ukraine say more than 100 civilians have been killed, including seven children — as ukraine faces more clashes with russian forces. i'm lyse doucet, in kyiv — there's relief for citizens after four days of curfew ends. some venture out from shelters — looking for food and supplies. with sanctions beginning to bite — the russian rouble falls to an all—time low as interest rates are hiked. i'm live in poland not farfrom the ukrainian border where thousands of refugees who managed to cross are being offered assistance. five days after russian troops invaded ukraine, delegations from the two countries have begun talks aimed at ending the war. ukraine is demanding an immediate ceasefire

and the withdrawal of russian forces. the talks are being held on the ukraine—belarus border. moscow says it wants to reach an agreement that is 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. mr zelensky says russian forces deliberately bombarded residential areas in ukraine overnight, describing the assault as "brutal". there's been heavy fighting around chernihiv, and in kharkiv, ukrainian officials say dozens of civilians were killed, and hundreds wounded, in missile strikes. in the capital, kyiv, the ukrainian military says it pushed back repeated assaults overnight. they appear to show a large deployment of russian ground forces, including tanks, near the town of ivankiv, about 80 kilometres north—west of kyiv. the convoy is thought to be at least five kilometres long.

the united nations refugee agency says more than half a million people from ukraine have now fled into neighbouring countries. poland alone is handling 250,000 refugees — the european union says it's preparing for millions more to arrive. shops have reopened 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, the russian currency, the rouble, has tumbled almost 30% to record lows against the dollar. russia's stock and derivative markets have stayed shut, and the central bank announced it was more than doubling its key interest rate to 20%. the kremlin has blamed comments by the british foreign secretary, liz truss, for its decision to place russia's nuclear forces on "special alert". and in an hour's time, the united nations general assembly will hold a special emergency

session, involving all 193 member countries. there have only been ten such occasions in the last seven decades. more on all that to come, let's cross to our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, in kyiv. a very difficult weekend. indeed. this has been very hard 36 hours for the residents of this capital. they emerged their underground shelters, basements and bunkers and bomb shelters, where they spent the last 36 hours under a very strict curfew. there was a race to the shops, to their homes, to find out what was happening in a city that has been transformed every day into a war city. as they raced to the shops there is also many who are racing for the borders. the united nations says nearly 500,000 people have now fled into neighbouring countries because it whatever border to the west where

they think they can find refuge and were the roads are still open. 0ur correspondent rob cameron sent this report from the border with slovakia, where 10,000 people report from the border with slovakia, where10,000 people a day are crossing to receive shelter. this is my second visit to this border crossing in four days, and what started as just a couple of tents, really, and a few hundred people, mostly ukrainians from the neighbouring carpathian region, has swollen to what is essentially a global village, where people from all over the world, students and migrant workers, are all part now of this big sea of humanity, of people fleeing the conflict in ukraine and heading west. my family in kharkiv now, and my parents, my sister. oh, my god, i'm so scared for these people... nasta fled the bombing of kharkiv with her three young children. we don't hate russian people. we hate war. we don't want war. like most ukrainians arriving here,

she is going on to friends and relatives in neighbouring countries. part of the great ukrainian diaspora in central europe. there are strong bonds of affinity and affection here in the plains beneath the carpathian mountains. no, we are not an organisation, we just came here and we would like to help. we bring our tents, we bring our desks, we bring our wood, we bring our fireplace. everything was ours, and we just stay here right now for three days, and we also manage a new system for the registration of the refugees, we manage the registration for the buses. the slovak authorities say they are ready for a much larger exodus of people. the bottlenecks, they say, are forming on the ukrainian side. but there are people here from all over the world, students from ghana and cote d'ivoire, migrant workers from pakistan. all caught up in what could soon become europe's greatest movement of people since the second world war. where will they go and

when will they go home? rob cameron, bbc news, on the slovak—ukrainian border. so many fleeing every day in what is now an invasion in its fifth day. what are they leaving behind? a crisp day in kyiv but no one is venturing out for the weather. i coming into fighting, lifting of curfew has led to people going above ground for the first time in days. with one thing on their mind. replenishing increasingly limited supplies. translation: this attack by russia is impossible in the _ 21st—century, this woman says. translation: my child is three years old and she is far away. _ me and my husband are unable to pick up because we are under fire.

translation: it was awful in the shelter. because of the conditions. no toilet, no water, nothing. there would soon be nothing in some aisles with supermarkets running low on staff at stock. this is the quietest we have seen the centre of kyiv and this is being replicated in cities across the country. ukraine's defence has been both surprising and extraordinary. but it is still the underdog. and russia is still making gains. it has nevertheless been a fifth night of russian shells landing on ukrainian cities. the kyiv region, to the north, and kharkiv to the north—east today. despite periods of heavy fighting and shelling in the second

biggest city, russians have been repelled for now and the defiance of president zelensky continues. translation: europeans are aware that our soldiers are fighting for- our country and therefore for the whole of europe. for peace of all the countries of the european union, for the lives of children, equality, democracy. this gives us the full right to do the following, we appeal to the european union for the immediate accession of ukraine under a new special procedure. alongside this sizeable political aim, a direct plea to his invaders. translation: drop your weapons and get out of here. _ do not believe your commanders, do not believe your propagandists, just save your lives and go. negotiators from both russia and ukraine are in talks on the border close to belarus. moscow says it wants a deal that is good for both sides.

kyiv�*s conditions are for both ceasefire and for troops to withdraw. the exact opposite of the last five days. talks begin but the war goes on and everyday thousands fleeing to the west. we heard earlierfrom our correspondent rob cameron, on the ukrainian border with slovakia. now let's cross to my colleague kasia madera on the with poland. this is a town around 30 kilometres away from the polish border with ukraine. we have moved here because this is the next step on the refugees' immensejourney, refugees' immense journey, buses taking refugees' immensejourney, buses taking refugees from the border itself to reception areas where they can get some rest and food, something hot because it is cold here, temperatures are dropping. the buses are coming in behind it,

taking the refugees off, those that need more medical assistance apart from the first aid initially administered at the border, is delivered here, and then there is a huge movement of volunteers, first aid services, peoplejust huge movement of volunteers, first aid services, people just wanting to help in any way that they can. red cross, water supplies, peoplejust cross, water supplies, people just offering cross, water supplies, peoplejust offering food, people that have brought nappies, clothes, all that kind of material that those with absolutely nothing may perhaps need because they have left with such limited supplies. we have been talking about the huge queues to the border back from ukraine, about a0 kilometre queues, thousands of people wanting to get across. thousands of people waiting. we're hearing about a 60 waiting times hour because of the huge massive number of people. it's a tremendous effort that is taking place here in

poland, the government he is saying if what is welcome, all nationalities are welcome, important to stress that because it is not just ukrainian nationals coming over here, we've spoken to so many different students from nigeria, india, bangladesh, who also made a typicaljourney. a lot of comments are made on social media that people are made on social media that people are being treated differently. it's impossible for me to verify on the side of the border what is happening there. there is a lot of stress and tension on the border. 0n the ukrainian side and of course they are checking documentation but poland is saying all nationals are welcome and they are ready and waiting to welcome these people, people are offering homes, offering lights, places to stay, families are opening their doors, other families are being reunited. there is a huge ukrainian population of the in poland, around 1 million ukrainians

living and working in poland and so they are eager to reconnect with their families, they are eager to reconnect with theirfamilies, predominately ukrainian women and children because the men are obliged to state, between the ages of 18 and 60 are being asked to stay and support the military effort. here on the ground this is what we're seeing, those waves of refugees, polling taking the largest number in at the moment, getting support and then being offered extra support as and when they needed for those that don't have family relatives in poland. kasia madera, thank you forjoining us from the border of ukraine and poland. another reminder, if one was needed, that this war in ukraine is shooting around the world. in some border support and solidarity, in some capitals the imposition of sanctions. this is a war that the world is watching and asking what is president putin's plan, what does he

hope to achieve and what can he get from peace talks? let's cross to moscow to join our correspondent jenny hill. 0n the talks taking place on the ukraine— belarusian border, any sense of why russia would want to start talks now which of course are welcomed here, those talks? no, it's not clear, to be honest. it's increasingly difficult to know what is in the mind of vladimir putin, what his game plan is. we now russia had been rather insistent ukraine attend these talks in belarus, there are other options on the table, as turkey, israel all offered to host talks or mediate. but russia has been very single—minded about wanting to do this in belarus, it's not a neutral country by any means in this conflict and the ukrainians were very unhappy about that and had said

they did not want to go to belarus for talks so those are happening on the border. but it's very difficult to know what russia's aim is. we now vladimir putin has all sorts of demands of the west and we know in broader terms we know what he does not like about the west, he does not like the nato expansion eastwards or the security architecture within europe and wants to challenge that. we know some of what he wants a fought ukraine. i think we can deduce from some of what he had to say recently he would like to see regime change in kyiv, he said he did not want to occupy the country but he also said he didn't want to invade. it's very difficult to know what rush at once. we heard earlier from the defence minister here who said we did not start hostilities in ukraine but we are going to finish them. it's very difficult to know what is meant by that. we'll have to wait and see what comes from the talks before we can analyse what is

going on. it's a difficult venue for ukraine because belarus is very much part of this war as we happen reporting in the weeks running up to this invasion, there were military exercises, marshalling of forces on the belarusian— ukraine border and then of course there had been reports in the last 2a hours that belarusian troops could actually cross the border to join the russian offensive. is there any indication where you are how likely that is? no, not really, i'm afraid. the kremlin is very keen to perpetuate the narrative that this is not an invasion of ukraine, this is not a war, the russian media are not even allowed to use those words, the narrative here is this is a necessary defence of the russian speaking populations in eastern

ukraine against the aggression coming from kyiv. the state media here is very keen to keep that narrative going. you do not hear a lot about what is going on in the rest of the country, you hear what is going on in the east and the south of ukraine and we have had various upbeat assessments from the ministry of defence here over the last few days including today when they talk about the fact they've taken some towns in the south and that they are managing to control those cities with the cooperation of local people. they don't mention casualties on the russian side although they have acknowledged just yesterday there have been some casualties but no more detail than that. they want people here to think this is going very well. we have to see if we hear more but today that is not something the kremlin is talking about. jenny hill, thank you forjoining us

from moscow. emphasising russia are trying to keep the narrative going that this war is going very well but on day five ukrainians are declaring now city at all is under the occupation of russian forces but certainly the attacks going on including street to street fighting. many russia watchers, long—term russia watchers have been surprised and even shocked by russia's invasion of ukraine, including the real signs that russian forces are trying to advance on the capital kyiv. foran trying to advance on the capital kyiv. for an assessment of what could lie ahead we are joined by radek sikorski, the former polish foreign minister who is now an mep. when you see russian troops in belarus you have any idea what could be on the mind of president putin? this isn't going as well as he thought, he was hoping to change

regime in kyiv with a surgical strike and some saboteurs, the way he did in crimea. ukrainian, defence has clearly surprised him. but he still has reserves, still has his second itch alone, still has some cards to play. he's managed to link up cards to play. he's managed to link up crimea with donbas in the south but i think the centre of gravity of this conflict is in kyiv and they're here so far failed. in this conflict is in kyiv and they're here so far failed.— this conflict is in kyiv and they're here so far failed. in the talks now takin: here so far failed. in the talks now taking place _ here so far failed. in the talks now taking place on — here so far failed. in the talks now taking place on the _ here so far failed. in the talks now taking place on the belarusian - i taking place on the belarusian — ukrainian border, is thisjust taking place on the belarusian — ukrainian border, is this just a ruse perhaps to regroup forces and reassess tactics, to lay the blame on ukraine if the talks do not succeed? 0rare on ukraine if the talks do not succeed? or are they sincere? time, i think, succeed? or are they sincere? time, ithink, is succeed? or are they sincere? time, i think, is also _ succeed? or are they sincere? time, i think, is also helping _ succeed? or are they sincere? time, i think, is also helping ukrainians - i think, is also helping ukrainians to bring some forces to the defence

of kyiv, to take the deliveries of western anti—tank and anti—aircraft missiles and those are drones which are being very effective. and i expect put is still demanding the capitulation of ukraine which i don't think is going to happen. there are also reports of russia using nuclear capable missiles, and thatis, using nuclear capable missiles, and that is, given putin is threatening nuclear retaliation and the fact that during exercises that exercised that during exercises that exercised that use of tactical weapons, is a very worrying. 0ne that use of tactical weapons, is a very worrying. one is worried about president putin's stability of mind. as you will know, in the run—up to the russian invasion many said, well, perhaps the russian objective is just to establish a corridor

between eastern ukraine, donbas, and crimea, to have a corridor there. then obviouslyjudging by this invasion, they are looking for something much bigger. could president putin, if you achieve that, that first object of, say it's a success and then pulled back or is it too late? he wants all of ukraine, i'm sure you notice the premature publication of this imperial manifesto on the conquest of kyiv, which has not happened. he is playing some geopolitical megalomaniacal game and i don't think unlocking crimea water supplies would satisfy him. although one would hope that he would regard that as a very sane solution, if he cannot take kyiv.

thank you very much forjoining us with your assessment of what is really a fast changing situation on the ground. a dangerous situation for ukrainians in the capital kyiv this morning alone there has been three soundings of the air raid sirens warning residents of the city that they have to take cover, that i russian air attack could be imminent and yet this is a morning where people are caught with relief, emerging from that 36 hour curfew, filling the shops, emptying the shelves, not knowing when they will have to go underground again. tonight at ten o'clock the curfew will come into force again and if need be it could start even sooner and go on even longer. we'll bring all the developments from here in kyiv and across the country but back to you in london. western sanctions have rocked the russian economy, with the central bank having to double its key

interest rate to 20%. the value of the russian rouble has fallen to a record low. the european union, the us and now the uk, have taken the unprecedented step of sanctioning the russian central bank, as our economics correspondent theo leggett reports. queues at cashpoints over the weekend in moscow and st petersburg. russia's currency is collapsing. the country's banks are becoming ever more isolated from the global financial system and people are getting worried. translation: our economic situation will get a lot worse. _ it is inevitable in the circumstances but it is still not comparable with the people who are dying in their homes through the fault of our forces. we are in touch with our ukrainian friends and there are no words that could comfort them. translation: i don't have any hard-currency savings. - let's see what happens. the biggest step taken by the western powers so far is the decision to block russia's central back from accessing

hundreds of billions of pounds worth of foreign reserves from abroad including here in the uk. that means the central bank will no longer be able to support its own currency, the rouble, which is already haemorrhaging value. for ordinary russians, it means, at the very least, higher prices for everyday goods, and they can no longer be insulated from the effects of the war in ukraine. a wave of other sanctions has been imposed over the past week. there has been a clampdown on russia's banks reducing their access to funding. exports of key technology to russia have been banned. and there have been measures designed to hit the country's leaders personally, freezing their overseas wealth and denying them visas. you are beginning to see a little bit of queueing in some grocery stores. people buying some goods they think might become in short supply due to trade restrictions, or may be subject to large price increases because of the rouble devaluation.

but none of these measures hit russia's lucrative exports of oil and gas and that could limit their effectiveness. if you look at the russian economy, it is largely dominated by sending oil and natural gas to europe. so long as we allow the oil and natural gas to flow, we are not doing as much as we can to cripple putin's war machine. it is clear the sections will have a big impact on daily life in russia. the question is whether that is enough to make president putin change course. i'm joined now by nicholas mulder, an assistant professor in modern history at cornell university, who wrote a book on the history of economic sanctions. thank you forjoining us. there has been a lot of criticism of the sanctions, whether they've been hard enough, from what you are seeing, and what is unfolded, do you think the western world is going down the right path? first of all it's really remarkable to observe how many sanctions have

been imposed in the last few days and how quickly the escalation from pretty targeted measures, to now fairly sweeping measures against the swift payment system and access to that system of russian banks, the russian central bank has been, so far this is a big restriction of western resolve, the question will be what the effects will be on the decision—making of putin and the kremlin. decision-making of putin and the kremlin. . �* , , , ., kremlin. that's the big question. toda we kremlin. that's the big question. today we are _ kremlin. that's the big question. today we are seeing _ kremlin. that's the big question. today we are seeing the - kremlin. that's the big question. today we are seeing the rouble l kremlin. that's the big question. i today we are seeing the rouble has fallen to an all—time low against the dollar, the everyday lives of russians could be impacted quite quickly. whether all this is enough to make him change course. yes. quickly. whether all this is enough to make him change course. yes, so i think at the — to make him change course. yes, so i think at the moment _ to make him change course. yes, so i think at the moment that _ to make him change course. yes, so i think at the moment that is _ to make him change course. yes, so i think at the moment that is about - think at the moment that is about four particularfactors think at the moment that is about four particular factors we have to consider, the first is short—term, what is the financial crisis or shock the russian economy will suffer in the next few days look like? in the medium term, how the

russian economy adjust and what the actual effects in terms of inflation and loss of gdp will be an effect on living standards. third, what kind of counter actions can the russian government take in offsetting measures, interventions to stymie some of the effect of sanctions. and finally and probably most difficult to predict, the political effect. i think the question is will sanctions create more popular opposition protests by ordinary russians or will they potentially drive some sort of split within the russian elite. ~ �* ., ., ._ sort of split within the russian elite. ~ �* ., ., ., elite. we've heard even today from dmitri pascoe _ elite. we've heard even today from dmitri pascoe who _ elite. we've heard even today from dmitri pascoe who said _ elite. we've heard even today from dmitri pascoe who said these - elite. we've heard even today from dmitri pascoe who said these sorts| dmitri pascoe who said these sorts of sanctions do not have any impact on us, we heard the russian site similar things over the last few weeks. 0ne russian official last weeks. 0ne russian official last week said they always impose these sorts of sanctions, we know it is coming, we know how to deal with it and then they come crawling back. do you think this time, given there

been the swift sanctions as well, but it is different?— but it is different? certainly different in _ but it is different? certainly different in terms _ but it is different? certainly different in terms of- but it is different? certainly different in terms of scale l but it is different? certainly i different in terms of scale and rapidity in terms of imposition. before this the russian government built up a large war chest of foreign exchange reserves with an eye to weathering later at sanctions, the fact those have, in pretty significant part been frozen, isn't something they expected necessarily. that previously only had been done with iran, venezuela and recently afghanistan, quite a radical sanction. and recently afghanistan, quite a radicalsanction. i and recently afghanistan, quite a radical sanction. i think the work to some extent blindsided by that step but that doesn't mean there is an things they could do and also the experience of iran and venezuela shows that this might not immediately lead to a shift in the political policy of these regimes. from what we've seen from afghanistan, freezing these funds is one thing, unfreezing is quite technical and difficult. it one thing, unfreezing is quite technical and difficult.- one thing, unfreezing is quite technical and difficult. it is. one ofthe technical and difficult. it is. one of the thing _ technical and difficult. it is. one of the thing is _ technical and difficult. it is. one of the thing is quite _ technical and difficult. it is. one of the thing is quite notable - technical and difficult. it is. one l of the thing is quite notable about the american as well as eu

commission statements that went out on saturday evening about these new sanctions was although they put in these measures, particularly the eu want did not contain explicit conditions that would lead to the lifting. it spoke about imposing costs for the aggression but it was not entirely clear. 0bviously costs for the aggression but it was not entirely clear. obviously there is a diplomatic invention to that but it makes it more difficult to see them as an incentive to change behaviour because it's not entirely clear from this moment, behaviour because it's not entirely clearfrom this moment, at least, what the russians would have to change to get them lifted. nicholas mulder, thank you so much forjoining us. the united nations security council is preparnig to hold a rare special session of the general assembly in the next hour. 0ur correspondent in washington — duncan kennedy has more details. well, this is an extremely rare event. it'll only be the 11th time in 72 years that the general assembly will have held an emergency session.

it all came about because last friday russia vetoed a resolution in the security council. now, that angered the americans because they wanted to embarrass russia on the world stage, so they've been behind efforts to push through this emergency session. russia tried to veto that but they were out—voted by other members on the security council. so what we'll be seeing today is ambassador after ambassador after ambassador lining up to condemn russia and condemn vladimir putin for what they are doing in ukraine. now, it doesn't have any binding qualities, and it's not the same clout as a un security council resolution, but all the same these americans and these other ambassadors are convinced that it's worth doing because what they want to do, in a sense, is depict a world—wide opinion poll registering the world's dissent with what vladimir putin is doing. they want to isolate him on the world stage. now, what this will be a part of is a triumvirate of pressures.

you have the military pressures, as many, many nations are now supplying weapons to ukraine, you've got the financial pressures through sanctions on individuals, banks and other entities, and this, this session in the general assembly will be the diplomatic, the political pressure on vladimir putin, and what they want to try and do on this world stage is turn him into the most isolated person in world politics. let's speak to pavel podvig who's a senior research fellow at the united nations institute for disarmament research. how concerned how concerned are how concerned are you that nuclear forces have been put on special alert? it forces have been put on special alert? , . ., , ., forces have been put on special alert? ,. ., , ., alert? it is certainly not something to take lightly _ alert? it is certainly not something to take lightly and _ alert? it is certainly not something to take lightly and on _ alert? it is certainly not something to take lightly and on some - alert? it is certainly not something to take lightly and on some level l to take lightly and on some level that was the message in this announcement. 0n the other hand i

think it is important to keep in mind that this is not putting the nuclear forces on higher level of alert, this is a more limited step and from the stories i see today it appears that so far it is just a demand to bring more personnel to various command centres. it is possible that russia talks on measures to protect its command control system from potential attack but it does not look like there is any physical increase in the number of deployed warheads or systems on patrol or things like that. help of deployed warheads or systems on

patrol or things like that.— patrol or things like that. help us understand _ patrol or things like that. help us understand russia's _ patrol or things like that. help us understand russia's nuclear- patrol or things like that. help us - understand russia's nuclear weapons and the impact of them?— and the impact of them? russia has one of the two _ and the impact of them? russia has one of the two biggest _ and the impact of them? russia has one of the two biggest arsenals - and the impact of them? russia has one of the two biggest arsenals of. one of the two biggest arsenals of nuclear weapons and the united states and russia have about a000, a500 nuclear weapons each, it's a large number. much of the russian strategic weapons, 1000 nuclear warheads are deployed on intercontinental ballistic missiles and these are in a high degree of readiness to launch in a matter of less than a minute and there are also submarines with ballistic missiles on board. so it's a formidable force and not something to take lightly. ben

formidable force and not something to take lightly-— to take lightly. ben wallace, the british defence _ to take lightly. ben wallace, the british defence secretary - to take lightly. ben wallace, the british defence secretary has - to take lightly. ben wallace, the | british defence secretary has said that this is just russia trying to distract people. would you say it is more serious than that? i distract people. would you say it is more serious than that?— more serious than that? i would robabl more serious than that? i would probably take — more serious than that? i would probably take it _ more serious than that? i would probably take it more _ more serious than that? i would probably take it more seriously | more serious than that? i would i probably take it more seriously and quite frankly, ifind it probably take it more seriously and quite frankly, i find it very discomforting that nuclear weapons entered this discussion at all and the first announcement when president putin made his address, announcing the beginning of the military operation against ukraine, he referred to the possibility of consequences if you try to intervene, so i think what russia is trying to do is send a very forceful signal that the west and the us should not intervene in this

conflict otherwise nuclear weapons would seat be somehow involved. and i think that the message here should be is not not important but it is highly irresponsible and unacceptable and i hope that the international community would take that position and condemn the attempt to make nuclear weapons a player in this very complicated conflict. ., ~ player in this very complicated conflict. ., ,, , ., , . player in this very complicated conflict. ., ~ , . ., conflict. thank you very much for “oinini conflict. thank you very much for joining us- _ conflict. thank you very much for joining us- we — conflict. thank you very much for joining us. we can _ conflict. thank you very much for joining us. we can speak - conflict. thank you very much for joining us. we can speak to - conflict. thank you very much for| joining us. we can speak to nadia who was a law student and living in the western city of lviv. thank you forjoining us and tell us what is happening in lviv, which is in western ukraine?—

happening in lviv, which is in western ukraine? firstly i want to sa thank western ukraine? firstly i want to say thank you _ western ukraine? firstly i want to say thank you to _ western ukraine? firstly i want to say thank you to all _ western ukraine? firstly i want to say thank you to all the _ western ukraine? firstly i want to say thank you to all the ukrainian | say thank you to all the ukrainian army and the whole nation is very proud of them and actually we are really happy to have the support of all european countries and britain of course, so right now the city is ok and we are quiet so we are like 0k and we are quiet so we are like this. ok and we are quiet so we are like this. ., ok and we are quiet so we are like this. . ., , , ., , ., this. there are many people from across ukraine _ this. there are many people from across ukraine making _ this. there are many people from across ukraine making their - this. there are many people from across ukraine making their way l this. there are many people from. across ukraine making their way to lviv. are there of people who are displaced? what is the situation in lviv? ., ., displaced? what is the situation in lviv? . ., ., ., , ., lviv? there are a lot of people who are fleeing- — lviv? there are a lot of people who are fleeing. there _ lviv? there are a lot of people who are fleeing. there are _ lviv? there are a lot of people who are fleeing. there are children - lviv? there are a lot of people who are fleeing. there are children and| are fleeing. there are children and and i can see that this city is one of the most safe and it's located in

the most western part of ukraine near them border with poland and this is why we can say right now they are safe.— they are safe. what about supermarkets _ they are safe. what about supermarkets and - they are safe. what about supermarkets and food i they are safe. what about| supermarkets and food on they are safe. what about - supermarkets and food on shelves? they are safe. what about _ supermarkets and food on shelves? is there plenty of that?— there plenty of that? sometimes we have problems _ there plenty of that? sometimes we have problems with _ there plenty of that? sometimes we have problems with food _ there plenty of that? sometimes we have problems with food and - there plenty of that? sometimes we have problems with food and there i there plenty of that? sometimes we l have problems with food and there is a lot of food that can stay for a long time so i think that's really a problem now. buti long time so i think that's really a problem now. but i know there are some people who have taken some food from poland and the other european countries which helps us. you from poland and the other european countries which helps us.— countries which helps us. you are not iioin countries which helps us. you are not going to _ countries which helps us. you are not going to school _ countries which helps us. you are not going to school at _ countries which helps us. you are not going to school at the - countries which helps us. you are i not going to school at the moment. you are at home and everyone is trying to stay away from being outside? i trying to stay away from being outside? ., trying to stay away from being outside? . ., ., ., outside? i am not going to university _ outside? i am not going to

university right _ outside? i am not going to university right now - outside? i am not going to university right now but. outside? i am not going to | university right now but we outside? i am not going to - university right now but we are still working and we have some tasks from our tutors, our teachers and being 17 years old, i have to stay quite physically, so the first task for me is to show the information to the whole world and being a lawyer and understanding the principle of international law like fairness is very important to me, so the important task for me is i have to do it correctly and and in the best way i can. do it correctly and and in the best wa i can. ~ ., do it correctly and and in the best way i can-— way i can. will have to leave it there. thank _ way i can. will have to leave it there. thank you _ way i can. will have to leave it there. thank you very - way i can. will have to leave it there. thank you very much i way i can. will have to leave it| there. thank you very much for joining us. belarus has allowed russian forces to use its territory as a launchpad for their assault on ukraine. the belarusian leader alexander lukashenko is a key ally

of vladimir putin but he is under pressure as last year's presidential election was widely considered to be stolen. now the main opposition leader, sviatlana tsikhanouskaya, has called for a campaign of �*peaceful disobedience and resistance' against the war. i'm joined now by hanna liubakova, a belarusianjournalist. tell us about the peaceful disobedience and resistance campaign. it disobedience and resistance campaign-— disobedience and resistance cam-rain. , , campaign. it started yesterday when eo - le campaign. it started yesterday when people went — campaign. it started yesterday when people went to _ campaign. it started yesterday when people went to polling _ campaign. it started yesterday when people went to polling stations - campaign. it started yesterday when people went to polling stations to i people went to polling stations to vote in the sham referendum that lukashenko announced because he wanted to stay in power for a longer period of time to change the constitution so they went to polling stations and they were lining up and all over the country people started protesting and chanting slogans

saying no to the war, glory to ukraine and that is how they showed they are protesting against lukashenko and also against the war in ukraine. we have asked people to mobilise and continue protesting against lukashenko and the regime in belarus and now people can do whatever they are ready for and they can withdraw money from banks and can withdraw money from banks and can protest openly on the streets and they can organise some strikes at work, and in many ways, but she also asked them to stop russian troops from moving. flit also asked them to stop russian troops from moving.— troops from moving. of course, belarus is _ troops from moving. of course, belarus is playing _ troops from moving. of course, belarus is playing an _ troops from moving. of course, belarus is playing an important| troops from moving. of course, - belarus is playing an important part in all of this. in fact the talks are taking place on the border

there. ~ ., ., are taking place on the border there. ~ . ., ., ., ., there. the ukrainian delegation and russian delegations _ there. the ukrainian delegation and russian delegations have _ there. the ukrainian delegation and russian delegations have mapped l there. the ukrainian delegation and| russian delegations have mapped on the board and that is something lukashenko has been struggling with and wanted to gain legitimacy and be recognised by the world and that is why he invited ukrainians and russians to talk. we don't have the results of these talks yet but president zelinsky yesterday said he did not expect much from the talks because for russians, the ultimate goal is to see ukraine, the capitulation of ukraine. shore goal is to see ukraine, the capitulation of ukraine. are you iiettin capitulation of ukraine. are you getting reports _ capitulation of ukraine. are you getting reports of— capitulation of ukraine. are you getting reports of people - capitulation of ukraine. are you | getting reports of people coming capitulation of ukraine. are you - getting reports of people coming out on the streets?— getting reports of people coming out on the streets? yesterday thousands of --eole on the streets? yesterday thousands of people were _ on the streets? yesterday thousands of people were on — on the streets? yesterday thousands of people were on the _ on the streets? yesterday thousands of people were on the streets - on the streets? yesterday thousands of people were on the streets but. of people were on the streets but again, at least 800 people were detained yesterday and we know that

repression in belarus is incredible and dozens of people have been arrested in the past month, so it's really impossible to protest and now people are hiding because of this crisis because of the sanctions they have announced and people are trying to withdraw money from banks and this is why the protests are happening and people are lining up and that is their way to show that they are protesting against the regime. they are protesting against the reiime. ., ~ they are protesting against the reiime. ., ,, i. they are protesting against the reiime. ., ~' ,, , they are protesting against the reiime. ., ,, i. , . they are protesting against the reiime. ., ,, , . ., regime. thank you very much for “oinini regime. thank you very much for joining us- _ let's get a check on how global markets have been absorbing the latest developments. our business presenter ben thompson is here. lots happening in the markets, bisley. i lots happening in the markets, bisle . _, ., , , bisley. i will come to the numbers in a moment _ bisley. i will come to the numbers in a moment but _ bisley. i will come to the numbers in a moment but the _ bisley. i will come to the numbers in a moment but the economic - bisley. i will come to the numbers - in a moment but the economic picture is playing out in two ways, one is the impact it's having on russia domestically and we sing a lot of movements today and the russian stock market is not open on the russian rouble has been falling in

value significantly about 30% against the us dollar and that is because of the impact of sanctions and so there are repercussions and it means the central bank in russia has raised interest rates, more than doubling them to 20% which makes things more expensive and the cost of borrowing much higher and that comes at a time when there is an expectation that prices will rise from those things given that russia being increasingly cut off from the international supply chain means they could be rises in prices for food and lack of availability, but externally there are issues because for firms that are outside of russia that are doing business dealings, that are doing business dealings, thatis that are doing business dealings, that is where you see the effects and this is what europe looks like right now. to some extent they had factored this you can see across board and the foreign exchange we are seeing. let me show you quickly on the currencies and commodities

because its oil prices that are creeping higher again and at one point brent crude touching $100 a barrel and even though lots of countries around the world say they will now diversify and look for other sources of energy, it's worth saying that that takes time and high energy prices have a huge impact around the world, particularly in europe which already faces an energy crisis now, but let's look at some of the big fall is, because these are firms that are exposed to russia, you may not have heard of many of the countries or they are anglo russian firms and have operations there but some big fall is, poly metal down nearly 50% and thatis is, poly metal down nearly 50% and that is an anglo russian mining company and has operations around the world but is particularly exposed and bp is also on the board, falling nearly 6% after it said last night it would divest its 20% stake it has in the oil giant in russia,

so lots of firms right now in the position where they are trying to work out how they will be affected by sanctions and their ability to trade with russia or in the case of airlines we have seen the eu saying it will not allow russian flights into its airspace with switzerland added to its name to the list so lots of manoeuvring right now as businesses try to work out what the impact is and in the case of bp and others that are now ending their relationship with russia and that will have a huge impact and cost on their bottom line but they say this is the time to make the decision to move away from russia as far as their business interests are concerned. their business interests are concerned-— their business interests are concerned. , . ., concerned. very much so and we saw that with bp- — concerned. very much so and we saw that with sp. thank _ concerned. very much so and we saw that with bp. thank you _ concerned. very much so and we saw that with bp. thank you for _ concerned. very much so and we saw that with bp. thank you for the - that with bp. thank you for the update. fifa has decided that russia can continue their bid to qualify for this winter's world cup, despite their opponents refusing to play against them. separately, chelsea owner roman abramovich has been asked by ukraine to help support their attempts to reach a "peaceful resolution" with russia.

there was a show of unity for ukraine ahead of the final between liverpool and chelsea yesterday. john watson is at the bbc sport centre for us. russia's invasion has an impact in the sporting world — most notably in football. it has indeed. the impact is being felt keenly around the world in that announcement coming from fifa over the weekend that russia will not be expeued the weekend that russia will not be expelled from any tournaments for the time being but they will have to play any matches at a neutral venue and will have to play under the name of the football union of russia and without their flag and anthem and that will include their world cup play—off matches next month and are due to face poland on march the 2ath potentially for a place at the world cup later this year on the polish fa have said that decision is totally unacceptable and they are not of participating in a game of appearances on their stance remains intact and the polish national team

will not play with russia russia could play sweden or the czech republic in the final if they qualify by the swedish and czech fa have said they will not play russia under any circumstances and you wonder with the weight of international opinion moving against russia, who would be willing to step in to offer a neutral venue in the current circumstances and we know that the russian women are you to —— due to take part in the uefa championship and uefa yet to make a decision on their participation in england have said they will not play them in any international fixture and then there is the paralympics as well which begins later this week with russia sending 71 athletes and there is dialogue both russian and ukrainian paralympic committees ahead of the games and they are meeting on wednesday and will discuss the involvement of russia. thank you very much for that athlete

—— update. the eu foreign affairs chief is speaking about the current site —— crisis. brute chief is speaking about the current site -- crisis-— site -- crisis. we are not allowed to a- -l site -- crisis. we are not allowed to apply -- _ site -- crisis. we are not allowed to apply -- supply _ site -- crisis. we are not allowed to apply -- supply arms - site -- crisis. we are not allowed to apply -- supply arms to - site -- crisis. we are not allowed to apply -- supply arms to a - to apply —— supply arms to a third country and that is what we are doing now. this is another taboo that false. and secondly and tomorrow in parliament we will discuss it in the military has been informed about the decision that will put a strong toll on the russian economy because to cut half of the reserves is going to be very damaging. but today the defence ministers are working a lot on the coordination of efforts in order to make effective bilateral initiatives together with our funding. we are

creating a system to keep track of the ukrainian requests on one side and their needs and our offers, member state offers, to ensure maximum effectiveness and coordination of our support. and in doing so this cell will be working in coordination with nato. ukraine has also been asking for support and geospatial intelligence and we will mobilise our satellite centre which is based in madrid to work on that. so i think for the mobilisation of resources, everything is on track. it has to be done quickly because the war continues and the war cannot wait for bureaucratic procedures and finding the answer to the overcoming

of institutional difficulties has been quick and showing a new era in our relations with russia. they have to decrease as quick as possible their dependency on russian oil and gas. we pay a very hired bill to vladimir putin and this money is being used to finance its military aggression —— we pay a very high bill. we also need to differentiate between putin and the putin regime of the russian people. we are sure that the russian people do not want this war. it is a war started by putin and the putin regime and a clique of oligarchs who support him. i am strongly convinced that one of the best ways of fighting is to fight against the black money, the

institutional corruption of the people who support putin and on the measures taken yesterday there were procedures from the commission and the proposed amount of the commissioners and high representatives and an important package of measures to find the money that these oligarchs have in our banks and ourfinancial money that these oligarchs have in our banks and our financial systems. and i am very happy to know that switzerland hasjoined us on and i am very happy to know that switzerland has joined us on the implementation of this package and because of the participation of switzerland our measures would not have been as effective as needed, but that's very good news, that switzerland joins the efforts of the european union to fight financially and to fight against corruption and the corrupt money and black money of

the corrupt money and black money of the oligarchs supporting putin and being targeted by our sanctions and targeted by other european sanctions. we will talk later more about how to fight against corruption because corruption is part also of the challenges we have to face. we are also worried about the situation in other countries in the situation in other countries in the neighbourhood, mainly moldova and georgia. and i am heading there on wednesday to meet with the moldovan authorities, to meet with the ukrainian people who have been forced by putin's aggression to leave their homes and look for help, for shelter and assistance in moldova. but moldova is one of the countries in which we believe that russian pressure can increase in the coming days. also in the western

balkans, as i announced on friday i decided to mobilise the reserve of the operation and up to now 500 men and women will reinforce this force on the ground. i thank the countries who will be providing these reinforcements of our capacity to control the situation from the operation there and i think it is a proven proportion sign of our determination to maintain the stability of bosnia—herzegovina and facing possible destabilising activities by russia in the balkans. all that shows we have been able to react quickly and with immunity and that shows the importance of advancing the adoption of the

strategic compass that was presented as a way to stress that europe needs to awaken to the security and defence dimension. that our efforts in security and defence has to be more evident and on this point of view i consider the decision by germany to take important steps in increasing their defence capacities, but the increase in defence capabilities of the member state of the european union has to be done in a coordinated manner, because altogether our defence expenditure is four times the defence expenditure of russia and equal to one of china, but certainly we cannot say that this is equally efficient, so we have to spend more, but overall, we need to spend better. and europe is the framework in which this increased efficiency of military expenditure has to take

place. we have no other choice. but this time, together as the european union, in support of ukraine, keeping in mind it is notjust supporting the ukrainian people, but also supporting our security and also supporting our security and also the stability of the world. this is going to have a price. this is not a free lunch. sanctions will backlash. sanctions have a cost. and it is better to express and explain to public opinion that this is we will have to pay a much bigger price in the future. i think it is important to face that with determination and realism. we are turning a page in the history of

european integration and also in the history of europe in the post—war world and in the post cold war world. that relations with russia will no more be determined by trade, that will make a political transformation of the regime. we want to support the russian people and just recording another message to the russian people, we don't want to the russian people, we don't want to fight with them, we want to defend ukraine first and our way of leaving after after the russian aggression, it is better to say the putin aggression and the putin regime aggression that is anti—static with ours. with our values which is why we are standing by the people of ukraine.— values which is why we are standing by the people of ukraine. thank you, and nowl by the people of ukraine. thank you, and now i will— by the people of ukraine. thank you,

and now i will take _ by the people of ukraine. thank you, and now i will take questions - by the people of ukraine. thank you, and now i will take questions and - by the people of ukraine. thank you, and now i will take questions and i i and now i will take questions and i have _ and now i will take questions and i have quite — and now i will take questions and i have quite a lot in the room and remotely — have quite a lot in the room and remotely i_ have quite a lot in the room and remotely. i will start here. not remotely. iwill start here. not many questions _ remotely. iwill start here. ijrrii many questions because it is four o'clock. ., ~' , ., many questions because it is four o'clock. ., ,, , ., , . ., o'clock. thank you very much. i have iuestions o'clock. thank you very much. i have questions on — o'clock. thank you very much. i have questions on the _ o'clock. thank you very much. i have questions on the support _ o'clock. thank you very much. i have questions on the support to - o'clock. thank you very much. i have questions on the support to the - questions on the support to the armed — questions on the support to the armed forces _ questions on the support to the armed forces of _ questions on the support to the armed forces of ukraine. - questions on the support to the armed forces of ukraine. can. questions on the support to the i armed forces of ukraine. can you tell us— armed forces of ukraine. can you tell us a _ armed forces of ukraine. can you tell us a little _ armed forces of ukraine. can you tell us a little bit _ armed forces of ukraine. can you tell us a little bit more _ armed forces of ukraine. can you tell us a little bit more what- armed forces of ukraine. can you tell us a little bit more what was i tell us a little bit more what was discussed — tell us a little bit more what was discussed today _ tell us a little bit more what was discussed today and _ tell us a little bit more what was discussed today and what - tell us a little bit more what was discussed today and what will. tell us a little bit more what wasj discussed today and what will be delivered — discussed today and what will be delivered to _ discussed today and what will be delivered to ukraine _ discussed today and what will be delivered to ukraine and, - discussed today and what will be delivered to ukraine and, for- delivered to ukraine and, for example. _ delivered to ukraine and, for example, will— delivered to ukraine and, for example, will there - delivered to ukraine and, for example, will there be - delivered to ukraine and, for. example, will there be missile defences— example, will there be missile defences because _ example, will there be missile defences because we - example, will there be missile defences because we see - example, will there be missile defences because we see that| example, will there be missile - defences because we see that russia is using _ defences because we see that russia is using missiles— defences because we see that russia is using missiles to _ defences because we see that russia is using missiles to attack _ defences because we see that russia is using missiles to attack and - is using missiles to attack and ukrainian _ is using missiles to attack and ukrainian cities _ is using missiles to attack and ukrainian cities and _ is using missiles to attack and ukrainian cities and civilians, i is using missiles to attack and i ukrainian cities and civilians, and the second — ukrainian cities and civilians, and the second question, _ ukrainian cities and civilians, and the second question, can- ukrainian cities and civilians, and the second question, can you - ukrainian cities and civilians, and the second question, can you tell ukrainian cities and civilians, and i the second question, can you tell us also was _ the second question, can you tell us also was it— the second question, can you tell us also was it discussed _ the second question, can you tell us also was it discussed how _ the second question, can you tell us also was it discussed how to - the second question, can you tell us also was it discussed how to deliver| also was it discussed how to deliver this aid _ also was it discussed how to deliver this aid to _ also was it discussed how to deliver this aid to ukraine? _ also was it discussed how to deliver this aid to ukraine? we _ also was it discussed how to deliver this aid to ukraine? we know- also was it discussed how to deliver this aid to ukraine? we know there| this aid to ukraine? we know there is a land _ this aid to ukraine? we know there is a land border— this aid to ukraine? we know there is a land border with _ this aid to ukraine? we know there is a land border with eu _ this aid to ukraine? we know there is a land border with eu member. is a land border with eu member states— is a land border with eu member states but— is a land border with eu member states but as _ is a land border with eu member states but as russia _ is a land border with eu member states but as russia has- is a land border with eu member states but as russia has these i states but as russia has these missiles, _

states but as russia has these missiles, like _ states but as russia has these missiles, like the _ states but as russia has these missiles, like the missiles - states but as russia has these missiles, like the missiles in i missiles, like the missiles in belarus. _ missiles, like the missiles in belarus. so _ missiles, like the missiles in belarus, so how— missiles, like the missiles in belarus, so how to - missiles, like the missiles in belarus, so how to protect. missiles, like the missiles in i belarus, so how to protect the delivery— belarus, so how to protect the delivery of— belarus, so how to protect the delivery of this _ belarus, so how to protect the delivery of this aid _ belarus, so how to protect the delivery of this aid to - belarus, so how to protect the delivery of this aid to ukrainel belarus, so how to protect the i delivery of this aid to ukraine so can you — delivery of this aid to ukraine so can you -- — delivery of this aid to ukraine so can you -- use— delivery of this aid to ukraine so can you —— use it? _ delivery of this aid to ukraine so can you —— use it? i— delivery of this aid to ukraine so can you -- use it?— can you -- use it? i am going to seak can you -- use it? i am going to speak spanish — can you -- use it? i am going to speak spanish because - can you -- use it? i am going to speak spanish because it's - can you -- use it? i am going toj speak spanish because it's more natural for speak spanish because it's more naturalfor me to speak spanish because it's more natural for me to answer this question in spanish. i wouldn't understand _ question in spanish. i wouldn't understand it. _ question in spanish. i wouldn't understand it. you _ question in spanish. i wouldn't understand it. you know - question in spanish. i wouldn't understand it. you know what | question in spanish. i wouldn't i understand it. you know what this is? he speaks spanish iam now i am now going to tell you the details as to how the help is going

to get there. you details as to how the help is going to get there-— details as to how the help is going to get there. you are 'ust listening to get there. you are 'ust listening to the eu foreign i to get there. you are just listening to the eu foreign affairs _ to get there. you are just listening to the eu foreign affairs chief - to the eu foreign affairs chief giving a press conference in brussels about the ongoing crisis with russia and ukraine and the ongoing conflict that has been going ongoing conflict that has been going on but we have actually got some breaking news that has come in and fifa is set to suspend russia until further notice. the bbc understands fever is in advanced talks over the full suspension of russia until further notice and they are working closely with uefa and an announcement is expected later today. that would mean no russia at the women's euros in england this summer and poland getting by in the world cup play—off next month, so thatis world cup play—off next month, so that is fifa set to suspend russia until further notice and that is something the bbc understands they are in talks with 0verlook.. let's go back to the press conference in brussels. , ., , ., ., brussels. this has allowed ukrainians _ brussels. this has allowed ukrainians to _ brussels. this has allowed ukrainians to defend - brussels. this has allowed - ukrainians to defend themselves

brussels. this has allowed _ ukrainians to defend themselves from this aggression. molar ukrainians to defend themselves from this aggression-— this aggression. now i go to the colleagues _ this aggression. now i go to the colleagues remotely _ this aggression. now i go to the colleagues remotely and - this aggression. now i go to the | colleagues remotely and thomas this aggression. now i go to the - colleagues remotely and thomas has raised _ colleagues remotely and thomas has raised the _ colleagues remotely and thomas has raised the first one. | colleagues remotely and thomas has raised the first one. i am colleagues remotely and thomas has raised the first one.— raised the first one. i am thomas from swiss _ raised the first one. i am thomas from swiss television. _ raised the first one. i am thomas from swiss television. can - raised the first one. i am thomas from swiss television. can i - raised the first one. i am thomas from swiss television. can i ask l raised the first one. i am thomas i from swiss television. can i ask you to comment — from swiss television. can i ask you to comment on _ from swiss television. can i ask you to comment on the _ from swiss television. can i ask you to comment on the decision - from swiss television. can i ask you to comment on the decision taken i from swiss television. can i ask you. to comment on the decision taken by the federai— to comment on the decision taken by the federal council— to comment on the decision taken by the federal council to _ to comment on the decision taken by the federal council to allow - the federal council to allow themselves— the federal council to allow themselves to _ the federal council to allow themselves to make - the federal council to allow themselves to make the i the federal council to allow themselves to make the eu the federal council to allow - themselves to make the eu decision? and at— themselves to make the eu decision? and at the _ themselves to make the eu decision? and at the second _ themselves to make the eu decision? and at the second question, - themselves to make the eu decision? and at the second question, the - and at the second question, the russian — and at the second question, the russian minister— and at the second question, the russian minister sergei - and at the second question, the russian minister sergei lavrovl and at the second question, the i russian minister sergei lavrov has decided _ russian minister sergei lavrov has decided to— russian minister sergei lavrov has decided to cancel— russian minister sergei lavrov has decided to cancel a _ russian minister sergei lavrov has decided to cancel a visit _ russian minister sergei lavrov has decided to cancel a visit to - russian minister sergei lavrov has decided to cancel a visit to genevaj decided to cancel a visit to geneva today, _ decided to cancel a visit to geneva today, and — decided to cancel a visit to geneva today. and i'm _ decided to cancel a visit to geneva today, and i'm looking _ decided to cancel a visit to geneva today, and i'm looking at- decided to cancel a visit to geneva today, and i'm looking at a - decided to cancel a visit to geneva today, and i'm looking at a tweetl today, and i'm looking at a tweet from _ today, and i'm looking at a tweet from the — today, and i'm looking at a tweet from the geneva _ today, and i'm looking at a tweet from the geneva mission- today, and i'm looking at a tweet from the geneva mission of- today, and i'm looking at a tweet i from the geneva mission of russia. it from the geneva mission of russia. it mentions — from the geneva mission of russia. it mentions closing _ from the geneva mission of russia. it mentions closing european- it mentions closing european airspace _ it mentions closing european airspace and _ it mentions closing european airspace and not _ it mentions closing european airspace and not going - it mentions closing european airspace and not going to - it mentions closing european- airspace and not going to geneva. these _ airspace and not going to geneva. these restrictions, _ airspace and not going to geneva. these restrictions, are _ airspace and not going to geneva. these restrictions, are they- these restrictions, are they applicable _ these restrictions, are they applicable to _ these restrictions, are they applicable to diplomatic- these restrictions, are they. applicable to diplomatic lights?

my my french is not excellent but i will try to say in french.- will try to say in french. your french is _ will try to say in french. your french is excellent, sir. - french is excellent, sir. translation: from what i know the swiss government has decided to align itself fully with european sanctions. it is going to do exactly the same thing is we are doing which is great. perfect. bad news for russia. but from the point of view of unity, the western world, if i can put it that way, and from the point of view of the effectiveness of the sanctions in the financial sphere, for example, the financial sphere, for example, the assets which with the swiss central bank, i don't know how much or if there are any but they will be frozen, anyway. and it'll be no use to the oligarchs to transfer their assets to switzerland because they will have the same thing as we are.

that's a very good news. now, the second question? the sanction would allow... there are diplomatic exceptions. we did not go too far —— we did not go as faras to ban not go too far —— we did not go as far as to ban the possibility of a guy love of flying to geneva for diplomatic reasons. if it is for a holiday, he cannot. —— the possibility of saudi i have to quick questions if i could. the first is about cyber attacks. can you confirm any cyber attacks of russian origin, for example, we had

a major attack on toyota. the second question is about hidden assets. in every harbour of the mediterranean there are mega yachts proudly flying there are mega yachts proudly flying the flags of tax havens, where their ownership is concealed by a shell companies and many of the owners are russian oligarchs whose names are very well known. how well they identify the ownership of those? will they be affected and seized? what about crypto currency? are any steps being taken, given the design of crypto, to be peer to peer and to evade regulation? thank you. translation: i'm not aware and i don't have any information about the attack on a specific company. but there have been cyber attacks

against various ministries, in ukraine, and against the media in ukraine. 0bviously russia is launching cyber attacks. i'm not aware of the one you have mentioned but we are trying to help ukraine fight these cyber attacks and that will be part of the aid that we will provide. now, hidden assets, they are the subject of actions, sanctions that were proved and we will have to locate them and take action. i am will have to locate them and take action. iam not will have to locate them and take action. i am not going to go to european ports to try to pinpoint these yachts but of course we have means to do that. translation: ., ., ., translation: you would ask for the floor, jean-pierre? _ floor, jean—pierre? translation: floor, jean-pierre?

translation: _, ., ., ., ., floor, jean-pierre? translation: ., translation: good afternoon, could ou clari translation: good afternoon, could you clarify something _ translation: good afternoon, could you clarify something you _ translation: good afternoon, could you clarify something you were - you clarify something you were saying — you clarify something you were saying yesterday about the fact that one was _ saying yesterday about the fact that one was going to grant fighter planes — one was going to grant fighter planes to ukraine, could you give us details. _ planes to ukraine, could you give us details, which countries are going to provide — details, which countries are going to provide ukraine with fighter jets? — to provide ukraine with fighter jets? would giving these to ukraine, would _ jets? would giving these to ukraine, would that— jets? would giving these to ukraine, would that mean they would be involved — would that mean they would be involved in the conflict, perhaps you could — involved in the conflict, perhaps you could clarify what you were saying — you could clarify what you were saying yesterday? translation: do not worry, with the 500,000 euros we have mobilised, although we would not be able to mobilise many fighterjets with 500 million so what we're talking about is what we decided together, members may, some european countries, if

they want to, bilaterally, can mobilise any kind of aid to help ukraine to defend itself. and they also need aircraft. that's part of the request for aid we proceed from ukraine. but they would have to be those european countries, if they have them, that have fighterjets which could be piloted by the ukrainian air force pilots. who would then be using them in practice. would then be using them in ractice. ., ., ~ would then be using them in ractice. . .,~ ., ., practice. can i take another question? _ practice. can i take another question? your _ practice. can i take another question? your question i practice. can i take another question? your question is | practice. can i take another i question? your question is easy practice. can i take another - question? your question is easy or not, and fast? i was going to ask about fighter 'ets i was going to ask about fighter jets but— i was going to ask about fighter jets but that was answered. you mention— jets but that was answered. you mention yesterday about poland serving — mention yesterday about poland serving as a hub for the eu help for ukraine _ serving as a hub for the eu help for ukraine and — serving as a hub for the eu help for ukraine and ministers today decided

on creating... how will that work, how many— on creating... how will that work, how many people on how geographically will that work? translation: welt, a clearing house is a financial instrument, you don't have to move from brussels to make that operative. it is matching between supply and demand and you can do that over the phone. you just need to know who is asking and who is giving. you denounce... 0bviously is giving. you denounce... obviously you need to match everything up, ukraine is making requests, we've got 27 member states who are looking at those requests and we need to make sure we coordinate those requests so that all sides are happy, so that we can avoid any discrepancies and that is happening

from brussels. another thing is the physical transportation of these things. we are not fighting with money, you have to fight with arms and the arms have to be where the fighting is taking place. and transporting arms requires physical logistics but the member states will have to organise that, especially with the border states. but after i've heard what was said by military brass in russia i don't want to provide any further details. and now i really do have to go. 0ne i really do have to go. one final question. let's let the press do theirjob. i one final question. let's let the press do theirjob.— press do their “oh. i will appreciate _ press do theirjob. i will appreciate you - press do theirjob. i will. appreciate you answering in press do theirjob. in ii. appreciate you answering in spanish because your spanish is beautiful. i

ask it in english. my spanish... we are... ., ., , ., are... you are listening are there to the eu — are... you are listening are there to the eu foreign _ are... you are listening are there to the eu foreign affairs - are... you are listening are there to the eu foreign affairs chief i to the eu foreign affairs chief giving a press conference in brussels, where he spoke about the civilian casualties in ukraine and he also spoke about the importance of maintaining and having further sanctions on russia but also talked about the importance of further increase in sanctions against belarus and anyone who, as he said, is collaborating with vladimir putin on ukraine. that was the eu foreign affairs chief holding a press conference in brussels about the response from the european union in conjunction with the united states and the uk. russia and ukraine are holding face—to—face talks for the

first time since president putin's forces invaded five days ago. ukrainian delegates have demanded an immediate ceasefire and withdrawal of troops. russian negotiators say they want a deal that's in the interest of both sides. ukraine's president of volodymyr zelensky said he's sceptical the negotiations will succeed but insisted he would do everything possible to stop the war. before that 0xy appealed to russian troops to lay down their weapons and called for the eu to grant his country membership of the block immediately. ukraine claims a total of a300 russian soldiers had been killed across the country. in its second city car cave, there were reports of heavy street fighting but the mayor says it remains at that ukrainian control. in the capital kyiv the ukrainian military says it pushed back repeated assaults. the un refugee agency says more than 500,000 people from ukraine have fled to neighbouring countries,

polling alone is handling 250,000 refugees. the eu says it is preparing for millions more to arrive —— poland alone. the rouble has tumbled to record lows against the dollar. there have been long queues at cash machines, russia's at stock and derivatives markets stayed shut and the central bank announced it was more than doubling the key interest rate to 20%. the un general assembly is about to, is holding a special session involving all 193 member countries, they have only been ten such occasions in the last seven decades. we will bring you that live but first let's get an update on events today from our correspondent tim moffat. emerging from underground bunkers in basements into the sunshine, a chance to stock up on food and

supplies. translation: my child is three years old and she is far away. me and my husband are unable to pick her up because we're under fire. translation: it her up because we're under fire. translation:— her up because we're under fire. translation: it was awful in the shelter because _ translation: it was awful in the shelter because of— translation: it was awful in the shelter because of the _ translation: it was awful in the j shelter because of the conditions, no toilet. — shelter because of the conditions, no toilet, no water, nothing. delegates from ukraine and russia have been meeting face—to—face in talks taking place on the ukrainian border with belarus. the belarusian foreign minister told representatives he hoped the talks would help find solutions to all the crucial issues at his country was praying for this to happen. earlier an aide to vladimir putin had this to say. translation: i an aide to vladimir putin had this to say. translation:— an aide to vladimir putin had this to say. translation: i can see since the conflict is — to say. translation: i can see since the conflict is developing _ to say. translation: i can see since the conflict is developing every - the conflict is developing every hour, ukrainian citizens and soldiers are dying, we are certainly interested in seeing some agreement happen as soon as possible. these

agreements should certainly be in the interest of both parties. ukrainian tanks and military vehicles have been seen in the capital city today. following a fifth night in which russian shells landed on ukrainian cities. in the kyiv region... in chernihiv to the north and kharkiv, where footage appeared to show a shopping mall being shelled this morning. translation:— being shelled this morning. translation: ., ., ., ., translation: europeans are aware alt soldiers are fighting _ translation: europeans are aware alt soldiers are fighting for _ translation: europeans are aware alt soldiers are fighting for our _ soldiers are fighting for our country and for the whole of europe, for peace of all the countries of the eu, for the lives of children, equality, democracy, this gives us the full right to do the following, we appealed to the european union for the immediate accession of ukraine undera for the immediate accession of ukraine under a new special procedure. ukraine under a new special procedure-— ukraine under a new special rocedure. ~ . ., , , procedure. the ukrainian president also had this _ procedure. the ukrainian president also had this message _ procedure. the ukrainian president also had this message for - procedure. the ukrainian president also had this message for the - also had this message for the

invaders. translation: drop your wea ons invaders. translation: drop your weapons and _ invaders. translation: drop your weapons and get — invaders. translation: drop your weapons and get out _ invaders. translation: drop your weapons and get out of _ invaders. translation: drop your weapons and get out of here, - invaders. translation: drop your weapons and get out of here, do i invaders. translation: drop your. weapons and get out of here, do not believe your commandos or your propagandists, save —— do not believe your commanders. the un says more than 500,000 people fled ukraine since russia invaded last week, on the border between ukraine and slovakia mother was reunited with her family after they travelled for four days. many more are seeking safety whenever they can find it. to speak more about the refugee crisis i'm joined by a spokesperson for the un crisis i'm joined by a spokesperson forthe un human crisis i'm joined by a spokesperson for the un human rights office. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme. let's talk firstly before the refugee crisis about civilian casualties and how the un is trying to monitor it in these difficult circumstances. thanks in,

it's very difficult _ difficult circumstances. thanks in, it's very difficult circumstances i difficult circumstances. thanks in, it's very difficult circumstances to | it's very difficult circumstances to monitor it. there is a lot of misinformation circulating so what we normally do is we try to find a variety of sources from hospital reports, interviewed victims and witnesses and look at social media, wide range of public material as well. in these instances we're not able to go around and interview people as we normally would and there is lots of misinformation so we're taking our time trying to corroborate the cache to count. 0ur count is 102 civilian killed since thursday, you will see much higher count elsewhere and that is because we are trying to verify reports and taking our time. we heard that today, that included seven children.— we heard that today, that included seven children._ telli seven children. that's right. tell us, have seven children. that's right. tell us. have you _ seven children. that's right. tell us. have you got _ seven children. that's right. tell us, have you got people - seven children. that's right. tell us, have you got people on - seven children. that's right. tell us, have you got people on the. us, have you got people on the ground monitoring from the un, is that how you are gathering information?— that how you are gathering information? ., that how you are gathering information? . ., information? indeed, we have human riihts information? indeed, we have human rights monitors _ information? indeed, we have human rights monitors on _ information? indeed, we have human rights monitors on the _ information? indeed, we have human rights monitors on the ground, - rights monitors on the ground, weeping in ukraine since 201a and

documenting civilian casualties since then —— we have been in ukraine since 201a. the operations have been severely affected and they are having to constantly relocate and move into shelters and temporary accommodation but the work is ongoing and precisely in these circumstances our objective assessment is particularly important. assessment is particularly important-— assessment is particularly imortant. ., important. the un also says the military actions _ important. the un also says the military actions by _ important. the un also says the military actions by a _ important. the un also says the military actions by a vladimir. important. the un also says the i military actions by a vladimir putin violate international law. what are the consequences being discussed at present? fits the consequences being discussed at resent? �* , ,, the consequences being discussed at resent? ~ , ., present? as you note the international— present? as you note the international community | present? as you note the. international community is present? as you note the - international community is very present? as you note the _ international community is very much engaged, the general assembly will have a session at shotley, the human rights session at a session this morning where they agree to hold an urgent debate on thursday. there is top of the creation of a potential commission of inquiry into the allegations of human rights violations emerging from this —— there is talk of a creation. we are

trying to put pressure from every side to call for a halt to this military action, it's gone from bad to worse and as you just described, many cities have been affected, 500,000 people already have fled and many others are being prevented from leaving. the many others are being prevented from leavini. ., ,., many others are being prevented from leavini. ., , , . leaving. the un also is predicting the refugee _ leaving. the un also is predicting the refugee crisis _ leaving. the un also is predicting the refugee crisis could _ leaving. the un also is predicting the refugee crisis could reach i leaving. the un also is predicting| the refugee crisis could reach into the refugee crisis could reach into the several million, on a date we're seeing 500,000 arrived in places such as poland —— already we are seeing 500,000. how is the un helping these other neighbouring countries deal with this influx? the un refu:ee countries deal with this influx? iis: un refugee agency countries deal with this influx? tis: un refugee agency is on the ground and they're very well deployed in managing this crisis already. we would like also to stress it is essential to ensure all those who need protection received it. regardless of their ethnic, racial or national background or social origin. or national background or social oriiin. ., ~' ,, or national background or social

oriiin. . ~ or national background or social oriiin. ., ~' . or national background or social oriiin. ., . ., origin. thank you so much for “oinini origin. thank you so much for joining us _ origin. thank you so much for joining us from _ origin. thank you so much for joining us from the _ origin. thank you so much for joining us from the united i origin. thank you so much for- joining us from the united nations. but go straight to the united nations general assembly which is holding a special emergency session involving all 193 member countries. the president of the un general assembly is currently speaking. let's listen in. use today's debate not to whip up whip up war rhetoric but give peace a chance. but as a night of the fire of love, humanity, compassion and hope. guns are better off when neutered. let peace prevail. i thank you. you were listening to the end of the president of the un general assembly's speech. the un general

assembly's speech. the un general assembly is holding a special emergency session involving all 193 countries and as we were reported, it is, there has only been ten such occasions in the last seven decades such an emergency session has been held and we will be hearing from various different ambassadors and leaders talking about the crisis thatis leaders talking about the crisis that is unfolding in ukraine. the ongoing invasion by russia of ukraine and already we're hearing about high numbers of civilian casualties as well as 500,000 refugees we have been seeing a over the borders. poland has received 250,000. let's have another listen to the secretary—general who is now speaking. russian missile and air bombardments have been pounding ukrainian cities daily and nightly. the capital kyiv

is encircled from all sides. in the face of the continued attacks, kyiv�*s 3 million residents are being forced to seek safety in their homes, improvised bomb shelters and the city's subway. the ukrainian government is disputed that strack disputed arms to the population with the —— distributed arms to the country. 500,000 ukrainians have fled across the borders. although russian strikes are reportedly largely reportedly targeting military facilities we have credible accounts of residential buildings, civilian infrastructure and other non—military targets sustaining heavy damage. these s can think violence which is resulting in civilian deaths including children, is totally unacceptable —— this escalating violence. enough is enough. soldiers need to move back to their barracks and leaders need

to their barracks and leaders need to move to peace. civilians must be protected. international humanitarian and human rights law must be upheld. the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of ukraine within its internationally recognised borders must be expected in line with general assembly resolutions. mr president, we are facing a tragedy for ukraine but also a major regional crisis with potentially disastrous implications for us all. yesterday russian nuclear forces were put on high alert. this is a chilling development. the mere idea of a nuclear conflict is simply inconceivable. nothing canjustify inconceivable. nothing can justify the inconceivable. nothing canjustify the use of nuclear weapons. mr president, we face what could easily become europe's at worst humanitarian and refugee crisis in decades, with the numbers of

refugees and displaced multiplying by the minute. i am gratefulfor the compassion, generosity and solidarity of the neighbours of ukraine who are taking in those seeking safety. it is important that this solidarity is extended without any discrimination based on race, religion or ethnicity. the neighbouring countries will need all our support in the days and weeks to come. the united nations will continue to assist with this effort. mr president, on saturday i spoke with president zelensky and he assured —— assured him the un would not abandon ukrainian people. even before the events of the past week the un was providing some 3 million people on both sides of the contact line with humanitarian assistance. the un is working 2a—7 to assess humanitarian needs and scale up life—saving support to many more

people desperate for protection and shelter. particularly women and children, elderly people and those with disabilities. we are fully committed to staying and delivering for everyone affected by this deadly conflict across the country. some of our personnel are expanding existing programmes and others are preparing new operations to get those to help to those who need it fast. i want to highlight three concrete actions. first, i allocated $20 million from the central emergency response fund to support emergency operations along the contact line in eastern oblast of donetsk and other parts of the country. these will allow us to move vulnerable people —— allow vulnerable people to get the basics as soon as possible. secondly, i appointed a un crisis coordinator for ukraine. he will liaise with the government and relevant actors on that ground and supported by the

humanitarian coordinator and un team. at the same time we are bringing together partners in and outside the country and surging personnel into the country. third, tomorrow will launch two coordinated emergency appeals for ukraine and the region. inside the country including internal displacement and anotherfor including internal displacement and another for those crossing international borders are seeking refuge. as we wrap up our efforts is essentially safety and security of the un and associated personnel in ukraine is protected in accordance with international law and humanitarian access to vulnerable people and communities is guaranteed. i call on all sides to uphold their obligations for freedom of movement of humanitarian personnel and facilitate safe, rapid and immediate passage of humanitarian relief. i also urge the

international community to mobilise and support of funding appeals to address the needs of all those displaced as well as other vulnerable groups whose numbers will only grow as the fighting escalates. mr president, humanitarian aid is vital. but it's not a solution. it is simply helping the worst impacts of the conflict. the only true solution is peace. the attack on ukraine challenges international law and the multilateral system rooted in the un charter. some of the possible consequences of a worsening conflict are terrifying to contemplate. regional tensions are rising. the latest security measures underline the high stakes for all. economic repercussions will have a widespread impact and i count on every member state to live up to the principles of the charter. mr president, the guns are talking now

but dialogue must always remain open. it is never too late to engage in good faith negotiations and address all issues peacefully. i hope direct talks now taking place between ukrainian and russian delegations will produce not only an immediate halt to the fighting but also a path towards a diplomatic solution. a welcome and encourage peaceful efforts to end the bloodshed. i thank the countries who offered to facilitate negotiations. the un is ready to support such efforts. mr president, war is not the answer. it is death, human suffering, senseless destruction and an immense destruction from the real challenges —— distraction from the real challenges facing humanity, climate crisis and biodiversity loss, recovery from the pandemic,

healing the divides of race and gender and so many other pressing challenges of the 21st—century. humanity cannot afford to be locked in a mindset that dredges up the worst of past centuries. we need to look forward to overcome the scourge of war. we need to focus on solving problems, not making them worse. in cities around the world people to the streets and demanding an end to war. people in ukraine want and need peace and i believe people in the russian federation do, too. we need to peace now. thank you. you were listening to the un secretary—general antonio rudiger —— antonio guterres. he called on russia to halt the fighting and the invasion of ukraine and said the

ukrainian people will not be left alone but hey the united nations, that they stand with ukrainian people. this is a special emergency session involving all 193 member countries. there have only been ten such occasions in the past seven decades, sojust such occasions in the past seven decades, so just the sense of severity and importance the un and the entire global community is placing on this current conflict. i'm joint from new york by our correspondent. i wasjust i'm joint from new york by our correspondent. i was just saying this is only a handful of times in the past seven decades we've seen a special session like this held. that's right. i think this underscores how much diplomats here are trying to keep up the pressure on russia. we are struggling to hear our

correspondent. let's just we are struggling to hear our correspondent. let'sjust go back and see if we can hear her now. can ou hear and see if we can hear her now. can you hear me? _ and see if we can hear her now. can you hear me? l _ and see if we can hear her now. cari you hear me? i can hear you. and see if we can hear her now. can| you hear me? i can hear you. please no you hear me? i can hear you. please go ahead- — you hear me? i can hear you. please go ahead- as — you hear me? i can hear you. please go ahead- as i _ you hear me? i can hear you. please go ahead. as i was _ you hear me? i can hear you. please go ahead. as i was saying, _ you hear me? i can hear you. please go ahead. as i was saying, we're i go ahead. as i was saying, we're iioin to go ahead. as i was saying, we're going to be _ go ahead. as i was saying, we're going to be having _ go ahead. as i was saying, we're going to be having here - go ahead. as i was saying, we're going to be having here over- go ahead. as i was saying, we're going to be having here over the| going to be having here over the next several days more than 100 members of the general assembly speaking and we heard from the president of the general assembly saying this body really represented the collective conscience of humanity, the strength of the general assembly came from its moral authority because remember the un security council called this emergency special session because it was unable to take action itself. because on friday russia vetoed a us draft resolution which deplored its aggression against ukraine and called immediately for all of its troops to be withdrawn from the country. here you have the president of the general assembly reminding those that the league of nations in 19a6 was dissolved because it was

unable... thank you. i'm just going to have to interrupt you. let's go back to the un general assembly to that special session and listen to ukraine's ambassador to the un. that session and listen to ukraine's ambassador to the un.- session and listen to ukraine's ambassador to the un. that is an actual screenshot _ ambassador to the un. that is an actual screenshot from _ ambassador to the un. that is an actual screenshot from someone | ambassador to the un. that is an i actual screenshot from someone who is dead already. he speaks his own language

what kind of a parcel kind you send me? what are you talking about? what happened? mama, iam in ukraine. there is a real war raging here. and i am afraid we are bombing all of the cities together, even targeting civilians. we were told they would welcome us. and they were following our armoured vehicles, throwing themselves under the wheels and not allowing us to pass. they call us fascists. mama, this is so hard.

this was several moments before he was killed. just visualise the magnitude of the tragedy. you have to imagine, next to you, next to every nameplate of every single country in this general assembly, more than 30 have killed russian soldiers already. next to every name of every single country in this assembly, 30 plus killed russian soldiers. hundreds of killed ukrainians. dozens of killed children. and it goes on and on and

on. so, just imagine those killed people next to you when you will listen to my formal statement. big militarised powers seeking geopolitical greatness has launched a fully fledged military offensive against a smaller neighbour aimed at invading the country. deadly air strikes dropped on civilians heads across the entire country and the russian troops from the territories of russia, belarus and the occupier parts of crimea. does this remind you of something, doesn't it?

indeed, very clear parallels could be drawn with the beginning of the second world war. and the russian course of action is very similar to what their spiritual mentors from the third reich employed on the ukrainian land 80 years ago. just one, the most recent example the example of human sufferings in the example of human sufferings in the example of human sufferings in the example of war crimes and on the general assembly today the russian army had multiple rocket launch systems in the residential city. the second biggest in ukraine, innocent civilians killed and wounded in the exact numbers is difficult to estimate because so far while the negotiations are still under way at

the border with belarus. we express our gratitude for the overwhelming support that made this decision of the emergency session possible. we are grateful to the president of the general assembly for he is taking care of this idea well in advance. we appreciate the engagements of the un secretary—general who has taken a very strong stance in support of peace, in support of the un charter. we have been prompted to call for an emergency special session as the level of the threat to global security has been equated to that of the second world war. 0r security has been equated to that of the second world war. or even higher following putin's order to put an alert on russian nuclearforces. what madness. if he wants to kill

himself, he doesn't need to use a nuclear arsenal. himself, he doesn't need to use a nucleararsenal. he himself, he doesn't need to use a nuclear arsenal. he has to do what the guy in berlin did in the bunker in may 19a5. the security council address the issue of the russian war against ukraine and the decision was not adopted due to the obvious reason. the country attempting to occupy ukraine since 201a has occupied the seat of the council as a permanent member since 1991. we do not accept the russian logic that the security council was unable to act due to an one—sided and unbalanced approach. the only guilty party as the russian federation.

distinguished delegates, russia uses all its military potential to attract ukraine and has begun redeploying reserve units on the border with ukraine and it fires cruise and ballistic missiles at cities and attacks with aviation, tanks and artillery and sends out subversion and reconnaissance groups which mark residential buildings in preparation for the air attacks. russia's missiles are now aimed at destroying the infrastructure objects. they targeted the radioactive waste disposal site near kyiv and the fuel bases that are effectively a kyiv suburb. the objects of the logistics infrastructure including bridges, airports and water reservoirs remain

among the targets. such towns are nearly destroyed as well as residential buildings in and around kyiv. the russian forces seized the chernobyl nuclear power station in the region including the north crimean canal due to the active moving of russian heavy military through the chernobyl exclusion zone and the radiation level has increased rapidly. in the black sea, russian warships deliberately attacked two vessels under the flags of panama and moldova approaching ukraine. this constitutes a flagrant violation of the international law of the sea. incredibly one of the vessels had the russian crew but still it was attacked by the russians. russians keep attacking

kindergartens and orphanages, thus committing war crimes and violating their own statute. hospitals and medical aid brigades are also targeted by the russian shelley and the sabotage groups working in ukraine's cities and towns. the russian military fired on ambulance crews in the areas of kyiv and in one district, russian tanks shot down a bus with civilians. later the russian military did not allow ambulances on the spot. as of today, 352 people including 16 children were killed on the ukrainian side and 21a ukrainians including a5 children wounded during the first five days of the russian invasion.

and this number is growing nonstop. i have already told you about the morning shelling in kharkiv and we cannot yet estimate how many were killed. in response, ukraine has activated its right. defence according to article 51 of the un charter and the russian troops are suffering losses, helicopters, aircraft, personneland suffering losses, helicopters, aircraft, personnel and the aggressive forces have already lost more than 5000 in manpower during the first days of the aggression. excellencies, the general assembly should be vocal in demanding from the russian federation to stop its offensive against ukraine. in recognising russian actions as an act of aggression against sovereign and independent state, in demanding from russia to immediately and completely and unconditionally withdraw forces from the territory

of ukraine within its internationally recognised borders, internationally recognised borders, in demanding from the russian federation to reverse the decision related to the certain areas of the regions of ukraine, in demanding full compliance with the provisions of international humanitarian law. the general assembly should also be clear with regard to the treacherous role of belarus and its involvement with the russian federation and aggression against ukraine. distinguished members of the general assembly, what is happening now in ukraine has already had the security and humanitarian implications for all of you. immediately for europe, all of you. immediately for europe, a bit laterfor the rest, including in terms of food, security, energy security, financial markets, the collapse of the economist. last

september —— the collapse of the economies. last september my president said while delivering his statement at the higher level segment of the 76 general assembly, and i quote, i understand that criticism of the un is often heard, but we criticise ourselves. if we fail to respond now, we will face much more than criticism. we will face oblivion. it must not happen. now it is time to act, time to help ukraine that is now paying the ultimate price for freedom and security of itself and of the world. if ukraine does not survive, international peace will not survive. if ukraine does not

survive, the united nations will not survive. have no illusions. if ukraine does not survive, we cannot be surprised if democracy fails next. now we can save ukraine and save the united nations. save democracy. and defend the values we believe in. and the values ukrainians are fighting for in pain with their lives. the russian delegate will speak shortly. putin has done everything to delegitimise the russian presence in the united nations. but i wonder if the russian

president —— presence in the united nations has ever been legitimate. i wonder if ever this whole assembly voted in accordance with paragraph two of article four, on admission of the russian federation to the united nations. either in december 1991, or injanuary 1992, nations. either in december 1991, or injanuary1992, orwherever nations. either in december 1991, or in january 1992, or wherever after. i want to ask the delegates whose countries voted for admission of the russian delegation to the united

nations to raise their hand. to confirm that russia was admitted to the united nations according to the charter. please, ladies and gentlemen, please raise your hand if your country voted in the formal session of the general assembly in reply to the letter by president yeltsin dated december 2a, 1991, when he told the united nations that russia would like to be a contributor state after the demised soviet union. anyone? shall i put on my glasses? my vision fails me. i don't see any hand raised. any country? anyone voted for russian membership? i leave you with that, and think about it when you listen

to the russian delegate. 0k, ok, you are listening to the ukrainian ambassador to the united nations for that special emergency session involving all 193 member countries. he called on his president, the demand for a ceasefire and immediate withdrawal of russian troops and said the only guilty party is russia in all of this and talked about how some towns in ukraine have nearly been destroyed. we talked about civilian casualties as well and the impact of this conflict and he also said that the russian delegation, or the delegate who will speak shortly, he asked the assembly whether russia was actually a legitimate presence in the united nations, so lots of

emotion there at the united nations as this ongoing special session continues. let's listen now to the russian ambassador to the united nations. translation: in recent days the ukrainian issue has made global headlines and is now being given pride of place at the un security council and now the general assembly, but at the same time russian actions are being distorted and thwarted and there are a number of incredible fakes which are staggering with the media outlets and social networks proliferating these lies and for these reasons i wish to focus on the real reasons for the crisis that has emerged and its possible consequences and wish to emphasise the following. the route for the current crisis lies in

the actions of ukraine itself. for many years it sabotaged an flouted its direct obligations and packages of measures. just recently there was a hope that in kyiv they would reconsider and that they would indeed comply with what they signed onto back in 2015. for that, first and foremost, what was necessary was direct dialogue as set out in the document between donetsk and lou hans but the latest confirmation from the senior leadership of the country was that ukraine was unwilling to engage in the dialogue and unwilling to take steps to grant special status to the donbas region as set out in the minsk agreement and this was set out by the western patrons of kyiv and this definitively persuaded us on the fact that we no longer have a right to allow the residents of the donbas region to suffer any further insofar as ukrainian provocations of the

people of donbas in february did not end, and infact people of donbas in february did not end, and in fact they escalated the leadership of dpr and lpr turns to west with a request to deliver military support in line with bilateral agreements on cooperation which was arrived at with the recognition concurrently, and this was a logical step to the ongoing, the persistent aggressive actions undertaken by the ukrainian regime. the ukrainian authorities, which have of late been actively armed and incited by a number of states, were under the misconception that with the indulgence of western patrons and sponsors they would be able to address the issues and otherwise it would be difficult to explain the ongoing intensification of shelling and sabotage acts in the territory of the republics i mention. the people of donbas and luhansk continue to have to take shelter in

basements and there was a flood of refugees entering the russian federation and yet still the nature of the ukrainian armed forces operation did not change, yet western partners did not —— turned a blind eye are merely echoed ukrainian tall tales about the allegations that the donbas people were shelling on themselves. the worsening suffering of the residents of donbas is something that has left western sponsors unmoved in recent years and at this discussion in the general assembly there was no empathy or compassion for the people of donbas and luhansk. and it seems that these a million people simply don't exist for them and as a result the ongoing threats targeting the people of lpr and dpr, given the lack of prospects for addressing the problems in the area under the minsk operations due to the failure to fulfil them, the russian president

took a decision for a special military operation to be carried out in donbas, occupation of ukraine is not part of these plans. the goal of the special operation is to protect the special operation is to protect the people who for eight years were subject to torment and genocide by the kyiv regime. to that end, there is a need to demilitarise and de nazi phi ukraine. we will further strive to hold accountable those who carried out countless brutal crimes against the people, including residents of the russian federation. the decision was taken in line of article 51 with the sanction of the russian federation in pursuance of the agreement on friendship and cooperation with dpr and lpr and i wish to recall further that the principles of sovereignty and territory and states is something which we are being accused of breaching visibly ukraine. the declarations of principles on international and friendly relations

between people was adopted in 1970 and it needs to be unstintingly complied with respect to states either conducting themselves in compliance with the principle of equal rights and self—determination of peoples as described above and thus possessed of a government representing the whole people, belonging to the territory without distinction as to race, creed or colour. end of quote. today's government of ukraine is no such government. moreover, during a special military operation russia has been exercising its right to self defence from a regime that has been striving to gain access to nuclear weapons. the president of ukraine explicitly stated this on 18th february during the munich conference, and this, i would recall, the statement he delivered was met with applause by the participants of this conference and at the same time ukraine is seeking membership of nato whereas article

five, and its territorial claim to the russian federation hence, by leveraging article 51 of the un charter not only is russia presenting itself from the national threat but upholding the purposes and principles of the united nations charter on the soil of donbas and ukraine and ensuring that the main goal of the united nations be upheld mainly to prevent successive generations from the scourge of war but it behoves us to note that the very negative role played in all of this by western colleagues led by the us, instead of compelling kyiv to comply with this obligation since they are merely inciting kyiv and egging it on and repeating the senseless mantra that the minsk agreements is not been complied with and the russian federation, i would like to size, is not a party to it. more over western colleagues have shamelessly inundated the country with weapons and have sent to the country instructors and effectively

incited ukrainians, who are facing a 120,000 strong military contingent which prompted them to engaged in armed provocation against the donbas. thereby the western countries have created a bubble that cannot but pop. distinguished colleagues, discussing today it behoves us to note that back in 2008 the russian president, at the nato bucharest counsel, cautioned that members of nato should think three times before proudly stating that ukraine and georgia willjoin nato, and this was portrayed as some kind of great compromise, which was immediately met with action plans undertaken in ukraine and georgia to

try and join the alliance. at the same time, in 201a, there was a brutal anti—constitutional coup which took place in kyiv and as a result with nationalists and radicals seized power and their policy was to create an anti—russian ukraine and to ensure that itjoined nato and i will revisit that. for us, ukrainejoining nato is a red line, first and foremost from the military and strategic level stop the deployment of nato infrastructure in that country would compel us to adopt measures in response, and this has placed us at the verge of conflict. for this reason in december 2021 we proposed agreements be arrived at with the us and nato for security assurances to be provided to the russian federation. however, our extended

hand was unceremoniously rebuffed by the americans and nato representatives and they proposed we continue to discuss secondary issues without consideration of our concerns. moreover, the question was not addressed as to how the freedom of choosing alliances set out alliance with the principles of of security which is of great importance to us. probably many of you wonder what should be done now and what role can the united nations play in addressing the ukrainian crisis. we believe the un can and should play its role, and help to bring the stakeholders positions closer together and eradicate the causes of conflict. the key role according to the charter should be played by and falls to the security council. however, attempts to calmly discuss this issue is something our partners did not deign to undertaken for this reason the russian voted against the anti—russian and

anti—ukrainian draft resolution on the security council. it is anti—russian, this document and there is no need to explain why. it is suffice to have a cursory glance at the document. why is it anti—ukrainian? this document beyond any doubt is inconsistent with the root interests of the ukrainian people in so far it as it is an attempt to salvage and cement in ukraine those authorities who brought the country to the brink of tragedy, and this tragedy has been ongoing for eight years. the main reason for the negative vote was not what was in the draft but what was not included in the draft. if the sponsors were to attempt to make it even remotely balanced, then they would not have left out issues that need to be addressed in the context of the ukrainian issue, specifically what was unaddressed was the way that the anti—constitutional coup in kyiv in february 201a resulted in a junto a seizing power and using it against the residents, shelling

civilians with artillery pieces and multiple rocket launchers and raining bombs on the people of the donbas and luhansk. what was unaddressed was how ukrainian authorities with a tolerance and indulgence of western sponsors consistently and cynically shirked their obligations to implement the minsk agreement. at the same time, ukrainian death squads comprised almost of neo—nazis and radical elements, methodically, day after day, shelled the residents of dpr and lpr and killing women, children, the elderly on this is ongoing today. how can we fail to mention the fact that the ukrainian nationalists have been perpetrating crimes for eight years. the protesters were burned alive and the peaceful protesters were shot out and killed by snipers. the investigation into these tragedies by the regime was deliberately swept under the rug and at the same time

the perpetrators in the tragedy are and flaunting their presence and alternative investigation into the reasons and acknowledgement by the snipers, unambiguously emphasises that the slaughter on independence square was a provocation by the leaders who specifically last year held an informal security council informal meeting on council to provide colleagues with more information about this, however, in response, at best, we heard from western pawns and sponsors merely hackneyed cliches about russian propaganda. in the context of revolution on ukraine can there be in the above mentioned circumstances? there needs to be the text to have a frank assessment of the role in inflating the ukrainian crisis played by western colleagues who not only were present in the minsk negotiations but effectively

gave kyiv carte blanche to carry out any actions or steps that would be unthinkable for any civilised states. with tales being spun about the triumph of democracy in ukraine, the triumph of democracy in ukraine, the authorities are nationalists engaged in, with impunity, murder and political opponents, persecuting opposition, shadowing television outlets and where there could be some relative objective information provided. six of those television channels were shadowed under the president alone, and how could we fail to mention the fact that the country was flooded with weapons which were then turned on peaceful civilians and the responsibility for this taking place right now lies at the feet of the current ukrainian leadership as well cherry viv today we wish to emphasise that has been inflated by

the information from the ukrainian armed forces and western outlets are shamelessly portraying our military operation as at negative consequence, we constantly hear lies about indiscriminate shelling of ukrainian cities, hospitals, schools, the russian army does not pose a threat to the civilians of ukraine. it is not shelling civilian areas and areas and cities where russian and armed forces have taken control, these areas are seeing citizens living their lives normally, basic infrastructure, transportation, local infrastructure, law and order is being upheld and this includes the electrical stations, power plant jointly patrolled by russian representatives and a special ukrainian police, who are present in chernobyl, it is also operating normally. the threat to the residents on ukraine is posed by ukrainian nationalists effectively

have taken hostage the residents of ukraine and are using them, using them as human shields. there is abundant evidence from ordinary ukrainians nationalists, despite the protests, have been deploying heavy equipment and multiple rocket launchers in residential areas. this is an egregious violation of international humanitarian law which needs to be duly condemned and effectively this is the same tactic thatis effectively this is the same tactic that is being used by terrorists. all the responsibility for possible repercussions lies at the feet of the regime, the are also affected by the regime, the are also affected by the radical elements including criminals specifically released from prison who are now receiving weapons and its litters and criminals are using them to target civilians. there is sufficient and abundant evidence of this from residents of kyiv and other cities. this demonstrates the recklessness of

ukraine authorities vis—a—vis their women. we received a letterjust now from ukrainian human rights organisation, social policy and social protection institute, for eight years this body has been informing international about how neo— nazism was born and privilege data —— proliferated in ukraine and has been upheld at state level. the apogee of the recklessness of the united states in ukraine, condemned criminals have been released from prison and carried out grave crimes, murder etc, only in kyiv. those who are willing will receive 20 —— received 25,000 machine guns without any documentation. killings, looting is and crime are ongoing and those so called territorial defenders of ukraine shot at a car killing

parents and a girl, a young girl, two children are in hospital, critically wounded. the former acting president, fall the antron —— unconstitutional coup. have called on all citizens who are not indifferent to slaughter russians throughout the country, despite the fact the most recent document for ukraine in 2019 almost 17% and actually far more people are rushing there. now i guess the russian federation in social networks and information war has been unleashed information war has been unleashed in so far as evidence of destruction of civilian infrastructure by a russian military does not exist, ukrainian attacks and accidental attacks bare out the fact ukrainian

nationalists are carrying out this violence. social networks have training manuals about how to create fakes to taint our military operation throughout ukrainian social networks, 1.2 million such pieces of fake news, and the correspondence read out by the ukrainian ambassador, that conversation read out it's also part of these fakes, this is well known. we also didn't support the draft resolution for this issue, to move from the security council and be addressed by the general assembly special session today. we were guided by the fact this measure proposes we register at the security council failed to comply, uphold its main responsibilities for the maintenance of international peace and security and there was not even and security and there was not even a hint at an attempt to find a constructive solution, the security accounts or to circumvent the

position of the russian federation and disregard their position and runs counter to the bedrock of the un. that is a need to find common ground regardless of our western partners' attempts to avoid this including when it disregarded our legitimate concerns in connection with nato policy and western countries' breach of the indivisibility of security. to conclude, i wish to state the russian federation did not begin these hostilities, the hostilities were unleashed by ukraine against its own residents, of donbas and all of those who are dissenters. russia is seeking to end this war. thank you. studio: russia's ambassador including at the un again repeating

the excuse we've heard from russia many times, that what was happening in donbas region was the reason for that military action. the description the west has constantly described as just a pretext for action. they would want to see the russian envoy, the russian army does not pose a threat to civilians despite all of those pictures and details we have been seeing over the past five days, of action. the secretary general earlier talking about the relentless bombardment campaign of ukraine day and night and demanded it stops. i have the honour to speak on behalf of the european union and its member states. north macedonia, montenegro, albania, bosnia—herzegovina, iceland, norway, the republic of moldova, georgia, san marino, andorra, monaco, clifton steyn align

themselves with this statement. i want to thank you, mr president, for convening us here today and for the secretary general to be here and for all of your colleagues be here. it is very important the facts are herds and fully understood. and that this body is able to take the appropriate decisions after the fact the security council, thanks to the veto by one country alone, stop this council from taking that decision. let me start by expressing the european union's. modernity and support to ukraine and its people. who are courageously fighting an unprovoked and unjustified military aggression from russia. since our meeting here in the general assembly last week the situation has dramatically escalated. despite tireless diplomatic efforts,

including at the highest level. russia has decided to turn its back to peace, to the rules —based international order, as defined in the un charter, to diplomacy and to the un charter, to diplomacy and to the international community. russia's military attack against ukraine at already caused an alarming number of deaths, injured, internally displaced and refugees. we condemn in the strongest possible terms the unprovoked invasion of ukraine by armed forces of the russian federation, in violation of ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity and we also condemn the involvement of belarus in ukraine and call on both russia and belarus to abide by the international obligations. we also alarmed by russia's raising of the nuclear alert level. we call russia to de—escalate and immediately

returned to the previous alert level of its nuclear arsenal and avoid any actions that could risk the safety or security of the nuclear power plants in ukraine and non—nuclear weapons —— a non—nuclear weapon state. russia bears full responsibility for this aggression and the resulting destruction and loss of life. we demand from russia to cease its military operations immediately and unconditionally and to withdraw all forces and military equipment from the entire territory of ukraine within its internationally recognised borders. we further call on russia to engage in earnest in dialogue with a view to political and diplomatic solution. ,, , to political and diplomatic solution-— to political and diplomatic solution. ,, , . �* ., ., solution. studio: we're going to come away _ solution. studio: we're going to come away from _ solution. studio: we're going to come away from the _ solution. studio: we're going to come away from the general i solution. studio: we're going to - come away from the general assembly in new york. that is the eu representative again echoing the secretary general�*s demands russia ceases its military action in ukraine. we will keep an eye on that and bring you any more of the significant contributions at this emergency session but if you missed

it, just a little earlier ukraine's ambassador at the un spoke before the russian ambassador and said russian forces were committing war crimes in his country including shelling kindergartens. he gave an emotional address sharing a story about a text message conversation between a russian mother and her son sent to fight in ukraine which happened moments before he was killed. ., happened moments before he was killed. . ., , happened moments before he was killed. . . , , , ., killed. have a listen. this is an actual screenshot _ killed. have a listen. this is an actual screenshot from - killed. have a listen. this is an i actual screenshot from somebody killed. have a listen. this is an - actual screenshot from somebody dead already. translation: how are you doing? why has it been so long since you responded? are you really in training exercises? asks the mother of the killed soldiers. moments before he was killed. "i i , mammon. ,mammon. —— i am no longer in crimea. where are you then? papa is

asking if i can send you a parcel. what kind of a parcel can you send me? what are you talking about? what happened? i am happened? iam in happened? i am in ukraine. happened? iam in ukraine. there happened? i am in ukraine. there is a real war raging here. iam i am in ukraine. there is a real war raging here. i am afraid. i am in ukraine. there is a real war raging here. iam afraid. we i am in ukraine. there is a real war raging here. i am afraid. we are bombing all of the cities together, even targeting civilians. we were told that they would welcome us. and they are falling under our armoured vehicles, throwing themselves under the wheels are not allowing us to pass. they call us fascists. this is so hard.

that would ukraine's representatives at the united nations. let me bring you the very latest lines. the british foreign office has advised britons against all travel to russia because of the lack of available flight options to return and get out of russia and the increased volatility in the russian economy, echoing the advice earlier from the us state department advising all us citizens to leave russia. an interesting line from russia, with russia banning all residents from transferring money abroad. that coming from the kremlin, as those economic sanctions, the screw begins to turn. that's a very interesting line. final line from the italian government, saying they adopted a state of emergency in italy to help ukrainian refugees until december of the 31st. all of those countries in that broader region, as they seek to

deal with the exodus of people, various measures being put in place. those are some of the latest lines. russia and ukraine are holding face—to—face talks for the first time since president putin's forces invaded the country five days ago. expectations on both sides are low, but ukraine's president, says he would do everything possible to stop the war. there's been more fierce fighting, provoking an exodus of ukrainians to neighbouring countries — more than half a million people have now fled. the russian currency, the rouble, has tumbled to a record low against the dollar, as western sanctions start to bite. and in the past hour, antonio guterres, speaking at an emergency session of the un general assembly condemned russian forces for causing civilian casualties. our first report today is from our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse. a crisp day in kyiv but no one is venturing out for the weather. a calming in the fighting,

and a lifting of curfew has led to people going above ground for the first time in days. with one thing on their mind. replenishing increasingly limited supplies. this attack by russia is impossible in the 21st—century, this woman says. translation: my child is three years old and she is far away. _ me and my husband are unable to pick up because we are under fire. translation: it was awful in the shelter. because of the conditions. no toilet, no water, nothing. there would soon be nothing in some aisles with supermarkets running low on staff at stock. this is the quietest we have seen the centre of kyiv and this is being replicated in cities across the country. ukraine's defence has been both surprising and extraordinary. but it is still the underdog. and russia is still making gains. it has nevertheless

been a fifth night of russian shells landing on ukrainian cities. the kyiv region, to the north, and kharkiv to the north—east today. despite periods of heavy fighting and shelling in the second biggest city, the russians have been repelled for now and the defiance of president zelensky continues. translation: europeans are aware that our soldiers are fighting for- our country and therefore for the whole of europe. for peace of all the countries of the european union, for the lives of children, equality, democracy. this gives us the full right to do the following, we appeal to the european union for the immediate accession of ukraine under a new special procedure. alongside this sizeable political aim, a direct plea to his invaders. translation: drop your weapons and get out of here. _ do not believe your commanders,

do not believe your propagandists, just save your lives and go. negotiators from both russia and ukraine are in talks on the border close to belarus. moscow says it wants a deal that is good for both sides. kyiv�*s conditions are for both a ceasefire and for troops to withdraw. the exact opposite of the last five days. we are hearing the ukrainian president has said he has signed a request tojoin the president has said he has signed a request to join the european union. you heard him earlier in the overnight address saying they wanted immediate accession to the european union and he has now signed the relevant paperwork. we are due to hear from the eu relevant paperwork. we are due to hearfrom the eu later on the programme. that is a line that we will certainly keep focused upon, in terms of reaction from brussels. let's turn to the humanitarian crisis developing.

0ur correspondent rob cameron has sent this report from the border with slovakia with over 10,000 people every day are seeking shelter. this is my second visit to this border crossing in four days, and what started as just a couple of tents, really, and a few hundred people, mostly ukrainians from the neighbouring carpathian region, has swollen to what is essentially a global village, where people from all over the world, students and migrant workers, are all part now of this big sea of humanity, of people fleeing the conflict in ukraine and heading west. my family in kharkiv now, and my parents, my sister. oh, my god, i'm so scared for these people... nasta fled the bombing of kharkiv with her three young children. we don't hate russian people. we hate war. we don't want war. like most ukrainians arriving here, she is going on to friends and relatives in neighbouring countries.

part of the great ukrainian diaspora in central europe. there are strong bonds of affinity and affection here from the plains beneath the carpathian mountains. no, we are not an organisation, we just came here and we would like to help. we bring our tents, we bring our desks, we bring our wood, we bring our fireplace. everything was ours, and we just stay here right now for three days, and we also manage a new system for the registration of the refugees, we manage the registration for the buses. the slovak authorities say they are ready for a much larger exodus of people. the bottlenecks, they say, are forming on the ukrainian side. but there are people here from all over the world, students from ghana and cote d'ivoire, migrant workers from pakistan. all caught up in what could soon become europe's greatest movement of people since the second world war. where will they go and when will they go home? rob cameron, bbc news,

on the slovak—ukrainian border. western sanctions have rocked the russian economy with the central bank having to double the key interest rate up to 20% and the value of the russian rouble has fallen to record low. the eu, us and uk have prevented the russian central bank making its reserve useless. let's talk about the sanctioned aspect of the story. 0ur sanctioned aspect of the story. our business correspondence is here. theo, we are really seeing those sanctions announced over the past seven days beginning to have a real impact on the ground.— seven days beginning to have a real impact on the ground. absolutely. if ou look at impact on the ground. absolutely. if you look at the _ impact on the ground. absolutely. if you look at the action _ impact on the ground. absolutely. if you look at the action taken - impact on the ground. absolutely. if you look at the action taken against | you look at the action taken against the russian central bank, this is kind of uncharted territory. russia is a major trading nation and the central bank is being blocked from accessing reserves held abroad in a number of countries. russia has some $630 billion worth of foreign

currency reserves, a lot of that is now off limits. that has had an immediate impact on the value of the rouble which failed today to record lows against the dollar, some 30%. when your currency is following what would a central but normally do? sell foreign currency reserves to buy roubles. it cannot do that at the moment. what it has done is increase interest rates from 9.5%, “p increase interest rates from 9.5%, up to 20%. that's had limited impact but it is limited. this means the buying power of the rouble is reduced and anything important, whether for manufacturing goods or food, anything will go up which means costs will increase and that will be felt on the streets by ordinary people ultimately. find ordinary people ultimately. and remind us. _ ordinary people ultimately. and remind us, the _ ordinary people ultimately. and remind us, the sanctions put in place, and we have been getting details in the uk house of commons about an update here, the eu talking about an update here, the eu talking about it in the next half an hour or so. what are you particularly looking at in terms of any

additional turning of the screw? for additional turning of the screw? for a start additional turning of the screw? fr?“ a start what is happening with the swift banking system which is a financial messaging system that underpins a rapid and secure transactions between accounts across borders. we know action is being taken to exclude some russian banks from the system, we don't know which ones. that is fairly key. it also has implications for the trade in gas and oil which is paid for through transfers and bank account with swift. if the pressure on that system is a ramped up it might become more difficult for, for example, germany to buy gas supplies from russia. that brings me to energy in general. at the moment the trade in oil and gas between russia and the rest of the world, particularly europe, is a relatively uninterrupted which means russia is still getting a large amount of foreign currency revenue from that trade. the european union, and the us etc could clampdown more on that

but if they do so then they are shooting themselves in the foot as well because germany gets 50% of its gas supplies from russia, where would that get that gas from if it did not get it from russia? thank ou for did not get it from russia? thank you for taking _ did not get it from russia? thank you for taking us _ did not get it from russia? thank you for taking us through - did not get it from russia? thank you for taking us through that. i you for taking us through that. let's continue our coverage on the ground in ukraine. let's head to 0desa. give me an idea, what has it been like in the last week or so? good evening. thank you for having me here. first of all i want to see the city of 0desa is something like calm. we don't have active military actions but everyday we hear kind of shots and explosion in some places. i live in the north part of 0desa and a lot of explosions were in the

northern part of 0desa but anyway, people are trying to be calm, everybody tries to help the army and the ukrainian government and we are hearing and doing everything likely said for us. the shelling was probably closest a couple of days ago. how difficult is it been making a decision whether to stay or leave? because 0desa is in the south of the country, was always considered one of the areas that may fall to russia quickly.— fall to russia quickly. yeah, it was a hard moment, _ fall to russia quickly. yeah, it was a hard moment, we _ fall to russia quickly. yeah, it was a hard moment, we were - fall to russia quickly. yeah, it was a hard moment, we were aware. l fall to russia quickly. yeah, it was i a hard moment, we were aware. on fall to russia quickly. yeah, it was - a hard moment, we were aware. on the a hard moment, we were aware. 0n the morning of the 2ath we woke up with the because of the explosions and did not understand what it was. and then we heard the speech of this putin and then heard another explosion at understood this is war.

but we didn't know what to do. we are waiting for the trips here but as we sort trips went to the northern part of ukraine and the southern part and southern and eastern part of ukraine. so now 0desa, we don't have military action but we are ready for them and we need to be here. if everybody leads the country, then it is bad for our country and ukraine will surrender. final thought because i know you have got many friends in kyiv and in kharkiv, you had conversations with them over the last couple of days, what have they been saying to you about how scared they are and whether they themselves will also fight? yeah, i have lots of friends in kyiv who were studying with me and there

are students who went to kyiv when it all started. the live in the shelter. anyway, i don't see panic from my friends. we use instagram, we chat, we talk with each other, and they are of course, everybody is worried but nobody has panicked. we all are united, so we have hope. we see our government has negotiations with the russian government and that we are just waiting for the results of this negotiation and we hope for a betterfuture of this negotiation and we hope for a better future for ukraine. indie of this negotiation and we hope for a better future for ukraine.- a better future for ukraine. we are iioin to a better future for ukraine. we are going to leave _ a better future for ukraine. we are going to leave it — a better future for ukraine. we are going to leave it there. _ a better future for ukraine. we are going to leave it there. thank - a better future for ukraine. we are going to leave it there. thank you | going to leave it there. thank you very much for taking time to speak to us from the 0desa. the very latest on those talks he was referring to it coming from ukrainian officials, being reported

those peace talks have ended and the various parties will return to their respective capitals for further consultation before a second round of talks. that's coming from one source and from ukrainian officials, with the second round potentially coming in at the next few days. ukrainian mps have been posting pictures of themselves holding guns are promising that they, too, will fight to defend the country alongside their colleagues. but speak to an ukrainian mp who joins speak to an ukrainian mp whojoins us speak to an ukrainian mp who joins us live from kyiv. thank you so much for your time. us live from kyiv. thank you so much foryourtime. i us live from kyiv. thank you so much for your time. i saw the picture you posted a couple of days ago with a weapon right next to you. i will come to that in a moment but i was talking that about the talks, do you have any real faith that anything substantial can come out of them? well, to be honest, i am rather pessimistic about the talks because

i don't really see much middle ground. forthe i don't really see much middle ground. for the time being the situation looks like this. putin wants is dead and we want to leave, putin what you create not to exist as an independent state and we want to be independent. there is really very little room for compromise over here. the only thing ukrainian state and ukrainian people are asking is for him just to get out with his troops from ukrainian territory and stop bombing our cities and stop killing military and civilian personnel in ukraine. i do not think he is willing to accept that he is losing the war against a much smaller country. i don't think he's willing to accept that he will have to surrender are not ukraine. he was trying to condition these talks upon the surrender of the ukrainian army which was absolutely unacceptable because our army is actually winning in this war right now. so i do remain rather pessimistic about the

talks. we put on the screen just now that picture i was referring to. the one you posted with a weapon. you like so many others have made it clear you are willing to fight. in terms of... do you even know how to use a gun, fired a gun, what has prompted you to pick up a weapon, be ready to fight? all members of parliament were provided with assault rifles on the first day of the war. that was one of the first thing that we did, was get the weapons for ourselves. i have the shot a gun in my life. i'm that thinking back, my boyfriend was promised to teach me and i always said i would never have to use that in my life. i'm a university professor initially so guns are not my thing and, frankly speaking. at this point, the situation looks extremely dangerous here and more and more people are signing up to

defend our country. 100,000 people as of yesterday evening signed up for the volunteer territorial defence units. more and more people are getting mobilised into the army. i don't see a way for myself as a member of parliament to be out of this process. sorry to interrupt. i am astonished when i hear you open the site you've never even fired a gun. you would have had lessons but now it is too late. extraordinary brave but are you not scared when it comes to the moment the potential that you may have overwhelming russian forces there in the city, to actually do fighting, be involved in that sort of resistance, does that not scare you? i of resistance, does that not scare ou? , ., , ., , you? i will tell you this, putin has miscalculated _ you? i will tell you this, putin has miscalculated ukrainian _ you? i will tell you this, putin has miscalculated ukrainian people, . you? i will tell you this, putin has. miscalculated ukrainian people, he thought he was going to be fighting ukrainian army which is 215,000, he could have been keeping in mind the

60,000 national guard but now he is seeing his fighting a0 million ukrainians because... those numbers, we are overwhelming. we are seeing evidence from all over ukraine of people with their bare hands stopping the tanks in the cities and villages, we've seen people who never had guns before in their hands patrolling the streets to make sure they fight all the info straighter is that they've sent to our cities and towns. this is amazing resistance on the side of the ukrainian people and everyone is getting involved. it is notjust members of parliament, it is regular folk, on the ground, some of those people i would probably have huge political disagreements with but as of now we are all united and we are ao of now we are all united and we are a0 million against the russian army. we have to leave it there but that's an incredible description. thanks so much for taking time to speak to us from kyiv. let's go to our reporter

and i was just saying to our viewers that early reports that talks on the border have now concluded. what are you hearing? indie border have now concluded. what are you hearing?— you hearing? we heard that there were three _ you hearing? we heard that there were three rounds _ you hearing? we heard that there were three rounds of— you hearing? we heard that there were three rounds of talks - you hearing? we heard that there were three rounds of talks today. you hearing? we heard that there i were three rounds of talks today and they started with great scepticism that they could achieve anything at all with both sides saying they wanted to show that they were ready to do everything possible to try to end this war, but as the talks went on and the ukrainian —— on the ukrainian and belarusian border, the war went on and there were three soundings ofair war went on and there were three soundings of air raid sirens today and i'vejust heard an soundings of air raid sirens today and i've just heard an explosion behind me, and just before we came on air there were at least two explosions lighting up the night sky just behind me. as they often say these conflicts that they are going to talk as if there is no war and

prosecute the war as if there are no talks. there is no sign here on the grounds that this russian invasion is going to stop any time soon but we are going to watch very closely as everyone here will to see what was achieved on day one of the talks. it might be a victoryjust for them to announce that the talks will continue tomorrow. there was a suggestion that one of the immediate objectives would be a ceasefire, but whether that is in the minds of the russians sitting at the table, the ukrainian sitting at the table, will soon find out.— ukrainian sitting at the table, will soon find out. . , . ., soon find out. thanks very much for the latest and _ soon find out. thanks very much for the latest and we _ soon find out. thanks very much for the latest and we will _ soon find out. thanks very much for the latest and we will talk _ soon find out. thanks very much for the latest and we will talk again i the latest and we will talk again through the course of the programme. let's head over to the us and get the perspective from there. joining me is alexander vindman. he was the whistleblower who testified before us congress, which led to the impeachment of president donald trump. i notice that you tweeted 2a hours ago that putin's reference to his

nuclear arsenal you thought was to get from the negotiating table what they had an earned through the blood on the battlefield. you think it is as naked as that, do you? that's riiht as naked as that, do you? that's ri . ht and as naked as that, do you? that's right and thanks _ as naked as that, do you? that's right and thanks for _ as naked as that, do you? that's right and thanks for having i as naked as that, do you? that's right and thanks for having me . as naked as that, do you? that's . right and thanks for having me on, matthew. i think that's exactly right and putin started this military adventure with maximum gains in mind and wanted the total capitulation of ukraine and wanted to capture kyiv and put in a puppet government but now he is starting to realise that it's going to be too slow that he's not going be able to achieve his maximum objectives and i think the ukrainians want to engage in this conversation because civilians are dying, but putin is going to face an increasing urgency to come up with some wins out of the negotiation and that is why we are seeing pressure ratcheted up on the nuclear front with nuclear sabre rattling to affect the ukraine's

calculations but also the west to go into a corner and be fearful and put pressure on ukraine as well and that is what we are seeing unfold. i mentioned in the introduction that you with a whistle—blower on donald trump that led to the first impeachment. does much of this lead back to his door?— back to his door? donald trump has blood on his — back to his door? donald trump has blood on his hands _ back to his door? donald trump has blood on his hands and _ back to his door? donald trump has blood on his hands and it's - back to his door? donald trump has blood on his hands and it's not i back to his door? donald trump has blood on his hands and it's notjustl blood on his hands and it's notjust from that phone call onjuly the 25th, 2019, where he sought to steal an election and undermine us national security by holding up aid to ukraine. clearly every bit of assistance that they get would have made it that much harderfor assistance that they get would have made it that much harder for russia to even think about attacking and we lost a lot of time because of the whole ukraine scandal and the fact that the republican party went back into supporting donald trump against us national security interests but

it didn't stop there. even days ago donald trump was touting vladimir putin, who he seems to idolised by his rhetoric, and that undermined the deterrence efforts by thejoe biden administration to signal that russia should not do this, so donald trump, tucker carlson, one of our leading anchormen, and almost an entertainer and other republicans have blood on their hands and they will end up paying for this at the ballot box. will end up paying for this at the ballot box— will end up paying for this at the ballot boll-— will end up paying for this at the ballot box. �* ., , ., , j~ ballot box. and only in the last 48 hours donald _ ballot box. and only in the last 48 hours donald trump _ ballot box. and only in the last 48 hours donald trump was - ballot box. and only in the last 48 hours donald trump was talking . ballot box. and only in the last 48 - hours donald trump was talking about it on sunday and described twice vladimir putin is a genius. what did you think when you heard that? he is a full and he — you think when you heard that? he is a full and he uses _ you think when you heard that? he is a full and he uses own _ you think when you heard that? he is a full and he uses own worst - you think when you heard that? he: 3 a full and he uses own worst enemy. that's been the case of a longtime —— she is a full. even the more sophisticated actors that are supposed to be politically savvy followed him down the primrose path and they have basically walked into

what amounts to a political ambush. what should happen in terms of the american approach and in terms of sanctions and weapons? what should the biden administration be doing in the biden administration be doing in the coming weeks? we the biden administration be doing in the coming weeks?— the coming weeks? we need the republicans _ the coming weeks? we need the republicans to _ the coming weeks? we need the republicans to come _ the coming weeks? we need the republicans to come together i the coming weeks? we need the l republicans to come together with the democrats and the biden administration. we need to flip the switch and look past incrementalism. we should be looking past $350 million to $3.5 billion and $235 billion for reconstruction aid. this is a serious situation and we need to really pivot our minds in the direction that russia is the enemy, not an adversary, but the enemy of democracy. ukraine is fighting this battle and ourjob is to support them. they are the ones that are bleeding. 0urjob is to support them with everything they need. you bleeding. ourjob is to support them with everything they need.— with everything they need. you are an exert with everything they need. you are an exoert in _ with everything they need. you are an exoert in the — with everything they need. you are an expert in the region _ with everything they need. you are an expert in the region and - with everything they need. you are an expert in the region and have i an expert in the region and have been for a long time. i was reading a russian analyst earlier in the day

speculating because there's so much talk about whether vladimir putin has changed and whether he has lost it and that analyst was saying, actually, all that has happened here is that people have not paid attention. would you agree with that broad assessment of eventually how we got here?— we got here? that is an accurate assessment- _ we got here? that is an accurate assessment. that _ we got here? that is an accurate assessment. that is _ we got here? that is an accurate assessment. that is why - we got here? that is an accurate assessment. that is why i've - we got here? that is an accurate i assessment. that is why i've been talking about that there have been two decades of failed policy and wishful thinking about vladimir putin and the desire to have a cooperative relationship with vladimir putin and looking the other way that has brought us to this point. there was definitely an incremental approach from vladimir putin, increasingly as glittery and he used chemical weapons on uk territory, he used nuclear weapons grade material to poison another target and we just we largely looked the other way. now the bill has come through and unfortunately the western world is prepared to take a stand now and that is something that should have happened a longtime ago. should have happened a long time auo. ., ~' should have happened a long time aio, ., ~' should have happened a long time auo. . ~ ,, should have happened a long time auo. . ~ . should have happened a long time ago. thank you so much for 'oining us there from i

ago. thank you so much for 'oining us there from the i ago. thank you so much for 'oining us there from the us * ago. thank you so much for 'oining us there from the us and h ago. thank you so much forjoining us there from the us and your- us there from the us and your thoughts in terms of what we are seeing playing out. thank you very much for your time. all of this leading to a humanitarian crisis with the un earlier suggesting that half a million people had fled ukraine. let's head to one of those borders, the border with poland and every day the border with poland and every day the numbers are simply growing, aren't they?— the numbers are simply growing, aren't the ? , ., , , ., aren't they? they absolutely are. it is overwhelming _ aren't they? they absolutely are. it is overwhelming happy _ aren't they? they absolutely are. it is overwhelming happy people - aren't they? they absolutely are. it is overwhelming happy people are. is overwhelming happy people are coming here. this is one of the buses that has loaded up lots more of those people who have crossed over and taking them away to the next reception point. this town is around 25 or 30 kilometres from the border itself, almost like the second stop of where people have finally got across the border and can come to sort everything out and given something to eat and are moved

onto the next place. i want to show you behind me because so much activity going on and people holding up activity going on and people holding up cards and they are all people who have come here, volunteers, who want to help and are offering free lifts so that anybody who wants to go to a specific place to meet up with friends, they can get to them and those cards with destinations on and free accommodation, free transport, something to eat, because like i say, this is the next stage of the journey for people who have managed to get across the border into poland. thatjourney has been really long. we know the waiting times on the border has been things like 60 hours, people waiting days and days in really cold conditions and worrying about whether they will get across. there is a tailback of 40 kilometres for vehicles are really

difficult situation. 0nce kilometres for vehicles are really difficult situation. once they are here they are being welcomed and poland has opened its borders and is welcoming all nationalities in and people are travelling from far away to help and one person has come all the way from germany, who is anton, and you were born ukrainian and you have been working in germany for a while and your sister is in ukraine and you must be so worried about her. , ., �* , and you must be so worried about her. , ., �*, . and you must be so worried about her. , . her. yes, that's correct. that's one ofthe her. yes, that's correct. that's one of the reasons _ her. yes, that's correct. that's one of the reasons why _ her. yes, that's correct. that's one of the reasons why i _ her. yes, that's correct. that's one of the reasons why i came - her. yes, that's correct. that's one of the reasons why i came here - her. yes, that's correct. that's one| of the reasons why i came here and my mind _ of the reasons why i came here and my mind is — of the reasons why i came here and my mind is always with ukraine and if i think_ my mind is always with ukraine and if i think about it... it is why i try to — if i think about it... it is why i try to support ukraine as much as i can _ try to support ukraine as much as i can to— try to support ukraine as much as i can to help — try to support ukraine as much as i can. to help here and... apologies, clearly the — can. to help here and... apologies, clearly the line _ can. to help here and... apologies, clearly the line breaking _ can. to help here and... apologies, clearly the line breaking up - can. to help here and... apologies, clearly the line breaking up there i clearly the line breaking up there from the border area and we will try to return to that and bring you a little more. a couple of lines also

coming in in the last little while and we can tell you that finland has said they are sending weapons to ukraine, thatjust coming from the premise to's office and we also heard that the uk is now banning russian vessels from its seaports and just a line about those talks i was telling you about that had concluded and the latest is that they are expecting their next meeting is to take place in the next couple of days on the russian negotiators in those talks saying that the sides have heard each other and have identified a number of important points over which it is possible to reach progress and we heard that the delegations are returning to their home countries to have further consultations, so that is the latest on the news coming out of those talks. just another line coming to us about what i was telling you about from finland. they are to ship weapons including 2500 assault rifles and hundred and

50,000 bullets and 1500 anti—tank weapons will stop that was after the announcement that more weapons would be sent to ukraine and i mention the uk because the british foreign secretary, liz truss has just been updating the uk parliament on actions taken by the british government and this is what she had to say. government and this is what she had to sa . , , ., ., government and this is what she had tosa. ., ., ,y to say. the uk is proud to lead by examle to say. the uk is proud to lead by example and _ to say. the uk is proud to lead by example and have _ to say. the uk is proud to lead by example and have already - to say. the uk is proud to lead by example and have already put i to say. the uk is proud to lead by example and have already put in. example and have already put in place the largest package of sanctions in our history. we sanctioned putin and lover of, the russian defence industry and a growing list of oligarchs and have approved asset freeze on several russian banks and banning private jets and russian airlines from our airspace but we are determined to go much, much further. we want a situation where they can access their funds, situation where they can access theirfunds, their trade cannot their funds, their trade cannot flow, theirfunds, their trade cannot flow, their ships cannot dock and their planes cannot land. today i can inform the house that i will be

laying two new pieces of sanctions legislation. the first introduces a set of new powers against russia's financial sector. set of new powers against russia's financialsector. it set of new powers against russia's financial sector. it includes powers to prevent russian banks from clearing payments in sterling. with over 50% of russian trade denominated in dollars or sterling, our coordinated action with the united states will damage russia's ability to trade with the world. and as soon as this legislation comes into force, we will apply it to russia's largest bank. i will also be imposing a full asset freeze on three further banks, veb, russia's national develop bank, the third largest privately owned financial institution in russia and one of russia's's largest commercial banks. we will bring you a full asset freeze on all russian banks in days. looking to coordinate with our allies. this same legislation will

prevent the russian state from raising debt here and it will isolate all russian companies, that's over 3 million businesses, from accessing uk capital markets. global giants like gazza from one no longer be able to issue debt or equity in london —— gazprom full stop the second piece of legislation bans exports to russia across a range of critical sector, including high—end technological equipment like microelectronics, marine and navigation equipment. this will blunt russia's military industrial capabilities act as a drag on the russian economy for years to come. i appreciate the consequences of the step for british people and british businesses operating in russia and the department of international trade in the treasury will offer advice and guidance to affected uk businesses. my consulate staff will continue to support british nationals in russia as well as those in ukraine. and we will keep ratcheting up our response. more

legislation will follow in coming weeks in sanctioning russian occupied territories in the donbas, extending more sanctions to belarus and limiting russian deposits in uk banks. we will continue working through our hit list of oligarchs, focusing on their houses, their yachts and every aspect of their lives. in addition, we will be introducing the economic crime bill tomorrow and my right honourable friend the business secretary will be setting out more in the next statement in the house. this is all about flushing out the oligarchs dirty money from the united kingdom, and we will continue to work with our g7 allies to cut off the russian economy and cut the free world's dependence on russian gas. depriving putin of his key source of revenue. finally, we are leading the diplomatic effort to make sure there is a chorus of condemnation against president putin. in the 0sce, a key

part of the european security architecture, 45 countries condemn russia by name. at the un security council on friday, over 80 un members voted for or co—sponsored a resolution condemning russia's aggression. russia stood alone in opposing it. putin is isolated. no one is willing to back his war of choice. in recent days i've spoken to my counterparts in more than 20 countries around the world. yesterday i met g7 foreign ministers where we werejoined yesterday i met g7 foreign ministers where we were joined by ukraine's brave foreign minister, my friend, and everyone is clear that putin must lose and we will carry on increasing the pressure until he does. we have all seen ukraine's determination to fight. putin's war could end up lasting months and years, so i say to our ukrainian friends, we are with you. in britain and around the world, we are prepared to suffer economic sacrifices to support you. however

long it takes, we will not rest until ukraine's sovereignty is restored. i commend this statement of the house. we're nowjoined from new york by our north american business correspondent michelle fleury. the uk foreign secretary outlining a raft of new sanctions, here indicating more that will come tomorrow and that is the same in the us with new rounds coming? melt. tomorrow and that is the same in the us with new rounds coming?- us with new rounds coming? well, i think what we _ us with new rounds coming? well, i think what we heard _ us with new rounds coming? well, i think what we heard from _ us with new rounds coming? well, i think what we heard from liz - us with new rounds coming? well, i think what we heard from liz truss l think what we heard from liz truss and also what we heard from the us treasury this morning is a sort of speeding up of sanctions. if you recall last week, which feels a long time ago already, joe biden at the time ago already, joe biden at the time said it would take some time for the sanctions to be felt, so they are trying to speed up this process and when you talk about swift, for example, the global payment system, there was hesitation

to bar russian banks from using the system because it would hurt europe to some degree as well as russia. now, they seem to have a moral clarity because of this and put out —— unprovoked attack on ukraine that has essentially changed their mind and there has been an immense ratcheting up of economic pressure on russia over this weekend with what is being introduced here and i would go as far as to say you are talking about russia's financial stability being threatened by some of these measures.— stability being threatened by some of these measures. michelle, give us an idea of how— of these measures. michelle, give us an idea of how it _ of these measures. michelle, give us an idea of how it is _ of these measures. michelle, give us an idea of how it is likely _ of these measures. michelle, give us an idea of how it is likely to - an idea of how it is likely to affect ordinary russians? you heard liz truss and politicians across the room have been careful to try to focus on russian banks and the oligarchs who are close to putin, to apply the maximum pressure but this will impact many, many ordinary russians, won't it?— russians, won't it? that's right. the coal russians, won't it? that's right. the goal here —

russians, won't it? that's right. the goal here was _ russians, won't it? that's right. the goal here was to _ russians, won't it? that's right. the goal here was to try - russians, won't it? that's right. the goal here was to try and i russians, won't it? that's right. i the goal here was to try and punish the oligarchs and putin for this and also increase the cost of financing this war. inevitably you will see ordinary russian people hurt by this and one of the measures they are is targeting the ability to prop up its currency at the central bank and that will have a huge impact. we saw the rouble falling about 30% to a record low against the us dollar. what that does is essentially makes the rouble worthless. it is going to, because of the currency weakness, it will push up inflation which even before any of this started was at 9%, so there is going to be a squeeze, particularly for the poorest russians. 0ne to be a squeeze, particularly for the poorest russians. one of the things that many economists and people are looking at at the moment is that instability i was referring to on the financial front, whether you start to see runs on banks, but the other thing is the ripple effect of that which is societal instability and i think you are seeing this increase in pressure on

the russian population and whether that will change vladimir putin's mindset. , ., , , ,, ., mindset. lets turn from business to sort. the mindset. lets turn from business to sport. the dominoes _ mindset. lets turn from business to sport. the dominoes keep - mindset. lets turn from business to sport. the dominoes keep falling. i football's world governing body fifa is set to suspend russia until further notice — as the international olympic committee recommends that russian and belarusian athletes and officials are banned from any organised international competitions. let's speak tojohn watson at the bbc sport centre. let's start with fifa when they tried the halfway house about neutral venues and that was rather ridiculed that a full u—turn today. yes, it wasn't greeted that favourably, was it? certainly a significant step from fifa and we understand that russia will be suspended from their upcoming matches and they were due to face poland against poland in the world

cup qualifying play—offs, and they will get a bye into the next round where they could place the czech republic or sweden for a place at the world cup and european football governing body, we understand russia will be suspended from competing in the women's european championship in july and spartak moscow, the only russian team remaining in club competition this season, will also be excluded from the europa league. we knew that the polish, swedish, czech and welsh fa is were unhappy with the halfway house that fifa put together over the weekend and those respective association said they would not be playing russia under any circumstances. fifa told russia yesterday they would not be able to play their play—off matches at home and they would not be able to play under their flag and they would not be able to play under theirflag or anthem and they would be called the football union of russia and the polish fa said the decision was totally unacceptable and said they would not be willing to face russia and it remains to be seen which neutral venue, if any,

host country, would have been willing to step in to host those matches and let's not forget the champions league final already moved away from saint petersburg, some a really significant step and we are yet to have it confirmed from fifa, but as we expect, russia won't be playing those matches as planned. yes, big changes in football and we also heard from formula 1 last week, also heard from formula 1 last week, a no go in terms of the russian grand prix. and i mentioned in the introduction a line from the ioc. take me through that. this introduction a line from the ioc. take me through that.— take me through that. this has essentially _ take me through that. this has essentially come _ take me through that. this has essentially come from - take me through that. this has essentially come from the ioc, j take me through that. this has i essentially come from the 1°c, the essentially come from the ioc, the international olympic committee, calling on all sports organisation to exclude russian and belarusian athletes and officials from international events and there's been a breach of the lipid truce by the government's countries and that is essentially a commitment from the nations to respect other nations, athletes, sport in general and promote peace and that has given fifa and uefa the licence to go on

and exclude russia. eyes will turn to the meeting of the international paralympic committee on wednesday as well and they will discuss russia's involvement and with the paralympics due to begin in beijing on friday, with that call from the ioc will russia will they be allowed to compete at the paralympic games on friday, i think we can expect some movement on that and we know that russia's involvement and belarus's involvement was due to be up for discussion when they meet on wednesday. discussion when they meet on wednesday-— discussion when they meet on wednesda ., ., ., ~ , ., , discussion when they meet on wednesda ., ., . ~' , ., , . wednesday. john, thank you very much for the latest — wednesday. john, thank you very much for the latest update. _ wednesday. john, thank you very much for the latest update. we _ wednesday. john, thank you very much for the latest update. we lost - wednesday. john, thank you very much for the latest update. we lost the i for the latest update. we lost the line from the border with poland a little earlier, so let's get more from that border in terms of the refugee crisis. we from that border in terms of the refugee crisis.— refugee crisis. we are at a huge sho -|n~ refugee crisis. we are at a huge shopping mall _ refugee crisis. we are at a huge shopping mall which _ refugee crisis. we are at a huge shopping mall which is - refugee crisis. we are at a huge shopping mall which is about i refugee crisis. we are at a huge | shopping mall which is about five miles away from the border and it has become a temporary reception

centre for refugees, and the refugees who are inside have just arrived, and many of them are still coming, infact arrived, and many of them are still coming, in fact bosses are pulling up coming, in fact bosses are pulling up and ferrying people to the shopping centre and they keep on coming. we have got permission to film —— we have not got permission from inside at the moment but there are thousands of people inside, on camp beds, queueing forfood and medical supplies and the slightly bizarre scene is that the shops inside still have their products, so i saw kitchen tiles and bathtubs and clothes. the women and children inside our ukrainian, because ukrainian men are being called back to fight, but the men inside, there are a lot of men inside, they are uzbek, congolese, pakistanis, either studying or working in ukraine and the question is where they go. some of them will go to stay with relatives in poland, and others with relatives in poland, and others with relatives out of poland. poland now says around 300,000 people have crossed from ukraine to poland since the war began and i can tell you,

having been inside, if the numbers continue to swell, places like this are going to be full to bursting point. are going to be full to bursting oint. ~ ., are going to be full to bursting oint, . ., ., are going to be full to bursting noint. ~ ., ., ., are going to be full to bursting oint. ~ . ., ., ., ~ are going to be full to bursting oint. ~ . ., ., .,~ ., are going to be full to bursting oint. . ., point. we are about to take a break and we will — point. we are about to take a break and we will have _ point. we are about to take a break and we will have plenty _ point. we are about to take a break and we will have plenty more i point. we are about to take a break and we will have plenty more from | and we will have plenty more from kyiv with our correspondence saying there have been two very loud explosions in the last few moments and they are now back in the shelters. plenty more from here in a moment or two. don't go away. hello there. it continues to be a cloudy picture for most of the uk and we are seeing more rain developing specially for england and wales. to the north—west it has been windy earlier on and the winds are easing as the deep low pressure moves away and hence up towards iceland and we will be left with this weather front and that early on brought some more light and patchy rain but the rain is turning steadier and particularly affecting england and wales as we head into the early evening. clearer, colder air arriving after the rain clears from scotland and northern ireland. there could be an inch of rain falling in the brecon beacons and

the wetter weather than clears away and heads towards east anglia and the south—east and we will continue to see some wet weather in the english channel. underneath the cloud and rain we will find temperatures no lower than 9 degrees and a range of temperatures tonight and a range of temperatures tonight and further north we clearer skies, northern england and northern ireland and scotland, temperatures between —1 and —2 by molly. clearer colder air across more northern areas under the area of high pressure and still the weather front in the south—east and through the english channel on tuesday bringing with it cloud and some outbreaks of rain. that cloud pushing its way further north in two parts of wales, through the midlands, round of the wash and most of the wet weather through the english channel into southernmost england and a few showers for a while in the far north of scotland and those will fade away and we will have sunshine in scotland, northern ireland and northern england and north wales and after that cold start temperatures still could make double figures. the wetter weather we have got in the south starts to move north overnight, heading into wednesday morning and head of the cloud and damp weather we could have a frosty picture in scotland and temperatures

could be down to —4 or —5. there might be some early sunshine in scotland but all of this cloud is working its way northwards and will bring with it mostly light and patchy rain by the stage and up into the central belt, parts of northern ireland and northern england and it might turn drier in more southern parts of england with temperatures reaching 11 degrees but a chilly day on wednesday for many northern areas with that cloud and damp weather coming in after the coal start and then we look to the west to see another band of rain coming in, very slowly in from the atlantic and that will push eastwards and it brings most of the rain to northern and western areas on thursday and we might get some late sunshine across parts of wales and the south—west of england and then that rain band clears away overnight and we are left with a drier, quieter day with some sunshine around during friday.

this is bbc news with the latest on the war in ukraine. in the two hours, a demand that the russian bombardment stops immediately at an emergency session at the un. delegates are told that russian attacks are pounding cities day and night — ukraine says 200 civilians have been killed, including children. in new york — at the general assembly — ukraine's ambassador reads out emotional testimony. if ukraine does not survive the united states nations will not survive, have no illusions. if ukraine does not survive, we cannot be surprised if democracy fails next. —— if ukraine does not survive the united nations will not survive. ukraine's second city, kharkiv, experiences heavy shelling — local officials say 11 people have been killed and dozens wounded. the city remains under

ukrainian control. meanwhile, the two countries have held talks on the border with belarus.