good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. our headlines today. bangs. the fighting intensifies in ukraine — with reports overnight that russian paratroopers have landed in ukraine's second biggest city, kharkiv. ukrainian emergency services release pictures of what they say was a missile strike west of kyiv. in washington, president biden uses his annual state of the nation speech to describe vladimir putin as a dictator. the russian economy is reeling, and putin alone is the one to blame. together with our allies, we are providing support

to the ukrainians in their fight forfreedom. as the refugee crisis on ukraine's borders grows, the british government announced it will relax restrictions for those coming to the uk. the decision on russian athletes competing at the winter paralympics will be made today. the international paralympic committee will announce if russia are to be banned later this morning. the games begin on friday. as war in ukraine pushes global wheat and fuel costs to record levels, food prices here are rising at their quickest rate in nearly a decade. what could unfolding global events mean for pushing up prices here? good morning. some folk to watch out for this morning, particularly across south—west england and south wales. —— some folk to watch out for. brighterskies wales. —— some folk to watch out for. brighter skies across the north of scotland. all the details throughout this morning's programme. it's wednesday the 2nd of march. russian paratroopers have landed in ukraine's second city

of kharkiv overnight, attacking a regional military hospital, with fighting still ongoing. overnight it has also been reported that the southern port city kherson has been seized. if confirmed, it would be the biggest city to fall to russian forces since the invasion began. our correspondent james reynolds reports. at night in ukraine's second city of kharkiv there was little rest. reports this morning say that russian paratroopers have landed in the city as part of an aerial assault. these strikes follow this missile blast outside a government building early yesterday morning. in kharkiv now, the simple act of going outside has become a risk. russia's offensive reaches deep into ukraine.

these are pictures of what's claimed to be a russian air strike on a ukrainian city 80 miles west of the capital, kyiv. rescuers search for survivors. in kyiv, five people were killed when the main tv and radio tower was hit. russia has warned it's preparing to go after further targets. it may do so using forces in this 40—mile—long military convoy stationed 20 miles from the outskirts of kyiv. the build—up suggests russia may choose to intensify its assault in an effort to overthrown ukraine's pro—western government. but ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, remains in power. he's even invited journalists in kyiv to meet him, showing his face

as often as possible has become a wartime strategy. millions of ukrainians now face the hardest of choices. stay or leave. those who remain now prepare their own home—made fortifications against the invader. we're joined now by our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse. good morning to you. anyone who has been watching for the last few days will know it is always great to speak to you at this time of day to give a real clear indication of what has been happening overnight. it has been a calm — has been happening overnight. it has been a calm night, _ has been happening overnight. it has been a calm night, dan, _ has been happening overnight. it has been a calm night, dan, we - has been happening overnight. it i:s been a calm night, dan, we haven't heard anything. we are under no illusions last night that we had to get underground. the reason being we had seen the tallest structure in kyiv get struck by two missiles. they did not directly hit but five people were killed nearby and this is a really prominent tv tower in

the centre of the city. the channels were briefly disrupted but they were restored. but that, alongside a russian defence ministry announcement urging ukrainians, people in the city, they didn't go up to specific but they have to be sites used by the security services as well as communication sites, as well. and so that, along with these reinforcements that continue to gather on the outside, we know there is still an offensive coming from the air base of the city. along with a a0 mile convoy which experts don't think has moved significantly overnight, we had to get underground. i say this every morning but this is still a city bracing itself, not least because kharkiv has had another night of intense fighting. the authorities there say russian paratroopers have landed. there was instant fighting as soon as they did, they tried to

take a local hospital, authorities say, but for now it is still on hold along with sumy further along the north—eastern border with russia. the cities are still holding. if you go to the south east to mariupol, russian troops are looking to join with troops to the east, that is still holding, so there is intense fighting in cities but we are getting reports that one place has fallen. russian soldiers wandering through the streets. reports of 200 people losing their lives in fighting so far. that would be the biggest location to fall in ukraine. as i talk to you, kyiv is eerily quiet. two air raid sirens this morning. if i look at the roads behind me, they were once full, restaurants were used to go to. it

is eerily quiet. it strikes you help here at this city is.— is eerily quiet. it strikes you help here at this city is. what about the resolve of the _ here at this city is. what about the resolve of the ukrainian _ here at this city is. what about the resolve of the ukrainian people? l resolve of the ukrainian people? people who have decided to stay have stayed at the people who have decided to fight are ready to fight. we routinely see people patrolling the streets, it is still eerily quiet, but they are not going anywhere. we don't know what is going to happen next but underground people have started to get used to things, make day—to—day life a bit easier but it is a simple life, you are not wandering far. for example, there is a games console that some of the kids are playing with which makes things better. at night they are turning off my lights in the car park making it easier to sleep, so these little things become significant. when you talk to people they are staying put but they are split up, the common theme is they are split up with friends and loved

ones because they are now effectively rooted to the cities they live in for those who have decided to stay. they see on their phones instantaneously what is happening around the country in this conflict. they worry that could soon be coming here. they also separated from those hundreds of thousands of ukrainians who have been forced to leave, to try to make it to the border. it is a deeply anxious time and all being played out in real time. they wait, it is as simple as thatis time. they wait, it is as simple as that is thank you for that, that is james waterhouse in the ukrainian capital this morning. the us president, joe biden, has said that vladimir putin badly misjudged how the west would hit back once he invaded ukraine. in his annual speech to congress, mr biden described the war as "premeditated and unprovoked" and announced that russian planes would be banned from us airspace. he also called the russian president a "dictator".

that's why the nato alliance was created: to secure peace and stability in europe after world war ii. the united states is a member, along with 29 other nations. it matters. american diplomacy matters. american resolve matters. putin's latest attack on ukraine was premeditated and totally unprovoked. he rejected repeated, repeated efforts at diplomacy. he thought the west and nato wouldn't respond. he thought he could divide us at home, in this chamber and in this nation. he thought he could divide us in europe as well. but putin was wrong. we are ready. we are united, and that's what we did. we're joined now by our washington correspondent, nomia iqbal. good morning. what was the key message from the united states to russia with that address? goad russia with that address? good morninu. russia with that address? good morning- the — russia with that address? good morning. the main _ russia with that address? good morning. the main message i russia with that address? (13r>r>:c morning. the main message that president biden wanted to give to putin was that autocracies don't

work, that democracies lead the way forward and that is really the philosophy of his foreign policy. with the state of the union address, if we have been talking about what to expect from it a week ago, even maybe a few days ago, i would have sent you this is a very straightforward traditional, almost formulaic message the president gives every year in which he spells out what he has achieved and what he plans to achieve. but of course this is not a normal time any more and president biden was effectively delivering a speech as a wartime president and it was his opportunity to tell americans what is going on, what the us is planning to do, help the us is assisting ukrainian people and also the effect it could have on america itself. but this was an opportunity for him to really talk about the importance, as i say, of western alliance and how he has built up this coalition to take on the aggression that we are seeing

from russia. what was also surprising when he was giving the speech was the unity that was shown in the chamber. america is an incredibly divisive place when it comes to most politics, and certainly when he started talking about his domestic agenda that you did see splits, but when it came to talking about ukraine, people were standing on both sides, republicans and democrats, applauding him on his message, and that was what he wanted to deliver last night and, like i say, his message was ultimately about unity. and he wants to prove to notjust americans but to people around the world that he is someone who has things under control. he is someone who can be trusted. his approval ratings are quite low in america at the moment, so this was a real opportunity for him to remind people what he can do.—

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tojoin family members, or british citizens who are here already. initially the scheme announced had quite a narrow definition of what immediate family was, but that has now been expanded in quite a big way to include all parents, grandparents, adult children, and siblings. the net result is that the prime minister says may be up to 200,000 ukrainians will now be able to come to the uk, which is a doubling of the initial estimate which was 100,000. there will also be another new route introduced whereby ukrainian individuals can be sponsored by people here in the uk or communities or businesses saying they will look after them, and that will be another way to come here. that is a really interesting new way of approaching how these situations work but we still need more detail about how that will actually work in practice. yesterday when the prime minister was in poland he dropped a bit of a hint that maybe there would be some kind of process where ukrainian refugees in poland may be

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verv— i will weather front in the west very slowly starts to push eastwards and later _ very slowly starts to push eastwards and later in — very slowly starts to push eastwards and later in the day it will clear northern— and later in the day it will clear northern ireland and also cornwall soaks_ northern ireland and also cornwall soaks in_ northern ireland and also cornwall soaks in late afternoon brightness. you could — soaks in late afternoon brightness. you could still see the odd shower. temperatures seven to 13 degrees north— temperatures seven to 13 degrees north to _ temperatures seven to 13 degrees north to south. as we head into friday— north to south. as we head into friday the — north to south. as we head into friday the weather front pushes over towards _ friday the weather front pushes over towards the east with its cloud and rain, _ towards the east with its cloud and rain. but _ towards the east with its cloud and rain, but behind it we see a clearance _ rain, but behind it we see a clearance. there will be some sunshine, _ clearance. there will be some sunshine, a bit of winteriness in some _ sunshine, a bit of winteriness in some of— sunshine, a bit of winteriness in some of the showers on higher ground, — some of the showers on higher ground, and temperatures by then seven— ground, and temperatures by then seven to _ ground, and temperatures by then seven to 10 — ground, and temperatures by then seven to 10 degrees, and as for the weekend, _ seven to 10 degrees, and as for the weekend, it— seven to 10 degrees, and as for the weekend, it is looking a bit more settled — weekend, it is looking a bit more settled. ., , weekend, it is looking a bit more settled. . , ., ., ~ , ., as more ukrainian nationals decide to seek sanctuary elsewhere, the polish government estimates a quarter of a million people have already crossed the border into poland. 0ur reporter lewis goodall has been speaking to those who have been welcoming in refugees — and to those who have left their homes in ukraine behind. this war isn't a week old, but in a week the polish government — not known for its generosity to refugees in recent crises past — has had to transform its borders.

not to keep people out, but to find a way to let everyone in. where to put, how to feed, how to move a quarter of a million people the polish government says have come. each of poland's 11 crossings with ukraine is faced with its own potential humanitarian catastrophe. at korczowa, one of those 11, the answer has been for the polish army to requisition and convert a huge wholesale warehouse and fill it with beds for the unknown numbers who have already come, and who will yet. it's like 1,300 people who left this place today morning and last night. 1,300 left this morning and left... yes. and how many are you expecting to come in? we can expect the same number. are you getting a lot of different nationalities? i'm here all the time almost, and i try to talk to people and i expect it's 15 countries, 15 languages, and ifound people

from four continents. the second hall is people who don't have friends in poland, don't have families. no—one's come and pick them up? they don't know where to go. can poland cope? i don't know. we need to... the first time when we met such situation. i mean, do you think poland needs help — poland needs help to to deal with all of these refugees from the rest of europe? i think that we are in europe, so we cooperate and we expect that we will get help from other countries from europe. the biggest group of refugees on the 1,300 miles of ukraine's borders in the west are ukrainian women and children. but the tapestry of lives unstitched by putin's war is more complicated than that — because ukraine is more complicated than that.

students, for example, from all over the world, are a huge part of the way. so that's it for you — you're not going to go back to ukraine. if everything will be good, i will go back, but i don't think it would be good because... my university got rockets. your university got hit with rockets? yes, bomb. so what to do there? if i don't have family, i will go with army of ukraine. but i have family — my father, my mother, my sister. so if you... if you didn't have family, you would go and fight for ukraine? yes, for ukraine. even though you're egyptian? because i live there, like, six years, it was my last year in university. uh, i live there, eat there. it was my friend — ukrainian friend. like that. it's like my mother country — second mother country — like that. there have been reports of discrimination against non—whites

and non—ukrainians at border points — something about which the un today voiced concern. for what it's worth, everyone we've spoken to has said that they've been well—treated — though it doesn't mean it hasn't happened along ukraine's long and winding frontiers. but there are people from every corner here — west african, central asian, south asian, south american — all the threads previously stitched into ukraine's national life and now unwinding across europe and the world. this place has been set up by the polish government, by the polish army in — what, a week? and it's just one place at one crossing for thousands of people coming and going on a daily basis. and in britain, consider the even relatively small numbers of people at calais cause enormous controversy. you know, in a way, if this does become the biggest refugee movement since 19a5, you just get the sense that the governments of western europe — including britain — just don't have any real idea of what's coming. for a clue, you only need to go down the road to another crossing

— at medyka. here, the queues go back for miles. included within them are some of the double refugees — those who've had to flee from war or destruction at home, but settled in ukraine and thought they'd left those days behind. not so for mohammed — originally from afghanistan. how long have you been waiting to cross the border here? four days. four days?! four days. no sleep, no eat. nothing. very cold. and maybe two or three people i saw drop dead. if ukraine, it will be normal, i go to... go back? ..go back to ukraine because i have this business. if not normal, i don't know really — what can i do? because all my life in ukraine. there are other groups, too. last year, poland accused putin of orchestrating a crisis by sending thousands of people from around the world to its border with belarus. we've been told that some of them have now made their way down

to these crossing points. the poles, having so long resisted their entry, have let them in all the same — there's really no way to discriminate. just another way that putin's war has changed everything in europe's east. if this grinding struggle endures, with all of the movement of peoples which go with it, it will surely change much for the continent's west, as well. that was lewis goodall reporting from poland. one of the consequences of the invasion in ukraine could be increased food prices around the world, at a time when they're already rising at a record pace. nina can explain a little bit about what is going on.— what is going on. before the conflict began _ what is going on. before the conflict began we _ what is going on. before the conflict began we were - what is going on. before the l conflict began we were talking what is going on. before the - conflict began we were talking about record—breaking inflation numbers and you might look at what is happening in kyiv and think how does that affect my supermarket shop? it is coming down the track. where are we now? last month — inflation on food —

that's how quickly prices are rising — was at 2.7%. that's the highest it's been in a decade. bad harvests, emerging from the pandemic, a shortage of hgv drivers and workers all playing a part. prices for savoury snacks like crisps, cat food and fresh beef have all risen fastest. there have been some drops in price for some items — bacon and beef among them — but overall the average basket is costing a lot more. and it's the staples where it matters. so the average cost of a bag of pasta has gone up by more than 20p since last year — that's a rise of more than a0%. the average cost of a tin of tomatoes has gone up by 10p — an increase of nearly 30%. you might think, how does a conflict so far away affect my shop?

well, ukraine and russia produce almost a third of the world's wheat, and that hit a record high over the weekend. and while we make much of our own here, when prices go up elsewhere it has a massive impact. the thing about wheat, as a commodity, the british price is influenced by the global price. so if global wheat futures are increased in price, then british wheat prices go up almost directly. it's now expected to go up potentially another 10%, 15%, even 30%. so this is a big pressure. and at the same time, if you just take bread, which is this example — you know, you think about the cost of the bakeries in terms of gas, we all know gas prices have been going up — and then, of course, there's the daily delivery. so the cost of delivering bread on a daily basis — the so—called morning goods that we receive — they are hugely expensive to fulfil. so it's not direct, but it

definitely has an impact. it sounds potentially like things could get worse before they get better. ., , ., could get worse before they get better. . , ., , .. , better. that is the warning because it is notjust — better. that is the warning because it is notjust food _ better. that is the warning because it is notjust food prices, _ better. that is the warning because it is not just food prices, things - it is notjust food prices, things like furniture, beauty products, the price you pay for petrol at the pump hit a record high at the weekend. many mobile and broadband tariffs are also set to rise — and that's before we've even got to april's big increase to our energy bills. inevitably things will get worse before they get better over the next few weeks, months, even years, sorry to say it. few weeks, months, even years, sorry to sa it. ., ~ few weeks, months, even years, sorry to sa it. ., ,, i. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. we will have the national headlines at 6:30am. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. london's commuters could be facing another difficult jouney into work this morning,

as transport bosses warn yesterday's tube strike action will continue to cause disruption. transport for london says many services will not run until 0730 at the earliest. the rmt union went on strike yesterday in a dispute over pensions and jobs. another 2a—hour strike is planned for tomorrow. i'm hopeful that we'll be able to provide a slightly better service, but unfortunately i would still advise all customers to check in advance, allow more time for theirjourney. there will be disruption on thursday, and tomorrow morning until eight o'clock or thereabouts, and again on friday. so i would please ask everybody to go to the tfl website, look at the tfl go app and check before they travel. a couple from bedfordshire, who were trapped in ukraine with their newborn surrogate twin babies, say they've now managed to make it safely to poland. manisha and mittesh from dunstable travelled to ukraine in early february, and were due to collect the birth certifcates in kyiv last week. meanwhile here in london, donations have been flooding

in to help people fleeing ukraine. we would like to hear from you, if you're affected, or if you're volunteering with or organising a collection to support refugees, you can e—mail us. the address: sir michael caine is auctioning off some of his many momentos from movies over his seven—decade career. the star of films such as alfie and the italianjob is selling off a pair of glasses — cufflinks — and a number of artworks. it's thought his rolex watch could go for as much as £12,000. travel now. well, as you can see, yesterday's tube strike still affecting services. time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a rather misty and murky start this morning, we do have quite a bit of cloud around, some spots of rain and drizzle, and it's going to stay quite damp

through the course of today. some heavier bursts but turning perhaps a little lighter as we head through the afternoon. but it is going to stay cloudy. there's a keen southeasterly breeze, and temperatures reaching a maximum of 9 celsius. now overnight tonight we've still got a bit of rain around, but the cloud actually potentially breaking in one or two spots. the minimum temperature between a and 6 celsius, so still staying widely above zero. as we head into thursday again, it's going to be another largely cloudy start. we've got a front edging in from the west. now it is really taking its time and it stalls. so for us, we're likely to see the cloud — maybe one or two spots of rain, but not quite so many outbreaks of rain through the course of thursday. and in the east, you might even see the cloud break with a few glimpses of sunshine. temperatures tomorrow, getting up to a mild 13 celsius. now, as we head towards the end of the week, still fairly unsettled, still could see some outbreaks of rain. but as we head through the weekend, especially sunday, much drier conditions with the chance of seeing

a little bit more sunshine. i'm back in half an hour. there is plenty more on our website. now it's back to dan and sally. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. let's get up to date with everything that has been happening overnight in ukraine. james reynolds is here to run through the details. this is the state of ukraine on the seventh day of the russian invasion. you can see the areas in red occupied by russia here in the south, east, and in the north. russia has built up its forces, paving the way for an intensified offensive

in the days or weeks ahead. russia hasn't taken any of ukraine's biggest cities. this morning we're hearing that russian paratroopers have landed in kharkiv, the country's second city, as part of an aerial assault. when we get some pictures of that we will bring them to you. let's look at the capital kyiv. yesterday the main tv and radio tower was hit. russia has warned that it's preparing further attacks. this may be its staging ground. it's stationed a huge military convoy 20 miles north west of the capital city. this convoy could be used to encircle or besiege the capital city. looking further south now, the southern city of kherson, which has a population of a quarter

of a million, is reported to have fallen to russian forces. a member of the local council told the bbc that 200 people had been killed, many of them civilians. for many families across the country, it's too dangerous to stay put. they will try to make their way west, like poland. many more may follow. that is the situation this morning. at least ten people were killed and many more injured when russian forces launched a heavy bombardment in ukraine's second city, kharkiv. 0ur reporter sima kotecha has been speaking to people living there. yesterday night in kharkiv, no sign of the violence subsiding. just hours after a huge fireball in the city's freedom square,

several lives lost, even more wounded. it's believed to have been a missile attack. the sound, the huge sound. and i thought the windows would be broke, like huge, huge trembling. natalia is sheltering in her bathroom. for six days now, she says the onslaught has been continuous. a little bit scary because it's my sixth day here and, unfortunately, i got used to this. how old are you, natalia? i'm 23. russian forces launched a heavy bombardment on ukraine's second city, with cruise missiles and rockets reported to have been targeted at residential areas.

newsnight�*s spoken to at least a dozen people from the area, some choosing to stay, others desperate to escape. 0lga shared a video with us of her sheltering in her basement before fleeing. my name is 0lga, and i'm 28 years old. i live in kharkiv in ukraine. so just now we left the city, my mother and i, we just took our backpacks, packed our kit into a bag and we ran

to the car and left the city. we saw, like, a rocket went above us somewhere near. so we just cover our heads and started to pray. my mum was crying, i was terrified. all this as a massive convoy of russian armoured vehicles, stretching for tens of miles, is heading towards the capital kyiv. five people were killed after russia attacked a tv tower there. the president of ukraine said, "nobody will break us." we are fighting for our land, for ourfreedom. nobody shall occupy our country, our citizens. back in kharkiv, there is deep hurt over what is happening. the city's closeness with russia isn't just about geography. many people there speak russian more than ukrainian.

their historical ties mean something. it is from the ussr. they told us that we are brothers and sisters, and now a lot of ukrainians see that our brothers and sisters are in poland and other countries, in britain, and hungary, moldova. a lot of countries. but not russia ? yeah, not russia. yeah, unfortunately, not russia. people telling real stories of the situation. what we have been doing all week is trying to tell you how what is happening in ukraine is affecting so many different areas. sport seems to be won. we were

speaking about the decision fifa was making about the russian football team another paralympics is the hot topic of debate. they begin on friday. 0rganisers of the winter paralympics are meeting today to decide whether russian athletes should be banned from the games. the paralympics begin in beijing on friday, with russians currently able to take part under the flag of the russian paralympic committee. but any decision the international paralympic committee makes could be subject to legal challenges. any decision that we take, we know that it's open to legal challenge from different sides. and this is what we need to be very careful about because, from different sides, it could be from russia, could be from other nations, so that's why we need to make a decision that we can...

that is based on our constitution so we can, of course — if challenged — we can defend it. a ukraine team of 20 athletes and nine guides will compete in the chinese capital. there had been concerns the athletes would not be able to travel safely. however, the ukrainian disabled sports committee has announced they will arrive today. two main tennis organisations have announced that players from russia and belarus will be allowed to continue to compete, but only as neutral athletes. it means ukranian elina svitolina's match against russia's anastasia potapova at the monterrey 0pen did go ahead, after the ukrainian top seed was given assurances her opponent would compete under a neutralflag. the international tennis federation has suspended the russian and belarus tennis federations from international team competition. russian formula one driver nikita mazepin will be allowed to race this season. the sport's governing body — the fia — has ruled

russian drivers can compete, but must do so under a neutral flag. russian symbolism has been banned from clothing, equipment and cars. mazepin's father sponsors the haas team that his son drives for. they removed russian branding from their car during pre—season testing in barcelona. russian athletes have been banned from world athletics events for the forseeable future. they include world athletics series competitions, the upcoming world indoor championships in serbia, and the world championships in oregon. figure skating's ruling body has barred russian and belarussian athletes from competition. it's a sport russia would have hoped to dominate at the world championships in france later this month. but the isu say athletes from those countries won't be invited. it comes just weeks after russia's kamila valieva competed at the winter olympics, despite failing a drugs test. there were emotional scenes ahead of manchester city's fa cup

fifth—round tie against peterborough united as ukranian player 0leksandr zinchenko led his side out. both teams emerged from the tunnel with the ukrainian flag in a gesture of solidarity. zinchenko was given the armband by team—mate fernandinho, who had initially been named city captain. 0n the pitch, it was a comfortable 2—0 win against championship side peterborough, the second goal from jack grealish helping city progress to the sixth round. championship side middlesbrough knocked out eight—time winners tottenham. josh coburn scored the extra—time winner as boro won 1—0. they also put manchester united out in the previous round. jairo riedewald scored a late winner as crystal palace beat championship stoke city 2—1 to reach the last eight. the draw for the quarter—finals will take place tomorrow evening. burnley are still in

the relegation places after a 2—0 loss to leicester in the premier league last night. jamie vardy scored the second goal at turf moor as leicester recorded their first league win of the year. they're twelfth in the table. a welcome return forjamie vardy, he has come back from injury. that is his first goal this year. we have been keeping you up—to—date with the situation in ukraine. a second round of peace talks scheduled for today. we are joined now by ukraine's former secretary of the national security and defence council, alexander da nylyuk. first of all, if you could give us the very latest situation overnight where you are. the very latest situation overnight where you are-— where you are. well, in the area around kyiv. _ where you are. well, in the area around kyiv, it _ where you are. well, in the area around kyiv, it was _ where you are. well, in the area around kyiv, it was relatively - around kyiv, it was relatively actually quiet this night. the

evening was heavy bombing. there was an area around kyiv as well. basically, russia is continuing their tactic to destroy our infrastructure. unfortunately, civilian objects are also being hit and i think this is a new turn in the way they are doing the wall. the turning point was obviously the shelling of the residential area in kharkiv. i think it is now continuing across... yourself are takin: continuing across... yourself are taking part _ continuing across... yourself are taking part in — continuing across... yourself are taking part in the _ continuing across. .. yourself are taking part in the war— continuing across... yourself are taking part in the war effort - taking part in the war effort alongside troops. can you explain to us why you are doing that? actually, i think that line might have dropped

out. you could see from the situation where he was, he was sitting outside, sheltering. he is taking part in the war effort. these pictures are from kharkiv. heavy bombardment took place yesterday. we saw the strike in freedom square yesterday killing a number of people. we are bringing new pictures from kharkiv and telling about the situation in kyiv with our correspondence saying it was relatively a quiet night in comparison with what they had seen in recent times stop still the huge russian convoy outside the ukrainian capital. they might use that to encircle kyiv and see how things develop in the coming days. i hope you can hear me. i wasjust asking you can hear me. i wasjust asking

you why you felt you had to stand alongside the troops and why you are taking part in the war effort. it is not about me. — taking part in the war effort. it is not about me, it _ taking part in the war effort. it is not about me, it is _ taking part in the war effort. it 3 not about me, it is about all ukrainians. everyone is doing everything to protect their country, everything to protect their country, everything is possible and whatever is impossible. despite the barbarian behaviour of russians, people are not afraid. they have accepted the destiny that we will have to fight and defend the country and we will have to fight to win this war. that is really my logic and motivation. i do notjust want is really my logic and motivation. i do not just want to is really my logic and motivation. i do notjust want to win the war i also want to rebuild the country. it is very important to look to the future. it will be prosperous and democratic and part of europe. it will not have an aggressive neighbour like russia near to us. we like to bring democracy to russia, we like to bring democracy to

russia, that is my motivation. brute russia, that is my motivation. we know more _ russia, that is my motivation. we know more peace talks are expected. how hopeful are you there may be a positive outcome from those talks? i am very, very cautious. to be blunt, i have no really high expectation from these negotiations but i want to get a chance. wejesse how the russians are behaving. you mentioned the big convoy on the north—western part of kyiv for two days already. they are trying to progress forward. they are trying to progress forward. they see our forces destroying the tanks and they are scared. this is what has changed the mood of this war. that gives some hope that this kind of behaviour also somehow leaks

over into the negotiation table and we will see how their rations behave. i think they now have a grasp of reality and that is not very good for them. —— the russians. -- the russians. i see you have sandbags _ -- the russians. i see you have sandbags behind _ -- the russians. i see you have sandbags behind you. - -- the russians. i see you have sandbags behind you. how - -- the russians. i see you have - sandbags behind you. how prepared do you feel that any attack that may be coming? brute you feel that any attack that may be cominu ? ~ ., , you feel that any attack that may be comina? . , , coming? we are very prepared. pre ared coming? we are very prepared. prepared with _ coming? we are very prepared. prepared with anti-tank- coming? we are very prepared. prepared with anti-tank and - coming? we are very prepared. - prepared with anti-tank and missile prepared with anti—tank and missile systems. machine guns and people getting prepared. in those fortresses, it is all around the country now. everyone. even in a small village, people preparing to defend themselves. if really russia

wanted to see people welcoming in ukraine, i do not know who created this impression for them, we will welcome them but we will welcome them totally differently to the way they expected. people without weapons tried to block roads and tell them to go home. those with weapons shoot them on the spot. they are not welcome here and we will push them out. are not welcome here and we will push them out-— are not welcome here and we will push them out. thank you very much for our push them out. thank you very much for your time — push them out. thank you very much for your time this _ push them out. thank you very much for your time this morning. - push them out. thank you very much for your time this morning. former l for your time this morning. former ukraine secretary of the national security and defence council. here's carol with a look at this morning's weather. this morning if you are travelling early on and if you live in south—west england or wales, do look out for some fog. today what we have is cloud and rain moving north. it is cloud and rain moving north. it is what we had in the south—west of

england yesterday. you can see all the cloud on the satellite picture associated with that. today it is a clutch of front steadily moving north. the brighter skies will be in the north of scotland where we have had clear skies overnight. temperatures in aboyne fell to —9. that is the lowest temperature we have seen since the 21st, the 22nd of december. we hang on to the sunshine in the far north of scotland. it will be a breezy day wherever you are. in the irish sea, the isle of man and the west of scotland. temperatures, seven in aberdeen to 12 as we push down towards the south—west. this evening and overnight the rain continues to push north. the weatherfront and overnight the rain continues to push north. the weather front coming in from the atlantic, the two emerge. it will be a cloudy night. 0vernight lows a8 degrees. not as

cold in scotland as last night. as we head through tomorrow here is the weather front slowly pushing from the west towards the east taking its rain with it. as you can see from the isobars, it is going to be another blustery day. in eastern areas tomorrow can actually drier and brighter than today. in the west this front move slowly eastwards. as it clears, wales, northern ireland and south—west england will see late afternoon sunshine and a few showers. into friday on the weekend we had this weather front still with us on friday, still producing some rain. in the west something brighter. you can see from the distinct lack of isobars on the charts it will not be as windy. it will move away from eastern scotland. to the west a brighter day for you. more sunshine and a few showers. some of them on the hills

could prove wintry. temperatures down attach. for the weekend, this weather front stays with us, a weakening feature for a while and then the area of high pressure. there will be a little bit of rain at times and we will also see a bit of sunshine as well. a former banker turned human rights activist is helping ukraine fight for its freedom. macer gifford hasjust come back from ukraine and is now trying to co—ordinate trained volunteers, engineers and medics who want to head out there and offer support. the train station was incredibly volatile. people were desperate, trying to force their way onto the trains. because the airports are closed, the roads were clogged up. people felt that there was no way out, and kyiv and the country almost felt like it was a sinking ship. macer gifford — back home after almost two weeks in kyiv. he's planning to return and wants to help others with the right skills

join the front line. what i would like to see, and what i try to do, is british people — people who believe in democratic values — standing up for those liberal and democratic values and actually going out and supporting ukrainians in their time of need. we have to draw a line in the sand and say, "these are our values, we're willing to defend them." i'm in independence square in kyiv... for three years, he fought isis in syria, and says he went to kyiv to train volunteer fighters in battlefield first aid, but came back to regroup and reorganise. we need engineers, we need doctors — particularly trauma surgeons — we need... we need front—line units, as well, of course. but people who basically have the skills that ukrainians lack. and if we can create a facility that educates people, that funds them properly, and helps them get over there if they want to go, then i think that could be really useful to the ukrainian government.

you're potentially asking people to put themselves in harm's way, potentially also break british laws about fighting wars overseas. how do you respond to that? first of all, i'm not necessarily asking people to go. i'm simply saying there is the opportunity to go. the president of ukraine has formally called for international volunteers from around the world and if there are brits — women and men, who wish to support ukrainian people in their time of need — just like, by the way, the american eagles, the americans thatjoined the british army, the raf, when we were being attacked during the second world war. well, what about the brits and americans and others who joined the fight against the fascists in spain — george orwell included? there is a time for internationalism, there is a time where people can stand up and fight for what they believe in. macer thinks thousands of britons may sign up, but uk ministers have also said there are ways of helping ukraine other than heading to an increasingly dangerous war zone.

ben schofield, bbc news. as we have been saying this money we are trying to bring you up—to—date with the very latest situation in ukraine. we can speak now to the bbc�*s security correspondent frank gardner, who'll be with us throughout the morning. you are going to talk about the latest developments and explained the situation. we latest developments and explained the situation.— latest developments and explained the situation. ~ ., ., , ., the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. the situation. we are into phase two of theirs- most _ the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. most of _ the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. most of the _ the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. most of the first _ the situation. we are into phase two of theirs. most of the first week, - of theirs. most of the first week, we have seen is very strong ukrainian resistance. the russians have been pulling their punches, which will sound strange. already horrendous casualties. firing rockets into cities, which has pulled the whole world, especially ukrainians. they have held back with

their worst weapons. they are lining up their worst weapons. they are lining up a convoy outside achaea and the gloves will come off. president putin expected things to have gone a lot quicker and full kyiv, the capital, to have fallen and putting a replacement government to sign a deal with moscow. that has not happened. he is intensifying the pressure and there will unfortunately be more civilian casualties. he has underestimated the ukrainians ability to fight and western sanctions. brute the ukrainians ability to fight and western sanctions.— the ukrainians ability to fight and western sanctions. we saw the prime minister facing _ western sanctions. we saw the prime minister facing a _ western sanctions. we saw the prime minister facing a direct _ western sanctions. we saw the prime minister facing a direct question - minister facing a direct question yesterday and we have seen ukrainian president talking about the use of a no—fly zone in parts of ukraine. ugh? no-fly zone in parts of ukraine. why isn't the west _ no—fly zone in parts of ukraine. tfg�*iy isn't the west doing more? no—fly zone in parts of ukraine. kng' isn't the west doing more? the no—fly zone in parts of ukraine. kwa isn't the west doing more? the west isn't the west doing more? the west is not going to go to war with russia on the sky does not want to. there is a red line which is nato“s

eastern borders. the west is reinforcing those eastern borders, the borders of poland, romania, estonia, latvia and lithuania, the nato countries. as president biden said himself, when you get americans and russians shooting each other you are into a world war. president putin a few days ago gave the chilling reminder that they are sitting on the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world, not that they will use it but they have all these nuclear warheads. will use it but they have all these nuclearwarheads. in will use it but they have all these nuclear warheads. in a war they are prepared to use tactical theatre nuclear weapons, smaller low yield mushroom cloud weapons on the battlefield, which would be horrendous, naked obliterated ukrainian towns. the wider threat if

he gets really angry, the implication he could punish the west. —— naked obliterated. the difficult balancing act for the west, for nato, for the us and britain is how to push putin far enough to punish him for this to stop the war but not pushing so far that he lashes out and do something really horrendous. —— push him. for really horrendous. -- push him. for ukraine, really horrendous. —— push him. for ukraine, our destination survive this? it ukraine, our destination survive this? , ., , ukraine, our destination survive this? ,. , , this? it is a big country, it has the second — this? it is a big country, it has the second biggest _ this? it is a big country, it has the second biggest army - this? it is a big country, it has the second biggest army in i this? it is a big country, it has - the second biggest army in europe. they are in a far stronger place militarily than they were in 201a when they lost crimea that they have a lot of western weapons and have western training, they had trained with nato. they are overwhelmed by the numbers, their size, the share might of the russian invasion force lined up against them. —— the share

might. western commanders think ultimately if russia keeps this up it will probably overcome and take the big cities of kharkiv and kyiv and the government will either have to go into hiding, into exile or it will be captured. that is obviously not what ukrainians are hoping for. then you are into resistance, and afghanistan situation, a kind of insurgency that nato will have to decide, do they arm it? russia will say, if you are met we will consider that an active aggression, in which case ukraine is lost. it is a really tricky situation but at the moment the ukrainians are holding out. is anyone in moscow telling that to me putin it is not a good idea, it is not going well? i putin it is not a good idea, it is not going well?— putin it is not a good idea, it is not going well? i doubt it. he has concentrated _ not going well? i doubt it. he has concentrated power _ not going well? i doubt it. he has concentrated power in _ not going well? i doubt it. he has concentrated power in his - not going well? i doubt it. he has concentrated power in his hands. | not going well? i doubt it. he has i concentrated power in his hands. he has spent most of the last two years

terrified of coronavirus. this is his lockdown project. he has been positive with his military chiefs. the chief of general staff at the head of the russian army and defence minister had cooked up this plan. they expected it to go a lot quicker. they have hideous weapons, more cruise missiles, more strikes they can do. you only have to look at places in syria where urban fighting has raised a town. russia does not hold back when it wants to. his thinking is he would rather decimate ukraine than have it in the western camp and that is the sad reality of it. no one is talking to him, identifying. i reality of it. no one is talking to him, identifying.— him, identifying. i know you will sta with him, identifying. i know you will stay with us _ him, identifying. i know you will stay with us throughout - him, identifying. i know you will stay with us throughout the - him, identifying. i know you will- stay with us throughout the morning and keep us up—to—date with the situation. bank 0. ben wallace will

be on the programme at half past seven this morning. —— thank you. it is worrying times, isn“t seven this morning. —— thank you. it is worrying times, isn't it? hard to watch the news on occasion. we will be here till 9:15am. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. london's commuters could be facing another difficult journey into work this morning, as transport bosses warn yesterday's tube strike action will continue to cause disruption. transport for london says many services will not run until 0730 at the earliest. the rmt union went on strike yesterday in a dispute over pensions and jobs. another 2a—hour strike is planned for tomorrow. i'm hopeful that we'll be able to provide slightly better service, but unfortunately i would still advise all customers to check in advance, allow more time for theirjourney. there will be disruption on thursday, and tomorrow morning until eight o“clock or thereabouts, and again on friday.

so i would please ask everybody to go to the tfl website, look at the tfl go app and check before they travel. a couple from bedfordshire who were trapped in ukraine with their newborn surrogate twin babies say they've now managed to make it safely to poland. manisha and mitesh from dunstable travelled to ukraine in early february, and were due to collect the birth certificates in kyiv last week. meanwhile, here in london, donations have been flooding in to help people fleeing ukraine. we would like to hear from you if you're affected, or if you're volunteering with or organising a collection to support refugees — you can e—mail us. the address is hellobbclondon@bbc. co. uk. sir michael caine is auctioning off some of his many mementos from movies over his seven—decade career. the star of films such as alfie and the italianjob is selling off a pair of glasses, cufflinks, and a number of artworks. it“s thought his rolex watch could go for as much as £12,000.

travel now... well, as you can see, yesterday's tube strike still affecting services. we are seeing some lines running normally — the 0verground, tfl rail, and victoria line all with trains — but, as you can see, others still suspended. time for the weather now with kate kinsella good morning. it's a rather misty and murky start this morning, we do have quite a bit of cloud around, some spots of rain and drizzle, and it's going to stay quite damp through the course of today. some heavier bursts but turning perhaps a little lighter as we head through the afternoon. but it is going to stay cloudy. there's a keen southeasterly breeze, and temperatures reaching a maximum of 9 celsius. now overnight tonight we“ve still got a bit of rain around, but the cloud actually potentially breaking in one or two spots. the minimum temperature between a and 6 celsius, so still staying widely above zero. as we head into thursday again, it's going to be another largely cloudy start. we've got a front edging in from the west. now it is really taking its time and it stalls.

so for us, we“re likely to see the cloud — maybe one or two spots of rain, but not quite so many outbreaks of rain through the course of thursday. and in the east, you might even see the cloud break with a few glimpses of sunshine. temperatures tomorrow, getting up to a mild 13 celsius. now, as we head towards the end of the week, still fairly unsettled, still could see some outbreaks of rain. but as we head through the weekend, especially sunday, much drier conditions with the chance of seeing a little bit more sunshine. i'm back in half an hour — and you can keep across the tube disruption with regular travel updates on your bbc local radio station. bye for now. good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. bangs. the fighting intensifies in ukraine — with reports overnight that russian paratroopers have landed in ukraine's second biggest city, kharkiv.

russian troops are reported to have taken control of the southern city of kherson — officials claim 200 people have been killed there — many of them civilians. in washington, president biden uses his annual state of the nation speech to describe vladimir putin as a dictator. the russian economy is reeling, and putin alone is the one to blame. together with our allies, we are providing support to the ukrainians in their fight forfreedom. as the refugee crisis on ukraine's borders grows, the british government announced it will relax restrictions for those coming to the uk. will russia be banned from the paralympics? they begin on friday, and the international paralympic committee will announce their decision later this morning. some fog across south—west england

and south wales, for many a cloudy and south wales, for many a cloudy and wet day, the rain moving northwards but the final of the scotland having the nearest the skies. all the details later in the programme. it“s wednesday the 2nd of march. our main story. ukraine's military has said russian paratroopers have landed in ukraine's second city of kharkiv overnight, attacking a regional military hospital, with fighting still ongoing. 0vernight it has also been reported that the southern port city kherson has been seized. if confirmed, it would be the biggest city to fall to russian forces since the invasion began. 0ur correspondent james reynolds reports. at night in ukraine's second city of kharkiv there is little rest. reports this morning say that russian paratroopers have landed in the city as part of an aerial assault. these strikes follow this missile blast outside a government building early yesterday morning.

in kharkiv now, the simple act of going outside has become a risk. russia's offensive reaches deep into ukraine. these are pictures of what's claimed to be a russian air strike on the ukrainian city of zhytomyr — that's 80 miles west of the capital, kyiv. rescuers search for survivors. this is the southern city of kherson. reported to have fallen to russian voices. a member of the local council told the bbc that 200 people had been killed. many of them civilians. in kyiv, five people were killed when the main tv and radio tower was hit. russia has warned that

it's preparing to go after further targets. it may do so using forces in this a0—mile—long military convoy stationed 20 miles from the outskirts of kyiv. the build—up suggests russia may choose to intensify its assault in an effort to overthrown ukraine's pro—western government. but ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, remains in power. he“s even invited journalists in kyiv to meet him, showing his face as often as possible has become a wartime strategy. millions of ukrainians now face the hardest of choices — stay or leave. those who remain now prepare their own home—made fortifications against the invader. james reynolds, bbc news. let's get the latest now from moscow. we“re joined by our

europe correspondent jenny hill. what is the mood there? it is very difficult to assess _ what is the mood there? it is very difficult to assess because - what is the mood there? it is very difficult to assess because if - what is the mood there? it is very difficult to assess because if you l difficult to assess because if you switch on state tv here you get a very upbeat assessment of the ongoing special military operation as they are calling it in ukraine. the kremlin does not want media here to describe what is happening as a war, invasion or attack. to describe what is happening as a war, invasion orattack. 0vernight the state tv channels were full of defence chiefs talking about how well the operation is going, and insisting yet again that they are not targeting civilian infrastructure, they are not a striking civilian targets. contrary to the evidence we see coming out of ukraine. 0vernight, it looks as though vladimir putin, in addition to waging this bloody war in ukraine, is intensifying his information campaign at home. the websites of prominent radio station and tv station, both independent

channels, have now been blocked, and the radio station listeners reported last night that during programmes suddenly programming was cut off and replaced by a hissing noise instead. both of those stations were on a list which were targeted by the authorities last week, ordered to remove reports which referred to this operation in ukraine as a war, an attack or an invasion.— this operation in ukraine as a war, an attack or an invasion. thank you very much — an attack or an invasion. thank you very much indeed, _ an attack or an invasion. thank you very much indeed, jenny _ an attack or an invasion. thank you very much indeed, jenny hill - very much indeed, jenny hill reporting live from moscow this morning. 0ur central europe correspondent nick thorpe is at the ukrainian—hungary border. we know that thousands of refugees are fleeing ukraine into hungary and other countries. what can you tell us, what are you seeing, what is happening?— us, what are you seeing, what is happening? this is on the river to sew, the border _ happening? this is on the river to sew, the border is _ happening? this is on the river to sew, the border is where - happening? this is on the river to sew, the border is where people | happening? this is on the river to - sew, the border is where people walk

across into hungary i have heard this morning that a total of 20,000 people have crossed just at this small border crossing although it has become the largest here in hungary, on the river tisza. this is the refugee centre in a local school. many people are getting up, they were sleeping in the sports hall here overnight, they are getting something to eat. people are sitting on their phones, looking at their phones, trying to find out what is happening back in ukraine. in cities like kharkiv, in cities like kyiv, but i'm hearing when people ask when they have come from, i am hearing the names of towns in western ukraine, one town 250,000 people, no fighting there yet. but people, no fighting there yet. but people beginning to flee from their in the fear that the russian advance will come here. also one other significant development overnight,

these missile strikes in zhytomyr, west of kyiv, on the main road that people here would have taken, those who have come from kyiv or kharkiv, no permission troops taking that place yet but it is on the main road where many of these refugees would have taken. ., ~ where many of these refugees would have taken. ., ,, , ., ., ., we have the defence secretary coming up we have the defence secretary coming up on the programme, ben wallace, 7:30am. plenty of questions to put to him about what is happening in ukraine, current tactics. brute to him about what is happening in ukraine, current tactics.— ukraine, current tactics. we are t in: to ukraine, current tactics. we are trying to paint _ ukraine, current tactics. we are trying to paint a _ ukraine, current tactics. we are trying to paint a picture - ukraine, current tactics. we are trying to paint a picture of - ukraine, current tactics. we are trying to paint a picture of the l trying to paint a picture of the whole conflict this morning. speaking to james waterhouse, our kyiv correspondence, the last few weeks he has been given a real clear picture about what is happening in the ukrainian capital —— he has been giving. the last few days it has been this huge russian military convoy which is now about 20 miles north of kyiv and he and many others

are unsure exactly what the tactics will be, whether it is to in cycle —— encircle the city and starve them out in some way or to roll into kyiv and attack from the military convoy. james will bring us up to date, jenny isn“t moscow and various other correspondence on the border around ukraine to give a picture of of those people ——jenny ukraine to give a picture of of those people —— jenny is ukraine to give a picture of of those people ——jenny is in ukraine to give a picture of of those people —— jenny is in moscow. and also frank gardner it will be with us all morning to explain what is happening and what might be going on inside the head of vladimir putin, is anyone questioning him, anybody telling him it isn't going to plan? frank has the latest information.— to plan? frank has the latest information. ., . ., information. some of which we are tellin: ou information. some of which we are telling you it's _ information. some of which we are telling you it's hard _ information. some of which we are telling you it's hard to _ information. some of which we are telling you it's hard to watch - information. some of which we are telling you it's hard to watch and l telling you it's hard to watch and difficult to listen to and we know particularly with this programme that many of you will be watching with your children as you get ready for school or whatever you are doing today. we will try to do it in the best way we can, giving you as many accurate facts and information from the people who are not only working for the bbc in ukraine but also

ukrainians themselves telling us how it feels to be under the pressure and strain and distress they are feeling at the moment to. we will look after you- — the us president, joe biden, has said that vladimir putin badly misjudged how the west would hit back once he invaded ukraine. in his annual speech to congress, mr biden described the war as "premeditated and unprovoked" and announced that russian planes would be banned from us airspace. 0ur washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the president of the united states. this was a big moment for president biden to remind people what he stands for, both at home and abroad. the address is usually about domestic issues, but this time it was dominated by one thing. six days 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. a rare moment of unity among such a divided chamber.

there was also a special guest. the ukrainian ambassador to the united states is here tonight sitting with the first lady. lets each of us, if you're able to stand, stand and send an unmistakable signal to the world — to ukraine. thank you. more bipartisan applause and more straight talking on further plans to punish vladimir putin and those close to him. tonight i'm announcing that we willjoin our allies in closing off american airspace to all russian flights, further isolating russia and that additional and adding additional squeeze on their economy. he has no idea what's coming. he was defiant from beginning to end. this is our moment to meet and overcome the challenges of our time, and we will — as one people, one america, the united states of america. god bless you all and may god protect our troops!

thank you. go get him. that last comment, “'go get him." it was an unscripted moment, something president biden is known for, but it summed up his determination to rally and unite americans and others around the world, who are looking to him for leadership. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. visa rules for ukrainians fleeing the war are to be relaxed, allowing more people to enter the uk tojoin family members. borisjohnson has said the uk could take in 200,000 or more ukrainian refugees. the changes follow criticism that the uk is doing less than eu countries. let's speak now to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. what more can you tell us about the uk response?— what more can you tell us about the uk response? initially when this new scheme was — uk response? initially when this new scheme was announced _ uk response? initially when this new scheme was announced a _ uk response? initially when this new scheme was announced a couple - uk response? initially when this new scheme was announced a couple of. scheme was announced a couple of days ago it was so that british citizens or ukrainian citizens already living in the uk could bring

an immediate family member into britain for up to a year will stop but the legal definition of immediate family member is very much narrower than lots of people's families actually are, so what happened yesterday is that under pressure from the opposition parties and conservative mps, the home secretary expanded that definition of immediate family to include siblings, parents, grandparents and aduu siblings, parents, grandparents and adult children. that means many more ukrainians will be able to come to the uk at least for a bit. the government says that will double the number who could come potentially from 100,000 to 200,000, although it is not exactly clear where that number comes from and the government admits they do not know how many people could make use of this in the end. they also make the point that lots of people in ukraine want to stay near ukraine and its neighbours rather than coming all the way over to western europe —— mexico in its neighbours. the other thing announces a brand—new way of bringing people in from ukraine where you could come as an individual or a community or

business, sponsor a person and bring them over to the uk, although that is run by the levelling up department and there is still quite a lot of details to be worked out about how that is going to operate. yesterday while the prime minister was in poland he dropped a hint that there might be some kind of scheme for resettling ukrainian refugees who find themselves in poland to bring them to the uk, although that is a bit of guesswork on my part for listening to the prime minister but it is clear the government has moved under pressure over the last day or so to make it suffer more generous. thank you. that is adam fleming at live in westminster. let's find out what is happening with the weather for today and the next few days. carol is in the studio. and the next few days. carol is in the studio-— and the next few days. carol is in the studio. ., , i. the studio. good morning. did you notice it was _ the studio. good morning. did you notice it was wet _ the studio. good morning. did you notice it was wet when _ the studio. good morning. did you notice it was wet when you - the studio. good morning. did you notice it was wet when you came l the studio. good morning. did you l notice it was wet when you came in? yeah! ., ., , notice it was wet when you came in? yeah! . ., , ., notice it was wet when you came in? yeah! . . , ., . notice it was wet when you came in? yeah! . ., , ., . , yeah! that rain is now affecting us here in salford. _ yeah! that rain is now affecting us here in salford. that _ yeah! that rain is now affecting us here in salford. that was - yeah! that rain is now affecting us here in salford. that was the - yeah! that rain is now affecting us here in salford. that was the rain l here in salford. that was the rain in the south—west yesterday which will push northwards through the rest of the day. some fun to watch out for the first thing this

morning, across south—west england and south wales. —— michael some fog. it will lift into hill fog, low cloud as we go into through the day and may continue to advance north was. breezy wherever you are, cold start in i —9 first thing, but scotland will hold on to the sunny skies for the longest period of time. eventually they will arrive in the north and new elephant coming in from the west willjoin the north and new elephant coming in from the west will join forces. quite a murky night ahead again with hill and coastalfog, rain and drizzle. not as cold in scotland as it was last night and generally temperatures three to eight as overnight lows. into tomorrow, eastern areas are seeing a brighter day than today. but in the west we have that when the front which is very slowly moving eastwards. behind it in parts of scotland, northern ireland, west wales and south—west england it will brighten. we could

see late afternoon sunshine and a few showers with temperatures between seven and 12 degrees. we are not done with this weather front yet because on friday it meanders over to the east, claiming east of scotland, remaining across eastern england and out towards the west brighter skies with sunshine and one thing you will notice is that on friday the wind is going to be much lighter. thank you for that. we will see you after 7:30am. we are seeing a lot on the programme over the last few days of the efforts in this country and across europe to help people in ukraine at the moment. the international aid effort also continues. dr dennis 0ugrin and his wife 0ksana litynska havejust returned to the uk after taking medical supplies — including a portable ultrasound machine — to the polish—ukrainian border. they both join us now. good morning to you both. thank you for talking to us this morning. how did you end up delivering medical supplies and an ultrasound machine in the way that you did? describe

what you had to do.— in the way that you did? describe what you had to do. what happened was when the _ what you had to do. what happened was when the war _ what you had to do. what happened was when the war started _ what you had to do. what happened was when the war started we - was when the war started we immediately started thinking about how could we help with the war effort. i called the military hospital in lviv in the west of ukraine and spoke to one of the top managers there, asking what were the needs? she told me that at the top of the list is a portable ultrasound machine, just like you said. the reason for this is because they have a number of injured soldiers and they sometimes have to wait for the ultrasound machine to determine what is happening with them. she told me that if only we could have this portable machine and go around the wards and do the procedure with the soldiers, it could save lots of lives. so what happened was we

managed to secure a machine one day, which was incredible and a friend of ours helped with that. and secured a huge discount, as well. then we got some further supplies, jumped in the car and went to the border.— car and went to the border. 0ksana, ou are car and went to the border. 0ksana, you are travelling _ car and went to the border. 0ksana, you are travelling for— car and went to the border. 0ksana, you are travelling for nearly - car and went to the border. 0ksana, you are travelling for nearly four- you are travelling for nearly four days. how do you both feel now? that is riuht. i days. how do you both feel now? that is right- i also — days. how do you both feel now? that is right. i also flew back from johannesburg on friday morning and then saturday morning we were driving — then saturday morning we were driving to — then saturday morning we were driving to the polish ukrainian border— driving to the polish ukrainian border and on our way back we stopped, — border and on our way back we stopped, we were a bit tired, a bit hazy. _ stopped, we were a bit tired, a bit hazy. but — stopped, we were a bit tired, a bit hazy, but when you do something it really _ hazy, but when you do something it really inspires you, especially when you have _ really inspires you, especially when you have so — really inspires you, especially when you have so much help. we are so humbled _ you have so much help. we are so humbled by— you have so much help. we are so humbled by the help we received from none ukrainians, from the governments, from the polish government, the british government. we are _ government, the british government. we are just _ government, the british government. we are just overwhelmed and so, so

grateful. _ we are just overwhelmed and so, so grateful, and we do hope that ukraine — grateful, and we do hope that ukraine uniting the whole democratic world, _ ukraine uniting the whole democratic world, we _ ukraine uniting the whole democratic world, we have a brighter future with that — world, we have a brighter future with that i_ world, we have a brighter future with that. ~ ., , ., ., world, we have a brighter future with that. ~ ., ., ., with that. i know you both have a famil in with that. i know you both have a family in ukraine _ with that. i know you both have a family in ukraine at _ with that. i know you both have a family in ukraine at the - with that. i know you both have aj family in ukraine at the moment. with that. i know you both have a - family in ukraine at the moment. how are they doing?— are they doing? well... like the rest of ukrainians, _ are they doing? well. .. like the rest of ukrainians, our- are they doing? well... like the rest of ukrainians, our family i rest of ukrainians, ourfamily members are not moving. we offered our parents tojoin members are not moving. we offered our parents to join us either in the uk or poland and they will not come. my uk or poland and they will not come. my father, even though he is well past retirement age, he is actually helping organise the territorial defence, which is the equivalent of the ta. and roxanne“s dad, well past retirement age, is hosting refugees in one of the villages. he told me that if the russians come he will at least kill one before they kill him, so that is the spirit!— so that is the spirit! definitely, and that spirit _ so that is the spirit! definitely, and that spirit comes - so that is the spirit! definitely, and that spirit comes from i and that spirit comes from generations. i am wearing... i am

generations. ! am wearing... i am wearing— generations. ! am wearing... i am wearing my— generations. i am wearing... i am wearing my grandmother's necklace, and she _ wearing my grandmother's necklace, and she was an accountant during the second _ and she was an accountant during the second world war. she was collecting money _ second world war. she was collecting money for— second world war. she was collecting money for the ukrainian resistance army— money for the ukrainian resistance army and — money for the ukrainian resistance army and germans, the nazis took her and out _ army and germans, the nazis took her and out her_ army and germans, the nazis took her and out her in— army and germans, the nazis took her and put her in a concentration camp. we have _ and put her in a concentration camp. we have a _ and put her in a concentration camp. we have a history, it is in our blood — we have a history, it is in our blood to— we have a history, it is in our blood to be _ we have a history, it is in our blood to be resilient, to be steadfast and not to give up and 'ust steadfast and not to give up and just to _ steadfast and not to give up and just to fight. steadfast and not to give up and just to fight-— just to fight. talking of resilience, _ just to fight. talking of resilience, i— just to fight. talking of resilience, i know i just to fight. talking of resilience, i know you | just to fight. talking of i resilience, i know you have just to fight. talking of _ resilience, i know you have made thisjourney resilience, i know you have made this journey already but you are not stopping there. you want to collect more supplies and try and get them out there. what are you being told is needed most?— is needed most? well, i am in constant _ is needed most? well, i am in constant touch _ is needed most? well, i am in constant touch with _ is needed most? well, i am in constant touch with the i is needed most? well, i am in| constant touch with the deputy health secretary of ukraine so i know exactly what is needed. at the moment, the most important thing we need eitherfirst aid kits moment, the most important thing we need either first aid kits for the territorial army, the civilians who took up arms to resist the invasion.

now, there are a few important things to be included in the first aid kits, which are at the tourniquets, not the powder butjust the bandage, and then is really a bandage, these are the most important things in the first aid kit so we are trying desperately to source these. we have some success already and again we wanted to thank the british manufacturers who are helping us. but there is a shortage of these items in europe so they are trying to now source them from america and others, other places. it is the single most important thing. as far as is the single most important thing. as faras ukraine is the single most important thing. as far as ukraine overall, the single most important thing for us is to have an air defence system to stop russian rockets and planes coming in because they kill civilians and, you know, our children are so scared of these air

raids, so if the world could unite to say, look, no air strikes, raids, so if the world could unite to say, look, no airstrikes, no rockets, no bombing, it is unimaginable that i am asking the world to do this now. but we have to stop this, this is carnage. dr dennis 0ugrin and 0ksana litynska, thank you very much for talking to us this morning and i will mention we work due to speak to an intensive care doctor around this time but we know his building in kharkiv was hit overnight and he is not able to speak to us this morning, understandably. he is fine but he has had to go and work so you can see the situation on the ground is changing and evolving all the time. we are trying to bring you up—to—date with what we know and what is happening in ukraine. a huge convoy of russian armoured vehicles continues to advance on the ukrainian capital kyiv — it“s after residents there were warned by russian forces

that buildings in the city would be targeted. we“re nowjoined by angus roxburgh, a former bbc moscow correspondent, who also spent three years as a consultant to the kremlin. thank you so much for spending time with us this morning. i am sure you, like the rest of us, i watching intently what is happening in ukraine and in russia at the moment. lots of our viewers are asking questions about the sanctions imposed on russia, particularly those financial sanctions. from your experience and what you know, what you see at the moment, are those and will those work? the you see at the moment, are those and will those work?— will those work? the financial sanctions _ will those work? the financial sanctions in _ will those work? the financial sanctions in particular - will those work? the financial sanctions in particular goes i will those work? the financial- sanctions in particular goes against the central bank —— are those against the central bank for instance, are important, and i think that russian regime may begin to feel the effect. they may not be able to access the huge war chest that they have stored up over the past years, for instance. 0ther sanctions will make themselves felt for ordinary people, i think. it is

already interesting, and these are not really functions but it is interesting that a lot of luxury goods producers, even apple, for instance, and various car producers, are refusing to sell their products in russia any more. the russian middle classes love those items, i know from my time working in the kremlin that the people who work there love to be the first to get every new apple product that came out. they will not like that sort of thing. i guess the hope has to be that the accumulated effect of all these sanctions will be to create enough discontent among this political elite for them to start leaning on the kremlin, to start leaning on the kremlin, to start leaning on the kremlin, to start leaning on putin himself to change his mind. the trouble is that is such a long term prospect, such a slow burning fuse, it is difficult to see that even that kind of pressure, if it comes, will come soon enough to stop what we see happening in ukraine. brute

soon enough to stop what we see happening in ukraine.— soon enough to stop what we see happening in ukraine. we are seeing ictures happening in ukraine. we are seeing pictures now — happening in ukraine. we are seeing pictures now of _ happening in ukraine. we are seeing pictures now of vladimir _ happening in ukraine. we are seeing pictures now of vladimir putin. i happening in ukraine. we are seeing pictures now of vladimir putin. we l pictures now of vladimir putin. we spoke to our security correspondent frank gardner about those, whether there are any voices in moscow at there are any voices in moscow at the moment, who are questioning what their tactics are, whether it vladimir putin is doing the right thing in ukraine. could you give us an insight into that, as to whether there are any dissenting voices, and will he listen to them? in there are any dissenting voices, and will he listen to them?— will he listen to them? in the direct entourage _ will he listen to them? in the direct entourage of— will he listen to them? in the direct entourage of putin, i will he listen to them? in the | direct entourage of putin, the people whose advice he is supposed to take, although the evidence appears to show he doesn't really listen to them very much, among them there appears to be little appetite to oppose him. he has chosen advisers in his own image and we have seen in televised meetings how they rally around him and tell him what he wants to hear. however, slightly lower down the chain, if you like, in the think tanks, the institutions that advise the

kremlin, there are a lot of murmurings of discontent. generally, i think, you could probably split the population into maybe one third of people who access the internet and know the truth about what is going on the rest of the population who rely very on russian tv, which is telling a completely distorted story about everything going on and who therefore quite possibly support the war. to come back to the sanctions, the aim has to be to capitalise on those voices that are there to make life uncomfortable for people in russia so that pressure does grow on putin.— people in russia so that pressure does grow on putin. when you hear him talk about _ does grow on putin. when you hear him talk about nuclear _ does grow on putin. when you hear him talk about nuclear weapons i does grow on putin. when you hear| him talk about nuclear weapons and threatening directly not only ukraine but other countries, as well, how serious is he being and how seriously should we take those threats? ., ., ., ., ,, threats? you have to take them seriously- _ threats? you have to take them seriously. many _ threats? you have to take them seriously. many russia - threats? you have to take them | seriously. many russia watchers threats? you have to take them i seriously. many russia watchers like me it doubted that he would even

begin this mass assault on ukraine. we thought he was bluffing, he was trying to get concessions out of negotiations. but he has gone and done it and who knows what else he might go and do? so we have to take that seriously and we know what his plan is, he has said he wants to decapitate the leadership of ukraine, he wants people who he describes as the nazis and drug addicts, he wants to defeat and demilitarise the country. now, if those are his aims, and we see this convoy of military trucks and tanks lined up, heading for kyiv, then we know what his objective is and it is very hard to see what anybody can do to stop that. president zelensky is faced with a choice, really, of capitulating at some point, which i'm quite sure the vast majority of ukrainian people do not want him to do, or holding out and trying to

defeat, trying to stop the russian advance, but risking, by doing that, that there will be a bloodbath in kyiv and defeat in the end anyway. so if there is so little that the ukrainians themselves can do, other than resist to the utmost, it really is, i think, than resist to the utmost, it really is, ithink, up than resist to the utmost, it really is, i think, up to western powers now to put massive diplomatic and financial and trade pressure on the kremlin to try to stop him from what he appears to be dead set on doing. angus roxburgh, thank you very much for talking to us on bbc breakfast this morning. a former bbc moscow correspondent and also a consultant to the kremlin. when you listen to that it to the kremlin. when you listen to thatitis to the kremlin. when you listen to that it is easy to realise, you are speaking earlier to that former ukrainian politician, he thinks about those peace talks he feels it is hard to look at those with any confidence of a diplomatic solution. we will speak to the defence secretary soon. time now to get the news,

travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. london's commuters could be facing another difficult journey into work this morning, as transport bosses warn yesterday's tube strike action will continue to cause disruption. many services have remained supended so far. the rmt union went on strike yesterday in a dispute over pensions and jobs. another 2a—hour strike is planned for tomorrow. i'm hopeful that we'll be able to provide slightly better service, but unfortunately i would still advise all customers to check in advance, allow more time for theirjourney. there will be disruption on thursday, and tomorrow morning until eight o“clock or thereabouts, and again on friday. so i would please ask everybody to go to the tfl website, look at the tfl go app and check before they travel. well, let's see how

the services look right now. there are regular updates too on your bbc local radio station. in other news,a couple from bedfordshire, who were trapped in ukraine with their newborn surrogate twin babies, say they've now managed to make it safely to poland. manisha and mittesh from dunstable travelled to ukraine in early february, and were due to collect the birth meanwhile here in london, donations have been flooding in to help people fleeing ukraine. we would like to hear from you, if you're affected, or if you're volunteering with or organising a collection to support refugees. you can e—mail us. the address: sir michael caine is auctioning off some of his many momentos from movies over his seven decade career. the star of films such as alfie and the italianjob is selling off a pair of glasses, cufflinks, and a number of artworks. it“s thought his rolex watch

could go for as much as £12,000. time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a rather misty and murky start this morning, we do have quite a bit of cloud around, some spots of rain and drizzle, and it's going to stay quite damp through the course of today. some heavier bursts but turning perhaps a little lighter as we head through the afternoon. but it is going to stay cloudy. there's a keen southeasterly breeze, and temperatures reaching a maximum of 9 celsius. now overnight tonight we“ve still got a bit of rain around, but the cloud actually potentially breaking in one or two spots. the minimum temperature between a and 6 celsius, so still staying widely above zero. as we head into thursday again, it's going to be another largely cloudy start. we've got a front edging in from the west. now it is really taking its time and it stalls. so for us, we“re likely to see the cloud — maybe one or two spots of rain, but not quite so many outbreaks of rain through the course of thursday. and in the east, you might even see the cloud break with a few glimpses of sunshine. temperatures tomorrow,

getting up to a mild 13 celsius. now, as we head towards the end of the week, still fairly unsettled, still could see some outbreaks of rain. but as we head through the weekend, especially sunday, much drier conditions with the chance of seeing a little bit more sunshine. i'm back in an hour, there is plenty more on our website. now it's back to dan and sally. bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. if you have just switched on your tv, good morning to you. let's get up to date with everything that has been happening overnight in ukraine. james reynolds is here to run through the details. particularly busy in the last couple of hours. this is the state of ukraine on the seventh day of the russian invasion.

we will put up our map so you can getan we will put up our map so you can get an overview of what is a reasonably fast moving situation. the bits in red are where russia has annexed or invaded in the last week or so. annexed or invaded in the last week orso. bits annexed or invaded in the last week or so. bits in the north, the east and the south. they are not connected, which is what russia will want to do next. russia has built up its forces — paving the way for an intensified offensive in the days or weeks ahead. as things stand, it hasn't taken either of ukraine's biggest cities — kyiv or kharkiv. you can see what happened overnight in kharkiv. these pictures are of a bombardment overnight. but this morning we“re hearing that russian paratroopers have landed in kharkiv as part of an aerial assault. as soon as we get more on that, we will bring it to you. the governor says that at least 21 people have been killed. let's move on to look at the capital kyiv. russian forces have been massing

to the north of the city. yesterday, the main tv and radio tower was hit. five people were killed in the explosion in the tv tower. you will be able to see that explosion. that took out broadcasting in ukraine. hours, that is the main mast in the city. if russia wants to keep this up, this may be its staging ground. it“s stationed a huge military convoy 20 miles north west of the capital city. this convoy could be used to encircle or besiege kyiv. looking further south now, the southern city of kherson, which has a population of a quarter of a million, is reported to have fallen to russian forces. a member of the local council told the bbc that 200 people had been killed, many of them civilians.

this will be a reasonably significant advance for russia. bearing in mind it is not kyiv or kharkiv. for many ordinary ukrainians across the country, you can see what they are doing. they have decided it is too dangerous to stay—at—home and have tried to find train stations to cross into the safety of neighbouring poland, where they have been welcomed. many more may try to follow. that is how things look. we“re joined now by the defence secretary, ben wallace, who is in our westminster studio this morning. good morning to you. one of the things we are finding out over the last few days, it can be quite tricky to establish exactly what is happening in ukraine as the hours tick by. i imagine you know better than most what is your understanding of the latest situation. first than most what is your understanding of the latest situation.—

of the latest situation. first of all the rations _ of the latest situation. first of all the rations are _ of the latest situation. first of| all the rations are considerably behind the schedule, by days not hours and that leads to stresses on the logistical supply chain for that thatis the logistical supply chain for that that is why you have seen some of the columns grinding to a halt. they have been surprised by the strength of the ukrainian resistance which has inflicted casualties upon them. they still ukraine would welcome them as liberators months ago, weeks ago. that is why we are seeing the poor tactics being shown up. at seven o“clock poor tactics being shown up. at seven o'clock this morning none of the major cities have been taken control of. in kharkiv we have seen the russians enter the city but it is a city of la million, they have not taken control of it and they have suffered considerable casualties in doing so. most of the major cities are still under ukrainian control. the russians are

starting to change their tactics as a result of their poor start. that means we are seeing much more of the awful artillery bombardment in the cities, notjust here but kharkiv every night has seen horrendous bombardment. those are happening mostly at night time in an attempt to break the cities. that is the current tactic, trying to surround the city and bombarded into submission and then come into the city. that is the big challenge, the russians are coming into the city. that is where everyone from civilians throwing molotov cocktails and soldiers with anti—tank weapons can inflict very serious damages onto armed forces. i was a former soldier and we was accepted casualties rates in urban areas was very high. that is when russia will have a real problem in the next phase of that this phase is pretty grim because of bombardment of the cities by russia. at the moment russia has not achieved its goals,

to still overwhelming force on the ground compared to the ukrainians in size but it does not have the moral component, which is really important. some young russian soldiers did not know why they were here because they thought they were on exercise, no one told me i was going to war or kill ukrainians. many of them are related to them. huge amounts of low morale and russian forces and lots of surrenders. it does not take away from the fact he had a very ruthless russian armed forces leadership and a president who seems to know no limit as to how much violence they will use to achieve their aim. the tactics perhaps — will use to achieve their aim. the tactics perhaps not going to plan as expected. do you think this is a particularly dangerous moment? particularly dangerous. billions and for the risk of this getting effectively out of hand or the

containment spreads. we are very clear to president putin that nato is a defence organisation. no one is trying to divide and rule russia or depose people or anything, this is about ukraine, ukraine defending itself. this is about the west. this is the thing they will find very hard. this is a war of values, not a nato thing. there are non—native countries supporting ukraine. 0ne nato thing. there are non—native countries supporting ukraine. one of the best beaches on the whole invasion was from the canyon representative in the un. —— the best speeches. it is incredibly moving and powerful. that is what this is about, we have to make sure they understand it is about the values and about ukraine. it must be contained and we must help ukraine defending itself and britain has been at the forefront of that.

president zelensky has already accused russia of committing war crimes. interesting to know your thoughts on that. ukrainian residents in kharkiv were hiding in bomb shelters terrified. the geneva conventions — bomb shelters terrified. the geneva conventions are _ bomb shelters terrified. the geneva conventions are very _ bomb shelters terrified. the geneva conventions are very clear. - bomb shelters terrified. the geneva conventions are very clear. a - bomb shelters terrified. the geneva conventions are very clear. a week. conventions are very clear. a week ago we summoned the defence at hashe from the russian embassy to the ministry of defence and i made sure he was reminded of his obligations under the geneva conventions. if there is a break of that, anecdotally we have received footage. we will collect evidence of a range of the incidents, catalogue them and then when time permits or occasion happens, if there is enough evidence of a war crime people will be prosecuted. notjust the political leadership but the military leadership of the russian army, should they be involved in such events. army, should they be involved in such events-— army, should they be involved in such events. . , , ., such events. that is something you have prepared _ such events. that is something you have prepared for _ such events. that is something you have prepared for down _ such events. that is something you have prepared for down the - such events. that is something you have prepared for down the line? i

such events. that is something you i have prepared for down the line? we are have prepared for down the line? - are preparing for all breaches in the can —— geneva convention. maw; the can -- geneva convention. many --eole the can -- geneva convention. many people will — the can -- geneva convention. many people will say. _ the can -- geneva convention. many people will say, that _ the can -- geneva convention. many people will say, that is _ the can -- geneva convention. many people will say, that is not _ the can -- geneva convention. many people will say, that is not now. i people will say, that is not now. there is no instantjustice sadly. what is going on. what this all in the yugoslav war is eventually these people were taken to trial and put into court at the international criminal court and many were convicted. justice will catch up. of these people. right now in the middle of this war, what the ukrainians want to know is, whether they get more help from us? britain is committed to giving more help and rightly so and what the system is on pushing back with russian invaders. we should —— president putin has said he will use siege tactics and is in it for the long haul. that said he will use siege tactics and is in it for the long haul.- is in it for the long haul. that is one of the _ is in it for the long haul. that is

one of the russian _ is in it for the long haul. that is one of the russian doctrines, i one of the russian doctrines, surround the city, vomit indiscriminately and then closing on a population they hoped to have broken and take over what is left of the city. we have seen in chechnya before. the problem with that is ukraine is a very, very large country, the size of france and germany put together, a population of aa million. invading is one thing and occupying is very hard. russia remembers the soviet union and afghanistan. that is when the real casualties start to pile up. not the invention at first. 0nce casualties start to pile up. not the invention at first. once you have taken a city, it is a fee weeks, a three months when russian forces are sitting comfortably, they think, a resistance force takes then on. that is what happened in chechnya, it has happened in the soviet union, afghanistan, and in the west in

iraq. the soviet union last not many soldiers in the initial evasion but last thousands of soldiers in the coming years. 0ccupying a population of aa million people who do not want you in it is another thing. we of aa million people who do not want you in it is another thing.— you in it is another thing. we had calls from — you in it is another thing. we had calls from president _ you in it is another thing. we had calls from president zelensky i you in it is another thing. we had i calls from president zelensky about a no—fly zone and we had boris johnson talking about it yesterday. dear thing that might have to ever happen? —— do you think? the dear thing that might have to ever happen? -- do you think? the no-fly zone would — happen? -- do you think? the no-fly zone would have _ happen? -- do you think? the no-fly zone would have to _ happen? -- do you think? the no-fly zone would have to be _ happen? -- do you think? the no-fly zone would have to be in _ happen? -- do you think? the no-fly zone would have to be in full- zone would have to be in full standing. i european nations. the russians would not listen to that. —— would have to be enforced. that would probably trigger article fiserv nato which is collective self—defence and all collective members would come to their aid and

it would mean a wall across europe. we are not going to do that. it also means atlantic powers of us and canada to do that. that is why britain has taken a very early lead in arming the ukrainians, in helping them with their training, making them with their training, making them as best as possible able to defend their country. we are seeing that we are seeing the mighty russian army stuck all over ukraine and taking casualties that is the path we had taken. plus an international community from right across the world who have decided but they see on the television is totally unacceptable and a raft of sanctions i suspect far more powerful than president putin thought. i expect he thought he would get similar sanctions to crimea. his rouble has collapsed

20%, 30%. interest rates have doubled. an international community as far away as kenya has condemned them for what they have seen. all of them for what they have seen. all of the measures send a message, a really strong and powerful message to president putin. as defence secretary i am charged with defending us in the united kingdom and our nato allies but i am also charged with helping the ukrainians defend themselves against this invasion. ., . ~' defend themselves against this invasion. ., ., ,, ., , ., invasion. you talk about sending a owerful invasion. you talk about sending a powerful personal— invasion. you talk about sending a powerful personal message i invasion. you talk about sending a powerful personal message to i powerful personal message to vladimir putin. what lines of communication are open between the uk and russia? pare communication are open between the uk and russia?— communication are open between the uk and russia? are there any? we do have lines of— uk and russia? are there any? we do have lines of communication, - uk and russia? are there any? we do have lines of communication, i - uk and russia? are there any? we do have lines of communication, i am i have lines of communication, i am not going to discuss which ones there are. we have lines of communication into the defence ministry and into parts of the russian government. he ministry and into parts of the russian government. ministry and into parts of the russian rovernment. , . ., russian government. he very much for our time russian government. he very much for your time this — russian government. he very much for your time this morning. _

there are wider concerns outside the military conflict. a decision on whether russian athletes should be banned from the 2022 winter paralympics is expected to be made later today. the games are due to start on friday. it is confirmed that the full ukraine squad will take part in beijing. we“re nowjoined by paralympian baroness tanni—grey thompson. thank you very much for being with us this morning. welcome to the week that we are in when we go straight from the defence secretary to talking about the paralympics and all connected by what is happening in ukraine at the moment. i wonder what your thoughts are on the paralympics this week, due to start on friday, and what should happen to the russian delegation, because they are not competing under that flag at the moment. are not competing under that flag at the moment-— the moment. sport and politics are inextricably — the moment. sport and politics are inextricably linked. _ the moment. sport and politics are inextricably linked. the _ the moment. sport and politics are inextricably linked. the medal- the moment. sport and politics are| inextricably linked. the medal table is about politics, countries competing against each other to be the best in the world. i do not think we have faced anything like

this before. previously i would not have been in support of boycotting because it is the athletes that come out of it the worst but the situation we“re out of it the worst but the situation we're in now, i do not see what the ipc can do apart from send out a really strong message. this is beyond the athletes, it is about putin “s spin in russia. am not really sure he is bothered about the paralympics but china wants their games to go well. on a human level i have a lot of sympathy for russian athletes. and the ipc at this stage get the russian athletes out of the village? we are not even sure that bylaws will allow them to do it. i think the ipc has been very sensible in waiting till today to make a decision because a kneejerk reaction is not going to get much of a resolution.— is not going to get much of a resolution. ~ . , ., , ., ., resolution. we have seen a situation in ukraine impacting _ resolution. we have seen a situation in ukraine impacting on _ resolution. we have seen a situation in ukraine impacting on lots - resolution. we have seen a situation in ukraine impacting on lots of i in ukraine impacting on lots of different sports in the last week or so. how important is it that sport

does react when situations like this develop? does react when situations like this develo - ? ., , does react when situations like this develo? . , ., ~ develop? really important. all the world governing — develop? really important. all the world governing bodies _ develop? really important. all the world governing bodies will- develop? really important. all the world governing bodies will talk i world governing bodies will talk about spill changing the world for the better and sport at its best can do amazing things. also i think, when we are in this horrendous time right now, sport does have to step up right now, sport does have to step up and say, ok, there is a line because spill and politics are linked. any russian team that does well, they are lauded back in their home country. it is used in a very political way. 0ver my time competing i have known russian athletes. they are amazing people. most of them will not agree with what putin is doing, they may not understand what is going on right now. ultimately i do not think they should be allowed to compete. i also think it is a bit of a copout allowing them to compete with a different name and without a national anthem. that can be spun

backin national anthem. that can be spun back in russia as them being allowed to compete. back in russia as them being allowed to comete. ~ ., back in russia as them being allowed to comete. ~ . ., back in russia as them being allowed to compete-— back in russia as them being allowed to compete. what about the future of russian sports _ to compete. what about the future of russian sports stars _ to compete. what about the future of russian sports stars in _ russian sports stars in international arenas? not only the crisis in ukraine but also the russian doping scandal, which is why they are not competing under the russian flag at the moment. it could take years for them to repair the damage to their reputation. absolutely. we thought there were slight steps forward but that is something thrown out of the window. what they are going to have in beijing now is a lot of athletes not wanting to be around the russian delegation, not necessarily refusing to be on the podium with them that it has massive potential to detract from the games. there are so much more serious issues around this. it is hard to see how they can find their way out of this. with the doping scandal, russia will not be

the only country involved in that. we could spend the next a5 minutes discussing the doping issues. my human level concern for russian paralympian says they do not and any money, being a paralympian is a slight chance at a bit of a better chance of a good life. this is their only chance to pull their way out of a really difficult life. on a human level i had sympathy but in terms of politics, i am afraid i do not. if it were a game of chess, the athletes are the pawns in the game. great to heal views this morning. talking to us live from london. —— great to hear your views. we expect an announcement on whether russian athletes will be able to take part in the paralympics later. we will bring either across the bbc. you can

follow what is happening in ukraine across the bbc and on the main bbc news channel and bbc bulletins as well. now the weather with carol. it is cloudy with rain. although thatis it is cloudy with rain. although that is spreading north. in addition to that if you are in south england or wales there is dense fog which were left into low cloud and hill folk. you can see their cloud which is moving north bearing the rain. in the west in the atlantic and weather front coming our way. that will bring in some more rain as well. quite a blustery day. the wind picking up on the irish sea, the isle of man and western scotland. it is across scotland we have the colder start. some widespread frost in aboyne. in northern ireland, england and wales, we are looking at

a fair bit of cloud. some rain which is mostly light and patchy and also some drizzle, which will eventually get into central and southern scotland as well. temperatures six to 11 degrees. this evening and overnight eventually rain will get into the far north. this is a second weather front coming into the west, into northern ireland and western parts of england, scotland and wales. not as cold the north but we are looking at layers between three and 8 degrees. here is the front for tomorrow. it will slowly be pushing eastwards. eastern areas will have a brighter day than today. in the north—east once again it would be fairly blustery. the weather front in the west still producing some rain as it slowly meanders towards the east. some late afternoon sunshine in northern ireland, western scotland, west wales and northern england. temperatures about seven to 11 degrees north to south.

0vernight and into friday the weather front does not make huge progress. in the west we are going to be much more settled. it will be brighter in western areas on friday. 0ne brighter in western areas on friday. one or two showers on the very highest hills which could prove to be wintry. we hang on to the cloud and rain. not much in the way of wind. seven to ten or 11 degrees will be the maximum temperatures. eventually we say goodbye to the weather front. eventually we say goodbye to the weatherfront. high pressure very much with us. not a blue sky weekend in terms of the weather. we are looking at a fair bit of cloud at times. there will be some glimmers of sunshine. before the weather front face we will see spots of rain as well. temperatures seven to 10 degrees. more or less we should be at this time of year. that is great to know. thank you.

we are trying to bring you up—to—date with the latest. the ongoing conflict has forced many families to be separated but a dad from merseyside hasjust been reunited with his wife and son after he travelled from the uk to ukraine to be with them. ian umney filmed parts of his journey. let's take a look. so i'm here at manchester airport, heading to the gate, and then a flight into krakow. at the airport in krakow, there's a train going to the city centre. next stop will be the border. i made it successfully into ukraine last night and now we're just approaching the outskirts of lviv. now i'm on a train. it's an overnight train, so it will take all night. i should be in my wife's city within 12 hours. guys, i made it! yeah. it's been a long time but i'm finally here. he saw ian fleming part of his

journey. —— we can go to ian umney now, who is in the south east of ukraine. we saw you making your way. what are you seeing and what are you hearing from where you are? we you seeing and what are you hearing from where you are?— from where you are? we are not seeinr from where you are? we are not seeing much _ from where you are? we are not seeing much activity _ from where you are? we are not seeing much activity military i from where you are? we are not i seeing much activity military wise. the hearing multiple sirens a day, we hear air the hearing multiple sirens a day, we hearair raid the hearing multiple sirens a day, we hear air raid sirens going off and we have to take shelter. for the most part the city is operating as normal. what i would like to do in the next day or two is ascertain the state of the city, what the defences are like and see how i can help, possibly. are like and see how! can help, ossibl . ~ ., ., , are like and see how! can help, ossibl . ~ ., ~ possibly. what was your thinking about why you — possibly. what was your thinking about why you decided _ possibly. what was your thinking about why you decided to - possibly. what was your thinking about why you decided to make | possibly. what was your thinking i about why you decided to make the journey? i imagine you had family in the uk saying, this is not the right time but even though you want to be there with your family, you have got to be safe. , ., , . ,

to be safe. everyone in my family and friends _ to be safe. everyone in my family and friends said _ to be safe. everyone in my family and friends said not _ to be safe. everyone in my family and friends said not to _ to be safe. everyone in my family and friends said not to do - to be safe. everyone in my family and friends said not to do it, i to be safe. everyone in my family and friends said not to do it, they said wait, lets see it progresses. for me as a husband and father, it was out of love and anger really that drove me to come here. love is not going to be separated by war. tote not going to be separated by war. we saw you on those trains and a long journey went on. i am sure you met people along the way. you get a feeling for the embassy of the country you are in at that time. how does it feel as you approached ukraine? —— the atmosphere. this i ukraine? -- the atmosphere. as i approached _ ukraine? -- the atmosphere. as i approached the — ukraine? —— the atmosphere. " i approached the boy dies or women and children lined up. it is one o'clock in the morning. —— approached the border, isilwomen in the morning. —— approached the border, isil women and children. that was the first thing eyesore. as i progress through the country, the simple online and from people in the

countryjust simple online and from people in the country just grew and simple online and from people in the countryjust grew and grew. i was of the things i did not have like cash. very hard to get on the border. i was giving cash and lifts here and there. i was very lucky to meet the right people at the right time. i do not know what _ right people at the right time. i do not know what the answer to this is. you have been speaking to lots of people in ukraine over the last few days, we spoke to a mother and son yesterday who say they have been following government advice on how to make molotov cocktails and they are preparing for conflict. is that something that has gone through your mind? ' :: :: , something that has gone through your mind? ' i: i: , ., something that has gone through your mind? ' :: :: , ., , mind? 10096. i will do everything i can to protect _ mind? 10096. i will do everything i can to protect my _ mind? 10096. i will do everything i can to protect my family. - mind? 10096. i will do everything i can to protect my family. i - mind? 10096. i will do everything i can to protect my family. i am i mind? 10096. i will do everything i can to protect my family. i am notj can to protect my family. i am not here just to can to protect my family. i am not herejust to spend can to protect my family. i am not here just to spend time with my family but here for the safety and also the safety of the city in ukraine itself. if i had to make molotov cocktails or do something

else i am 100% willing to. i see molotov cocktails or do something else i am 10096 willing to. i see you are a busy — else i am 10096 willing to. i see you are a busy father _ else i am 10096 willing to. i see you are a busy father this _ else i am 10096 willing to. i see you are a busy father this morning i else i am 10096 willing to. i see you are a busy father this morning as i are a busy father this morning as well. we will let you crack on with your family. well. we will let you crack on with yourfamily. please take well. we will let you crack on with your family. please take care of your family. please take care of your children and your wife as well and stay safe as best you can. thank ou. and stay safe as best you can. thank you- joining — and stay safe as best you can. thank you- joining us _ and stay safe as best you can. thank you. joining us live _ and stay safe as best you can. thank you. joining us live from _ and stay safe as best you can. thank you. joining us live from ukraine i you. joining us live from ukraine this morning- — you. joining us live from ukraine this morning. just _ you. joining us live from ukraine this morning. just to _ you. joining us live from ukraine this morning. just to bring i you. joining us live from ukraine this morning. just to bring you i you. joining us live from ukraine i this morning. just to bring you some of the headlines we know from this morning, at least 21 people were killed and 112 people killed in kharkiv. that is according to the city's mare. these are the facts we know. we have been very careful of what we are sharing. a new rocket attack which has struck a government building in kharkiv. russian paratroopers have also landed there in an effort to take that city. that

is according to ukraine military. we are being regularly updated byjames reynolds as well, he takes a picture of the map of the ukraine and shows where the russians are making gains. it seems kherson is the latest place where russia has made gains.

good morning, welcome to breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. 0ur headlines today. bangs. the fighting intensifies in ukraine, with reports overnight that russian paratroopers have landed in ukraine's second biggest city, kharkiv. russia says its taken control of the southern city of kherson. russia says it's taken control of the southern city of kherson. it“s being claimed 200 people have been killed there — many of them civilians. in washington, president biden uses his annual state of the union speech to describe vladimir putin as a dictator. the russian economy is reeling, and putin alone is the one to blame. together with our allies, we are providing support to the ukrainians in their fight forfreedom. as the refugee crisis on ukraine's borders grows, the british government announces it will relax restrictions

for those coming to the uk. and as the conflict pushes global wheat and fuel costs to record levels, food prices here are rising at their quickest rate in nearly a decade. how could a war in ukraine push up prices here at home? good prices here at home? morning. dense fog to watch for good morning. dense fog to watch out for across south—west england and south wales. also cloud and rain pushing steadily northwards, sunniest skies in the north of scotland. all the details later in the programme. it“s wednesday the 2nd of march. our main story. ukraine's military has said russian paratroopers have landed in ukraine's second city of kharkiv overnight, attacking a regional military hospital, with fighting still ongoing. the city's mayor said at least 21 people have been killed in shelling in the past 2a hours. russia's defence ministry claims they have seized the southern port city kherson. if confirmed, it would be the biggest city to fall

since the invasion began. 0ur correspondent james reynolds reports. at night in ukraine's second city of kharkiv there is little rest. reports this morning say that russian paratroopers have landed in the city as part of an aerial assault. this footage hasjust come in from kharkiv — it“s reported to be the aftermath of another assault. two buildings are in this area — the regional police department, and also a university faculty. russia's offensive reaches deep into ukraine. these are pictures of what's claimed to be a russian air strike on the ukrainian city of zhytomyr — that's 80 miles west of the capital, kyiv. rescuers search for survivors.

this is the southern city of kherson, which has a population of a quarter of a million — it“s reported to have fallen to russian forces. a member of the local council told the bbc that 200 people had been killed — many of them civilians. in kyiv, five people were killed when the main tv and radio tower was hit. russia has warned that it's preparing to go after further targets. it may do so using forces in this a0—mile—long military convoy stationed 20 miles from the outskirts of kyiv. the build—up suggests russia may choose to intensify its assault in an effort to overthrown ukraine's pro—western government. but ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, remains in power. he“s even invited journalists in kyiv to meet him — showing his face as often

as possible has become a wartime strategy. millions of ukrainians now face the hardest of choices — stay or leave. those who remain now prepare their own home—made fortifications against the invader. james reynolds, bbc news. we“re joined now by our kyiv correspondent james waterhouse. if you are a regular watcher he has been a part of this shelf of many weeks with regular updates. good to speak to you again this morning. lets us know what has been happening in the ukrainian capital overnight and how things are on this wednesday morning. last and how things are on this wednesday morninu. ., , and how things are on this wednesday morninu. ., morning. last night, dan, we prepared _ morning. last night, dan, we prepared ourselves _ morning. last night, dan, we prepared ourselves for i morning. last night, dan, we prepared ourselves for quite l morning. last night, dan, we| prepared ourselves for quite a morning. last night, dan, we - prepared ourselves for quite a rough night, given what we were seeing in kharkiv, given those russian reinforcements in the outskirts of the city you have just shown. given

the city you have just shown. given the ongoing offensive by russian troops in the east of the city on the hostomel air base. the air raid siren went off again but it was a relatively calm night. this morning it is so calm you can hear the wind blowing between buildings. a world away from a week ago. at the cathedral of my shoulder there is a service at midday being hosted by church leaders across the city. a real stand of defiance. president zelensky has just given another address where he talked about ukraine being pulled together closer thanit ukraine being pulled together closer than it has done in the past 30 years since it first announced its independence. he talked about that missile strike on that tv and radio tower, which actually hit a prominent holocaust memorial. he is jewish himself, he questioned why anyone would do that, and accused

vladimir putin of trying to erase him, his people, and the country's history. so another defiant address. i have to say, this calm is a very given what we are seeing in kharkiv and the advancing russian troops to the south. as things stand, and we have to take this hour by hour, ukraine's key cities, the largest cities with the exception of temple micra, which is, yes they are getting in —— with the exception of kherson, which is important, but they are holding for now.- they are holding for now. james waterhouse _ they are holding for now. james waterhouse bringing _ they are holding for now. james waterhouse bringing us - they are holding for now. james waterhouse bringing us the i they are holding for now. james i waterhouse bringing us the latest from ukrainian capital this morning. let's get the latest now from moscow. we“re joined by our europe correspondentjenny hill. jenny, what information are at the russian people hearing about what is happening in ukraine this year the defence ministry have given an update overnight. they say that they have taken

update overnight. they say that they have ta ken the update overnight. they say that they have take , ., update overnight. they say that they have take ,., ,., . , ., have taken the southern port city of kherson, which _ have taken the southern port city of kherson, which is _ have taken the southern port city of kherson, which is contradicted i have taken the southern port city of kherson, which is contradicted by i kherson, which is contradicted by some of the reports from ukraine. difficult to establish that from here. the russian military, the kremlin, state tv which parrotts the kremlin“s lines, are keen to make sure russians think this campaign is going very well, they don't call it a war or an invasion or an attack, they call it a special military operation and it is in operation the kremlin says is simply there out of necessity to defend the russian speaking populations in eastern ukraine from what vladimir putin would describe base as genocide perpetuated against them by the government in kyiv. many russians get all of their information from state tv. not all, there are other sources of information. those who do understand what is happening in ukraine have taken to the streets and it is still significant, process are continuing, it is a very

difficult country in which to raise a voice of dissent, people risk arrest, charges, possibly time in jail. yesterday there were 300 arrests we were told by an independent monitoring group, people went on to the streets to demonstrate against the war. 0vernight we have reports from admittedly a state opinion polling service which shows that trust in vladimir putin has risen. 70% of russians trust him, two thirds of russians trust him, two thirds of russians support the war, it says. but you have to bear in mind that when it says they support the war, the war they are seeing on their tv hooks very, very different to what is actually happening on the ground and what you are seeing at home —— it looks very different. and what you are seeing at home -- it looks very different.— it looks very different. jenny, thank you. — it looks very different. jenny, thank you, jenny _ it looks very different. jenny, thank you, jenny hill - it looks very different. jenny, thank you, jenny hill in i it looks very different. jenny, i thank you, jenny hill in moscow. let's speak now to our chief political correspondent adam fleming. you were listening in to all of our guests, but particularly to what the

defence secretary had to say about that russian invasion going according to plan so far. he said that in the _ according to plan so far. he said that in the uk _ according to plan so far. he said that in the uk government's i that in the uk government's assessment the russians where days are behind, not hours behind, although i'm sure some people will say that is an overoptimistic view of what could happen in the medium term here. ithink of what could happen in the medium term here. i think the big political point he wanted to land domestically it was aimed at some of his conservative colleagues on the back benches in parliament who have been calling for a no—fly zone. so you would have nato forces preventing russian aircraft from being able to fly over ukraine, but ben wallace made the point that that would inevitably lead to potentially eight british plane shooting down a russian plane which means the uk and nato would be at work with russia, which would then spill over to the rest of the continent of europe. that is why the defence secretary and yesterday the prime minister were very clearly ruling out that idea of a no—fly zone. the other thing he was talking about is how much work is going to be done to collect evidence of potential war

crimes and this is how he put it. taste crimes and this is how he put it. we will collect evidence of a range of these _ will collect evidence of a range of these incidents, catalogue them, and when time _ these incidents, catalogue them, and when time permits or when occasion happens. _ when time permits or when occasion happens, then, if there is enough evidence — happens, then, if there is enough evidence for a war crime, people will be _ evidence for a war crime, people will be prosecuted. that is notjust the political leadership, remember, that is— the political leadership, remember, that is the _ the political leadership, remember, that is the military leadership of the russian army, should they be involved — the russian army, should they be involved in— the russian army, should they be involved in such events. that might sound a bit strange, talking about what happens after this war, but there will be and after, and evidence will be required if there will be prosecutions of war crimes. but there is also a political and diplomatic point being made here for what is happening now. this is an attempt to get into the minds of those russian soldiers and to get them to turn back by convincing them that what they are doing is wrong, so that is another reason you are seeing the defence secretary giving that sort of message this morning. secretary giving that sort of messaue this morninu. �* . message this morning. adam fleming, a- reciate message this morning. adam fleming, appreciate your — message this morning. adam fleming, appreciate your time, _ message this morning. adam fleming, appreciate your time, thank _ message this morning. adam fleming, appreciate your time, thank you - message this morning. adam fleming, appreciate your time, thank you very i appreciate your time, thank you very much. the us president, joe biden, has said that vladimir putin badly misjudged how the west would hit back once he invaded ukraine.

in his annual speech to congress, mr biden described the war as "premeditated and unprovoked" and announced that russian planes would be banned from us airspace. 0ur washington correspondent nomia iqbal reports. the president of the united states. this was a big moment for president biden to remind people what he stands for, both at home and abroad. the address is usually about domestic issues, but this time it was dominated by one thing. six days 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. a rare moment of unity among such a divided chamber. there was also a special guest. the ukrainian ambassador to the united states is here tonight sitting with the first lady. let each of us, if you're able to stand, stand and send an unmistakable signal to the world — to ukraine. thank you.

more bipartisan applause and more straight talking on further plans to punish vladimir putin and those close to him. tonight i'm announcing that we willjoin our allies in closing off american airspace to all russian flights, further isolating russia and adding additional squeeze on their economy. he has no idea what's coming. he was defiant from beginning to end. this is our moment to meet and overcome the challenges of our time, and we will — as one people, one america, the united states of america. god bless you all and may god protect our troops! thank you. go get him. that last comment, “'go get him." it was an unscripted moment, something president biden is known for, but it summed up his determination to rally and unite americans

and others around the world, who are looking to him for leadership. nomia iqbal, bbc news, washington. time to get some weather from carol. good morning, everyone. yesterday's rain that was in the south is very much moving northwards today — and with it, there's going to be a lot of cloud, as well. brighter skies today likely to be across the north of scotland, where it's a cold start — temperatures have fallen overnight lower than minus seven degrees, and you can see all this cloud and rain moving northwards. some fog, as well, across parts of southern england and south wales, which will lift into hill fog through the course of the day. the breeze picking up out towards the west, and temperatures between eight and 12 degrees. as we head on through the evening and overnight, we continue with that process of the rain and the cloud moving northwards — some hill fog around, as well. there“ll be some clearance in the sky before our next weather front comes in from the west — and that, too, is going to bring

in some heavy rain with it. temperatures not quite as low as they were last night in scotland — but nonetheless we're looking at between four and eight as our overnight lows. so into tomorrow, here's our front in the west, making slow progress as it pushes steadily eastwards. but for eastern areas tomorrow, it's looking brighter than it is today, and it will be a little bit milder as a result, with temperatures between eight and ten degrees. but our top temperature in any lengthy spells of sunshine could be in london at 13 degrees. and then, as we move on into friday, well, we're looking from friday night into saturday with that weather front moving towards the east, but not making much progress. once again, our temperatures seven to about 11 degrees, and one thing that you will notice is the breeze is going to ease just that little bit more. a ukrainian activist gave an impassioned plea to the prime minister calling for the uk to help implement a no—fly zone over ukraine. it was after she interrupted borisjohnson at a press conference he was giving in poland. let's take a look.

you're not coming to kyiv, prime minister. you are not coming to lviv. because you are afraid. because nato is not willing to defend because nato is afraid of world war three, but it is already started. and these are ukrainian children who are there, taking the hit. unfortunately, the implication of that is that the uk would be engaged in in shooting down russian planes, would be engaged engaged in shooting down russian planes, would be engaged in direct combat with russia. that's not something that we can do that we've...that we've envisaged. daria kaleniukjoins us now from warsaw. you saw her in that clip with the prime minister. good morning. what did you think of borisjohnson“s response to your question? i did you think of boris johnson's response to your question? i think that there is _

response to your question? i think that there is the _ response to your question? i think that there is the sense _ response to your question? i think that there is the sense of - that there is the sense of helplessness with our western partners, particularly in the us and the uk. and i think that there is no alternative to a no—fly zone. there is no alternative to not helping ukraine defending our sky. there are missiles which are hitting ukrainian universities, hospitals, ukrainian schools and the west is simply sitting and observing how these missiles are destroying my country, so i am very much disappointed with the response of borisjohnson and, by the way, the west, particularly in the uk, has obligation to protect ukraine. ukraine gave up nuclear arsenal in 199a and we signed a budapest memorandum with the uk, us and russia, that in case there will be a security risk to our country, these three nations will protect us. russia invaded us and the uk is saying we are not able to do anything, we are afraid. lii<

saying we are not able to do anything, we are afraid. uk defence secretary was _ anything, we are afraid. uk defence secretary was on _ anything, we are afraid. uk defence secretary was on this _ anything, we are afraid. uk defence secretary was on this programme i anything, we are afraid. uk defence secretary was on this programme a | secretary was on this programme a little under an hour ago and he explained really carefully and clearly about a no—fly zone and how imposing that would potentially quite simply trigger a war. 0n imposing that would potentially quite simply trigger a war. on some level, can you see how that caution now is probably at least a way to go for now? ., , ., , ., for now? 0k. no-fly zone is rolled out. for now? 0k. no-fly zone is rolled out- what — for now? 0k. no-fly zone is rolled out- what is _ for now? 0k. no-fly zone is rolled out. what is the _ for now? 0k. no-fly zone is rolled out. what is the alternative? i for now? 0k. no-fly zone is rolled j out. what is the alternative? what we are asking is, ok, you are not able to hit russian planes, but help us to hit prison missiles —— mission missiles. you will not hit russian troops, and that is our request to the international community and we don't see the alternative. the result of that lack of alternative, lack of decision, it will be devastating humanitarian crisis in ukraine, particularly of the east

and south ukraine and kyiv. we will be soon out of supply of food, water, many cities are cut off from electricity and i cannot understand how humanitarian aid will be coming to the east of ukraine if there will be missiles hitting. nobody will want to go. so what is the alternative? for children with cancer in hospitals to die with yellow there is no way to advocate that and it is helpless of the west and international partners. if there is no no—fly zone, propose and what —— propose an alternative. is no no-fly zone, propose and what -- propose an alternative.— is no no-fly zone, propose and what -- propose an alternative. there has been a huge — -- propose an alternative. there has been a huge response _ -- propose an alternative. there has been a huge response to _ -- propose an alternative. there has been a huge response to what i -- propose an alternative. there has been a huge response to what you i been a huge response to what you said to borisjohnson yesterday. it was everywhere on social media. tell us, how did you find out where he would be and how did you get into that room to speak to him? you know, it happened — that room to speak to him? you know, it happened accidentally _ that room to speak to him? you know, it happened accidentally because i i it happened accidentally because i am here in warsaw, i crossed the

border three days ago. i called my friend cut from a polish organisation that runs his security and she had to relocate me. there will be this press conference of borisjohnson, i want you to come with me. and here is how i ended up there and i was not disposed to ask there and i was not disposed to ask the question —— i was not supposed to as a question but i told boris johnson i am ukrainian and i have a right and he allowed me to so at least i can thank him for taking the hit and being honest. tote least i can thank him for taking the hit and being honest.— least i can thank him for taking the hit and being honest. we could see from our hit and being honest. we could see from your words _ hit and being honest. we could see from your words how _ hit and being honest. we could see from your words how very - hit and being honest. we could see. from your words how very emotional you are about this, understandably. it is a very emotive subject. you became upset when you are talking to him. did you realise how emotional you would become as yellow usually

—— out how emotional you would become? -- out how emotional you would become? , ., , “ -- out how emotional you would become? , ., , �* ., ., ., ., ., become? usually i'm not an emotional erson but become? usually i'm not an emotional person but the — become? usually i'm not an emotional person but the situation _ become? usually i'm not an emotional person but the situation in _ become? usually i'm not an emotional person but the situation in ukraine i person but the situation in ukraine is desperate. when borisjohnson was talking i had my phone with my friends texting me that they are a mere kyiv with two kids and they are afraid they could be killed because russian troops were just crossing the street of their city. and this is the reality, this is the situation, and i had another text from my friend saying my son will be ten years old tomorrow and he is begging me, let this war end, i don't want to go to the bomb shelter every single hour. and people are crying there, people are desperate, and here, borisjohnson in poland and here, borisjohnson in poland and wassell, saying that ukrainian people are standing up. —— warsaw. yes, they are, but ukrainian

children are suffering and children of russian oligarchs either in london, portugal, spain, in germany, in france and, you know, we talk to borisjohnson about in france and, you know, we talk to boris johnson about sanctions. these sanctions are not tough. the sanctions are not tough. the sanctions are not targeting the most important kremlin oligarchs like roman abramovich. they all have assets in great britain and they are now selling these assets and what great britain is doing is giving them time to sell this wealth, to reregister it. what i am begging our allies is to hit hard on these oligarchs and their family members, and theirfamily members have oligarchs and their family members, and their family members have to oligarchs and their family members, and theirfamily members have to be kicked out of the west, the nato member states because these oligarchs are work criminals, as well. ., ., ~ oligarchs are work criminals, as well. . ., ~ oligarchs are work criminals, as well. . ., . ., well. daria, thank you so much for talkin: to well. daria, thank you so much for talking to us _ well. daria, thank you so much for talking to us this _ well. daria, thank you so much for talking to us this morning. - well. daria, thank you so much for talking to us this morning. that i well. daria, thank you so much for talking to us this morning. that is| talking to us this morning. that is daria kaleniuk, executive director of the anti—corruption action

centre, speaking to us live. we can speak now to the bbc“s security correspondent frank gardner, who'll be with us throughout the morning. you have spoken to us once this morning and you will be answering questions from viewers. i wanted to pick up on one of daria“s points there, particularly katie was e—mailed in to say, please can you explain the nuances of that no—fly zone? daria made an impassioned plea and we have heard in the defence secretary and wallace on the programme saying why he says it is not possible. what do we know about that no—fly zone with yellow it sounds like a great idea in principle, it sounds like a great idea in principle.— sounds like a great idea in principle, sounds like a great idea in --rincile, , , ., principle, it sounds benign and an one principle, it sounds benign and anyone who — principle, it sounds benign and anyone who knows _ principle, it sounds benign and anyone who knows anything i principle, it sounds benign and i anyone who knows anything about it will tell you it involves hostilities, it involves shooting things down and suppressing air defence. what it would involve in practice is nato warplanes going into action, crossing the border into action, crossing the border into ukraine, firing missiles at

russian air defence, killing russians, shooting down russian planes. when you have worldwide free. that is quite simply why it will not happen. it is terrible —— then you have world war iii. ukraine needs help, there is no question, but neita's leader, including jens stoltenberg, and borisjohnson and joe biden and other western leaders have said we will not go to war with russia over this. they will supply weapons, equipment, defence, night goggles, but they will not send troops across the border. if you look at the map of europe and imagine an invisible red line is nato�*s eastern flank. poland, lithuania, latvia, estonia, etc, the eastern flank. if either side crosses that line, you risk world war. you risk a much bigger conflagration with russia. the man you have in the kremlin has already

shown he is willing to escalate this. the speech by president vladimir putin talking about putting his strategic nuclear deterrent forces on a higher state of alert, he isjust reminding everybody forces on a higher state of alert, he is just reminding everybody they have this huge nuclear arsenal, not necessarily going to use it but, as i mentioned in the earlier hour, russian military doctrine includes a move very early on to using tactical nuclear weapons, so it is not beyond the bounds of possibility that if he doesn't get his way in ukraine, if this drags on, he could use weapons of mass effect and i don't think they will have ruled out using tactical nuclear weapons. so that line it needs to hold to avoid wider conflagration. it is not cowardice, it is being sensible because none of us really want to end up in a mushroom cloud.— us really want to end up in a mushroom cloud. ,, , ., ., g mushroom cloud. question from julie on twitter, asking, _ mushroom cloud. question from julie on twitter, asking, have _ mushroom cloud. question from julie on twitter, asking, have ukraine - mushroom cloud. question from julie on twitter, asking, have ukraine got| on twitter, asking, have ukraine got any missiles that could be used

against that russian convoy approaching kyiv? it is against that russian convoy approaching kyiv?— against that russian convoy approaching kyiv? it is a mystery wh the approaching kyiv? it is a mystery why they are _ approaching kyiv? it is a mystery why they are not _ approaching kyiv? it is a mystery why they are not attacking - approaching kyiv? it is a mystery why they are not attacking it - why they are not attacking it because they have the tr2, i cannot pronounce it but there is a very effective turkish made drone that they have that have had an effect also either they don't have enough or they have run out for they are wary of retaliation. ukraine has been able to shoot quite a number of russian helicopters out of the sky. they probably need more of them. they probably need more of them. they are heavily outnumbered. this armoured column coming down from belarus stretching back a0 miles, a lot of it is logistics, notjust tanks and infantry and fighting vehicles, it is bridge crossing equipment, mining equipment, mine removal. it is logistical equipment coming down, implying they are in for the long haul. this is not going to be a special dilatory operation that will only last a few days. vladimir putin is determined to

subdue ukraine, he wants a client ukraine and will do whatever it takes to bring ukraine back into the sphere of moscow. he is determined itsjoint sphere of moscow. he is determined its joint pressure sphere of moscow. he is determined itsjoint pressure and sphere of moscow. he is determined its joint pressure and —— sphere of moscow. he is determined itsjoint pressure and —— russia sphere of moscow. he is determined its joint pressure and —— russia and belarus are not under the west. it is interesting to watch the way president volodymyr zelensky of ukraine is acting at the moment because he is trying to be quite visible, appearing to the united nations, meeting localjournalists in ukraine and we hear a lot of rumours that he is being targeted by assassination groups from the russian military. what do we know about that and how important a figurehead as he for both sides in this conflict? he figurehead as he for both sides in this conflict?— this conflict? he is hugely important _ this conflict? he is hugely important and _ this conflict? he is hugely important and he - this conflict? he is hugely important and he has - this conflict? he is hugely important and he has said this conflict? he is hugely i important and he has said it, this conflict? he is hugely - important and he has said it, and i agree, he is the number one target for assassination because russia is looking to change the government in ukraine, to put it mildly. they want him gone. at least president putin does. this is a guy who made a

career as a tv comedian, he pretended to be the president on tv. that was hisjob! and yet pretended to be the president on tv. that was his job! and yet he pretended to be the president on tv. that was hisjob! and yet he has absolutely risen to this challenge, he has become a symbol of ukraine's resistance. 50 of course russia wants to remove him because it is going to at the very least demoralise or partly demoralise ukrainian resistance. russia's military intelligence, the gru, has assassination squads, they train in this. we have already seen it with those two idiots turning up in salisbury pretending they were looking at the cathedral, meanwhile busy smearing another child onto door handles. they will have —— smearing ten onto door handles. they will be bribery, trying to get disaffected, if they can find so to reveal where he is hiding.

he is haunted by the kremlin so he is pretty brave. we he is haunted by the kremlin so he is pretty brave-— is pretty brave. we have talked about this. _ is pretty brave. we have talked about this, we _ is pretty brave. we have talked about this, we mention - is pretty brave. we have talked about this, we mention the - is pretty brave. we have talked about this, we mention the ao| is pretty brave. we have talked - about this, we mention the 40 mile about this, we mention the a0 mile long column, you explain what that might be. does it feel to you that after this, we have had periods of intensity and then calm. does it feel to you like this will take a long time for any resolution at all, potentially years? i long time for any resolution at all, potentially years?— potentially years? i don't know about years — potentially years? i don't know about years but _ potentially years? i don't know about years but russia - potentially years? i don't know about years but russia is - potentially years? i don't know about years but russia is not i potentially years? i don't know - about years but russia is not going to back down easily, at least president putin is not. the longer it goes on, though, the greater the risk to him domestically and politically because even though it is very unlikely that anybody in his security cabinet will say, i don't think this is a good idea, you might have bitten off more than you can chew, nobody will do that. there will be coming out of circles and amongst the wider population, as the coffins come home, as the economic

cost bites, as the oligarchs get poorer, people will question whether this was a good idea. don't forget ukraine is a fellow slavic nation, lots of russians will say, these are our brothers, why are we doing this? as ever, great to get your perspective on all of this. frank gardner, our security correspondent. and thank you for all the questions you have centred. i could sit here for an hour and ask you everything because there is so much information and i suppose in a very modern conflict, we are seeing a lot of stuff come through on social media which is then later verified and we have far more access to what is a horrible thing taking place not and children are watching this programme and we are far more aware of what is going on in the world than ever before. ., ., ._ going on in the world than ever before. ., ., , , before. the one thing i would say is i'm uuite before. the one thing i would say is i'm quite surprised _ before. the one thing i would say is i'm quite surprised so _ before. the one thing i would say is i'm quite surprised so far— before. the one thing i would say is i'm quite surprised so far that - i'm quite surprised so far that russia has not done a big cyber attack on ukraine, that is a surprise. they could shut off the electricity grid, quite possibly close of the internet. they have not done it so far, which is surprising.

they have that in the tool box, it could still come.— they have that in the tool box, it could still come. thank you. i feel it is aood could still come. thank you. i feel it is good to _ could still come. thank you. i feel it is good to know— could still come. thank you. i feel it is good to know what _ could still come. thank you. i feel it is good to know what is - could still come. thank you. i feel it is good to know what is going i could still come. thank you. i feel. it is good to know what is going on. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. good morning, i'm sonja jessup. many of london's commuters have again faced difficultjouneys into work this morning, as yesterday's tube strike continues to cause disruption. most services were suspended first thing. the rmt union went on strike yesterday in a dispute over pensions and jobs. another 2a—hour strike is planned for tomorrow. i'm hopeful that we'll be able to provide slightly better service, but unfortunately i would still advise all customers to check in advance, allow more time for theirjourney. there will be disruption on thursday, and tomorrow morning until eight o'clock or thereabouts, and again on friday. so i would please ask everybody to go to the tfl website, look at the tfl go app and check

before they travel. well, let's see how the services look right now. more lines are now running now but many with delays. services on the circle line and parts of the district, northern and piccadilly are still suspended. check before you travel. there are regular updates on your bbc local radio station. in other news, a couple from bedfordshire who were trapped in ukraine with their newborn surrogate twin babies say they've now managed to make it safely to poland. manisha and mitesh from dunstable travelled to ukraine in early february, and were due to collect the birth certificates in kyiv last week. meanwhile, here in london, donations have been flooding in to help people fleeing ukraine. we would love to hear from you if you're affected, or if you're volunteering with or organising a collection to support refugees. you can email us — the address... sir michael caine is auctioning off some of his many

momentos from movies over his seven decade career. the star of films such as alfie and the italianjob is selling off a pair of glasses, cufflinks, and a number of artworks. it's thought his rolex watch could go for as much as £12,000. time for the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. it's a rather misty and murky start this morning, we do have quite a bit of cloud around, some spots of rain and drizzle, and it's going to stay quite damp through the course of today. some heavier bursts but turning perhaps a little lighter as we head through the afternoon. but it is going to stay cloudy. there's a keen southeasterly breeze, and temperatures reaching a maximum of 9 celsius. now overnight tonight we've still got a bit of rain around, but the cloud actually potentially breaking in one or two spots. the minimum temperature between a and 6 celsius, so still staying widely above zero. as we head into thursday again, it's going to be another largely cloudy start. we've got a front edging in from the west. now it is really taking its time and it stalls. so for us, we're likely

to see the cloud — maybe one or two spots of rain, but not quite so many outbreaks of rain through the course of thursday. and in the east, you might even see the cloud break with a few glimpses of sunshine. temperatures tomorrow, getting up to a mild 13 celsius. now, as we head towards the end of the week, still fairly unsettled, still could see some outbreaks of rain. but as we head through the weekend, especially sunday, much drier conditions with the chance of seeing a little bit more sunshine. i'm back in half an hour — there is plenty more on our website. now it's back to dan and sally — bye for now. hello, this is breakfast with dan walker and sally nugent. thank you for being with us today. we know we are giving you a lot of information. we are trying to bring you up—to—date with what has been happening in ukraine.

james reynolds is here to run through the details. i could have had another half—an—hour talking to frank. we are getting pictures coming into us all the time. we do spend time pausing and verifying, making sure all the facts stack up. this is the state of ukraine on the seventh day of the russian invasion. this map explains the overview of the conflict. these are the bits that russia has taken since the invasion began. do not forget crimea was taken back into thousand and ia. -- 201a. russia has built up its forces — paving the way for an intensified offensive in the days or weeks ahead. as things stand, it hasn't taken either of ukraine's biggest cities — kyiv or kharkiv.

we've received these pictures from kharkiv this morning, which show the aftermath of an assault in an area in which there's a police department and a university. we've also heard that russian paratroopers have landed in the city as part of an aerial assault. we are waiting for more information about that. as seen in have it, we will give it to you. the governor says that at least 21 people have been killed in shelling there in the last 2a hours. let's move onto look at the capital kyiv. we have been keeping a very close eye on in the last seven days or so. russian forces have been massing to the north of the city. yesterday the main tv and radio tower was hit. it knocked out tv and radio services. hours. we understand those are back. russia has warned that it's preparing further attacks. possibly like this one. this may be its staging ground. the logistical supplied area, the

armoured column a0 miles long, stationing itself 20 miles north—west of the capital city. this convoy could be used to encircle or besiege kyiv. looking further south now, at the southern city of kherson, which has a population of a quarter of a million. reports say it's fallen to russian forces. a member of the local council told the bbc that 200 people had been killed — many of them civilians. for many families across the country, it's too dangerous to stay put. more than 600,000 people have fled west — many into neighbouring poland, where they have been welcomed. more might follow. that's how things look this morning. thank you. let's bring you a slightly different angle on things. as more ukrainian nationals decide to seek sanctuary elsewhere, the polish government estimates a quarter of a million people have

already crossed the border into poland. 0ur reporter lewis goodall has been speaking to those who have been welcoming in refugees, and to those who have left their homes in ukraine behind. this war isn't a week old, but in a week the polish government — not known for its generosity to refugees in recent crises past — has had to transform its borders. not to keep people out, but to find a way to let everyone in. where to put, how to feed, how to move a quarter of a million people the polish government says have come. each of poland's ii crossings with ukraine is faced with its own potential humanitarian catastrophe. at korczowa, one of those ii, the answer has been for the polish army to requisition and convert a huge wholesale warehouse and fill it with beds for the unknown numbers who have already come, and who will yet. it's like 1,300 people who left this

place today morning and last night. 1,300 left this morning and last... yes. and how many are you expecting to come in? we can expect the same number. are you getting a lot of different nationalities? i'm here all the time almost, and i try to talk to people and i expect it's is countries, is languages, and ifound people from four continents. the second hall is people who don't have friends in poland, don't have families. no—one's come and picked them up? they don't know where to go. can poland cope? i don't know. we need to... the first time when we met such situation. i mean, do you think poland needs help — poland needs help to to deal with all of these refugees from the rest of europe? i think that we are in europe, so we cooperate and we expect that we will get help from other

countries from europe. the biggest group of refugees on the 1,300 miles of ukraine's borders in the west are ukrainian women and children. but the tapestry of lives unstitched by putin's war is more complicated than that — because ukraine is more complicated than that. students, for example, from all over the world, are a huge part of the way. so that's it for you — you're not going to go back to ukraine. if everything will be good, i will go back, but i don't think it would be good because... my university got rockets. your university got hit with rockets? yes, bump. so what to do there? if i don't have family, i will go with army of ukraine. but i have family — my father, my mother, my sister. so if you... if you didn't have family, you would go and fight for ukraine? yes, for ukraine. even though you're egyptian? because i live there, like, six years, it was my last

year in university. uh, i live there, eat there. it was my friend — ukrainian friend. like that. it's like my mother country — second mother country — like that. there have been reports of discrimination against non—whites and non—ukrainians at border points, something about which the un today voiced concern. for what it's worth, everyone we've spoken to has said that they've been well—treated — though it doesn't mean it hasn't happened along ukraine's long and winding frontiers. but there are people from every corner here — west african, central asian, south asian, south american — all the threads previously stitched into ukraine's national life and now unwinding across europe and the world. this place has been set up by the polish government, by the polish army — in what, a week? and it's just one place at one crossing for thousands of people coming and going on a daily basis. and in britain, consider that even the relatively small numbers of people at calais

cause enormous controversy. you know, in a way, if this does become the biggest refugee movement since i9a5, you just get the sense that the governments of western europe — including britain — just don't have any real idea of what's coming. for a clue, you only need to go down the road to another crossing — at medyka. here, the queues go back for miles. included within them are some of the double refugees — those who've had to flee from war or destruction at home, who settled in ukraine and thought they'd left those days behind. not so for mohammed — originally from afghanistan. how long have you been waiting to cross the border here? four days. four days?! four days. no sleep, no eat. nothing. very cold. and maybe two or three people i saw drop dead. if ukraine, it will be normal, i go to... you go back? ..go back to ukraine because i have this business. if not normal, i don't know,

really — what can i do? because all my life in ukraine. there are other groups, too. last year, poland accused putin of orchestrating a crisis by sending thousands of people from around the world to its border with belarus. we've been told that some of them have now made their way down to these crossing points. the poles, having so long resisted their entry, have let them in all the same — there's really no way to discriminate. just another way that putin's war has changed everything in europe's east. if this grinding struggle endures, with all of the movement of peoples which go with it, it will surely change much for the continent's west, as well. you can see the circumstances many people are having to endure as they are trying to get to safety. one of the lines we are hearing this morning is that the numbers might be

even bigger than my first expected. really difficult to put an accurate number at the moment on the number of people who are trying to move. we were hearing from correspondence on the border. as many as are going one way there is another number going the other way to be part of the ukraine resistance. i appreciate many of you are watching this morning trying to get the latest information on what is happening in ukraine. we know at least 21 people were killed and over 100 wounded, 112 wounded in the shelling that took place. some of the fiercest fighting taking place in the second largest city in ukraine, in kharkiv that there had been pockets of fighting all over ukraine and in the southern city of kherson, where the russian seem to have made in the

last 2a—hour as the largest gains so far. we know television broadcasts were disrupted after the attack on the tv tower. communications are really difficult. we found that this morning. we were trying to talk to our correspondence on the border, in ukraine. we are hoping to talk to lewis goodall. we have had confirmed that russian paratroopers have arrived in kharkiv. we have been talking about exactly what will happen with a a0 mile long russian convoy which is 20 miles north of kyiv. what is the russian plan with that? frankly saying, why haven't the ukrainians use some of the turkish drones? what is the russian military plan? how will they use it to attack the ukrainian capital in

the coming days. lewis goodall is with us now. we saw from your report the scale, the numbers of people who were trying to move in both ways. once again it is the human stories that really bring home the reality of the situation.— of the situation. what is astonishing _ of the situation. what is astonishing about - of the situation. what is astonishing about being| of the situation. what is - astonishing about being here is of the situation. what is _ astonishing about being here is the sheer number, the sheer volume of those human stories. it is astonishing. every single person didn't expect to be making this journey. they are having an experience they will never forget. all because of one man, president putin. the numbers, we were speaking yesterday about the numbers which were astonishing 2a—hour to go, a quarter million people going into poland, half a million people living ukraine. even more startling numbers now. the polish border guard has

said there are about a50,000 people had gone into poland alone, pretty much the size of liverpool going into poland alone. 650,000 people going from ukraine, 1000 people going from ukraine, 1000 people going into neighbouring countries. just being here at the moment, i am not sure that perhaps western europe has properly understood the enormity of what might be about to hit the whole continent. the sheer volume, the numbers of people living ukraine is something to behold. from watchin: is something to behold. from watching and _ is something to behold. from watching and listening - is something to behold. from watching and listening to - is something to behold. from| watching and listening to your report over the last few days, we mentioned the desperation of those to leave ukraine but also the resolve of those who are maybe going to the border, chopping up family members and returning back to some of the major cities in ukraine to help defend the country. —— dropping

off. help defend the country. -- dropping off. ., ., , , ., help defend the country. -- dropping off. ., .,, , ., ., help defend the country. -- dropping off. ., , ., ., off. that has been one of the most astounding — off. that has been one of the most astounding things. _ off. that has been one of the most astounding things. whatever- off. that has been one of the most astounding things. whatever the l astounding things. whatever the crossing, the keys are going in both directions. you are seeing buses loaded up with people. i was at a crossing yesterday. every couple of minutes a new bus was coming in, later known to have more people. in my pc so a polish major running the operation. they are expecting a turnaround of 1300 people coming in and out. there are 11 official crossings between poland and ukraine along the border. they are going in both directions, people dropping off theirfamily, ukrainian men who have had a cry of war and seen all the various pictures in different videos online of ukrainian men battling to save their country and feeling that

they must do the same. the really disturbing thing in a way is the longest this will goes on, the more devastating weapon start to be used and the more fierce the resistance is from the ukrainian forces, the worse the weapons become from russia more and more people will want to leave the country. the president saying we're going to need some help. we have nearly half a million people living in a week. who knows how many people have fled across the border in a weak�*s time? we are going to need some serious humanitarian assistance in order to really, really help these people and ensure they have somewhere to go, they are fed, they have clothes on their backs and something to do with their backs and something to do with the kids. no one knows how long the ukrainians will be in these countries. they all want to go back, by the way. we do not know how long

it will go on for and how long it will be until they can go home. thank you so much for that report. as you can see from that report, the living conditions they are having to endure an easy as they make that journey. desperate times. we are willing to do anything to protect your family. now the weather with carol. cloudy and wet moment. this band of rain has been pushing steadily north through the night. in the north of the country it has been cold with a widespread frost. temperatures in aboyne fell no lower than nine celsius. —— fell lower. all the cloud across england and wales with fairly light rain and drizzle. the

whole lot is moving north. not quite arriving in the far north of scotland where we will hang on to the sunshine for the longest. they went picking up later in the west. particularly in northern ireland, the isle of man and western scotland. we cannot readily see the weather front waiting in the wings which is coming our way. —— we can already see. this merges with our current weather front and most of them produce cloud and rain. this morning we have dense fog in the south—west and wales. tonight we can also see some fog, some on the hills and the coasts as well. overnight lows roughly between three to 8 degrees. into tomorrow, a brighter day ahead for eastern areas. having said that there will still be a fair amount of cloud around. there might be the other spot of light rain before the weather front crosses

west to east. you can see how fragmented that is. brightening up in northern ireland, western scotland, west wales and west england. breezy with temperatures between seven and 12. the wind is a little lighter than unable bead today. on friday this is how we start with the weather front in the west. it will sit in the east for much of the day. it will clear parts of eastern scotland. in the west we are looking at a fair bit of sunshine, some showers and temperatures between seven to 11 degrees. the wins will be much lighter. thank you very much. in the heart of kyiv one famous singer has been trying to keep spirits up — by performing the ukrainian national anthem out of her apartment window. let's take a look. # szcze ne wmerla

ukrajiny i slawa, i wola maria burmaka joins us now from kyiv. thank you so much for being with us this morning. ijust want thank you so much for being with us this morning. i just want to start by asking the response to you singing the ukrainian national anthem has been shared by so many people. i wonder how it makes you

feel, that something like that has pulled so many people together. i am here near my — pulled so many people together. i —.n here near my window. i want pulled so many people together. i —.wn here near my window. i want to say hello and thank you for your support. it is very important for all ukrainians. i am a musician and i decided to take my amplifier, opened the window and seeing to the resistance. ukraine is a city on seven hills. my building is on one of those hills. all districts here, it is very important for our

territorial defence, everyone to hear we are strong fake. i am daughter, strong daughter of my strong folk. daughter, strong daughter of my strong folk-— daughter, strong daughter of my stron: folk. ., . , , , strong folk. you have been spending man da s strong folk. you have been spending many days in — strong folk. you have been spending many days in a _ strong folk. you have been spending many days in a bomb _ strong folk. you have been spending many days in a bomb shelter. - strong folk. you have been spending many days in a bomb shelter. what| strong folk. you have been spending | many days in a bomb shelter. what is life like in kyiv at the moment? very dangerous. if you're here just now, a few minutes ago i had an alarm will stop it is not safe here now, dangerous. i hope god is with me and you. it is very dangerous. the tv tower yesterday, a bomb hit tv tower and a second one hit the holocaust memorial and museum. it is

horrible. like a second world war. to imagine the holocaust memorial and putin hit bomb a second time to this memorial. i live near this place and i see that from my window. i still people from kyiv bomb shelter. i am lucky because my bomb shelter. i am lucky because my bomb shelter. i am lucky because my bomb shelter is under my building. it is cold and scary, of course. many people are in the basement of the buildings. it is very cold. this is horrible because my native city has been destroyed. i cry and don't want anybody see that i cry because

i have to be strong. but this is fascism. i ask the world to help us and support us. flan fascism. i ask the world to help us and support us— fascism. i ask the world to help us and support us. can i ask you? we have seen — and support us. can i ask you? we have seen pictures _ and support us. can i ask you? we have seen pictures this _ and support us. can i ask you? we have seen pictures this morning i and support us. can i ask you? we have seen pictures this morning of lots of ukrainians understandably fleeing to countries like poland, slovakia, to hungary. we have spoken to correspondence on the borders. have you been tempted to leave yourself? are you in a position like many other ukrainians preparing to potentially had to fight for your life at some stage? i potentially had to fight for your life at some stage?— potentially had to fight for your life at some stage? i am staying in k iv, i life at some stage? i am staying in kyiv. i want _ life at some stage? i am staying in kyiv. i want to _ life at some stage? i am staying in kyiv, i want to stay _ life at some stage? i am staying in kyiv, i want to stay here. - life at some stage? i am staying in kyiv, i want to stay here. if- life at some stage? i am staying in kyiv, i want to stay here. if it - life at some stage? i am staying in kyiv, i want to stay here. if it is . kyiv, i want to stay here. if it is not bound, i want to sing to the ukrainian children. to ukrainian

people in ukrainian language, icing. i can sing in many languages. —— i sing. ican i can sing in many languages. —— i sing. i can sing in federation and chairman. sometimes i have sung in russian after this never. i can sing some songs in language. confront your enemies, avoid it if you can. we cannot avoid our enemies. i will not run from my native city because this is my home. i want to be in the

heart of kyiv. maybe i will sing the national anthem again from this window. i want to say to putin, you are a murderer, you are an aggressor. ukraine is never against russia. many russian singers and sportsmen were in kyiv. many people in kyiv. i studied in school in kharkiv in a russian school. we are friendly folk. our soldiers say... maria, i really understand the depth of feeling. i had to apologise to our viewers for their language. thank you for talking to us. keep singing and please stay safe. once

again, apologies for the language. i am sure you understand how strong her feelings are and so many people in ukraine trying to protect themselves and their family. hello, this is bbc news. i'm victoria derbyshire — here are your headlines seven days since russian forces invaded ukraine. russia strikes a university in kharkiv as it steps up its assault on ukraine's second city. meanwhile, russian airborne troops [and in kharkiv. at least 21 people are reported dead with more than 100 wounded due to shelling and aerial bombardments. moscow claims to have seized control of the southern city kherson. the ukranian mayor says the city is surrounded but still under his control. president zelensky accuses president putin of trying to erase his country's history, and he's praised the resilience

of the ukrainian people.