this is bbc news. the headlines: after days of air and artillery attacks, russian airborne troops land in ukraine's second largest city, kharkiv. troops are reported to have seized control in the city of castle as fighting continues for the fifth day. the us president says that putin's unprovoked actions only strengthen the resolve of the us. he thought he could roll _ resolve of the us. he thought he could roll in _ resolve of the us. he thought he could roll in the _ resolve of the us. he thought he could roll in the ukraine i he could roll in the ukraine and the world would roll over. instead, he met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. he met the

ukrainian people. congress salutes the _ ukrainian people. congress salutes the guest _ ukrainian people. congress salutes the guest of - ukrainian people. congressl salutes the guest of honour, the ukraine ambassador to the united states for a nation sending an unmistakable signal to the world. and nearly 700,000 flea ukraine, the un says there is a desperate need for shelter, says there is a desperate need forshelter, medicalsupplies and clean water. a warm welcome to bbc world news to viewers around the world. morning is breaking in the ukraine after a night in which russian troops advanced in several places. airborne troops have reportedly parachuted into the ukraine second—largest city of kharkiv in the last few hours. they said to be in combat with

ukrainian soldiers at a hospital there. ukrainian soldiers at a hospitalthere. i ukrainian soldiers at a hospital there. i smaller city has also fallen into russian forces according to ukrainian officials. in washington, presidentjoe biden dedicated much of his date of unions to beach to the situation in ukraine. more of that in a moment. we're talking now to marco bello. a lot is changing right now let's talk first of all with the arrival of airborne troops in kharkiv with someone suggesting changes strategy. someone suggesting changes strate: . , strategy. absolutely paratroopers - strategy. absolutely | paratroopers arriving strategy. absolutely i paratroopers arriving in kharkiv in the city of 1.4 million on the border and described as bold and risky. questions about how these troops who have landed according to ukrainian military will resupply, how long they would have to wait for ground reinforcements? how easy will it be for them to arrive there? and also the will of the

ukrainian people, displayed from the reservists and also from the reservists and also from other repositories seen over the past three days for their motivation to fight back. the kind of thing that is court president putin by surprise. president putin by surprise. president zelensky has been pointing out the bombing of a local headquarters in the same city was in his words a war crime. he was furious at that and saying it should be a no—fly zone and still calling for a no—fly zone but this is certainly likely to change the tempo there. iii certainly likely to change the tempo there.— certainly likely to change the tempo there. if we head south towards the — tempo there. if we head south towards the black _ tempo there. if we head south towards the black sea - tempo there. if we head south towards the black sea and - tempo there. if we head south towards the black sea and we | towards the black sea and we know there has been a big push there from troops from crimea and talk about what has happened there. we and talk about what has happened there. and talk about what has ha ened there. ~ ., happened there. we are where heafina happened there. we are where hearing about _ happened there. we are where hearing about this _ happened there. we are where hearing about this city - happened there. we are where hearing about this city of- hearing about this city of 250,000 people when after a battle in which 200 were killed, according melbourne of the local council, and pictures there are russian troops with white armbands on the streets

there and just before reports of the fall came and that's not the only thing that has happened. there are pictures of an airstrike west of the p kyiv in which four were killed according to the state emergency service of ukraine and apparently ten homes were destroyed. if you look at a map of the country, you get a sense of the country, you get a sense of how widespread the russian presence is. you cannot see it right there bar that you have them notjust on the east but to the north and south as well. marie the town with a link and the russian border is under severe strain and they are also being battling there against the russians. many battles the russians are fighting. fine russians are fighting. one an hinu russians are fighting. one anything that _ russians are fighting. one anything that has - russians are fighting. 0ne anything that has dominated many of the images the last 24

hours is that convoy, a very long convoy of russian equipment and troops and yet it does not appear to be going anywhere very quickly. what do we know about that?— we know about that? there are speculations — we know about that? there are speculations as _ we know about that? there are speculations as to _ we know about that? there are speculations as to why - we know about that? there are speculations as to why it - we know about that? there are speculations as to why it has i speculations as to why it has stalled and we have been told it's come from mckenzie intelligence services to describe what is happening and they are saying it is a series of logistical packets strung out from belarus to the outskirts of kiel. the next conclusion is that the convoy appears to be hampered in certain places — — on the outskirts of kyiv. this could be due to fuel supplies running out but the most interesting thing, the third point, is at the column is made up of tanks, toad artillery tree, infantry fighting vehicles but mainly logistical vehicles. fighting vehicles but mainly logisticalvehicles. it fighting vehicles but mainly logistical vehicles. it could be that they are stuck and cannot really get anywhere but within some very interesting pictures in the past few days of what looks like russian troops surrendering and if we

can show you those. it is showing you the mixed mood in the country and not only russian troops surrendering but also russian troops being mobbed and chased around different cities right now. so much changing and you will follow this and keep it up—to—date and thank you for the latest on those events, and picking up on that arrival of airborne troops in kharkiv, doesn't a change in military tactics? we have a former military advisorjoining is from el paso, texas. welcome. talk to me about the development within the last few hours, the arrival of airborne troops. what does that tell us about perhaps a change in strategy on the part of the russians? i strategy on the part of the russians?— russians? i think it's an interesting _ russians? i think it's an interesting move - russians? i think it's an interesting move and i i russians? i think it's an i interesting move and i also echo that it is a risky move. i

think there is a pattern of the location where paratroopers are being inserted, and one is kharkiv, reports are, right on the border to the east of ukraine. and into the south in zone, which also is very close to the border to the south. and i think there is a distinct drive — — kherson, to get some form of good news about here because in the last six days there has not been a lot of great news coming out of the russian war machine and what i mean by that is there has been a number of miscalculations from putin, primarily, the resolve and resilience of the ukrainian people and ukrainian forces. my sense is that for morale purposes alone, putin really does need to claim some form of small victory here in order to have any chance of

gaining success in the wall. the putting a flag in the sand in one of those two cities will be quite high up to ten's priority but along with outcomes a massive amount of problems — — high up on putin's. if you cut your mind back to the detritus doctrine, declare, hold, build, acquiring a targeted area is a relatively �*e.t�* a targeted area is a relatively �*e.t' - a targeted area is a relatively �*e.t�* — an easy bit. the west has done that in afghanistan but it's very hard to hold and as soon as russia puts a flag in the sand in either one of these cities if that is what these cities if that is what the pro tara tears, it will get really nasty and type — — if thatis really nasty and type — — if that is what the priority is, it will get really nasty and toxic. ., ., ., , toxic. or one of the logistical challenges —

toxic. or one of the logistical challenges big, _ toxic. or one of the logistical challenges big, putting i toxic. or one of the logistical challenges big, putting a i toxic. or one of the logisticalj challenges big, putting a flag in the sand may be a may be that they headline the russians want to see reported but it does not come without difficulties. you may be able to claim that space but then keeping it and sustaining it and providing the necessary equipment and resources for it could prove to be much more difficult? ., . ., , difficult? yeah, we certainly did not manage _ difficult? yeah, we certainly did not manage that - difficult? yeah, we certainly did not manage that in i did not manage that in afghanistan. as you rightly point out, there are all sorts of challenges that come with a sizeable force being isolated. the paratroopers, the russian paratroopers, do have a capability, a light armoured capability, a light armoured capability which they had been deployed, calling the bmd m4, a light armoured vehicle and they can be thrown out the back of illusion 76, a kind of equivalent of the c—17, the british c—17, a big wide bodied jet which paratroopers would also deploy out of. the idea is

the paratroopers are merged together with a light armoured vehicles and then they can go together into areas they are trying to dominate. that is risky. right at the beginning of this we said it was a risky solution notjust because the logistical components that you but if you are flying those wide—bodyjets, very slow over ukrainian airspace and putin knows that ukrainians have been armed with us stinger missiles, the mad portable defence infrared seeking missiles, missiles that have incredible ccm countermeasures, flare rejection capability, so even if these wide bodied jet did have a flared capability the stinger would reject it and still had to the target. we would call those illusion 76 is our strategic assets in the last thing putin wants right now is for that to be shot out of the sky with a stinger

missile, with 50 paratroopers on board. we missile, with 50 paratroopers on board-— on board. we are grateful for our on board. we are grateful for your thoughts. _ on board. we are grateful for your thoughts. thank - on board. we are grateful for your thoughts. thank you i on board. we are grateful for your thoughts. thank you for| your thoughts. thank you for being with us. the russian invasion of ukraine dominated president biden's state of this union address to congress, his first. is that vladimir putin was to blame for a premeditated and unprovoked attack and underestimated the ukrainian people. six. attack and underestimated the ukrainian people.— attack and underestimated the ukrainian people. six days ago, russia's vladimir _ ukrainian people. six days ago, russia's vladimir putin - ukrainian people. six days ago, russia's vladimir putin soughtl russia's vladimir putin sought to shake — russia's vladimir putin sought to shake the very foundations of the — to shake the very foundations of the free world, thinking he could — of the free world, thinking he could make it bend to his menacing ways. but he badly miscalculated. he thought he could — miscalculated. he thought he could roll on the ukraine and the world _ could roll on the ukraine and the world rollover. instead, he met_ the world rollover. instead, he met with — the world rollover. instead, he met with a _ the world rollover. instead, he met with a wall of strength he never— met with a wall of strength he never anticipated or imagined. he met — never anticipated or imagined. he met ukrainian people! it is addressed. — he met ukrainian people! it 3 addressed, president biden

praised the response of ukrainian people to the invasion of the country. this is something what he said. in this struggle, president zelensky said in his speech to the eu — zelensky said in his speech to the eu parliament, right will win over— the eu parliament, right will win over dartmouth. the ukrainian ambassador to the united — ukrainian ambassador to the united states sitting tonight with a — united states sitting tonight with a first lady. let each of us stand _ with a first lady. let each of us stand and sent an unmistakable signal to the world _ unmistakable signal to the world. thank you. thank you, thank— world. thank you. thank you, thank you. _ world. thank you. thank you, thank you, thank you. applause. anthon , thank you, thank you. applause. anthony. a _ was said in that state of address, what was new in terms of the us response to what was happening in ukraine? aha, of the us response to what was happening in ukraine?- happening in ukraine? a whole lot new in _ happening in ukraine? a whole lot new in his _ happening in ukraine? a whole lot new in his speech _ happening in ukraine? a whole lot new in his speech but i happening in ukraine? a whole lot new in his speech but one l lot new in his speech but one thing he did announce was that the united states would be closing its asbestos to russian

aircraft —— airspace, the same response we saw from europe and canada. to be honest, not a lot of russian aircraft were making it to the us because of those earlier sanctions. what we saw more ofjoe biden was first of all a celebration of what he saw as success of the us— european alliance, having a unified response, talking about the sanctions they have rolled out, the military and economic aid to ukraine. he also had a message to the american people, and one of those was us soldiers are not fighting in ukraine, not going to fight in ukraine, not going to fight in ukraine, there has been concern about that. also said there would be an economic price to pay at the gas pump and otherwise for the american people but he also said they would be ok and the price would be mitigated as much as possible. 0nce be mitigated as much as possible. once again, he defined all of this is part of

the message he is coming back to again and again over the past year and that is that we are an era defining conflict between democracy and autocracy and this is just the latest example and what he said was the united response to the russian invasion of ukraine is that democracies are united and prevailing. and this will be a long fight but one that democracies will win. thank ou. stay with us on bbc news. 700,000 people have fled the ukraine. the flow increasing by the hour. 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! i the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out, so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get the states? well, it bothers me, yes, but i hope everything will be all right -

this is bbc world news. the headlines: after days of an and artillery attacks russian troops land in the second largest city in ukraine, kharviv. fighting in several key cities is ongoing. many residents of kharviv have fled to mariupol. this was a strike right at the heart of kharviv, ukraine's second city, under devastating fire. russia says it is not targeting civilians here, it says it is using precision missiles. it claims it is liberating ukraine from

nazis. but russia is invading its neighbour and killing civilians. "who wanted a russian world here?" a man demands to know, "is this what you wanted?" in the rubble are the remains of a collection point. clothes and food meant for those trapped at home by the fighting, and for those defending them. three—year—old palina is now sleeping in her bath. her mum asks why she has to go to the bunker. "it's because of the bombs," she says. palina has cancer, and her medicine is running out. the family need to leave town urgently but they're scared to step outside. translation: it's such a lottery. i you sit here thinking, "will they hit your house or not?" i don't know how to get out. they tell you all the time not to go out, it is dangerous, so ijust don't know

what to do. i just hope they will make a safe corridor and get civilians out. so, dnipro, the next city south, is building up its defences, determined to stop the russian advance. some people who do flee kharkiv are now heading here. just as we were filming the volunteers making this checkpoint, one of so many fortifications now going up around dnipro, the air raid siren started to wail again and the volunteers ducked under the bridge for cover. just a reminder of how, when they talk about dnipro being safe, it's all pretty relative. vera made it here this morning, grabbing just enough for a couple of days. in kharkiv, she tells me, food and even water are growing scarce now and a friends in hospital after this morning's missile strike. she tells me, "he was right by the building. "thank god he's alive."

but she says all her friends started writing and calling today when their flats were hit, or something fell really close. and this evening in kharkiv, there was this... their president calls it the price ukraine is paying for its freedom. it is an enormous price. sarah rainsford, bbc news, dnipro. let's stay in the city and speak to a ukrainian journalist there. we are grateful to have you with us this morning. we have been talking in the last hour about events kharviv in and kherson and you are between those two cities. what are you seeing where you are right now? it is an early morning in april but at the same time in the past our there was a siren. truth be told i did not go to

the basement because at some point you become to get used to the basement. probably, for many people, it is a novice to have hearing these sirens and listening to them in the city because it is very frustrating and evoke some emotions of panic but i have heard sirens before in the past eight years covering the conflict. as the military told me, the sirens this year intend to show civilians that there are rockets firing above the city. so far the city of mariupol has not been fired upon.— so far the city of mariupol has not been fired upon. what told does it take — not been fired upon. what told does it take when _ not been fired upon. what told does it take when you - not been fired upon. what told does it take when you are i does it take when you are hearing those aerate sirens up to six or seven times a day? that — air raid. it

to six or seven times a day? that - air raid.— that - air raid. it produces fear, frustration _ that - air raid. it produces fear, frustration and i that - air raid. it produces fear, frustration and also i fear, frustration and also depression because it shows you that your life is in danger. it shows you that you need to stop your water usage. shows you that you need to stop yourwater usage. it shows you that you need to stop your water usage. it disables your water usage. it disables you to working further and i think it is a similarfact you to working further and i think it is a similar fact for other people as well but we have to oblige these rules and have to oblige these rules and have to oblige these rules and have to go down because perhaps it can save lives. this have to go down because perhaps it can save lives.— it can save lives. as we were heafina it can save lives. as we were hearing from _ it can save lives. as we were hearing from reports - it can save lives. as we were hearing from reports be i it can save lives. as we were | hearing from reports be more began speaking to you. a lot of people from kharviv an kherson moving to where you are now. i know that's what you did. how safe you feel there? dnipro in.

i do not feel safe anywhere in ukraine. the growing numbers of looters and militia, you probably solve how the weapons were distributed to the citizens. at the moment it is still not visible but if this does not stop anything next week or two, it can provoke more violence on the street so far we have the curfew in some of the cities at eight o'clock, in some of the cities at 5pm until the morning. the police to find these subversive groups and detain them. it is not safe anywhere. neitherthe anywhere. neither the checkpoints or on anywhere. neitherthe checkpoints or on the road. time is against us, i am afraid but it is really good to have your thoughts. thank you for being with us and i know we

will speak to you again soon. we wish you well. as fighting intensifies, people continue to flee. thousands of people from across ukraine have arrived in the western city of lviv, a hub for those who are trying to reach poland, slovakia and hungary mac. the road that goes on and on, the refugee road — of days waiting to move meagre distances. on day six of this invasion, the refugees keep coming. now, when you look at these images every day, you might think it's the same story every day. but, of course, it's not — war never is. it's not about an anonymous mass of people fleeing. it's about individual lives that are turned upside down. over half a million have fled already,

many thousands more are on the move — like liza, leaving with her elderly mother and daughter. translation: it's scary, for sure, i it's psychologically difficult, because we lived well, we started to build a new house last year. and now we had to run, everything we have is in the car. back in lviv, the fighting might still be far away, but they're strengthening security along the roads — civilians and military together. this is a brewery that's been converted into a factory for making petrol bombs. piano plays. nine—year—old maksym calms himself by practising the piano, playing in a theatre that's been converted into a refuge. the actors welcoming

new arrivals like maksym and his mum, daria. translation: we didn't want to leave our home. | it is difficult, this. but i understood that the situation was escalating very rapidly, and we decided to flee with everything we could. "i'm fine, this is normal." "i don't want war," he told me. "it'll be better if it doesn't happen and everybody lives in their own house and doesn't have to go anywhere else." tomorrow, maksym will be here at lviv station, to become another story of departure. people here ask, "how long will the war go on?" it's a question, sadly, easy to answer: as long as president putin wants it to. until that happens, across ukraine, the partings will go on. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv.

more on all of those stories coming up including the business headlines. we will see you very soon. 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 were 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. some 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. 0ur 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.

this is bbc news of the latest headlines. as russian bombs continue to fall in ukraine us presidentjoe biden used his state of union address to accuse vladimir putin of an unprovoked attack on ukraine. they are unleashing violence and chaos but while he may make gains on the battlefield, he will pay a continuing high price in the long run. there are fears — price in the long run. there are fears that _ price in the long run. there are fears that the _ price in the long run. there are fears that the wall i price in the long run. there are fears that the wall willl are fears that the wall will hit oil supplies, the price hits a seven—year high. with a conflict entering its seventh day, ukraine finances are increasingly under pressure. we will hear from a major

increasingly under pressure. we will hearfrom a majorfigure of the country's major bank.