the second city of kharkiv is bombed — ukraine's president makes a direct appeal to the russian soldiers who've invaded his country. 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. locals vent their anger at russian soldiers, telling them to get out of their state — president putin remains defiant. translation: the so-called western community, as i called it _ in my speech, the empire of lies,

is now trying to implement against our country. gunfire five days after the russians invaded, ukrainians continue to defend their capital kyiv. a scramble at lviv railway station, as desperate ukrainians try to flee to poland to escape the fighting. ukrainians in the uk prepare to pack up and return home — to fight for their country. fifa is has suspended all russian football teams at country and club level from international competition. we'll be reporting from across ukraine, and talking to our correspondents in moscow, new york, brussels and at westminster. and stay with us on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis

from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world. good evening and welcome to an extended bbc news at six. we to an extended bbc news at six. are live from the capital we are live from the ukrainian capital kyiv. several cities across ukraine have been holding back an attack from russian troops — five days after they invaded. negotiators from both sides in the conflict have been holding talks near ukraine's border with belarus. they have said tonight they may meet again later in the week. there's been more fierce fighting, leading to an exodus of ukrainians

to neighbouring countries — the united nations says nearly half a million have left the country, and many more are internally displaced. the areas in red here show the parts of ukraine now under russian control, with fighting highlighted in several key cities and regions. in this extended programme we'll bring you the latest from moscow, talk about sanctions both on russia and here at home, but first our international correspondent orla guerin has this report. gunfire by night they defend the capital. skies full of fire. these ukrainian troops are still holding off russian forces. their president calling on the invaders to lay down their arms. 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. and in a kyiv children's hospital, a young victim of europe's newest war lies between life and death. he is just 13 and doctors tell us his family came under fire as they tried to flee. it's unclear by who. the smallest brother was killed in front of him. this boy has injuries to his face and also injuries of the spine. it is very difficult to say at this moment what is the prognosis, but we will try to do everything to save this child. here at okmadet hospital, the largest paediatric centre in ukraine, staff are used to battling disease. now they have to adjust to war on their doorstep. most of the patients have been moved to the

basement for safety reasons. there was another air raid siren just as we arrived. now, doctors here say they have enough supplies for the moment, but the world health organization is warning that if the situation in kyiv gets worse, oxygen supplies could start to run out. and just outside, desperately ill children wait with their worried mothers to be transferred to poland for cancer treatment no longer available here. he is six years old. he is facing a riskyjourney with his mother marina. i'll be frank, i'm scared. but i can't see another way to escape, so we will have to do this. but for many, there is no escape. this is kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city, under sustained attack.

the russian enemy is bombing residential areas, said the local governor. all this as peace talks were about to begin. back in kyiv the air raid sirens were wailing again, and some were rushing for the railway station, including this group of students from india. we don't know what's going to happen next but the only thing is that we're going to go home, and we are trying our best to go back home, that's it. there have been reports about foreign students not being allowed on trains. but in this time of war, hopes all will be treated equally. in these hard times ijust hope it doesn't matter who is indian, who is pakistani, russian, ukrainian, we all arejust people, we have certain human rights, so i guess in these hard times we should just help each other and cooperate on this and that's all.

many are carried to the station by fear for their children, for their city and the lives they led until last week. inside it was all too much for this beloved pet. and already there are queues forfood. some wondering how long it will be before supplies start to run out. day five of the invasion and ukraine still resists, but there are fears this city could be put under siege. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. as fighting intensifies in some of ukraine's biggest cities, those watching and waiting across the country for the war to come to them are preparing. our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in the south eastern city of dnipro and has been speaking to people readying for battle. air raid siren blares

it is the most chilling sound. but this wail is a call to safety. a warning to head underground. it's very cold, very basic, but its cover in a war that's escalating fast and seems to have no rules. the bunker was built under a factory under the soviet union. it was supposed to be used in event of nuclear attack, and now it's being used in modern—day ukraine sirens wail again. there has been no attack yet, but suddenly the danger feels close. she spent the night here, she told me it is scary. we she spent the night here, she told

me it is scary-— she spent the night here, she told me it is scary. we don't understand why russian — me it is scary. we don't understand why russian is _ me it is scary. we don't understand why russian is attacking _ me it is scary. we don't understand why russian is attacking us. - me it is scary. we don't understand why russian is attacking us. they i why russian is attacking us. they say they want to protect us, but from what? we didn't need their protection. from what? we didn't need their protection-— from what? we didn't need their rotection. , , ., ., protection. they called the dean pro a fortress city- _ protection. they called the dean pro a fortress city. it _ protection. they called the dean pro a fortress city. it resisted _ a fortress city. it resisted pro—russian forces eight years ago when this conflict began but things now are on another level. this city feels a lot more nervous now. there are neighbourhood watch patrols here, and one of the groups of men just came up to us and asked us what we were doing, who we were and why we were doing, who we were and why we were doing, who we were and why we were here. people in areas like this are now spending their nights in bomb shelters. the fighting hasn't come here yet but people are extremely worried already. they even called the police to check we really are journalists. called the police to check we really arejournalists. children have stopped going to school since russia declared war. so they're building has been turned into a collection point. these are supplies for anyone to scared to go out, or for those preparing to defend their

neighbourhood. yulia tells me everyone is pulling together trying to help. "it's easier to keep busy," she says, "than to watch the news and worry." this is a russian language school, but the teachers are so many people have switched to ukrainian since the war in protest. there is no mass flight out of dnipro. people aren't sure anywhere is safe any more. so some are now arming themselves for a fight they didn't choose. a week ago year it was working in it on a digitalisation project. what do you think it is putin wants? putin wants to take over. _ think it is putin wants? putin wants to take over, to _ think it is putin wants? putin wants to take over, to control— think it is putin wants? putin wants to take over, to control us. - think it is putin wants? putin wants to take over, to control us. that. to take over, to control us. that wall speech he made was awful. hey... i'm sorry, he's a devil, he won't stop. hey... i'm sorry, he's a devil, he won't step-— won't stop. that's the fear here. even as ukrainians _ won't stop. that's the fear here. even as ukrainians prepare - won't stop. that's the fear here. even as ukrainians prepare to i won't stop. that's the fear here. . even as ukrainians prepare to resist in any way they can. sarah

rainsford, bbc news, dnipro. as russian bombardments and troop advances continue in ukraine, the united nations is now saying more than 500,000 people have moved to safety beyond the country's borders. many are travelling to poland. our special correspondent fergal keane has sent us this report from the vivre in the west of ukraine about the growing refugee crisis. to the edge of desperation and beyond. in a bewildering crisis. the women and the children of ukraine fleeing their country. "you will not be allowed," the policeman shouts, to the men on the stairwell. "women and children only." tempers fray. back and forth go the arguments and pleas.

shouting the police move to help those allowed to board. so the women and children are being pulled from the crowd on the stairs now so that they can board the train. the police again are outnumbered but doing their best. i have seen them go down into the crowd to try and calm people, but it is very difficult, given the volatility of the situation. i saw you in the queue, what do you feel about what is happening? it is awful. very bad. what age is your baby? one year, he is very scared. the foreign students and workers here, find themselves without family help far from home,

and if they are men they must wait until women and children are evacuated. what is it like for you, this? it is really stressful, i'm a bit nervous. i want to get on the train, but unfortunately i can't, and my visa was supposed to come out tomorrow but i have to leave, so ijust have to try myself in the end. the un has warned of a fast deteriorating situation as tens of thousands flee towards western europe. this man is a british medic trying to be with his family. just every people panic because we have a bad situation here. we came to try and catch it. but everybody wants to go. a father's farewell to his infant son. what cannot be held must be let go. until another day. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv.

i'm joined by our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. an air raid sirenjust an air raid siren just sounded, three of them in succession. we know that the city has been, the outskirts at least, shelled and hit by mortar, and there it goes again, and yet today was the end of the curfew we have had over the weekend. perhaps a bit of hope in the minds of some of the people here? listen to the siren- _ of some of the people here? listen to the siren. listen to _ of some of the people here? listen to the siren. listen to this - of some of the people here? listen to the siren. listen to this wail, - to the siren. listen to this wail, the war is coming ever closer and from all of our colleagues that is what we hear from them. even as the talks get under way between russia and ukraine bringing that bit of hope, as you say, on the ground the war keeps coming closer, the sirens keep wailing. we had an explosion that came so close to our building in the suburbs but for the first

time in five days our building shook. ~ time in five days our building shook._ are - time in five days our building - shook._ are colleagues shook. we felt it. are colleagues underground _ shook. we felt it. are colleagues underground in the _ shook. we felt it. are colleagues underground in the city - shook. we felt it. are colleagues underground in the city sent - shook. we felt it. are colleagues underground in the city sent us l underground in the city sent us messages, it is so close and it is frightening. i think that speaks for people across the city night, for people across the city night, for people in kharkiv seeing that street to street fighting. but as the war gets closer we also see and hear the ukrainian people come closer too, even as russia tries to tear the country apart. even as russia tries to tear the country apart-— even as russia tries to tear the country apart. lyse doucet, many thanks. country apart. lyse doucet, many thanks- our— country apart. lyse doucet, many thanks. our chief _ country apart. lyse doucet, many thanks. our chief international. thanks. our chief international correspondent. vladimir putin says a settlement of ukraine is possible, but only if what he described as moscow's legitimate because security concerns are addressed. while the fighting continues the russian economy has been rocked by sanctions. our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg reports on how russia's president and how its public are reacting to the war. once, moscow glistened with aspiration, to be

but war has changed that. after the kremlin's invasion of ukraine the world has turned its back on russia. western sanctions sent the russian rouble tumbling and interest rates soaring. no panic yet, but russians are feeling it. svetlana's advertising agency is already losing clients. it's just like a nightmare for me, really. i cannot believe that this is really happening. we don't want to go back there, to this iron curtain. we don't want to be isolated from the societies. me personally and everybody who i know, we don't want this. western sanctions, economic and financial, are designed to punish the russian state, the kremlin, for its war in ukraine, but inevitably the russian public will feel the effects also, and already there's a sense

of disbelief on the streets atjust how quickly russia's international isolation is growing. in the kremlin, an urgent meeting. translation: | invited _ you here to talk about the economy. and and about those sanctions that the so—called western - community, or as i call it, the empire of lies is - trying to impose on us. tough talk. but the kremlin is under pressure, with the president is becoming an international pariah. his army in ukraine facing fierce resistance and his people, uneasy at the thought of new divisions, new iron curtains, separating them from the outside world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. videos claiming to show captured russian soldiers have been circulating online. the russian media regulator has now blocked a ukrainian website

which was helping to name dead and captured troops. however other posts continue to be shared on social media. our correspondent, caroline davies, has been to the home town in eastern siberia, of one soldier featured in a video. the frozen plains of eastern siberia are far from ukraine's front line, but in a video of a captured young russian soldier — his eyes taped shut — asked where his home was, he said here, this small village. the soldier's name is pavel. "i've been shedding bitter tears for the past two days now," tamara, who was his russian teacher, tells me. elena is a neighbour. translation: i don't support anything. - i have no clue what is happening and why our younglings are sent there. i can't understand it. while the kremlin tries to control the narrative about the war, videos of captured soldiers spread on social media, creating

ripples of anger and shock. translation: all they did was 'ust announce the war, that's it. i now our young boys are dying there. everyone we speak to says they didn't know that pavel was in ukraine, including his mother, who didn't want to speak on camera. it was obvious that she was very upset, she was shaking, maybe she'd been crying as well. she says she has been able to speak to him since he's been captured, but at the moment, she just doesn't have any news and she says that she's just waiting, desperately minute by minute, waiting to find out what's going to happen to him. but we were able to speak to his aunt. "just bring our boy home," she told us. small villages across russia give their young men to the army and have done for generations — remembered in memorials like this one.

while the kremlin talk about glory, their war comes at a cost to the russian people. caroline davis, bbc news, eastern siberia. steve rosenberg is in moscow for us now. pictures of captured russian troops. the military has officially admitted that there are casualties. protests in the streets. any sign that opposition is beginning to build in russia? i opposition is beginning to build in russia? ~ , opposition is beginning to build in russia? ~' , . ., russia? i think it is. we are heafina russia? i think it is. we are hearing russian _ russia? i think it is. we are hearing russian oligarchs . russia? i think it is. we are i hearing russian oligarchs now speaking out against the war, like the billionaire oleg sara pascoe, the billionaire oleg sara pascoe, the daughter of the former russian president boris yeltsin posting an anti—war slogan and a number of prominent activation —— opposition activists have got together and formed an anti—war committee. so far no sign the message is getting through to vladimir putin and remember the kremlin still refuses to call this a war or an invasion. let me tell you something interesting. when we were making that report you have just seen a

policeman came up to me and asked what we were doing and said that we should refer to events in ukraine as a special military operation, not as a special military operation, not as a war. but this is a war being waged against ukraine, and a war that is leaving russia increasingly isolated and one example of that, russia has been suspended from all international football, been suspended from all internationalfootball, until further notice, because of the invasion of ukraine.— further notice, because of the invasion of ukraine. steve, thank ou, invasion of ukraine. steve, thank you. steve _ invasion of ukraine. steve, thank you, steve rosenberg, _ invasion of ukraine. steve, thank you, steve rosenberg, live - invasion of ukraine. steve, thank you, steve rosenberg, live in - you, steve rosenberg, live in moscow. we are going to get more on that story concerning football in a moment. the british government has joined with the us and the eu, in announcing new sanctions against russia's central bank. individuals and businesses are banned from making transactions with the bank, its finance ministry and its wealth fund. it comes as the russian rouble crashed against the dollar, and interest rates hit 20%. our economics editor, faisal islam, has more

on the economic impact of international sanctions. beyond the military front lines, western nations counteract the bombardment of ukraine by fomenting financial crisis in moscow and beyond. the value of the russian currency slumping today and concerns rising about the stability of the nation's major banks. the uk and japanjoining in efforts from the us and eu to prohibit trade with russia's equivalent of the bank of england. this normally never happens and was designed to prevent russia from using its war chest of reserves to protect its currency. the rouble was down an incredible 25% today, having at one point lost a third of its value. these are record lows that will push up prices across russia. authorities closed the moscow stock market but major russian firms also trade in london, including its biggest bank, sberbank, which saw its value full by three quarters as european depositors fled. and the russian gas giant gazprom also fell sharply, more than halving in value today.

we are defending democracy and freedom and the most important way we can do that is by supporting sanctions which are incredibly severe and unprecedented in scope and scale and will already be making and scale and will already be making an impact on the russian economy and undermining the putin regime. the central bank of russia had to double interest rates to 20% to try to protect the currency and banned certain types of trade. they were summoned to the kremlin to explain all to president putin, trying to reassure ordinary russians. translation: conditions - for the russian economy have changed dramatically. new foreign sanctions have led to a significant change in the rouble's exchange rate. the possibility of using gold and currency reserves is limited. in an important development senior russian businessmen began to speak out including the owner of the london evening standard newspaper, who asked... banker mikel friedman

yesterday told staff that the current conflict is a tragedy, and a leg there are pascoe said... this is notjust leg there are pascoe said... this is not just a financial sanction, leg there are pascoe said... this is notjust a financial sanction, it is effectively a form of economic war. targeting the central bank of a major economy has not been tried before. it is a conscious tactic to try to provoke financial instability across russia, and we are seeing the effect on the currency and the shares traded here. but the harsher the weapon, the greater the impact could be here, and the greater the risk of retaliation in, for example, energy markets. today, a record petrol price above £1.50 a litre as the invasion energy shock hits households everywhere, including here in surrey. the cost of petrol has gone through the roof and i'm now having to think about where i can go

and can't go. you're trying to do your budget, working around your petrol, your life. i think i spend more money on petrol than i do for my kids' essential things. the government announced it was banning russian—owned ships from uk ports today, but this shows the balancing act. a third of one day's gas needs delivered from the us into kent last month on this russian tanker. squeezing the kremlin will come with costs. faisal islam, bbc news. as we've been hearing, russia and ukraine have been holding face—to—face talks for the first time since president putin's forces invaded five days ago. but at a rare emergency session of the united nations general assembly, ambassadors from across the world have been lining up to condemn russia's actions. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley reports now on the global response to the war. as the shock waves of what president putin has done in ukraine reverberate around

the world, the consequences of this conflict are growing. russia and ukraine today held their first talks since the invasion on the border of belarus. but president zelensky said he had sent a ukrainian delegation only so that every one of his citizens knew that he'd taken every chance, however small, to try to end the war. translation: europeans| are aware that our soldiers are fighting for our country, and therefore, for the whole of europe, for the peace of all the countries of the european union, for the lives of children, for equality, for democracy. underlining the gravity of the moment, no ordinary meeting of the un general assembly. it opened with calls for a ceasefire and a minute's silence for ukraine. i now invite representatives to stand and observe one minute of silent prayer or meditation. special sessions like this have been held only ten times before in the un's 77—year history.

it's being seen as a kind of international opinion poll on president putin, and country after country lined up to condemn. the fighting in ukraine must stop. it is raging across the country from air, land and sea. it must stop now. mr president, we are facing a tragedy for ukraine but also a major regional crisis with potentially disastrous implications for us all. as western sanctions against russia are stepped up, planes are now being grounded. moscow has barred airlines entering its airspace from 36 countries, including every member of the european union, a response to the eu banning russian flights. sanctions have a cost and it's better to explain to public opinion that this is true. but we have to be ready to pay this price now because, if not, we will have to pay a much bigger

price in the future. but by far the highest price, of course, is being paid by the ukrainian people. the un is warning that unless the fighting stops, europe faces the biggest humanitarian and refugee crisis in decades, as civilians continue to flee for their lives. caroline hawley, bbc news. we'll hear from north america correspondent, nada tawfik, outside the united nations, in new york in a moment but first to our europe correspondent, jessica parker who's in brussels. jessica, more sanctions we understand from the european union today but also a call from president zelensky from ukraine suggesting that his country should join the european union. how did that fly? various developments today. first of all what i would say is some lines of communication open between european leaders and vladimir putin. emmanuel macron had a call with him,

called for an immediate ceasefire and the pair agreed to stay in touch but of course attitudes are very much hardened towards vladimir putin in the past week, triggering a wave of unprecedented economic sanctions and unprecedented measures elsewhere. over the weekend the eu agreed to fund weapons for ukrainian forces. that is a first for the lot, but there is also a focus now on the possible consequences for europe as well, but an acknowledgement that sanctions could hurt both sides, particularly given of course, the eu reliance on russian gas. that is something energy ministers have been discussing here this evening. you mentioned as well ukraine wanting to join the eu. it has we understand started the process of formally applying but context is needed. it should be seen as a statement of intent from the ukrainian government. the accession process, where it takes place, does so over a number of years. for now, the eu has

taken these tough sanctions that will hurt the kremlin and help ukraine in its talks with russia. well, clive, a flurry of diplomatic activity _ well, clive, a flurry of diplomatic activity in — well, clive, a flurry of diplomatic activity in the un. first that emergency general assembly special session _ emergency general assembly special session it _ emergency general assembly special session. it was called by the security— session. it was called by the security council after russia used its veto _ security council after russia used its veto to — security council after russia used its veto to stop action against it. we have — its veto to stop action against it. we have more than 100 nations who are going _ we have more than 100 nations who are going to— we have more than 100 nations who are going to speak over the next several— are going to speak over the next several days. in this 193 member chamber. — several days. in this 193 member chamber, that has come to symbolise the collective conscience of the world — the collective conscience of the world. western nations hope that they will— world. western nations hope that they will be able to get wide—ranging support on a draft that condemns _ wide—ranging support on a draft that condemns russia and deplores betarus's — condemns russia and deplores belarus's inclusion in this conflict _ belarus's inclusion in this conflict. they hope for a vote on that by— conflict. they hope for a vote on that by wednesday. later this afternoon, we also have another meeting — afternoon, we also have another meeting of the un security council, this time _ meeting of the un security council, this time on the deteriorating humanitarian situation. the un has

said half— humanitarian situation. the un has said half a — humanitarian situation. the un has said half a million people have