kyiv, as the explosions around the city, russia has indicated that it will move in with another step. that 40 mile long _ will move in with another step. that 40 mile long column heading right here. thank you, lyse doucet. time for a look at the weather. here's matt taylor. good afternoon, we all need a bit of escapism and the weather is providing that at least fought st david's day in wales, this was in barmouth earlier, and the central extends all the way to much of northern england, northern ireland and scotland. not the same everywhere, meteorological start to spring has been fairly grey in parts of the south, this was in essex. not a short hop from southend—on—sea and you can see the cloud responsible extending across much of southern england, the far south of wales, only slowly moving northwards but underneath it brings the rain and drizzle and through this afternoon, heavier purse developing in the channel islands and hampshire and dorset, somerset and devon and cornwall put it into the far

south—east wales and south midlands later. similar temperatures across the country, highest in the highlands at 11 degrees but a big contrast on the way tonight because we will have a north—south split, cloud and rain in prison in the south, in the north, clear skies, cloud and rain in prison in the south, in the north, clearskies, if few mist and fog patches but a widespread frost developing so by the morning we could be —7 in parts of aberdeenshire, 7 degrees in central london. temperature are barely dropping tonight where these weather fronts move slowly northwards into tomorrow. more cloud around and you can see the bulk of it in western areas where we have the heaviest bursts of rain but in much of england and wales, a cloudy day with rain and drizzle coming and going. a bright start in the north, cloud and rain will come, maybe into southern scotland by the end of the afternoon. in northern scotland, dry and sunny but a cold wind, 7 degrees compared to 12 some glimpses of brightness in wales and the south—west later. but with the cloud and rain tomorrow evening and night,

and rain tomorrow evening and night, a milder night across the board, a windy start to thursday. weather fronts in the western areas through the night and in the morning, a damp start for early risers in the west but it should turn drier and brighter through the day. the question is at how quick it moves eastwards, they could be some sunshine in east anglia but in parts of scotland and the spine of england, cloudy and damp one. that weather fronts ground to a halt, high—pressure other site as it built around it, we see the end of the week and into the weekend and the weather front gets tangled in, a week and into the weekend and the weatherfront gets tangled in, a lot of cloud but it looks like it should be a bit drier that is how it's looking, back to kyiv with clive. thank you for that. it is of course much the first, the first meteorological day of spring, a light dusting of snow on the ground here in kyiv but for the people of ukraine, it feels like winter is coming. that 40 mile long convoy of

heavy russian armour and troops heading inexorably this way and now, as lyse doucet wrote, the foreign ministry in moscow is making it clear and warning residents of kyiv that they need to get out of the way and away from large, big installations, government buildings, electricity substations and so on. that attack could come at any time in the next few days. that's all from the bbc news at one so it's goodbye from me and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. this city good afternoon. it's just after 1.30pm and this is the latest from the bbc sport centre. organisers of the winter paralympic games say they'll meet tomorrow, to decide whether russian athletes should be allowed to compete.

the paralympics start in beijing on friday, with russians currently able to take part under the flag of the russian paralympic committee similarly to how they do at the olympics. but the head of the ipc says any decision they make is likely to be subject to legal challenges. russia hosted the winter games at sochi in 2014. eve ryo ne everyone is entitled to an opinion. we are hearing voices from athletes, different unions, different sectors of society and everyone is entitled to an opinion. when it comes to the paralympic games, it is up to the board and we need to follow our constitution, follow the values that we stand for is a movement and organisation. i do not want to pre—empt the decision we will make tomorrow because we are 13 people, eight of us former paralympians. i do not want to say my opinion now because i do not want to influence. one sport that has banned russian

and belarusian athletes from competition is figure skating — it's an event russia would've hoped to dominate at the world championships in france later this month. but skating's governing body the isu now says athletes from those two countries won't be invited. it comes just weeks after russia's kamila valieva competed at the winter olympics, despite failing a drugs test. yesterday, football suspended russia from all its international competitions, including the women's euros this summer and the men's world cup. fifa haven't yet announced how the knockout format for this month's qualification play—offs will change with russia now out of the competition. they were due to play poland in the semi—finals, which take place between the 24th and 28th of march. meanwhile, one of russia's best supported club sides has said they're upset by the decision to remove them from the europa league. spartak moscow have been kicked out of the tournament with their last 16 opponents rb leipzig given a bye to the next round. spartak say they hope for a speedy achievement of peace.

ukraine will still be in focus in at least one of the three fa cup fifth round ties taking place this evening. oleksandr zinchenko will start for manchester city in their match at peterborough united. the ukraine international was visibly upset on the pitch ahead of city's match with everton on saturday, but his manager says he's ready to play this evening. elsewhere, another premier league boss has been discussing how one of his ukrainian stars has been coping. david moyes manages andriy yarmalenko at west ham. it isa it is a really difficult situation for us as well. we would like to offer more help and support if we can. but we do not know really what we can do either. the players at the club were great with him yesterday. they tried to get back in and integrate and make sure he felt really welcome and we are all thinking about him. finally, some of ukraine's most high—profile athletes have signalled their intention to return to the country and fight. one of them is the recently retired tennis star sergiy stakhovsky, who reached a career best of number 31 in the world. he's been speaking to the today programme about his feelings

as he was handed a weapon upon taking up arms. i pretty much hope i will not have to use the gun, but if i have to, i have to. the level of scariness, it is maximised when you are crossing the border understanding it will not be easy to come back, almost impossible until war time has finished. then you get used to it, you see the people, the energy, the people, how they are trying to cooperate, create obstacles for the russians to bars. they work nonstop to beat the fear, i guess, which is the best way of doing it. that's all the sport for now. you can get the latest — including updates on how sport is affected by the ongoing conflict in ukraine on the bbc sport website. we have had an ominous warning from the russian defence ministry saying

it is about to hit targets in the ukrainian capital kyiv. the russian defence ministry saying quote to prevent information attacks against russia, high precision strikes will be carried out against technological centres of the ukrainian security service and the 72nd main centre in kyiv. we urge ukrainian citizens who are being used by nationalists, this is according to the russian defence ministry, we urge ukrainian citizens used by nationalists to carry out provocations against russia, as well as residents residing near relay stations to leave their homes. the russian defence ministry urging people in the ukrainian capital to leave their homes because of an onslaught about to begin. earlier

the ukrainian president accused russia of committing a war crime by launching a missile strike on the country's second largest city kharkiv. officials say dozens of people died in the attack, many of them civilians. he stressed that the city was a key target for the russian president, vladimir putin, as was the capital, kyiv — which is being advanced on by a massive russian military convoy thought to be 40 miles long. from kyiv, lyse doucet, told us the latest. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky speaking from kyiv has addressed the european parliament telling european leaders about the fast changing situation in ukraine. he was speaking in brussels, speaking from here as he is still leading the war against russia in ukraine. he told them he was glad they were supporting, united against the russian invasion.

he said he was sure ukraine would ultimately prevail. but the price was high. growing every day. every ukrainian city was blocked, he said, and ukraine was giving its best people to the cause. in other developments, russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has insisted that russia will continue its invasion of ukraine until it achieves its goals. he called for all american nuclear weapons in europe to be returned to the united states. in other developments, a very ominous one, satellite images have shown a huge russian armoured convoy about 60 kilometres long massed outside the city. and then there is growing concern that it is inching forward. let's look at these pictures from the satellite company. you can see they appear to show armoured vehicles, tanks, artillery and logistical vehicles. the front of the convoy

is said to be less than 30 kilometres from here. in the past 12 hours, there have been attacks on the eastern city of kharkiv, the second largest city in ukraine. i should warn you the images we are about to show you are distressing. kharkiv is a bustling city close to the russian border with a population of 1.5 million people. this here is said to be the regional administrative building being hit close by by a russian cruise missile. ukraine's president zelensky said the heavy bombardment of kharkiv, in which dozens of people are said to have been killed, amounts to a war crime. well, the death toll continues to rise. the united nations says 536 civilians have died in this country so far, but warns there is uncertainty that in the instability of war, the real number is likely to be a much higher.

ukrainian military has issued figures saying russia has lost some 5500 personnel since they launched the invasion last thursday. these are figures of course that are hard to confirm, but our teams across ukraine will continue to bring you the latest development. as viewers can here the air raid siren is blaring again across the city. they sound so often now, wailing across the city, it almost seems they are on a loop, on the sixth day of the russian invasion, whereas we have reported an armoured column snakes closer to the ukrainian capital. we are in quite a sheltered position here so we will continue and speak to someone who is joining us from an undisclosed

location in ukraine, a former national security adviser to president zelensky. thank you for joining us here on bbc news. i am sure you have also seen the satellite images of the russian armoured column not so far from kyiv. what do you make of it? what kyiv. what do you make of it? what -- it is a big — kyiv. what do you make of it? what -- it is a big threat _ kyiv. what do you make of it? what -- it is a big threat that _ kyiv. what do you make of it? what -- it is a big threat that is _ kyiv. what do you make of it? what —— it is a big threat that is coming and it_ —— it is a big threat that is coming and it always _ —— it is a big threat that is coming and it always was the plan that russia — and it always was the plan that russia wasn't hiding from anyone, 'ust russia wasn't hiding from anyone, just to _ russia wasn't hiding from anyone, just to encircle kyiv. and to force it to _ just to encircle kyiv. and to force it to surrender. i think these actions — it to surrender. i think these actions in _ it to surrender. i think these actions in the past days, including the indiscriminate bombing of kharkiv— the indiscriminate bombing of kharkiv yesterday and today was the act of _ kharkiv yesterday and today was the act of intimidation and threatening

the population of kharkiv, a population of all cities under attack— population of all cities under attack now, and obviously the population of kyiv. the goal is to threaten — population of kyiv. the goal is to threaten and send a signal that we will not _ threaten and send a signal that we will not stop. the military objects, residentiat— will not stop. the military objects, residential areas will suffer. this is the _ residential areas will suffer. this is the sign — residential areas will suffer. this is the sign they are sending. the way it— is the sign they are sending. the way it is— is the sign they are sending. the way it is received is also clear. people — way it is received is also clear. people are _ way it is received is also clear. people are not scared. of course, it is scary. _ people are not scared. of course, it is scary. but — people are not scared. of course, it is scary. but i — people are not scared. of course, it is scary, but i think mentally everyone _ is scary, but i think mentally everyone knows already that at any cost they _ everyone knows already that at any cost they will defend, defend the country — cost they will defend, defend the country. putin does not understand that the _ country. putin does not understand that the people will be defending the city— that the people will be defending the city until the last moment. these — the city until the last moment. these hundreds of tanks moving now towards _ these hundreds of tanks moving now towards kyiv, a lot of it will be destroyed _ towards kyiv, a lot of it will be destroyed by our defence forces. and

russia _ destroyed by our defence forces. and russia will— destroyed by our defence forces. and russia will pay a high price. are ou russia will pay a high price. are you confident _ russia will pay a high price. site: you confident of that? russia will pay a high price. 2.2 you confident of that? it russia will pay a high price. 22 you confident of that? it has been commented on in ukraine and around the world. as you mention yourself, ukraine has put up surprisingly strong resistance against the russian forces, but looking at that column miles long, it looks like they have the manpower and firepower to overwhelm this city. does ukraine really have the kind of military force to fight back and push it away? force to fight back and push it awa ? , ., , ., away? first, the army and territorial _ away? first, the army and territorial defence, - away? first, the army and territorial defence, these | away? first, the army and - territorial defence, these people, they will be hunting these tanks and armoured vehicles on the streets. there will not be a safe spot for russians to feel they are in a safe

place. they will be under attack every moment, every second. it is a huge city, kyiv. it has some bottlenecks which russian forces will be stuck in there. i think they understand this and that is why the goal is to encircle the city and try to use the blockade to force it to surrender. i think the attacks themselves, they will be suicidal. they may try doing it, but after a couple of attempts, they will have to retreat. unfortunately, what potentially could come next is the bombardment, which obviously is a terrible thing for the city, but i think they will have to go for this. do you worry about targeted

killings? do you worry about targeted killinus? ,, ., do you worry about targeted killinus? ., ., ., �* killings? say that again, i'm sorry? do ou killings? say that again, i'm sorry? do you worry _ killings? say that again, i'm sorry? do you worry about _ killings? say that again, i'm sorry? do you worry about targeted - do you worry about targeted killings? do you worry about targeted killinus? ., ., , ,, , killings? not really. ithink it is more important _ killings? not really. ithink it is more important to _ killings? not really. ithink it is more important to think - killings? not really. ithink it isj more important to think overall about this city now. russians can go after leadership. but we are one country and the president said everybody stays behind another. i do not believe by doing this, russia will achieve... unfortunately, not believe by doing this, russia willachieve... unfortunately, i will achieve... unfortunately, i heard willachieve... unfortunately, i heard terrible news. you mentioned 16 children were killed yesterday. just ten minutes ago, a family was

in the city of kyiv, unfortunately the mother was killed and father seriously wounded and the daughter is seriously wounded, trying to find a way out of that place. unfortunately, that toll is rising every minute. the russians will pay a heavy price for this.— a heavy price for this. thank you aaain for a heavy price for this. thank you again forjoining _ a heavy price for this. thank you again forjoining us _ a heavy price for this. thank you again forjoining us on _ a heavy price for this. thank you again forjoining us on bbc - a heavy price for this. thank you | again forjoining us on bbc news, ending with his comments about the growing human cost of this conflict. we are hearing too many stories about entire families being killed, children also being killed, as there are attacks against hospitals, clinics, and close to schools. studio: we have heard... this has come in from reuters quoting the russian news agency saying a second

round of peace talks is planned tomorrow. the first round of talks was held on the belarus border and they failed to reach a breakthrough but ukrainian and russian delegates at those negotiations. according to tass the russian news agency quoted by reuters, a second round of talks to be held tomorrow. i am not sure there is any great hope they will be successful, especially when we had that morning i mentioned from the russian defence ministry saying there is going to be high precision strikes carried out against certain buildings in the ukrainian capital kyiv and an ominous warning from the russian defence ministry urging ukrainian citizens living nearby

those buildings that are potential targets to leave their homes. we were hearing earlier about that column of armour heading towards the ukrainian capital, something like 37-40 ukrainian capital, something like 37—40 miles long. when president volodymyr zelenskyy addressed the european parliament, via video link from ukraine, he said the eu must prove it is with ukraine. and he gave his message as that huge russian military convoy, it continues to move towards the capital, kyiv. translation: we are fighting, we are fighting for our land, for ourfreedom and believe me, despite the fact that all our largest cities are blocked, nobody shall occupy our country, our cities. believe me, every square

in our country will hold this way of freedom. nobody will break us, because we are ukrainians. we have the desire for our people and children living. i think it is a fair desire. yesterday, 16 children died and again, president putin will tell you that this is some sort of operation, and they hit our civilian infrastructure. where children are.

maybe they're working on defence plants or sitting there. 16 children. dear representatives, we are a highly motivated people, very highly. we are fighting for our rights, for our freedom, for our lives and now we are fighting for our survival and this is our key motivation, but we also fight to be the equal members of europe. and i believe that today we demonstrate to everybody that we are europeans and together with us the european union will get stronger. that was ukraine's president. the prime minister has been in poland. during a press conference in poland, borisjohnson was taking

questions from journalists, including one from ukraine, who appealed for the uk and nato to do more to confront russian aggression. take a listen. you are coming to poland, not to kyiv. _ you are coming to poland, not to kyiv. prime — you are coming to poland, not to kyiv, prime minister, because you are afraid — kyiv, prime minister, because you are afraid. because nato is not willing — are afraid. because nato is not willing to — are afraid. because nato is not willing to defend. because nato is worried _ willing to defend. because nato is worried about world war iii but it has already started. and ukrainian chitdren— has already started. and ukrainian children are taking the hit. you are talking _ children are taking the hit. you are talking about more sanctions but roman— talking about more sanctions but roman abramovich is not sanctioned, he is in _ roman abramovich is not sanctioned, he is in london. his children are not in _ he is in london. his children are not in bombardments his children are in london _ not in bombardments his children are in london. putin's children are in the netherlands, in germany, in mansions. — the netherlands, in germany, in mansions, why are these mansions not seized? _ mansions, why are these mansions not seized? i_ mansions, why are these mansions not seized? i do— mansions, why are these mansions not seized? i do not see that. i am told try seized? i do not see that. i am told by family— seized? i do not see that. i am told by family members, team members, saying— by family members, team members, saying we_ by family members, team members, saying we are crying. this is what

is happening. thank you for your questions and for getting here today. i am glad you have been able to get here. i want to say i am acutely conscious there is not enough that we can do, as the uk government, to help in the way that you want. and i have to be honest about that. when you talk about the no—fly zone, as i said to president zelensky i think a couple of times, unfortunately, the implication of that is that the uk would be engaged in shooting down russian planes, would be engaged in direct combat with russia. that is not something we can do, that we have envisaged. i think the consequences of that would be truly very difficult.

that was the prime minister answering a question from a ukrainian journalist. as we've heard, russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has been speaking to the un conference on disarmament in switzerland. he had to address it virtually, due to travel sanctions, but even then a number of delegations walked out when he began. mr lavrov said that the west has been turning a blind eye to so—called injustices in eastern ukraine, where there's been fighting since 2014 in two separatist regions. he added that he hoped leaders would, as he put it, see sense. translation: the west have - shut their eyes, starting from 2013, when the radicals overthrew the legally elected president and started expelling everything russian from the country.

we hoped that kyiv will come to their senses and that they will start their dialogue with the population of luhansk and donetsk area. during the recent times, the criminal activities of the kyiv regime were activised. we have a lot of evidence against the violation of human rights by the kyiv authorities. that was the russian foreign minister. wejust that was the russian foreign minister. we just watched that was the russian foreign minister. wejust watched prime minister. wejust watched prime minister borisjohnson in poland at a news conference. he is going on to a news conference. he is going on to a military base in estonia. he will arrive there shortly with nato officials, including the secretary generaljens stoltenberg. estonia

one of the three baltic states that broke away what was the soviet union in 1991, and those baltic states feeling threatened by russia's invasion of ukraine and wondering whether they could be next. the prime minister will be there shortly and we will have coverage. now, let's look at the weather. st david's day today and the meteorological start to spring and for some it has been a beautiful start with blue skies and sunshine. those of you in parts of scotland, that sunshine extending through much of the country, but in southern england and wales, a greyer picture with rain. you can see the cloud responsible. sitting across southern areas as we go through the afternoon. north of it, clear skies remain. we can see further outbreaks of rain from the cloud which will turn heavier particularly in central

and southern england. temperatures into the evening similar — 5—8 across most areas. temperatures in the north with clear skies will drop quickly tonight. some fog patches. cloud across southern england and wales will work northward through wales and into the midlands and parts of east anglia tomorrow morning. temperatures here barely change from night into morning. but in the north, it could get to —7 in parts of aberdeenshire. wednesday, weather fronts pushing their way north mainly across the western half of the country. a bright start to wednesday. one of those grey and fairly damp and murky days in england and wales, eventually northern ireland and by the end of the day southern scotland. rain and drizzle coming and going. mild in the south and a colder day in the north especially with a strengthening wind.

remaining breezy in the evening. rainjust about anywhere in the night. a mild start but a weather front moving in across western districts first thing on thursday. it looks like it will shift eastwards. may be brightening up in western areas later in the day. breezy down the east. the question is where the weather front will lie. we are between two areas of high pressure as we see the week out. the weather front will decay as high—pressure builds but stuck underneath some of the remnant so it will stay fairly cloudy into the weekend.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: officials in ukraine's second city kharkiv say russians forces have attacked the city centre with rockets and cruise missiles. dozens are said to have been killed. the country's president accuses russia of war crimes. temperature the terror is aimed at breaking our resistance. as a major russian armoured convoy stands just outside ukraine's capital kyiv, russia warns it will launch "high precision" strikes aimed at technology centres.