tonight at ten, we're live in kyiv, as the russian advance across ukraine, brings more devastation, and civilian casulaties. as fighting intensifies in the country's second largest city, of kharkiv, the president makes a direct appeal to russian soldiers, invading 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. half a million have left ukraine since the invasion began, with some cities witnessing a frantic scramble to escape. the police again are outnumbered, but they're doing their best.

i've seen them go down there into the crowds and try and calm people, but it's very, very difficult given the volatility of the situation. what chance peace? ukrainian and russian officials hold talks on a ceasefire, but with no success, as president putin rails against the west. translation: the so-called western community, as i reported _ in my speech, the empire of liars is now trying to implement against our country. meanwhile, fifa and uefa suspend all russian football teams at country and club level from international competition. and ukrainians in the uk prepare to return home to fight for their country. and tonight's other main story on bbc news at ten — the grim findings of the latest un study on climate change. much of the impact of global warming is now �*irreversible' but there's still a brief

window of time to avoid the very worst effects. and stay with us on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondence in the uk and around the world. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at ten, live from the ukrainian capital kyiv. it's one of several cities in the country holding back advancing russian troops, five days after their invasion. meanwhile, negotiators from both sides in the conflict have been holding talks near ukraine's border with belarus. there was no agreement but they've confirmed they may meet again later in the week. there's been more fierce fighting, leading to an exodus of refugees to neighbouring countries.

there has been more fierce fighting leading to a real problem as far as civilians are concerned. the united nations says nearly half a million have fled their homes, while 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 a specially extended bbc news at ten, we'll have the latest from moscow, and analyse the impact of sanctions both on russia and the knock on effects for the rest of world. but first here's our international correspondent, orla guerin. 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'sjust 13, and doctors tell us his family as his family tried to flee, they came under fire. it's unclear from which side. the smallest brother was killed, unfortunately. this boy has injuries to his face and also injuries of spine. it's 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. this boy must endure a riskyjourney with his mother marina. i'll be frank, i am scared. but i can't see another way to -

escape, so we will have to do this. but no escape today in kharkiv, ukraine's second largest city. military experts it looks like russia is using cluster bombs, which are banned by many countries. this is a residential area with no military objects... here, a factory of some kind, now destroyed. it was a relentless bombardment of a major city as peace talks were beginning. this was the reception committee for russian troops in the port city of berdiansk in the east. shouts of "go home!"

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're 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, j ijust hope it doesn't matter who's indian, _ who's pakistani, russian, ukrainian, we all are just 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. and once again, darkness brings new danger in the capital. this time, a strike on a radar centre. the city hunkers down for another night knowing there could be worse to come. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. the un says more than half a million people have fled ukraine since the invasion began last week. many are travelling to poland, which borders the west of the country. our special correspondent fergal keane reports from the ukrainian city of lviv, close to the polish border, on 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 they are doing their best. i've seen them go down into

the crowd to try and calm people. but it's very, very difficult, given the volatility of the situation. i saw you in the queue. what do you feel about what's happening? it's awful. it's very bad. what age is your baby? one year, he's very scared. of course, of course. the foreign students and workers here find themselves without family help far from home. and if they're men, they must wait until women and children are evacuated. what is it like for you, this? it is stressful. as you can see, i am a bit nervous. i want to get on the train, but i can't. my visa was

supposed to come 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 leave with his family. here we just come, every people panic, because we have a bad situation here, and we came to try and catch it, but it's so hard, everybody wants to go to run. this is what he's run from. the russian shelling of kharkiv. woman sobs. and this is the voice of a young woman in the city — terrorised by shelling close to her apartment. we met doha from morocco as she waited for a train. i cried, i prayed so much. and ijust want to go home, really. i'm not safe any more here, i left everything, i left my studies, i... just pray with us, guys. thank you so much.

on platform six, a father's farewell to his infant son. what cannot be held must be let go — until another day. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv. tens of thousands of refugees have also crossed into the small country of moldova, with the president today saying that the country is making every effort to continue providing humanitarian assistance. our correspondent lucy williamson reports now from the village of palanca on the frontier with ukraine and has been speaking to some of the new arrivals. the palanca crossing point stands like a beacon in a landscape overshadowed by war. the road out of ukraine marked in headlights, stretching back mile after mile. nadia reached the front of the queue at one o'clock this morning. she came with friends and her two—year—old son, leaving her husband back

in odesa to fight. at the moldovan border, a local family offered her a place to stay. translation: they gave us somewhere warm to sleep. l they gave us food. it's unbelievable. we are so grateful to have neighbours like moldova. they are our true brothers. i asked what her plans are now she is safely across the border. translation: we are going back home because ukraine is going to win. - "we are poor people", natalia tells me, "but i can't bear the sight of women and children fleeing war with nowhere to go." it's the third time natalia has taken in ukrainian refugees. the empathy tinged with worry for moldova itself — the former soviet state with a pro—russian breakaway region of its own. the first day we heard the explosions and i cried. my son is in the army here.

i'm crying and all these women are also crying because they left their husbands back there. much of moldova's border with ukraine is controlled by the authorities in transnistria — a pro—russian enclave with its own paramilitary forces. we've just passed through a moldovan police checkpoint, and behind me is a checkpoint manned by russian peacekeepers, here on territory that is internationally recognised as belonging to moldova. behind this checkpoint is the start of transnistria — a breakaway pro—russian region. last year, moldova followed ukraine in electing a pro—western government. i asked the moldovan prime minister if she was worried russia might pose a threat to her country, too. we are indeed concerned. if international law is violated, if agreements are not withheld, if peacekeeping mechanisms

are ignored, then of course, any hypothetical scenario is possible. behind the beacon of the palanca crossing point, moldova's sparse villages have become a refuge. this man's family have taken in nine people since friday. he is one of five siblings himself. "children see everything", his mother told us. "i want them to learn that when people need you, you help." lucy williamson, bbc news, moldova. our chief international correspondent, lyse doucet, is with me. stores fail, lyse, as if there has been an uptick in the intensity of the war here, we are hearing many more missile and mortar strikes here in the capital. and in other places

around the country.— around the country. yes, we 'ust have to listen i around the country. yes, we 'ust have to listen to i around the country. yes, we 'ust have to listen to the i around the country. yes, we 'ust have to listen to the air �* around the country. yes, we 'ust have to listen to the air raid h have to listen to the air raid siren, it seems to own the night, clive, it seemed as if it was on a loop, and nobody in the city wonders why. an explosionjust loop, and nobody in the city wonders why. an explosion just as loop, and nobody in the city wonders why. an explosionjust as night fell, it shook buildings in the city centre, including the one where we are now. and then the reports, based on satellite images, of a long and formidable russian armoured convoy which is only about 17 miles from the city centre. they have been closed for some days now, around 20 miles, but are trying to arrange more closer, ukrainians putting up stiff resistance. as bad as it seems here, far worse elsewhere. in kharkiv, the city, the russians are shelling the city with suspected cluster munitions. to the north, they are using medieval tactics, siege, and in mariupol to the south, they are closing in, trying to create a corridor. so we know what

the russians have in their arsenal, and we know what they are prepared to use. , , . ~' and we know what they are prepared to use. i, ., ~ . to use. ok, lyse, thank you, chief international— to use. ok, lyse, thank you, chief international correspondent. - vladimir putin says a settlement over ukraine is possible, but only if what he described as moscow's legitimate security interests 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 its public — are reacting to the war. once, moscow glistened with aspiration — to be a globalfinancial centre, an economic giant. but war has changed that. after the kremlin�*s invasion of ukraine, the world has turned its back on russia. western sanctions have 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 can't 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 society. 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 too, 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: i invited you here to talk about the economy - 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. -

more talking. this time, negotiators from russia and ukraine meeting in belarus. few expected a breakthrough, and there wasn't one. the war continues. but it's beginning to feel like the kremlin�*s under pressure, with the president becoming an international pariah, his army meeting fierce resistance in ukraine, and his people uneasy at the prospect of new divisions, new iron curtains separating them from the outside world. steve rosenberg, bbc news, moscow. 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 energy giant shell

announced an end to itsjoint ventures with gazprom. russia has more than doubled its interest rate to 20% in an attempt to prevent a futher fall in the value of the rouble, that's taken a big hit over the last week. our economics editor, faisal islam, has more on the economic impact of the sanctions. on british forecourts tonight, the putin premium for petrol. the record average price of over £1.50 per litre arising from the spike in the price of crude oil, a by—product of the russian invasion. the economic impact seen today across russia, though, was very much intended — western financial sanctions leading to a slump in the russian currency and fears about the stability of 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. we are defending democracy and freedom, and the most important way we can do that today is by supporting our sanctions,

which are, as i said, incredibly severe and unprecedented in their scope and scale and will already be making an impact on the russian economy and undermining the putin regime. 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 fall by three quarters as european depositors fled. and the russian gas giant gazprom also fell sharply, more than halving in value today. tonight, the energy giant shell joined bp in pulling out of massive multi—billion pound oil investments in russia and were praised by the government. 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 economyl 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 against the conflict, including the owner of london's evening standard newspaper, evgeny lebedev, asking president putin to stop russians killing their ukrainian brothers and sisters. and banker mikhail fridman yesterday told his staff that the current conflict is a tragedy. and oleg deripaska, an industrialist hit by us sanctions, said peace is the priority. this is notjust a financial sanction — it's effectively a form of economic war. targeting a 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're 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. 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. football's governing bodies, fifa and uefa, have banned all russian clubs, at country and club level, from international competitions. our sports editor, dan roan, has more. clive, sport has long been used by vladimir putin to try to legitimise

the likes of the fa and other football associations refusing to play matches against russia, prussia had been building in recent days. and today, finally, russia became an international sporting pariah. russia was meant to have been playing a world cup playoff match against poland next month. instead, along with the country's other clubs and national teams, it finds itself cast into footballing exile, kicked out of fifa and uefa's competitions as they finally bowed to mounting pressure. fifa, whose president, gianni infantino, forged a close relationship with vladimir putin around russia's world cup four years ago, yesterday sparked outrage by allowing the country to continue playing, albeit without their flag or anthem and on neutral grounds. but today, with what it called "a heavy heart", the international olympic committee, whose games putin has also used to project state power, urged all sports to exclude athletes from russia and belarus from global competitions.

and this evening, football finally got tough. the sport, of course, does have an influence sometimes that other things just can't reach. you know, we know that, so remember what happened with apartheid in south africa and the boycotts. in the end, they were very powerful and produced results. players will suffer, but i'm rather afraid that's, you know, an unfortunate side issue. having already stripped st petersburg of the champions league final, today, uefa terminated a lucrative sponsorship deal with russian state—controlled energy giant gazprom. and with the winter paralympics set to begin later this week, the british olympic association tonightjoined those calling for russia to be excluded from all sport. it's getting increasingly difficult for any russian athletes to be able to compete at the paralympics. you know, in the last 24 hours, world governing bodies are coming out with stronger statements. and, you know, when fifa and the ioc are saying that russia should be banned, then it feels like the ipc should be

making a similar statement. other russian athletes could now miss out, with calls for the likes of new tennis world number one daniil medvedev, for instance, to be barred from competition. having been used for so long to embolden putin, the world of sport now uniting against him in the hope it may play a role in applying pressure. dan roan, bbc news. in a moment, we can speak to our north america editor sarah smith in washington, but first, let's go live to berlin and our correspondent damian grammaticas. damian, further diplomatic efforts from european leaders today and a further tighening of sanctions too. that is right, clive, so what we have had is president macron in france, he said at the urging of president zelensky in ukraine, he called president putin in russia, they had a 90 minute conversation.

mr macron said he demanded that putin sees the offensive and institute a ceasefire. may be little chance of that, but he did say that he also said to mr putin that he should stop targeting civilian areas, and the russian president seemed to agree with that, make of that what you will. we heard from the russian side that it was only possible to do a deal if their core concerns were met, and that meant a demilitarised, neutral ukraine, and russian sovereignty recognised over crimea, so little chance of that. and in the light of that, stepping up and in the light of that, stepping up of eu sanctions, more than a dozen big russian oligarchs, business figures is targeted, asset freezes, travel bans, these are big bankers, old kgb friends of president putin, his security service contacts, and that is a high—profile sign of the hardening we have seen in the eu and the unity of this position coming together in this crisis. clive.

yeah, to you, sarah, in washington, a highly unusual gathering of the un general assembly today, and an assessment from us officials of russia's military progress so far in the campaign. russia's military progress so far in the campaign-— the campaign. yeah, defence officials at — the campaign. yeah, defence officials at the _ the campaign. yeah, defence officials at the pentagon - the campaign. yeah, defence - officials at the pentagon believed that russian forces have met much stiffer resistance in ukraine than they anticipated, and as a result have not been able to make the progress through the country they are expected to by now. but that comes with a warning, that as a result, russia may attempt to bombard kyiv and other cities with bombs and missiles in an attempt to cow them into submission. nonetheless, the white house has been stressing today that there are no plans to try and implement a no fly zone over ukraine to protect the country from aerial attack, because they say to enforce a no fly zone, american pilots would actually have to shoot down russian planes, and that would be put in the us military

in direct conflict with russia's, and that is something the president has completely ruled out here. and as you say, a very rare emergency session going on of the un general assembly in new york, and that is happening at the same time as the us has announced it is expelling i2 has announced it is expelling 12 russian un diplomats, although they say that is for spying and not in direct response to the russian invasion of ukraine. ok. direct response to the russian invasion of ukraine. ok, sarah, thank you. _ invasion of ukraine. ok, sarah, thank you, sarah _ invasion of ukraine. ok, sarah, thank you, sarah smith - invasion of ukraine. ok, sarah, thank you, sarah smith in - thank you, sarah smith in washington, and damian grammaticas in berlin, thanks to you too. you can follow all the latest developments of the war in ukraine by going to our online live coverage. follow it on bbc.co.uk/news or the bbc news app. we'll have more from here in kyiv later in the programme, but let's return to huw in london. the home secretary, priti patel, has been widely criticised for refusing to allow refugees from ukraine to enter the uk without a visa. she says her decision is based

on security grounds. but there will be an extension of visa rules to immediate family members. borisjohnson says the uk will not turn its back on ukraine, but labour says the visa rules are unclear and confusing. the bbc understands the details of visa requirements for the relatives of people with settled status in the uk are yet to be finalised and implemented, as our home editor, mark easton, reports. "we want to be as generous as we can to ukrainian refugees," the prime minister has said, but at gare du nord in paris, uk border force officials are preventing people escaping the war from boarding the eurostar to london. this document was handed to one ukrainian pensioner trying to come to britain — "no entry clearance," it states. 69—year—old widow valentiyna escaped the fighting and made it to france, which, like most of europe, does not require visas on entry.

having been turned away from britain once, she's now applying