this is bbc news. our top stories: joe biden condemns russia's invasion of ukraine and says vladimir putin bozovic unprovoked actions only serve to strengthen resolve of the west. he thought he could roll into ukraine and the world would rollover. instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. he met ukrainian people. applause the commonwealth solids the guest of honour. ukraine's ambassador to the united states. an unmistakable signal to the rest of the world. russian troops are reported to have seized control of the city

is fighting in ukraine enters its seventh day. the ukrainian government says russian forces have also attacked the main tv tower in the capital, kyiv, killing five people and damaging a holocaust memorial. satellite images show a huge russian military convoy closing in on the capital. the pentagon says the troops may have supply problems. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. we start with some breaking news from ukraine. that is that russian troops, airborne troops are reported to have actually landed in kharkiv in the past

few minutes. they have also now taken another town, and if confirmed, it would be the biggest city to fall since fighting began. as i say, they have landed in the north—east city of kharkiv which for days has been under attack, artillery fire from russian forces, including on hospitals there, according to the ukrainian information agency and the ukrainian military officials. the bbc has not been able to verify this latest claim, but let's get more on this with our reporter who is with me now. mark, akiva because the second biggest city in the country, it has been under attack for several days now. airborne troops reported to have lasted in the past few hours, which would be a significant development. it would be, the first reports of these kind coming from the ukrainian military, but quite specific details that they landed, they have already been in conflict with ukrainians on the ground, they are attacking

the ground, they are attacking the local military hospital there. there has been a bombardment of highclere, which we have seen over the past kind of 48—hour, kharkiv, freedom square was attacked, the university, and eyewitnesses really reporting a lot of... sorry, the opera house of course, eyewitnesses reporting these potential cluster bombs that military experts said were evident from cctv footage. kharkiv is 550 kilometres to the east of kyiv, i was there in 2014. it is very much a tribute to the former russian... the former russian federation and the soviet union, a huge statue of lenin in place there, suddenly a few years ago. the significance of this, and is how key this taken, and mariupol as well, near the russian border, dividing east and west ukraine. that is right. mariupol looking

as it is on the brink, certainly reported as surrounded by russian troops, some seeing going through mariupol, some claiming to have taken it, but that would allow a land bridge from crimea also to russia, could be refuelling, it could help for many, many years to come if that is the kind of land that is held. as you mentioned earlier, a town north of crimea, we have some pictures of that, a quarter of a million people in this place, apparently taken, 200 million people, 200 killed we are told by members of a local council, the bbc has been told, and we had some reason pictures on air strike west of kyiv, for people apparently killed here according to the state emergency service of ukraine, ten homes in the local hospital damaged there. it is intriguing, the map laid out by president lukashenko of

belarus, an ally of russia, he was giving a brief and was national security council, looking closely at that, it seems odesa, the port city in the south—west of the country, is also on the sides of the russians, and also part of donbas, but we are hearing through social media reports of people based in part of donbas that certain is towns and cities there are also turning over the russians quite quickly. it seems in the past 24 to 48 hours a lot has happened already on the ground, and this is still with this huge convoy, less than 50 kilometres away from the capital, here.— kilometres away from the capital, here. kilometres away from the caital, here. ~ ., ., ~ ., capital, here. what do we know about that? _ capital, here. what do we know about that? why _ capital, here. what do we know about that? why has _ capital, here. what do we know about that? why has that, - capital, here. what do we know about that? why has that, and | about that? why has that, and what evidence has there been of the russian air force?— the russian air force? what we have seen _ the russian air force? what we have seen on — the russian air force? what we have seen on the _ the russian air force? what we have seen on the coin _ the russian air force? what we have seen on the coin -- - the russian air force? what we | have seen on the coin -- convoy have seen on the coin —— convoy side of things �*s conclusion that i come from mckenzie intelligence services, we can take you through these, and the 40 metres, 40 miles with of tanks that they have seen, they

say is a logistical packet strong along the major highway from the belarus border to the northern outskirts of kyiv, a convoy that appears to be hampered in places, lacking fuel and certain vehicles seem to have broken down with other people passing them, showing videos on social media, and thirdly, armour tanks, artillery, infantry fighting vehicles but mainly logistical vehicles but mainly logistical vehicles showing they will be there for some time. we have seen social — there for some time. we have seen social media _ there for some time. we have seen social media footage - seen social media footage apparently showing russian troops surrendering. have you got any confirmation of that, and indeed, confirmation of casualties?— and indeed, confirmation of casualties? we can show you the video now- _ casualties? we can show you the video now. this _ casualties? we can show you the video now. this is _ casualties? we can show you the video now. this is shot _ video now. this is shot somewhere in ukraine of the surrendering... what allegedly looks like... these are firstly people in several places across ukraine, this is in a place

between... near mariupol, russian tanks and russian armoured vehicles, this is a scene we have seen repeated in kharkiv as well, russians not really clear on what to do. but if we take you now to those pictures of what we suspect to be russian soldiers who are surrendering, surrounded by ukrainian troops there, apparently hundreds have surrendered in scenes like this as well, . .. surrendered in scenes like this as well. - - -_ as well, . .. and casualty figures. _ as well, . .. and casualty figures, do _ as well, . .. and casualty figures, do we - as well, . .. and casualty figures, do we have - as well, . .. and casualty figures, do we have anyj figures, do we have any accurate figures of have died so far and accurate figures of have died so farand including accurate figures of have died so far and including civilians? because we have received are in the thousands for the russians from the ukrainians, but they are very difficult to believe. at the moment.— are very difficult to believe. at the moment. 0k, ukraine is claimin: at the moment. 0k, ukraine is claiming i _ at the moment. ok, ukraine is claiming i think— at the moment. 0k, ukraine is claiming i think 5400 - at the moment. 0k, ukraine is claiming i think 5400 russian i claiming i think 5400 russian troops, russian casualties. let's see if we can get some more information. thank you very much. colonel brendan kearneyjoins us now from san francisco. thank you for joining us on bbc news. can i start with the latest news that

airborne troops have landed in kharkiv after the days of artillery fire on that city, the second largest city. how significant is that, and what does that mean, do you think, in terms of putin's for trying to take over the whole of the country? it to take over the whole of the count ? , , u, ., country? it is significant, and i think country? it is significant, and | think putin _ country? it is significant, and i think putin is _ country? it is significant, and i think putin is trying - country? it is significant, and i think putin is trying to - country? it is significant, and i think putin is trying to up i i think putin is trying to up the anti—in terms of regaining his momentum which has been lost over the last couple of days, and airborne move like you just described is bold, it has the potential to be very successful, yet it also has the potential to turn into a disaster. they are hard to resupply, logistics problems to support airborne operations are very, very difficult, and unless it is going to be accompanied by further ground movement of the forces to the east, try to link up with the airborne forces that he has

just dropped in, he may have a real problem on his hands, because we have seen the ukrainians are notjust going to let them sit there. they will go after them and go after them with vengeance. it makes me think of _ them with vengeance. it makes me think of the _ them with vengeance. it makes me think of the 99, _ them with vengeance. it makes me think of the 99, year - them with vengeance. it makes me think of the 99, year 2000 | me think of the 99, year 2000 invasion with so must vicious street fighting there, which ultimately resulted in the pulverising of the cheshire and city. is that what people like you fear could happen in ukraine —— chechnyan. i you fear could happen in ukraine -- chechnyan. i think it is an absolute _ ukraine -- chechnyan. i think it is an absolute reality - ukraine -- chechnyan. i think it is an absolute reality that i it is an absolute reality that the russians must be considering. one thing, the disaster, the additional disaster, the additional disaster, they recovered from it with a series of brutal campaigns that the civilian population suffered terribly from. i think what they are going to see here is the ukrainian people, as they have consistently shown, since this

invasion began, are taking things into their own hands. they are being armed by their government, their morale is extraordinarily high, they are against a conscript force although i would grant that russian airborne troops are usually volunteers, not in all cases, so their morale is going to be a little better than what we have seen so far. but this is going to be a fight.- is going to be a fight. what are your — is going to be a fight. what are your views _ is going to be a fight. what are your views about - is going to be a fight. what are your views about the i is going to be a fight. what - are your views about the convoy outside kyiv, for example? we have heard about this for several days now. there is still 30, 40 kilometres to the north of care. what reason would there be for the slow pace of that convoy —— here? —— kyiv. pace of that convoy -- here? -- k iv. , , . . pace of that convoy -- here? -- kiv. ., kyiv. resistance along that road is high. _ kyiv. resistance along that road is high. that - kyiv. resistance along that road is high. that is - kyiv. resistance along that road is high. that is what l kyiv. resistance along that| road is high. that is what is slowing them down. they have to clean up pockets of resistance before that convoy passes by.

the other one is the one i actually think is probably more reasonable, and that the convoy itself, which has been described as a primarily logistics column, is supplied itself. they have run out of gas, some reports we are hearing in california, and if thatis hearing in california, and if that is the case, basically what you have is vehicles that are loaded with supplies, they are loaded with supplies, they are essentially useless, sitting at the side of the road on the road itself, as you can see, is very narrow in many places. they can't go off road. they have to worry about the mud, spring is starting to make its very, very slow moving the ukraine, but the ground itself is muddy. as soon as you get into those fields. they are confined to that road, and that could turn into a deathtrap if they don't really get that convoy moving very, very quickly. convoy moving very, very quickly-— convoy moving very, very cuickl. quickly. as you say, they are very exoosed. _ quickly. as you say, they are very exposed, but _ quickly. as you say, they are very exposed, but we - quickly. as you say, they are | very exposed, but we haven't seen any air strikes on them.

what do we know about the ukrainian air force, and for that matter, we haven't seen that matter, we haven't seen that much action, have we, from the russian air force either. it is a great question great observation on your part. they should be getting hit hard from the air, and died don't have up—to—date current information on the weather. i'm told the weather was deteriorating in the ukraine, and because of that, the air forces on both sides are limited. both sides have also the reality of facing... the relenting that faces them as they flew and also a lot of sorties the first couple of days in the campaign. those aircraft are maintenance intensive, and if you don't keep them up, keep the maintenance programme going, evenin maintenance programme going, even in the combat situation, those planes are not worth flying because they are going to crash. so i think what we

also see is in operation pause as both sides are probably struggling to get those aircraft and cruise back up and fighting again. aircraft and cruise back up and fighting again-— fighting again. 0k, colonel brendan kearney _ fighting again. ok, colonel brendan kearney thank- fighting again. 0k, colonel| brendan kearney thank you fighting again. 0k, colonel- brendan kearney thank you very much forjoining us here on bbc news. the russian invasion of ukraine dominated president biden's first state of the union address to congress. he said vladimir putin was to blame for a premeditated and unprovoked attack, and had underestimated ukrainian people andindeed underestimated ukrainian people and indeed the west. six. underestimated ukrainian people and indeed the west.— and indeed the west. six days a . o, and indeed the west. six days ago. russia's _ and indeed the west. six days ago, russia's vladimir - and indeed the west. six days ago, russia's vladimir putin l ago, russia's vladimir putin sought to shake the very foundations of the free world. thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. but he badly miscalculated. he thought a good role into ukraine and the world would roll over. instead, he met a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. he met the ukrainian people. applause in

his address. — ukrainian people. applause in his address, president - ukrainian people. applause in his address, president biden i his address, president biden also praised the response of the ukrainian people to that invasion of their country, and this isjust some invasion of their country, and this is just some of what he had to say. applause president zelensky... to every ukrainian, therefore really as nurse, there courage, their determination literally inspires the world. groups of citizens blocking tanks with their bodies, everyone from students to retirees to teachers turn soldiers, defending their homeland. in this struggle, president zelensky said in his speech the european parliament, light will win over darkness, ukrainian is ambassador is here to my sitting with the first lady. if you are able to stand, stand and send an unmistakable signal to the world. applause thank you.

applause thank ou. ., ~ applause thank ou. ., ., ~ thank you. thank you, thank ou, thank you. thank you, thank you. thank— thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. _ thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. support i thank you. thank you, thank| you, thank you. support from congress _ you, thank you. support from congress therefore _ you, thank you. support from congress therefore the i congress therefore the ukrainian ambassador. let's go to capitol hill, and we can speak alive now to the republican congressman bruce westerman. the speech was dominated at the beginning of course by ukraine. do you support his position on that country, in other words, sending in arms, but not getting in —— involved further than that? called first off, i want to say i do agree with what president biden said about ukraine and god bless the freedom loving ukrainian people, who are showing extreme courage, extreme bravery and extreme resolve, fighting this war criminal of president putin. and american the west needs to do all we can to get supplies to ukraine so that they can keep up this fight. in going

forward, we have got to hit russia where it hurts, we have to hit them in the pocket book, the energy that the russians are selling all around the world is funding his actions, they are selling energy here in they are selling energy here in the united states, and i hope president biden will lead in that area, to develop us energy resources, notjust for here in the us but europe and others who are dependent on russian energy right now.— energy right now. that's not auoin to energy right now. that's not going to help. _ energy right now. that's not going to help, though i energy right now. that's not going to help, though the i going to help, though the citizens of kharkiv and kyiv and ride around ukraine, many of whom are sleeping in bunkers and underground shelters tonight, or indeed fighting the russian forces above ground, is it? i russian forces above ground, is it? ., ., ~ ., , , ., it? i have talked to members of parliament. _ it? i have talked to members of parliament, in _ it? i have talked to members of parliament, in ukraine, - it? i have talked to members of parliament, in ukraine, they. parliament, in ukraine, they said they don't want us there fighting but they want the tools and the equipment, they need food and medical supplies, and while those lines are still

openin and while those lines are still open in western ukraine, to poland and romania, we need to get all the supplies and equipment we can get in there, i think putin is seeing a lot more resistance than he expected and i hope ukrainians are able to keep that up. former president trump in an interview a few hours ago said putin wouldn't have dared ukraine if he had been in power, do you agree with that? i believe most americans agree with that and there was a poll that came out this week saying 62% of americans don't believe putin would have invaded ukraine of trumpets still been president. and there is a lot that led up to this. find president. and there is a lot that led up to this.— that led up to this. and by would that _ that led up to this. and by would that be? _ that led up to this. and by would that be? first i that led up to this. and by would that be? first off, l would that be? first off, president _ would that be? first off, | president trump wouldn't would that be? first off, i president trump wouldn't have pulled out of afghanistan the way he did, he wouldn't have showed weakness, he wouldn't have been working on this a lot more in advance than waiting until something happened and putting sanctions in place of. i think donald trump would have

dealt much more aggressively with prudent than what this administration has dealt. president trump did announce the withdrawalfrom president trump did announce the withdrawal from afghanistan much more precipitously than his predecessors had, can we park that to one side. what did you make of the wider state of the union, a one hour two minute speech, shorter than obama back in 2016. did he win over republicans when it came to the minimum wage, the bailout for the pandemic, effect on the economy, how much support can he get from your party now? is support can he get from your party now?— support can he get from your party now? is not going to get a lot of support _ party now? is not going to get a lot of support on _ party now? is not going to get a lot of support on a _ party now? is not going to get a lot of support on a federal . a lot of support on a federal minimum wage, is not going to get a lot of support on spending more federal money, he talked about solving problems, but if you look at the solutions at all has to do with spending more money. and it's obviously from president

biden's remarks is never received a paycheck from anywhere except the government because he knows nothing about business. he talked about how to low inflation, and i've talked to a lot of other members, we were all lost on what he was trying to say, maybe he got off of line on the teleprompter, may be his speechwriters didn't know what they were talking about either, he basically threw out some voodoo economics on how to lower costs by paying my wages and somehow magically making things cost less when the input costs and more. maybe he was talking about a government subsidy. talking about a government subsid . ~ , ., subsidy. we must leave it there, thank _ subsidy. we must leave it there, thank you - subsidy. we must leave it there, thank you very i subsidy. we must leave it i there, thank you very much for joining us on bbc news. stay with us. still to come. the latest developments on the conflict in ukraine. you can access on the website.

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this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: russian troops are reported to have seized control of the city of guests on as fighting in ukraine enters its seventh day, it born troops also reported to have landed in kharkiv. that is ukraine's second largest city. —— kherson. incoming hours days russian troops could then lay siege to kyiv, cutting off food, water and other essential supplies. is an international correspondent orla guerin. loud explosion. one more russian missile strike brings terror to the streets of kyiv. the target this time, the main tv tower. the emergency services say five people were killed.

and more russian firepower is closing in on the city. satellite images show this column of armoured vehicles and tanks. it's 40 miles long and less than 20 miles out. so, time for a do it yourself defence of kyiv. we found ordinary civilians, men and women, gathered this afternoon to make molotov cocktails. katarina, a nurse, said she couldn't stand idly by. this is our country and this is hurting us a lot. hard to discuss it... did you ever think you would find yourself a situation like this? never imagined. nobody could imagine this. "the russians won't make it," he says. "ukrainians are doing

what they need to do." there is an assembly line here now. they're filling the bottles and filling the crates. there is a real sense of purpose and a feeling that these weapons, home—made though they may be, could soon be needed here. and many ukrainians are occupying new positions. wartime roles they would never have sought. igor, a lawyer, now mans a lookout post. yes, so, a week ago, i was representing my cases in the court room. and now it's difficult to address, but if you don't think about it and simply do what you have to do, it actually feels already normal. have you ever held a gun in your hands before?

at school, we were trained to deal with this sort of thing but i have never dared to do it or ever shot a gun or a pistol. this is the new architecture of kyiv. tank traps on the highway. a city trying to save itself, building barricades with whatever comes to hand. and today, more volunteers for territorial defence units, from all walks of life. not entirely sure what they are signing up for, apart from being willing to die for ukraine. they know that day might come soon. and here, a reminder... air strike. we are hearing the air raid warning siren. we have got to get to cover.

many here say there is more at stake than their motherland. like dennis, who until last week was an activist fighting corruption. this is a fight for democracy. this is a fight for freedom. for human rights. we don't want russia here, we don't want a dictatorship. we don't want russian empire here. we will fight for ukraine, for europe and for all over the world. they asked us to take a group photo. joking next week we will be reporting this group beat the russians. but by then, the picture here may be very different. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. plenty more on all the developments on ukraine on the website including more on the

news airborne troops have landed on the second largest city in kharkiv. from all of us in the team. goodbye. hello there. after that sensation of warmth from a strengthening sunshine overhead, areas that saw the blue skies today, like here in parts of scotland, you're going to feel the chill tonight with temperatures widely below freezing. different story further south with conditions a bit more like this, and it's this sort of look more of us will have as we go into wednesday. there's the cloud which kept things a bit gray, misty and damp across some southern areas. heavy bursts of rain from that creeping its way northwards, but with clearer skies across scotland, northern ireland, northern england for much of the night, this is where we will see temperatures drop below freezing, may be as low as —7 through some sheltered glens of aberdeenshire. but the rain or drizzle towards the south does become more extensive, edging into north wales, parts of northern england first thing tomorrow morning. and temperatures don't really drop here through the night,

7—8 celsius, as i said, compared to the subzero temperatures, especially so across scotland as we start the new day. so here's the chart as we go into wednesday. our weather system continues to work its way northwards. we'll have a bit more breeze as well across these western areas and even across scotland where the sunshine's out. there will be more of a breeze around, that will make it feel a bit more chilly after that cold start. the cloud, rain, drizzle across wales, midlands, southern england, then pushes into northern england, northern ireland through the morning and into the afternoon, through some southern parts of scotland. it's going to be quite murky over the hills. we could see a little bit of brightness breakthrough parts of wales and the southwest. if we do, 11—12 degrees. most places in single figures. whilst we've got the sunshine still in northern scotland, more of a breeze will make it feel chillier than today. so that breeze then takes the cloud and patchy rain across scotland as we go through into wednesday evening and wednesday night. with all that cloud around, one decaying weather front across the uk, another one pushing in from the west. it will be a much milder start on thursday for all, but it will be a bit of a damp start as well. the weather front quickly pushing its way eastwards

away from some western areas as we go through thursday morning. so a better chance of brightening up here, but it's meeting resistance from developing southeasterly flow across the north sea. and that means the weather front may grind to a halt. eastern scotland down the spine of england with outbreaks of rain continuing into the afternoon and a rather gray, misty look to go with it. temperatures 9—12 celsius. similar sort of temperatures, actually, through the rest of the week and into the weekend. high pressure, though, builds around our weather front, the problem is the weather front gets trapped. plenty of cloud around, some patchy drizzle, but gradually turning drier through the weekend. see you soon.

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the headlines: in the latest fighting in ukraine, the southern city of kherson is reported to have fallen to russian soldiers. airborne troops are believed to have landed in the second city of kharkiv where the mayor has appealed for help from the government and aid agencies. the united nations says nearly 700,000 people have fled ukraine, seeking safety in neighbouring countries. the agency is making an emergency appealfor $1.7 billion agency is making an emergency appeal for $1.7 billion to agency is making an emergency appealfor $1.7 billion to help what they say is a desperate need for this shelter, medical supplies and clean water. in his state of the union speech, president biden has condemned the invasion of ukraine and said the actions served to strengthen the resolve of the midwest. he let a standing ovation of the ukrainian people before saying inflation was his top domestic priority.

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