they have known is russia trying to exert its influence on this country. you will probably go beyond that way you have had a president that way you have had a president that has been aligned with the kremlin. we havejust heard a third such air raid warning so we will have to shoot and it set but this is what ukrainians are used to. it was

the significant moment in 2014, the revelation of president was toppled in the of protest in more than 100 people lost their lives but in those years since we have seen what president putin is willing to do to exert russia's influence on ukraine as he sees it being close to its orbit. so ukrainians used to this end ukraine as he sees it being close to its orbit. so ukrainians used to this end ukrainians are willing where the majority of people want to be aligned with europe. they want to be aligned with europe. they want to be a member if you are nato. tote aligned with europe. they want to be a member if you are nato._ a member if you are nato. we will let ou a member if you are nato. we will let you go- — a member if you are nato. we will let you go- stay — a member if you are nato. we will let you go. stay safe, _ a member if you are nato. we will let you go. stay safe, james. i viola von cramon is a german green mep who sits on the eu—ukraine parliamentary association committee and was in ukraine earlier this month. you know the people well, viyella. when you hearjames talk about the college, spirit end defiance that must win do might ring very true to you. what are your expectations at the moment?—

you. what are your expectations at the moment? j , , , ., ., the moment? absolutely, they are all in our thoughts _ the moment? absolutely, they are all in our thoughts and _ the moment? absolutely, they are all in our thoughts and deepest - the moment? absolutely, they are all in our thoughts and deepest concerns| in our thoughts and deepest concerns of ukrainians and i am in constant access with all my friends and colleagues in the ukrainian parliament. we feel with them, suffer with them, try to help them and really would like to see the european union which is so united and their actions were so tremendous that those things make a difference for ukraine and for the people. president zelensky has called for a swift accession to the eu. is that a possibility? t swift accession to the eu. is that a possibility?— possibility? i think the signal which ursula _ possibility? i think the signal which ursula von _ possibility? i think the signal which ursula von der- possibility? i think the signal which ursula von der leyen l possibility? i think the signal i which ursula von der leyen has possibility? i think the signal - which ursula von der leyen has sent to the ukrainian people but also the public is that ukraine belongs to the european family and, of course, you always had incredible perspective. at that moment, in a war situation, we give you everything you need to survive and so if this membership perspective is one opportunity to survive, you will

have it. but for, let's say, a realistic technical, let's say, integration into the european union i think it will need more but at that moment to say to the dominant ukrainians, you are one of ours i think that is fair.— ukrainians, you are one of ours i think that is fair. there has been this long-standing _ think that is fair. there has been this long-standing practice i think that is fair. there has been this long-standing practice of i this long—standing practice of blocking lethal weapons being sent to conflict zones in germany that has now been lifted. is this really been seen as a watershed moment in germany? i was the thing viewed? yes, absolutely. that was the watershed moment. ithink yes, absolutely. that was the watershed moment. i think many of my colleagues and many people notjust in the bundestag but also the broader public thinking it cannot be our munich. we have to really take this decision in favour of saving ukraine and saving ukrainians lives

and if it needs the increase of defence capacity, please, let's go for it. i think there was a crucial decision which was made on saturday. it was not easy. you said it was a lengthy debate but, after all, i think it was the right decision and everybody that followed the debate yesterday in the bundestag can only express our respect for all the colleagues he would have expressed their support and what we are able to put together a financial package but also in more technical terms. does this also mean that germany would need permission to send weapons to other countries for ukrainian if they were manufactured in germany? t ukrainian if they were manufactured in germany?— in germany? i think that is what miht be in germany? i think that is what might be related _ in germany? i think that is what might be related to _ in germany? i think that is what might be related to this - in germany? i think that is what l might be related to this decision. this is how i understood that, that it is not up to us to tell the estonians of the dutch not to

deliver weapons. yes, this is, i think included in exactly this decision. . think included in exactly this decision. , ., ., decision. the views there from a german green _ decision. the views there from a german green mvp. _ we can now bring you the latest our correspondentjenny hill on how people are responding the sanctions. we are seeing a bit of that already, of course. the rouble fell to a record low and we have just learnt that the stock exchange isn't going to open today here in the central bank is more than doubled its key interest rates. nevertheless, the east kremlin spokesman has just said, as he said before, russia was expecting the sanctions and it has

prepared for them. beneath that, of course, there is going to be concern in the lemon and vladimir putin is due to meet economic advisors later today in a meeting that will only be partially to have advised. presumably, the part that is not televised will be the part where they deal with just how they're going to deal with some of these really heavy sanctions. —— a meeting that will only be partially televised. he was asked will businesses be given extra help in the same way that they were during the same way that they were during the pandemic and he's shrugged that off and said nothing has happened yet. we are prepared. we have got preparations in place. rather intriguingly, he was asked whether vladimir putin was concerned about the sanctions against him personally. he said that mr putin was indifferent to those sanctions because he owns no assets outside of russia and, in fact, the only assets he really owns are a flat here in moscow and an old russian trailer. make of that what you will. most

people in russia, many people in russia, will be getting their information from state—controlled television and that, of course, will repeat many of these lines coming out of the kremlin. people, of course, are going to start noticing a difference. already, there have been queues at cashpoints here. people have been predicting perhaps even a run on banks and presumably, in coming days, people will see the values of their savings start to fall, perhapsjob losses, all that comes with such unprecedented sanctions and what will be interesting is how the kremlin deals with that. the suspicion i think is that the narrative will be another narrative of western aggression against bush and we heard them saying that when he ordered russia's nuclear deterrent forces to increase their level of preparedness. he was doing so not only in response to

nato's aggressive statements but in response directly to western economic sanctions. we have to see how people here react but i can tell you there is nervousness among people here. russians who are accessing independent media are extremely concerned about what the sanctions are going to do to themselves personally but, of course, in broader terms, to their country. course, in broader terms, to their count ., , country. jenny hill there in moscow. we can bring — country. jenny hill there in moscow. we can bring you — country. jenny hill there in moscow. we can bring you more _ country. jenny hill there in moscow. we can bring you more now- country. jenny hill there in moscow. we can bring you more now on i country. jenny hill there in moscow. we can bring you more now on the l we can bring you more now on the exodus of people leaving ukraine and heading over the border. the un says that more than 120,000 people have now fled border. we're going to the polish border with ukraine now, kasia madera is there for us. this is a border crossing between poland and ukraine. we are on the polish side of the border in you can seejust behind me polish side of the border in you can see just behind me the crossing point where thousands of people have been coming through day in, day out.

all day, bosses are going over to pick people up and then they are coming back through all of people. it is a scene that we have been witnessing time and time again and i am just stressing that we are on the polish side of the border and from the accounts that we have been hearing we know that there are kilometres of tailbacks, up to 40 kilometres of tailbacks, up to 40 kilometres of tailbacks behind the border on the ukrainian side. there arejust so many border on the ukrainian side. there are just so many people trying to get through. polish authorities of estimating that so far of any since this crisis started 200,000 people have come from ukraine just into poland alone and they are expecting that number to increase. and all the time we are saying families come either on foot or in cars or they are loaded onto buses. coming across the board are sometimes reuniting with their families, sometimes

simply wondering where their next journey will take them. so, as you can see, a family now coming through. this is what we are witnessing time and how again. these people have spent i was in hours —— hours and hours. they have been coming from as far as and achieve, people that have been leaving their homes simply because they don't know what is going to happen in ukraine given the fluidity in this situation in ukraine —— coming from as far as lviv and kharkiv. there has been a lot of talk on social media about how ukrainian women and children are given priority and how some non—ukrainian nationals are being treated differently on the other side of the border, how they have been segregated when it comes to the crossings. we caught up with one nigerian student who was studying in

ukraine. he managed to get over this morning but this is gabriel. this is his account of what happened to him. they were just so heartless. they treated _ they were just so heartless. they treated us — they were just so heartless. they treated us like animals, totally. there _ treated us like animals, totally. there was— treated us like animals, totally. there was some of... so who comes around _ there was some of... so who comes around at _ there was some of... so who comes around at the — there was some of... so who comes around at the borders, we saw some of them _ around at the borders, we saw some of them with— around at the borders, we saw some of them with some weapons and we tried to _ of them with some weapons and we tried to make them understand that we are _ tried to make them understand that we are saying... we should go and there _ we are saying... we should go and there is— we are saying... we should go and there is nothing he could do about it. there is nothing he could do about it and _ there is nothing he could do about it and we — there is nothing he could do about it. and we like, we can't our life sow _ it. and we like, we can't our life sow and — it. and we like, we can't our life sow and you _ it. and we like, we can't our life so... and you can see that he hit my le- so... and you can see that he hit my leg right— so... and you can see that he hit my leg right here — so, gabriel byrne who had just crossed over and finally got over the border this morning talking about his experience. i have to say, we cannot verify what is happening

on the other side but we are hearing accounts of difficulties people are experiencing. we're also hearing accounts of how up we spoke to some students originally from india who are studying in ukraine, how they were able to get relatively quickly but, regardless, everyone is talking about the many, many hours that they are waiting on the other side and it is cold, they are exhausted, and we are obviously scared and when they finally come here poland has been stressing that they are welcoming all nationalities, everybody is welcome and they will be... buses are taken to areas that will then provide a bit of a spike in accommodation and something hot to eat as well. that is necessary. lots of people, lots of polish and ukrainian community are offering places where people can stay a few nights, sort themselves out, work out what the next planners and also

a lot of ukrainians also live in poland so they have been reaching out their family members getting them across. predominantly, when it comes ukrainian nationals it is of course women and children, because men between the age of 18 and 16 have been told to say —— 18 and 60. they have been told they have to support the most engagement on the ukrainian side when it comes to one of the border crossings near ukraine authorities know the numbers will increase and they are gearing up for that. ,., ., ., ., increase and they are gearing up for that. ., ., ,., increase and they are gearing up for that. ., ., y., , that. good to have you with us. thank you _ that. good to have you with us. thank you so — that. good to have you with us. thank you so much. _ just to remind you, what we have learned in the past hour or so is that talks have actually started between ukraine and russia in the stocks actually taking place in the border between ukraine and belarus and these are the pictures we have been sent of those negotiators entering the room. president zelensky�*s of his singing once wants an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of russian forces and we have been hearing from our correspondent james waterhouse. expectations of these are low. all

developments coming up do stay with us here on bbc news. hello, again. it is because he this new working week more of us are going to see some rain but at the end of this with high—pressure settling and it looks like more of us will be settled. breezy, vain for many coming courtesy of this weather front moving from the north—west towards the south—east and you can see from the isobars especially across the north west that it is going to be windy with gales at times. the rain will be fairly persistent across northern england, wales and south—west england and ahead of it you can see the cloud building of the south—east should stay dry for much of the day. on the other side of that weather front for scotland and northern ireland. these

are average wind speeds and because, obviously, will be more than that in the north—west and also the south—west. temperatures today 9—13 with the wind slowly starting to ease the course at the afternoon. as we head to this evening and overnight eventually the weather front does take its cloud and rain into the south—east. behind it we will have clear skies and especially across northern ireland, northern england and scotland where you can see the blues in the charts where there is going to be in sharp frost. temperatures as low as minus the impact of scotland and we could see a bit of mist and fog forming, east wales and northern and western parts of midlands. more high—pressure building and you can see where we have got our weather front across the south—east. that is where it is going to be fairly weak in the south—eastern end of it weather will be a fair bit of light, patchy rain and drizzle and follow it round as it comes back into the south—west and name will be heavier. in the north, scotland and northern england

and northern ireland and you have got the sunshine. as we head onto tuesday that weather front moves north, high—pressure squeezed way and the new atlantic front starts to show its hand at the end the day. you can see the cloud associated and also the rain and not particularly heavy and by the end of the day we got the next ryan down that line of incoming away. temperatures after a frosty start into sunshine. as we head into thursday more cloud and rain but by decently more settled comes our way as high—pressure bills.

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our top stories: russian and ukrainian delegates have begun talks on how to end the fighting, but expectations are low. ukraine's president says the next 24 hours are crucial, as his forces fight the russian invasion. our people are fighting for the whole of europe as well as for all of us, for peace, for everyone, for all countries of the european union. the united nations say 102 civilians have been killed, including seven children, as ukraine faces more clashes with russian forces. blasts were heard again in kyiv in the early hours. with sanctions beginning to bite, the russian rouble falls to an all—time low as interest rates are hiked. the kremlin says putin's nuclear alert was a response to a statement made by the british foreign secretary after comments on possible

conflict situations. the top officials are leaving nato countries also make aggressive statements with regard to our country. statements with regard to our country. on the fifth day after russian troops invaded ukraine, delegations from the two countries have begun talks aimed at ending the war. the ukrainian president's office says it wants an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of russian forces. today we heard that lithuania is referring russia to the internationl criminal court to investigate �*war crimes and crimes against humanity in ukraine' let's speak to hanna hopko, former ukrainian member of parliament who served as head of their foreign affairs committee. from 2014 to 2019. very good to see it. such a worrying, difficult time, of course.

you're in the west of the country. how are things there?— you're in the west of the country. how are things there? people are mobilised, _ how are things there? people are mobilised, volunteers _ how are things there? people are mobilised, volunteers are - how are things there? people are l mobilised, volunteers are working, everybody has joined the territorial defence we are ready to win and actually, the russian invasion into ukraine, tags and including bombing ukrainian cities, all attempts to return ukraine back to russian sphere of influence failed and it seems like putin is ready and he is trying to blackmail the world with the nuclear threat, which is very dangerous and we still demand the world to impose a no—fly zone over kyiv because it seemed that putin is unstoppable but to this week for that hour armed forces and ukraine is a true fighter against authoritarianism.- is a true fighter against authoritarianism. ., ~j ., .

authoritarianism. you will know that there are many _ authoritarianism. you will know that there are many who _ authoritarianism. you will know that there are many who say _ authoritarianism. you will know that there are many who say that - authoritarianism. you will know that there are many who say that if i authoritarianism. you will know thatj there are many who say that if there is a no—fly zone imposed that is essentially an act of war from europe, that is just too dangerous in terms of a tactic. europe, that isjust too dangerous in terms of a tactic.— europe, that isjust too dangerous in terms of a tactic. water when he started against _ in terms of a tactic. water when he started against western _ in terms of a tactic. water when he started against western civilisation j started against western civilisation and it is important to help ukraine to win because who will be after us? so i'm sure, together with the collective west, having defensive weapons, having weapons, the uk the us supporting us, we need more defensive weapons because these civilisations, battles or struggles, definitely, ukrainians will win. t definitely, ukrainians will win. i know you have been helping with the medicalfacilities know you have been helping with the medical facilities there, getting hospitals ready. are they prepared for casualties? are they prepared to deal with, you know, what could

happen next way you are? brute deal with, you know, what could happen next way you are? we are reared happen next way you are? we are prepared here — happen next way you are? we are prepared here but _ happen next way you are? we are prepared here but now— happen next way you are? we are prepared here but now we - happen next way you are? we are prepared here but now we are i happen next way you are? we are | prepared here but now we are also working with our friends from poland, slovakia, czech republic, sending more medical and other equipment to central ukraine, working as a logistical centre to receive humanitarian assistance from other western european countries and sending them to central and eastern ukraine. thank you so much. brute to central and eastern ukraine. thank you so much.— to central and eastern ukraine. thank you so much. we will win and ukraine is a — thank you so much. we will win and ukraine is a to _ thank you so much. we will win and ukraine is a to democracy _ thank you so much. we will win and ukraine is a to democracy in - thank you so much. we will win and ukraine is a to democracy in action. ukraine is a to democracy in action and this is our mission to put putin injail because he is a criminal, how to say, russia should be recognised as an aggressor state. thank you very much forjoining us.

while ukraine is under attack, baltic states are worried. today we heard that lithuania, a baltic state and a member of nato, is referring russia to the international criminal court to investigate �*war crimes and crimes against humanity in ukraine'. these pictures just from yesterday of more nato forces coming into lithuania. margiris abukevicius is lithuania's vice minister for national defence. there's been a meeting of eu defence ministers in the past few hours or so. can you as to what came out of that meeting? the so. can you as to what came out of that meeting?— so. can you as to what came out of that meetint ? , ., ., that meeting? the meeting is ongoing as we seak that meeting? the meeting is ongoing as we speak so — that meeting? the meeting is ongoing as we speak so i _ that meeting? the meeting is ongoing as we speak so i don't _ that meeting? the meeting is ongoing as we speak so i don't have _ that meeting? the meeting is ongoing as we speak so i don't have fresh i as we speak so i don't have fresh news but i think i expect from that meeting the same messages that came from other meetings, the un and nato meetings recently. there is a whole unity on understanding. and what the

eu and nato response should look like and there is an unprecedented unity in supporting ukraine. from very clear political perspective on eu membership, from supplying equipment and other material in ukraine, desperately needs now. brute ukraine, desperately needs now. we 'ust ukraine, desperately needs now. we just heard from someone in the west of the country calling on a no—fly zone to be imposed. is that been considered? t zone to be imposed. is that been considered?— considered? i think what is considered _ considered? i think what is considered now _ considered? i think what is considered now is - considered? i think what is considered now is supply l considered? i think what is| considered now is supply of considered? i think what is - considered now is supply of military equipment to ukraine because we see that ukraine is fighting, ukraine is standing against the russian aggression and what we really need is equipment, constant supply of military equipment, anti—aircraft and other equipment. this is being discussed and this is taking place

as we speak. there is a constant flow to the border, the bordering countries bordering ukraine and this equipment, as far as we know, very quickly reaches ukraine, fighting ukraine soldiers.— quickly reaches ukraine, fighting ukraine soldiers. what is the view on the no-fly _ ukraine soldiers. what is the view on the no-fly zone _ ukraine soldiers. what is the view on the no-fly zone from _ ukraine soldiers. what is the view on the no-fly zone from defence l on the no—fly zone from defence ministers? is it seen as being potentially dangerous escalation as an act of war? that is why it has not been considered? you an act of war? that is why it has not been considered? you know, as i said, i am not been considered? you know, as i said. i am not— not been considered? you know, as i said. i am rrot in _ not been considered? you know, as i said, i am not in that _ not been considered? you know, as i said, i am not in that meeting - said, i am not in that meeting because i am talking to you but when it comes to the no—fly zone i believe that the eu defence ministers were not discussing that. they were discussing very practical tools to support ukraine urgent the, watch it urgently needs. iloathed tools to support ukraine urgent the, watch it urgently needs.— watch it urgently needs. what is the case that lithuania _ watch it urgently needs. what is the case that lithuania is _ watch it urgently needs. what is the case that lithuania is bringing i watch it urgently needs. what is the case that lithuania is bringing to i case that lithuania is bringing to the international criminal court. can you bring us more details on that? j ., ~

can you bring us more details on that? j . ,, , , can you bring us more details on that? j . ~ , , ., , that? again, i think this is a very firm political _ that? again, i think this is a very firm political statement. - that? again, i think this is a very firm political statement. it- that? again, i think this is a very firm political statement. it was l firm political statement. it was made not only buyers by some other countries, and clearly we have to put also start this process and to put also start this process and to put russia accountable for what it did and i think it is one thing what is happening now in the military field on the ground. the other is and legaljudgments on russian decisions and actions. the political decisions and actions. the political decisions and actions. the political decisions and assessments from the western countries, the un and nato, are very clear. but those legal decisions will follow.— are very clear. but those legal decisions will follow. what are eo - le decisions will follow. what are people afraid _ decisions will follow. what are people afraid of _ decisions will follow. what are people afraid of right - decisions will follow. what are people afraid of right now i decisions will follow. what are people afraid of right now and | decisions will follow. what are i people afraid of right now and then to waimea? i people afraid of right now and then to waimea?— to waimea? i think people in lithuania _ to waimea? i think people in lithuania understand - to waimea? i think people in lithuania understand facing l to waimea? i think people in i lithuania understand facing and to waimea? i think people in - lithuania understand facing and we see in front of our eyes the shifts

in european security. lithuania has always been warning countries in the un and nate about russia becoming more aggressive. i think now nobody doubts that russia is really aggressive and it will continue to expand its separation and go beyond ukraine so of course people understand this but what reassures us, the united response we are getting from nato, from the eu, on the strengthening of eastern part, the strengthening of eastern part, the eastern flank. this is reassuring, that nato is really committed to defending every centimetre and inch of nato territory. centimetre and inch of nato territo . �* centimetre and inch of nato territory-— centimetre and inch of nato territo .�* ., , ,, ., ., territory. are more ships going to arrive and that _ territory. are more ships going to arrive and that the _ territory. are more ships going to arrive and that the waimea - territory. are more ships going to arrive and that the waimea in - territory. are more ships going to arrive and that the waimea in the | arrive and that the waimea in the coming days?—

arrive and that the waimea in the cominu da s? , . ., , coming days? they are arriving every da so it is coming days? they are arriving every day so it is even _ coming days? they are arriving every day so it is even difficult _ coming days? they are arriving every day so it is even difficult to _ coming days? they are arriving every day so it is even difficult to count - day so it is even difficult to count numbers. those countries which have been already present in lithuania, they are dabbling in sending additional troops. wejust, last week, made the decision on activating the nato rapid response force but the discussions are also ongoing where and how and when we will deploy. it will be much more of a nato presence in lithuania. it was ve aood a nato presence in lithuania. it was very good to _ a nato presence in lithuania. it was very good to get — a nato presence in lithuania. it was very good to get your— a nato presence in lithuania. it was very good to get your thoughts - a nato presence in lithuania. it was very good to get your thoughts from vilnius. thank you forjoining us. you thanks for having me. we have breaking news. this one is from moscow. we understand the website of the state news agency has been hacked. and reuters has checked a couple of devices that normally have

the state news agency alp and this is what they are now showing. there is what they are now showing. there is actually being an anti—war message that has been published on the website with holes to stop president putin's invasion of ukraine. the reads, we urge you to stop this madness. do not send your sons and husbands to certain death. putin is forcing us to live. he is putting us in danger. it is not our war, that stop him. it has been hacked with a anti war message being shown to people who have gone on to the website. lots of implications around the markets at the moment and what is happening with the price of oil as as sanctions. banners with us now and those latest developments. at the of ukraine continue so does the economic pressure on moscow. as russia's invasion of ukraine continues, so too does the economic pressure on moscow. russia's central bank issued a statement saying it was raising interest rates to 20%.

that is a bid to protect its currency — the rouble — from further sharp falls and curb soaring prices. the russian rouble is down 18% against the us dollar after western allies announced the assets of russia's central bank will be frozen and some russian banks will also be excluded from the swift payment system. russians are already waiting in long queues, worried that their bank cards may stop working or there will be limits on how much cash they can withdraw. screen in other major economic developments, eu member states have banned flights by russian aircraft over their airspace. on thursday, the uk banned russia's national airline aeroflot from landing in britain. screen the british—based energy giant, bp, is divesting its 20% stake in the russian oil company rosneft. bp said the attack on ukraine meant it had to fundamentally rethink its position, and its large stake in the russian company. screen and in germany, chancellor olaf scholz announced the country will now build two liquid natural gas terminals

as it seeks to move away from its reliance on russian gas. in a moment we'll have the impact of the latest moves and what they mean for global stock markets. but first, our business reporter monica miller explains the consequences for russia of some banks being excluded from that international payment system — swift. russia stands to lose access to billions of dollars in trade after being cut off from the swift network. it is a messaging system thatis network. it is a messaging system that is the backbone of how banks and money across borders. kind of like the gmail of global banking. the belgian —based system is run by its member banks and handles trillions of dollars of transactions across more than 200 countries and territories and without access to the network, russian businesses will struggle with sending and receiving

money outside of the country, only one country has ever been cut off from swift. that was a run. and that's what there is a 30% of its foreign trade. the goal was to fold. hurt the wallets of the russian elite who bankrolled president putin, and with the soaring inflation, the cost of war will the russian people, creating problems for him at home. the implications of the ban on swift. the implications of the ban on swift. this is how european markets are looking this hour, business and investors weighing up the impact of those additional sanctions, but also the fallout for rising prices across the continent, particularly energy prices. even though there are moves to diversify western economies away from reliance on russian oil and gas, that takes time. worth noting too that the russian stock exchange not open today, given fears over sharp falls. confirmation on commodity price rises. particularly oil and gas up sharply. oil now within touching distance of that $100 mark.

and the impact that has on already high oil prices across europe will be fely keenly. the rouble slumping nearly 30% to a record low against the dollar. in response, the central bank hiked its interest rates to 20% as it sought to shield the economy from those sanctions. and here a look a the top fallers. polymetal international, that's an anglo—russian metals mining company. a similar picture for evraz, a british manufacturing and mining company with headquarters in london but has operations mainly in russia, but also in ukraine. the questions about their future, too. they are not divesting from the london market despite the crisis.

the international paper country with operations around the world, 100 production sites across more than 30 countries. its told markets its close one of its sites in the west of ukraine. and as we've mentioned, oil giant bp down after deciding to offload its near 20% stake in rosneft. i'm just looking at the developments coming out of this video conference thatis coming out of this video conference that is being held between the european defence ministers who are discussing it with lithuanian representatives a moment ago. there eu representative hasjust said russia's intention is to deploy nuclear equipment to belarus, a very dangerous path to on the other line from him is that we have to find answers for the coming hours in ukraine not the coming years. that is the latest from that minister, ministerial meeting of defence ministers. condemning what is happening in ukraine and russian aggression has been the un

secretary—general but he is also very much addressing another challenge facing the world right now. to a report published on the impact of climate change. if we can move away from the ukraine situation just remember to bring you the news in that report because he said this is another death knell for the world as we know it. the study, by the intergovernmental panel on climate change, is expected to give the most pessimistic assessment so far of the effect of rising global temperatures. let's go live to our science correspondent victoria gill. very grim reading, i am sure, this report will make, victoria. what we know is actually in the report and tell us more about the scope of the report. tell us more about the scope of the re ort. ,., ., , tell us more about the scope of the reort. , report. the report has 'ust published. i report. the report has 'ust published. it i report. the report has 'ust published. it went i report. the report has 'ust published. it went liveh report. the report hasjust published. it went live at l report. the report hasjust - published. it went live at 11am this published. it went live at ”am this morning, gmt. and essentially, as you say, it looks pretty grim reading. the 35 page summary is

climate change assessment playing out now. this is not something about projections in the future, it is something that is happening now. the un secretary general describe it as an outburst of human suffering. he really pulled no punches in accusing the lack of leadership around the world when it comes to reducing the impacts of global change, he labour thatis impacts of global change, he labour that is criminal. so this makes for very, very sombre reading. some of the kind of key headlines are that there is a new put on the number of people around the world who are vulnerable, highly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. 40% of the global population are now classed as highly vulnerable. there is no iniquity in that as well. the sadness of human suffering and pinpoints it how the impacts are different depending on where you live in the world so some of the major coastal cities are already seeing the impacts of climate change

in the poorest nations have done least to this are increasingly vulnerable so it really is a call to action that our action on climate change, notjust reducing fossil fuel emissions but actually building in adaptation to allow the settlements in the most vulnerable people to adapt to a world that is already changing and one of the things that the scientists in this report point out is that we need to protect nature and natural ecosystems in order to do that so, for example, protecting weapons that provide natural coastal defences, the sponges that are sent to the absorb flood water that causes so much devastation and death around the world so this is something that the world so this is something that the scientists are pointing to in this report, specifically that we need to save nature, protects about 30-50% of the need to save nature, protects about 30—50% of the word prospect service

and conserve and restore if nature is going to help us solve this crisis. a, is going to help us solve this crisis. �* ., ., ., crisis. a huge amount of misinformation - crisis. a huge amount of misinformation around l crisis. a huge amount of- misinformation around climate crisis. a huge amount of— misinformation around climate change and what is happening. the ipcc, it is a very dry name. who is on this panel. can we trust these scientists? how authoritative is this report? ever make it as a very important question because it is a part of this process that creates some frustration in that it is a is every single nation, almost 200 countries involved. essentially every one of those nations backs the messages and conclusions drawn by the scientists who were authors of the scientists who were authors of the study, every single nation goes to a process, every single delegate who is an author on this report goes to a process of signing off and approving these conclusions and that is, of course, as they progress and are rapidly moving situation. you know, this is another alert about just how quickly the impacts of climate change are playing out. the

kind of outpacing our adaptation, our response, but this means that the entire world is behind these messages that have a country that has involved in this process backs the scientific consensus that this report provides. thank you so much forjoining us. joining me now is francis scarr who works for bbc monitoring in our moscow bureau. francis has seen tv in russia trying to justify the invasion for their domestic audience. there are reports that the international hacking group is targeting russian state websites, including the maine state owned news agency here. this comes as the russian government itself is trying to the screws on independent media here. one ukrainian website, which is being sending, trying to inform

russians about, russian relatives of prisoners captured, soldiers captured or killed has been blocked by the russian authorities and several independent websites have also been threatened with being taken down if they start continuing to refer to this as a war or invasion. they are being told they need to call it a military operation oran need to call it a military operation or an operation to protect the self—proclaimed donbas republics. is self—proclaimed donbas republics. is the taco toll of civilians being killed? ~ ., , ., ., killed? well, that is another thing. they continue _ killed? well, that is another thing. they continue to _ killed? well, that is another thing. they continue to insist _ killed? well, that is another thing. they continue to insist this - killed? well, that is another thing. they continue to insist this is - killed? well, that is another thing. they continue to insist this is an i they continue to insist this is an operation directed at military sites and they have actually been quite pointedly saying there is on talk shows, which have been dominating the tv schedules. they have changed the tv schedules. they have changed the schedule to allow four hours and hours of these political talk shows. one for example is called 60 minutes until i's edition will last 150

minutes foot of yesterday i was watching it on the guest began to talk about the possibility of civilian casualties and he was interrupted by the host of the talk show who told him that russia were specifically targeting military infrastructure that civilians had absolutely nothing to fear. hagar infrastructure that civilians had absolutely nothing to fear. how easy is it if ou absolutely nothing to fear. how easy is it if you want _ absolutely nothing to fear. how easy is it if you want to _ absolutely nothing to fear. how easy is it if you want to find _ absolutely nothing to fear. how easy is it if you want to find different - is it if you want to find different narratives, if you want to find another viewpoint to get that information?— another viewpoint to get that information? ~ ,, . ., , ., ., information? well, especially among ounuer information? well, especially among younger russians, _ information? well, especially among younger russians, the _ information? well, especially among younger russians, the internet - information? well, especially among younger russians, the internet and l younger russians, the internet and social media are more popular than state tv which is where the narrative is strictly controlled by the kremlin. and people do have access to social networks like telegram at twitter and facebook were images and videos from on the ground in ukraine are coming through to them but, as i said, the authorities are making it increasingly difficult. they are really turning the screws and they

have been reports over the weekend of some social networks being slowed down. last year, twitter was accused of the russian authorities of failing to delete band content and in response the russian authorities slowed it down, meaning that it is very difficult to view videos and images on twitter here without a vpn and that has been the same for telegram over the weekend, periodically, and this morning facebook was also down. is periodically, and this morning facebook was also down. is this how the potus are _ facebook was also down. is this how the potus are organised? _ facebook was also down. is this how the potus are organised? how - facebook was also down. is this how l the potus are organised? how people value each other to attend, you know, sudan cities? what are they using that? {131 know, sudan cities? what are they usina that? _, , know, sudan cities? what are they using that?— know, sudan cities? what are they usina that? , ., ., using that? of course, social media has a key role _ using that? of course, social media has a key role to _ using that? of course, social media has a key role to play _ using that? of course, social media has a key role to play and _ using that? of course, social media has a key role to play and not - using that? of course, social media has a key role to play and notjust l has a key role to play and notjust these protest but the opposition in general because as i said, the state has complete control over tv and increasing control over newspapers. and so, really, social media is the only be because people have to find out, not only were these hotels are happening what time, but indeed, how the police are mistreating people and how they are taking their phones away and brutally holding them in to

police vans and that is something as well as of course the reports of potential prisoners of war and casualties in ukraine, the authorities here are quite clear that they want to clamp down on. good to have you with us. a reminder that talks have started between ukraine and russia in belarus. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lucyhockingsbbc. the kremlin have said they would like to reach an agreement that is in the interest of both sides. we continue to keep you across all the latest developments from russia, from ukraine, from the borders, as well. do stay with us here

hello again. as we go through this new working week, more of us are going to see some rain. but by the end of the week, with high—pressure settling in, it looks like next weekend will be settled. today, though, it's going to be breezy. there will be rain for many. the rain coming in courtesy of this weather front, moving from the north—west towards the south—east. and we can see from the isobars, especially across the north—west, that it's going to be windy with gales at times. the rain will be fairly persistent across northern england, wales and south—west england, and ahead of it you can see the cloud building. although the south—east should stay dry for much of the day. on the other side of that weather front, for scotland and northern ireland, brightening up with just a few showers.

these are our average wind speeds. the gusts obviously will be more than that in the north—west and also the south—west. temperatures today, 9—13 degrees with the wind slowly starting to ease through the course the afternoon. as we head on through the evening and overnight, eventually the weather front does take its cloud and rain into the south—east. behind it, we will have clear skies and especially across northern ireland, northern england and scotland, where you can see the blues on the chart, there is going to be a sharp frost. temperatures in actual fact could fall as low as —3 in parts of scotland and we could see a bit of mist and fog forming in east wales, northern and western parts of the midlands. tomorrow, high pressure really builds in. you can see where we've got our weather front across the south—east. that's going to be fairly weak in the south—eastern end of it so there will be a fair bit of cloud around, some patchy light rain and drizzle. but if we follow it round as it comes back into the south—west, the rain will be heavier. a lot of cloud across southern england and wales. for the north, northern england, scotland and northern ireland,

under that ridge of high pressure, you've got the sunshine. as we head on from tuesday into wednesday, our weather front moves north. the high pressure is squeezed away and a new atlantic front starts to show its hand by the end of the day. you can see all the cloud associated with our fronts moving north and also the rain. not particularly heavy, and by the end of the day we've got this next line of rain coming our way. temperatures, 8—10 degrees. after a frosty start in the north of scotland, you will hang on to the sunshine. as we head into thursday, further cloud and rain but friday, something more settled comes our way as high pressure builds.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lyse doucet. our top stories... on the fifth day after russian forces entered ukraine, delegations from the two countries have begun talks on how to end the fighting. meanwhile ukraine's president urges russian troops to lay down their weapons, and calls for the eu to grant ukraine membership of the bloc immediately. translation: we are grateful l to our partners for being with us, but our goal is to be together with all europeans and, most importantly, to be on an equal footing. with the rest of the bbc news

headlines, i'm lucy hockings. the united nations say 102 civilians have been killed, including seven children — as ukraine faces more clashes with russian forces. with sanctions beginning to bite — the russian rouble falls to an all—time low as interest rates are hiked. and i am on the polish—ukrainian border, where thousands of people have already crossed but thousands are still waiting for many, many hours in long tailbacks to get to safety. you join us youjoin us in you join us in the ukrainian capital kyiv. on the fifth day after russian troops invaded ukraine,

delegations from the two countries have begun talks aimed at ending the war. ukraine is demanding an immediate ceasefire emerging from a curfew, visit into the capital have been underground for 36 hours and when the curfew ended at etienne this morning there was a rush to the grocery stores to get food, russian site homes to see theirfamilies and get food, russian site homes to see their families and they rushed to try to do as much as possible before they were poor. underground as well. at this hour, very still dangerous however ukraine in a war which has had reverberations around the world talks have begun on the border between delegations from russia and ukraine to try to find ways to end this crisis. let'sjust ukraine to try to find ways to end this crisis. let's just look at the latest developments this hour. moscow's negotiator of that meeting on the ukraine — belarus border said he wanted to reach an agreement in

the interests of both sides. ukraine president volodymyr zelensky urged russian troops to lay down their arms. he called on the european union to immediately grant ukraine membership of the block. mr zelinsky said russian forces have deliberately bombarded residential areas in ukraine overnight. he described the assault is brutal. there has been heavy fighting in the north and around khaki to the north—east. both cities are reported to remain under ukrainian control. british military officials say the bulk of moscow's troops remain north of kyiv, advance led by ukrainian forces. we can now look at some of the images. they have not been independently verified but they appear to show a large deployment of russian ground troops including tanks situated near a town about 80

kilometres north—west of kyiv. the convoyis kilometres north—west of kyiv. the convoy is thought to be at least five kilometres long. the un says more than 420,000 ukrainians have now fled their country. this is more than 100 civilians are confirmed to have died in the fighting. hundreds more injured and warned the true number is likely to be far higher. shops of reopening after the lifting of a curfew that has been reinforced on saturday evening allowing residents of the city to emerge from their underground shelters. in other developments, russia has been forced to double its main interest rate to 20%. the rouble has plummeted against the dollar. the bank of russia ordered companies to sell foreign earnings to try to shore up the rouble amid turmoil and its markets. the kremlin is blaming

comments by the british foreign secretary liz truss for the decision to place us nuclear forces secretary liz truss for the decision to place us nuclearforces on special alert. the un is to hold a special alert. the un is to hold a special emergency assembly today involving all 193 countries. we will have more of these developments but lets look at the latest developments with this report from tim moffat. in belarus, for the first time since invasion, a face—to—face meeting between delegates from ukraine and russia. before the talks, an aide to vladimir putin had this to say. translation: i vladimir putin had this to say. translation:— vladimir putin had this to say. translation: ., , . translation: i can say that since the conflict — translation: i can say that since the conflict is _ translation: i can say that since the conflict is developing - translation: i can say that since the conflict is developing every - the conflict is developing every hour and the conflict is developing every hourand ukrainian the conflict is developing every hour and ukrainian citizens and soldiers are dying we are certainly interested in seeing some agreements happen as soon as possible and these agreements should certainly be in the interests of both parties. might make in the ukrainian capital of kyiv the strict curfew in place on

saturday has now been lifted. ukrainian military said russian forces made repeated attempts to storm the outskirts the capital. today, ukrainian tanks and military vehicles could be seen on the streets in the country's president issued this statement. translation: we appeal to the european union for the immediate accession of ukraine under a new position. we are grateful to our partners for being with us but our goal is to be together with all europeans and, most importantly, to be on an equal footing. most importantly, to be on an equal footinu. �* , , most importantly, to be on an equal footin.�* , , , most importantly, to be on an equal footinu. , , , footing. any hopes the russians may have had that — footing. any hopes the russians may have had that this _ footing. any hopes the russians may have had that this would _ footing. any hopes the russians may have had that this would be - footing. any hopes the russians may have had that this would be an - footing. any hopes the russians may have had that this would be an easy. have had that this would be an easy invasion appear to have been misplaced. on sunday, russian troops moved into the eastern city of khaki. for now, they seem to have been repelled. an unprecedented package of sanctions against russia has been announced. the rouble sits

slumped in value by abound third this morning but a chinese foreign ministry spokesman said this morning that sanctions weren't the right response. translation: china is a . ainst response. translation: china is against using _ response. translation: china is against using sanctions _ response. translation: china is against using sanctions to - response. translation: china is against using sanctions to resolvej against using sanctions to resolve problems, even more so against international sanctions with a unilateral mandate. practice has long proven sanctions will both fail to solve problems and create new problems. this will result in a situation of double or multiple economic losses and also to favour the process of seeking a political settlement. the the process of seeking a political settlement-— the process of seeking a political settlement. ., ., , , settlement. the united nations says that more than _ settlement. the united nations says that more than half— settlement. the united nations says that more than half a _ settlement. the united nations says that more than half a million - settlement. the united nations says that more than half a million people | that more than half a million people have fled ukraine since russia invaded last week. in lviv in the west of the country mean it is trying to get out with her teenage sun and two young daughters. translation: it is sun and two young daughters. translation:— sun and two young daughters. translation: it is difficult to describe the _ translation: it is difficult to describe the pain _ translation: it is difficult to describe the pain and - translation: it is difficult to describe the pain and fear- translation: it is difficult to i describe the pain and fear inside. everything — describe the pain and fear inside. everything is burning. it is hard to

explain _ everything is burning. it is hard to explain to— everything is burning. it is hard to explain to our children. they miss their_ explain to our children. they miss their relatives and friends. it is very— their relatives and friends. it is very painful. i can't describe it. for now. — very painful. i can't describe it. for now, hope seem to be vesting on the peace talks in belarus but there are fears russia's tactics will become more brittle. tim moffat, bbc news. ——become more brutal. i'm joined now by sergei goryashko from the bbc russia service. so gay, you know that russia had been demanding ukraine lay down its arms and have been putting in conditions —— surrogate. —— sergei. it is hard to imagine president

putin will step back from his gold which he has stated back on thursday last week when he told that he is aiming on so—called denazification and demilitarisation of ukraine is in this case i don't think that we should expect that russia will agree that ukraine will bear some arms and will bear some military and will also let these territories of donetsk in luhansk stay with the country. it is also quite astonishing if we look at the choice of the main delegates from the russian delegation in these talks it is the next minister of culture and put in's advisor blood made didn't ski it was a very well—known —— vladimir mir didn't ski. ski it was a very well—known —— vladimirmirdidn't ski. he ski it was a very well—known —— vladimir mir didn't ski. he is very well—known in russia for his views on russian history which aptly are same as putin is. putin says that ukraine is not a real country and actually the same thing is said by

nijinsky. in this place, really not make chances that the talks will be successful. still there is a possibility they will agree on a ceasefire for a couple of days. we don't know much about what is going on as these talks are behind closed doors and there is no indication of what is going on. using doors and there is no indication of what is going on.— doors and there is no indication of what is going on. why do you think russia has a _ what is going on. why do you think russia has a veto _ what is going on. why do you think russia has a veto back— what is going on. why do you think russia has a veto back on - what is going on. why do you think russia has a veto back on these i russia has a veto back on these talks when its forces are still advancing, still attacking? i talks when its forces are still advancing, still attacking? i think that is the same _ advancing, still attacking? i think that is the same thing _ advancing, still attacking? i think that is the same thing putin - advancing, still attacking? i think that is the same thing putin has i that is the same thing putin has been doing while he was planning this military operation, as we can see it now. he has been sending his officials to ukraine, other countries, to be stocks, with his demands and with his views on the

security in the european region. which were, in a way, unbearable for the united states and other western european countries. now he has this possibility to say that he has done everything for the piece to comment on everything to avoid the war. he has been conducting all these talks and it has led to nothing and in this case you can also have these talks with the ukrainians and say that well, they didn't surrender, i've been doing everything i could and we could proceed with a military operation proceed with the war and a hint that playbook amasses his views. ,, ., ~ , ., ., ., hint that playbook amasses his views. ,, ., ~ ., ., ., views. sergei, thank you again for 'oinin: us views. sergei, thank you again for joining us from — views. sergei, thank you again for joining us from moscow _ views. sergei, thank you again for joining us from moscow to - views. sergei, thank you again forj joining us from moscow to provide analysis and explanation of these fast—moving development is moving notjust fast—moving development is moving not just on the fast—moving development is moving notjust on the ground and in the airand notjust on the ground and in the air and the black sea with this russian military advance but also talks taking place and just getting

under way at the ukraine television border. president zelensky said as well last night that he was sceptical about these talks but wanted to do everything possible to end the war. he said the fight would continue even though babies were being born underground. since then there have been many babies born of this invasion goes on. we can now speak to someone who knows what has been watching closely what is happening with the mothers and children. the quaint representative of the united nations population fund. welcome to bbc news. we might think very much. pleasure should be here with you. —— thank you very much. pleasure being

here with you. $55 thank you very much. pleasure being here with you-— here with you. as of saturday 81 babies had _ here with you. as of saturday 81 babies had been _ here with you. as of saturday 81 babies had been born _ here with you. as of saturday 81 - babies had been born underground. what are the latest figures this morning? it what are the latest figures this mornin: ? , ' . what are the latest figures this mornin: ? , , . ., i. morning? it is difficult to give you the latest figures _ morning? it is difficult to give you the latest figures because - morning? it is difficult to give you the latest figures because the - the latest figures because the situation is very fluid and we have serious difficulties in terms of accessing data but i can tell you something that the 80,000 women at any point in time in ukraine that are pregnant. all these women need access to basic, life—saving facilities where they can have fav babies. the situation right now as they don't have that and they are having babies in deliveries and basements of buildings, in metro stations and, again, hundreds if not thousands might now have risked their lives giving birth without any adequate access to those life—saving. .. adequate access to those life—saving... i can tell you for instance that in the case of kharkiv more than 100 babies have been born in the middle of this military offensive and this is extremely worrisome because you can imagine in which conditions these women, these

women are. we which conditions these women, these women are. ~ .., which conditions these women, these women are-— which conditions these women, these women are. ~ ., �* , women are. we can imagine. i'm sorry to interrupt — women are. we can imagine. i'm sorry to interrupt you- _ women are. we can imagine. i'm sorry to interrupt you. we _ women are. we can imagine. i'm sorry to interrupt you. we can _ women are. we can imagine. i'm sorry to interrupt you. we can imagine. - to interrupt you. we can imagine. the birth of a baby is meant to be a joyous event and i'm sure it was in all these cases but under such danger. you're watching bbc news. as we continue our special coverage you were telling us about 100 babies born in cadiz which, of course, is the first place where we saw intense street to street fighting —— 100 babies born in kharkiv. we can remind viewers that people cannot venture outdoors to try to reach a hospital, to reach a clinic and assistance cannot be brought to them either. .,. , assistance cannot be brought to them either. , ., ., �* either. exactly, and indeed we don't have even data _ either. exactly, and indeed we don't have even data about _ either. exactly, and indeed we don't have even data about other - have even data about other publications. we might have some data about deliveries butjust imagine miscarriages, prolapses, women that because they didn't get the right care during birth are

probably risking losing their lives. these are not casualties in this complex and often times are not included in the conflict and it is very important to understand that all these women and girls are suffering exposed to the serious and a delivery may be and there's nothing more paradoxical than dying when someone is giving birth, life. as it is really terrible it is heartbreaking.— as it is really terrible it is heartbreaking. as it is really terrible it is heartbreakinu. �* ., ., , heartbreaking. and united nations a . encies, heartbreaking. and united nations agencies. are _ heartbreaking. and united nations agencies, are they _ heartbreaking. and united nations agencies, are they able _ heartbreaking. and united nations agencies, are they able to - heartbreaking. and united nations agencies, are they able to operate| agencies, are they able to operate in these circumstances, of all of your officials, is camille workers across the country also had to go underground? —— or have all your officials on your workers across the country had to go underground? brute country had to go underground? we have country had to go underground? - have operations in ukraine and in neighbouring countries and we are planning to scale up the delivering of these life—saving protection

countries because we also say that gender—based violence and sexual violence are very likely to go because of the complex. we are here to stay, deliver and even steeper delivery. let's not forget there are 400,000 refugees for now but have crossed into western countries but there are nearly 7 million id piece in the vast majority of them are women and women with children and they need safeguards and guarantees that they will have access to those life—saving services so that is really a situation that is fluid and evolving very fast but we anticipate that the needs will be absolutely massive. hi. that the needs will be absolutely massive. . .. that the needs will be absolutely massive. ., ,, , ., , . that the needs will be absolutely massive. . ~' , ., , . ., massive. hi, thank you very much for takin: massive. hi, thank you very much for taking time — massive. hi, thank you very much for taking time to _ massive. hi, thank you very much for taking time to speak— massive. hi, thank you very much for taking time to speak with _ massive. hi, thank you very much for taking time to speak with us. - massive. hi, thank you very much for taking time to speak with us. a - massive. hi, thank you very much for taking time to speak with us. a uk i taking time to speak with us. a uk representative of the white

—— ukraine population talking about people being born into a war, hundreds of children being born underground in basements, bomb shelters. life still goes on in a country of that is now in its fifth day of a russian invasion but even as new babies are being born the number of dead and injured and traumatised continues to rise but so too is the defiance we have seen extraordinary scenes of resistance both by ukrainian soldiers, civilian with guns and sometimes not even with guns and sometimes not even with guns, just taunting and pushing back against the soldiers invading their villages. we are going to continue to provide special coverage from across ukraine but i will hand you back to london. thank you to lease doucet our chief international correspondent like india. she was just talking about

the college being shown by people live in ukraine and there is so much speculation as to what was your�*s endgame is here, what it is that russia once about this invasion. he is committed to sending someone to talks taking place on the border and we are talking about this but let's talk about some of russia's ambitions here with a historian he was an expert in russian foreign relations. lovely to see you. firstly, what you make right now from what he has said in the addresses he has made to the russian people? what you make a president putin's state of mind? historian and professor sergey radchenko is an expert in russian foreign relations it seems that russia, putin is disconnected from reality and did not consider all the possible consequences of this military action and he doesn't have an endgame and this is the worrying thing here. putin is engaged in a high—stakes game but there is no clear exit and

is extremely dangerous in recent hours and days and he has even floated nuclear threats and this is a reminder of almost soviet—era nuclear brinksmanship that we had in the height of the cold war and the question is what is the strategy here and what is the endgame and the wonder putin understands this all knows that and it seems he is largely disconnected from what he calls the policy and a lot of people in moscow who are generally involved in moscow who are generally involved in pursuing and developing russian foreign policy and now pulling their hair is out and say what is going on here. this is such a counter—productive policy and perhaps putin truly miscalculated and did not count on the fact they would be such ukrainian resistance and it was not going great for him in second they would be such consolidation of the west interface.

you were what at this point can interest him? we you were what at this point can interest him?— you were what at this point can interest him? ~ ., ., ., ., , interest him? we are in a dangerous situation and — interest him? we are in a dangerous situation and we _ interest him? we are in a dangerous situation and we have _ interest him? we are in a dangerous situation and we have got _ interest him? we are in a dangerous situation and we have got to - situation and we have got to remember that russia is not a paper tiger, it has the ability to escalate and is armed with extremely powerful weapons, escalate and is armed with extremely powerfulweapons, not escalate and is armed with extremely powerful weapons, not least nuclear weapons and that is importantly a fact to keep in mind because even as we talk about putin facing all sorts of difficulties on domestic and foreign funds we have to remember that when he quality may actually strike. it is like having an animal in the corner and you don't want to leave room to escape. even now when we have in heights of... it is important to keep diplomacy working. thank you very much forjoining us.

we're going to the polish border with ukraine now, kasia madera is there for us the un was just saying in the past hour or so that that figure they think is around half a million ukrainians have enough fled the country. ukrainians have enough fled the count . , , ukrainians have enough fled the count. ,,~ ., ., country. this is medica, one of the border crossings _ country. this is medica, one of the border crossings between - country. this is medica, one of the border crossings between poland | country. this is medica, one of the i border crossings between poland and ukraine where thousands of people have already crossed and they keep coming? —— medyka. we keep seeing people on foot of buses coming over the border hit to safety and it is welcoming them. the length of time that these people have been waiting has been absolutely huge. the tailbacks on the ukrainian side, we are talking about tens of kilometres, a0 kilometres, hearing people waiting 60 hours in their cars to get through. it is cold here and is of course winter and these

people are tired and have already travelled very far distances but poland is saying it is opening up its borders and welcoming people into safety and they have got facilities providing hot food and taking them to shelter and providing best accommodation and somewhere to sleep and gather their thoughts because it has been a very tough ordeal for these people are because it has been a very tough ordealfor these people are behind me this border there the other thousands of people are still waiting and there is frustration people are frustrating white is not taking quicker to get these people across because the borders and fear they are a passport control check and then they can come through —— the borders into thejuve. we are going to ask an opposition politician whojoins us going to ask an opposition politician who joins us now who has been looking at the situation on the ground. you are the vice chairman of the international affairs committee in this country and you had a look at what is going on. can you understand why the hold up? today we

see a few place — understand why the hold up? today we see a few place for _ understand why the hold up? today we see a few place for the _ understand why the hold up? today we see a few place for the refugees - understand why the hold up? today we see a few place for the refugees and i see a few place for the refugees and also here _ see a few place for the refugees and also here iri— see a few place for the refugees and also here in medyka. the key question— also here in medyka. the key question is how to improve the process— question is how to improve the process of— question is how to improve the process of refugees from ukraine to poland _ process of refugees from ukraine to poland and — process of refugees from ukraine to poland and this is a question of bilateral— poland and this is a question of bilateral problems between the ukraine — bilateral problems between the ukraine and poland that have not so much _ ukraine and poland that have not so much forces — ukraine and poland that have not so much forces to see documents, etc etc and _ much forces to see documents, etc etc and to — much forces to see documents, etc etc and to organise better the process _ etc and to organise better the process i_ etc and to organise better the process. i will ask also ukrainian politicians, — process. i will ask also ukrainian politicians, ukrainian diplomats how we can _ politicians, ukrainian diplomats how we can help poland to organise the process— we can help poland to organise the process on— we can help poland to organise the process on the border. but i would like to— process on the border. but i would like to underline the incredible mobilisation another city's across

the border — mobilisation another city's across the border. we organised help... international students from the ukraine — international students from the ukraine and they are ready to help to organise — ukraine and they are ready to help to organise food and organise hotels and places— to organise food and organise hotels and places in their homes, etc, etc. we are _ and places in their homes, etc, etc. we are very— and places in their homes, etc, etc. we are very important today and i would _ we are very important today and i would like — we are very important today and i would like to underline a very important issue for me and this is not a _ important issue for me and this is not a problem in medyka. the whole free world _ not a problem in medyka. the whole free world has a problem with moscow because _ free world has a problem with moscow because the question of how the action _ because the question of how the action we — because the question of how the action. we should act. the people here and — action. we should act. the people here and the crisis which can be in the next _ here and the crisis which can be in the next day— here and the crisis which can be in the next day here in the border between — the next day here in the border between poland, polish—ukrainian border, _ between poland, polish—ukrainian border, was provoked by war which

was provoked by russia. when border, was provoked by war which was provoked by russia.— border, was provoked by war which was provoked by russia. when we come to what is going — was provoked by russia. when we come to what is going on _ was provoked by russia. when we come to what is going on right _ was provoked by russia. when we come to what is going on right behind - was provoked by russia. when we come to what is going on right behind us - to what is going on right behind us we are seeing the buses bringing people across and there is concern that not everybody is being welcomed and are all nationalities welcomed into this country whether they are ukrainian nationals of other countries and continents? mr; ukrainian nationals of other countries and continents? my duty is to collect facts _ countries and continents? my duty is to collect facts and _ countries and continents? my duty is to collect facts and information - countries and continents? my duty is to collect facts and information and i to collect facts and information and to collect facts and information and to prepare the report in reports and to prepare the report in reports and to ask how we came together to improve the situation on the border. this is a key situation on the bus today and i would like to say once again thank you to the people who have done this incredible mobilisation. incredible mobilisation thank you so much and it is incredible mobilisation. we have seen such a

huge effort at the ukrainian people in ukraine is living in poland to help those people who do get through. life in the border of poland there. more development is coming up shortly. hello, again. as we move through this new working week, more of us are going to see some rain but by the end of the week with high—pressure settling and it looks like next weekend will be settled. today, though, it is going to be vesey, rain for many coming courtesy of this weather front moving from the north—west towards the south—east as we see from the isobars especially towards the north—west that it is going to be windy with gales at times. rain will be fully persistent across northern england, wales and south—west england, wales and south—west england and ahead of it you can see the cloud building other the south—east should stay dry. on the other side of the weather from scotland and ireland biting with just a few hours and these are

average wind speeds with the gusts obviously with more than that and also the north—west and south—west. temperatures today 9—13 with the wind slowly starting to ease course of the afternoon. as we head for evening and overnight eventually the weather front just stay cloud evening and overnight eventually the weather frontjust stay cloud and rain into the south—east. behind it we will have clear skies and especially across northern ireland, northern england and scotland where you can see the blues in the start temperatures as low as minus the impact of scotland. we could see a bit of distance fog forming east wales. tomorrow high—pressure millie building and you can see where we have got a weather front across the south—east. this is going to be fairly weak in the south—eastern end of it and it will be fairly light rain and patchy rain and drizzle and as we follow it back round as it comes back into the south—west rain will be heavier and across southern england and wales and north scotland

england and wales and north scotland england northern ireland we have got the sunshine. as we head onto tuesday and wednesday the high—pressure move north annual weather front starts to show its hand by the end of the day. you can see all the cloud associated with affluence moving north and also the rain, not particularly heavy, by the end of the day we have got this next line of rain coming our way. temperatures 8—10 after a frosty start in the north of scotland you will hang on to the sunshine. as we head into thursday further cloud and rain on friday high—pressure bills.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy hockings. our top stories: on the fifth day after russian forces entered ukraine, delegations from the two countries hold talks on how to end the fighting. meanwhile ukraine's president urges russian troops to lay down their weapons, and calls for the eu to grant ukraine membership of the bloc immediately. we of the bloc immediately. are grateful to our partne being we are grateful to our partners for being with us but our goal is to be together with all europeans and, most importantly, to be on an equal footing. most importantly, to be on an equalfooting. the united nations say 102 civilians have been killed, including seven children — as ukraine faces more clashes with russian forces. with sanctions beginning to bite —

the russian rouble falls to an all—time low as interest rates are hiked. the ukrainian military says russian forces have made repeated attempts to storm the outskirts of kyiv overnight. explosions were heard in the capital, and alerts sounded in several cities, including dnipro and kharkiv. in the north, chernihiv was shelled throughout the night, with an apartment block

and nursery hit. the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, said the next 2a hours would be "a crucial period" for his country. he's appealed to the european union to grant ukraine eu membership immediately. here are satellite images we've received of military vehicles heading towards kyiv. the images have not been independently verified, but they appear to show a large deployment of russian ground forces, including tanks, situated near the town of ivankiv, about 80 kilometres north—west of kyiv. the convoy is thought to be at least 5 kilometres long. the un says more than a20,000 ukrainians have now fled their country. it says more than 100 civilians are confirmed to have died in the fighting, with hundreds more injured, but warned the true number is likely to be far higher. shops are reopening in kyiv after the lifting of a curfew which has been in force since saturday evening, allowing residents of the city to emerge from their underground shelters. in other developments, russia has been forced to double its key interest rate to 20%, after the rouble plummeted against the us dollar.

the bank of russia ordered companies to sell foreign earnings to try to shore up the rouble, amid turmoil on its markets. peace talks between ukrainian and russian representatives are due to begin on the belarus—ukraine border. belarusian state media have published this photo of the planned venue. (biv)and the united nations general assembly is to hold an emergency special session later today, involving all 193 member countries. the eu said it will welcome ukrainians without any paperwork for at least three years. the former

justice secretary believes the government should ukrainians come to the uk. well, we can speak to sir robert buckland now. what i want to see is the same generous offer we are seen across europe in the uk playing its full part. the prime minister's remarks were powerful. clearly he wants to do more to support people who are now leaving the country en masse. this is a huge refugee crisis caused by war. we have had about half a million people already in that number will grow and i think that he and i want the united kingdom to play theirfull part and i want the united kingdom to play their full part in that is my hope that, later today, colleagues at the home office will be making further announcements about a scheme that could help more people from ukraine. we've got to play our part as the rest of your peers and helping people in real need. what helping people in real need. what ou make helping people in real need. what you make of _ helping people in real need. what you make of president _ helping people in real need. what you make of president putin and the slain coming from the kremlin today

that it slain coming from the kremlin today thatitis slain coming from the kremlin today that it is a liz truss, the uk foreign secretary, escalating the conflict right now and in response to her words he has put their nuclear weapons on high alert. anybody escalating it it is put in by referring to nuclear weapons, he is indicating that, in some way, he might be prepared to escalate this conflict. that is what we should be worried about. we would expect people who have responsibility for nuclear deterrence, defensive mechanisms, to behave responsibly. and i cannot see, and any universe, how it is in russia's interest to start referring to the nuclear capability. surely there is time for russia to realise that it is failing, that it should withdraw its military forces from ukraine and respect the self—determination of the people of that country. what respect the self-determination of the people of that country. what are our the people of that country. what are your thoughts _ the people of that country. what are your thoughts on _ the people of that country. what are your thoughts on the _ the people of that country. what are your thoughts on the calls _ the people of that country. what are your thoughts on the calls for -

the people of that country. what are your thoughts on the calls for a - your thoughts on the calls for a no—fly zone to be put in place. i no—fly zone to be put in place. i can understand the sentiment behind but there is a problem and that having a direct conflict between nato forces and russia would escalate this position to an even more dangerous and dramatic level. i think that the provision of defensive military weapons, which of course has now been accelerated by the decision of the eu and germany yesterday and the support for cyber capabilities plus the raft of economic sanctions, targeted economic sanctions, targeted economic sanctions, targeted economic sanctions, i precisely what the west should do. we need to be forceful but also restrained and controlled. we are facing a leader who seems increasingly irrational. we need to show rationality and control in the face of such aggression. in control in the face of such aggression-— control in the face of such an uression. , ., ., , aggression. in terms of military assistance _ aggression. in terms of military assistance to _ aggression. in terms of military assistance to believe _ aggression. in terms of military assistance to believe another. aggression. in terms of military assistance to believe another isj assistance to believe another is being offered by the west, the eu

and nato? i being offered by the west, the eu and nato? .. . being offered by the west, the eu and nato? ,, ., ., ., ., and nato? i think that more and more has been offered _ and nato? i think that more and more has been offered and _ and nato? i think that more and more has been offered and provided - and nato? i think that more and more has been offered and provided and - and nato? i think that more and more has been offered and provided and wej has been offered and provided and we should respond to requests made by president zelensky and his government for aid. ac sweden is providing aid, europe is really ramping up its response now in quick time and i think that we've got to continue doing that, notjust to support the people of ukraine, but to make it crystal clear to the russians that up with this we will not put. russians that up with this we will not ut. ~ ., ,, russians that up with this we will not ut.~ ., i. , russians that up with this we will notut.~ ., , , not put. what you believe president putin's and game _ not put. what you believe president putin's and game is _ not put. what you believe president putin's and game is here? - not put. what you believe president putin's and game is here? what - not put. what you believe president putin's and game is here? what do | putin's and game is here? what do you fear? i putin's and game is here? what do ou fear? .. putin's and game is here? what do ou fear? ,, , ., putin's and game is here? what do ou fear? ,, ., , you fear? i think you made it very clear in that _ you fear? i think you made it very clear in that speech _ you fear? i think you made it very clear in that speech of— you fear? i think you made it very clear in that speech of last - you fear? i think you made it very clear in that speech of last week i clear in that speech of last week that he doesn't accept the current boundaries of the former republics of the soviet union. he is, like many russian leaders before him, concerned about his western frontier perceives a threat from nato which is of course a defensive alliance, we don't want to threaten russia, we

want to live peacefully with our russian friends. in his world, he sees threats, he sees challenges and now we see that he has taken the reckless airbrush step of invading a sovereign nation in order to achieve these goals. you must fail. together we will ensure that he will fail and that russia, once again, will be a peaceful country living in harmony with its neighbours.— with its neighbours. thank you for our time with its neighbours. thank you for your time and _ with its neighbours. thank you for your time and your _ with its neighbours. thank you for your time and your thoughts. - with its neighbours. thank you for i your time and your thoughts. thank ou. we your time and your thoughts. thank you- we are — your time and your thoughts. thank you. we are hearing _ your time and your thoughts. thank you. we are hearing from _ your time and your thoughts. thank you. we are hearing from brusselsl you. we are hearing from brussels that the eu — you. we are hearing from brussels that the eu defence _ you. we are hearing from brussels that the eu defence ministers - you. we are hearing from brussels| that the eu defence ministers have held a meeting and have agreed to jointly finance delivery of weapons to ukraine which will include a defensive arms, they have said. the fighting is strong, they said key haveis fighting is strong, they said key have is resisting that we have to provide them ammunitions. that is coming from the high representative who held and chaired that meeting. that lie just coming to us from brussels in the last few minutes or so. in terms of that meeting i spoke to lithuania's vice ministerfor national defence about what they were staying at the meeting and in

terms of what they were tending to agree on when it comes to financing move through sisters to clear. we exect move through sisters to clear. - expect from that meeting were the same messages that came from other meetings recently. there is unity on understanding and full unity on what the nato response should look like and an unprecedented unity in supporting ukraine. from very clear political perspective on eu membership and so delete by providing equipment and other material. we providing equipment and other material. ~ ., ., ., material. we heard from someone in the west of — material. we heard from someone in the west of the _ material. we heard from someone in the west of the country _ material. we heard from someone in the west of the country calling - material. we heard from someone in the west of the country calling on - material. we heard from someone in the west of the country calling on a l the west of the country calling on a no—fly zone to be imposed. has that been considered. what is considered now as supply of military equipment to ukraine because we see and ukraine escalating and ukraine is

standing against russian aggression and what we really need is equipment. a constant supply of military equipment. anti aircraft and other equipment. this is being discussed and this is place as we speak. there is a constant flow to the border, the countries bordering ukraine and this appointment, as far as we know, very quickly reaches ukraine, fighting ukraine soldiers. what is the view of the no—fly zone from defence ministers? is it seen as being potentially a dangerous escalation, and that is why it is not been considered? ibis escalation, and that is why it is not been considered?— escalation, and that is why it is not been considered? as they said, i am not in that _ not been considered? as they said, i am not in that meeting _ not been considered? as they said, i am not in that meeting because - not been considered? as they said, i am not in that meeting because i'ml am not in that meeting because i'm talking to you. but when it comes to a no—fly zone i believe that the eu

defence ministers were not discussing that. they were discussing that. they were discussing very practical clues to support ukraine urgently. what discussing very practical clues to support ukraine urgently. what is the case that _ support ukraine urgently. what is the case that lithuania _ support ukraine urgently. what is the case that lithuania is - support ukraine urgently. what is the case that lithuania is bringing to the international criminal court? can you give us more details on that? �* ., ~ can you give us more details on that? . ., ,, , , can you give us more details on that? . ., ~ , , ., , that? again, i think this is a very firm political _ that? again, i think this is a very firm political statement. - that? again, i think this is a very firm political statement. it- that? again, i think this is a very firm political statement. it was l firm political statement. it was made by some other countries. clearly, we have to put also start this process and to put russia accountable for what it did and i think it is one thing what is happening now in the military field on the ground, the other is legal responsibility and legaljudgments

responsibility and legal judgments on responsibility and legaljudgments on russian decisions and actions. the political decisions and assessments from the western countries, from un and nato, they are very clear. but those legal decisions will follow.— are very clear. but those legal decisions will follow. what are eo - le decisions will follow. what are people afraid _ decisions will follow. what are people afraid of _ decisions will follow. what are people afraid of right - decisions will follow. what are people afraid of right now - decisions will follow. what are people afraid of right now in l people afraid of right now in lithuania? i people afraid of right now in lithuania?— lithuania? i think people in lithuania — lithuania? i think people in lithuania understand - lithuania? i think people in lithuania understand that l lithuania? i think people in i lithuania understand that we lithuania? i think people in - lithuania understand that we are facing and we see in front of our eyes shift in european security. lithuania has always been warning countries in the un and nato that russia is becoming more aggressive. i think now nobody doubts that russia is really aggressive and it will continue to expand its aggression and it will go beyond ukraine so of course people understand this but what reassures us, the united response we are getting from nato, from the eu, and the strengthening of the stern part

of nato, the eastern flank, this is reassuring, that nato is really defending every inch of nato territory. they are arriving every day so it is even difficult to count numbers. those countries which have been already present in lithuania are doubling and sending additional troops. wejust this doubling and sending additional troops. we just this week made the decision on activating nato rapid response force. the discussions are also ongoing as to where and how and when we will deploy so will be much more nato persons in lithuania.

joining me now is oleg verveko. oleg and his wife life in kyiv and stayed in kyiv throughout the invasion. can you tell our viewers what you've seen so far, what is happening there? i seen so far, what is happening there? . , seen so far, what is happening there? ., , , ., there? i have seen the version military vehicle. _ where did you see this? were you at home? , . , where did you see this? were you at home? , ., , ., where did you see this? were you at home? , .,, ., ., ., home? yes, i was at home and i saw this from my — home? yes, i was at home and i saw this from my window _ home? yes, i was at home and i saw this from my window and _ home? yes, i was at home and i saw this from my window and i _ home? yes, i was at home and i saw this from my window and i have - this from my window and i have provided you with videos of the situation. we provided you with videos of the situation. ~ ., ., . situation. we are watching the ictures situation. we are watching the pictures now. _ situation. we are watching the pictures now, they _ situation. we are watching the pictures now, they are - situation. we are watching the pictures now, they are very i pictures now, they are very disturbing and very shocking. after you filmed them, what happens next? what happens next, live coming on and waiting for some help from countries to help us because we have

problems with food and water. and we want. we want to let countries help us in this war. we want help, we want help. us in this war. we want help, we want help-— us in this war. we want help, we want hel. . ., i. ., ., want help. and do you have a gun? two how they _ want help. and do you have a gun? two how they weapon _ want help. and do you have a gun? two how they weapon yourself? i want help. and do you have a gun? | two how they weapon yourself? no, no, i two how they weapon yourself? no, no. i don't — two how they weapon yourself? no, no. i don't have _ two how they weapon yourself? iifr. no, i don't have because i have no military education and i can't wear the gun. only who have military education or our police, they have gone. not civilian people have gone. is there any opportunity for you to leave? i is there any opportunity for you to leave? .. .. , , leave? ithink, ithink yes. there are small— leave? ithink, ithink yes. there are small opportunities - leave? ithink, ithink yes. there are small opportunities but - leave? ithink, ithink yes. there are small opportunities but i - leave? i think, i think yes. there| are small opportunities but i want to stay here and defend my city, my

country, my home. bind to stay here and defend my city, my country. my home-— to stay here and defend my city, my country, my home. and you have food and water? — country, my home. and you have food and water? because _ country, my home. and you have food and water? because the _ country, my home. and you have food and water? because the curfew- country, my home. and you have food and water? because the curfew was i and water? because the curfew was lifted? , , , , , and water? because the curfew was lifted? ,__ ., ., lifted? yes, yes, yes, for now, i have. lifted? yes, yes, yes, for now, i have- were _ lifted? yes, yes, yes, for now, i have. were you _ lifted? yes, yes, yes, for now, i have. were you able _ lifted? yes, yes, yes, for now, i have. were you able to - lifted? yes, yes, yes, for now, i have. were you able to leave i lifted? yes, yes, yes, for now, i- have. were you able to leave today? yes, i have. were you able to leave today? yes. i was — have. were you able to leave today? yes, i was outside _ have. were you able to leave today? yes, i was outside the _ have. were you able to leave today? yes, i was outside the house - have. were you able to leave today? yes, i was outside the house today i yes, i was outside the house today and got some water and food. where are ou and got some water and food. where are you getting _ and got some water and food. where are you getting your _ and got some water and food. where are you getting your information - are you getting your information from about what is happening in the key have earned other cities where i know you have family and relatives outside of the capital? yes. know you have family and relatives outside of the capital?— outside of the capital? yes, i have relatives elsewhere. _ outside of the capital? yes, i have relatives elsewhere. there - outside of the capital? yes, i have relatives elsewhere. there calling| relatives elsewhere. there calling me every hour as to what is happening. we have a channel where we share information regarding the situation. ~ ., ., we share information regarding the situation. ., ., ., , we share information regarding the situation. ~ ., ., ., , situation. what do relatives say? because we _ situation. what do relatives say? because we have _ situation. what do relatives say? because we have heard - situation. what do relatives say? because we have heard reports l situation. what do relatives say? | because we have heard reports of lots of fighting there. yes.

because we have heard reports of lots of fighting there.— lots of fighting there. yes, it is near the border _ lots of fighting there. yes, it is near the border of _ lots of fighting there. yes, it is near the border of poland - lots of fighting there. yes, it is near the border of poland and i lots of fighting there. yes, it is - near the border of poland and russia and we have a lot of problem. i can't understand for now if my father is. ., , ., can't understand for now if my father is— can't understand for now if my fatheris. ., ., , father is. how your family keeping themselves _ father is. how your family keeping themselves safe? _ father is. how your family keeping themselves safe? have _ father is. how your family keeping themselves safe? have they - father is. how your family keeping themselves safe? have they gone | father is. how your family keeping i themselves safe? have they gone to father is. how your family keeping - themselves safe? have they gone to a bunker there? are they hiding? yes. bunker there? are they hiding? yes, es. bunker there? are they hiding? yes, yes- bunko. — bunker there? are they hiding? yes, yes- bunko. yes- _ bunker there? are they hiding? yes, yes. bunko, yes. they— bunker there? are they hiding? yes yes. bunko, yes. they had themselves from attack from russian. i pay to have fans who have gone to fight? yes. many fans and many with war education go to fight and defend our cities. the education go to fight and defend our cities. . . . education go to fight and defend our cities. ., ., ., , cities. the war and what is happening _ cities. the war and what is happening there, - cities. the war and what is happening there, there i cities. the war and what is | happening there, there are cities. the war and what is - happening there, there are many people around the world is just of admiration for how ukrainians are dealing with this, for the courage

that people are showing. can you describe is where you find that courage, where people are getting their strength from? ilime courage, where people are getting their strength from?— their strength from? once more, lease. their strength from? once more, please- we _ their strength from? once more, please- we just _ their strength from? once more, please. we just want _ their strength from? once more, please. we just want to - their strength from? once more, please. we just want to know - their strength from? once more, | please. we just want to know why their strength from? once more, - please. we just want to know why you please. we 'ust want to know why you are so please. we just want to know why you are so defiant. — please. we just want to know why you are so defiant, where _ please. we just want to know why you are so defiant, where you _ please. we just want to know why you are so defiant, where you find, - please. we just want to know why you are so defiant, where you find, you i are so defiant, where you find, you and your friends find your courage from. ., ., and your friends find your courage from-- bravery- - and your friends find your courage from.- bravery. the - and your friends find your courage i from.- bravery. the ability from. courage. bravery. the ability to fiuht. from. courage. bravery. the ability to fight- from _ from. courage. bravery. the ability to fight. from my _ from. courage. bravery. the ability to fight. from my nationality - to fight. from my nationality because we _ to fight. from my nationality because we are _ to fight. from my nationality because we are ukrainian i to fight. from my nationality - because we are ukrainian people and a divination from russia and we have a divination from russia and we have a power to fight and defend ourselves. a power to fight and defend ourselves-— a power to fight and defend ourselves. . ~' , ., , . a power to fight and defend ourselves. ., ,, , ., , . ., ourselves. thank you very much for 'oinin: ourselves. thank you very much for joining us- — ourselves. thank you very much for joining us. please _ ourselves. thank you very much for joining us. please stay _ ourselves. thank you very much for

joining us. please stay safe. - ourselves. thank you very much for joining us. please stay safe. thank| joining us. please stay safe. thank ou, too. joining us. please stay safe. thank you, too. please _ joining us. please stay safe. thank you, too. please share _ joining us. please stay safe. thank| you, too. please share information. please help us. thank you.- please help us. thank you. thank ou, please help us. thank you. thank you. over — the website of the russian state news agency, tass, has gone down, with reports it had been hacked. there were reports of anti—war messages criticising the invasion some of these sites including a russian news site have been defaced with messages calling on the war to stop. some other sites in russia also have been targeted. some of them had been taken down. is not clear that as by the owners to prevent them, put in anti—war messages being put on hold to do with the hackers. there does seem to

have been a coordinated campaign. the group, anonymous, on twitter they seem to be taking credit or linking themselves to that. it is a sign that, beneath the surface, there is an issue like a cyber aspect to this butter. it is secondary to the veal confit which involves tanks and missiles but suddenly quips and not always state groups are starting to get involved and we have seen some of these activist groups like anonymous and others say they are targeting russian and belarusian websites and other organisations. we also sell, a few days ago, a russian —based run somewhere, criminal group saying it might respond if russia was attacked so you are seen beneath the surface this aspect of a kind of complicated hacking and work over information warfare. on the other side, how many cyber attacks have they been from

the russians? it is cyber attacks have they been from the russians?— the russians? it is interesting because people _ the russians? it is interesting because people expected - the russians? it is interesting because people expected a i the russians? it is interesting - because people expected a massive cyber attack on the initial invasion happened under did not take place and i think a lot of people thought perhaps, as russia did in 2015, when it said it could take off the power in ukraine, it actually switched off a power plant, people were expecting all communications to go down, power plants to go down by the russians did not do that. they did not put in place therefore, you know, spectrum of cyber and what they call electronic warfare attacks to target these communications. people were not entirely sure why that was the

case, why they were holding about for some reason or hoping to spread messages about what was going on rather than stop communications happening. there is a possibility we could still see more escalation whether it is by governments or what russia does in ukraine or ukraine responding or whether it's a spill—over with other groups, acting between the west and russia are taking each other one. i still think we have not seen perhaps the scale of cyber attacks many expected but it is still possible we will see more in the days and weeks to come. thank you so much. the football association has said no england team will play any match against russia for the foreseeable future. the sport's world governing body, fifa, has said all russia's international matches will be moved to neutral countries. it said the national team would have to play under the name "football union of russia". and as chelsea football club lost the carabao cup, ros atkins looks at the 'uncertainties�* that russia's invasion of ukraine has created for the club — which is owned by russian billionaire roman abramovich. chelsea have lost the carabao cup. another trophy in the roman abramovich era will have to wait. when he bought the club in 2003, his background was no secret. he was and is a russian billionaire, and oligarch whose wealth roots back to the collapse of the soviet union, a time when new russian companies and like all oligarchs, he's had to deal with vladimir putin. in 2012, a uk high courtjudge said roman abramovich had "very good

relations" and "privileged access to" putin. a 2016 bbc panorama programme said a $33.5 million yacht was reportedly "given to vladimir putin" by mr abramovich. he denies having a close relationship with putin and when asked about the yacht his lawyers dismissed the claims as "speculation and rumour". meanwhile, his time in charge of chelsea has brought huge success. this month they celebrated becoming world club champions. but on thursday, russia invaded ukraine. also on thursday, labour mp chris bryant addressed parliament. he referenced a leaked home office document that alleges that roman abramovich has "links to the russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices". he said the government should seize mr abramovich's assets. a spokesperson for roman abramovich declined to comment. those comments in parliament were on thursday. on friday, chelsea's manager thomas tuchel talked about the uncertainty is russia's invasion have created for the club. "we should not pretend this is not an issue," he said. and while he prepared his team for the cup final, roman abramovich took a decision, releasing a statement saying, "i am today giving trustees of chelsea's charitable foundation the stewardship and care of chelsea fc." former premier league player micah richards asked a question many were wondering, "what does it even mean,"

he said. well, roman abramovich is still owner of chelsea, but he has relinquished day to day control. oliver holt of the mail on sunday was unimpressed, tweeting, "abramovich's statement was more significant for what it did not say. he did not condemn the invasion of ukraine." but everyone agrees the statement is connected to the invasion. it seems to be an attempt to distance the club from the awful situation. what it may also do is protect the club if any sanctions were imposed on russian—owned assets. that was saturday night. on sunday morning, chelsea put out a statement. it read, "the situation in ukraine is horrific and devastating. chelsea fc�*s thoughts are with everyone in ukraine. everyone at the club is praying for peace." there was no mention of russia, the country that has created the horrific situation.

but russia questions keep coming up, as they did when foreign secretary liz truss joined sky news to discuss new uk measures on russian money. i've compiled a hit list of oligarchs, people who... is abramovich on it? i'm not going to say who is on the list. that's one outstanding question. another concerns the money chelsea owes roman abramovich. that stands at around £1.5 billion. if he wanted it back now, it's not clear how the club would pay. all of which is why losing the carabao cup is not the only thing chelsea is thinking about this weekend. now hearing from the head of the un refugee agency. he said that more than half a million refugees have now fled into neighbouring countries and we are looking at pictures from poland. following russia's invasion last week. the word from warsaw is that more than what a quarter of a

with ukraine and, as you canjust see from these pictures as well, women and children there, too, and support centres being set up to help them. do stay with us for continuing coverage. hello again. as we go through this new working week, more of us are going to see some rain. but by the end of the week, with high—pressure settling in, it looks like next weekend will be settled. today, though, it's going to be breezy. there will be rain for many. the rain coming in courtesy of this weather front, moving from the north—west towards the south—east. and we can see from the isobars, especially across the north—west, that it's going to be windy with gales at times. the rain will be fairly persistent across northern england, wales and south—west england, and ahead of it you can see the cloud building. although the south—east should stay dry for much of the day. on the other side of that weather front, for scotland and northern ireland, brightening up with just a few showers.

these are our average wind speeds. the gusts obviously will be more than that in the north—west and also the south—west. temperatures today, 9—13 degrees with the wind slowly starting to ease through the course the afternoon. as we head on through the evening and overnight, eventually the weather front does take its cloud and rain into the south—east. behind it, we will have clear skies and especially across northern ireland, northern england and scotland, where you can see the blues on the chart, there is going to be a sharp frost. temperatures in actual fact could fall as low as —3 in parts of scotland and we could see a bit of mist and fog forming in east wales, northern and western parts of the midlands. tomorrow, high pressure really builds in. you can see where we've got our weather front across the south—east. that's going to be fairly weak in the south—eastern end of it so there will be a fair bit of cloud around, some patchy light rain and drizzle. but if we follow it round as it comes back into the south—west, the rain will be heavier. a lot of cloud across southern england and wales. for the north, northern england, scotland and northern ireland, under that ridge of high pressure, you've got the sunshine. as we head on from tuesday into wednesday, our weather front moves north. the high pressure is squeezed away

and a new atlantic front starts to show its hand by the end of the day. you can see all the cloud associated with our fronts moving north and also the rain. not particularly heavy, and by the end of the day we've got this next line of rain coming our way. temperatures, 8—10 degrees. after a frosty start in the north of scotland, you will hang on to the sunshine. as we head into thursday, further cloud and rain but friday, something more settled comes our way as high pressure builds.

today, we are alive in the ukrainian capital kyiv as talks begin to try to end five days of war. delegations from russia and ukraine meet near the despite the talks, the fighting continues, as more russian troops head for the front—line. ukraine's president says the next 2a hours will be crucial, and he's appealing to brussels to allow his country tojoin the eu. translation: we appeal to the european union - for the immediate accession of ukraine under a new special procedure. relief for the citizens of kyiv, as four days of curfew ends. some venture out from underground shelters, looking for food and supplies. but hundreds of thousands of ukrainians are fleeing the country.