hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. civilian casualties in ukraine are rising. a second day of air strikes in kharkiv has brought this response from the city's mayor. this city of khrakiv will hold and today, kharkiv is unified as never before. we'll be live with our chief international correspondent in the ukrainian capital. we will bring you up—to—date on the united nations. it is voted

overwhelmingly to condemn the russian invasion of ukraine. the russian invasion of ukraine. the russian billionaire roman ravitch has said he decided to sell chelsea football club. russia's invasion of ukraine is in its 7th day. mass civilian casualties are being reported as russia continues its bombardments on ukraine's cities. we will take the whole of the latest. you can see from this map where russian troops are in control of territory. there is pressure on number of cities. the biggest is kharkiv in the northeast — along with kherson and mariupol in the south. let's begin in the north—east of

ukraine. kharkiv is about 1.5 million people living there and there has been heavy rocket fire and air strikes. this shows you all the places that have been hit. dozens of people have died. you can see an explosion happened at a university building. this is what it looked like after. russian paratroops have reportedly landed in kharkiv — there's been fighting on its streets. igor terekhov is the mayor of kharkiv. translation: it is a very tense situation now. - we can hear shelling, explosions and they shell houses and premises and administrative buildings. we have to go to the basement, to the bomb shelter to save the lives of the people. actually, the situation is very serious and all over the city of kharkiv,

there is intense fighting from all sides, and obviously this situation is very dangerous. viktoria tomchinskaia lives in the north east of kharkiv. the night was not really quiet, because it started,— the night was not really quiet, because it started, yesterday was a nightmare. — because it started, yesterday was a nightmare. i— because it started, yesterday was a nightmare, i thought _ because it started, yesterday was a nightmare, i thought we _ because it started, yesterday was a nightmare, i thought we were - because it started, yesterday was a | nightmare, i thought we were living in hell in our city. there were bombs everywhere from the air mostly and a lot of civilians were attacked, a lot of homes were destroyed and we couldn't sleep. sasha pralipska lives in kharkiv. there were about 12 planes in our air and they were bombing the city. one of my university's faculties was bombed. the city has been ruined and it seems they want to wipe us from the face of the earth.

one week on — the capital kyiv is still in ukrainian hands. but on the city's outskirts there have been more attacks near kyiv — this is in borodyanka. you can see there has been violent shelling of apartment buildings. that isa but it's been recovering from deadly strikes. a warning — you may find these pictures distressing. this is the aftermath of yesterday's missile attack on the tv tower mast there. and you can also see from that area shaded red that although russians are not in kyiv — troops are nearing it. and this line of russian tanks is still on the outskirts of the city. as russian troops move in — authorities are telling people to stay inside — preferably underground. these people are taking shelter in metro stations. the mayor of kyiv,

vitaly klitschko with his brother ukrainian boxer wladimir klitschko, spoke to the bbc about what it's like. three or four or five times we go to the bunkers because of the bombing alarm, every night, every night. and the people right now in ukraine, the civilians, they have lived week—long in the bunker without service, without nothing and there are children there already. the situation is very critical. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet joins me now from kyiv. we are expecting more attacks this evening. we we are expecting more attacks this evenina. ~ , ., ., , we are expecting more attacks this evenina. ~ , . ., , ., evening. we 'ust heard a very loud ban in evening. we 'ust heard a very loud bang in the — evening. we just heard a very loud bang in the centre _ evening. we just heard a very loud bang in the centre of _ evening. we just heard a very loud bang in the centre of the _ evening. we just heard a very loud bang in the centre of the city. - evening. we just heard a very loud bang in the centre of the city. we. bang in the centre of the city. we are not sure exactly what caused it, but it was targeting. the air raid sirensjust went on but it was targeting. the air raid sirens just went on again. we heard

earlier we just sirens just went on again. we heard earlier wejust saw sirens just went on again. we heard earlier we just saw vitaly crisco the mayor telling people to make sure they don't come out of the bunkers unless they have taken up a gun to help define this as the. —— vitaly klitschko. he says the enemy is going closer and closer. we have heard reports from us defence official that this long armoured column we have been watching which is less than 20 miles from the centre of kyiv for a second day hasn't moved at all. it is another guessing game, why is it stalling? there are some reports it is waiting forfood there are some reports it is waiting for food for the soldiers, but the soldiers don't want to make a move on this capital, we have heard several reports across the country, the russian soldiers are aghast at what they have been asked to do here in ukraine. is it that the convoy has been poised while russia focuses on other major cities to the south and east? whatever it is it still sits there ominously at the edge of

the kyiv. mil sits there ominously at the edge of the k iv. �* ., sits there ominously at the edge of thekiv.�* ., , sits there ominously at the edge of the k iv. �* ., , .,, ., ., the kyiv. all of the people who are bein: told the kyiv. all of the people who are being told to _ the kyiv. all of the people who are being told to stay _ the kyiv. all of the people who are being told to stay inside _ the kyiv. all of the people who are being told to stay inside and - the kyiv. all of the people who are i being told to stay inside and below ground if possible, how are they getting supplies? ground if possible, how are they getting nineties?— ground if possible, how are they getting supplies? when the curfew ends, the curfew _ getting supplies? when the curfew ends, the curfew came _ getting supplies? when the curfew ends, the curfew came into - getting supplies? when the curfew ends, the curfew came into force l ends, the curfew came into force here at eight o'clock and evening, 1800 gmt, it will lift in the morning around seven, then there is a mad dash to the shops to see if they are open and if the shelves have any goods on them. we know some shelves are emptying fast, so the shops have shut early. we spoke earlier today to a deputy minister who said that because of the roads are now blocked, what are they blocked with, we have seen images from just outside of kyiv where the road is littered with the burnt out carcasses of military vehicles. a monument to the very heavy fighting on some of the approach roads to kyiv. in some cases supplies aren't

getting through but we haven't heard reports that this is a city which is read the running short. as you have been hearing from people you have spoken to, on bbc news all day there are cities now where russian troops are cities now where russian troops are in the city, encircling the city, where supplies are running short. partly because they are not available but also because it is just not safe for people to leave their bunkers, we heard one woman who was hiding in her bathroom because she thought that was the safest place to be. if it because she thought that was the safest place to be.— safest place to be. if it is not safest place to be. if it is not safe to go — safest place to be. if it is not safe to go out _ safest place to be. if it is not safe to go out on _ safest place to be. if it is not safe to go out on the - safest place to be. if it is not safe to go out on the streets| safest place to be. if it is not - safe to go out on the streets until it is presumably not safe to try and leave it kyiv because some people and those bunkers must be wanting to be further west. it is and those bunkers must be wanting to be further west.— be further west. it is invidious choices. be further west. it is invidious choices- i _ be further west. it is invidious choices. i have _ be further west. it is invidious choices. i have spoken - be further west. it is invidious choices. i have spoken to - be further west. it is invidious choices. i have spoken to so l be further west. it is invidious - choices. i have spoken to so many people who are trying to do the cost benefit. if i stay here i am safe underground, but how long can i stay underground, but how long can i stay underground, do i have the ability

to keep getting food and water, what about my children and pets, but then if i go on the road because there are incidents, terrible incidents of whole families being killed on the road, a woman who was living in a same basement as we are told me about herfriend who same basement as we are told me about her friend who has a six—year—old daughter who is a cancer patient and they went on the road to go towards the village and then came back because they realised they could get trapped in the village and wouldn't have access to any medical help. there is still a chance here that when there are no air raid sirens or curfew, that you can make a run for it, but i think those windows of the day where there are to the sirens are becoming more narrow. ., narrow. under twitter feed earlier our narrow. under twitter feed earlier your shared _ narrow. under twitter feed earlier your shared a _ narrow. under twitter feed earlier your shared a picture _ narrow. under twitter feed earlier your shared a picture of— narrow. under twitter feed earlier your shared a picture of a - narrow. under twitter feed earlier your shared a picture of a road - narrow. under twitter feed earlier. your shared a picture of a road with the huge amount of burnt out russian vehicles on it. it was obviously a very striking image. how many direct

crashes do we think are happening between the ukraine military and russian military close to the city you are in? we russian military close to the city you are in?— russian military close to the city ou are in? ~ . ., ,., , russian military close to the city ou are in? ~ . ., , ., you are in? we have heard reports of ukrainian and — you are in? we have heard reports of ukrainian and russian _ you are in? we have heard reports of ukrainian and russian forces - ukrainian and russian forces fighting at" is almost since this seven day invasion began. you may remember early on in this invasion there was crashes in northern suburbs of the capital, there was even one report that it came quite close to the centre of the city but we are told that there are classes and that is one of the reasons given for the slow imperceptible advance of this convoy, that the russian forces are being stopped by the ukrainian forces who are lying in wait. we do here, it is very hard to get a sense of how many and at what intensity, but certainly every day we hear about crashes on the edges of this city. let

we hear about crashes on the edges of this ci . ., ,~' we hear about crashes on the edges of this ci . ., i. we hear about crashes on the edges of this city-— of this city. let me ask you to step back from the _ of this city. let me ask you to step back from the immediacy - of this city. let me ask you to step back from the immediacy of - of this city. let me ask you to step back from the immediacy of being | of this city. let me ask you to step i back from the immediacy of being in the capital and look across the international relations which of course you are a keen student of, how do you assess the nature of the west's support for ukraine almost a week into this?— week into this? unprecedented. someone was — week into this? unprecedented. someone was contrasting - week into this? unprecedented. someone was contrasting the i week into this? unprecedented. . someone was contrasting the votes week into this? unprecedented. - someone was contrasting the votes at the united nations in 2014 when russia first annexed crimea and went into the donbas, there were over 50 abstentions and there are only about abstentions and there are only about a hundred who voted to condemn russia's actions. this time there are only five who voted in support. there was an overwhelming condemnation and a call on russia to pull back its forces. i have never seen this, if you follow any of our news bulletins, they have this pattern, that is the news and sport

and then finance. the whole bulletin is about ukraine versus the news about ukraine, then business and it is a financial fallout, what is happening to the banks, the rouble plummeting, more sanctions imposed, then the sport, anything from figure skating tojudo and then the sport, anything from figure skating to judo and football, they are all taking action, the only part of our news bulletin in this time is a weather report, some people said to me today you should be telling us what the weather is like in ukraine. i have never seen a word like this go viral. it is notjust the unity of the west but right across society it is at musical concerts, theatre performances, every aspect of life they are finding a way to say this is not right, in our time you should not be invading a sovereign country.

as ever, thank you for your coverage. lyse doucet was saying the invasion of ukraine has permeated every dimension of life. the top story on the bbc sport app at the moment is the chelsea roman abramovich says he plans to sell the club. he says it is an incredibly difficult decision to make. he says he will not ask for any loans to be repaid. chelsea owes roman abramovich around £1.5 billion of the top of my head. he says he will not ask for any loans to be repaid and also there is a report in a swiss newspaper that a billionaire has been offered the chance to buy the club. that doesn't mean the deal will go ahead. apparently the billionaire says abramovich said he wanted to get rid of chelsea quickly after the threat of sanctions was raised in the british parliament. he also says all net proceeds from the sale will be donated to the victims

of the war in ukraine. a huge story notjust in english sport but in global sport which we will turn back to in a couple of minutes. the next thing i want to look at away from the second biggest city kharkiv, and kyiv. there is heavy fighting in southern ukraine. officials say hundreds of people have been killed there — many of them civilians. russia claims their troops have taken control of kherson — that's a port city on the black sea. ukrainian officials deny this. it would be the biggest city to fall into russian hands and would be strategically important for troops to push further inland. these pictures have been verified by the bbc — but the source is unknown. it appears to show russian paratroopers in the city. hussain lives in the city of kherson. he also filmed videos this morning of tanks outside his apartment. they were firing and that was ten metres from my balcony. i'm not sure if you have seen

the video, i was trying to record it and i thought they were trying to shoot me or something. it was that close, actually. they stayed here for an hour and civilians were running. it was just a terrifying moment. i have never been that scared in my life. like when soldiers are fighting and civilians are running and it was mental. it made no sense why they are doing that even. let's stay with the situation in the south of ukraine — and go to the city of mariupol. the city's deputy mayor says hundreds of people are feared dead, after hours of sustained shelling. let me show you some footage we have from there. it's been supplied by the ukrainian government — and seems to show targeted attacks by ukrainian forces on a military truck on the outskirts of mariupol. russia has ramped up its firepower on the net last couple of days. it has lost fighters and equipment and it has faced strong ukrainian

resistance. for the first time, russia has announced its figure for casualties sustained during its invasion. the bbc cannot independently verify these claims. russia says 498 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine. the number of russian soldiers wounded is over 1,500 soldiers so far. this is significantly lower than ukraine's assessment of russian casualties. defence and diplomatic correspondentjonathan marcus joins me now. what credence, give to these numbers russia have put out? i what credence, give to these numbers russia have put out?— russia have put out? i think the numbers from _ russia have put out? i think the numbers from either _ russia have put out? i think the numbers from either side - russia have put out? i think the numbers from either side can i russia have put out? i think the i numbers from either side can truly be treated fully, but russia have gone from a position where they were dealing out any statistics, but they have now announced figures that are substantial. nearly 500 dead. the likelihood clearly is to significantly more. the mere fact the russians are admitting to level of casualties is an indicator of the

problems i have been having and the strength of the ukrainian resistance.— strength of the ukrainian resistance. ., ., ., ., resistance. you would have heard me talkin: resistance. you would have heard me talking about — resistance. you would have heard me talking about kherson _ resistance. you would have heard me talking about kherson in _ resistance. you would have heard me talking about kherson in the - resistance. you would have heard me talking about kherson in the south i talking about kherson in the south and the focus on the russians of mariupol and kherson. and the focus on the russians of mariupoland kherson. explain and the focus on the russians of mariupol and kherson. explain why that part of ukraine matter so much to the russian. the that part of ukraine matter so much to the russian.— to the russian. the russians had a launch pad — to the russian. the russians had a launch pad in _ to the russian. the russians had a launch pad in crimea _ to the russian. the russians had a launch pad in crimea to _ to the russian. the russians had a launch pad in crimea to push - to the russian. the russians had a launch pad in crimea to push out i launch pad in crimea to push out both westwards and that is the thrust going towards kherson, and then north—eastwards along the coast towards mariupol. it is clear this has two important strategic aspects or possibly three, if they can take the whole of the coastline essentially make ukraine a landlocked country. obviously if they put north—east, mariupol, and they put north—east, mariupol, and the americans earlier were saying they saw preparations for a push out of the donbas to try and meet those forces on the other side of

mariupol, clearly mariupol will be surrounded and reduced in some way and then the russians will get this famous land bridge between crimea and russia proper. the other important strategic aspect of their success to the south is i think if they can secure key road junctions and key parts of the infrastructure they then open the way to be able to push north and potentially if they can push south from places like kharkiv and someone, they run the big chance of being able to catch a significant part of ukraine's armed forces in the eastern part of the country. they essentially end up dividing ukraine in two and that would obviously be a strategic setback for the government in kyiv. more broadly across a week i'm interested to hear your views on the approach the russians have taken. if we go back to when the americans attacked iraq there was a fearsome

aerial bombardment, shock and all ahead of any ground attack, they did that for a number of days if not weeks. have you been surprised the russians have not used at airports more before sending troops in? i have been surprised at the whole approach. this isn't the way russia operates when you see its huge annual cycle of military exercises, much more modern and firepower driven and technically adept. i think it is two sets of issues. one mr putin clearly thought he could go light and go for speed, sees the capital, depose a government, he thought the ukrainian military would simply roll over having been overawed by russia's extraordinary build—up over recent months on their borders and that would be that. that clearly hasn't happened but what is equally surprising is even today the united states was saying that russia

has not yet secured control of the air, that ukraine's air defences are still in one form or another in existence. that is quite an extraordinary thing, you would have expected the russians that did target airfields, radars and muscle sites and so on in the early hours of this campaign would have continued that to the point of which they had full mastery of the skies and it is clear they don't. what is surprising. the third surprising thing is the performance of many of the troops. he saw troops are little while ago in kherson and it is interesting that many of the trips interesting that many of the trips in the fighting are russian parachutists, far more capable troops may be done the average, very distinctive armoured vehicles so you can tell exactly who they are. the run—of—the—mill russian forces have not performed well. there have been lots of logistical problems, a lot

of this is anecdotal, we don't know exactly what is going on across this vast palette that is this huge country ukraine but reports of the soldiers using analogue civilian communications, walkie—talkies, food and fuel supplies not reaching units, other reports which the americans give credence to soldiers simply abandoning their vehicles, puncturing the fuel tanks and simply walking away. clearly when you see russian soldiers interviewed who have been captured they seem amused, uncertain, they didn't know what they were going into, they clearly had not been prepared for a full—scale board for combat and so thatis full—scale board for combat and so that is maybe not surprising given the nature of the country russia is but it goes to this point that they did not expect to have to fight this kind of work in ukraine. irate did not expect to have to fight this kind of work in ukraine. we always a- reciate kind of work in ukraine. we always appreciate your — kind of work in ukraine. we always appreciate your help. _ kind of work in ukraine. we always

appreciate your help. thank - kind of work in ukraine. we always appreciate your help. thank you. l so we know that nato and its allies have ruled out sending ground troops to ukraine. and with russian strikes killing civilians, we've heard growing calls for something else instead — a �*no fly zone' in ukraine. president zelensky has called for this. and this resident of kharkiv spoke to the bbc today. please close the skies of ukraine for russian missiles, for russian aeroplanes, this is the thing that nato can do and please do this, because they just will nato can do and please do this, because theyjust will bomb the whole city to ashes. so there are calls for nato to enforce it. we're going to look at what a no—fly zone means — and why — despite these calls — there's little sign of it happening. in a military context, a no—fly zone is designed to stop aircraft from entering banned airspace. it's usually used to prevent attacks or surveillance. it has to be enforced by military means — like pre—emptive strikes or bringing down aircraft that enter

the restricted area. that would mean nato forces having active military confrontation with russia. and so nato has ruled it out. nato chiefjens stoltenberg told nbc there were "no intentions of moving into ukraine, neither on the ground or in the airspace". the uk agrees. the russians wouldn't listen to the no—fly zone, the westwood have to enforce it and the west would potentially shoot down russian vines. that would trigger an article five and then probably were right across europe. ben wallace argues this is different. the bombardments

we are being — this is different. the bombardments we are being seen _ this is different. the bombardments we are being seen as _ this is different. the bombardments we are being seen as scale - this is different. the bombardments we are being seen as scale are - this is different. the bombardments| we are being seen as scale are being done by missiles which aren't affected by no—fly zones and heavy artillery which are part of the russian ground forces, so in some sense, a no—fly zone would favour the overwhelming scale of the russian forces, because i would be able to continue to use msl stocks and heavy artillery while ukraine has very little of that, and one of the few things ukraine does have distracting russians at depth as we call it, going after the logistical supply chains and going after those massive armoured formations we see is through air. a no—fly zone affects both sides. what you would effectively do is handle advantage to the overwhelming power of the russian forces. let's take a look at what action the international world now. the united nations general assembly has adopted a resolution condemning russia's invasion of ukraine and calling moscow to immediately withdraw all forces from the country. here you can see a standing ovation as the resolution was adopted. china was among the 35

countries which abstained, while just five voted against it. the resolution is non—binding, but un diplomats say it sends a message to russia. ukraine's ambassador to the un addressed the room before vote. unprovoked escalation of russian aggression against ukraine gives reason to believe crimes within the jurisdiction of the icc continue to be committed on the territory of ukraine. along with the situation in crimea and donbas. events suggest that aggressive troops continued to commit war crimes and crimes against amartey. russia's ambassador to the un also spoke. translation: wrote this document will not allow _ translation: wrote this document will not allow us _ translation: wrote this document will not allow us to _ translation: wrote this document will not allow us to end _ translation: wrote this document will not allow us to end military - will not allow us to end military activities. it could embolden and kyiv nationals to continue to determine the policy of the country at any price, holding peaceful

civilians hostage. i at any price, holding peaceful civilians hostage.— at any price, holding peaceful civilians hostage. i will be back soon as we _ civilians hostage. i will be back soon as we continue _ civilians hostage. i will be back soon as we continue coverage. | civilians hostage. i will be back. soon as we continue coverage. it civilians hostage. i will be back- soon as we continue coverage. it has been a grey, cloudy and soggy day for many of us with weather fronts putting across the country bringing outbreaks of rain and for some of us rather misty conditions but it wasn't like that everywhere, the weather frontjust to the west out in the atlantic, this is very gradually over the next couple of days going to drag its heels and put across the country, it grinds to a halt across central areas as it runs into this area of high pressure across in scandinavia. the next few days will see a lot of

cloud and rain and overnight tonight we will see the damp weather extending across northern and reaching western scotland and wales and worsening it by the end of the night. a lot of mist and fog for eastern areas of scotland and also over high ground inning and entails. quite a murky night for some of you. tomorrow morning it is a great start when we are another. this rain will take pretty much all day to reach across into north—west england, moving across wales into the midlands and reaching on into central and southern england through the afternoon. we might see brightness was in the east of this and it should brighten up pretty late on the day for northern ireland, wales and parts of south—west england where we will also see some broken cloud and sunny spells. by friday we pick up on the weather front across eastern areas of thing it. the rain turning heavierfor a time across of thing it. the rain turning heavier for a time across the north—east of england where it will be quite a chilly day. temperature is just around six across into newcastle and a little better than that for eastern scotland and western side of the country, that is

where the driest weather will be. hides between eight and 11. the weekend, that weather front finally get squished by this building area of high pressure. right over the top of high pressure. right over the top of the country. they also be a lot of the country. they also be a lot of cloud on saturday across england, may be a lot of cloud on saturday across england, maybe east wales, still thick cannot bring patches of rain but the weather will improve as a weekend goes by. for most of us it will be a dried out with writers on its hills. temperature about nine or ten. next week it stays mostly dry with some sunshine but we started develop some cold acer south—easterly winds.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. civilian casualties continue to rise as russia attacked a number of cities across the country. the second day of air strikes has continued in the second biggest city and the city's mea has spoken. the ci of and the city's mea has spoken. the city of kharkiv _ and the city's mea has spoken. tue: city of kharkiv will hold and the city's mea has spoken. ti2 city of kharkiv will hold and today kharkiv is unified as never before. whiteman moscow says it is now in control of the southern city and the russian billionaire who owns the chelsea football cloud has announced he has decided to sell. we will

examine the crackdown on anti—war demonstrations as some protests are seenin demonstrations as some protests are seen in different parts of russia. russia's invasion is close to a week old. ukraine says more than 2000 civilians have been cold. there's been heavy fighting in several of ukraine's cities and you can see them marked on this map. russia has continued its bombardments. the bbc�*s correspondent is in the capital, kyiv. in broad daylight, dangerjust at the capital, kyiv. in broad daylight, danger just at the windy. russian forces are leaving a trail of destruction as they try to get to

the capital. of destruction as they try to get to the caital. , of destruction as they try to get to the capital-— the capital. they have in order to erase our history, _ the capital. they have in order to erase our history, to _ the capital. they have in order to erase our history, to raise - the capital. they have in order to erase our history, to raise our i erase our history, to raise our country, to advise us all. find erase our history, to raise our country, to advise us all. and here, west of the — country, to advise us all. and here, west of the capital, _ country, to advise us all. and here, west of the capital, the _ country, to advise us all. and here, west of the capital, the aftermath l west of the capital, the aftermath of a missile strike last night. the target may have been an airbase nearby but family homes were destroyed and at least two people were killed. a leg stands in the rubble but he has lost his wife. she was the rubble but he has lost his wife. §i2 was the light rubble but he has lost his wife. 5i2 was the light of rubble but he has lost his wife. 5“i2 was the light of my life, he says. she is the best thing that has happened to me. but i'm trying to keep myself together because of one reason, i still have parents and a daughter. reason, i still have parents and a dau:hter. , i, , i, , reason, i still have parents and a dau~hter. , i, , i, , i, daughter. they are telling people to sta inside, daughter. they are telling people to stay inside. they _ daughter. they are telling people to stay inside, they are _ daughter. they are telling people to stay inside, they are shooting - daughter. they are telling people to stay inside, they are shooting in - stay inside, they are shooting in the air~ — stay inside, they are shooting in the air~ you _ stay inside, they are shooting in the air. you can hear the sounds. it the air. you can hear the sounds. glimpse of the street to street

fighting in the black sea. it is now surrounded. russia claims it has captured the poor. the mayo says the city has not fallen. and in the capital today, sirens wail in deserted streets. that echo fear and dread. they have gotten used to going below ground. on the second day, the children woke up and made pistols with their logo to kill the enemy. our elder daughter does not remember dancing any more. they say they must kill. in the face of all this, as war closes in, she is doing

what parents do. trying to put on a brave face for the sake of her girls. you keep yourself in hand until the very last moment. when you hear the national anthem you start to cry. even children are singing it. young children. and that is the moment when you can't control yourself. and you don't want your children to see you crying. because they are worried and they start crying with you. she shows me photos of better days just weeks ago, when her daughter as those full of party dresses and dance lessons and prizes. elena will be for you soon. she knows she won't be getting a present. she told her mum, that is

ok. you can get one later. victoria, who is five and a half, remain silent. her childhood changed forever. i want to turn back to some use a mentioned half an hour ago that the russian billionaire roman abramovich says he is selling chelsea football club. he was the statement. let's learn more about this. here we are a few days later and he has moved considerably. just are a few days later and he has moved considerably. just laying out some of the — moved considerably. just laying out some of the facts _ moved considerably. just laying out some of the facts in _ moved considerably. just laying out some of the facts in the _ moved considerably. just laying out some of the facts in the statement| some of the facts in the statement you may remember all this came following the announcement over the weekend roman abramovich placed the

club in charge of the charitable foundation. this was impossible readiness for a possible freezing of his assets. several russian oligarchs have been targeted by eu sanctions. was he trying to distance himself in the club from some of the negative publicity that was surely going to fall upon chelsea in light of that in russian invasion and his close links of course, roman abramovich's close links with vladimir putin? the lid was really lifted on this following an article that came out of the swiss newspaper today in which the swiss billionaire was quoted as saying he had been offered the club and roman abramovich was looking to make a quick sale. that announcement, via the chelsea coming in the last hour or so, the chelsea coming in the last hour orso, he the chelsea coming in the last hour or so, he is looking to sell the club. what is most astonishing is that he is instructed his team to

set up a charitable foundation were all net proceeds from the sale will be donated to the victims of ukraine and he also said he will not be calling in any loans. he has loaned chelsea one and a half billion pounds. if you consider the possible sums of money that the club could be “p sums of money that the club could be up for sale for in the region of around two and a half billion pounds, that's a huge amount of money that potentially roman abramovich is preparing to write off. the big question of course, what now for chelsea both on and off the field? , i, , , i, i, the field? presumably one of the considerations _ the field? presumably one of the considerations is _ the field? presumably one of the considerations is that _ the field? presumably one of the considerations is that at - the field? presumably one of the considerations is that at some i the field? presumably one of the i considerations is that at some point the british authorities might bring in sanctions which would put that money in jeopardy anyway. that in sanctions which would put that money in jeopardy anyway. money in 'eopardy anyway. that is what we money in jeopardy anyway. that is what we are _ money in jeopardy anyway. that is what we are led _ money in jeopardy anyway. that is what we are led to _ money in jeopardy anyway. that is what we are led to believe. - money in jeopardy anyway. that is what we are led to believe. there | what we are led to believe. there can be no coincidence here that roman abramovich has hastily tried to arrange the sale of chelsea. you can only believe that it was in badin is about possible freezing of

some of his assets and trying to protect the club. interesting to note as well in that that he said due process will be followed and despite the hasty manner in which the sale seems to have been proceeding you can only imagine due diligence will be done on any possible purchase of the club. any potential buyers have to go through that fit and proper persons test which the premier league put in place for all buyers of any clubs in the top—flight of english football but it has moved so swiftly you can only believe that it was in line with the possible freezing of assets to come. russian oligarchs in the uk have been targeted. one who has a link with everton has had his assets frozen and we know that questions have been asked about roman abramovich in the houses of parliament. the question was asked of the prime minister, why has roman abramovich not been targeted as yet? and johnson replied, saying he was

not going to comment on individual cases. you can only imagine that this is what it was leading towards but i think for chelsea and their supporters they will be wondering, won't they? whoever does go on to buy the club now, what will this mean for chelsea on and off the pitch when you consider the huge success has come about at the club in light of his ownership which of course he has owned now for some 20 years with the people at the club in 2003. with that level of success be maintained now with this potential sale going forward.— sale going forward. thank you for takin: us sale going forward. thank you for taking us through _ sale going forward. thank you for taking us through it. _ sale going forward. thank you for taking us through it. the - sale going forward. thank you for taking us through it. the media l sale going forward. thank you for| taking us through it. the media is sale going forward. thank you for. taking us through it. the media is a among russia's targets. this tv tower in kyiv was bombed. he is the firstjournalist tower in kyiv was bombed. he is the first journalist to tower in kyiv was bombed. he is the firstjournalist to have reported to have died in this conflict. the

information war are placing different demands on the media in ukraine, the west and in russia. a further crackdown is happening. some independent media having taken off air. the media watchdog is telling them. with the media show on bbc radio 4 we have been looking at the media dimension of this war through southern peoples experiences. the first is the editor in chief of an independent russian news outlet which publishes via latvia. ih independent russian news outlet which publishes via latvia. in april 2021 it was — which publishes via latvia. in april 2021 it was marked _ which publishes via latvia. in april 2021 it was marked as _ which publishes via latvia. in april 2021 it was marked as a _ which publishes via latvia. in april 2021 it was marked as a foreign i 2021 it was marked as a foreign agent in russia. it was very

challenging time for our editorial staff. and a lot of media outlets were also labelled as foreign agents but nowjust were also labelled as foreign agents but now just working were also labelled as foreign agents but nowjust working with the websites and they are now using them as a real censorship department of the russian state. i don't think we have much time left, to be honest. in the country. i think that we are going to be blocked in a few days, maybe in a few hours. 21150 going to be blocked in a few days, maybe in a few hours. also covering this war is a — maybe in a few hours. also covering this war is a correspondent - maybe in a few hours. also covering this war is a correspondent from - maybe in a few hours. also covering | this war is a correspondent from bbc ukrainian. by friday she found out that her family's claiming he ukrainian. by friday she found out that herfamily�*s claiming he had been destroyed. i that her family's claiming he had been destroyed.— been destroyed. i went to the official sources _ been destroyed. i went to the official sources to _ been destroyed. i went to the official sources to other - been destroyed. i went to the i official sources to other sources, to verify the pictures and only when i got the confirmation that there was definitely that address and when i got that confirmation from the

official ukrainian emergency services and when i saw the same footage from my neighbours i was able to say that, yes, that is that particular building. i am describing that to let you know that that procedure is the same for all bbc ukrainianjournalists. even if we are emotionally knowing that that object was targeted of that person was targeted, unfortunately, we do verify from several sources and we do not report anything emotionally. we have had from a ukrainian and russian journalist we have had from a ukrainian and russianjournalist and we have had from a ukrainian and russian journalist and now that even western journalists covering this conflict. i channel 4 news to record their thoughts and this is what their thoughts and this is what their correspondence end. in their thoughts and this is what their correspondence end. in any war zone ou their correspondence end. in any war zone you cannot _ their correspondence end. in any war zone you cannot tell _ their correspondence end. in any war zone you cannot tell the _ their correspondence end. in any war zone you cannot tell the big - their correspondence end. in any war zone you cannot tell the big picture l zone you cannot tell the big picture when _ zone you cannot tell the big picture when you _ zone you cannot tell the big picture when you are — zone you cannot tell the big picture when you are writing _ zone you cannot tell the big picture when you are writing it. _ zone you cannot tell the big picture when you are writing it. you - zone you cannot tell the big picture when you are writing it. you can i when you are writing it. you can only— when you are writing it. you can only know — when you are writing it. you can only know what _ when you are writing it. you can only know what you've - when you are writing it. you can only know what you've seen - when you are writing it. you can only know what you've seen and when you are writing it. you can - only know what you've seen and what people _ only know what you've seen and what people around — only know what you've seen and what people around you _ only know what you've seen and what people around you have _ only know what you've seen and what people around you have told - only know what you've seen and what people around you have told you. - only know what you've seen and what people around you have told you. but i people around you have told you. but i think— people around you have told you. but i think it _ people around you have told you. but i think it is _ people around you have told you. but i think it is tremendously _ people around you have told you. but i think it is tremendously important l i think it is tremendously important to put—

i think it is tremendously important to put that — i think it is tremendously important to put that into— i think it is tremendously important to put that into some _ i think it is tremendously important to put that into some kind - i think it is tremendously important to put that into some kind of- to put that into some kind of historical— to put that into some kind of historical context _ to put that into some kind of historical context because, l to put that into some kind ofi historical context because, if to put that into some kind of- historical context because, if you don't _ historical context because, if you don't put — historical context because, if you don't put it— historical context because, if you don't put it into _ historical context because, if you don't put it into a _ historical context because, if you don't put it into a historical- don't put it into a historical context. _ don't put it into a historical context, well, _ don't put it into a historical context, well, it _ don't put it into a historical context, well, it is - don't put it into a historical context, well, it isjust- context, well, it isjust meaningless, - context, well, it isjust meaningless, isn't - context, well, it isjust meaningless, isn't it? i context, well, it isjust- meaningless, isn't it? just context, well, it isjust_ meaningless, isn't it? just people with being — meaningless, isn't it? just people with being horrible _ meaningless, isn't it? just people with being horrible to _ meaningless, isn't it? just people with being horrible to each - meaningless, isn't it? just people with being horrible to each other, | with being horrible to each other, 'ust with being horrible to each other, just cruelty — with being horrible to each other, just cruelty. this _ with being horrible to each other, just cruelty. this conflict - with being horrible to each other, just cruelty. this conflict as - with being horrible to each other, just cruelty. this conflict as muchi just cruelty. this conflict as much as any— just cruelty. this conflict as much as any other— just cruelty. this conflict as much as any other is _ just cruelty. this conflict as much as any other is about _ just cruelty. this conflict as much as any other is about the - just cruelty. this conflict as much as any other is about the historyl just cruelty. this conflict as much. as any other is about the history of it. as any other is about the history of it but _ as any other is about the history of it. but russians— as any other is about the history of it. but russians have _ as any other is about the history of it. but russians have traditionallyl it. but russians have traditionally thought— it. but russians have traditionally thought about _ it. but russians have traditionally thought about ukrainians, - it. but russians have traditionally thought about ukrainians, the - thought about ukrainians, the position— thought about ukrainians, the position of— thought about ukrainians, the position of ukraine _ thought about ukrainians, the position of ukraine and - thought about ukrainians, the. position of ukraine and ukraine thought about ukrainians, the - position of ukraine and ukraine as a nation _ position of ukraine and ukraine as a nation 0t— position of ukraine and ukraine as a nation of that _ position of ukraine and ukraine as a nation. of that. he _ position of ukraine and ukraine as a nation. of that.— nation. of that. he is the senior foreian nation. of that. he is the senior foreign correspondent _ nation. of that. he is the senior foreign correspondent of- nation. of that. he is the senior foreign correspondent of the i foreign correspondent of the telegraph and he sent me this on what's up. telegraph and he sent me this on what's u.“ , telegraph and he sent me this on what's u.“ i, telegraph and he sent me this on what'su.�* i telegraph and he sent me this on what'su.�* , i, what's up. always tell people that were reporting — what's up. always tell people that were reporting in _ what's up. always tell people that were reporting in a _ what's up. always tell people that were reporting in a way _ what's up. always tell people that were reporting in a way is - what's up. always tell people that were reporting in a way is the - were reporting in a way is the easiest kind ofjournalism because in a way, it is kind effortless. we've got to do is go somewhere, see what is happening, talk to people, write it down. bang, that is your story. the flip side of that which i really, really really feeling this conflict, is that you are a tiny, tiny cock and an absolutely enormous

machine and you can see and know very little. people talk about the first draft of history. pompous genocide to talk about the first draft of history. it is not. if it is it is a very hollow draft because you don't know what is going on. your line of sight is limited. i have not seen a single russian soldier. i've had them firing their guns. i have heard cannons and artillery but haven't seen a single russian. often all i know is explosions are occurring. our people are running our people are scared. those people often don't know any more than i no.— more than i no. also in ukraine is the guardian's _ more than i no. also in ukraine is the guardian's correspondent. - more than i no. also in ukraine is the guardian's correspondent. he | the guardian's correspondent. he reflects on the challenges of reporting this war. the russian narrative is _ reporting this war. the russian narrative is there _ reporting this war. the russian narrative is there is _ reporting this war. the russian narrative is there is no - reporting this war. the russian narrative is there is no civiliansi narrative is there is no civilians dying _ narrative is there is no civilians dying bombing of civilian areas. that _ dying bombing of civilian areas. that is— dying bombing of civilian areas. that is untrue and we have to treat the claim _ that is untrue and we have to treat the claim as — that is untrue and we have to treat the claim as untrue and report to

the claim as untrue and report to the best— the claim as untrue and report to the best availability what is happening on the ground. the bbc's correspondent is in kyiv at the moment _ correspondent is in kyiv at the moment. you may have seen his thoughts — moment. you may have seen his thoughts being widely shared. none of us are forced _ thoughts being widely shared. none of us are forced to _ thoughts being widely shared. none of us are forced to come _ thoughts being widely shared. none of us are forced to come here. it is part of— of us are forced to come here. it is part of our— of us are forced to come here. it is part of ouriob _ of us are forced to come here. it is part of ouriob we _ of us are forced to come here. it is part of ourjob. we all— of us are forced to come here. it is part of ourjob. we all feel- of us are forced to come here. it is part of ourjob. we all feel that - of us are forced to come here. it is part of ourjob. we all feel that we| part of ourjob. we all feel that we want _ part of ourjob. we all feel that we want to— part of ourjob. we all feel that we want to tell— part of ourjob. we all feel that we want to tell the _ part of ourjob. we all feel that we want to tell the story— part of ourjob. we all feel that we want to tell the story of— part of ourjob. we all feel that we want to tell the story of this - part of ourjob. we all feel that we want to tell the story of this war. want to tell the story of this war and tell— want to tell the story of this war and tell it — want to tell the story of this war and tell it accurately— want to tell the story of this war and tell it accurately and - want to tell the story of this war and tell it accurately and fairly l and tell it accurately and fairly and tell it accurately and fairly and that— and tell it accurately and fairly and that is— and tell it accurately and fairly and that is really— and tell it accurately and fairly and that is really important. and tell it accurately and fairly - and that is really important because there _ and that is really important because there is— and that is really important because there is so— and that is really important because there is so much. _ and that is really important because there is so much. i— and that is really important because there is so much. i was _ and that is really important because there is so much. i was going - and that is really important because there is so much. i was going to - and that is really important becausei there is so much. i was going to use there is so much. i was going to use the word _ there is so much. i was going to use the word crap — there is so much. i was going to use the word crap but _ there is so much. i was going to use the word crap but i _ there is so much. i was going to use the word crap but i might— there is so much. i was going to use the word crap but i might as - there is so much. i was going to use the word crap but i might as well. i the word crap but i might as well. there _ the word crap but i might as well. there are — the word crap but i might as well. there are so _ the word crap but i might as well. there are so much _ the word crap but i might as well. there are so much crap— the word crap but i might as well. there are so much crap out - the word crap but i might as well. there are so much crap out there | there are so much crap out there that is— there are so much crap out there that is misinformation, _ there are so much crap out there i that is misinformation, propaganda, nonsense _ that is misinformation, propaganda, nonsense. and — that is misinformation, propaganda, nonsense. �* that is misinformation, propaganda, nonsense. ~ i i, i, nonsense. and the challenge of siftin: nonsense. and the challenge of sifting through _ nonsense. and the challenge of sifting through what _ nonsense. and the challenge of sifting through what is - nonsense. and the challenge of sifting through what is true - nonsense. and the challenge of sifting through what is true and | sifting through what is true and what isn't is therefore journalist but it is the for all russians and ukrainians to end in russia, tv remains a vital communication tool. it seems the kremlin has control of 80 or 90% of the market and can easily create a fake picture of reality. and that is why so many

people within russia unfortunately, i would not say support, i would say indifferent about what is going on indifferent about what is going on in ukraine. igrate indifferent about what is going on in ukraine. i ~' i, indifferent about what is going on in ukraine. i ~ i, i, indifferent about what is going on in ukraine. ~ i, i, i, , in ukraine. we know that many russians watch _ in ukraine. we know that many russians watch and _ in ukraine. we know that many russians watch and believe - in ukraine. we know that many. russians watch and believe what state tv reports. my colleague visited one moscow resident. aha, lat visited one moscow resident. a lot of what they _ visited one moscow resident. a lot of what they see _ visited one moscow resident. a lot of what they see on _ visited one moscow resident. a lot of what they see on tv _ visited one moscow resident. a lot of what they see on tv it - visited one moscow resident. a lot of what they see on tv it is - visited one moscow resident. a lot of what they see on tv it is true, it is truth — of what they see on tv it is true, it is truth-— of what they see on tv it is true, i it is truth._ when of what they see on tv it is true, - it is truth._ when i it is truth. how do you know? when i read and in a — it is truth. how do you know? when i read and in a foreign _ it is truth. how do you know? when i read and in a foreign newspaper- read and in a foreign newspaper that, _ read and in a foreign newspaper that, you — read and in a foreign newspaper that, you know, russians from bomb kharkiv, _ that, you know, russians from bomb kharkiv, it _ that, you know, russians from bomb kharkiv, it is — that, you know, russians from bomb kharkiv, it is not true. they promise _ kharkiv, it is not true. they promise not to do this.- kharkiv, it is not true. they promise not to do this. you see different sides _ promise not to do this. you see different sides communicating i different sides communicating different sides communicating different narratives russian and ukrainian journalists this is intensely personal as i had from this exchange. it is

this is intensely personal as i had from this exchange.— from this exchange. it is horrible and it is also _ from this exchange. it is horrible and it is also one _ from this exchange. it is horrible and it is also one of _ from this exchange. it is horrible and it is also one of the - from this exchange. it is horrible and it is also one of the results, | and it is also one of the results, it is also— and it is also one of the results, it is also one _ and it is also one of the results, it is also one of— and it is also one of the results, it is also one of the _ and it is also one of the results, it is also one of the results - and it is also one of the results, it is also one of the results of i and it is also one of the results, . it is also one of the results of the situation — it is also one of the results of the situation with— it is also one of the results of the situation with independent - it is also one of the results of the i situation with independent media. it is also one of the results of the - 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that. ijust think we'll have to. it is a necessary thing to say, if. that. ijust think we'll have to. iti is a necessary thing to say, if you are a _ is a necessary thing to say, if you are a russian— is a necessary thing to say, if you are a russian journalist _ is a necessary thing to say, if you are a russianjournalist or- is a necessary thing to say, if you | are a russianjournalist or anyone from _ are a russianjournalist or anyone from russia — are a russianjournalist or anyone from russia right _ are a russianjournalist or anyone from russia right now, _ are a russianjournalist or anyone from russia right now, i- are a russianjournalist or anyone from russia right now, i want- are a russian journalist or anyone i from russia right now, i want to say sorry— from russia right now, i want to say sorry to _ from russia right now, i want to say sorry to my— from russia right now, i want to say sorry to my ukrainian _ from russia right now, i want to say sorry to my ukrainian colleagues. i i sorry to my ukrainian colleagues. i feel terrible. — sorry to my ukrainian colleagues. i feel terrible, personally. _ sorry to my ukrainian colleagues. i feel terrible, personally. i- sorry to my ukrainian colleagues. i feel terrible, personally. i am - feelterrible, personally. lam broken— feelterrible, personally. lam broken and _ feelterrible, personally. lam broken and i_ feelterrible, personally. lam broken and i am _ feelterrible, personally. lam broken and i am angry. - feelterrible, personally. lam broken and i am angry. i- feelterrible, personally. iam| broken and i am angry. i think feel terrible, personally. i am i broken and i am angry. i think it feel terrible, personally. i am - broken and i am angry. i think it is a reat— broken and i am angry. i think it is a real catastrophe _ broken and i am angry. i think it is a real catastrophe for— broken and i am angry. i think it is a real catastrophe for russia. - broken and i am angry. i think it is a real catastrophe for russia. andl broken and i am angry. i think it is| a real catastrophe for russia. and i am really— a real catastrophe for russia. and i am really sorry— a real catastrophe for russia. and i am really sorry that _ a real catastrophe for russia. and i am really sorry that we _ a real catastrophe for russia. and i am really sorry that we did - a real catastrophe for russia. and i am really sorry that we did not - a real catastrophe for russia. and i| am really sorry that we did not stop russian _ am really sorry that we did not stop russian authorities— am really sorry that we did not stop russian authorities from _ am really sorry that we did not stop russian authorities from doing - am really sorry that we did not stop| russian authorities from doing that. 0bviously— russian authorities from doing that. obviously lots — russian authorities from doing that. obviously lots of— russian authorities from doing that. obviously lots of love _ russian authorities from doing that. obviously lots of love goes - russian authorities from doing that. obviously lots of love goes to - russian authorities from doing that. obviously lots of love goes to all. obviously lots of love goes to all the colleagues in ukraine. and

unfortunately i must add that, as far as we get in our reports not all the russian audience can go in line with what is said and that is difficult for us to hear. many thanks to — difficult for us to hear. many thanks to all _ difficult for us to hear. many thanks to all who _ difficult for us to hear. many. thanks to all who contributed. nearly 7000 people are estimated to be detained in the last week. protests have spread to than 50 countries. these pictures are from st petersburg where there have been clashes between police and protesters and he can see young women protest in moscow and been taken away by police. even, it seems, children have been arrested.

all of this has been encouraged by opposition leaders. the opposition leader has tweeted: the russian newspaper known for its critical coverage of president putin described the ukraine invasion as a barbaric war. the nobel peace winner openly spoke out against its own, only an anti—war movement, russian citizens can save life on this earth. the bbc�*s correspondent now

looks at how and if any of this may affect vladimir putin. i don't think you will be power voluntarily, that is for sure. he is an autocrat who has no option to leave power. but i do think it will become clear to those around vladimir putin in the first and second tier of the greater crime than, if you like, that things are never going to go back to normal. they won't enjoy the lifestyle they have had for the past ten, 15, 20 years were some of been railing against the west at home for domestic consumption but enjoying their villas in tuscany in the south of france. on the other hand. that is over now because of this extraordinary international reaction. whatever happens with the war i think that is becoming clear to them. maria is a spokesperson for

the monitoring group which has been tracking arrests at these protests across russia. good to see. we had lost you remembered you have come back which is good news. how many places are they happening and how is it happening?— it happening? people who are detained in _ it happening? people who are detained in 100 _ it happening? people who are detained in 100 cities - it happening? people who are detained in 100 cities their i it happening? people who are i detained in 100 cities their data about 7500 people because actually a lot of people arrested just an hour before in st petersburg so i would say that it is widespread but the biggest one takes place in moscow and saint petersburg, and in moscow

more than 3000 people have been arrested in the last few days and in saint petersburg it is almost 2500 people. but, as we see, it is just a process and even last year during protests we did not see such groups we never saw more than 100. i know he has been — we never saw more than 100. i know he has been tweeting _ we never saw more than 100. i know he has been tweeting and _ we never saw more than 100. i know. he has been tweeting and encouraging people to protest but to what extent are these protests organised or are they simply spontaneous? the potus are spontaneous _ they simply spontaneous? the potus are spontaneous and _ they simply spontaneous? the potus are spontaneous and it _ they simply spontaneous? the potus are spontaneous and it is _ they simply spontaneous? the potus are spontaneous and it is actually - are spontaneous and it is actually the first time in modern russian history word is so so spontaneous when no one organises their modern tells you where to go. even he does not say these that play so it is really disorganised but maybe it is

a strength because the government just doesn't know whom to arrest as it tries to arrest some people who tried to support the protesters but other than that people are just angry and they go in the streets. can i ask you what happens to the people who are arrested? thousands of people have been taken into detention. will they be charged with a crime or is it normalfor them to be released after a few days? they will be charged with the administrative code of russia, mostly. so if it is their first time to be detained it is just a fine but if it is the second they will go to a detention centre for up to 30 days but we also have some criminal charges already. because of lots of

whatsapp messages in the group. a guy who supported the protests against the war in ukraine and now russian police say that. and actually, russian investigative committee said that they will investigate different cases so we will probably see more criminal charges and arrests for a longer period of time. i charges and arrests for a longer period of time.— charges and arrests for a longer period of time. i was mentioning earlier there is _ period of time. i was mentioning earlier there is a _ period of time. i was mentioning earlier there is a clampdown - period of time. i was mentioning earlier there is a clampdown on. period of time. i was mentioning i earlier there is a clampdown on the media and also more restrictions on the internet as well. to think that will impact the ability of people to organise protests?— organise protests? yes, for sure. actuall , organise protests? yes, for sure. actually. one _ organise protests? yes, for sure. actually, one hour— organise protests? yes, for sure. actually, one hour ago _ organise protests? yes, for sure. actually, one hour ago russia - actually, one hour ago russia started to block youtube. it is actually still available in russia but it is limited. the speed of instagram and twitter is also limited so most people cannot see

the pictures there. so i would say it is going to impact greatly but they will try to find other ways to organise themselves. a lot of people are using new technologies and these telegram that does not need such high speeds of the internet but the blocking of websites of independent news agencies actually influences a lot. ii ~ news agencies actually influences a lot. i, ,, , i, news agencies actually influences a lot. ii ~' , i, , news agencies actually influences a lot. i, ,, , i news agencies actually influences a lot. i, «i , i news agencies actually influences a lot. ii i' , i i, lot. thank you very much indeed for 'oinin: lot. thank you very much indeed for joining us- — lot. thank you very much indeed for joining us. please _ lot. thank you very much indeed for joining us. please speak _ lot. thank you very much indeed for joining us. please speak to - lot. thank you very much indeed for joining us. please speak to us againi joining us. please speak to us again and bring us back up to date on that. just a quick reminder before we take a pause and continue our coverage that if you want the that outside source makes you can find them in a number of different sources but can find them in my twitter feed and you can follow me.

everyday we are posting videos of sections of the show which may be useful to watch back and share with others. i be back with you in a couple of minutes' time. it has been a pretty grey, cloudy and soggy day for many of us with one offence though the pushing across the country, bringing outbreaks of rain and for some of us by the misty conditions but it was not like that everywhere. across north scotland a weather watcher would have probably thought the weather was hunky—dory with a clear, blue sunny skies like after a cold and frosty start. on the satellite picture, it will if it hasn't been done by the today but we have another front to the west out in the atlantic and this is very gradually, over the next couple of days, going to drag its heels and push across the country. grants to halt across central areas as it runs into this area of high pressure across in scandinavia. so the next few days

we'll see a lot of cloud and rain is that the other night we will see done by their extending and force northern ireland in reaching west scotland, wales, parts of western by the end of the night. mist and fog for eastern areas and also over the high ground ground in england and wales. it will be a murky night. tomorrow morning, it is a great start one way or another. this area of rain will take pretty much all day to reach across into north—west england. moving across wales the midlands and reaching on into central and southern england for the afternoon. some brighter spells across south—east england and it should brighten up pretty late in the day for northern ireland, wales, parts of south—west england where you also see some broken cloud and sunny spells. on friday we pick up on the weather front. the rain sunny spells. on friday we pick up on the weatherfront. the rain is turning heavierfor a time on the weatherfront. the rain is turning heavier for a time across the north—east of england where it will be a chilly day. around 6 degrees into newcastle and a little better in eastern scotland. the

western side of the of the country, the driest and brightest weather will be. highs of eight and 11 here. weekend, that weather front, will be. highs of eight and 11 here. weekend, that weatherfront, finally get squished by this building area of high pressure moving over the top of high pressure moving over the top of the country so there is going to be a lot of cloud around on saturday across england. maybe east wales. thick enough to bring patches of rain but the weather will improve at the weekend goes by and, for most of us, sunday will be a dry day with bright or sunny spells and temperatures nine or 10 celsius. next week it is mostly dry with sunshine but we was start to develop some cold east or south easterly wind. that is your weather.

hello. i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. civilian casualties rise — as russia attacks cities across ukraine. a second day of air strikes on ukraine's second biggest city kharkiv — the city's mayor remains defiant. translation: the city of kharkiv will not fall and _ translation: the city of kharkiv will not fall and today _ translation: the city of kharkiv will not fall and today kharkiv - translation: the city of kharkiv will not fall and today kharkiv is i will not fall and today kharkiv is unified as never before. moscow says they're in control of the southern city of kherson. we'll be live with our chief international correspondent in the capital kyiv. and we'll bring you the latest from the united nations which has

voted overwhelmingly to condemn the russian invasion of ukraine. and russian billionaire roman abramovich says he's decided to sell chelsea football club. russia's invasion of ukraine is in its seventh day. mass civilian casualties are being reported as russia continues its bombardments on ukraine's cities. we're going to show you what we know is happening on the ground. you can see from this map where russian troops are in control of territory. note that while the vast majority of territory is now controlled by the ukrainian government there is no pressure on a number of important cities. we'll look at what's happening in the main cities under attack — kharkiv in the northeast — kherson and mariupol in the south. we'll go to kyiv too.

let's start with kharkiv. karkhiv is ukraine's second largest city. about 1.5 million people live there. for two days there has been heavy rocket fire and air strikes. this shows you all the places that have been hit. dozens of people have died. you can see an explosion happened at a university building. well, this is what it looked like after. russian paratroops have reportedly landed in kharkiv — there's been fighting on its streets. igor terekhov is the mayor of the kharkiv. a very tense situation now. we can hear shelling, exclusions, a very tense situation now. we can hearshelling, exclusions, —— hear shelling, exclusions, —— explosions, hearshelling, exclusions, —— explosions, shells, administrative business. we have to go to the basement to the bomb shelter in order to save the lives of the people. actually, the situation is very serious and over the city of kharkiv there is tense fighting from all sides and obviously this

situation is dangerous. that all sides and obviously this situation is dangerous. that was the ma or of situation is dangerous. that was the mayor of kharkiv. _ viktoria tomchinskaia lives in the north east of kharkiv. they were about 12 planes enabling the city my university faculty was bombed in the city has been pretty much ruined. the editor of a local news outlet in cardiff is currently living in a bomb shelter. we woke up about six or seven days ago and moved to the shelter. it is -1 ago and moved to the shelter. it is —1 floor and we also have —2 floor and me. sometimes people the —2

floor to hide from bombs and attacks that have other kharkiv. one week on — the capital kyiv is still in ukrainian hands. but on the city's outskirts there has been scenes like this — violent shelling of apartment buildings. this is in borodyanka, a couple of hours from kyiv. kyiv itself has been recovering from deadly strikes last night. this is the aftermath of yesterday's missile attack on the a tv tower mast there. you can see rescue workers having to work in very difficult conditions. this map shows the attacks that have taken place in kyiv — you can see where that tv tower is — it's in central kyiv. and you can also see from that area shaded red that although russians are not in kyiv — troops are nearing it. and this line of russian tanks is still on the outskirts of the city. so authorities are telling

people to stay inside — preferably underground. these people are taking shelter in metro stations. the mayor of kyiv, vitaly klitschko with his brother ukrainian boxer wladimir klitschko, spoke to the bbc about what it's like. three, four, five times we go to the borders because of a bombing alarm every night, every night. and the people right now in ukraine, the civilians, live week long in the bunker without service, without nothing, with children born there already and the situation is very critical. ii ii i i,, i, already and the situation is very critical. ii ii i i_ i, i, critical. that was the mayor of the ci alon: critical. that was the mayor of the city along with _ critical. that was the mayor of the city along with his _ critical. that was the mayor of the city along with his brother. - our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kyiv. we just heard a very, very loud bang in the centre of the city. we are not sure exactly what caused it and what it was targeting and the air raid sirensjust went what it was targeting and the air raid sirens just went on again. we heard earlierfrom the raid sirens just went on again. we heard earlier from the day the former champion boxer, now the

mayor, telling people to make sure they don't come out of the bunkers unless of course they have taken up a gun to help defend the city but, in his words, he said the enemy is coming closer and closer. we have just heard reports from us defence official that this long column that we have been watching which is less than 20 miles from the centre of kyiv, for a second date hasn't moved at all. it's another guessing game, why is it stalling? there were some reports that it is waiting for food for the shoulders, that the soldiers don't want to make a move on this capital. we have heard similar reports across the country. russian soldiers are aghast at what they have been asked to do here in ukraine. is it that the convoy has been paused while russia focuses on other major cities to the south end to the east? whatever it is, it still sits there ominously at the edge of teeth. —— kyiv. mil

still sits there ominously at the edge of teeth. -- kyiv.- still sits there ominously at the edge of teeth. -- kyiv. all of the --eole edge of teeth. -- kyiv. all of the people who _ edge of teeth. -- kyiv. all of the people who are _ edge of teeth. -- kyiv. all of the people who are being _ edge of teeth. -- kyiv. all of the people who are being told - edge of teeth. -- kyiv. all of the people who are being told to - edge of teeth. -- kyiv. all of the| people who are being told to stay indoors and stay below ground if possible, however getting supplies? when the curfew ends, the curvy that came into force here at eight o'clock in the evening, it will lift in the morning around seven and then there is a mad dash to the shops to see if the shops are open and if the shelves have any goods on them. we do know that some shelves are emptying fast so the shops are shut earlier. we do know, i spoke earlier today to a deputy minister who said that because some of the votes are now blocked and what are they blocked with? we have seen images from just outside of kyiv. where the road is littered with the burnt out carcasses of military vehicles, a monument to the very heavy fighting on some of the approach roads to kyiv so in some cases the supplies aren't getting through but we haven't heard reports that this is a

city which is really running short. as you've been hearing from people you have spoken to, we've been hearing on the bbc news all day, that there are cities now that russian troops are on and in the city, encircling the city, where supplies are running short partly because they're not available, also because they're not available, also because it's just not safe for people to leave their bunkers or bases. we heard one woman who was hiding in her back then because she thought that was the safest place to be. it thought that was the safest place to be. i i, i, thought that was the safest place to be. , i, i, i, thought that was the safest place to be. i i, i, i, ii be. if it is not safe to go out on the streets _ be. if it is not safe to go out on the streets at _ be. if it is not safe to go out on the streets at all _ be. if it is not safe to go out on the streets at all presumably . be. if it is not safe to go out on the streets at all presumably it| be. if it is not safe to go out on i the streets at all presumably it is not safe to try and leave kyiv because some people in those bunkers must be wanting to be further west? it is invidious choices. i have spoken to so many people who are trying to do the cost — benefit. if i stay here, i am safe in but how long can ice day underground. do i have the ability to keep getting food and water? what about my children, will what about my pets?

but on the votes the terrible instances of whole families being killed on the road, a woman who is living the same basement as we're told me about her friend who has a six—year—old daughter who is a cancer patient and they went on the road to go toward the village and then turned and came back because they realise they could get trapped in the village and wouldn't have access to any medical help. there is still a chance here that when there are no air raid sirens, when there is no curfew, that you can make a run for it, but i think those windows of the day where there aren't the sirens are becoming narrower and narrower. i aren't the sirens are becoming narrower and narrower.- aren't the sirens are becoming narrower and narrower. i was looking at our narrower and narrower. i was looking at your twitter _ narrower and narrower. i was looking at your twitter feed _ narrower and narrower. i was looking at your twitter feed earlier _ narrower and narrower. i was looking at your twitter feed earlier in - narrower and narrower. i was looking at your twitter feed earlier in use - at your twitter feed earlier in use shared a picture of a road with a huge amount of burnt out russian vehicles on it. it is obviously a very, very striking image. how many direct clashes do we think are happening between the ukraine military and the russian military close to the city you're in? gino,

as we've heard _ close to the city you're in? gino, as we've heard reports _ close to the city you're in? gino, as we've heard reports of- close to the city you're in? gino, i as we've heard reports of ukrainian and russian forces fighting at close quarters almost since the seven—day invasion began you may remember that very early on in this invasion they were clashes in the northern suburbs of the capital and there was even one report that the came quite close to the centre of the city but we are told that there are clashes and, indeed, that is one of the reasons given for the slow, imperceptible advance of this convoy. it is that the russian forces are being stopped by the ukrainian forces who are lying in wait and we do hear it and it is very hard to get a sense of exactly how many and what intensity but certainly every day we hear about clashes on the edges of the city. about clashes on the edges of the ci . , i about clashes on the edges of the ci . i i i i about clashes on the edges of the

city. lyse doucet is in the capital. we note into _ city. lyse doucet is in the capital. we note into southern _ city. lyse doucet is in the capital. we note into southern ukraine i city. lyse doucet is in the capital. i we note into southern ukraine heavy fighting. there is heavy fighting in southern ukraine. officials say hundreds of people have been killed there — many of them civilians. russia claims their troops have taken control of kherson — that's a port city on the black sea. ukrainian officials deny this. it would be the biggest city to fall into russian hands and would be strategically important for troops to push further inland. these pictures have been verified by the bbc — but the source is unknown. it appears to show russian paratroopers in the city. hussain lives in the city of kherson. he also filmed videos this morning of tanks outside his apartment. they were firing, and i'm not sure if you've seen the video — i was trying to record it and they were trying to shoot me and to stay here for an hour and civilians were running, it was a terrifying moment. i've never been that scared in my life.

but when soldiers are firing and civilians are running it's just... it was mental and it made no sense why they are doing that. let's stay with the situation in the south of ukraine — and go to the city of mariupol. the city's deputy mayor says hundreds of people are feared dead, after hours of sustained shelling. let me show you some footage we have from there it's been supplied by the ukrainian government — and seems to show targeted attacks by ukrainian forces on a military truck on the outskirts of mariupol. so russia has ramped up it's firepower in the last few days. we're going to talk about russia's military strategy now. we know they've lost fighters and equipment — and have faced strong ukrainian resistance. for the first time, russia has announced its figure for casualties during its invasion. a note — the bbc cannot independently verify these claims. russia says 498 russian soldiers have been killed — over 1,500 injured. that is lower than ukraine's assessment of russian casualties. for an assessment of these latest figures, i've been speaking

to the defence analyst jonathan marcus. well, look, ithink well, look, i think the numbers from either side can't really be treated as definitive in any sense. but i would say about the russian numbers is from a position where they weren't giving out any statistics they've now announced figures which are substantial and there is no doubt about it. 500 dead, the likelihood clearly is that it is significantly more so the mere fact that the russians are admitting to that the russians are admitting to that level of casualties is an indicator of the problems they have been having on the strength of ukrainian systems.— been having on the strength of ukrainian systems. we have been talkin: at ukrainian systems. we have been talking at the _ ukrainian systems. we have been talking at the south _ ukrainian systems. we have been talking at the south and _ ukrainian systems. we have been talking at the south and the - ukrainian systems. we have been talking at the south and the focusi talking at the south and the focus of the russians aren't malleable and just explain why that part of ukraine matters so much for the motion is focus of the russians on mariupol. motion is focus of the russians on mariu ol. ii ii i ii motion is focus of the russians on mariuol. ii ii i ii ii i mariupol. the russians had a focus to ush mariupol. the russians had a focus to push out — mariupol. the russians had a focus to push out north-westward - mariupol. the russians had a focus to push out north-westward is - mariupol. the russians had a focus to push out north-westward is in i mariupol. the russians had a focus. to push out north-westward is in the to push out north—westward is in the floss going towards kherson and then

north eastwards along the coast towards mariupol and it is clear that this has two important strategic assets, four or possibly three. if they can take the the of the coastline the essentially make ukraine a landlocked country. obviously, if they push north eastwards to mariupol the americans at their press conference in the afternoon said they saw preparations for a push out of the donbas to try and meet those forces on the other side of mariupol. i think clearly malleable will be surrounded. it will be reduced in some way and then the russians will get this famous land bridge between crimea and russia pop at —— mariupol will be surrounded. the other important that they can secure key road junctions and cheap at the infrastructure they then open the way to be able to push northwards and eventually they can

push south from places like kharkiv and so on they run the big chance of being able to catch a significant part of ukraine's and forces in the eastern part of the country. they essentially end up dividing ukraine into and that would obviously be a strategic setback for the government here. i i, strategic setback for the government here. i i strategic setback for the government here. «i here. more broadly across the week, jonathan, here. more broadly across the week, jonathan. and _ here. more broadly across the week, jonathan, and interested _ here. more broadly across the week, jonathan, and interested to - here. more broadly across the week, jonathan, and interested to hear - jonathan, and interested to hear your views of the approach the russians are taken. if we go back 19 years to when the americans attacked iraq there was a fearsome aerial bombardment, the shock of all as it was called ahead of any ground attack. they did that for a number of days if not weeks. have we been surprised that russians have not used the air force more before sending troops in? i used the air force more before sending troops in?— sending troops in? i have been surrised sending troops in? i have been surprised at — sending troops in? i have been surprised at the _ sending troops in? i have been surprised at the whole - sending troops in? i have been | surprised at the whole approach the russians have taken. this isn't a surprise in the whole weight which operates when you see its huge annual cycle of military exercises and much more modern and fire power

driven and technically adept force. i think it is essentially two sets of issues. one, mr putin clearly thought he could go light and go for speed, sees the capital, depose the government. he thought ukrainian military would simply roll over having been overawed by russia's extraordinary build—up over recent months and that that would be that. now, that clearly hasn't happened. thanks to jonathan for that. let's look at the latest responses to russia's invasion from the international world — because we've just been hearing from the us secretary of state antony blinken. today we are also imposing sweeping sanctions on russia's defence secretary. in total, 22 russian defence related entities will be designated including companies that make combat aircraft, infantry fighting vehicles, missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and electronic... , the very system is now being used to assault the ukrainian people and violate

international law. also today, the united nations general assembly adopted a resolution condemning russia's invasion and calling moscow to immediately withdraw all forces from the country. there was a standing ovation when it happened. we should emphasise there was no prospect of russia doing that. china was one of 35 countries that abstained. five voted against it. the resolution is non—binding. ukraine's ambassador to the un addressed the room before the vote. unprovoked escalation of our russian aggression against ukraine gives reasons to believe the crimes in the jurisdiction of the icc continue to be committed on the territory of ukraine. along with the situation in crimea and donbas, recent events suggest that aggressive troops continue to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity. russia's ambassador to the un also

spoke — and said this. translation: this document will not . allow us to end military activities. i on the contrary, it could embolden kyiv radicals and nationalists to continue to determine the policy of the country at any price, holding peaceful civilians hostage. nada tawfik is at the united nations. the russian ambassador to the un continued to say this this wasn't even an invasion, this wasn't a war, it was a military operation on behalf of ethnic russians to free them from genocide there in eastern ukraine. he denied that russia was committing war crimes or that civilians were at any threat from russia's military and then, as you heard there, without providing any evidence suggesting that it was western nations threatening the other countries in the un general assembly to vote for this draught

but i think this was a vote, 141 countries voting to deplore russia's aggression towards ukraine, and that was more than many diplomats themselves expected to get. here in the uk, the war in ukraine dominated prime minister's questions in parliament. this was the moment that mps gave the ukrainian ambassador to the uk a standing ovation in the house of commons, as he watched from the public gallery. applause doesn't normally happen in the house of commons that was an extraordinary moment. borisjohnson said russia is committing war crimes in ukraine — and was asked if vladimir putin should be prosectuted. what we have seen already from vladimir putin's regime in the use of the munitions that they've been dropping on innocent civilians, mr speaker, in my view already fully qualifies as a war crime and i know the icc prosecutor is already investigating and i'm sure the whole house will support that. president biden has used his first state of the union address to call

vladimir putin a dictator who must be made to pay for his invasion of ukraine. in a primetime speech on tuesday evening, mr biden said "freedom will always triumph over tyranny". he also described the invasion of ukraine as "premeditated and totally unprovoked". and he announced a closure of us airspace to all russian aircraft. president biden has also said that a ban on russian oil imports to the united states was not "off the table." here's a little of what mr biden said in his speech last night. putin has unleashed violence and chaos, but while he may make gains on the battlefield, he'll pay a continuing high price over the long run. let's take a look at the humanitarian crisis now.

the united nations says nearly 900,000 people have left ukraine since russia launched its invasion last week. most of them are women and children. nearly 200 thousand have fled in the last twenty— four hours alone. they've been crossing the borders to neighbouring countries to the west, such as poland, romania, slovakia, hungary and moldova. our europe correspondent lucy williamson sent this report.tx vt 30 years ago it was then facing russian troops in a breakaway region. today at a national war memorial mulled over�*s president remembers those who died in the shadow of a new war taking place across the border. fans like 30 ears across the border. fans like 750 years after across the border. fans like 75c years after the war across the border. fans like “sc years after the war here, the cannons are sounding meals again. this time, in our neighbour, ukraine. this time, in our neighbour, ukraine-— this time, in our neighbour, ukraine. ii i i, ukraine. hearts here turn to the ast. ukraine. hearts here turn to the past- mine _ ukraine. hearts here turn to the past- mine is— ukraine. hearts here turn to the past. mine is on _ ukraine. hearts here turn to the past. mine is on the _ ukraine. hearts here turn to the past. mine is on the present. i ukraine. hearts here turn to the - past. mine is on the present. among the veterans lane flowers here today was mikhail. he fought the russians here before, he told me, and he'd like to go and fight them again, but he is 67 now and too old. instead, he is 67 now and too old. instead, he is 67 now and too old. instead, he is hosting ukrainian refugees in

his house — nine of them so far. this exhibition centre in the capital has been the 600 refugees. it often sees 1000 people a day. this one belongs to valentina who came here on saturday with her two daughters. the women here are part of a family of 12 from odesa. this man is marina's. she is he with her 12—year—old son oscar. and irene is in this cubicle. she came from odesa bringing her cat, candy. novena of it on saturday night. she worked in a coal mine in the donbas region of ukraine but fled to odesa when fighting broke out in 2014. when russian bombs fell on a desolate last week she fell again. translation: i'm tired of running for the war. eight years we have been running. we are mentally

exhausted. if only god could give us peace we could live a normal life and now everyone in the world is trembling. 2s, and now everyone in the world is trembling-— trembling. a few doors along, a children's theatre _ trembling. a few doors along, a children's theatre begins - trembling. a few doors along, a children's theatre begins its - trembling. a few doors along, a . children's theatre begins its daily distraction. the lesson learned here that differences are nothing to fear. a salve to the lessons of real life. lucy williamson, bbc news, moldova. sergiy kyslytsya permanent representative is the head of the permanent mission of ukraine to the united nations.discuss so we know that nato and its allies have ruled out sending ground troops to ukraine. and with russian strikes killing civilians, we've heard growing calls

for something else instead — a 'no fly zone' in ukraine. president zelensky has called for this. and this resident of kharkiv spoke to the bbc today. please close the air space for russian missiles and aeroplanes. this is the thing which nato can do and please do this because they will bomb the whole city to ashes. so there are calls for nato to enforce it. we're going to look at what a no—fly zone means — and why — despite these calls — there's little sign of it happening. in a military context, a no—fly zone is designed to stop aircraft from entering a certain airspace. it's usually used to prevent attacks or surveillance. it has to be enforced by military means — like pre—emptive strikes or bringing down aircraft that enter the restricted area. that would mean nato forces having active military confrontation with russia. and so nato has ruled it out. nato chiefjens stoltenberg told nbc there were "no intentions of moving into ukraine, neither on the ground or in the airspace". the us says the same. the uk defence secretary explains.

the russians wouldn't comply with the no—fly zone, and so the west would have to enforce it, and that would involve, potentially, british planes directly shooting down russian planes and as we are a member of nato as russia retaliates that would trigger an article five and war right across europe. they've been used before — in bosnia in the 1990s and libya in 2011. ben wallace says this is different. the bombardments that we are seeing at scale on these cities are being done by missiles, which aren't affected by no—fly

zones, and by heavy artillery, which, again, are part of the russian ground forces. so in some sense a no—fly zone would favour of overwhelming scale of russian forces, because they will continue to use their missile stocks and heavy artillery, while ukraine has very little of that, and one of the few things ukraine does have to strike the russians at depth, as we call it, so going after the logistical supply chains or going after those mass armour formations that we see is through air. you know, a no—fly zone affects both sides. what you would effectively do is hand an advantage to the overwhelming power of the russian forces. if you want more analysis from outside source a good place to find it is on twitter — i'm @bbcrosatkins. quite misty conditions for some of us but not like that everywhere. across north scotland this weather watcher probably felt the weather was hunky—dory with clear blue sunny skies like these after a cold and sunny start. on the satellite picture here is the weather front when down weather today but we have another fun just to the west out in the atlantic and this is very gradually over the next couple of days going to drag its heels across the country and is grounds to the central areas as it runs into the saviour of high pressure in scandinavia. the next few days will

see a loss of cloud and certainly overnight tonight wales, parts of northern england by the end of the night, mist and fog is no resource development and also high ground in england and wales. tomorrow morning it is a grey start one way of another. this area of maine will take pretty much all day to get across... reaching on into central and southern england into the afternoon. this will cease some brighter spells and it should brighten up pretty late in the day the northern ireland, and parts of south—west england and wales way should see some cloud and sunny spells. by friday we pick up on a weather front across eastern areas of england, maintaining heavierfor a time across north—east of england and it is going to be quite a chilly day, temperatures just around and it is going to be quite a chilly day, temperaturesjust around 6 degrees across into newcastle and a little better than that face in scotland. the western side of the

countries where the driest and brightest weather will be. ice between eight and 11 degrees here. at the weekend that weather front finally get squished by this building area of high pressure and it is building right over top of the country so there is still going to be a lot of cloud around on saturday across england, may be east wales, still thinking of giving some patches of rain but the weather will improve is that week and goes by and for those of us and they will be a dry day with vital sunny spells, temperature is about nine or 10 celsius. into next week, it stays mostly dry with some sunshine we are going to start looking at some cold east or south—easterly winds. that's your weather.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. civilian casualties rise — as russia attacks cities across ukraine. a second day of airstrikes on ukraine's second biggest city kharkiv — the city's mayor remains defiant. this city will hold today kharkiv is unified as sonsor) moscow says they're in control of the southern city of kherson and russian billionaire roman abramovich says he's decided to sell chelsea football club. and we examine the kremlin's crackdown on anti—war demonstrations as protests spread across russia russia's invasion of ukraine is in its 7th day. ukraine says more than 2,000

civilians have been killed. heavy fighting is taking place in several of ukraine's cities — you can see them marked here — and russia has continued its bombardments. let's look at the situation in kharkiv now. after two days of heavy rocket fire and air strikes, many of the city's residents have fled south to neepro, from where sarah rainsford reports. a warning, there are some distressing images in this report. a university folding in flames. in a war that is against all logic and reason. the attack on kharkiv is intensifying every day and these targets are not military at all. the city council was hit today. a whole street left in ruins. and for the wreckage of peoples homes, rescuers bring out a survivor.

it's why so many in kharkiv have moved underground, to hide in basements and bunkers. we spoke to paulina's parents yesterday. the three—year—old whose cancer medicine is running out. today her family made a dash across town to the station. anxious to get their girl who's already been through so much to safety. when i called her mum she told me they were so many people at the station she did not know whether they would make it onto a train. we are really worried, i am always scared and doing the wrong thing. either staying at home or coming here where there is a huge crowd. we just go back and forth and i have no idea what's right. and the danger zone is growing. this hospital was hit in the southeast. but a town supposedly under russian control, ukrainians are refusing to

be cowled. but nerves are being tested across this region. here we found families trying to evacuate their youngest and most vulnerable. this war, now getting too close for comfort. this train has pulled into the station and all this crowd knows is it supposed to be heading west and so they had been shoving forward. one man shouting the women and children come through first but people desperate to get on board. now we're here because we're here maybe... i think it's better to leave. i love you this father tells a child. he will now stay to face the russian troops. no one can hide their emotions today. i asked this man where

he is sending his family. to a better life he says. and swears at those who's caused all the suffering. outside we found a family who just emerged from their bomb shelter now trying to flee abroad. she breaks down telling me they don't want to abandon the city but she does not want to see her children see people getting killed. her own mother says they have left everything after 65 years in this town, she has no idea whether she will be back. it is not under attack but to its people the risk of that feels very real. ukraine is resisting pushing back but it's trying to protect everyone it can.

when they mention is the pressure applied on russian billionaires since the invasion began. one of them is roman abramovich who says he setting chelsea football club. his statement said it was an "incredibly difficult decision to make, which pains him to part with the club". he also said he had instructed his team to set up a charitable foundation — where all net proceeds from the sale will be donated to victims of the war in ukraine. rfrom the bbc sport centre, here'sjohn watson . remember this all came following that announcement over the weekend when of course roman placed the club in the care and stewardship of thick charitable foundation. what was his motivation for doing so at the time was in this in readiness for freezing of his assets. as we know several russian oligarchs are being targeted by the eu sanctions was he trying to distance himself and the club from some of the negative publicity that was

going to follow up on chelsea in light of the russian invasion and his close links and with vladimir putin. the lid was listed on this following an article which came out in a swiss newspaper today in which swiss billionaire was quoted as saying he had been offered the club and that abramovich was looking to make a quick sale and of course that announcement as you say that statement via chelsea coming in the last hour or so confirming he is looking to sell the club. what's most astonishing is he said he is instructing his team to set up that charitable foundation you are talking about there where all net proceeds from the sale will be donated to the victims of ukraine and he also said he will not be calling in any loans. he has loaned chelsea some one and a half billion pounds if you consider the possible sums of money that the club could be up for sale for in their region of around two and a half billion pounds.

that's a huge amount of money that potentially abramovich is preparing to write off. the big question was what now for chelsea both on and off the field? one of his calculations in considering writing all of that off is at some point the british authorities may bring an sanctions on russian billionaires which would put that money in jeopardy january? that is what we are led to believe. they can be no coincidence here that abramovich has hastily tried to arrange this sale of chelsea. you can only believe it was in readiness for a possible freezing of some of his assets and trying to protect the club. interesting to note as well in that statement that he said due process will be followed and despite the hasty manner in which the sale seems to be preceding you can only imagine that due diligence will be done on any possible purchase of the club. we know any potential buyers have

to go through that fit and proper person test which the premier league put in place for all buyers of any clubs in the top flight of english football but it is moving so swiftly you can only believe it was in light of a possible freezing of some of those assets. we know that russian oligarchs in the uk have been targeted and osmanoff who has a linksys everything had his assets frozen and we know questions have been asked about abramovich in the houses of parliament. the question was asked of borisjohnson why had he not been targeted as yet and johnson replied saying he was not going to comment on individual cases. you can only imagine this is what it was leading towards but i think for chelsea and their supporters they will be wondering who ever does go on to by the club now what will this mean for chelsea on and off the pitch when you consider the huge success that has come about at the club in light of his ownership which of course he has owned for some 20 years.

he bought the club back in 2003. will the level of success be maintained with this potential sale going forward? the media is among russia's targets in this war. some breaking news. this is from the top of the bbc page. the southern ukrainian city has fallen to russian forces, the russians have already been claiming this, in a message posted to facebook on wednesday he wrote they were armed visitors in the city council today and he told the city council today and he told the troops we don't have the ukrainian armed forces in the city, only civilians and people who want to live here and he wrote that moscow's voice is imposed a curfew from eight until 6am and set that cars with food and medicine and other supplies will be allowed to enter the city. he added the cars within the city must drive at minimum speed and pedestrians are banned from moving in groups of more than two people. so far, this is how it is he says. ukrainian flag above us and to keep it the same, these

requirements must be met, i have nothing else to offer yet says the mayor. bbc cannot independently verify the statement and earlier us defence officials said it remains a contested city but this seems to be the mayor of the city suggesting that russian forces are in control. it is in line with what russia has been saying. but to emphasise the bbc cannot verify this statement but it looks like a facebook post from the mayor in the south. the reason it's crucial and you can see it on the map is if you take this to that russians can push north in a way they cannot do without access to that port city. except as you see on the proxy and buried it in the context of the country of a whole. potentially, a significant development but only one source, a facebook post from reese we think the mayor. we will keep you up—to—date on that.

the media is among russia's targets in this war. this tv tower in the ukrainian capital kyiv was bombed. evgeny sakun was among those killed. he is the firstjournalist reported to have died in this conflict. and this war — and the information war that has come with it — are placing differing demands on the media in ukraine, the west — and in russia where a further crackdown is happening. some independent media like ekho mosk—vy radio have been taken off air. and the state media watchdog is telling media covering the conflict, 'they are obliged to use information and data received by them only from official russian sources.�* which leads moscow correspondent of the guardian to describes a 'de facto military censorship over its invasion of ukraine. and that there's a ban on words like "war, invasion or attack." and with the media show on radio 4, we've been looking at media dimension of this war through 7 people's experiences. the first is ivan kolpakov. he's editor in chief of meduza. it's an independent russian news outlet which publishes via latvia.

it was in april 2021 a foreign agent in russia it was a very challenging time for our editorial staff and a lot of media outlets were also able but now they are just booking the websites and they are now using it as a real censorship department and i don't think that we have much time left to be honest in the country. i think we will be blocked in a few days or few hours. also covering this war is olga malchevska from. bbc ukrainian. until recently she was in kiev — but is now in london. and on friday, she found out that herfamily�*s home in kiev had been destroyed. i went to the official sources and other sources to verify their pictures and only when i got

the confirmation that there was definitely that address and when i got the confirmation from the ukrainian emergency service and when they saw the same footage from a neighbour as i was able to say that is that particular building. so i'm describing that to let you know that that procedure is the same for all our journalists so if we emotionally know that object was targeted by that person was targeted need to verify it from several sources and we do not report anything emotional. we've heard from a ukrainian and a russian journalist — next let's hear from western journalists covering this conflict. i asked lindsey hilsum of channel 4 news to record his thoughts. this is what she sent from eastern ukraine. i think in any war zone you can't tell the big picture when you are right in it.

you can only know what you see and what people around you have told you. but i think it's tremendously important to put that into some kind of historical context. if you don't put it into historical context it's just meaningless. it'sjust people being horrible to each other and cruelty and this conflict as much as any other is about the history of it and what russians have traditionally thought about ukrainians and the position of ukraine and ukraine as a nation and all of that. this issue of context — of seeing the whole picture is also on roland oliphant�*s mind. roland is the senior foreign correspondent at the telegraph — he sent me this on whatsapp earlier. i always tell people that war reporting in a way way it's effortless. all you've got to do is go somewhere, see what's happening, talk to people, write it down and there's your story.

the flip side of that which i really feel in this conflict is your a tiny cog in an enormous machine and you can see and know people talk about first draught of history, geneticists like to talk about the first draught of history. it's not. if it is a porridge draught because you don't know what's going on, your line of sight is limited. i've not seen a single russian soldier, i've been close to them and heard them firing their guns and there are to be but i have not seen a single russian. all i know is explosions are occurring where people are running or the people are scared, those people often don't know any more i do. also in ukraine is the guardian's luke harding. here he reflects on the challenges of reporting this war. the russian narrative is there are no civilians dying, there is no bombing of civilian areas.

that's clearly untrue and i think we have to treat the claim is untrue and report to the best of our ability what's happening on the ground. luke harding is in lviv in the west. the bbc�*s clive myrie is kyev at the moment. you may have seen his thoughts on this war being widely shared. none of us are forced to come here. it's part of ourjob. we all feel that we want to tell the story of this war and tell it accurately and fairly. and that's really important because there is so much, i was going to use the word crap but i might as well, there's so much crap out there that is misinformation, propaganda, nonsense. and that challenge of sifting through what is true and what isn't — is there forjournalists — and for all russians and ukrainians. and in russia, tv remains a vital communication tool. here's ivan kolpakov again. the kremlin has control 80 or 90% of the market and they can easily create a fake picture of reality.

that's why so many people within russia unfortunately i would not say support but i would say indifferent about what's going on in ukraine. and we know many russians watch and believe what state tv reports. my colleague steve rosenberg visited one one moscow resident, valentina. a lot of what they say on tv is truth. it's true. how do you know? when i read foreign newspaper, that russians bomb kharkiv, i know it's not true. because they promise not to do this. and they will never do this. and so we see both sides of this conflict communicating starkly different narratives with their own people — and with the world. and of course for russian and ukrainianjournalists — this is intensely personal. as i heard in this exchange on the media show when ivan kolpakov

wanted to make this point. it's horrible and it's also one of the results of a situation with independent media and i'm not sure i will be able to see that. i think we all have to it's a necessary thing to say if you are a russian journalist or anyone from russia right now, i want to say sorry to my ukrainian colleagues. i feel terrible personally and i'm broken and an angry about russian authorities. i think it's a real catastrophe for russia and am really sorry we did not stop russian authorities from doing that. to which olga malchevska offered this reply. obviously the biggest,

lots of love go to all the colleagues in ukraine and unfortunately i must add that as far as we get in our reports from the griund not all the russian audience can go in line with what he said so that something very heartbreaking for us to hear. now we're going to talk about another crackdown in russia — on anti—war demonstrations. nearly 7000 people are estimated to have been detained in the last week. protests have now spread to more than 50 cities this is in st petersberg where there have been clashes between police and protestors. here you can see young women protestors in moscow being taken away by the police. even, it seems, children have been arrested. the guardian's shaun walker tweeted: "i thought this was a noir joke when i first saw it this morning. young children arrested for taking

flowers and "no war" signs to the ukrainian embassy in moscow. the descent into darkness is hurtling along at quite some pace." it's been encouraged by opposition leaders. putin critic and anti—corruption activist alexei navalny called on russians to stage daily protests against the war, and tweeted: "putin is not russia. and if there is anything in russia right now that you can be most proud of, it's those 6824 people who were detained because — without any call — they took to the streets with placards saying "no war". the russian newspaper novaya gazeta, known for its critical coverage of president putin described the ukraine invasion as putin's barbaric war.the nobel peace prize winner and editor—in—chief dmitry muratov openly spoke out against it saying "only an anti—war movement russian citizens can save life on this earth" the bbc�*s gabriel gatehouse explains how — and if — this affects vladimir putin.

he is an autocrat who has no option to leave power. but i do think that it would be becoming clear to those around vladimir putin in the first and second tier of the greater kremlin if you like that things are never going to go back to normal. they are never going to be able to enjoy that kind of lifestyle that they have for the past ten, 15, 20 years whereby some of them have been railing against the west at home for domestic consumption but enjoying their villas in tuscany and the south of france and around the world in their yachts and sending their kids to british boarding schools. on the other hand that's over now because of this extraordinary international reaction. whatever happens with the war i think that's becoming clear to them.

to learn more about these demonstrations had been speaking to maria. maria kuznetsova is spokesperson for russian human rights monitoring group ovd—info which has been tracking arrests of protesters in russia, she joins me live fighting from thursday —— since the beginning of the work, there are people who are detained in a place but now we have data about 7500 people team because actually a lot of people arrested just an hour before the show in moscow and st. petersburg so i would say really widespread and the biggest one took place in moscow and st. petersburg and more than 3000 people have been arrested in the past three days and in st. petersburg it's almost 2500

people but as we see it's just last year during we did not see more than 100 cities testing. thea;r year during we did not see more than 100 cities testing.— 100 cities testing. they know he has been treating _ 100 cities testing. they know he has been treating and _ 100 cities testing. they know he has been treating and encouraging - 100 cities testing. they know he has. been treating and encouraging people to protest but to what extent are these protests organised by the smb spontaneous? the these protests organised by the smb spontaneous?— spontaneous? the protests are spontaneous — spontaneous? the protests are spontaneous and _ spontaneous? the protests are spontaneous and actually - spontaneous? the protests are spontaneous and actually i - spontaneous? the protests are l spontaneous and actually i would spontaneous? the protests are - spontaneous and actually i would say the first time in modern russian history when the protests were so spontaneous when no one organises them and no one tells us where to go and he doesn't see the exact place so it's really disorganised but maybe because the government tries to arrest some people who were

trying to support this but people are just angry and they go on the streets. i ii ii i i i i, i i, i streets. what happens to the people who are arrested? _ streets. what happens to the people who are arrested? thousands - streets. what happens to the people who are arrested? thousands of- who are arrested? thousands of people have been taken into detention. will they be charged with a crime or is it normalfor them to be released after a few days? thea;r be released after a few days? they will be charged _ be released after a few days? they will be charged with _ be released after a few days? ti2 will be charged with administrative code of russia so if it's there first time to be detained it's just a fine or something like $300 but if it's their second time they will go to detention centre for up to 30 days but we'll still have some criminal charges already i think it's free by now including because of a message in a group where

anti—support to protest against the war with ukraine and now russian police say that this message contains evidence and they will investigate different cases so we will see more criminal charges and arrests for a period of time. the ma or in arrests for a period of time. the mayor in the — arrests for a period of time. the mayor in the south of ukraine has appeared to suggest the city has funding in a facebook post. the bbc is not able to verify that post. there is more than that and i will see you tomorrow for further coverage. it's been great, cloudy and sunny day for many of us with the leather from pushing across the country bringing outbreaks of rain and for some of us meet the conditions but it was not like that everywhere.

across north scotland the weather watcher would have thought it was great with clear blue skies like bees after a cold and frosty start. on the satellite picture here is the weather front bringing you the damp weather front bringing you the damp weather today. we have anotherfront out of the atlantic and this is gradually over the next couple of days going to drag its heels and push across the country and grinds to a halt across central areas as it runs into this area of high pressure in scandinavia. the next few days we will see cloud and rain and overnight we will see the damp weather extending reaching less scotland and parts of western england by the end of the night. mist and fun for eastern areas and also over the high ground in england and wales so it will be a murky night for some of you. tomorrow morning it's a great start in the area of rain will take pretty much all day to reach across into northwest england moving across wales into the midlands and reaching

into southern england in the afternoon. we might see some price spells and it should brighten up pretty late in the day for northern ireland and parts of southwest england where you'll see some broken cloud and sunny by friday you pick up cloud and sunny by friday you pick up on the weather front across eastern areas of england turning heavier for a time across the northeast where it will be a cold day temperatures around 6 degrees into newcastle and better than that for eastern scotland and the rest of the country they dry and break that there will be between eight and 11 degrees. over the weekend the weather front family gets squished by the building area of high pressure and its building over the country so there will be crowded around on saturday across england may east wales bringing patches of rain but the weather would improve as the weekend goes by with a great day and temperatures around 9 or 10 celsius. it will stay dry with

sunshine but it will develop some cold east or south winds.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you watch in context on bbc news. cities around ukraine under deadly attack by russian forces. in mariupol you can even see the city has nicked a catastrophe. there are more reports of rocket attacks on kharkiv and that the key port city of kherson has fallen to the russians. moscow admits nearly 500 of its soldiers were lost during the invasion that ukraine is that kills ten times that number. the chelsea club owner roman abramovich is going to sell chelsea football club promising to donate the proceeds to victims of the war within ukraine. tonight we have a

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