this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. hello, i hello, lam hello, i am victoria derbyshire. the russian bombardment of ukraine continues. the second biggest city keys, the targeted there. 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 of ukraine accuses vladimir putin of trying to erase his country's history, and praises the resilience of ukrainians.

ukrainians are a symbol of resilience, a symbol of the fact that people in any country can become the best people on earth at any moment. glory to ukraine. wherever you are in the world, but particularly if you are in ukraine right now and unable to watch us, how are you? if you have fled, where are you? if you are in russia, what you think of your president's decision to go into ukraine? and if you are elsewhere, how are you helping? victoria.derbyshire@bbc.co.uk.. wholesale gas prices have spiked to near record levels. president biden announces a ban on russian planes in the us, and calls vladimir putin a dictator.

and almost 700,000 people have now fled ukraine. the un says there is a desperate need for supplies. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. as russia's invasion of ukraine enters its seventh day, the russian military claims to have taken control of ukraine's black sea port of kherson in the south of the country. if confirmed, it would be the biggest ukrainian city to fall to russia since fighting began. kherson�*s governor says the city is now surrounded, but has insisted, "we are still ukraine". in the north—east of the country, close to the russian border,

paratroopers have landed in ukraine's second city, kharkiv, where the mayor says at least 21 people have been killed, and more than 100 injured in shelling. but reports say there's been little movement by a 40—mile—long convoy of russian armoured vehicles north of kyiv. yesterday, five people died after russia attacked a tv tower in the capital. president biden has used his first state of the union address to call vladimir putin a dictator and to describe the invasion of ukraine as "premeditated and totally unprovoked". he's also closed us airspace to all russian aircraft. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has accused russia of seeking to erase ukrainians, their country and their history. in the past half hour, the kremlin says russian officials are ready to hold a second round of talks with ukraine. let's take a look

at the latest map of ukraine — areas shaded red show the bits controlled by russia. the mayor of mariupol in the south of the country says his city has also suffered heavy shelling overnight. our first report is from our correspondent, jon donnison. 0vernight overnight in kharkiv, ukraine's second city, people got little rest. report this morning say that russian paratroopers have landed there as part of an aerial assault. this is reported to be the aftermath of another attack on the city this morning. two buildings are in this area, a regional police department and also a university faculty. under russia's offensive, reaches deep into ukraine. these are pictures of

what is claimed to be a russian air strike on the ukrainian city of zhytomyr, around 80 miles west of the capital, kyiv. rescuers are searching for survivors. in the southern city of lace, which has a population of a quarter of a million, from their windows are local people filmed russian tanks. i think we should stop recording before somebody shoots me. the city is re orted before somebody shoots me. the city is reported to — before somebody shoots me. the city is reported to be _ before somebody shoots me. the city is reported to be on _ before somebody shoots me. the city is reported to be on the _ before somebody shoots me. the city is reported to be on the full _ is reported to be on the full russian control. a member of the local council told the bbc that 200 people had been killed, many of them civilians. five people died in the capital kyiv when the main tv and radio tower was hit. russia has warned it is prepared to hit further targets in the area. it may do so using forces in this a0 mile long military convoy, stationed just 20 miles from the outskirts of kyiv. the build—up suggests russia may choose to intensify its assault in

an effort to overthrow the pro—western ukrainian government. but ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky remains in power, even inviting journalists in kyiv to meet him, showing his face as often as possible has become a wartime strategy and this morning he sounded defiant is once again he addressed the nation. translation: ., ~'., ., , translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol— translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol of— translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol of resilience, _ translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol of resilience, a _ translation: today you, ukrainians, are a symbol of resilience, a symbol . are a symbol of resilience, a symbol of the fact that people in any country can become the best people on earth at any moment. gian; country can become the best people on earth at any moment.— on earth at any moment. glory to ukraine. millions of ukrainians now face the hardest of choices, stay or leave. those who remain prepare their own home—made fortifications against the invader. jon donnison, bbc news. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse is in kyiv. he gave us an update. it's been another morning of going up and down really.

it's a strange routine now for so many in this city. we haven't heard many explosions, if any, to be honest with you, overnight or this morning. but as you say, people are all too aware, they learn on their phones instantaneously what is happening in this invasion beneath ground, so people know what is happening not too far away. the a0—mile—long convoy seems to have not made any more movement, say experts, overnight. it remains close to the outskirts of the city. the reason why we don't yet know, but what is clear is it is able to remain in situ, so possibly the ukrainians don't have air superiority as things stand. but that, feeding into the targeting of a tv and radio tower yesterday in the city, along with the russian defence ministry announcing a list of targets it wants to hit including security and communication sites, is adding to a real sense of anxiety. but president zelensky has given

another address this morning in his green military uniform behind the podium, still seemingly in kyiv, where he talks about the country being brought together closer in the last seven days than it has done in the past 30 years, when it first declared independence. so another defiant speech, but people are all too aware what is happening in kharkiv to the east, another night of intense fighting there, as well as to the south with the sizeable russian advance. and if families, many of whom have been living underground for the past seven days, if they still wanted to get out of the capital, is that possible? it is thought to still be possible but the window is fast closing, to be honest with you. people seem to be... most people seem to be moving west under certain groups, under certain routes, and it is thought russian troops are allowing some people to pass, but this is still a very dangerous time.

there are armed volunteers, nervous volunteers trying to defend their city, and one of the most powerful armies in the world approaching the city. there are shell attacks in seconds that pop up in different locations and a sizeable russian offensive in the west and north—west of kyiv by the hostomel airfield. we know more broadly there are 600,000 ukrainians and counting who find themselves as refugees, who have been forced to escape their homes, to escape the fighting and they are trying to make their way to borders in the west with countries like moldova and poland. so there is a broader crisis emerging, but the picture for now is that the key cities seem to be under ukrainian control. we woke up to reports that kherson was now in russia's control, a port city to the south. the largest location yet which would have fallen into russian hands, but the defence ministry say that is still in our control in certain

quarters. there is still intense fighting across the country. you may not know the answer to this but it's a question many of our viewers are asking — regarding that convoy that is very slowly making its way to where you are, why aren't the ukrainians bombing it from the air? that is not yet clear, but what we have seen in the past is turkey supplied ukraine with drones, these attack drones, very effective drones, much to the annoyance of moscow when ukraine used them in the past on russian—backed separatists. we have seen footage released over the past six days of them being used on russian convoys, and the west say ukraine has been effective at ambushing these russian offences. but you're right, now we find ourselves where this convoy, a convoy of a0 miles long, is able to remain where it is. another reason western officials gave for russian forces being frustrated

is that they themselves didn't achieve air superiority on the first day of this invasion, in the sense that ukraine's anti—aircraft systems remain intact. so is this a symptom of them regaining control in that sense? it certainly seems to be because that offensive hasn't been disrupted too much, but the more immediate resistance in the centre of the city is holding troops out for now. we are seeing extraordinary fighting in kharkiv, where we know 21 people have been killed in more intense shelling. we are seeing russian paratroopers deployed and it serves as a stark reminder that russia has plenty of reserves to draw upon as it continues to be frustrated. that is the view from the capital of ukraine. let's go to moscow now, where the kremlin is insisting support for president putin remains high. jenny hill is our correspondent there. is it possible

to accurately gauge public support? the kremlin is referring to an opinion poll which was published overnight, which shows trust in vladimir putin has risen amongst the russian public. 70% or so of russians trust him and support him. around about two thirds of the russian population is apart what he is doing in ukraine. this is interesting because as you know, russia is a country which is held in a tight grip by the kremlin. if you are found up by an opinion pollster, you might not want to be giving them your honest opinion. we should also point out a lot of people here get their information from state television, which is not showing the full extent of what is happening in ukraine, so people may be voicing support for the special military operation of the kremlin without realising fully what it is. it is worth noting i think that protests have continued here, yet again arrests yesterday, an independent

monitoring group is a 300 people were detained for having attended anti—war demonstrations. and an online protest organised a human rights activist here has attracted more than a million signatures. so you can gauge that there is a significant amount of concern about the war, a significant amount of concern about vladimir putin and his actions. impossible of course to gauge exactly how widespread that is. in the meantime, the kremlin is intensifying its information campaign here. over 90 radio station, a tv station have had their websites blocked. the radio station actually, listeners were listening away last night and suddenly found programmes fell off the air and were replaced by a hissing noise. a local newspaper attempted to publish a front page with the headline, "this madness must be stopped." reportedly its office received a swift visit

from the police who seized newspapers before they could be fully distributed. in the meantime we are hearing from the kremlin, defiant form. they haven't really shifted their position, they are saying sanctions are a heavy blow but russia will stay on its feet. they are smashing —— setting up a special headquarters to deal with the fallout. they also say a delegation from russia will be on the spot today to hold a second round of peace talks with ukraine. they won't say where that sport is. given what is happening in ukraine at the moment, few would have much confidence that the kremlin is committed to those peace talks but we will have to wait and see what happens. i should also just mention very quickly that sergey lavrov, russian foreign minister, is also very bullish, issuing a threat actually saying a third world war would be nuclear and destructive. very briefly, you say most people get their information from state television but most people under a

certain age don't, they get their information from their phones, don't they? do you get any sense of what they? do you get any sense of what the generational split is from those who just watched russian state television and those who are able to see what is actually going on? yes. see what is actually going on? yes, aaain it is see what is actually going on? yes, again it is impossible _ see what is actually going on? yes, again it is impossible to _ see what is actually going on? ye: again it is impossible to quantify, and there are controls on, for example, restrictions on accessing facebook and twitter here. what young people in particular are accessing different sorts —— sources of information and people have told me of divisions within family units where children, the younger people, are getting a much clearer sense of what is happening in ukraine but then coming up against parents or grandparents who are just watching state television who support mr putin and accused the youngsters of being brainwashed by the west. it is a very distressing scenario which my understanding is this is being repeated in a number of families, not necessarily throughout the country but it is a phenomenon and people are starting to report. thank

ou ve people are starting to report. thank you very much. _ people are starting to report. thank you very much. jenny _ people are starting to report. thank you very much, jenny hill— people are starting to report. thank you very much, jenny hill in - people are starting to report. thank you very much, jenny hill in moscow, thank you. now, hundreds of thousands of people have left their homes in ukrainian cities in search of safety. some of those travelling have been journeying for days and turned away at borders. speaking to us from the border for ukraine into slovakia, british medical student murtaza hameed who had been living in kyiv. when did you leave and what has your journey been like? where did you go to first as well?— to first as well? well, we left, well, i left _ to first as well? well, we left, well, i left kyiv _ to first as well? well, we left, well, i left kyiv pretty - to first as well? well, we left, well, i left kyiv pretty much i to first as well? well, we left, . well, i left kyiv pretty much when the attack started. at that point there was still an air of disbelief. it was thursday last week when the first russian jet we believe was shot down over kyiv. i was living to a district that was reasonably close, close enough that it lit up my apartment and rattled the

windows. at that point i posted a facebook update to my family. my first instinct was the russians might sever communications, i wanted to get an update out that i am safe and heading to shelter. i already had a bag packed ready to go in case of emergency because obviously the warnings coming from the embassy telling us to leave in the proceeding weeks so i grabbed that and headed down to find some information and shelter. to be honest thursday was quite chaotic. i got the sense that people were stunned, especially in kyiv, no one really understood something like this could happen. the direction was basically to leave kyiv as soon as possible, so on the friday i was in contact with a bunch of expats via telegram chat and i realised i was travelling alone and it would probably be safer to travel in a group of expats, so i reached out and there was another solo traveller who came, who has since become my

good friend, johann. he met me in the train station in the centre of kyiv. when we got there, that was friday morning, and it wasjust chaos. there was a lot of people heading there as you can imagine. sirens went off as we were waiting for trains. there was an underground metro stations serving as a shelter near the main train station. it essentially ended up being people moving back and forth between the main train station and the shelter. no one really seemed to know what was happening and we were desperately searching for private drivers and taxis to take us out. johann managed to get one of his friends, my mood, a turkish national working in kyiv to put us in contact with a professional driver. we paid him about $500 per person to get us out of kyiv that day. we packed into his car and as we headed out of kyiv

we stopped off at a supermarket to pack up supplies. we had no idea how long we were going to be on the road. at that point every source of information was saying a polish crossing was going to be the safest and quickest way to go by car, so we headed to the border towards the west of ukraine. the driver was an excellent guy, yet he took payment but he was a professional. he assured us he would get there on time. sorry, ithink assured us he would get there on time. sorry, i think i lost you for a moment. time. sorry, i thinki lost you for a moment-— a moment. no, we can hear everything, _ a moment. no, we can hear everything, carry _ a moment. no, we can hear everything, carry on. - a moment. no, we can hear everything, carry on. he - a moment. no, we can hear- everything, carry on. he assured us we would get there on _ everything, carry on. he assured us we would get there on time, - everything, carry on. he assured us we would get there on time, his - we would get there on time, his plan was to drive through the night so he drove 22 hours without stopping. we arranged to reach the border without sleeping to avoid the queues and the influx of people heading to medika.

0nce influx of people heading to medika. once we got to the border city, there was probably i think about may be a5 kilometres of backed up traffic, so we stayed in the queue. there was a few official presence, people getting out their cars, wandering around, not sure what was happening but it quickly became apparent having driven through the night with very little sleep between us that we were not going to be able to make it, even within the next two days by car because we were moving at a rate of one or two kilometres every five hours. i do pm, the group i was travelling with, we decided we would try and make it on foot. as we exited kyiv, iforgot to would try and make it on foot. as we exited kyiv, i forgot to say we got another call from someone in the expat group that his girlfriend, ukrainian national girl, was stuck near the outskirts of kyiv so we managed to pick her up, and 20 minutes after that the area was

bombed. so she was with us, and it was something to consider, you know. a a0 kilometre walk, a lack of sleep. we were carrying our supplies on our backs. we ditched a lot of heavy luggage and we set off walking. it took 11 hours to walk the length of cars to the medika border. it was probably around 1am that we reached the actual border crossing. along the way, people were kind of asking cars if they had space to sleep. there was much confusion as you can imagine. a lot of people, a lot of international students, and as we approached the border crossing, things became very different. i have to say that on the walk, despite it being 11 hours and very physically draining and mentally draining, a huge boost was the ukrainian nationals who lived along the way. they were coming out

with free food, coffee, sandwiches. 0ffering with free food, coffee, sandwiches. offering support, words of encouragement. all along the way pretty much, the entire walk. but when we got to medika, it was very different. we arrived in pitch black darkness, there was no lighting, no shelter, a petrol station nearby that was open via a kiosk for chocolate and snacks, but largely no sort of organisation whatsoever. as we got closer, itjust became chaotic. when i actually arrived, there was a group of i would say may be 3000 foreign students and internationals, kind of marshal to the left—hand side of the crossing, and on the right—hand side was another queue. we were told ukrainian women and children would be prioritised, which, you know, there is a real sense among expats in kyiv, students are professionals, that this is completely fair. women

and children first is an unspoken rule. ., , ., and children first is an unspoken rule. ., i. , ,, rule. forgive me, where you blocked from crossing. _ rule. forgive me, where you blocked from crossing, murtaza _ rule. forgive me, where you blocked from crossing, murtaza? _ rule. forgive me, where you blocked from crossing, murtaza? yes. - rule. forgive me, where you blocked from crossing, murtaza? yes. why? | rule. forgive me, where you blocked. from crossing, murtaza? yes. why? it became clear— from crossing, murtaza? yes. why? it became clear they _ from crossing, murtaza? yes. why? it became clear they were _ from crossing, murtaza? yes. why? it became clear they were prioritising . became clear they were prioritising women and children so we got our friend across after assurances from the guard she would be ok. but they did turn me and my south african national friend did turn me and my south african nationalfriend back. we weren't given an explicit reason but from the way the border guards were treating the african students, the pakistani and indian students there, it was a very aggressive response. let me ask you, was it because of the colour of your skin in part, do you feel? the colour of your skin in part, do ou feel? . , the colour of your skin in part, do ou feel? ., , ., . you feel? that is quite a direct ruestion you feel? that is quite a direct question but — you feel? that is quite a direct question but ultimately - you feel? that is quite a direct question but ultimately i - you feel? that is quite a direct question but ultimately i have | you feel? that is quite a direct l question but ultimately i have to say yes. i would qualify that by saying by no means do i think ukraine is more or less

discriminatory or racist place than other places, in fact my parents had to leave for pakistan from england after 30 years because of post—brexit islamophobia, so i cannot say ukraine in its whole is more or less discriminatory, but certainly in this context we had the confusion and chaos. if you were white, if you had an elite european passport, some italians got a cross, you could basically force your way through by waving your passport. so are you saying that people who were not ukrainian women and children but other nationalities but that had a white skin were being allowed to cross? ~ r' white skin were being allowed to cross? ~ n' ., white skin were being allowed to cross? ~ ., ., . cross? white skin or a decent command _ cross? white skin or a decent command of— cross? white skin or a decent command of english, - cross? white skin or a decent command of english, it - cross? white skin or a decent. command of english, it varied. cross? white skin or a decent - command of english, it varied. along the way we made a friend with an iranian national who managed to cross. he sent me a voice note after he crossed saying wave your british passport in their face and they will

let you through, but by that time you are travelling with people you have made connections with, and for me the notion that your passport gives you a right of safety when there are nigerian nationals with babies in the cold, that didn't sit right with me. find babies in the cold, that didn't sit right with me— babies in the cold, that didn't sit riaht with me. �* ., i. ., right with me. and can i ask you now where ou right with me. and can i ask you now where you are _ right with me. and can i ask you now where you are briefly, _ right with me. and can i ask you now where you are briefly, if— right with me. and can i ask you now where you are briefly, if you - right with me. and can i ask you now where you are briefly, if you would i where you are briefly, if you would tell us, and what reception you have received, murtaza. so tell us, and what reception you have received, murtaza.— tell us, and what reception you have received, murtaza. so we headed back from medika — received, murtaza. so we headed back from medika to _ received, murtaza. so we headed back from medika to lviv _ received, murtaza. so we headed back from medika to lviv where _ received, murtaza. so we headed back from medika to lviv where we - received, murtaza. so we headed back from medika to lviv where we had - from medika to lviv where we had beautiful ukrainian friends helping us out, giving us homes. from there we planned to head to the slovakian border. honestly, getting a train from lviv and a taxi to the slovakian border which is an on foot only crossing, they are worlds apart. the difference has been incredible. even on the ukrainian side, before you get to the crossing, there are volunteers with teas, making sure you are one with

blankets, and after crossing to slovakia it is nothing but care. we have been offered food more times than i can count, we have been offered everything we need, one place to rest, tents. so there is a disparity in what kind of response you are getting depending on where you are getting depending on where you are getting depending on where you are from originally. fik. you are getting depending on where you are from originally.— you are from originally. 0k. thank ou ve you are from originally. 0k. thank you very much. — you are from originally. 0k. thank you very much, murtaza. - you are from originally. 0k. thank you very much, murtaza. i'm - you are from originally. 0k. thank you very much, murtaza. i'm glad | you are from originally. 0k. thank. you very much, murtaza. i'm glad you are safe. thank you for talking to us. let's talk to our correspondent tasha madera who is on the poland ukraine border. explain to our viewers where you are today. so this is the town — viewers where you are today. so this is the town a — viewers where you are today. so this is the town a few _ viewers where you are today. so this is the town a few kilometres - viewers where you are today. so this is the town a few kilometres away i is the town a few kilometres away from one of the border crossing points and there are a number of them in poland. it is a very long border with ukraine. what is happening here behind me is an immense effort by the local

volunteers, by local emergency services, the local fire volunteers, by local emergency services, the localfire brigades, and ultimatelyjust people wanting to help out. these are a mixture of refugees who have just come and need food, needjust refugees who have just come and need food, need just stuff. refugees who have just come and need food, needjust stuff. lots refugees who have just come and need food, need just stuff. lots of people donating clothes that has been sorted out. you have gloves, things for children, warm items that have been sorted out, hats, because a lot of the people that have come from ukraine havejust small suitcases with them. they have left really quickly because of the volatile situation there, and they need help, they need food. lots of baby food, hot drinks. it is cold here, sometimes it starts snowing so they need to be warmed up. this is they need to be warmed up. this is the first port of call they get. they are brought by buses not far from here, then they get to just start their heads out, work out what

it is they are next going to do. a huge effort. people coming from all over europe to try and help because they have seen the stories. we were speaking to one mother who was telling me how her house had been bombed, completely destroyed. another one was telling me how she had to leave her son, he is over the age of 18 so he will stay and fight. you have the buses that keep coming up. every few minutes another one comes straight from the border itself and people get off, they looked bewildered, they are exhausted. they have spent days getting here. they have spent... difficulties, you can see in their faces, they are really difficult scenes. so an enormous effort. if you think about it, the amount of people, this isjust coming to you think about it, the amount of people, this is just coming to one particular emergency welcome

reception area in poland, and there are loads of these that have sprung up are loads of these that have sprung up across the area. we expect there will be around 500,000 people to have entered just into poland by the end of the day. yesterday for example, there were nearly 100,000 people that entered. the day before, 100,000 people that ended, and these numbers are overwhelming. but like i say, the reception, people trying to do their bit. 0ver say, the reception, people trying to do their bit. over here, it is hot teas and coffees. these have been set up by people who work in the local council. they got out of the office, they got themselves... i'm just going to go through because there is this lady here who is phenomenal. she has been so cheerful and offering people drinks.

inthe in the city hall, and you have dropped the paperwork? yes. in the city hall, and you have dropped the paperwork? yes, we have worked shifts. — dropped the paperwork? yes, we have worked shifts, eight _ dropped the paperwork? yes, we have worked shifts, eight hour _ dropped the paperwork? yes, we have worked shifts, eight hour shifts, - worked shifts, eight hour shifts, and we — worked shifts, eight hour shifts, and we are — worked shifts, eight hour shifts, and we are helping everyone just to make _ and we are helping everyone just to make it _ and we are helping everyone just to make it happen. and and we are helping everyone 'ust to make it happemfi and we are helping everyone 'ust to make it happen. and you have spoken to so many different _ make it happen. and you have spoken to so many different people. - make it happen. and you have spoken to so many different people. how - make it happen. and you have spoken to so many different people. how are| to so many different people. how are you finding these conversations with people who have fled their homes? they are really difficult, really tired — they are really difficult, really tired we _ they are really difficult, really tired. we canjust ask they are really difficult, really tired. we can just ask them they are really difficult, really tired. we canjust ask them if they are really difficult, really tired. we can just ask them if they want _ tired. we can just ask them if they want anything hot to drink are anything — want anything hot to drink are anything to eat. these are the two main _ anything to eat. these are the two main things we ask them, and we hope it will— main things we ask them, and we hope it will help _ main things we ask them, and we hope it will help them overcome the fear they have — it will help them overcome the fear the have. ~ ., ., ,, , ., they have. what happens to them after here? _ they have. what happens to them after here? they _ they have. what happens to them after here? they then _ they have. what happens to them after here? they then get - they have. what happens to them after here? they then get help? | after here? they then get help? plenty of them have certain destinations where they go, they have _ destinations where they go, they have places like in europe, germany, england. _ have places like in europe, germany, england, even the united states and they go— england, even the united states and they go there. they also sleep, we have like _ they go there. they also sleep, we have like places people of the places — have like places people of the places where they can take them for as long _ places where they can take them for as long as— places where they can take them for as long as they want.—

as long as they want. thank you so much. as long as they want. thank you so much- 0ne — as long as they want. thank you so much- one of _ as long as they want. thank you so much. one ofjust _ as long as they want. thank you so much. one ofjust a _ as long as they want. thank you so much. one ofjust a number- as long as they want. thank you so much. one ofjust a number of- as long as they want. thank you so i much. one ofjust a number of people much. 0ne ofjust a number of people who have dropped their dayjobs, dropped everything to help out. what is fascinating is when you are walking around, you see people with flags from different countries so we have had a lot of flags from denmark, people offering lifts to go to denmark. people have travelled from berlin to come here to help people. there is an understanding that what is happening here on the ground, especially in poland, the number of people coming here, the first port of call, it is a huge effort to get them warmed up, to get them somewhere to sleep, something to eat, just even a hot drink. lots of people here ready to help, lots of people here ready to help, lots of people here ready to help, lots of people ready to welcome all of those who are bewildered, confused and just shattered. amazing effort from kazia, we will talk later. we've had an e—mailfrom

lynn who is on the costa blanca. she says that we are collecting food, toiletries, clothing and blankets, we have several ukrainian nationals working here and they are getting ready to return to ukraine and poland to take our contributions to them and hopefully they will arrive safely. taste them and hopefully they will arrive safel . ~ , them and hopefully they will arrive safel. , ., safely. we absolutely despise what is happening _ safely. we absolutely despise what is happening and — safely. we absolutely despise what is happening and we _ safely. we absolutely despise what is happening and we consider - is happening and we consider president putin to be a dictator and war criminal. 0ne ukrainian who has safely reached poland is pelissier, who was 17 at the time of the 201a russian invasion of crimea and was traumatised after helping the civilian effort then, she decided to leave ukraine after seeing a building opposite her own home being hit by a russian missile. thank you for talking to us. how are you? having sleepless nights. can for talking to us. how are you? having sleepless nights.- for talking to us. how are you? having sleepless nights. can i ask ou to having sleepless nights. can i ask you to speak _ having sleepless nights. can i ask you to speak up — having sleepless nights. can i ask you to speak up a _ having sleepless nights. can i ask you to speak up a little _ having sleepless nights. can i ask you to speak up a little bit - having sleepless nights. can i ask| you to speak up a little bit because i am finding it hard to hear you? i

am fine but having a little sleepless nights. i5 am fine but having a little sleepless nights.- am fine but having a little sleeless niuhts. , ., , , sleepless nights. is that because ou are sleepless nights. is that because you are just _ sleepless nights. is that because you are just thinking _ sleepless nights. is that because you are just thinking about - sleepless nights. is that because l you are just thinking about people back home and what you have left behind? , ~ back home and what you have left behind? , ,, ., , behind? yes, thinking about my famil , i behind? yes, thinking about my family. i go _ behind? yes, thinking about my family. i go and _ behind? yes, thinking about my family, i go and check— behind? yes, thinking about my family, i go and check every - behind? yes, thinking about my i family, i go and check every couple of hours the messages from my mother, my aunt or my grandparents, and check that overnight, kyiv was bombed, in the region close to the place where my whole family is so i was really nervous about that. and was really nervous about that. and do ou was really nervous about that. and do you take _ was really nervous about that. and do you take each _ was really nervous about that. and do you take each day at a time, are you able to think ahead about what the future might hold? i am basically taking one day at a time and trying to plan to build up my future. ., , ., future. considering how the life chanced future. considering how the life changed in _ future. considering how the life changed in just _ future. considering how the life changed in just one _ future. considering how the life changed in just one night, -

future. considering how the life changed injust one night, i- future. considering how the life changed injust one night, i am| future. considering how the life | changed injust one night, i am a little afraid to plan something so much ahead. honestly. presumably you would like to — much ahead. honestly. presumably you would like to return _ much ahead. honestly. presumably you would like to return home _ much ahead. honestly. presumably you would like to return home sooner. - much ahead. honestly. presumably you would like to return home sooner. i- would like to return home sooner. i would like to return home sooner. i would like to return home sooner. i would like my family to be safe and my country to be over the war. that is the most important thing. what is the most important thing. what would ou is the most important thing. what would you say _ is the most important thing. what would you say to _ is the most important thing. what would you say to president putin? is the most important thing. what. would you say to president putin? i would you say to president putin? i would tell him that he isjust would tell him that he is just killing simple people, for his own ambitions and basically not showing that he is strong, it is not showing he is stronger, it is showing that he is stronger, it is showing that he is stronger, it is showing that he is weak if he has to reach what he is weak if he has to reach what he wants by such miserable actions and making people suffer. your weight he justifies it by saying that he is trying to protect russian speaking ukrainians ==. that he is trying to protect russian speaking ukrainian- that he is trying to protect russian speaking ukrainians --, he says that he is trying — speaking ukrainians --, he says that he is trying to _ speaking ukrainians --, he says that he is trying to decriminalise - speaking ukrainians --, he says that he is trying to decriminalise and - he is trying to decriminalise and the nats are far ukraine, what you think about that? i the nats are far ukraine, what you think about that?—

think about that? i think that is a comlete think about that? i think that is a complete lie- _ think about that? i think that is a complete lie. we _ think about that? i think that is a complete lie. we have _ think about that? i think that is a complete lie. we have speak- think about that? i think that is a complete lie. we have speak alll complete lie. we have speak all speaking ukrainian and russian in ukraine but we don't have any genocide against russian people. i know russian people that decided to speak only ukrainian because they feel like if they speak russian, they will come and save us, but we don't want this. we are in our land. we were living happy lives and doing ourjobs, and why somebody tries to save us, to protect, but killing people is not protecting, killing people is not protecting, killing people is not protecting, killing people is terrorism. look what happened in kharkiv. just, like, killing the whole city.— happened in kharkiv. just, like, killing the whole city. thank you for talkinu killing the whole city. thank you for talking to — killing the whole city. thank you for talking to us. _ killing the whole city. thank you for talking to us. we _ will get let's get a view from moscow —

and speak to dr henry sardaryan, will get henry sardaryan, who is dean of the school of governance and politics at moscow state institute of international relations. can you tell us what president putin wants �*s can you tell us what president putin wants '- , , . can you tell us what president putin wants '- ,, ., ., can you tell us what president putin wants' ,, ., ., , wants 's russia wanted western countries not _ wants 's russia wanted western countries not to _ wants 's russia wanted western countries not to support - wants 's russia wanted western countries not to support the - countries not to support the government in ukraine. as a result of a michael teuber happened in 201a which was absolutely anti—constitutional. but no one wanted to listen to them. —— as a result of a military coup, that happened in 201a. there is no one in russia or any other part of the world to see the war as something good. war is not something we are expecting for. however, the war in the eastern part of ukraine has not

started some weeks ago but eight years ago. it has not stop this because of the attacks in the donbas region. and no one in the world was waving the flags of russia or russian people living in donbas region although for eight years they have been killed and tortured and their territory has been a theatre of war activity. their territory has been a theatre of war activity-— their territory has been a theatre of war activity. forgive me, forgive me, no, of war activity. forgive me, forgive me. no. excuse — of war activity. forgive me, forgive me, no, excuse me, _ of war activity. forgive me, forgive me, no, excuse me, no, _ of war activity. forgive me, forgive me, no, excuse me, no, you - of war activity. forgive me, forgive me, no, excuse me, no, you will. of war activity. forgive me, forgive i me, no, excuse me, no, you will not, because that is a lie, there is zero evidence for that.— because that is a lie, there is zero evidence for that. when the american government. — evidence for that. when the american government. the _ evidence for that. when the american government, the uk _ evidence for that. when the american government, the uk government, - evidence for that. when the american government, the uk government, in l government, the uk government, in iraq they make more than 1 million people dead. now, the american

corporations around the world are putting sanctions.— corporations around the world are putting sanctions. excuse me, excuse me... putting sanctions. excuse me, excuse me--- you — putting sanctions. excuse me, excuse me... you think _ putting sanctions. excuse me, excuse me... you think those _ putting sanctions. excuse me, excuse me... you think those are _ putting sanctions. excuse me, excuse me... you think those are the - putting sanctions. excuse me, excuse me... you think those are the sins . me... you think those are the sins of the west and therefore that justifies what president putin is doing now? he has invaded an independent, sovereign country and is killing innocent men, women and children. that is what he's doing. what is the of innocent men and women killed? i what is the of innocent men and women killed?— what is the of innocent men and women killed? ., ., , ., ., women killed? i am asking you how he 'ustifies women killed? i am asking you how he justifies that- — women killed? i am asking you how he justifies that. you _ women killed? i am asking you how he justifies that. you are, _ women killed? i am asking you how he justifies that. you are, russian - justifies that. you are, russian army is not killing innocent people but only military infrastructure. this is nonsense.— but only military infrastructure. this is nonsense. ~ ., , , this is nonsense. what is the number of? your governments _ this is nonsense. what is the number of? your governments have _ this is nonsense. what is the number of? your governments have killed - of? your governments have killed more than 1 of? your governments have killed more than1 million people in iraq.

is this some kind of competition? you're telling me that our government is killing innocent peoples. i government is killing innocent eo - les. . government is killing innocent ”eoles. ., ., government is killing innocent --eoles. . ., government is killing innocent ”eoles. ., ., y., ., ., peoples. i am asking you how, how... what is the — peoples. i am asking you how, how... what is the number _ peoples. i am asking you how, how... what is the number of _ peoples. i am asking you how, how... what is the number of innocent - what is the number of innocent people being killed? home what is the number of innocent people being killed?— people being killed? how does president putin _ people being killed? how does president putin justify - people being killed? how does president putin justify it? - people being killed? how does president putin justify it? that| people being killed? how does. president putin justify it? that is what i am asking.— what i am asking. thousands of russians have _ what i am asking. thousands of russians have been _ what i am asking. thousands of russians have been killed - what i am asking. thousands of russians have been killed in - what i am asking. thousands of| russians have been killed in the donbas region.— russians have been killed in the donbas region. could you post for one second. _ donbas region. could you post for one second, please, _ donbas region. could you post for one second, please, sir? - donbas region. could you post for one second, please, sir? how- donbas region. could you post for. one second, please, sir? how does president putin justify killing innocent men, women and children in ukraine 's the innocent men, women and children in ukraine '- ,, ., , , ukraine 's the russian president cannot justify — ukraine 's the russian president cannot justify the _ ukraine 's the russian president cannot justify the things - ukraine 's the russian president cannot justify the things which l ukraine 's the russian president i cannot justify the things which are cannotjustify the things which are not done. russia is destroying the military infrastructure of ukraine and the reason for doing that is that ukraine is a threat to russian security for the moment and the security for the moment and the security of russian people living in

donbas region have been killed for eight years and there is an obvious danger of genocide for the russian speaking minority. ilirui’iie danger of genocide for the russian speaking minority.— speaking minority. wife and hospitals. — speaking minority. wife and hospitals. a _ speaking minority. wife and hospitals, a tv _ speaking minority. wife and hospitals, a tv tower, - speaking minority. wife and hospitals, a tv tower, and i hospitals, a tv tower, and administrative building in the north of the country, an orphanage have been hit because matter is that military infrastructure? that been hit because matter is that military infrastructure?- been hit because matter is that military infrastructure? that is the view from the _ military infrastructure? that is the view from the ukrainian _ military infrastructure? that is the i view from the ukrainian government. before the invasion of iraq i saw this from the united states, who were showing the threat of the weapons of mass destruction, which were in iraq and then in three or four years we learned that... let’s four years we learned that... let's talk about — four years we learned that... let's talk about today _ four years we learned that... let's talk about today and _ four years we learned that... let's talk about today and now. - four years we learned that... let's talk about today and now. how is this going to end? this talk about today and now. how is this going to end?— this going to end? this will end with the neutral _ this going to end? this will end with the neutral status - this going to end? this will end with the neutral status of - this going to end? this will end l with the neutral status of ukraine which will not pose any threat to

russian security, it will not be a member of nato. this will end... that is up to ukraine. 0f member of nato. this will end... that is up to ukraine. of course it is, it is an independent country. it is, it is an independent country. it is an independent country if you remember at some point, the russian missiles at cuba. and no one cared that cuba was an independent country. that cuba was an independent count . ., , ., country. continue with your sentence- _ country. continue with your sentence. you _ country. continue with your sentence. you say - country. continue with your sentence. you say that - country. continue with your sentence. you say that as l country. continue with your. sentence. you say that as far country. continue with your- sentence. you say that as far as president putin goes... sentence. you say that as far as president putin goes. . .- president putin goes... ukraine should be _ president putin goes... ukraine should be a _ president putin goes... ukraine should be a demilitarised - president putin goes... ukraine should be a demilitarised state| president putin goes... ukraine - should be a demilitarised state that does not pose any threat to russian people on its eastern borders. and in ukraine there shouldn't be any nazi legions, any nazi group or formations which are in the eastern

parts of ukraine, affecting the russian population.— parts of ukraine, affecting the russian population. thank you for talkin: to russian population. thank you for talking to me. _ russian population. thank you for talking to me, the _ russian population. thank you for talking to me, the dean _ russian population. thank you for talking to me, the dean of - russian population. thank you for talking to me, the dean of the - talking to me, the dean of the school of governance and politics at a university in moscow. we will bring you the sport now, from the bbc sports centre and 0lly foster. one of great britains most successful paralaympians, baroness tanni grey thompson says russians shouldn't be allowed to compete at the winter games that start on friday. the international paralympic committee have eld an emergency meeting today to decide whether they follow other sports in banning russia from competition. around 70 russian paralympians are already in beijing and are due to take part under the flag of the russian paralympic committee. 0ver my time competing, i've known russian athletes, and they are some amazing people. many of them will not agree with what putin is doing. they may not even know or understand what is going on right now but,

ultimately, i don't think they should be allowed to compete. and i also think it is a bit of a cop—out, allowing them to compete with a different name and with no national anthem because, ultimately, that can still be spun back in russia as they are being allowed to compete. a ukraine team of 20 athletes and nine guides will compete in beijing. there had been concerns the athletes wouldn't be able to travel but the ukrainian disabled sports committee say they will arrive today. the president of world athletics sebastian coe says sport has to step up and and do its bit to try and put pressure on russia and belarus, for their role in facilitating the invasion of ukraine. athletes from both those nations will be barred from competing at any world series events for the forseeable future. that incudes the world indoor championships in serbia this month and the world championships in oregon injuly.

we made a judgment, the council made a judgment, that given the appalling events that are unfolding by the minute as we sit here, in ukraine, which is an important athletics nation in our family, that we couldn't sit this dance out. russian and belarussian tennis players can continue playing on the men's and women's tours but only as neutral athletes, with no reference to their nationality. ukraine's elina svitolina's had refused to play against russia's anastashia potapova at the monterrey 0pen until that decision was made. she went on to win the match and said afterwards that her "mission is to unite our tennis community to stand with ukraine". the international tennis federation has also suspended the russian and belarus tennis federations from international team competitions. formula 0ne's only russian driver nikita mazepin will be allowed to race this season. that was the decision that came out

of an fia meeting yesterday. russian branding and sponsorship will be banned from all clothing, equipment and cars. the livery on his haas car was changed last week. there were emotional scenes ahead of manchester city's fa cup fifth round tie at peterborough united — as city's ukranian international 0leksandr zinchenko led the side out. both teams emerged from the tunnel with the ukrainian flag in a gesture of solidarity. zinchenko was given the captain's armband by team—mate fernandinho, who had initially been named city captain. city won the game 2—0 and their manager praised his defender and the reception he received from the peterborough fans. unfortunately, his citizens in ukraine are living in a terrible and scary and insane situation and of course all the people here in peterborough, and i think ourfans, show him, so thank you so much again

for the people of peterborough. the gesture, to support alex and all of the ukrainian citizens. championship side luton host chelsea in the cup tonight. chelsea's pre—match press conference was dominated by questions about russian roman abramovich's ownership of the club. chelsea head coach thomas tuchel had had enough. no, listen, listen, you have to stop. i'm not a politician. you have to stop, honestly. i can only repeat it and i feel bad to repeat it because i never experienced war. even to talk about it, i feel bad because i am very privileged. i sit here in peace and i do the best i can but you have to stop asking me these questions, i have no answers for you. that's all the sport for now. we expect the decision about russian involvement in the paralympics, in the next a5 minutes also stop thank

you very much, 0lly foster. ukraine has driven european natural gas prices to a record high. those figures are just out. and it's having a sustained impact on oil prices, which have hit highs not seen in nearly a decade. our business correspondent rob young is here. tell us how it affects everybody watching. brute tell us how it affects everybody watchinu. ~ . , watching. we are seeing extraordinary _ watching. we are seeing extraordinary changes i watching. we are seeing extraordinary changes in watching. we are seeing - extraordinary changes in the price of energy commodities. brent crude oil, the international benchmark, rising 8% up to $113 a barrel, the highest since 201a. we have seen the price of gas on some contracts soaring by 50% in a few hours. 0n the european continent hitting a record high, close to record highs in the uk. this is all about concerns among energy traders that the disruption of energy from russia, a hugely important global energy supplier, could be disrupted because of the war. let’s

energy supplier, could be disrupted because of the war.— energy supplier, could be disrupted because of the war. let's talk about big companies- _ because of the war. let's talk about big companies. more _ because of the war. let's talk about big companies. more and _ because of the war. let's talk about big companies. more and more - because of the war. let's talk about big companies. more and more of. because of the war. let's talk about - big companies. more and more of them stopping selling things to russia. we will get onto that in a second. western countries have not sanctioned energy companies. gas is still flowing from russia to the european continent. we are seeing traders concerned that supplies could be disrupted, and we are seeing some energy buyers, in a sense, self sanctioning, they have decided according to industry analysts not to buy russian oil. 0ne analysts not to buy russian oil. 0ne analyst has said perhaps 70% of russian oil which is available for sale right now is struggling to find a buyer. it might be because the companies that buy it could be subject to sanctions down the line or if they do they may not be able to get hold of a tanker to put it on. ~ . to get hold of a tanker to put it on, ~ ., ., , ., to get hold of a tanker to put it on. ., to get hold of a tanker to put it on. ~ ., on. what about apple, nikkei, companies _ on. what about apple, nikkei, companies like _ on. what about apple, nikkei, companies like that? - on. what about apple, nikkei, companies like that? the - on. what about apple, nikkei, companies like that? the list | on. what about apple, nikkei, | companies like that? the list of

countries -- — companies like that? the list of countries -- companies - companies like that? the list of countries -- companies holding companies like that? the list of- countries -- companies holding sales countries —— companies holding sales operations in russia is growing by the hour. we have had apple saying it will not sell its tech, we've had ford saying it is going to suspend operations there, booing the aircraft maker saying that it will no longer service russian aircraft. and the huge american energy giant exxon mobile saying that it will walk away from operations there. we have had bp and shell in the uk say that in recent days. that will likely come at a huge cost to those individual companies, but also at a cost to the russian energy industry which has relied on western finance and western know—how to keep the oil and western know—how to keep the oil and gas fields functioning. shire and western know-how to keep the oil and gas fields functioning.— and gas fields functioning. are they walkin: and gas fields functioning. are they walking away _ and gas fields functioning. are they walking away for — and gas fields functioning. are they walking away for pr _ and gas fields functioning. are they walking away for pr reasons, - and gas fields functioning. are they j walking away for pr reasons, moral reasons, a mixture of both 's partly because of sanctions and also pr reasons as well, russia is seen by western companies as toxic. thea;r reasons as well, russia is seen by western companies as toxic. they do not want to — western companies as toxic. they do not want to be _ western companies as toxic. they do not want to be associated _

western companies as toxic. they do not want to be associated with - western companies as toxic. they do not want to be associated with it. - not want to be associated with it. we are seeing pr companies and asset manager saying that they will walk away from russia as well and some company saying publicly that this is about morals. it is about morality, at a time when a democratic western nation has been invaded.— nation has been invaded. thank you for talkin: nation has been invaded. thank you for talking to _ nation has been invaded. thank you for talking to us, _ nation has been invaded. thank you for talking to us, rob. _ president biden has used his first state of the union address to call vladimir putin a dictator and to describe the invasion of ukraine as "premeditated and totally unprovoked". mr biden praised the courage of the ukrainian people and said the russian leader had underestimated the unity and strength of the western response. 0ur correspondent, nomia iqbal, reports from washington. 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. earlier i asked our chief political correspondent adam fleming, what does the british government think about how the russian advance is going? one of the interesting aspects of this conflict so far is just how explicit the british government and their allies are being about their assessments about how things are going. now, there might be a bit of propaganda value to that, but i'm sure there's actually some

informational value too because they do seem to have pretty good intelligence and so this is the situation update we got from the defence secretary, ben wallace, when he was doing interviews this morning. at the moment, we are in a position where russia has not achieved its goals. it is still the overwhelming force on the ground compared to the ukrainian in size, but it doesn't have the moral component though, which is really important for a soldier. we have seen a number of anecdotal reports by young russian soldiers saying," i didn't even know i was here. "i thought i was on exercise. "no—one told me i was going to war. "no—one told me i was going to kill ukrainians." who of course to many of them are related to them. so there are huge amounts of low morale in the russian forces. we've seen lots of surrenders. but that doesn't take away from the fact you have a very ruthless russian armed forces leadership and a president who seems to know no limit to how much violence they will use to achieve their aim. we will find out in the next few

days if the optimistic view of ben wallace will prevail over the much more pessimistic view that we heard from him at the end of that clip. i think the big domestic political point he was trying to drive home in his interviews this morning is he is trying to convince his colleagues on the conservative backbenches that there is no way there is going to be a no—fly zone over ukraine. he was pointing out that that could culminate then in a british warplane shooting down a russian warplane which means the uk would then be officially at war with russia and that is something that the defence secretary and the prime minister yesterday decisively ruled out, despite calls from some of their colleagues on the backbenches. president zelensky of ukraine has just tweeted this...

let's get some of the day's other news. collaboration between the us and taiwan is stronger than ever, according to a group of senior us officials who are in the territory to discuss peace and security. the comments were made by the head of the delegation, former chairman of the us joint chiefs of staff, mike mullen. china regards taiwan as a rebel province, and some taiwanese fear beijing could use force to take control. hong kong's chief executive, carrie lam, has called for calm after residents emptied supermarkets and pharmacies, fearing a possible coronavirus lockdown. ms lam told people to avoid stirring unnecessary fears. hong kong reported more than 32,000 new infections on tuesday, severely testing its strategy of isolating every covid case. queen elizabeth is back at work after being forced to cancel engagements last week since falling ill with covid. the news came in a statement issued

by buckingham palace. you're watching bbc news. hello, it was a foggy start across the south—west of the uk, but that is now lifting onto the hills. that process will continue. there will be thick fog of higher roots. despite the freshening breeze it will not break up the dominant cloud bank across much of england and wales thatis across much of england and wales that is moving north into scotland and northern ireland after what was one of the coldest nights since prior to christmas. the sunshine is fading. this mass of low cloud, and other weather front waiting in the wings as well, and theirs willjoin forces through this evening and overnight, pushing the cloudy skies, continuing the process of pushing them northwards on a freshening breeze. forthe them northwards on a freshening breeze. for the most part, rain

light and patchy but there will be some sharper bursts in the, a little bit of brightness developing towards the south—west but the best of the sunshine hanging on across the north of scotland and the northern isles, but the patchy rain will push across northern ireland into southern and central scotland through the day. it will beautifully because we lost yesterday's sunshine here, and picked up more of a breeze as well. that breeze will continue to carry those weather fronts and their cloud and rain northwards through the night with heavy rain returning to northern ireland, so with all of the cloud and the wind in the rain, it is likely to be largely frost free this coming night. not as cold to start thursday morning across scotland. however, it means we will have predominantly cloudy skies. you can see the tightly packed isobars. there is a bit at once certainly with us. high pressure is influencing the east. there is a better chance on thursday that we will see some brighter skies developing. perhaps east anglia, the south—east, lincolnshire, the north—east of england, but in

contrast, not as bright and sunny across the north of scotland, with some heavy outbreaks of rain moving across wales, western england, giving way to brighter skies, and to northern ireland. temperatures a little higher than those of today, where we see the brightness in northern ireland and eastern parts of england. that brightness still around for the start of the weekend, but this is a weak affair with high—pressure building, so cloudy skies rather than much rain, and the high pressure, then, ruling the roost into the latter part of the weekend. so we will see increasing amounts of dry and reasonably bright weather as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. as ever, there are more regional weather details on our website.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy hockings. our top stories. the russian bombardment of ukraine continues, as a tank shells an apartment building in borodyanka, northwest of the capital kyiv. the second biggest city kharkiv is one of the hardest hit areas — russian forces strike a university there. reports say four people have died. in southern ukraine, moscow claims to have seized control of the port city of kherson. the mayor says the city is surrounded — but is still under his control. president zelensky accuses vladimir putin of trying to erase his country's history —

and praises the resilience of ukrainians. ukrainians are a symbol of resilience, a symbol of the fact that people in any country can become the best people on earth at any moment. glory to ukraine. wherever you are in the world, but particularly if you are in as the fighting in ukraine continues, oil and gas prices rise sharply. oil prices surpass $110,000 a barrel and wholesale gas prices spike to near record levels. and almost 700,000 people have fled ukraine the un says there's a desperate need for supplies. the russian bombardment of key ukraine cities with shelling, artillery and air attacks has intensified. russian tanks bombed and destroyed apartment buildings in a town about a0 miles from the capital,

kyiv. the russian military claims to have taken control of ukraine's black sea port of kherson in the south of the country. if that's confirmed, it would be the biggest ukrainian city to fall to russia since fighting began. and ukraine's second major city, kharkhiv has come under further attack. let's take a look at the latest map of ukraine — areas shaded red show the terrority controlled by russia. in the north—east of the country, close to the russian border, paratroopers have landed in kharkiv. the mayor there says at least 21 people have been killed, and more than 100 injured, in shelling and artillery attacks. the kremlin says russian officials are ready to hold a second round of talks with ukraine. and the refugee crisis deepens — the un calculates that so far nearly 836,000 people have fled the conflict. this report from our correspondent, jon donnison

this is what people woke up to this morning. the aftermath of another russian attack. two buildings in this area. university faculty and also a regional police department. reports say paratroopers have also landed as part of an aerial assault. russia claims not to be targeting civilians but look at this tank in the road just west of kyiv. it is pointing directly at an apartment block. and this is what is left of a small hospital, also hitjust to the west of the capital. in kyiv, five people died when the main tv and radio tower was hit. russia has warned it is planning to strike for their targets in the area. it may do so using forces in this a0 mile long

military convoy stationed just 20 miles from the outskirts of care. the build—up suggest that russia may choose to intensify its assault in an effort overthrow the pro—western ukrainian government. under russia's offensive reaches deep into ukraine. these are pictures of what is claimed to be a russian air strike on the ukrainian city around 80 miles west of kyiv. rescuers are searching for survivors. in a southern city with a population of a quarter of a million, from their windows, local people filmed russian tanks. ~' , ., , tanks. think we should stop recording — tanks. think we should stop recording before _ tanks. think we should stop recording before someone l tanks. think we should stop - recording before someone shoots tanks. think we should stop _ recording before someone shoots me. the city is now reported to be under full russian control. a member of the local council told the bbc that 200 people have been killed, many of them civilians. but ukraine's president remains in power, even

inviting journalists in kyiv to meet him, showing his face as often as possible has become a wartime strategy and this morning, he sounded defiant as, once again, he addressed the nation.— addressed the nation. today, you, ukrainians. _ addressed the nation. today, you, ukrainians, are _ addressed the nation. today, you, ukrainians, are a _ addressed the nation. today, you, ukrainians, are a symbol- addressed the nation. today, you, ukrainians, are a symbol of - ukrainians, are a symbol of resilience. a symbol of the fact that people in any country can become — that people in any country can become the best people on earth at any moment. glory to ukraine. millions — any moment. glory to ukraine. millions of— any moment. glory to ukraine. millions of ukrainians now face the hardest _ millions of ukrainians now face the hardest of— millions of ukrainians now face the hardest of choices. stay or leave. those _ hardest of choices. stay or leave. those who — hardest of choices. stay or leave. those who have prepare their own home—made fortifications against the invader~ _ 0ur correspondent, james waterhouse is in the capital, kyiv. he gave us an update on the situation where he is and the russian military convoy that's sitting about 30 miles outside the city. another morning of going up and down, really. it's a strange routine now for so many in this city.

we haven't heard many explosions, if any, to be honest with you overnight or this morning, but as you say, people are all too aware. they learn on their phones instantaneously what is happening in this invasion beneath ground. so people know what is happening not too far away. that a0—mile—long convoy seems to have not made any more movements say experts overnight. it remains close to the outskirts of the city. the reason why, we don't know, what is clear is it is able to remain in situ, so possibly the ukrainians don't have air superiority as things stand. but that feeding into the targeting of the tv and radio tower yesterday in the city, along with the russian defence ministry announcing a list of targets at once to hit, including security and communication sites, is adding to a real sense of anxiety, but president zelensky has given another address this morning in his green military

uniform behind podium, seemingly still in kyiv where he talks about the country being brought together, closer in the last seven days then it has done in the past 30 years when it first declared independence, so another defiant speech, but people are all too aware of what is happening in kharkiv to the east, another night of intense fighting there, as well as to the south where there is a sizeable russian advance there as well. you take your life to the capital. with me now is yaroslav yurchyshyn who is a ukranian mp, and the former chief of transparency international ukraine. he lives in kyiv and he's currently in a shelter with his family. how are you all? what is the situation they have at the moment? thank you a lot for your interest in what is happening in ukraine. it is very nice for us. my family, my three children and wife are now in a shelter because we, now we hear

alarm in kyiv. we hear alarm may be every two hours. but i must have a bad connection because of that so i hope that nothing will happen to our connection. ., , ., ., ,., connection. have you heard the sound of any shelling — connection. have you heard the sound of any shelling or— connection. have you heard the sound of any shelling or artillery? _ connection. have you heard the sound of any shelling or artillery? yeah, - of any shelling or artillery? yeah, eah, of any shelling or artillery? yeah, yeah. yeah- _ of any shelling or artillery? yeah, yeah. yeah- we — of any shelling or artillery? yeah, yeah, yeah. we have _ of any shelling or artillery? yeah, yeah, yeah. we have heard - of any shelling or artillery? yeah, l yeah, yeah. we have heard shelling not in kyiv now but we are close to an eastern part and it is near the water supplying for kyiv. 0ne an eastern part and it is near the water supplying for kyiv. one part of, one bank of it is controlled by

ukraine, and the inanities russian troops so they are fighting between themselves and our military, trying to save us and here today we don't hear her shelling bombing in kyiv but near kyiv we have a very hard situation. but the worst situation in kharkiv because russian troops began to fight and not with military forces, but civilians killed. ukrainian civilians. killed more than 60 children because of bombing and even ngf we had one killed, a child, in my native district in kyiv. it is a real disaster. how

does it feel— kyiv. it is a real disaster. how does it feel for _ kyiv. it is a real disaster. how does it feel for you _ kyiv. it is a real disaster. how does it feel for you and - kyiv. it is a real disaster. how does it feel for you and your l kyiv. it is a real disaster. how does it feel for you and your family to know there is this huge russian military convoy just sitting to know there is this huge russian military convoyjust sitting outside of the capital and perhaps a plan to encircle the city? what will you do if that happens?— encircle the city? what will you do if that happens? really, my family decided to stay _ if that happens? really, my family decided to stay in _ if that happens? really, my family decided to stay in kyiv _ if that happens? really, my family decided to stay in kyiv because - if that happens? really, my family decided to stay in kyiv because it | decided to stay in kyiv because it is our home but we now have thousands and hundreds of thousands of refugees from different cities. we are trying to save the life of our people but russia doesn't let us do it and take civilians, for their action. my youngest son, who isjust seven years old, is asking me why russia attack us? what we can do

with that? it is a pity but he began to play and in his play he killed russian soldiers. it is a disaster because it has made our young population angry and take their childhood. they don't have to study. we tried to study by themselves but if our western partners not helpers, not closed the sky for military aeroplanes and bombs from russia's site, not frozen all actives, because many of them, even in great britain, now we have information with them trying to sell the properties in london we must not let

them do it. and really, we need more help for our soldiers because now, even my neighbourhood. can i help for our soldiers because now, even my neighbourhood.— help for our soldiers because now, even my neighbourhood. can i ask you about what more _ even my neighbourhood. can i ask you about what more you _ even my neighbourhood. can i ask you about what more you want _ even my neighbourhood. can i ask you about what more you want from - even my neighbourhood. can i ask you about what more you want from the i about what more you want from the west? because your foreign minister has said that nato is considering the possibility of a no—fly zone. is that something you are calling for? yes, yes, we are calling for a no—fly zone. we understand that, really afraid, nuclear guns which have put in, but if you are afraid you show a very bad example for china, for other terrorists so really, if the small ukrainian army

which is five times smaller than russia, can stop putin and dave let them come to any big city in ukraine, you can imagine a full western countries will be to help, more actively. and really, thanks for your help for freezing many money owned by russian oligarchs but we need more. we need a no—fly zone. we need. we need more. we need a no-fly zone. we need. . ~ we need more. we need a no-fly zone. we need. ., ,, i. . ., we need. thank you so much for takin: we need. thank you so much for taking the _ we need. thank you so much for taking the time _ we need. thank you so much for taking the time and _ we need. thank you so much for taking the time and we - we need. thank you so much for taking the time and we hope - we need. thank you so much for taking the time and we hope you we need. thank you so much for - taking the time and we hope you stay safe and it was very good to talk to you. a, safe and it was very good to talk to 0“. �* " ., ., �* ., safe and it was very good to talk to ou.~ ~ ., ., ~ ., ., safe and it was very good to talk to ou. ., ~., you. a ukrainian mp and a shelter with his family _ you. a ukrainian mp and a shelter with his family as _ you. a ukrainian mp and a shelter with his family as well. _ you. a ukrainian mp and a shelter with his family as well. just - with his family as well. just updating us on to confirm ukraine's foreign minister has been speaking and he says that ukraine is asked nato about a no fly zone and is looking into the request. we have

'ust heard looking into the request. we have just heard from _ looking into the request. we have just heard from downing - looking into the request. we have just heard from downing street i looking into the request. we have l just heard from downing street well that the prime minister has been speaking to president zelensky deming, of course, borisjohnson, the pirate attacks by russia on ukraine. you're watching bbc news. let's bring you more on that statement from downing street. the prime minister was speaking to president zelensky condemning the attacks. telling him that the uk is rallying the general assembly, the un members today to ensure the strongest possible condemnation of russia. that is going to happen at un headquarters in new york this afternoon and president zelensky apparently thanked boris johnson for the uk's support and we were just heaving back then as well from the mp in the capital, his support and leadership in ensuring defensive aid had been vital at holding back russian forces and this is perhaps crucial. both agree on the need for further sanctions or sanctions to go

further sanctions or sanctions to go further so that maximum pressure can be exerted on president putin. that is just be exerted on president putin. that isjust more details be exerted on president putin. that is just more details of that call. we understand it has taken place in the past few hours between boris johnson and president zelensky. let's bring you the view from russia. he can go to moscow. update is in the current narrative coming from the kremlin. brute is in the current narrative coming from the kremlin.— is in the current narrative coming from the kremlin. we heard earlier from the kremlin. we heard earlier from a spokesperson _ from the kremlin. we heard earlier from a spokesperson saying - from the kremlin. we heard earlier i from a spokesperson saying sanctions are heavy blows but essentially, russia can stand on its feet and it is not going to be too much of a problem. they also say, interestingly, that their delegation will be in place this afternoon and waiting to hold peace negotiations with ukraine. given what is going on in ukraine at the moment, it is a rather interesting statement to have made but nevertheless, there it is what i will have to see pending comes of that. in the meantime, though, the opposition figure who is

injail in russia, he is a kremlin critic, he has called on russia to stage daily protests against the war and he has put a statement out on social media with the help of this team asking russians to come out every evening at 7pm on weekdays and every evening at 7pm on weekdays and every weekend at 1a00 so we're going to have to see what comes from that. his jailing triggered large protests here and he remained a thorn in the kremlin's side for top you will perhaps remember this is the man who suffered what western scientists say was a poisoning and he was taken to berlin for treatment i returned to russia at the beginning of last year. the kremlin denied trying to murder him. so he made the statement online. protests have been continuing since the beginning of this invasion. it is a hugely risky business attending protests here. we

have an independent monitoring group just this morning that 300 people are so were detained yesterday simply for demonstrating against what is happening in ukraine. you mentioned that the kremlin says they are prepared to hold further talks and we know that some have already taken place on the ukraine and belarus border. what is russia putting on the table, do we know? what would that demands be? their demands have _ what would that demands be? their demands have not _ what would that demands be? he " demands have not really what would that demands be? tie: " demands have not really changed. we had from the kremlin, it is a couple of days back now but i don't think this has changed. they want the demilitarisation of ukraine. they want ukraine established as what it calls a neutral country. and most analysts assume that mr putin really wants ukraine back under russian control. but they also added a new demands to that list which was they wanted to see crimea, which russia of course annexed in 201a, they want to see that recognised as a russian. that was a statement which came out

the kremlin a couple of days ago. we are hearing such vitriolic language, really, coming out of the kremlin at the moment. it is very bullish about western sanctions. we had from the foreign minister a little earlier today and he was saying, you know, a third world war would be a nuclear and would be destructive. so it is very interesting. they obviously want to keep the pressure on the west but the talk of peace talks is very curious. initially, actually, when the first round of peace talks were held, the kremlin was very keen to portray ukraine as being reluctant to attend peace talks and ukraine was reluctant to attend peace talks in belarus, which does not consider to be a neutral country, which is not a neutral country, which is not a neutral country in this conflict. ukraine had, i believe, said that it was willing to attend a second round but that it wanted to have those talks

perhaps on the polish border with ukraine. we don't know from the russian side where the talks are supposed to happen or, really, whether they are actually supposed to happen at all, in all truth. thank you forjoining us from moscow. the un nuclear is holding an emergency meeting on ukraine and we will talk more about that shortly but we wanted to bring you the very latest on this emerging humanitarian crisis with the refugees. poland saying more than a50,000 ukrainians have now crossed the border so that take you straight down to the polish border with ukraine and join my colleague who has been there for a few days now as those thousands of people continue to flow across the border. i think is becoming more organised? it is a sense of what it is like. , ., , ., is like. everyday, thousands of eo - le is like. everyday, thousands of people are _ is like. everyday, thousands of people are coming _ is like. everyday, thousands of people are coming here - is like. everyday, thousands of people are coming here to i is like. everyday, thousands of i people are coming here to poland. is like. everyday, thousands of - people are coming here to poland. it is one of the countries taking in the most people coming across. if you think about it, every day, so far, thousands and thousands of

people have been coming and they are coming to places like this. this is a car park, essentially, in front of a car park, essentially, in front of a shopping centre and this has now been turned into the first welcome centre. these buses are coming all the time. now they come, bring people from the border itself and then they bring them to these areas. these are more volunteers. that facility there, those are bikers who have crossed from the other side of poland and they are cooking hot soup for the people that have just literally come from the border itself. it is becoming a little bit more organised because we have been here for a few days now and seeing the sheer effort by the volunteers who want to help and want to get involved and it is now increasingly a little bit more organised. you've got sim cards. a lot of activity here, as you can imagine. we are being moved around a lot. you have

got a place here which is offering sim cards and that is really, really crucial so that the people who have just left, they can get access to family in poland. there are between one or 2 million ukrainians already living in poland so a lot of people who do come here have somewhere else to go on to. a lot simply don't. a lot of non—ukrainian nationals coming across as well and they are just bewildered, exhausted, really, really tired. so what we are seeing, there is a guy right on the back there is a guy right on the back there who has got denmark flags. a lot of people with cards that are staying where they are going to next. where they can take the people next. where they can take the people next so if you want, the refugees that turn up here, if they want to go to warsaw people are offering free lifts. a huge movement of people. all of these guys, all volunteers, bringing hot food, water, lots and lots of children as well coming across because, the

ukrainian nationals, men between the ages of 18 and 60 are not allowed, they are being held back. they are being encouraged to stay on and bolster the fighting efforts in ukraine. so what we have got is a lot of women and children coming over and a lot of food that has been geared up for kids has been donated. piles and piles of nappies, we have been seeing. this has turned into that kind of first relief, emergency centre for people to get something to eat, get something warm to drink, get a little bit of respite, clear their heads, work out what the next step is, because this has been a huge movement of people. we expect that it huge movement of people. we expect thatitis huge movement of people. we expect that it is going to be, i would say, half a million people coming just into poland itself and they need help and they need support and that is exactly what the polls and volunteers here are offering. thank

ou so volunteers here are offering. thank you so much _ volunteers here are offering. thank you so much for— volunteers here are offering. thank you so much forjoining _ volunteers here are offering. thank you so much forjoining us - volunteers here are offering. thank you so much forjoining us from i volunteers here are offering. thankj you so much forjoining us from the border. we apologise of the picture breaking up a little bit there but it is with the important to just hear her explain exactly what is happening and what polish people are doing to try to help those coming across the border and some of stories that she is hearing, too, from those refugees just desperately sad and worried, terrified by events happening in their own country. we have some breaking news to bring you. we have been waiting for this over the past few minutes because you will know that the winter paralympics in china are due to start on saturday and that is a competition starting on saturday but at the opening ceremony was due to take place on friday night. and we have just had news about the russian and belarusian athletes competing there and a decision has been made that they will be allowed to participate because those athletes have already arrived. they will be allowed to participate as neutrals at the beijing games. they will not be able to compete under the flags of their countries. they will compete under the paralympic flight

only and they will also not be included in the medal table so that breaking news coming out about the paralympics. russian and belarusian athletes will be competing as neutrals. they will not be able to fly the country flags and they will not be included in the medal table. they will fly under, they will compete under the paralympic flag only. concerns but nuclear weapons with the un nuclear watchdog holding an emergency meeting. therefore operational nuclear power plants. canada and poland called the meeting at ukraine's request. the director of the open nuclear network and the former legal counsel for the un nuclear watchdog at the international energy agency. laura, very good to see you. can we start by clarifying something, please? the foreign minister of russia said yesterday one of the reasons was to

stop the country from getting nuclear weapons. stop the country from getting nuclearweapons. do stop the country from getting nuclear weapons. do they have nuclear weapons. do they have nuclear weapons? nuclear weapons. do they have nuclearweapons? is nuclear weapons. do they have nuclear weapons? is there a chance they could have them? could they develop them? could you just absolutely clarify the picture for us, please? you make the answer to thatis us, please? you make the answer to that is no. there is absolutely no indication that ukraine has any kind of nuclear weapons, aspirations or nuclear weapons programme. indeed, many years ago they gave up would have a nuclear weapons were on their territory to the soviet union, then the russian fabrication. there is absolutely nothing, no indication that there is any concern about nuclear weapons on the territory under the control of ukraine. you will know that when president putin said he was putting his nuclear weapon system under alert that that just caused ripples of anger and anxiety right around the world. what

do you believe he meant by that? element i think you meant it as a deterrent. i think you meant to scare the other countries into believing that, if there is any action taken against russia, that he is prepared to use nuclear weapons. and no one wants to see a nuclear weapon used either on purpose or by accident which, in my view, is the bigger risk with the fog of war becoming increasingly dense nowadays. tell us about that concern. this is around some of the sites that are in ukraine like chernobyl?— sites that are in ukraine like chernobyl? sites that are in ukraine like chernob i? ~ , chernobyl? welcome in those cases, we're not talking _ chernobyl? welcome in those cases, we're not talking about _ chernobyl? welcome in those cases, we're not talking about nuclear- we're not talking about nuclear weapons. we are talking about nuclear power reactors that supply 50% of ukraine's electricity. there is absolutely nothing with nuclear weapons there. however, when you have fighting in the neighbourhood of nuclear facilities, have fighting in the neighbourhood of nuclearfacilities, it have fighting in the neighbourhood of nuclear facilities, it is troublesome. it does not mean that it will result in a nuclear

explosion but you can have the dissemination of nuclear activity, you can have the destruction of the reactors, you can have the failure 50% of ukraine's electricity soak in this case, we're not talking about the risk of nuclear weapons. it is about disturbing the safety, security and safeguards of ukraine's peaceful nuclear power programme. how much of a risk to believe there is right now? that this conflict could escalate to a point when nuclear weapons are used? i would like to be optimistic— nuclear weapons are used? i would like to be optimistic about - nuclear weapons are used? i would like to be optimistic about this - like to be optimistic about this because i don't think anyone rationally would use a nuclear weapon but i think the greater viscous that it could be used in response to misunderstanding and action taken by the adversary or just by technical or human error and i think, the longer this conflict goes on, the greater that risk is. but, as i said, i prefer to be

optimistic and hope that rational minds prevail and that there is no intentional use of nuclear weapons at least at a minimum. what what will be done? _ at least at a minimum. what what will be done? the _ at least at a minimum. what what will be done? the purpose - at least at a minimum. what what will be done? the purpose of - at least at a minimum. what what will be done? the purpose of this| will be done? the purpose of this meetin: will be done? the purpose of this meeting is _ will be done? the purpose of this meeting is to _ will be done? the purpose of this meeting is to condemn _ will be done? the purpose of this meeting is to condemn the - will be done? the purpose of this i meeting is to condemn the military incursion into ukraine but, because of the risk, to the safety and security of ukraine's peaceful nuclear programme, so what the member states of the board of governors want to demonstrate is they had deep concerns about the threat to these power programmes but is notjust threat to these power programmes but is not just to threat to these power programmes but is notjust to the programmes but to the safety and security of the people in the region of these nuclear power plants. so that is the big concern. to try to encourage the russians to back away from the threats to these nuclear power plants. threats to these nuclear power lants. . ~ threats to these nuclear power lants. ., ~' ,, threats to these nuclear power lants. ., ~' y., ., threats to these nuclear power lants. ., ,, ., ., ,

plants. thank you for your thoughts. very important _ plants. thank you for your thoughts. very important to — plants. thank you for your thoughts. very important to bring _ plants. thank you for your thoughts. very important to bring clarity - plants. thank you for your thoughts. very important to bring clarity to i very important to bring clarity to the situation as well. let's bring you more on that breaking news around the paralympics and what is happening with the russian and belarusian athletes who are already envisioning right now. as i mentioned, they have been banned from competing and they will be competing as neutrals underneath the paralympic flag. looking into this rise is laura scott who is with us now. we had a statement of eddie from the committee who were considering this, laura. we were expecting a decision. take us to what that actually means? it is a si . nificant what that actually means? it is a significant decision _ what that actually means? it is a significant decision that - what that actually means? it is a significant decision that they i what that actually means? it is a l significant decision that they have made that russian athletes and belarusian athletes will be able to participate at the beijing paralympics. a lot of organisations had called for them to be banned from taking part. but, what they have said is that they have taken the harshest possible punishment and what that includes is that these athletes from both the russian paralympic committee and the national paralympic committee about the rest will have to compete as neutrals. they will not be able to

be included in the medals table. they will be competing under the paralympic flight. they will hear the paralympic island them. that will apply to notjust the paralympic island them. that will apply to not just the athletes, the coaches as well. they will have to cover their kit with the paralympic symbol. clearly, a lot of people will think that there is far short of what they wanted because, for all these athletes, competing invasion at the paralympic games which opens on friday, competition starts they want to compete alongside these yesterday andrew parsons did say that the possibility is that athletes might not choose to participate. we heard earlier today that the full ukrainian paralympic delegation is on their way to beijing and that is 20 athletes and nine guides. there was a picture posted on social media by the ukrainian parnaby committee of these

athletes on their way but it remains to be seen what they will make of this decision. how big was the russian team and belarusian teams? i think it was around 90 athletes that were due to compete for russia but i'm not sure about the belarusian contingent, but clearly they have had success at the paralympics in the past and expected to have success again and we will wait and see, especially in cross—country and biathlon for the ukrainian athletes are taking part what will happen in those, but we know that friday's opening ceremony is due to include a message of peace. but only one month ago at the opening ceremony at the olympic games that piece was given a chance vladimir putin was in the stands hearing that message and clearly they came to nothing. thank ou for clearly they came to nothing. thank you for reiterating _ clearly they came to nothing. thank you for reiterating that _ clearly they came to nothing. thank you for reiterating that russian - clearly they came to nothing. thank you for reiterating that russian and belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete as a neutral athletes only at the apparent big games and

they will have to cover up their uniforms, theirflags they will have to cover up their uniforms, their flags as well and they will fly the paralympic flag if they will fly the paralympic flag if they win a medal but they won't be awarded any medals. this take you to the us. it's a big night for his state of the union address. and calling vladimir putin a dictator and calling the invasion premeditated and unprovoked. he praised the courage of the ukrainian people and at the russian leader had under estimated the unity and strength of the western response. this was a big moment for president biden to remind people what he stands for, but at home and abroad. the dress was usually about domestic issues, but this time it was dominated by one thing. sis. issues, but this time it was dominated by one thing. six days auo, dominated by one thing. six days ago. russia's _ dominated by one thing. six days ago, russia's vladimir _ dominated by one thing. six days ago, russia's vladimir putin - dominated by one thing. six days i 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. aha, it bend to his menacing ways, but he badly miscalculated.— badly miscalculated. a rare moment of uni in badly miscalculated. a rare moment of unity in such _ badly miscalculated. a rare moment of unity in such a _ badly miscalculated. a rare moment of unity in such a divided _ badly miscalculated. a rare moment of unity in such a divided chamber. i of unity in such a divided chamber. there was also special guest. the ukrainian ambassador to the united states is here tonight sitting with first lady. if you can stand, stand and show an unmistakable signal to the world. thank you. more bipartisan _ the world. thank you. more bipartisan applause - the world. thank you. more bipartisan applause and i the world. thank you. more bipartisan applause and a l the world. thank you. more bipartisan applause and a straight talking and further plans to punish vladimir putin and those close to him. ., ., ., ., . ., him. tonight i am announcing that we will 'oin him. tonight i am announcing that we willjoin our — him. tonight i am announcing that we will join our allies _ him. tonight i am announcing that we willjoin our allies and _ him. tonight i am announcing that we willjoin our allies and closing - willjoin our allies and closing airspace to all russian flights further isolating russia and adding a different squeeze on their economy. he has no idea what is coming. ile economy. he has no idea what is cominu. . , economy. he has no idea what is cominu. ., , ., ., coming. he was defiant from beginning — coming. he was defiant from beginning to _ coming. he was defiant from beginning to end. _ coming. he was defiant from beginning to end. this - coming. he was defiant from beginning to end. this is i coming. he was defiant from beginning to end. this is our| beginning to end. this is our moment. — beginning to end. this is our moment. to _ beginning to end. this is our moment, to meet _ beginning to end. this is our moment, to meet and -

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. _ troops. thank you. go get him. that last comment, go _ 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. bbc news, washington. let's update you on all the latest developments. the russian bombardment of kyiv and shelling and artillery attacks has intensified and russian tanks have bombed apartment buildings in the town a0 miles from the capital. the russian military says to have taken control of the black sea port and if that is

concerned it will be the biggest ukrainian city since fighting began and the country's second major city kharkhiv has come under further attack and let's take a look at the map that we can show you. what is shaded read on this map shows you the territory controlled by russia in the north east of the country close to the russian border and paratroopers have landed in kharkhiv and there they say at least 21 people have been killed and more than 100 injured in shelling and artillery attacks. the kremlin is saying russian diplomats are holding to have a second round of talks with ukraine at the end is calculating the seven —— —— 836,000 people have fled the conflict. let's go live to moscow and we can join the bbc corresponded. we were talking tojenny hill about the parameters of these possible talks that russia says there are still prepared to have. but i want to ask you is it

possible at the moment to judge the feeling amongst russians. how many people support this invasion and how many people are against it? this people support this invasion and how many people are against it?- many people are against it? this is uuite many people are against it? this is quite difficult _ many people are against it? this is quite difficult to _ many people are against it? this is quite difficult to say _ many people are against it? this is quite difficult to say but _ many people are against it? this is quite difficult to say but if- quite difficult to say but if we just remember the history of russia and the majority of people who live in this country used to live in the ussr when russia and ukraine were in one country. it is hard to realise and how to predict that majority would really support the war in the ukraine. still, russian people watch constantly state tv channels and they are pretty much controlled by they are pretty much controlled by the state and they are now pushing the state and they are now pushing the narrative russian troops are not fighting against ukrainians but only destroying the military infrastructure and destroying nazis and nationalists in ukraine, so in

this case, probably some people still supported. if we talk about the mood in moscow, in the capital of russia, i would say that it is quite scary, frightened and shocked. 0f quite scary, frightened and shocked. of course there are people who think that this is a good step that russia did the right thing to do this military operation in ukraine, but lots of people are trying to withdraw money from atms. lots of people are fleeing the country as well and even without any plans to get back and it is quite hard times here. ., , ., get back and it is quite hard times here. ., i. , .,, get back and it is quite hard times here. ., . ., , here. for young people particularly here. for young people particularly her not watching _ here. for young people particularly her not watching state _ here. for young people particularly her not watching state media - here. for young people particularly. her not watching state media sharing of cause so much information on social networks as well, what are the conversations that they are having's and i also feeling quite fearful for their future for what could happen to russia?-

fearful for their future for what could happen to russia? there are those and there _ could happen to russia? there are those and there are _ could happen to russia? there are those and there are many - could happen to russia? there are those and there are many of - could happen to russia? there are those and there are many of them | could happen to russia? there are i those and there are many of them who think that this invasion... i’m think that this invasion... i'm sor to think that this invasion... i'm sorry to interrupt _ think that this invasion... i'm sorry to interrupt you, i'm going to pose you for a moment because we need to go live to ukraine right now. we have been listening to the prime minister who is making an address. translation: i would like to thank everybody who supports ukrainian state.— i would like to thank everybody who supports ukrainian state. those who are lo al supports ukrainian state. those who are loyal to — supports ukrainian state. those who are loyalto ukraine. _ supports ukrainian state. those who are loyalto ukraine. our— supports ukrainian state. those who are loyal to ukraine. our troops - are loyal to ukraine. 0ur troops fight as lions everywhere and they hold fast but the enemy who advanced at previous directions have had

to... we received weapons from all corners of the world, but... ok, 0k, we have been listening to a taperfade of an 0k, we have been listening to a taper fade of an address being 0k, we have been listening to a taperfade of an address being made by the prime minister of ukraine. we can go back now and listen with

translation. can go back now and listen with translation-— can go back now and listen with translation. ., , ., ., ., translation. the european parliament has accepted — translation. the european parliament has accepted ukrainian _ translation. the european parliament has accepted ukrainian application i has accepted ukrainian application tojoin the eu. ukrainejoins has accepted ukrainian application to join the eu. ukraine joins the european energy network and all over the world we have helped to support ukraine and ukraine is now at the world centre of a struggle for freedom. we have governmental teams working in kyiv according to the martial law and we shall not leave the city and we shall not surrender. we yesterday proved that the currency reserves will allow us to fulfil the requirements of the army more upfront and we shall also allow

the input of goods into ukraine for the input of goods into ukraine for the needs of the army without customs clearings. we have coordinating a centre for the provision of food, medicine and fuel under the leadership of the first vice prime minister. the centre of coordination of humanitarian aid is led by... the whole government, the whole state machine is working on the provision of the needs of the country and another thing, yesterday, in the 1st of march we placed state bonds in the value of

eight billion and the received money will be directed at the supply of necessary goods for our army. i would like to thank everybody. thank you, ukrainian people and thank you to ukraine. the you, ukrainian people and thank you to ukraine. ~ , ., to ukraine. the prime minister of ukraine they're _ to ukraine. the prime minister of ukraine they're talking _ to ukraine. the prime minister of ukraine they're talking about i to ukraine. the prime minister of. ukraine they're talking about some of the latest developments and he said the eu has accepted their application. he said they will not leave the capital kyiv or surrender and that the resistance was still incredibly strong. we believe that they are at the moment and any major news lines from what he said we will bring straight to you. one other thing are getting from moscow from the state—run news agency in russia is confirmation from the kremlin that those talks were talking about, jenny hill touched on them a little earlier, they will take place, the kremlin is saying, the russian delegation is ready to continue peace talks with ukraine and this is

coming from a spokesperson saying that they will resume on wednesday evening. he said president boughton's aid will be the top negotiator and he was the man who was negotiating a few days ago, those talks that took place on the belarus border and he will continue be to be president putin's negotiator. that is coming from the state media. we don't know where it will take place. that is the update for you from moscow. so many developers to bring you in terms of what is happening. gas prices and the markets as well and they are really absorbing all these latest developments and mr enright is with us. the west economic defensive against russia after its invasion of ukraine continues to develop today. the us president is following eu and uk in banning russian planes from american airspace and he has also warned that washington is coming for

the ill gotten gains of russian oligarchs, including the yachts, private jets and their villas. the price of oil goes above $110 a barrel. major economies have agreed to release huge stockpiles to try to mitigate the damage. there's a meeting of major oil producers in the opec organisation today which will discuss its production levels. we'll be talking more about oil in a moment. and wholesale gas prices for the european market have hit a record high. elsewhere the list of companies pulling out of russia continues to grow, apple has paused sales of its products. the oil giant exxonmobil has announced a phased withdrawal from russian operations and the aircraft maker boeing has suspended its operations, which includes supplying parts to russian airlines. meanwhile the international monetary fund and world bank say they are looking to provide ukraine with a $3bn emergency aid package. ukraine itself says it's raised $2a1 million in war bonds. here's where the markets

are right now. there's a mixed picture on stock markets across europe. shell is one of the big losers. 0rdinarily when oil prices rise is normally a good thing for companies like shell but they like bp assessing the difficulty of ending business partnerships in russia. the russian rouble has lost value against us dollar, something which will fuel inflation in russia. and there's the price of oil. let's focus on the oil aspect of the story now. we'rejoined by amrita sen, director of research at energy aspects. but the decision to raise all stockpiles, would that make a difference? unfortunately we have lost the line and we regret that and we will keep you updated on all of

the movement involving the oil market is the day progresses. this talk a bit more of a ukraine's finances as the russian invasion continues. the country was in the economy is feeling the pressure and earlier we heard from the chair of the supervisory board of private bank which is the biggest commercial bank which is the biggest commercial bank in ukraine and she explained more of the current financial situation there. i guess important to understand what is happening especially the lousy ukrainians. the financial system, when you are referring to the actual processing of transactions and individuals access to cash, to their branches, to their payments, purchases, it continues. 0ursystems in our bank are fully operational, i have to say a caveat, at least they work ten hours ago when i spoke with our management board on the ground

then. things are moving very quickly and across ukraine and our network. we are maintaining the systems to process, surprisingly, we have over a half of our staff still fully engaged. most are remote, however, the branch network people who are risking their lives to get money to customers, to serve customers, the cas distribution teams that are driving the trucks through the country, they are doing an amazing job. that's it for me. back to lucy. we have been speaking all day and every hour about the refugee crisis because 700,000 people have fled the fighting and what is happening inside ukraine as well as artillery strikes some cities and we have seen

buildings that have come down, desperate scenes in some hospitals and health care facilities as well. let's bring you the perspective of robert mardini is the director general of the international committee of the red cross. what are you hearing about health facilities and coping? the situation is catastrophic _ facilities and coping? the situation is catastrophic and _ facilities and coping? the situation is catastrophic and the _ facilities and coping? the situation is catastrophic and the situation i facilities and coping? the situationj is catastrophic and the situation on the ground is incredibly tense and really distressing for people. we see that today and many ukrainians have no water, electricity, minimal phone connectivity, the deepest concern is about their families. they are desperately trying to get in touch with their loved ones, but it is very hard. people are also desperate to find shelter which is very short in supply. in kyiv, most streets have been deserted, there

are entire neighbourhoods that have been deserted and as always, the impact is massive in armed conflict for the most vulnerable. people including people with disabilities, those wounded who have difficulty to access health care and those with difficult medical conditions, so we are extremely concerned by the situation. in are extremely concerned by the situation. ~ ., ., situation. in ukraine right now, what is needed _ situation. in ukraine right now, what is needed most? - situation. in ukraine right now, what is needed most? what i situation. in ukraine right now, what is needed most? what is| situation. in ukraine right now, - what is needed most? what is needed most is the first _ what is needed most? what is needed most is the first and _ what is needed most? what is needed most is the first and foremost - what is needed most? what is needed most is the first and foremost at i most is the first and foremost at parties to the conflict observe the basic rules of war, protecting civilians, taking every precaution to protect civilians and at the same time we need safe humanitarian access to help people in need, people who need better access to water, people who are wounded and need to be evacuated to hospitals and seek medical or surgical treatment and also be able to

deliver food for those who cannot access it. ., , ~ ., deliver food for those who cannot access it. ., , ,, ., ., access it. robert, we know that international— access it. robert, we know that international law _ access it. robert, we know that international law and _ access it. robert, we know that i international law and humanitarian law is not being followed here. we are hearing of the deaths of civilians every hour or so, it seems. people on the ground desperately need more people to help them. how do you keep your team safe? how can they be operational now safely?— safe? how can they be operational now safely? well, we have been in ukraine for— now safely? well, we have been in ukraine for eight _ now safely? well, we have been in ukraine for eight years _ now safely? well, we have been in ukraine for eight years and - now safely? well, we have been in ukraine for eight years and this i ukraine for eight years and this will not stop now. we have teams on the ground now and we are working to beef up our teams in major cities and also around ukraine we have launched an appeal of 250 million swiss francs yesterday in order to beef up our response. this situation, to be frank, is extremely fluid and difficult and especially for people underground and we need to be careful and this is why we

need to call the stop the operation because... the minimum... brute need to call the stop the operation because... the minimum... we are seeinu because... the minimum... we are seeing so — because... the minimum... we are seeing so many _ because... the minimum... we are seeing so many countries _ because... the minimum... we are| seeing so many countries contribute to those border towns that are taking in all of those refugees. can ijust taking in all of those refugees. can i just use at this time, this taking in all of those refugees. can ijust use at this time, this last question to you to ask about other crises in the world that you have just returned from, afghanistan, for example, is it worrying for you to the world may take their eye off other conflicts where there is a desperate level of need? i ieiit other conflicts where there is a desperate level of need? i felt it for a while _ desperate level of need? i felt it for a while in _ desperate level of need? i felt it for a while in afghanistan - desperate level of need? i felt it | for a while in afghanistan that the attention was totally deflected in the situation in ukraine, which is absolutely legitimate and i think all the attention and solidarity is needed for ukraine, but at the same time it should not go to the detriment of crises like afghanistan, yemen, syria, mayan mark, the horn of africa because unfortunately none of these crises

are solved and today they equally require all the attention of the international community and the dollar community and the humanitarian community to help people cope with incredible situations and unsolved human suffering. figs situations and unsolved human sufferin.. �* , ., situations and unsolved human sufferin.. a. situations and unsolved human sufferin.. �* , ., suffering. as always, robert, good luck in the coming _ suffering. as always, robert, good luck in the coming days. _ suffering. as always, robert, good luck in the coming days. and i suffering. as always, robert, good luck in the coming days. and thank you forjoining us from geneva. in a few minutes uk prime minister borisjohnson will face his weekly prime minister's question session in westminster. he's likely to face questions over the uk's response this to the ukraine crisis. earlier today the uk defence secretary ben wallace gave the bbc his assessment of the russian advance. at the moment we are in a position where russia has not achieved its goals. it where russia has not achieved its coals. , , ., goals. it is still the overwhelming force on the _ goals. it is still the overwhelming force on the ground _ goals. it is still the overwhelming force on the ground compared i goals. it is still the overwhelming force on the ground compared to| force on the ground compared to ukraine in size but it doesn't have the moral component which is really important for a soldier, we have seen a number of anecdotal reports by young russian soldiers saying i

didn't know i was here, i thought i was on exercise, no one told me i was on exercise, no one told me i was going to war. no one told me i was going to war. no one told me i was going to kill ukrainians who of course many are related to them. there is a lot of low morale in russian forces and we us in surrender so that does not take away from the fact that you have a very ruthless russian armed forces leadership and a president who seems to know no limit to how much violence they were used to their aims. i'm joined now by our political correspondent nick eardley who is in the houses of parliament in westminster. give us an idea of what we will hear. give us an idea of what we will hean give us an idea of what we will hear. ~ , ., ., ., hear. the prime minister had another -hone hear. the prime minister had another hone call hear. the prime minister had another phone call with _ hear. the prime minister had another phone call with ukraine's _ hear. the prime minister had another phone call with ukraine's president i phone call with ukraine's president zelinsky this morning and there was one line that came out of that that i found one line that came out of that that ifound interesting one line that came out of that that i found interesting where one line that came out of that that ifound interesting where i found that boris johnson ifound interesting where i found that borisjohnson and president zelinsky the sanctions being announced by western countries need to go further to exert the maximum possible pressure on president putin

and his regime and there have been some mps in the houses of parliament who've been raising questions about why there are some people on the sanctions list in european countries who haven't made it onto the sanctions list in uk yet or wouldn't be surprised if that comes up. the government here continues to say it is prepared to go further but there are those questions about whether some of those oligarchs who are based in london or who have wealth in london should be targeted a bit more firmly and a bit quicker. the uk also announced yesterday and expansion of its refugee scheme to allow ukrainians to come to the uk. it should apply to about 200,000 people think the government but there are some in parliament that i should go further perhaps matching the potential for the eu should go further perhaps matching the potentialfor the eu to should go further perhaps matching the potential for the eu to agree to a three year visa waiver, so there is a lot of conversation here about the best ways to support the

ukrainian people and the ukrainian government over the next weeks and to put that extra pressure on president putin and we expect to hear a lot more about that in the next hour. hear a lot more about that in the next hour-— hear a lot more about that in the next hour. �* , ., ., next hour. briefly, we have heard the ukrainian _ next hour. briefly, we have heard the ukrainian foreign _ next hour. briefly, we have heard the ukrainian foreign minister- next hour. briefly, we have heard| the ukrainian foreign minister say that nato is considering its request for a no—fly zone. that nato is considering its request for a no-fly zone.— for a no-fly zone. what is the brid . e for a no-fly zone. what is the bridge view — for a no-fly zone. what is the bridge view of _ for a no-fly zone. what is the bridge view of that? - for a no-fly zone. what is the bridge view of that? i - for a no-fly zone. what is the bridge view of that? i think i for a no-fly zone. what is the bridge view of that? i think it | for a no-fly zone. what is the l bridge view of that? i think it is for a no-fly zone. what is the i bridge view of that? i think it is a red line here, quite frankly. the answer to that would be no. we have heard the prime ministers say that on a trip to poland yesterday, privately that is the message coming from cabinet ministers as well, that they simply don't think that it would be proportionate to put uk planes in a position of potentially having to shoot down russian ones because of the fear that that could massively escalate this crisis. thank you so much forjoining us from the houses of parliament. prime minister's questions are due to start in five or six minutes' time. another show you live pictures from the capital of ukraine kyiv as

russia intensifies its attacks on the city. fighting is raging from the city. fighting is raging from the seventh day in the north, east and south of ukraine. do stay with us for a continuing coverage on bbc news. it was a foggy start across the south—west of the uk but that is now lifting on the hills in the process will continue. there will be thick fog of the higher roots and despite the freshening breeze it will not break up the dominant cloud bank across much of england and wales and moving into scotland and northern ireland, after what was one of the coldest night since prior to christmas and we had sunshine. but the sunshine is fading and this massive cloud of low pressure and a weather front is waiting in the wings as well and those willjoin forces through this evening and overnight pushing the cloudy skies or continuing the process of pushing the cloudy skies northwards in the freshening breeze. for the most part, the rain will be light and patchy but there will be a few sharp bursts in there and may be a little

bit of brightness developing towards the south—west later but the best of the south—west later but the best of the sunshine hangs across the north of scotland and the northern isles, but the rain will push across northern ireland and into southern and central scotland and it will feel chilly because we have lost yesterday's sunshine here and we have picked up more breeze as well. that breeze will continue to carry those weather fronts and their cloud and rain northwards through the night and some heavier rain returning to northern ireland so with all the cloud and the wind and rain it is likely to be largely frost free this coming night. not as cold to start thursday morning across scotland. however, it does mean we would have predominately crowd cloudy skies and a weather front is certainly with us that pressure is influencing the e so there is a better chance on thursday that we will see brighter skies developing and perhaps east anglia in the south east and lincolnshire and north—eastern parts of england but in contrast, not as bright and sunny across the north of scotland with heavier outbreaks of rain

moving across wales, western england, giving away two brighter skies eventually to northern ireland. temperatures may be a little higher than those today when we see the brightness in northern ireland and eastern parts of england. that weather front is still around on friday and the start of the weekend but a weak affair because high pressure is building through it. probably cloudy skies rather than rain so the high—pressure rules the roost into the latter part of the weekend. we will see increasing amounts of dry and reasonably bright weather as we head towards the end of the week and into the weekend. there are more regional details on our website.

this is bbc news. the headlines. the russian bombardment of ukraine continues. the second biggest city kharkiv is one of the hardest hit areas — russian forces strike a university there. reports say four people have died. in southern ukraine, moscow claims to have seized control of the port city of kherson. the mayor says the city is surrounded — but is still under his control. images of a tank shelling an apartment building in borodyanka, northwest of the capital kyiv.

president zelensky accuses vladimir putin of trying to erase his country's history — and praises the resilience of ukrainians. ukrainians area ukrainians are a symbol of resilience. a symbol of the fact that people in any country can become the best people on earth at any moment. glory to ukraine. glory to ukraine. as the fighting in ukraine continues, oil and gas prices rise sharply. oil prices surpass one— hundred—and—ten dollars a barrel and wholesale gas prices spike to near record levels. russian and belarusian athletes will be allowed to compete as neutrals at the beijing winter paralympics and — almost 700,000 people have fled ukraine — the un says there's a desperate need for supplies. and coming up in the next few minutes prime minister's questions will get under way as ukraine enters its seventh day of a russian invasion.

at the moment you can see they are applauding. at the moment you can see they are applauding. let's cross live now to the house of commons for prime minister's questions. that applause continues. a standing ovation. we generally do not allow applause in this chamber. but, on this occasion, the house quite rightly wants to demonstrate a respect and support for your country and its people in the most difficult of

times. before we start, i would like to point out that same image interpretation is available to watch live on parliament live tv. become to questions. live on parliament live tv. become to questions-— to questions. question one. yesterday — to questions. question one. yesterday i _ to questions. question one. yesterday i was _ to questions. question one. yesterday i was in _ to questions. question one. yesterday i was in warsaw | yesterday i was in warsaw reaffirming our commitment to nato and our solidarity with ukraine. putin has gravely miscalculated in his apartment assault on a sovereign nation he has underestimated extraordinary fortitude of the ukrainian people and the unity and resolve of the free world in standing up to his barbarism. the un general assembly will vote later today and we call on every nation to join us in condemning russia and demanding putin turned his tanks around. if, instead, putin doubles down, then so should we. further right to sing up supporting ukraine

with weapons, humanitarian assistance. today, the disasters and emergency committee is launching its ukraine appeal and every pound donated by the british people will be matched by the government, starting with £20 million. this morning i had meetings with ministerial colleagues and others. i will have further such meetings later today. will have further such meetings later today-— will have further such meetings later toda . ~ ., . later today. men, women, children terrorised. — later today. men, women, children terrorised, murdered _ later today. men, women, children terrorised, murdered and - later today. men, women, children terrorised, murdered and maimed. indiscriminate munitions unleashed on civilian populations with the total disregard both for international law and human life. can my right honourable friend assure the house that we will accelerate the transfer of military supplies to the ukrainians and maintain this country's proud record of support for refugees fleeing war? i think my right honourable friend and i hope i can say that i speak

for the whole house when i spoke to president zelensky this morning and they told him, mr speaker, that we would indeed do everything we can to accelerate our transfer of the shipments that he described, the weapons that he describes and the uk has no as it was the first european country to send such defensive weaponry and we are certainly determined to do we can to help ukrainians fleeing the theatre of conflict. . ~ ukrainians fleeing the theatre of conflict. ., «i , ., , ukrainians fleeing the theatre of conflict. ., «i i ., «i conflict. thank you, mr speaker. i am lad conflict. thank you, mr speaker. i am glad the _ conflict. thank you, mr speaker. i am glad the ambassador- conflict. thank you, mr speaker. i am glad the ambassador so i conflict. thank you, mr speaker. i am glad the ambassador so he i conflict. thank you, mr speaker. i | am glad the ambassador so he can hear me repeat what i've said to him privately on a number of occasions. and that and that is that this house and this country stand united in our support for the ukrainian people in the face of russian aggression. and we are all appalled by the shocking footage that has emerged over the last few days. we must stand up to

putin and those who prop up his regime. mr speaker, the owner of chelsea football club, he is a person of interest to the home office because of his links to the office because of his links to the russian state and his public association with corrupt activity and practices. last week the payments that he is facing sanctions and he later corrected the record to say that he is not. well, why on earth isn't he? it say that he is not. well, why on earth isn't he?— earth isn't he? it is not appropriate _ earth isn't he? it is not appropriate for - earth isn't he? it is not appropriate for me i earth isn't he? it is not appropriate for me to l earth isn't he? it is not - appropriate for me to comment earth isn't he? it is not _ appropriate for me to comment on individual cases at this stage but what i can say, and i stand by what i have said in the house and what we have put on the record but to be no doubt that the actions we have taken and this house has already taken are having an effect in moscow and by exposing the ownership of

properties, of companies in the way that we are, by sanctioning 275 individuals already further 100 last week, that the impact is being felt and what we will publish in addition, it a full list of all those associated with the putin regime. of course, we have already announced sanctions on putin himself. they will have had with the president of the united states last night on devices tightening on the putin regime and it will continue to tighten. i putin regime and it will continue to tiahten. . ., tighten. i hear what the prime minister says _ tighten. i hear what the prime minister says in _ tighten. i hear what the prime minister says in the _ tighten. i hear what the prime minister says in the way - tighten. i hear what the prime minister says in the way in - tighten. i hear what the prime i minister says in the way in which tighten. i hear what the prime - minister says in the way in which he puts it and i hope we may well see some action in the near future. puts it and i hope we may well see some action in the nearfuture. last week, putin summoned to the kremlin those who prop up his regime. they dip their hands in the blood of putin's war. among them was one

person who was put in�*s former deputy prime minister. he owns two flats not five minutes walk from this house. they are worth over £11 million. he is on the eu sanctions list but he is not in the uk sanctions list. and with the prime minister sort this out? mr speaker, i think the house _ minister sort this out? mr speaker, i think the house would _ minister sort this out? mr speaker, i think the house would be - minister sort this out? mr speaker, i think the house would be proud i minister sort this out? mr speaker, l i think the house would be proud of what we have done already and i can tell him that there is more to be done and thanks to the powers that this house and this government has taken, we can sanction any individual, any company connected with the putin regime and this government was amongst the first in europe to ban the russian airline from our skies and this government led the way last week and banning the use of swift, mr speaker, and if he talked to all of our european

partners he would understand the leading role the uk has already played and the impact, the impact that those sanctions are already having in moscow. as i have told him, the squeeze is growing and will continue to grow on the putin regime. continue to grow on the putin reaime. ~ ,,, ., ~ continue to grow on the putin reaime. ~ , regime. mr speaker, i support the measures that _ regime. mr speaker, i support the measures that have _ regime. mr speaker, i support the measures that have been - regime. mr speaker, i support the measures that have been taken i regime. mr speaker, i support the measures that have been taken so far. the ownership of these flats is registered under a real estate company which is actually owned by him and his wife. we only know which oligarch lurks beneath that shell company because of the information obtained and disclosed by the russian opposition leader poisoned by the russian state who now sits in a put in jail. by the russian state who now sits in a put injail. trans parity is essential to rooting out corruption and should be built into our law but it is not. and i am ashamed that we

only know about the westminster flats because a dissident risked his life. is the prime minister? mr seaker, life. is the prime minister? mr speaker. i _ life. is the prime minister? mr speaker, i repeat, the uk, of course, is doing everything that we can to expose ill gotten russian loot and this has been something that we have been working on for a long time. we were the first to impose sanctions on those who poisoned, were guilty of the poisoning that you mentioned. what we are bringing forward now is the exposure of the ownership of properties in london and across the whole of the uk in a way that has not been possible before and i believe we will continue to tighten the noose around putin's regime put up the noose around putin's regime put up be in no doubt, it was the uk, mr speaker, that led the way of putting sanctions on the russian central bank, and putting sanctions on russian banks altogether and i am afraid we are still in advance of several of our friends and partners. we want them to go further. i

believe that they will. and we will continue to put pressure on the putin regime. the continue to put pressure on the putin regime-— continue to put pressure on the putin regime. the prime minister refers to the _ putin regime. the prime minister refers to the long _ putin regime. the prime minister refers to the long overdue - putin regime. the prime minister. refers to the long overdue economic bill. we support and will vote through on monday with speed. the key plank to that bill is a register of who truly owns property in the united kingdom. but it does not come into force for existing owners until 18 months after the bill passes. at best, that is autumn 2023. far too long for the ukrainian people. why are we giving putin's cronies 18 months to quietly launder their money out of the uk property market and into another safe haven? mr speaker, the impact of what the uk is doing and the impact and i think the whole house should be proud of what we have done because we have

led the way on this. we lead the way on swift, we lead the way on freezing the assets of banks and he asked about the speed of results, mr speaker. i can tell him that on thursday, the russian stock market fell by 250 million dollars worth of assets wiped off. the rouble fell by about a0%. we are now in the third day, mr speaker, in which the russian stock market has not been able to open. that is thanks to the package of western sanctions that the uk has led enforcing on the putin regime. you should acknowledge that. . ., ., , that. have acknowledged it and they do aaain. that. have acknowledged it and they do again- what _ that. have acknowledged it and they do again. what i _ that. have acknowledged it and they do again. what i am _ that. have acknowledged it and they do again. what i am offering - that. have acknowledged it and they| do again. what i am offering support to speed this up. the premise knows he has the house with them and this bill goes through for that we could do this on monday at speed and i think the whole house would welcome that so it is an invitation to work together, prime minister. the business department published a

white paper this week. it rightly sets out that the uk's companies register is being exploited to further the interests of the uk's enemies to help them move stolen money into the west. but the same department, the very same day, published in economic crime bill which did nothing to address this, leaving companies house and still exploited. so, will the prime minister work with us to amend the bill, on monday, to include the most basic reforms like identity checks for directors? figs basic reforms like identity checks for directors?— for directors? as i have said, mr seaker, for directors? as i have said, mr speaker. we _ for directors? as i have said, mr speaker, we are _ for directors? as i have said, mr speaker, we are bringing - for directors? as i have said, mr| speaker, we are bringing forward for directors? as i have said, mr - speaker, we are bringing forward an accelerated pace met measures to whip aside the veil of anonymity of those who own assets in this country and those who own property in this country and furthermore we are going to be publishing a list of all those, mr speaker, who are, how assets related to the putin regime. i am delighted by the support that

the right honourable gentleman is offering put up if we can work together to make sure that we strengthen and accelerate the package than all the better. mr package than all the better. m speaker, we will work in that spirit to bring forward amendments on monday to try to achieve all the ads i have identified in these questions and i think this can be voted through on monday at speed with the full support of the house and i'm very pleased that we can show that unity with the ambassador here watching us. in unity with the ambassador here watching ue— watching us. in this week of darkness — watching us. in this week of darkness we _ watching us. in this week of darkness we have _ watching us. in this week of darkness we have seen - watching us. in this week of- darkness we have seen glimmers of hope. and the resolve of ukraine, and the unity of our allies under the bravery of russian protesters. they remind us that the russian people are not our enemy. they are the victims of thieves who have stolen their wealth and stolen their chance of democracy. for too long, britain has been a safe haven for stolen money. putin thinks that we are too corrupted to do the right thing and put an end to it. does the

prime minister agree that this house and this country stand united in our support for ukraine and now is the time to sanction every oligarch and track open every shell company so we can prove putin wrong? yes. track open every shell company so we can prove putin wrong?— can prove putin wrong? yes, mr seaker, can prove putin wrong? yes, mr speaker, that — can prove putin wrong? yes, mr speaker, that is _ can prove putin wrong? yes, mr speaker, that is why _ can prove putin wrong? yes, mr speaker, that is why we - can prove putin wrong? yes, mr speaker, that is why we have i can prove putin wrong? yes, mr- speaker, that is why we have brought forth the unprecedented measures that we have. and, and i know that the whole house will agree with me that nothing we do in rooting out corruption and corrupt money in london or any other capital should for one minute, and i want to agree with him very strongly, should for one minute distract from where the true blame for this crisis lies which is wholly and exclusively and entirely with vladimir putin and his regime. and i am glad that the benches opposite are as resolved as we are that putin must fail in his venture. and we must ensure, mr

speaker, that we protect a sovereign free and independent ukraine and thatis free and independent ukraine and that is what we are going to do and with the unity of this house and continued heroism, the continued heroism and resolve of the ukrainian people which is so amazing that we have seen over the last few days. the unity of the west we are seeing which is also taken a back president putin, have no doubt at all that he will fail and we will succeed in protecting ukraine. can will fail and we will succeed in protecting ukraine.— will fail and we will succeed in protecting ukraine. can i first of all say how _ protecting ukraine. can i first of all say how brave _ protecting ukraine. can i first of all say how brave the _ protecting ukraine. can i first of all say how brave the ukrainian | all say how brave the ukrainian people are and they have our full support across the whole house. i also commend the prime minister and the government for the excellent actions we have taken so far. ukraine is very much the breadbasket of the world and it grows much wheat and so therefore, prime minister, i

think we need to make sure there is food security and also security and global food supply so with the prime minister agree with me that we need to look to our production in this country to make sure that we can maintain a good standard of food production and enhance our food production and enhance our food production in keep good food and affordable food for the future? mr; affordable food for the future? m good affordable food for the future? m: good friend affordable food for the future? m; good friend knows fort he speaks of. he is a great advocate of uk food and farming and that is why we are increasing the farming investment fund to £48 million. we have a massive opportunity, particularly for uk fruit and vegetables. can i 'oin ou for uk fruit and vegetables. can i join you in _ for uk fruit and vegetables. can i join you in welcoming _ for uk fruit and vegetables. can i join you in welcoming the - for uk fruit and vegetables. can i join you in welcoming the ukrainian ambassador. with every passing hour, the world is witnessing the horrors of putting's war in ukraine. a

family of five, a mother, her parents, hersexual family of five, a mother, her parents, her sexual daughter and her baby son were murdered in cold blood by russian troops. in the same city, a 12—year—old boy watched his mother die as he desperately attempted to save her from the die as he desperately attempted to save herfrom the rubble die as he desperately attempted to save her from the rubble of her own home. these are war crimes happening in europe right now. vladimir putin is a war criminal. and one day soon, putin must facejustice in is a war criminal. and one day soon, putin must face justice in the hague. to prosecute putin and his regime, the full range of war crime charges need to be used including the crime of aggression by a state. but the uk has always refused to sign up to the prosecution of this crime and international law. surely with putting's crime of aggression and plain and terrific site in ukraine, now is the time to drop that opposition? with a promise to meet with me to discuss this and will he amend the uk war crimes act

and with the support of the icc prosecution for putin for his crimes of aggression against the people of ukraine? ~ ., of aggression against the people of ukraine? ~ . , . , ukraine? well, i am in principle ha- ukraine? well, i am in principle ha - to ukraine? well, i am in principle happy to meet _ ukraine? well, i am in principle happy to meet the _ ukraine? well, i am in principle happy to meet the right - ukraine? well, i am in principle - happy to meet the right honourable gentleman at any stage but i can tell him that what we have seen already from vladimir putin's regime in use of the munitions that they have already been dropping on innocent civilians in my view fully qualifies as a war crime and i know that the icc prosecutor is already investigating and i'm sure the whole house will support that. i investigating and i'm sure the whole house will support that.— house will support that. i thank the prime minister _ house will support that. i thank the prime minister for _ house will support that. i thank the prime minister for that _ house will support that. i thank the prime minister for that hands - house will support that. i thank the prime minister for that hands and l prime minister for that hands and that's work to get across this house to make sure that putin is prosecuted and held to account. mr speaker, just as we seek to punish and prosecute putin for his crimes, we need to have the ukrainian people right now. hundreds of thousands of ukrainians are fleeing the horrors of this war and they desperately need refuge and sanctions. the un

estimates that well over half a million ukrainian refugees need urgent help. most of them are women and children. this is a moment for europe to stand united in the face of putting's war. the european union have acted and waived all visa requirements for ukrainian refugees put up the government stands alone in our continent insofar refusing to do the same. nicola sturgeon, scotland's first minister, has made clear that our country stand ready to open our borders and our hearts to open our borders and our hearts to the people of ukraine but the uk government must bring down the barriers. the prime ministerjoined their european partners and waive all requirements for the people of ukraine who are fleeing war? the eu with its border _ ukraine who are fleeing war? the eu with its border free _ ukraine who are fleeing war? the eu with its border free zone _ ukraine who are fleeing war? the eu with its border free zone has - ukraine who are fleeing war? the eu with its border free zone has its - with its borderfree zone has its own arrangements with ukraine. they differed for a long time from those of the uk but what we do have is a plan, mr speaker, to be as generous as we possibly can to the people of ukraine and the numbers that will

comejust under ourfamily ukraine and the numbers that will come just under our family reunion scheme could be in the hundreds of thousands to say nothing of the special new path we are opening up for those coming, the humanitarian path that is also uncapped and i think that is the right thing to do. what we won't do is simply abandoned all checks. we don't think that a sensible, particularly in view of the security concerns, the reasonable security concerns of people coming from that theatre of war. {lin people coming from that theatre of war. 3 ., people coming from that theatre of war. j~ ., g , people coming from that theatre of war. 3 , , ., war. on the 28th ofjuly last year, every labour _ war. on the 28th ofjuly last year, every labour councillor _ war. on the 28th ofjuly last year, every labour councillor voted - war. on the 28th ofjuly last year, every labour councillor voted in i every labour councillor voted in favour of andy burnham's plan to impose a 493 square miles charging zone on my constituents and the residents of greater manchester. the mayor's plan a tax on jobs and opportunity is based on flawed data should be scrapped. does my right honourable friend agree? yes. should be scrapped. does my right honourable friend agree?—

honourable friend agree? yes, mr seaker. honourable friend agree? yes, mr speaker- as _ honourable friend agree? yes, mr speaker. as somebody _ honourable friend agree? yes, mr speaker. as somebody who - honourable friend agree? yes, mr speaker. as somebody who once l honourable friend agree? yes, mr. speaker. as somebody who once had honourable friend agree? yes, mr- speaker. as somebody who once had to deal with a badly thought out emission zone before, it is totally wrong to impose measures thoughtlessly that damage business and don't do very much to protect clean air and and don't do very much to protect clean airand i and don't do very much to protect clean air and i think the mayor of manchester done the wrong thing and i am glad that we are. and they congratulate conservative mps in the manchester area who have shown common sense. mr; manchester area who have shown common sense-— manchester area who have shown common sense. g _, , ., common sense. my constituent works for the british — common sense. my constituent works for the british international _ common sense. my constituent works for the british international school - for the british international school in ukraine. the school employs 60 british citizens most of him thankfully escaped by a bus over the weekend. now, how the prime and surpassed my response at the yvonne to my colleague from the snp but, given the lack of a humanitarian corridor, 173 ukrainian colleagues from that school are stuck in to have and ineligible for the home

office, scheme due to the school been domiciled in the ukraine. our neighbours in ireland have waived all visa requirements for three years. i won't he allow us to provide the same humanitarian welcome? i provide the same humanitarian welcome? ., ~ provide the same humanitarian welcome?— provide the same humanitarian welcome? ., ,, , ., , . provide the same humanitarian welcome? ., ,, , . ., welcome? i thank you very much and i understand- — welcome? i thank you very much and i understand- i — welcome? i thank you very much and i understand. i know— welcome? i thank you very much and i understand. i know we _ welcome? i thank you very much and i understand. i know we want _ welcome? i thank you very much and i understand. i know we want to - welcome? i thank you very much and i understand. i know we want to help i understand. i know we want to help the 173 that she mentioned in ukraine. i think the arrangements that we have a very generous indeed and i think we should be proud of what the uk is already double double—take more vulnerable people since 2015 fleeing that any other country in europe. the since 2015 fleeing that any other country in europe.— since 2015 fleeing that any other country in europe. the nurses in my constituency — country in europe. the nurses in my constituency provide _ country in europe. the nurses in my constituency provide selfless - country in europe. the nurses in my constituency provide selfless care i constituency provide selfless care for families living constituency provide selfless care forfamilies living in

constituency provide selfless care for families living in some of the most deprived areas of england where life expectancy is 12 years lower than that of the national average. at the same time, poppy population has expanded with thousands of new homes being built putting pressure on services particularly at the general hospital. does the payments agree with me that tackling health inequalities is key to levelling up and will he support my campaign for and will he support my campaign for a new hospital in warrington? mr a new hospital in warrington? m speaker, i know that this government is building a record number of hospitals. the total of 48 that we are building across the country. i am forbidden, unfortunately, for pre—empting the application process but i know the offers go through and i wish every possible success. the situation in _ i wish every possible success. the situation in ukraine continues to pour most of the world and shame the vast and importantly highlights the

need to break our economic dependency both in russia and in china. does the payments to agree that national security must be protected under a third, energy, cyber and national infrastructure must be secure both now and in the future, from hostile governments, specifically would he commit to a real hydrogen strategy that both industry and trade unions are calling for by doubling the hydrogen production target for 2030? bier?r production target for 2030? very far-sighted _ production target for 2030? very far-sighted question _ production target for 2030? - far—sighted question and that is exactly what we should be doing and we are moving to a much more energy resilient and self—reliance. whether it was a shame that the party opposite cancelled so much of our nuclear power whilst they were in or fail to develop it, mr speaker. the agenda that she is setting is absolutely right including hydrogen. last september, my constituent, he was a talented 17—year—old

footballer, tragically collapsed and died during a youth fa cup game. his family and his club, raised money in his honour to buy more defibrillators on site. but were faced with vat bill of hundreds of pounds on each life—saving device. will my right honourable friend commit to reviewing the vat on commercial defibrillators to bring them in line with the zero rate applied to other medical instruments and will he meet with me, dylan's family and his club, to discuss this much—needed change? i family and his club, to discuss this much-needed change?— family and his club, to discuss this much-needed change? i thank you very much-needed change? i thank you very much and i think— much-needed change? i thank you very much and i think the _ much-needed change? i thank you very much and i think the whole _ much-needed change? i thank you very much and i think the whole house - much and i think the whole house will want to echo my condolences to dylan's friends and family and she faced a very important and emotive issue. defibrillators at the moment are bought through voluntary contributions and donated to charities that may be eligible for that relief, mr speaker. but i'm very happy to meet with her to discuss the matter further. iidith

very happy to meet with her to discuss the matter further. with the prime minister _ discuss the matter further. with the prime minister construct _ discuss the matter further. with the prime minister construct the - prime minister construct the conservative party to give tissue ukrainian humanitarian causes the £2 million they have accepted from someone including £80,000 referred to in data released today by the electoral commission. i know he does not want to tar everyone with russian links with the same brush and neither do i but leaked documents. leaked documents show that he received $8 million from a russian member of parliament, an ally of putin, who was later sanctioned by the united states. mr speaker, this is an opportunity for the conservative party and for the prime minister to end the suspicion of conflicts of interest with putin while showing solidarity with the ukrainian people. it is absolutely vital, mr speaker, _ ukrainian people. it is absolutely vital, mr speaker, if— ukrainian people. it is absolutely vital, mr speaker, if we - ukrainian people. it is absolutely vital, mr speaker, if we are - ukrainian people. it is absolutely vital, mr speaker, if we are to i

ukrainian people. it is absolutely i vital, mr speaker, if we are to have a successful outcome in what we're trying to do collectively, united with ukraine, that we demonstrate that this is about the russian people. this is about the putin regime. people. this is about the putin reime. , , ., ., regime. does my right honourable friend agree _ regime. does my right honourable friend agree that _ regime. does my right honourable friend agree that choices _ regime. does my right honourable friend agree that choices always . friend agree that choices always have consequences? putin has chosen, he has chosen to inflict death and destruction on the people of ukraine and must be made to pay. but others, including those in the russian military, and russian oligarchs, could still choose to be on the right side of history. will my right honourable friend and other world leaders tell ben to make the right choice? and to make it soon. because, in this conflict, time is life. 3 ., ., ., , .,, life. my right honourable friend has made a very — life. my right honourable friend has made a very powerful— life. my right honourable friend has made a very powerful and _ life. my right honourable friend has made a very powerful and important point and i do hope that those who

have any links with the putin regime whatever, anybody, any so—called oligarchs, all those who are in any way associated with the regime take this opportunity, as some brave individuals already have, to dissociate themselves from this barbaric invasion. tiara dissociate themselves from this barbaric invasion.— dissociate themselves from this barbaric invasion. two weeks ago, and letter to _ barbaric invasion. two weeks ago, and letter to the _ barbaric invasion. two weeks ago, and letter to the prime _ barbaric invasion. two weeks ago, and letter to the prime minister, i and letter to the prime minister, out than that of a half—million people in the uk are immunocompromised unto them, the idea of living with covid is frightening and many charities such as the ms society, are not reassured by the government's lifting of restrictions around free testing and isolation so does the prime minister agree with me that in order to protect this group, free covid—19 testing must continue and include theirfamilies, friends testing must continue and include their families, friends as well as anybody unpaid carers so that they can really be allowed to live with covid? b5 can really be allowed to live with covid? �* , ., ~ covid? as i said to her, i think, last week. _

covid? as i said to her, i think, last week. it — covid? as i said to her, i think, last week, it is _ covid? as i said to her, i think, last week, it is absolutely - last week, it is absolutely essential that those who are immunocompromised, the extremely vulnerable, continue to have access to free testing and all the therapies and anti—virals that they need. forgive me mr speaker. thank you. i thank my honourable friend for his question and we are currently reviewing responses to a consultation of a range of legislative proposal to cut estate threats and we will update parliament in due course. i would like to thank— parliament in due course. i would like to thank the _ parliament in due course. i would like to thank the ukrainian - like to thank the ukrainian ambassador.— like to thank the ukrainian ambassador. ., , ., ambassador. for the benefit of the rest of the house. _

ambassador. for the benefit of the rest of the house. i _ ambassador. for the benefit of the rest of the house. i said _ ambassador. for the benefit of the rest of the house. i said thank- ambassador. for the benefit of the rest of the house. i said thank you | rest of the house. i said thank you to him. rest of the house. i said thank you to him- in — rest of the house. i said thank you to him. in britain, _ rest of the house. i said thank you to him. in britain, we _ rest of the house. i said thank you to him. in britain, we would - rest of the house. i said thank you to him. in britain, we would like i rest of the house. i said thank you | to him. in britain, we would like to obtain the safe passage for money flows offshore for law firms terminated to silence those who would investigate, bait the media or even the national crime agency. does the prime minister understand that this is how state corruption happens and this is planned subversion. does he realise the seriousness that what has been happening to the law firms and finance companies in recent years? and finance companies in recent ears? , ., , and finance companies in recent ears? , . , ., , years? he is raising a very important _ years? he is raising a very important point _ years? he is raising a very important point and - years? he is raising a very important point and the i years? he is raising a very. important point and the law years? he is raising a very - important point and the law firms in this country are regulated by the solicitors regulation authority. they were reminded of the 23rd of february the need to comply with sanctions regulations, legislation, and there are regular checks to ensure that they are doing so and they have responsibilities under that regime to safeguard the uk and

to protect the reputation of the united kingdom legal services industry and clearly they will face sanctions if they fail to do so. putin is the only enemy, but i do feel ashamed. the united kingdom signed the budapest accord in 1994 guaranteeing the territorial integrity of ukraine. 23 men who once sat on these benches gave their lives for plucky little belgium and i have chills down that end. 22 did the same for poland and they have shields done descent. and we are not guaranteeing the territorial integrity of ukraine. we are not even, i don't want war and nobody wants war, but we are not even sanctioning sergey shoygu, the russian defence ministry yet nor the

commander of the black sea fleet or a number of others such as roman abramovich or others are members of the russian duma who voted for this accord. why do we not use parliamentary privilege to get this out there so that lawyers cannot attack the sanctions that we must surely bring rapidly, today? mr surely bring rapidly, today? m speaker, i hear him and i know that the whole house will understand his feelings and his frustration at no country in the west is going directly to the sport of the ukrainians with direct military assistance and that is a reality that we simply have to accept because the consequences, the consequences of a direct confrontation between the uk and russia would be, i think, confrontation between the uk and russia would be, ithink, and confrontation between the uk and russia would be, i think, and other western countries and russia would not be easy to control and if i can repeat the point i made earlier, i think they would play directly into

putin's narrative. he says it is about him versus the west, he says it is about him versus nato, we say it is about him versus nato, we say it is a game versus the ukrainian people, and that is i'm afraid the difference. as for his what he says about... i am difference. as for his what he says about... iam proud difference. as for his what he says about... i am proud of what the uk has been able to do so far. i am proud that we have given a lead, not just on sanctions, mr speaker, where we insist on the top of measures including a dramatic effect... but we are in the lead in all european countries in offering military assistance to ukraine and we will continue to do so. i know he would like to go further and if i understand further he would like to go further but i can tell how is that we're going to continue to go further notjust that we're going to continue to go further not just for that we're going to continue to go further notjust for military assistance but also by tightening the voice on the putin regime. in addition to the tragedy in ukraine,

i know the prime minister also wants to slash red tape to make britain more internationally competitive. david cameron succeeded but after he left, we abandoned his one into average and there are billions in red tape costs instead. last month the benefits of the brexit document... can i urge the prime minister to step in before it is too late otherwise the blob will win and we will fail to deliver a key benefit of brexit. i we will fail to deliver a key benefit of brexit.— we will fail to deliver a key benefit of brexit. . ., benefit of brexit. i am delighted to sa that benefit of brexit. i am delighted to say that we — benefit of brexit. i am delighted to say that we have _ benefit of brexit. i am delighted to say that we have a _ benefit of brexit. i am delighted to say that we have a new _ benefit of brexit. i am delighted to say that we have a new secretary l benefit of brexit. i am delighted to | say that we have a new secretary of state for poorest brexit freedoms and —— post—brexit freedoms, and he is going to repeal and replace outdated legislation and regulation across the board and i don't know about the blob, mr speaker, but i can think of no fear more fearsome antagonist in my honourable friend.

satellite images show a 14 mile long convoy of military hardware heading towards and surrounding the cities of ukraine. —— 40 mile long... we know what the intention of vladimir putin is going to be. mr speaker, hundreds of thousands of people are going to be murdered in these cities. in this house, think of your families and neighbours and relatives that you may have a broad and they are going to be murdered. the prime minister has led the world in the reaction to what is going on and i am proud of what he has done, so can i ask my right honourable friend, i know he's popping up and bed for a week but can i ask him to use every second he has got to try and prevent it from happening? mr and prevent it from happening? m speaker, this is when the subject i discussed this morning with president zelensky and i think for

many people looking at it, they will wonder why it is impossible to interrupt the progress of those tanks with air strikes or from a drone for instance which we know... and unfortunately it turns out it is not as easy as you might think, mr speaker. and the tragic reality is that vladimir putin is going to continue to ground his war machine forwards if he possibly can. that is why it is vital that we continue the military support we offer and that is why it is also vital that together with the usa and our friends and partners in the west that we intensify and accelerate the programme of economic sanctions that is already hurting. mr programme of economic sanctions that is already hurting.— is already hurting. mr speaker, london is _ is already hurting. mr speaker, london is known _ is already hurting. mr speaker, london is known as _ is already hurting. mr speaker, london is known as the - is already hurting. mr speaker, london is known as the world l is already hurting. mr speaker, - london is known as the world plasma capital for corrupt russian money. £100 billion per year is awash in our country. and this, the scale of this corruption could not happen without what the intelligence and

security committee described as enablers, the lawyers, the accountants, the pr specialist and so on and including those who challenge our brave independent journalists for identifying them. the prime minister didn't respond fully, i think, the prime minister didn't respond fully, ithink, to the prime minister didn't respond fully, i think, to the honourable memberfrom the isle fully, i think, to the honourable member from the isle of wight in terms of how he will tackle the activity of these enablers, who are for too long being corrupting the rule of law in our country. i thank her and with _ rule of law in our country. i thank her and with great _ rule of law in our country. i thank her and with great respect, - rule of law in our country. i thank her and with great respect, mr i her and with great respect, mr speaker, let me repeat again and reinforce what i said my right honourable friend from the isle of wight. the legal profession and everyone involved in assisting those who wish to hide money in london, assisting a cropped oligarchs, they have been set unnoticed that their actions are under scrutiny and where they break the law, if they break they break the law, if they break the law, if they undermine the

interest of this country, and advance the interest of putting's war machine they will pay a price. in the last few days, i have been overwhelmed and heartened by the incredible response of my constituents to the crisis in ukraine. with countless offers of accommodation and financial support for refugees. but the community sponsorship route is a very slow process and it will struggle to meet the challenge that we face. does the prime minister agree with me that we need a faster and more effective route and a better way of offering sanctuary to the refugees and the people of ukraine than the government because current proposals? i think her very much and i know the sympathy is with the house with her and what she is trying to do. i house with her and what she is trying to do-— house with her and what she is trying to do. i talk to her polish friends yesterday _

trying to do. i talk to her polish friends yesterday about - trying to do. i talk to her polish friends yesterday about doing l trying to do. i talk to her polish friends yesterday about doing a partnership with them to bring people directly to the uk who are fleeing to poland and i have set out for the house, as i know my honourable friend the home secretary has already given the big package of measures to put in to help people fleeing ukraine. iwant measures to put in to help people fleeing ukraine. i want to repeat, look at the numbers we took from afghanistan, from hong kong, huge numbers of people that have come to uk and we have settled 25,000 vulnerable people since 2015, which is more than any other european country, so we should be proud of our record. mr; country, so we should be proud of our record-— our record. my grandfather was ukrainian. _ our record. my grandfather was ukrainian, and _ our record. my grandfather was ukrainian, and was _ our record. my grandfather was ukrainian, and was deported i our record. my grandfather was ukrainian, and was deported toj our record. my grandfather was i ukrainian, and was deported to the siberia. i am ukrainian, and was deported to the siberia. iam proud ukrainian, and was deported to the siberia. i am proud of my heritage and is a plucky nation in the nation of my family has to look to put in's army. i know the world is watching here and our country. will the prime minister make assurances that what he will do it every possible option

to make sure that putin had the toughest range of punitive sanctions but financial but also focusing on his inner circle?— but financial but also focusing on his inner circle? yes, mr speaker. and that is _ his inner circle? yes, mr speaker. and that is why — his inner circle? yes, mr speaker. and that is why we _ his inner circle? yes, mr speaker. and that is why we have _ his inner circle? yes, mr speaker. and that is why we have begun i his inner circle? yes, mr speaker. i and that is why we have begun with him but also with sergey lavrov, but there is no limit what you can do on his regime and we will continue to do that. can i echo what he said about our debt to the ukrainian people? neverforget about our debt to the ukrainian people? never forget that when we stood side by side with russia in the 19405 against fascism, mr speaker, there was a ukrainian contribution to that army of 10 million people and they were absolutely invaluable in freedom as well. ., ~ absolutely invaluable in freedom as well. . ,, , ., absolutely invaluable in freedom as well. ., ~' ~ absolutely invaluable in freedom as well. . ~ well. thank you, mr speaker. prime minister, scotland _ well. thank you, mr speaker. prime minister, scotland stands _ well. thank you, mr speaker. prime minister, scotland stands ready i well. thank you, mr speaker. prime minister, scotland stands ready to l minister, scotland stands ready to welcome any fleeing ukrainians, however, this government has failed to follow the example of the european unit of a red tape of these free approach. will this prime

minister commit to an unconditional rapid safe and legal approach to settlement for it ukrainians fleeing this invasion? iiglhgr settlement for it ukrainians fleeing this invasion?— this invasion? why has he failed to do so? mr speaker, _ this invasion? why has he failed to do so? mr speaker, as i've - this invasion? why has he failed to i do so? mr speaker, as i've explained to the house already, several times, the eu has a borderfree schengen zone and is not appropriate for them to have checks of any kind. we have a different system and it is sensible given the situation that we have and given that large numbers of people leaving that war zone. it is essential to have checks and make sure we know who is coming in. but what we will not do is impede ukrainians coming in four of their lives. this country, as i have said several time today, is a proud record of taking people in. look at what we have done in the record and my premiership to help people from afghanistan. look at what we have done to help the hong kong chinese.

she should be trout or proud of what the uk has done because. that she should be trout or proud of what the uk has done because.— the uk has done because. that ends prime minister _ the uk has done because. that ends prime minister poz _ the uk has done because. that ends prime minister poz 's _ the uk has done because. that ends prime minister poz 's questions. i prime minister poz 's questions. point_ prime minister poz 's questions. point of— prime minister poz 's questions. point of order. that is the end of prime minister's questions. we will talk to nick eardley shortly and we will play you the applause and standing ovation that you may or may not have seen at the beginning of prime minister poz 's the beginning of prime minister poz '5 questions in the house of commons. normally a plot is not allowed in the chamber but the ukrainian ambassador to the uk was watching from a public gallery and this is what happened. applause

and then the speaker did say that we don't normally allow applause but today we wanted to show our support for you, ambassador and your people. this talk to nick eardley who is in the central lobby. it was quite a moment, actually, wasn't it? it was extraordinary- _ moment, actually, wasn't it? it was extraordinary. i— moment, actually, wasn't it? it was extraordinary. i was _ moment, actually, wasn't it? it was extraordinary. i was sitting - moment, actually, wasn't it? it was extraordinary. i was sitting in i moment, actually, wasn't it? it was extraordinary. i was sitting in the i extraordinary. i was sitting in the press gallery which is just beside with their bus was sitting and every mp was on their feet and it was quite a symbol of, in some ways, the

unity of parliament in condemning what is going on in ukraine. there was another significant moment i thought in prime minister's questions when borisjohnson was responding to ian blackford. the prime minister said that he believes that what has already been seen in ukraine, the actions of russian forces already fully qualify as a war crime. we know the international criminal court have begun an investigation on that and it is really significant for a government like the uk to be saying that they think what has gone on in the ground in the ukraine constitutes a war crime and there was that wider question as well, wasn't there, about sanctions and there have been some mp5 increasingly saying in the last few days that they don't think the government is going far enough and quickly enough to impose sanctions on oligarchs. we think there are about 16 oligarchs who have faced sanctions from brussels

and washington, but are not on the list in london yet, and in particular keir starmer brought up the current chelsea owner roman abramovich saying why is he not on the list? and the response from the prime minister was that he thinks that what the government has announced already, the sanctions that have already been brought in have been significant. we should point out that mr abramovich says that he doesn't think he has done anything that would justify sanctions against him and he has previously denied that he has close links to president putin. but it was also really interesting to hear mp5 raising questions about law firms as well and suggesting that more needs to be done to clamp down on those who they accuse of facilitating oligarchs. it does feel like there is an increasing groundswell in parliament for firmer is an increasing groundswell in parliament forfirmer action is an increasing groundswell in parliament for firmer action on the message from the government is they do have more sanctions coming, some of them want to go faster. ibshd

do have more sanctions coming, some of them want to go faster.— of them want to go faster. and the prime minister _ of them want to go faster. and the prime minister also _ of them want to go faster. and the prime minister also said _ of them want to go faster. and the prime minister also said the i prime minister also said the government is going to publish a full list of all oligarchs associated with president putin in time. ~ . , ., time. which will be fascinating. it reall well time. which will be fascinating. it really well and _ time. which will be fascinating. it really well and one _ time. which will be fascinating. it really well and one of— time. which will be fascinating. it really well and one of the - time. which will be fascinating. it really well and one of the things l really well and one of the things the government has been talking about is basically getting rid of some of the cover that some people have in home ownership is so we know that the accusation for years has been dirty russian money was laundered in london by oligarchs and others are putting their cash into property through shell companies or in complex ways that are quite hard to work out who the ultimate owner was. that is something the government here is taking action on and says it is going to clamp down on it and there is an economics crime bill which has been accelerated through parliament, it was introduced yesterday and i think we will hear a lot more about that in the next few weeks as well. it is all part of the government's

strategy which has been supported by opposition parties to put as much economic pressure on president putin's a close allies as possible. the allies is if that economic pressure has an impact, then some of those allies of the russian president will start to put more pressure on him to change course in ukraine. it is worth pointing out that the government said this time and again that that is not something thatis and again that that is not something that is going to change the course of action in ukraine overnight, it is a medium term policy and it is all designed about creating that longer term stand—off and trying to make russia a pariah state where those billionaires with links to the president are not able to operate in the west. ., ~ president are not able to operate in the west. ., ,, , ., , . a a5 as the bomb were talking but what

normal ukrainians are doing to protect themselves and their homes and cities and towns and country. we are going to talk to the owner of a craft brewery end the western ukrainian city of lviv. you not making beer any more but what are you making instead?— you making instead? there is a moment in _ you making instead? there is a moment in every _ you making instead? there is a moment in every individual's i you making instead? there is a l moment in every individual's life when all the experience and knowledge and everything that you have learned in life until now has to come to focus and concentration and i think this is what now 14 million people do or 40 million people are trying to do and what they can do best and quickest based on the previous experience and put that to a good use. we have to stop making beer, which we hate, but there are times more important than beer and more important than family and more important than career because if we don't win this country

over, that is not going to be important. we are fighting now for the base, we are fighting really for ourselves and for our europe and for democracy over the world. it is a time of now or never and the whole of ukraine is in a mood like winston churchill says that we are going to be fighting everywhere, we're not going to be giving the enemy any chance to win. in our case we are a small brewery in western ukraine which it is relatively calm and what we decided to do immediately is using our chemical skills and accuracy and safety skills we decided to make molotov cocktails. actually, it is the country where the ministry of internal affairs publishes on its website several recipes for molotov cocktails and encourages the population to make them and use them against the enemy. how many have you made? we them and use them against the enemy. how many have you made?— them and use them against the enemy. how many have you made? we have made 2002 da s how many have you made? we have made

2002 days and _ how many have you made? we have made 2002 days and in — how many have you made? we have made 2002 days and in the _ how many have you made? we have made 2002 days and in the last _ how many have you made? we have made 2002 days and in the last two _ how many have you made? we have made 2002 days and in the last two days - 2002 days and in the last two days we have started to make roadblocks stripes because we have metal and skilled hands and that is what doing now. what else have you made? so far nothing else, this whole thing has been around 400 and 30 hours so in our lives it seems has been years but suddenly everything has changed... 120 or 130 hours. we have a making spike stripes and we are undergoing the training for how to search cards against explosives and how to do medical aid, how to deal with rifles, so we are preparing for so—called territorial defence forces which are civilian army which can man the roadblocks which can help police etc. tell

man the roadblocks which can help olice etc. , ., , ., police etc. tell us how you feel about what _ police etc. tell us how you feel about what is _ police etc. tell us how you feel about what is happening i police etc. tell us how you feel about what is happening to i police etc. tell us how you feel| about what is happening to your country. it about what is happening to your count . , ., , ., country. it is a strange mixture. i am sure we _ country. it is a strange mixture. i am sure we will— country. it is a strange mixture. i am sure we will win _ country. it is a strange mixture. i am sure we will win this - country. it is a strange mixture. i am sure we will win this war, i country. it is a strange mixture. i am sure we will win this war, we | country. it is a strange mixture. i. am sure we will win this war, we are already winning because we have disrupted the times of the dictator to have a blitzkrieg takeover of our country and one or two or three days. we are winning this and we will win. they are not fighting the ukrainian army, they are fighting each and every individual of 40 million people doing whatever he or she can do to have and help us win. ifeel she can do to have and help us win. i feel two she can do to have and help us win. ifeel two things. ifeel she can do to have and help us win. i feel two things. i feel great sorrow and i am very sad about the death of children and civilian people. on the other hand, for the country, i am people. on the other hand, for the country, iam proud people. on the other hand, for the country, i am proud that the country shows such an incredible unity in such a difficult time. ukraine is a large country and a large country is always different in languages and religions and because of big territory and this is the unique

what i see first time in 50 years, a unique unification of people of different origins, social statuses, sexes, of backgrounds, east to west, north to south. odesa, kyiv, kharkiv and lviv and this is incredible. do you feel any fear? since my family left three days ago to the safe place, i don't feel, ifeel a fear that many generations to come would have the risk of facing another cold war or go to gulags. that is what i fear more. we have to do the job and it cannot be a job that would do to ourjoggers and for their children. we have to put this right here and now. , , ., ., ~

now. this is now or never. and you ou can, now. this is now or never. and you you can. you _ now. this is now or never. and you you can. you and — now. this is now or never. and you you can, you and your _ now. this is now or never. and you you can, you and your fellow i you can, you and your fellow ukrainian citizens will prevail. absolutely, no doubt about it. what absolutely, no doubt about it. what do ou absolutely, no doubt about it. what do you think — absolutely, no doubt about it. what do you think of _ absolutely, no doubt about it. what do you think of your— absolutely, no doubt about it. what do you think of your president and though he is leading your country? it is too early to say. honestly, i have not allowed myself to do any judgment about him. i did not vote for this guy and i dislike what many things have been done in the run—up to the war. now it is no time to judge. now i would like to support, more than criticise. we can criticise, we can do other things, we can do beer or share a beer with a family when we win. it is not a good time forjudgment. everything is ok. i good time for 'udgment. everything is ok. ~' , , is ok. i like the president. i understand. _ is ok. i like the president. i understand. what _ is ok. i like the president. i understand. what i - is ok. i like the president. i understand. what i like i is ok. i like the president. i i understand. what i like actually most about _

understand. what i like actually most about him _ understand. what i like actually most about him is _ understand. what i like actually most about him is that - understand. what i like actually most about him is that he i understand. what i like actually most about him is that he is i most about him is that he is democratically elected and this is not something, that is something thatis not something, that is something that is one of the fundamental differences between russia and ukraine. sorry, i can't hear. it will be soggy for quite a few of us over the next few days. you can see a you can see a warm you can see a warm weather front but this tour west as they are slow moving front and will be on the weather charts even to the weekend bringing some of us a rain. skies of this are spread across the uk spreading across northwards in

the raid and reaching wales and northern ireland are now in southern scotland and if it is sunny when you are, the chances are you live across the north of the uk where it is a different story. pressure is still relatively high here and we have some glorious sunshine in the highlands after a cold start. through the rest of the day, this cloud rain makes little progress and you might see a bit of rain pushing into the central lowlands later this afternoon and our temperatures for the most part are six or seven celsius, so quite chilly but turning milder across southern wales and south—west england and progressively through this afternoon. overnight tonight, ourfirst band of rain makes its way into scotland bring in damp weather here and our second band of rain pushing across northern ireland and reaches western england and into western scotland and wales and into western scotland and wales and given the cloud around and winning is while it's going to be relatively mild with five or eight celsius. tomorrow is going to be another cloudy and grey day with this slow—moving weather front bringing rain across scotland.

easton area seen a few brighter spells and east anglia and south is doing that and the rain should brighten up as well for lower northern ireland in western wales and south—west thingy but otherwise it's cloudy for most of us and it will be returning milder. into friday, the same weather front is still bringing rain and this time it is more focused across eastern areas of england and perhaps the midlands will see rain for a time and across western parts of the uk, through parts of scotland and northern ireland, wales and the south—west, the weather brightens up and there will be sunshine and will start to turn a bit cooler and fresher here. the weekend sees a significant change in our weather, that weather front slowly dies a death as high pressure builds in across the uk and that an area of high pressure is going to be bringing a lot of dry weather through the weekend with spells of sunshine and indeed into next week. the weather should be mostly fined and saw a big change in the way.

to erase his country, as putin's forces intensify their attacks on key ukrainian cities. russian paratroopers have landed in kharkiv in the north—east, with reports of street fighting, sustained rocket fire and airstrikes on the city. explosions. the bombardment of cities continues. here a tank shells an apartment building northwest of the capital, kyiv. translation: they have an order to erase our history, _ to erase our country, to erase us all. a 40—mile—long convoy of russian armoured vehicles remains about 15 miles north of the capital, kyiv. below ground in our bomb shelter, the adrenaline has run out.