you're watching bbc news. our top stories: president zelensky accuses russia of bombing residential districts in the city of ukraine, calling it a war crime. yet the mac russian forces have fired from rocket artillery. a huge convoy advancing as much longer than earlier thought, reports suggest. half a million people have left the country since the invasion began with some cities

witnessing a frantic scramble to escape. witnessing a frantic scramble to escape-— to escape. police, again, are outnumbered _ to escape. police, again, are outnumbered but _ to escape. police, again, are outnumbered but they - to escape. police, again, are outnumbered but they are i to escape. police, again, are . outnumbered but they are doing their best. i've seen them go into the crowd and tried to calm people. but it is very, very difficult, given the volatility of the situation. russia's central bank is rocked by sanctions imposed by the us and european allies. interest rates soar. the rouble plunges. and in the world of sport, all russian football teams country and club level are suspended from international competition. welcome to our viewers around the globe. ukraine has accused russia of bombing residential districts in the country's

second largest city, killing at least 11 and enduring dazzling smile. there ukrainian president said it amounted to a war crime. in a late—night video address he said there were eyewitness accounts of civilians being deliberately targeted during a sustained attack. he called for the whole of ukraine to become a no—fly zone for russian aircraft. russian forces have brutally fired from rocket artillery. it is clearly a war crime. this is a peaceful city with peaceful residential areas and no military facilities. notions of eyewitness records prove this was a deliberate destruction of people. i believe that the complete closure of the sky for russian missiles, planes should be considered.—

be considered. reports suggest that a convoy — be considered. reports suggest that a convoy of _ be considered. reports suggest that a convoy of russian - that a convoy of russian military vehicles seen advancing on kyiv is substantially longer than reports are saying earlier in the day. a satellite imagery company said the convoy actually stretches from much further than the 27 kilometres reported earlier. the company said new images also showed ground troops and helicopters in southern belarus, less than 33 kilometres from the ukrainian border. let's get the latest on the situation, here is our international correspondent. 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. and in a kyiv children's

hospital, a young victim of europe's newest war lies between life and death. he'sjust i3, and doctors tell us 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 of 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 risky journey with his mother marina. i know all the dangers that we| may face they are on the boat, and it's really, really dangerous for us. i and 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 say 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. ukrainians are fighting back. a fearless reception committee for russian troops in the eastern city of berdiansk. 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 of 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 allarej 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 and their city, already robbed of the lives they had just a week ago. 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 expecting worse to come. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. in any war human suffering and upheaval is inevitable. the un says more than half a million people have fled since the invasion began. our correspondent reports from the ukrainian city close to the polish border on the growing refugee crisis there. 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 there into the crowds and 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 here? 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 farfrom home. and if they're men, they must wait until women and children are evacuated. what is it like for you, this? it's really stressful. as you can see, i'm a bit nervous. i want to get on the train, but unfortunately i can't. my visa was supposed to come tomorrow. so, i had tojust pack my stuff and leave. 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. sobbing. 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 i just 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, untilanother day. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv.

as fighting intensifies and some of ukraine's biggest cities there is watching and waiting across the country for the war to come them are preparing. our eastern european correspondent is in the south—eastern city and has been speaking to people begging for battle there. 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 it's cover in a war that's escalating fast and seems to have no rules. this bomb shelter, this bunker, was built beneath a factory in the soviet union. it was supposed to be used in event of a nuclear attack, and now it's being used

in modern—day ukraine to keep people safe when the sirens wail again. there has been no attack on dnipro yet, but suddenly the danger feels close. alina and yuri spent last night here. she says it's scary. he tells me he was shaking the first time. translation: we don't understand why russia's are attacking us. they say they want to protect us, but from what? we'rejust hiding now. we didn't need their protection. they called dnipro 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, 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. children have stopped going to school since russia declared war. so their building has been turned into a collection point. these are supplies for anyone too scared to go out orfor those preparing to defend their neighbourhood. yulia tells me everyone's 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 say many people have switched to ukrainian since the war in protest. there is no mass flight out of dnipro. people aren't sure anywhere's safe any more. so some are now arming themselves for a fight they didn't choose. a week ago, yuri was working in it on a digitalisation project. what do you think it is that putin wants?

translation: putin wants to take over, to control us. that war speech he made was awful. he... i'm sorry, he's a devil, he won't stop. that's the fear here, even as ukrainians prepare to resist in any way they can. sarah rainsford, bbc news, dnipro. fifa kicks russia's footballers into sport xl over the invasion. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb.

on a remote pacific atoll, the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so my heart went bang, bang, bang! the constitutional rights of - these marchers are their rights as citizens of united states, . and they should protected even in the right to test them out so that they don't _ get their heads broken l and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy, i know you don't want to say too much it, but does it worry you that it's ging to boil up when you get to the states? well, it worries me, yes, but, i hope everything will be all right at the end, as they say. our main story this hour: ukraine's president zelensky

accuses russia bombing residential districts in the city of kharkiv, he calls it a war crime. in russia, president putin says a settlement ever ukraine is possible but only if what he described as moscow's legitimate security interests were addressed. the fighting continues, the russia central bank is invoked by sanctions imposed by the us and her european allies. our correspondent reports on how russia is reacting to the war the war once, moscow glistened with aspiration — to be a global financial 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 here 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. i spoke to our guest who is a former deputy un secretary—general and i asked him where he thought things were moving diplomatically now. the general assembly is not a place we're going to get a

peace deal. but it is a place where the expression of sort of global world that values can be expressed by 193 countries, big, small, weak, strong, and what i think it is striking is that unlike the security council which is more powerful but deadlocked because russia is a permanent member and because political interests are so present that, in the general assembly you've got this kind of global focus group of values and for all the setbacks democracy and human rights around the world in recent years, there remains a solid majority of countries who are appalled that a country would without context invade its neighbour. and so, you know, in that sense, i think that is going to share president putin

that this is not a conflict between russia and the west, it is a conflict between russia and the rest.— and the rest. and yet that would be _ and the rest. and yet that would be nothing - and the rest. and yet that would be nothing more i and the rest. and yet that i would be nothing more than and the rest. and yet that - would be nothing more than a communique, would it not? in what way would that stop president putin or indeed frighten him? it president putin or indeed frighten him?— president putin or indeed frighten him? it is one track, the other— frighten him? it is one track, the other track _ frighten him? it is one track, the other track is _ frighten him? it is one track, the other track is going - frighten him? it is one track, the other track is going to i the other track is going to remain the neighbourhood, the region patiently known security and energy and other issues to find a resolution of the sand the third track is what goes on in ukraine itself but what is important about the un tractors that it demonstrates to president putin that he is becoming a pariah. he has gone overboard, an ex colonial state in africa is as offended by this as a western european country because these fundamental values on which the second world war system is built i threatened by his behaviour so it is not going to change the course of the conflict in the short term but

it will show russian citizens that their president is a pariah. i5 that their president is a ariah. , ., , pariah. is what extent this resoonse _ pariah. is what extent this response pushing - pariah. is what extent this response pushing russia | pariah. is what extent this - response pushing russia closer to china. and how far could that go? there's always been an element in international affairs of people who have mutual enemies making up and come in a sense, this has defined the russia and chinese relationship are found on over many decades but there is no doubt that the the energy links between russia and china and this, because of opposition to the and a common view that the us and western democracies are somehow past their sell by date, they are decadent and declining powers have pushed these rivals into each other�*s

arms but i think you are seeing that china is a company that likes stability on the global scene and is quite troubled by this volvo care, russia, which is not a strong economy which gains come from disrupting stability and now they may stay together but there is not a total mutuality of approach and interests as people might think. will live russia's national and club football teams have been suspended from international the national side had been due to take part in international competitions next month.

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. this 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.

hope to see you soon. hello there. monday was a bit grey, wasn't it, for many of us, with outbreaks of rain at times. in fact, this is leek in staffordshire, and a fairly typical shot through monday afternoon. as the rain eased, it turned quite misty and murky. and the rain is sitting across the far south east as we speak, but it is allowing this area of high pressure to build in behind. so, quite a contrast with the feel of the weather first thing tuesday morning. perhaps lows down to —3 where we keep those clear skies, but where the cloud and the rain lingers, it will be a relatively mild start, 7—8, maybe even nine degrees. there will be some outbreaks of showery rain to begin

with across the far south coast, but as we go through the afternoon, that rain may welljust nudge a little bit further north. so, if we draw a line from the bristol channel over to the wash, outbreaks of rain quite possible. further north, after that chilly start, that's where we'll keep the sunshine through scotland, northern ireland, northern england. highs generally between 8—10 celsius. now, that weather front actually drifts its way steadily north and east. a little ridge of high pressure builds in, though, across scotland, so it does look likely that first thing on wednesday morning, could be quite a chilly start here. again, “4, —5 degrees not out of the question. where we keep that cloud and rain, it will be relatively mild, but again a grey, drab start to wednesday. that cloud will continue to push its way steadily northwards throughout the day, perhaps brightening up a little in the south. but top temperatures through the afternoon between 7—11 degrees. there's more rain to come moving in from the west, as you can see. that weather front will gradually drift its way steadily eastwards, so it is going to bring some outbreaks of rain with it from the west on thursday and a freshening wind for a time once the rain moves through. so, it may well start off dry in sheltered eastern areas. not set to last. the cloud and the outbreaks of rain will start to

move in from the west throughout the day. temperatures once again ranging from around 7—12 degrees. now, once we've got thursday out of the way, fingers crossed, it looks likely that the weather story will quieten down just a little with an area of high pressure building in. so, just in time for the start of the weekend. so, as we move through friday, potentially into saturday, it's drier, settled, with some springlike sunshine to look forward to. take care.

this is bbc news.

the headlines... ukraine's president zelensky is accusing russia of bombing residential districts in the city of kharkiv, calling it a war crime. in a late—night video address, mr zelensky said there were eyewitness accounts of civilians being deliberately targeted during a sustained attack on ukraine's second—biggest city, and he called for the whole of ukraine to become a no—fly zone for russian aircraft. reports suggest that a convoy of russian military seen advancing on kyiv is substantially longer than earlier reports. satellite imagery company maxar technology, which provided these images, says the convoy actually stretches much further than 27 kilometres. half a million people have left ukraine since the invasion began, with some cities witnessing a frantic scramble to escape. many are travelling to poland, which borders the west of the country.

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