know all too well what it means to be invaded. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. russia takes control of it's first major city in ukraine, and its bombardment continues. strikes in the north, east and south — and residents in the city of mariupol say they're under siege. they cannot rescue the injured. putin says the invasion goes on. translation: i putin says the invasion goes on. translation:— putin says the invasion goes on. translation: ., , ., ., . translation: i would never pronounce my conviction — translation: i would never pronounce my conviction that _ translation: i would never pronounce my conviction that russians _ translation: i would never pronounce my conviction that russians and - my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people, despite part of the ukrainians having been brainwashed by the nazi nationalist propaganda. the brainwashed by the nazi nationalist ro “aanda.

brainwashed by the nazi nationalist --roa~anda. . ., , brainwashed by the nazi nationalist --roa~anda. ., ., , propaganda. the united nations says more than 1 million _ propaganda. the united nations says more than 1 million people _ propaganda. the united nations says more than 1 million people have - propaganda. the united nations says more than 1 million people have fled | more thani million people have fled the ukraine. we will look at europe's efforts to sanction oil and gas supplies of russia. it's been over a week since russia invaded ukraine. millions are still under continued attack and though we don't know how many have been killed, we know civilian casualties are mounting. the ukrainian president had this message for vladimir putin. translation: we will restore every | building, every street, every town. | we are saying to russia, learn the word reparations and contributions, because you will compensate us everything you have done against our state, against every ukrainian, in full. let's bring you up—to—date on the situation. overnight there were strikes in and near the capital kyiv but it is southern ukraine is where

they are advancing the most. it has seized its first city kherson and it has encircled mariupol where residents say they are trapped by the shelling. so as we were saying russian has zeroed in on southern ukraine. several cities have been targeted for strategic reasons. controlling the south cuts ukraine off from the sea — and creates a direct link between russia and crimea, which it annexed in 2014. you can see from they're advancing from crimea. these are the latest pictures from mariupol — it's had hours of sustained shelling — hundreds are feared to have died. it's still under ukrainian control — but encircled by russian troops. electricity, water and heat supplies have been cut. authorities say: "they are hindering food supplies, blocking us like in leningrad," — the deadly nazi siege of st petersburg — formerly leningrad — in world war two. they add they're "constantly shelling the city, preventing us from evacuating the injured, and women and children.

mariupol�*s deputy mayor spoke to bbc newsnight. we still do not have electricity, water, sanitary system and heating system, only natural gases we have. and we do not know when it will be possible to restore electricity, because continuous shelling does not allow repairmen to do their work. kherson now — where 2a hours ago its mayor confirmed russia is in control. pictures from residents show russian vehicles are making their way through the streets. russian forces have taken over a state government building — but local authorities say they'll still carry out their duties. this is a resident of kherson responding to the idea of a power—sharing deal between russia and ukraine. for me, i am against this kind ofjoint control, because it will show that we agree

the russians to stay on our land. also in the south is odesa, a port city on the black c. today a ship sunk off its coast after an explosion. residents are preparing themselves as russian troops near. one man spoke to the bbc. patrolling the street with some of my neighbours, and we heard about eight explosions above us, so things are going on here actually, but we are certain that the centre of the city is fully barricaded. there is a lot of militia travelling around the city. there is a lot of locals who are joining those forces to protect their homes as well. the spirit is pretty strong. you can feel that definitely, but the intensity is still there. let's go to kyiv now. there was a huge explosion overnight — people ran for cover —

after a railway station was hit. this injured man was carried out by rescue workers. we don't yet know about other casualties. let's show you these pictures — be aware they have been released by russia's defence ministry. they appear to show russian troops entering the kyiv region — the location is unknown. you can see they're moving in from russia and belarus — coming closer to the capital. chernihiv — that's in the middle there — is two hours from kyiv. there have been attacks there. it's had heavy shelling — this huge explosion caught on camera. it's still under ukrainian control. this is the aftermath of a strike on an oil depot. and i want to show you these latest drone pictures from borodanyanka — that's about an hour north of kyiv. you can see many buildings are now rubble from shelling and air strikes. on the outskirts of kyiv, this long convoy of russian

military vehicles — we've been talking about it for a few days now because it's said to be on its way to kyiv — has stalled. lyse doucet explains. we hear both from british defence experts, us defence officials and the ukrainians, they report there is mechanical breakdown, congestion. wheels stuck in the mud, shortages of food and fuel. all of this is sending an image to world that the brave ukrainian army, however outmanned and outgunned by the russian military, is still standing. so that convoy might have stalled for now — but kyiv is preparing its defences. civilians have made barricades in the centre of the city — made up of tyres, wood and metal scraps — to stop russian tanks and these workers are making anti—tank barriers. they've changed their daily construction work to help with the war effort. one of them had this message for vladimir putin. you need to understand we are a nation of ants. everybody knows what to do.

that is why putin could not win. we will win. people have been told to go underground for safety from airstrikes. this is the basement of kyiv children's hospital — it's become a bomb shelter for ukrainian women and their children. these children and babies are in—patients at the hospital, and there's concern about their safety too — this doctor explains. they have a lot of patients. we cannot move them to another hospital. it is very hard. some patients we move to the west of ukraine. a lot of patients don't move, because it is the biggest hospital and they are treated here and they know the situation in other hospitals, that is why they don't want to move sometimes. kharkiv has been hit by intensive shelling for the last two days. and this is what the centre of the city looks like now — scenes of devastation.

let's go to the city of lviv. it's in western ukraine near the polish border. lviv isn't occupied for now, but there are people living there who know all too well what it means to be invaded, as fergal keane reports. it is relentless. in a station where they load aid for the embattled armies in the east, and coming the other way, families propelled into exile by president putin's war. these are roma gypsies who fled the russian advance from kharkiv 1000 kilometres to the east. what is it like in kharkiv? translation: the war, it is difficult. _ everything is burning, everything is destroyed. no one is listening to us, no one wants to help us.

his daughter sonia says it is terrible. the roma have an inherited memory of war trauma. tens of thousands were murdered by the nazis in world war ii. and this city of lviv, a crossroads of east and west, saw one of the worst pogroms directed atjews. it's not about trying to draw exact parallels, but if you are somebody who has a personal lived experience of that terrible time, then this is a period of increased anxiety. history casting a long, deep shadow. i met someone in lviv who grew up in the shadow of trauma.

tatiana is 84 years old, a survivor of the holocaust. now tatiana has family who are trapped in kyiv.

lviv is the city where lawyers first discussed the very concept of genocide and crimes against humanity. it is a city of thinkers. like historian sofia, who now helps refugees and worries for ukraine and the world. you cannot rebuild life which was killed, and the question for us is what kind of world we want to live in in the future. the world where, because of, you know, geopolitical situation and world order, we can pay the price for human lives. i think this is about here and it's about syria, it's about so many places

in the world. at the station, a volunteer plays ukraine's national anthem. the history of lviv is a story of survival but also war�*s immense continuing cost. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv. my colleague yalda hakim is in lviv in western ukraine near the polish border. i know you have recently arrived in the city. i wonder as you were coming in whether you met ukrainians coming in whether you met ukrainians coming on the other direction. indeed i did. we saw so many young families, mothers mostly, sisters and daughters, people who had left the men in theirfamilies behind because there is martial law here in ukraine and the nature of that means the men have to stay and fight. we saw children in tears and many of them not sure what was going on, uncertain what was i see happening to their country. this is now a week into this conflict but they share

the fear and anxiety of their parents. i saw some children who were saying they goodbyes to the fathers not knowing when they would be reunited and if they would be reunited. i spoke to a mother here in lviv this evening told me the early hours of this morning her six—year—old son disappeared and she believes he went to join the fight and to become a volunteer. on the border we also saw the ukrainian army manning an area where they had put up a tent and they were meeting international fighters. put up a tent and they were meeting internationalfighters. i asked put up a tent and they were meeting international fighters. i asked them how many fighters they have spoken to who had come from other places and they said at least ten today and president zelensky said they welcomed over 16,000 fighters in the country, not a number we can verify, but we heard at least ten. there are also families in our hotel filling each of the rims from places like

kyiv and kharkiv, places they were able to get out of before the shelling and bombardment got really bad. they consider themselves lucky but they are not sure when they will be able to go back home. the but they are not sure when they will be able to go back home.— but they are not sure when they will be able to go back home. the city is already hosting _ be able to go back home. the city is already hosting a _ be able to go back home. the city is already hosting a human _ be able to go back home. the city is already hosting a human tragedy. i be able to go back home. the city is| already hosting a human tragedy. at some point it may also post a battle. are there preparations in the city to prepare in case the russians arrive? the the city to prepare in case the russians arrive?— the city to prepare in case the russians arrive? the people i have soken to russians arrive? the people i have spoken to here _ russians arrive? the people i have spoken to here say, _ russians arrive? the people i have spoken to here say, they _ russians arrive? the people i have spoken to here say, they feel- russians arrive? the people i have spoken to here say, they feel like l spoken to here say, they feel like kyiv did the last two weeks that it may not come here but there is so much uncertainty in this conflict, don't know if the west in lviv will be hit, that the area around here will be targeted or not and they say they don't trust vladimir putin or his intentions. they know this is a cultural hub and there are many unesco world heritage sites, churches, this is a place that in

the last eight years wasn't really impacted by the conflict around crimea can devastating this nation and left 111,000 people dead. lviv never really experienced that level of hostility and anxiety. this is a deeply patriotic and nationalistic part of the country and many people here say they refused to speak russian, especially what has happened since 2014. young men say they are preparing molotov cocktails alongside women and children and those who have stayed here. many don't want to leave their homes and these are reluctant refugees who don't want to leave their countries for their homes but they have been forced out because of the ongoing conflict. ., ~ , ., ., ., , conflict. thank you for “oining us. we will conflict. thank you for “oining us. we win of — conflict. thank you for “oining us. we will of course _ conflict. thank you for “oining us. we will of course be _ conflict. thank you forjoining us. we will of course be kept - conflict. thank you forjoining us. - we will of course be kept up-to-date we will of course be kept up—to—date ijy we will of course be kept up—to—date by her from the conflict. russia's president vladimir

putin has insisted his military campaign in ukraine is on track and accused ukrainian forces of using foreigners as human shields. he also said this. i would never renounce my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people, even despite part of the residents of ukraine having been brainwashed by the nazi nationalist propaganda. a second round of talks between ukrainian and russian delegations also got under way today in belarus. one of the ukrainian negotiators tweeted this picture of the talks. he also listed what he hopes to achieve for more on that, here's james waterhouse in kyiv. negotiators from both ukraine and russia continued to sit at a table and discuss a possible way out of this fighting. but i've got to say, on both sides,

expectations are low. top of the agenda is a cease—fire, an armistice as well for weapons to be put down, moved out, as well as corridors for humanitarian aid to move in. the uk defence secretary has warned that the consequences of russia's war in ukraine will be felt throughout europe for months and years to come. ben wallace is on a diplomatic visit to the baltic state of estonia which is a member of nato. he also had this to say. the message to president putin is stop. it isn't too late to stop at your doing, what you have done so far is a legal and you risk being isolated for decades to come. russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, has been speaking again in moscow. he's repeating moscow's view that ukraine's aspirations to join nato represented a threat to russia's security — and so

justified the invasion. here's more of what mr lavrov had to say. translation: they are listening to us but they are _ translation: they are listening to us but they are not _ translation: they are listening to us but they are not hearing - translation: they are listening to us but they are not hearing us - translation: they are listening to us but they are not hearing us and l us but they are not hearing us and they are trying to pour son as their own understanding of how europe should live henceforth. to be honest the following comparisons come to mind for me. at one time both napoleon and hitler set the task of subjugating europe. now the americans have taken over. next let's get some analysis from the bbc�*sjenny hill who's in moscow. the people around mr putin continue to justify this war although they don't call it a war, no one is allowed to here. but several justifications, the first days they say ukraine needs to be in their words denazify do. the second is that nato and s expansion represents

a threat to russia. the third we have heard them saying is ukraine wants to get its hands on nuclear weapons, something russia will not tolerate. we heard mr lavrov repeating the accusations against the west and the expansion of nato is something that russia just cannot agree to. meanwhile us secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to brussels. here he is departing, he's off to meet with nato and eu leaders to discuss joint efforts to support ukraine, and strengthen nato's deterrence. he will then travel on to poland, the baltic states of latvia, lithuania and estonia as well as moldova over the coming days. his visit to moldova comes as western leaders have raised concerns that moscow's offensive against kyiv could spread to moldova, another former soviet republic. moldova is home to the pro—russian separatist region of transnistria.

nikolay petrov is a senior research fellow at russia and eurasia programme of london think—tank chatham house. if it is not too broad a question what point do you think we have got to the thursday evening? j what point do you think we have got to the thursday evening?— what point do you think we have got to the thursday evening? i think the fact the second _ to the thursday evening? i think the fact the second round _ to the thursday evening? i think the fact the second round of _ fact the second round of negotiations is over and there are no agreements except for these corridors, i think it means that the military operations in brutalforce against civilians and ukrainian cities, and the west is not capable of increasing sanctions which are very serious but which cannot force

putin to stop his invasion. that is why i think in my view it is, heroic resistance of ukraine cannot last for long. the russian army is more strong and much more brutal and it has needed somehow to compromise on conditions of putin, whose regime is not that strong now but it is still much stronger than is needed for the collapse. much stronger than is needed for the colla se. ., ., , collapse. some of our viewers might be surprised — collapse. some of our viewers might be surprised to _ collapse. some of our viewers might be surprised to say _ collapse. some of our viewers might be surprised to say his _ collapse. some of our viewers might be surprised to say his regime - collapse. some of our viewers might be surprised to say his regime is - be surprised to say his regime is not that strong given it looks like he is in complete control of russia. i think the putin regime is the biggest threat to russia, the threat

that has been realised in full, and it is understandable that russia will suffer for many years, many decades. there is a substantial threat for russia connected with these brutal actions, military crime committed by newton.— these brutal actions, military crime committed by newton. thank you for “oininr us. a story that has come in. the uk has just imposed sanctions on the russian metal tycoon alicia is one of as well russia's former deputy prime minister igor schumann. mr is one of had his superyacht impounded in hamburg today, french and german authorities are seizing yachts owned by russian oligarchs. meanwhile the head of ukraine's largest energy company has told the bbc the west must stop buying any oil or gas from

russia if it wants to stop the war from spreading. here is our economics editor faisal islam. seized — the floating palaces of top russian billionaires, accused by the european union of being too close to vladimir putin. this yacht, the largest in the world, with two helipads, owned by the british football—linked alisher usmanov and now seized by german officials. and on the south coast of france today, french customs seizing this vessel, owned by long—term putin ally igor sechin, boss of the rosneft oil company. here in the uk there are questions about the speed with which the government is acting, with one lawyer, who advises wealthy clients on sanctions, saying russians were being given time to sell up. it's absurd amongst legal circles for people to be aware that they will be sanctioned in the coming weeks. they know who they are, and they have been given plenty of time to dissipate their assets.

today, the premier league welcomed the sale of chelsea football club by its russian owner, roman abramovich, saying the ownership had become unsustainable. yesterday the opposition repeatedly raised in the house of commons why roman abramovich, who denies financial links to the kremlin, was not being targeted with sanctions. russian owned yachts are being seized in europe, russian oligarchs are having to rely on cash because their debit and credit cards have been stopped from working. the process here in the uk a little slower, because of the need for legal due process, we are told, but what is the point of any of this if we continue to send billions in dollars, euros and pounds directly to the kremlin by buying its oil and its gas? one of the routes for that money is through ukraine by an existing pipeline, exporting russia's gas to europe. that is how he finances... the man who runs that is under bombardment in kyiv and told us that

western sanctions must now target the energy billions. putin will get his money, to spend this money to kill us, and the idea of the sanctions is to shock the putin regime, and to make sure that ordinary russians, they feel the effect. it sounds like a form of economic war? yes, on the economic front you have got to believe, as if you were at war with russia. european nations are ramping up plans to reduce dependence on russian energy. those plans may be needed much sooner than expected. faisal islam, bbc news. just behind me are colleagues on the bbc news website are running a live page 24—hour is a date. you will

find the ukraine by page with all the information. hello again. for many of you, it's been another grey and cloudy day. this is how the weather looks in cumbria — misty, a bit murky, low cloud and also a bit of rain in the area as well. in bingley, meanwhile, temperatures only got to 5 celsius — that's in the hills of west yorkshire. but we did have some sunshine, particularly for northern ireland, but also across parts of southeast england and in east anglia, too, where temperatures reached 13 celsius. so, contrast to the amount of cloud, contrast in the temperatures as well. still, for most of us, we had the cloudy weather thanks to this very slow—moving weather front, and the reason it's slow—moving, it's trying to move over, but it's getting blocked by this area of high pressure. and indeed, as we head into the weekend, it's going to reverse and stop moving eastwards, start moving back west. overnight tonight, it very gradually pushes

rain into eastern areas of england. across eastern scotland, continues to be wet here, some mist and fog patches around hills and coasts. cold with some frost patches, a few fog patches, maybe a bit of ice first thing in the morning across those colder regions in the west. but i think for friday, there'll be more of you that see broken cloud and a bit more in the way of sunshine, and best of the sunshine will be across western areas. east scotland, eastern areas of england grey, dull, damp. outbreaks of rain and chilly for some. temperatures just six in aberdeen and newcastle. where the sunshine comes out further west, you should see highs reaching about 9—12 celsius with some sunshine. fronts still on the charts for saturday. outbreaks of rain, white and patchy starting off the day in england, but moving towards east wales later on. again, it's these western and northwestern areas of the country that will stay dry and bright with some sunshine. but quite a cool wind around as we go through saturday coming in off the chilly north sea. second half of the weekend, it could be that we have quite extensive light rain and drizzle

across england to start the morning. it will become confined to the southwest later in the day, the best of the dry and bright weather again across western areas. so, for scotland, northern ireland, probably the northwest of england and wales would have some breaks in the cloud and some sunny spells coming through. into next week, high pressure's still dominating, but it does slip over into west russia. we get these east—to—southeasterly winds. there'll be cold winds, so although the weather's going to be largely dry for a good chunk of the week with some sunshine, cold winds around for most of the week, perhaps some rain towards the end of the week.

hello, i'm ros atkins. welcome to outside source. welcome back to the bbc news room. russia has taken its first maser that he and ukraine and its bombardment continues —— first major city. people in the southern city of mariupol say schelling is so fierce they can't rescue the injured. vladimir putin has said the invasion will go on. transition backj vladimir putin has said the invasion will go on. transition back— will go on. transition back i would never announce _ will go on. transition back i would never announce my _ will go on. transition back i would never announce my conviction - will go on. transition back i would | never announce my conviction that russians are ukrainian are one people, having being brainwashed by the nazi propaganda. iline people, having being brainwashed by the nazi propaganda.— the nazi propaganda. one more than

--eole the nazi propaganda. one more than people have — the nazi propaganda. one more than people have now— the nazi propaganda. one more than people have now for _ the nazi propaganda. one more than people have now for lead _ the nazi propaganda. one more than people have now for lead ukraine. i the nazi propaganda. one more than| people have now for lead ukraine. we will look at your�*s efforts to reduce dependency on russian oil and gas —— a europe's dependency. despite what some analysts are saying, president putin insist his campaign is on track. in kyiv, his counterpart is appealing to the west for more health. others baltic states could be next. here's my colleague clive myrie. this is the city of chernihiv, 80 miles north of kyiv. and this is war. loud explosion this is a residential area, and here is another.

chernihiv�*s governor says two schools have also been hit. in all, at least 22 people have died here, as russia's invasion enters its second week. cities across northern ukraine are being slowly choked by bombing. kharkiv�*s metro station is no shelterfor this man. ukraine says russian targeting is indiscriminate. in the town of borodyanka, population 12,500, wastelands of destruction. translation: god forbid, i if we are no more then latvia, lithuania, estonia will be next.

then moldova, georgia, poland and so on. they will march to the berlin wall, believe me. it's the same story of destruction in southern ukraine. large parts of the port city of mariupol are being shelled. russian forces are slowly overwhelming the people here. and resistance, though noble, is futile in the city of kherson. conquered by russian tanks, the first major urban area to fall in this war. but there's no bigger prize than the capital, kyiv. an explosion overnight rocks the railway station. debris from a russian cruise missile shot out of the sky. it's unclear how many were injured. by day, the capital

is being abandoned. these cars have been dumped outside the railway station as thousands flee. it is pretty much deserted here. a couple of people out for a stroll in the snow, but this is a city that's so much on edge, and all the checkpoints that we've come across, um, the guards have come up to us. they've wanted to check our papers, wanted to check if we're filming them. there really is a sense of dread and unease here, which is...which is frankly to be expected. and this is why. not far from kyiv, a column of heavy russian armour inches closer to the capital, waiting for vladimir putin's order to strike. clive myrie reporting from kyiv. next, we will take a few minutes to look at the issue of russian gas and

oil. also, to the european union's efforts to disconnect with russia. this is the message from state energy company. i think the whole world wants to avoid this war. they want to avoid expansion of putin's empire. lode avoid this war. they want to avoid expansion of putin's empire. we know russia's economic _ expansion of putin's empire. we know russia's economic might _ expansion of putin's empire. we know russia's economic might rest - expansion of putin's empire. we know russia's economic might rest on - russia's economic might rest on fossil fuels. russia's economic might rest on fossilfuels. if the russia's economic might rest on fossil fuels. if the world's biggest exporter of natural gas and second of crude oil. that worth over $160 billion of year.

being a big gas station and part is what funds russia's military. it's one of the largest in the world. russia spends $62 billion a year on it. europe is acutely aware of the funds provided by gas. it buys an awful lot of it. russia supplies 40% of the eu's natural gas. lode awful lot of it. russia supplies 4096 of the eu's natural gas.— of the eu's natural gas. we are doubfinu of the eu's natural gas. we are doubling down _ of the eu's natural gas. we are doubling down on _ of the eu's natural gas. we are doubling down on the - of the eu's natural gas. we are doubling down on the smartest of the eu's natural gas. we are - doubling down on the smartest and cleanest _ doubling down on the smartest and cleanest solution to create independence from russian energy sources _ independence from russian energy sources. ., , , . sources. renewables include wind ower and sources. renewables include wind power and solar _ sources. renewables include wind power and solar power, _ sources. renewables include wind power and solar power, but - sources. renewables include wind power and solar power, but at - sources. renewables include wind power and solar power, but at the moment, they make upjust power and solar power, but at the moment, they make up just over 20% of the eu's energy. that cannot increase overnight. europe has taken action on a new gas pipeline called action on a new gas pipeline called a north stream too. it's not been switched on, and how that process has been paused, his turn at the —— germany and america have made clear.

we work with germany to ensure the pipeline _ we work with germany to ensure the pipeline will— we work with germany to ensure the pipeline will not _ we work with germany to ensure the pipeline will not move _ we work with germany to ensure the pipeline will not move forward. - we work with germany to ensure the pipeline will not move forward. it - pipeline will not move forward. it may he _ pipeline will not move forward. it may be gone _ pipeline will not move forward. it may be gone for— pipeline will not move forward. it may be gon— pipeline will not move forward. it ma be .on~. ., ., , , ., �*, may be gone for now, but pakistan's prime minister _ may be gone for now, but pakistan's prime minister says _ may be gone for now, but pakistan's prime minister says he _ may be gone for now, but pakistan's prime minister says he want - may be gone for now, but pakistan's prime minister says he want more i prime minister says he want more russian gas, and as russia looks the asian markets, it is haunting europe. he's expecting prices to double. the eu accepts that prices will rise. there's going to be turbulence in the markets. it's easy to understand. it will happen. it's happening. and it will increase prices, and prices will be paid by consumers. prices, and prices will be paid by consumers-— prices, and prices will be paid by consumers. ~ , . ., ., , consumers. also, prices are already moving since the invasion. - consumers. also, prices are already moving since the invasion. now, i consumers. also, prices are already| moving since the invasion. now, the uk is not as exposed to this is the

eu. it's energy mitch is different —— mix. eu. it's energy mitch is different -- mix. �* ., -- mix. don't forget in the uk, we've been _ -- mix. don't forget in the uk, we've been able _ -- mix. don't forget in the uk, we've been able to _ -- mix. don't forget in the uk, we've been able to reduce - -- mix. don't forget in the uk, we've been able to reduce our| we've been able to reduce our dependency on russian gas and various— dependency on russian gas and various -- — dependency on russian gas and various —— very substantially, and 3% of— various —— very substantially, and 3% of our— various —— very substantially, and 3% of our gas supplies now come from russia _ 3% of our gas supplies now come from russia uk— 396 of our gas supplies now come from russia. , . , ., , 396 of our gas supplies now come from russia. , . , . , ., , russia. uk prices are still likely to rise, russia. uk prices are still likely to rise. but _ russia. uk prices are still likely to rise, but for _ russia. uk prices are still likely to rise, but for europe, - russia. uk prices are still likely to rise, but for europe, the - to rise, but for europe, the challenge is harder. there an uncomfortable truth — when russia annexed crimea, it was widely condemned. sanctions were introduced, but the eu kept buying vast amount of russian gas, with nord stream 2, it plans to buy more too, and the military might we are seeing connect to the economic might of gas and oil exports. europe knows this needs to change. it done so already is one question. whether it can do so now without crippling price rises for everyone is another.

let's explore some of these issues. christof ruehl is a senior research scholar at the centre on global energy policy at columbia university. thank you very much for your time. you would've heard in that report the european ambition to wean itself off russian gas, but in practical terms, how can it do that in the short term?— terms, how can it do that in the short term? good evening. in the short term. _ short term? good evening. in the short term, the _ short term? good evening. in the short term, the honest _ short term? good evening. in the short term, the honest answer i short term? good evening. in the short term, the honest answer is| short term, the honest answer is probably it cannot. not completely. you have a distinction of the long—term. europe can probably scrape through, with a lot of utilising everything else, because that's available. but even if that can be done, and it's a fraction of temperatures, then we would enter the summer with massive storage

capacity and then run into trouble next winter. that leads us to the medium or longer—term problem. this is all depended on infrastructure to get this pipeline from russia. on pipelines within europe to connect these main streams that come on and make it more accessible. this takes time. i think it is not possible in a period less than four or five years. a period less than four or five ears. �* , ., , ., a period less than four or five ears. �* , ., years. i'm interested that you say art of years. i'm interested that you say part of the _ years. i'm interested that you say part of the plan — years. i'm interested that you say part of the plan would _ years. i'm interested that you say part of the plan would be - years. i'm interested that you sayj part of the plan would be bringing liquefied gas from the us because today, sergey lavrov accused europe and america for turning down nord stream 2 to benefit american sector. will it benefit it?—

will it benefit it? america has become the — will it benefit it? america has become the biggest _ will it benefit it? america has become the biggest importer| will it benefit it? america has - become the biggest importer now, and europe has become the biggest consumer of natural gas in the world. it's back one step and to explain something... gas it used to be transported by pipelines. you had one for super —— producer and consumer. they have to make a deal somehow. there's a rather long term market. along comes liquefied gas, and all of a sudden, this market comes into our globalising market and capable of changing directions. offers opportunities for both and makes the whole thing very much similar... what we have seen before the crisis happened, developing new

global market. they had at a spot where there was already insecurity, and uncertainty how prices it made the existing situation were difficult. gas transfers by liquefied gas were larger, and europe can get gas from other countries. europe can get gas from other countries-— europe can get gas from other countries. , ., ., countries. one question, given that ou're countries. one question, given that you're saying _ countries. one question, given that you're saying the — countries. one question, given that you're saying the solutions - countries. one question, given that you're saying the solutions to - countries. one question, given that you're saying the solutions to this l you're saying the solutions to this desire to walk away from russian gas and oil are desire to walk away from russian gas and oilare medium desire to walk away from russian gas and oil are medium and long term, in the short term, that gas will continue to come into western europe. why will the prices go up given russia will still provide it and europe still needs it? the rices at and europe still needs it? the prices at the _ and europe still needs it? tue: prices at the moment and europe still needs it? tte: prices at the moment go and europe still needs it? t'te: prices at the moment go up and europe still needs it? tte: prices at the moment go up because even though energy has not been sanctioned, because of all the

existing financial sanctions, many trading houses and sipping companies and refineries do not touch russian energy —— shipping companies. the reason is simply that they don't want to get involved in sanctions. but we know one thing, markets are very good in dealing with the short—term disruptions, so is my sanctions —— as long as russia doesn't cut sanctions, this situation will just doesn't cut sanctions, this situation willjust mean the economy causes an increase... more expensive to us as causes an increase... more expensive to us as consumers. that causes an increase. .. more expensive to us as consumers.— to us as consumers. that is so useful. to us as consumers. that is so useful- i'm _ to us as consumers. that is so useful. i'm sure _ to us as consumers. that is so useful. i'm sure people - to us as consumers. that is so useful. i'm sure people have l useful. i'm sure people have watching have learned a lot. energy is one part of the occasion. the economy is another part. one of

the most pressing parts is the refugee crisis. the european commissioner for home affairs says the bloc has agreed plans to give ukrainian refugees "temporary protection" for up to three years. ylva johansson has tweeted this afternoon following a meeting of thejustice and home affairs council, calling it a "historic decision". the united nations says more than one million people have now fled ukraine since russia launched its invasion a week ago. most of them are women and children — men between the ages of 18 and 60 have been made to stay and fight. you can see from this map where the refugees have been fleeing to. they have mainly entered neighbouring eu states including poland, hungary and slovakia. the larger arrows indicate the biggest population flows. let's start with the border between hungary and ukraine. these were the scenes there earlier today. you can see hungary's prime minister, viktor orban, visiting the area. he spoke to the assembled press.

he's already condemned russia's invasion and supports ukraine. i don't have refuge to anybody. i have refuge only to those refugees who are here. hungarians are here, hungary is a good friend of ukraine and ukrainian people. if they are here, they can count on us. i don't think the leaders leave any message on my side. they are big guys and they know better than me what should be done. it's hungarian wishes. it's not advice or message, just a wish from our heart — peace, please. that's on the border. our central europe correspondent, nick thorpe, is also on the hungarian border with ukraine. one particular charity, the maltese cross there, looking after the refugees here, and they're giving them opportunities to eat, to sleep, to get hot drinks and also helping organise their transport onwards. teams of doctors are arriving here, volunteers from all over hungary. the response of the hungarian

population, i would say, has been amazing — offering flats all the time, accommodation for those people who don't have anywhere to go. so, a pretty well organised response, hungary very much opening its arms. next, let's go the the border with poland. it's by far the most popular destination for ukrainian refugees. around half of the refugees — some 500,000 people — have fled there. next, let's hearfrom kasia madera on the poland—ukraine border. just today alone, this border crossing, 10,000 people crossed into poland. in the space ofjust a few hours. we're talking about a displacement of 1 hours. we're talking about a displacement of1 million people in the space of eight days. the figures are huge, absolutely enormous, and they are predominantly coming to poland. it's a country that is very

close to ukraine historically and culturally. this is a country that is welcoming all the nationalities that are coming in. this is one of the buses, one of the many buses that keeps coming from the border, and people are being brought off the bus, others onto the bus, and the buses are driven off into parts of poland. it depends on where these people need to go. they are tired, they are sad. they've left everything. they've all had difficultjourneys everything. they've all had difficult journeys to everything. they've all had difficultjourneys to get here, and these buses just keep coming. we are expecting the numbers to grow much more. ., ., .,, ., expecting the numbers to grow much more. ., ., ., the hague has begun gathering evidence of alleged war crimes committed in ukraine. this comes after 39 countries called for an inquiry to be open. the chief prosecutor says... the referral from

the 39 countries, now means it could be launched without the need for judicial approval. be launched without the need for judicialapproval. ukraine's judicial approval. ukraine's president has judicialapproval. ukraine's president has already accused moscow of war crimes, particularly after russia launched air strikes on ukraine's second city, in which civilians died. the icc says it will look at past and present elevations against humanity —— allegations, and it's notjust within this conflict. it will go back as far as 2013. before the annexation of crimea the following year. anna gary is professor at law and gives her reaction to the icc�*s move. we professor at law and gives her reaction to the icc's move. we have been looking _ reaction to the icc's move. we have been looking into _ reaction to the icc's move. we have been looking into crimes _ reaction to the icc's move. we have been looking into crimes against - been looking into crimes against humanity since the seizure of crimea

in 2014, and now it's able to build upon those investigations since 2014. with the support of 39 countries in europe and elsewhere referring the situation to the prosecutor so that he can immediately investigate without having to getjudges approval with the icc. they call upon all countries including the united states to support that —— i call. surrogate launched legal cusses —— let's hear from surrogate launched legal cusses —— let's hearfrom him on the complexities involved improving war crimes. brute complexities involved improving war crimes. ~ ., complexities involved improving war crimes. ~ ,, ., complexities involved improving war crimes. ~ ~' ., , ., ., crimes. we knew to prove to the international _ crimes. we knew to prove to the international cause _ crimes. we knew to prove to the international cause that - crimes. we knew to prove to the international cause that there i crimes. we knew to prove to the international cause that there is | crimes. we knew to prove to the i international cause that there is an intent _ international cause that there is an intent to— international cause that there is an intent to target civilians infrastructure, and there was no justification for it. we've seen that— justification for it. we've seen that and — justification for it. we've seen that and it's a very populated case

—— complicated case. 290 innocent people _ —— complicated case. 290 innocent people died — —— complicated case. 290 innocent people died as a result of the attack— people died as a result of the attack launched through the russian military _ attack launched through the russian military. there, although it was possible — military. there, although it was possible to establish the movement of this, _ possible to establish the movement of this, it _ possible to establish the movement of this, it required interception of the conversation of the actual people — the conversation of the actual people who did that to establish their intent. the case is not ongoing _ their intent. the case is not ongoing in the netherlands, and let's see — ongoing in the netherlands, and let's see how it develops there. but it requires— let's see how it develops there. but it requires direct evidence. one let's see how it develops there. but it requires direct evidence.- it requires direct evidence. one of the many aspects _ it requires direct evidence. one of the many aspects with _ it requires direct evidence. one of the many aspects with the - it requires direct evidence. one of the many aspects with the global| the many aspects with the global reaction to russia's invasion has been how the sporting world has responded. athletes from russia and belarus will not be allowed to compete in the winter paralympics. the committee reversed his decision.

over the last 12 hours, and overwhelming number of members have over the last 12 hours, an overwhelming number of members have been in touch with us and been very open, for which i am grateful. they have told us that if we do not reconsider the decision, it is now likely to have grave consequences for the beijing 2022 paralympic winter games. multiple national paralympic committees, some of which been contacted by the government's teams and athletes, are expressing their intention not to compete. ensuring the safety and security of athletes is of paramount importance to us, and the situation has escalated and has now become untenable. that decision will directly impact 83 paralympians from russia and belarus. yesterday, they were told they'd be able to compete as neutrals — now they won't be taking part at all. the games start tomorrow. the committee reversed his decision. here's bbc sport's jane mcdougall. they were heavily criticised yesterday when they initially said that they would allow russian and belarusian athletes to compete at the winter

paralympics as neutrals. the president of the ipc andrew parsons has reversed that decision saying they are now banned. he said an overwhelming number of other members said they would not be willing to compete against athletes from russia were belarus, regardless of whether they were under a neutral banner or not. he said the situation in the athletes' village had escalated and had almost become untenable and that the safety of the athletes was of paramount importance. there were 71 competitors from russia, 12 from belarus, plus don't forget there are guides for both nations as well, there are guides for both nations as well, there are guides for both nations as well, in beijing, so a large delegation. the hesitation over banning them initially was fear of any legal reprisals particularly so close to the start of the games, russia has announced its appealing the decision. baroness tanni grey—thompson has won 11 paralympics gold medals. here's her take on the situation.

i do think it's the right decision, although it has taken a bit of time to get there. on a human level, ifeel a massive amount of sympathy for russia athletes and belarus, they're not part of this, but it would be impossible to have those athletes in the village competing and part of the ceremony. i have a modicum of sympathy for the ipc because they were frightened of russia's appeal and it getting caught up in the courts, however i think you have to understand the atmosphere in the village and ultimately it was untenable. i wonder whether to some extent you needed all countries to come out and say this can't work to give a bit more power to the ipc, but it does feel like the right decision sadly. the issue of whether to allow russian athletes to compete was emotionally charged. i'm going to play you this clip ofjournalist lee reaney at a press conference, before the decision to ban them was announced.

he's addressing the ipc president. i want to know what you would say to yevhen malyshev's parents. he was a biathlete on ukraine's nationaljunior team. he was killed yesterday. he was killed yesterday in a bombing in kharkiv. he talked earlier about giving athletes the chance to compete. he will never get a chance to compete again, so on behalf of his family, i want to know what you would say to them about allowing athletes from the aggressor state to compete when he will never get that chance. mr reaney spoke to the bbc after the decision to ban russian and belarusian athletes was announced. he was asked whether he was surprised by the u—turn. i was surprised more yesterday by their initial

reluctance to ban the athletes. i did see they opened up a can of worms. there would have been protests virtually every day. there would have been athletes that refused to compete with the russian and belarusian athletes, so ijust couldn't understand the position yesterday and they defended it so forcefully yesterday, but it was a big surprise this afternoon when they reversed the position. —— the decision. we're going to continue for the next hour, bringing you all the rate latest updates. you can also follow us on our life page at bbc .com/ news. right at the top, it tells us president zelensky has asked bright american —— vladimir putin for one talks. there's no prospect of those talk to happening, the delegations did meet today and

belarus. i'll be back in a couple of minutes. hello again. for many of you, it's been another grey and cloudy day. this is how the weather looks in cumbria — misty, a bit murky, low cloud and also a bit of rain in the area as well. in bingley, meanwhile, temperatures only got to 5 celsius — that's in the hills of west yorkshire. but we did have some sunshine, particularly for northern ireland, but also across parts of southeast england and in east anglia, too, where temperatures reached 13 celsius. so, contrast to the amount of cloud, contrast in the temperatures as well. still, for most of us, we had the cloudy weather thanks to this very slow—moving weather front, and the reason it's slow—moving, it's trying to move over, but it's getting blocked by this area of high pressure. and indeed, as we head into the weekend, it's going to reverse and stop moving eastwards, start moving back west. overnight tonight, it very gradually pushes rain into eastern areas of england.

across eastern scotland, continues to be wet here, some mist and fog patches around hills and coasts. cold with some frost patches, a few fog patches, maybe a bit of ice first thing in the morning across those colder regions in the west. but i think for friday, there'll be more of you that see broken cloud and a bit more in the way of sunshine, and best of the sunshine will be across western areas. east scotland, eastern areas of england grey, dull, damp. outbreaks of rain and chilly for some. temperatures just six in aberdeen and newcastle. where the sunshine comes out further west, you should see highs reaching about 9—12 celsius with some sunshine. fronts still on the charts for saturday. outbreaks of rain, white and patchy starting off the day in england, but moving towards east wales later on. again, it's these western and northwestern areas of the country that will stay dry and bright with some sunshine. but quite a cool wind around as we go through saturday coming in off the chilly north sea. second half of the weekend, it could be that we have quite extensive light rain and drizzle

across england to start the morning. it will become confined to the southwest later in the day, the best of the dry and bright weather again across western areas. so, for scotland, northern ireland, probably the northwest of england and wales hould have some breaks in the cloud and some sunny spells and wales should have some breaks in the cloud and some sunny spells coming through. into next week, high pressure's still dominating, but it does slip over into west russia. we get these east—to—southeasterly winds. there'll be cold winds, so although the weather's going to be largely dry for a good chunk of the week with some sunshine, cold winds around for most of the week, perhaps some rain towards the end of the week.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. russia has taken its first major city in ukraine and is continuing its bombardment. there are russian strikes in the north, east and south and in the last few hours, in the capital kyiv as well. people in mariupol say they are under siege, shang is so fierce they cannot rescue the injured. vladimir putin is telling russians the invasion will go on. translation: i will go on. translation: ., willgo on. translation: ., ., . translation: i would never renounce my conviction — translation: i would never renounce my conviction that _ translation: i would never renounce my conviction that russians _ translation: i would never renounce my conviction that russians and - my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people despite part of the residents of ukraine having been brainwashed by the nazi nationalist propaganda. t am having been brainwashed by the nazi nationalist propaganda.—

nationalist propaganda. i am live in ukraine's western _ nationalist propaganda. i am live in ukraine's western city _ nationalist propaganda. i am live in ukraine's western city where - nationalist propaganda. i am live in ukraine's western city where tens l nationalist propaganda. i am live in | ukraine's western city where tens of thousands _ ukraine's western city where tens of thousands of people have fled, escaping — thousands of people have fled, escaping the fighting in the east. and also— escaping the fighting in the east. and also fruit this hour we will look at our debts —— your�*s efforts to reduce dependency on russian oil and gas. —— europe's efforts. it it's been a week since russia invaded ukraine. millions are still under continued attack and civilian casualties are mounting. continued attack and civilian the ukrainian president had this message for vladimir putin today. translation: we will restore every | building, every street, every town. | we are saying to russia, learn the word �*reparations' and �*contributions', because you will compensate us everything you have done against our state, against every ukrainian — in full. let's look at the latest on the ground. overnight there were strikes in and near the capital kyiv. but it's southern ukraine

where russian is advancing most. they seized their first major city — kherson. and they've encircled mariupol, where residents are trapped from shelling. let's focus on south ukraine. russia is targeting these cities for strategic reasons. controlling the south cuts ukraine off from the sea — and creates a direct link between russia and crimea, which it anexxed in 2014. you can see from this map, troops are advancing from crimea. let's show you what mariupol looks like — it's had hours of sustained shelling. hundreds are feared dead. it's still under ukrainian control, but russian troops surround it. electricity, water and heat supplies have been cut. authorities say, "they are hindering food supplies, blocking us like in leningrad."

— that's a reference to the deadly nazi siege of st petersburg — formerly leningrad — in world war two. they add they're "constantly shelling the city, preventing us from evacuating the injured, and women and children." here's mariupol�*s deputy mayor. we still do not have electricity, water, sanitary system and heating system, only natural gases we have. and we do not know whether it will be possible to restore electricity because continuous shelling does not allow repairmen to do their work. let's look at kherson now. 24 hours ago, its mayor confirmed russia is in control. pictures from residents show russian vehicles are making their way through the streets. russian forces have taken over a state government building, but local authorities say they'll still carry out their duties. this is a resident of kherson responding to the idea of a power—sharing deal between russia and ukraine.

for me, i am against this kind ofjoint control, because it will show that we agree the russians to stay on our land. also in the south is odesa — a port city, on the black sea — and today a ship sunk off its coast after an explosion. it's not yet clear what caused that, but residents are preparing themselves as russian troops near. one man spoke to the bbc earlier. we were patrolling the streets with some of my neighbours and we heard around eight explosions above us, so things are going on here, actually, but we are certain that the centre of the city is fully barricaded — there is a lot of militia travelling around the city, there is a lot of locals who are joining those forces to protect their homes as well. and the spirit is pretty strong, you can feel that definitely,

but the intensity is still there. let's go to kyiv now. there was a huge explosion overnight — this cbs correspondent ran for cover after a railway station was hit. this injured man was carried out by rescue workers. we don't yet know about other casualties. let's show you these pictures — be aware they have been released by russia's defence ministry. they appear to show russian troops entering the kyiv region — though the location is unkown. you can see they're moving in from russia and belarus, coming closer to the capital. chernihiv — that's in the middle there — is two hours from kyiv. there have been attacks there too. it's had heavy shelling, this huge explosion caught on camera. it's still under ukrainian control. and this is also in chernihiv — the aftermath of a strike

on an oil depot. and i want to show you these latest drone pictures from borodanyanka, that's about an hour north of kyiv. you can see many buildings are now rubble from shelling and air strikes. on the outskirts of kyiv, this long convoy of russian military vehicles — we've been talking about it for a few days now because it's said to be on its way to kyiv. lyse doucet explains. we hear both from british defence experts, us defence officials and the ukrainians, they report that there is a mechanical breakdown, congestion, wheels stuck in the mud, shortages of food and fuel. all of this sending an image to the world that the brave ukrainian army, however outmanned and outgunned by the russian military, is still standing. so that convoy might have stalled for now, but kyiv is preparing its defences. civilians have made barricades in the centre of the city,

made up of tyres, wood and metal scraps, to stop russian tanks getting through. and these workers are making anti—tank barriers. they've changed their daily construction work to help with the war effort. one of them had this message for vladimir putin. he needs to understand we are a nation of ants, everybody knows what to do, that is why putin cannot win. we will win. people have been told to go underground for safety from airstrikes. this is the basement of kyiv children's hospital — it's become a bomb shelter for ukrainian women and their children. these children and babies are in—patients at the hospital, and there's concern about their safety too. this doctor explains. we have a lot of patients, we cannot move them to another hospital, it is really hard. some patients we moved to west of ukraine, a lot of patients don't want because it is the biggest hospital and they are treated

here and they know the situation in other hospitals — that is why they don't want to move sometimes. kharkiv has been hit by intensitve shelling for the last two days. it is the second biggest city in ukraine. it is the second biggest city in ukraine. and this is what the centre of the city looks like now — scenes of devastation. next, let's go to the city of lviv. it's in western ukraine near the polish border. lviv isn't occupied for now, but there are people living there who know all too well what it means to be invaded — as fergal keane reports. it is relentless. in a station where they load aid for the embattled armies in the east... ..and coming the other way, families propelled into exile by president putin's war. these are roma gypsies who fled the russian advance from kharkiv 1,000 kilometres to the east. what is it like in kharkiv?

translation: the war, it's difficult. _ everything is burning, everything is destroyed. no one is listening to us, no one wants to help us. his daughter sonia says, "it's terrible." the roma have an inherited memory of war�*s trauma. tens of thousands were murdered by the nazis in world war ii. and this city of lviv, a crossroads of east and west, saw one of the worst pogroms directed atjews by the germans and ukranian collaborators. this isn't about trying to draw exact parallels, and both russia and ukraine suffered terribly during world war ii, but if you are somebody who has a personal lived experience of that terrible time, then this is a period of increased anxiety.

history casting a long, deep shadow. i met someone in lviv who grew up in the shadow of trauma. tatiana is 84 years old — a survivor of the holocaust. now, tatiana has family who are trapped in kyiv.

lviv is the city where lawyers first discussed the very concept of genocide and crimes against humanity. it is a city of thinkers. like historian sofia dyak, who now helps refugees and worries for ukraine and the world. you cannot rebuild life which was killed, and the question for us is what kind of world we want to live in in the future. the world where, because of,

you know, geopolitical situation and world order, we can pay the price with human lives. i think this is about here and it's about syria, it's about so many places in the world. at the station, a volunteer plays ukraine's national anthem. the history of lviv is a story of survival but also war�*s immense continuing cost. fergal keane, bbc news, lviv. let's go live now to lviv — yalda hakim is there. people immediately will be able to tell you have got hardly any light on at the moment. tell us what is happening in the city. tt on at the moment. tell us what is happening in the city.— happening in the city. it has 'ust one happening in the city. it has 'ust gone ropm. fl happening in the city. it has 'ust gene tom. the i happening in the city. it has 'ust gone 10pm, the curfew �* happening in the city. it has 'ust gone 10pm, the curfew has i happening in the city. it hasjust i gone 10pm, the curfew has kicked happening in the city. it hasjust - gone 10pm, the curfew has kicked in, but at the same time, we have had the sirens go off and we were told when the sirens go off, all the lights need to come off as well, and thatis lights need to come off as well, and that is obviously for the safety and

security for citizens, residents and migrants who have all slept here, they are looking and searching for safety, but this is a nation at war. it is a nation in turmoil, people are fleeing the fighting in the east, south, north, in the capital kyiv, they are coming here to lviv where there is a relative safety for now, but these sort of thing just remind you that we are at war, that this is a nation at war, and they are on high alert. people are very afraid and concerned about what is going to happen next. there are no allusions here, that even though it is relatively calm and peaceful here in lviv in the west of the country, we are only 65 kilometres away from poland, that does not mean that things are not floored in this country and that does not mean there is not a fear that things could change very quickly. t5 is not a fear that things could change very quickly.- is not a fear that things could change very quickly. is the siren to mark the beginning _ change very quickly. is the siren to mark the beginning of _ change very quickly. is the siren to mark the beginning of the - change very quickly. is the siren to mark the beginning of the curfew l change very quickly. is the siren to | mark the beginning of the curfew or because authorities think there might be a russian attack? from what

i might be a russian attack? from what i understand. — might be a russian attack? from what i understand, the curfew has - might be a russian attack? from what i understand, the curfew has been - i understand, the curfew has been put in place for the last week, from ten pm until 7pm, and the first time the city of lviv heard the sirens was in the last 24 hours, so it is not to mark the actual curfew, but it is to actually market concerns that there may be some kind of attack here on lviv. the situation is so flawed and people asked eliot matazo on edge. we are in complete darkness. there was some sort of announcement in ukrainian in the last few minutes explaining the siren, explaining why it was happening and that everyone needed to get off the streets and they needed to be pitch darkness. you turn the lights _ needed to be pitch darkness. you turn the lights off and you were mentioning people were flocking to the city at the moment. tell us more about how that is manifesting itself in the last few days. shes about how that is manifesting itself in the last few days.— about how that is manifesting itself in the last few days. as you saw out there in that — in the last few days. as you saw out there in that piece, _ in the last few days. as you saw out

there in that piece, lviv _ in the last few days. as you saw out there in that piece, lviv really - in the last few days. as you saw out there in that piece, lviv really has l there in that piece, lviv really has become a hub, a hub between east and west. 65 kilometres away from the polish border, those who can afford to stay in hotels, we are seeing so many internally displaced people staying in hotel here. i met a young family with a two and a half year old child who told me they had come from kyiv, and i asked them, how long do you plan to stay? they said, maybe another two weeks, they do not know. they hope to return home to theirfamilies. families here are torn apart. some families, their parents do not want to leave their land and home behind, they want to stay and protect what they have built their entire lives and generations, and then there is martial law that exists here in ukraine and has been enacted and put in place last week, meaning between the ages of 18 and 60 must remain and fight and confront the might of the russian army and deal with the shelling and the bombings. of course, on the polish — ukrainian

border this morning when we were coming through, we saw devastated families, children weeping as they said goodbye to their fathers. they do not understand the full extent of what is happening here, what this war is about, like so many ukrainians. the children do not know why they are fleeing or leaving their homes but they know that they are leaving their fathers behind, their brothers behind, sometimes in some instances their grandfathers behind, people who choose to stay behind, people who choose to stay behind and defend this nation. it was a devastating situation on the border seeing families, mostly women and children, leaving this country uncertain about when they will return. . ., uncertain about when they will return. . ~' , ., , uncertain about when they will return. ., ,, i. , . uncertain about when they will return. ., ,, , . . return. thank you very much. we will seak to return. thank you very much. we will speak to you — return. thank you very much. we will speak to you in _ return. thank you very much. we will speak to you in the _ return. thank you very much. we will speak to you in the coming _ return. thank you very much. we will speak to you in the coming days, - return. thank you very much. we will speak to you in the coming days, i'm| speak to you in the coming days, i'm sure. a few hours ago vladimir putin gave a televised address. he insisted his military campaign in ukraine is on track, and accused ukrainian forces of using foreigners as human shields. he also said this...

translation: iwould never renounce my conviction that| russians and ukrainians are one people despite part of the residents of ukraine having been brainwashed by the nazi nationalist propaganda. sergei lavrov — he's russia's foreign minister — has been speaking in moscow. he repeated the kremlin line that ukraine's aspiration to join nato is a threat to russia's security, and thatjustified the invasion. and he had this message. translation: they are listening | to us but they are not hearing us, and they are trying to force on us their own understanding of how europe should live henceforth. to be honest, the following comparisons come to mind for me. at one time, both napoleon and hitler set the task of subjugating europe. now the americans have taken over. on the russian government's position on its invasion of ukraine, here'sjenny hill in moscow. the people around mr putin continue to justify this war,

although of course they do not call it a war. no one here is allowed to call it a war — with several justifications. the first is that they say ukraine needs to be, in their words, denazified. the second is that nato and its expansion represents a threat to russia. the third we have heard them saying is that ukraine wants to get its hands on nuclear weapons and that is something russia will not tolerate. so again we heard mr lavrov repeating the accusations against the west and that the expansion of nato is something which russia cannot agree to. as vladimir putin's war leaves russia increasingly isolated, let's take a look what life is like for the russian people at the moment. here's our moscow correspondent steve rosenberg. an echo of moscow, they are still

broadcasting on social media but their radio programmes and website had been blocked, censorship over their coverage of the war in ukraine. this woman has worked there for 18 years. now russia's oldest liberal radio station says it is being forced to close. brute liberal radio station says it is being forced to close. we 'ust can sa , being forced to close. we 'ust can say. welcome * being forced to close. we 'ust can say, welcome to h being forced to close. we 'ust can say, welcome to the _ being forced to close. we just can say, welcome to the north - being forced to close. we just can j say, welcome to the north korea, being forced to close. we just can i say, welcome to the north korea, or maybe welcome to the ussr. right now, in 2022, you cannot destroy all the voices of the truth. you cannot do it. . , . ' the voices of the truth. you cannot do it. ., , ., ' , the voices of the truth. you cannot doit. do it. falstaff, the news came as a shock. it do it. falstaff, the news came as a shock- it is — do it. falstaff, the news came as a shock. it is the _ do it. falstaff, the news came as a shock. it is the end _ do it. falstaff, the news came as a shock. it is the end of— do it. falstaff, the news came as a shock. it is the end of an - do it. falstaff, the news came as a shock. it is the end of an era - do it. falstaff, the news came as a shock. it is the end of an era for. shock. it is the end of an era for echo and for russia. more than any other outlets in russia, this radio station was a symbol, a symbol of

freedom of speech and democratic values that russia embraced after the fall of communism, freedoms which are now under threat. soon after, another blow to independent media here. this tv channel announced it was closing, targeted too by the authorities over its ukraine coverage. western sanctions are beginning to bite. in moscow, people queued to withdraw cash as the value of the rouble fell to a new low. and a string of international companies has suspended ties with russia. toyota says it has halted production at its factory in st petersburg. but the president remains defiant. tonight vladimir putin declared russia's operation in ukraine was going according to plan. he honoured the memory of the russian servicemen who had been killed there. in ukraine, the kremlin's invasion is resulting in human casualties. a casualty of

this war in russia is free speech. meanwhile, a second round of talks between ukrainian and russian delegations got under way in belarus. a ukrainian negotiator tweeted this picture of the talks. and said, "we've started talking to russian representatives. "the key issues on the agenda — one, an immediate ceasefire. "secondly — an armistice and thirdly, "humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of "civilians from destroyed or shelled villages/cities." for more on that, here's james waterhouse in kyiv. negotiators from both ukraine and russia continue to sit at a table and discuss a possible way out of this fighting, but i've got to say, on both sides, expectations are low. top of the agenda is a ceasefire, an armistice as well for weapons to be put down, moved out, as well as corridors for humanitarian aid to move in. the uk defence secretary says the consequences of russia's war

in ukraine will be felt throughout europe for months and years to come. ben wallace is on a diplomatic visit to the baltic state of estonia, which is a member of nato. he had this warning for russia's president. the message to president putin is stop. it isn't too late to stop what you are doing. what you have done so far is illegal and you risk being isolated for decades to come. that is the uk. meanwhile, us secretary of state antony blinken is on his way to brussels. here he is departing washington, he's off to meet with nato and eu leaders in brussels to discuss joint efforts to support ukraine, and strengthen nato's deterrence. he'll then travel on to poland, the baltic states of latvia, lithuania and estonia as well as moldova. his visit to moldova comes as western leaders have raised concerns that moscow's offensive against ukraine could

spread to the country. moldova is a former soviet republic, it's also home to the pro—russian separatist region of transnistria. nikolai petrov, a senior research fellow at russia and eurasia programme of london think—tank chatham house, says the lack of progess in diplomacy signals russia's intent to press ahead with the military campaign. i think that the fact that the second round of negotiations is over and there are no agreements except for these humanitarian corridors, i think it means that, a — russia is eager to continue its military operations with more and more brutalforce against civilians, against ukrainian cities, and the west is not capable of increasing sanctions which are very, well, serious, but which

cannot force putin to stop his invasion. so that is why i think, in my view, it is made it to say that heroic resistance of ukraine cannot last long. the russian army is more strong, it is much more brutal, let's go back to what's happening on the ground in ukraine. vladimir putin says his invasion is �*on track'. but it's been one week — they've taken just one city — and met with fierce resistance. frank gardner takes a look at russia's military strategy. so, this is how ukraine is looking on day eight of the russian invasion. the areas in red are the parts of the country where we know for certain that the russians are in control. they are advancing slower than they planned, but making important gains in the south. here, they have used crimea as a springboard to push north, taking their first major city, kherson.

they are also trying to overrun the port city of mariupol where conditions are said to be desperate. they are looking to link up with forces in the donbas in the east to try and encircle the ukrainian army in a pincer movement. russia now controls much of the black sea coast. in kharkiv, that's ukraine's second city, there has been intense russian shelling, damaged buildings and mounting civilian casualties. another northern city, chernihiv, over here, is also being shelled. it is suffering widespread destruction. but the big prize for president putin remains the capital, kyiv. if his forces can take this, they will be hoping resistance will crumble and the government there will collapse. so, what about the massive russian armoured column that is nowjust a few miles north of kyiv? british defence officials say it has got bogged down with breakdowns, congestion and some ukrainian resistance. but make no mistake, it is coming for the capital and russia will be looking

to encircle it until it surrenders. thanks to frank for that. we will continue our coverage of the situation in ukraine in a moment. hello again. for many of you, it's been another grey and cloudy day. this is how the weather looks in cumbria — misty, a bit murky, low cloud and also a bit of rain in the area as well. in bingley, meanwhile, temperatures only got to 5 celsius — that's in the hills of west yorkshire. but we did have some sunshine, particularly for northern ireland, but also across parts of southeast england and in east anglia, too, where temperatures reached 13 celsius. so, contrast to the amount of cloud, contrast in the temperatures as well. still, for most of us, we had the cloudy weather thanks to this very slow—moving weather front, and the reason it's slow—moving, it's trying to move over, but it's getting blocked by this area of high pressure. and indeed, as we head into the weekend, it's going to reverse and stop moving eastwards, start moving back west. overnight tonight, it

very gradually pushes rain into eastern areas of england. across eastern scotland, continues to be wet here, some mist and fog patches around hills and coasts. cold with some frost patches, a few fog patches, maybe a bit of ice first thing in the morning across those colder regions in the west. but i think for friday, there'll be more of you that see broken cloud and a bit more in the way of sunshine, and best of the sunshine will be across western areas. east scotland, eastern areas of england grey, dull, damp. outbreaks of rain and chilly for some. temperatures just six in aberdeen and newcastle. where the sunshine comes out further west, you should see highs reaching about 9—12 celsius with some sunshine. fronts still on the charts for saturday. outbreaks of rain, white and patchy starting off the day in england, but moving towards east wales later on. again, it's these western and northwestern areas of the country that will stay dry and bright with some sunshine. but quite a cool wind around as we go through saturday coming in off the chilly north sea. second half of the weekend, it could be that we have quite extensive

light rain and drizzle across england to start the morning. it will become confined to the southwest later in the day, the best of the dry and bright weather again across western areas. so, for scotland, northern ireland, probably the northwest of england and wales would have some breaks in the cloud and some sunny spells coming through. into next week, high pressure's still dominating, but it does slip over into west russia. we get these east—to—southeasterly winds. there'll be cold winds, so although the weather's going to be largely dry for a good chunk of the week with some sunshine, cold winds around for most of the week, perhaps some rain towards the end of the week.

hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. russia takes its first major city in ukraine, and its bombardment continues. strikes in the north, east and south — this, just a few hours from the capital kyiv. people in the city of mariupol say they're under siege — shelling is so fierce, they can't rescue the injured. vladimir putin says the invasion will go on. translation: i would never announce my conviction — translation: i would never announce my conviction that _ translation: i would never announce my conviction that russians _ translation: i would never announce my conviction that russians and - my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people, despite part of the residents of ukraine having been brainwashed by the nazi nationalist propaganda. the un says more than1 million people, have now fled ukraine and — we'll look at europe's efforts to reduce its dependency on russia's oil and gas.

president putin has insisted that his military campaign in ukraine is on track — while in kyiv, his rival, president zelensky, has appealed to the west for more help. he's warned that if ukraine falls — other baltic states like latvia, lithuania, estonia could be next. here's clive myrie's report from kyiv. this is the city of chernihiv, 80 miles north of the capital kyiv. and this is war. loud explosion this is a residential area, and here's another. chernihiv�*s governor says two schools have also been hit. in all, at least 22 people have died here, as russia's invasion enters its second week.

cities across northern ukraine are being slowly choked by bombing. kharkiv�*s metro station is no shelterfor this man. ukraine says russian targeting is indiscriminate. in the town of borodyanka, population 12,500, wastelands of destruction. translation: god forbid, - if we are no more, then latvia, lithuania, estonia will be next. then moldova, georgia, poland and so on. they will march to the berlin wall, believe me.

it's the same story of destruction in southern ukraine. large parts of the port city of mariupol are being shelled. russian forces are slowly overwhelming the people here. and resistance, though noble, is futile in the city of kherson. conquered by russian tanks, the first major urban area to fall in this war. but there's no bigger prize than the capital, kyiv. an explosion overnight rocks the railway station. debris from a russian cruise missile shot out of the sky. it's unclear how many were injured. by day, the capital is being abandoned. these cars have been dumped outside the railway station as thousands flee. it is pretty much deserted here.

a couple of people out for a stroll in the snow, but this is a city that's so much on edge, and all the checkpoints that we've come across, the guards have come up to us. they've wanted to check our papers, wanted to check if we're filming them. there really is a sense of dread and unease here, which is...which is frankly to be expected. and this is why. not far from kyiv, a column of heavy russian armour inches closer to the capital, waiting for vladimir putin's order to strike. we're going to take the next few minutes to look at russian gas and oil — and how it connects to this war and the eu's efforts to disconnect with russia.

this is the message from ukraine state energy company. the whole world wants to avoid spreading this war, it wants to avoid expansion that threatens people from all over the world. this dependency on russian gas and oil. that's worth over $160 billion a year, and this is one of russia's biggest income streams as it was put... being a big gas station, in part, is what funds russia's military, one of the largest in the world, russia spends $62 billion a year on it, and europe is acutely

aware of the funds provided by gas because it buys an awful lot of it. russia supplies 40% of the eu's natural gas and now that eu wants to do something about that. brute natural gas and now that eu wants to do something about that.— do something about that. we are doubfinu do something about that. we are doubling down _ do something about that. we are doubling down on _ do something about that. we are doubling down on renewables, i do something about that. we are - doubling down on renewables, which are the smartest and the cleanest solution to create independence from russian energy sources.— russian energy sources. renewables include wind — russian energy sources. renewables include wind power— russian energy sources. renewables include wind power and _ russian energy sources. renewables include wind power and solar- russian energy sources. renewables include wind power and solar power, | include wind power and solar power, but at the moment, they make up just over 20% of the eu's energy mix. that cannot increase overnight. europe has taken action on a new gas pipeline called north stream to which reaches from russia all across europe. it's not been switched on and now that process has been prized as germany and america have made clear. because of russia's actions, we work with germany to ensure nerd stream to well not, as i promised, will not move forward. knowing stream to may be gone for now, but

russia is seeing possibilities elsewhere. pakistan's prime minister says he wants more russian gas, and as russia looks to asian markets, it is taunting europe. the former president has tweeted... he's expecting prices to double in the eu accepts that prices will rise. there's going to be turbulence in the market of energy. that's easy to understand, it will happen it's happening. and it will increase prices. and prices will be paid by consumers. prices. and prices will be paid by consumers-— prices. and prices will be paid by consumers. ~ . ., ., , consumers. also prices are already movinr. consumers. also prices are already moving- since _ consumers. also prices are already moving. since the _ consumers. also prices are already moving. since the invasion, - consumers. also prices are already moving. since the invasion, they i consumers. also prices are already. moving. since the invasion, they are pay over 30%. now, the uk is not as exposed to this as the eu because its energy mixes different. don’t its energy mixes different. don't foroet, in its energy mixes different. don't forget. in the — its energy mixes different. don't forget, in the uk, _ its energy mixes different. don't forget, in the uk, we _ its energy mixes different. don't forget, in the uk, we have - its energy mixes different. don't forget, in the uk, we have been| its energy mixes different. don't forget, in the uk, we have been able to reduce _ forget, in the uk, we have been able to reduce our dependency on russian .as to reduce our dependency on russian gas vary—

to reduce our dependency on russian gas vary substantially, only 3% of our gas _ gas vary substantially, only 3% of our gas supplies now come from russia — our gas supplies now come from russia ur— our gas supplies now come from russia. , . , ., , our gas supplies now come from russia. , . , . , ., , russia. uk prices are still likely to rise, russia. uk prices are still likely to rise. but _ russia. uk prices are still likely to rise, but for _ russia. uk prices are still likely to rise, but for europe, - russia. uk prices are still likely to rise, but for europe, the - to rise, but for europe, the challenge is harder, and there is an uncomfortable truth, when russia annexed crimea in 2014 from it was widely condemned. sanctions were introduced, but the eu kept buying vast amounts of russian gas with north stream two, it planned to buy more still, which means as russia bombards ukraine, the military might we are seeing in part connects to the economic might that gas and oil exports provide. europe knows this needs to change. why it hadn't done so already is one pressing question, whether it can do so now without crippling price rises for everyone is another. let's consider this issue further christof ruehl is a senior research scholar at the centre on global energy policy at columbia university. i asked him how practical it is for europe to realise

their ambition to wean of russian energy supplies? be honest answer is probably it cannot, at least not completely. we have a good distinction is short and medium term, europe can probably scrape to the winter and scrape by with a lot of utilising everything else, which is mostly coal and nuclear for the time being, else, which is mostly coal and nuclearfor the time being, because that's available. with manipulating the thermostat a little bit and with good luck with winter staying as mild as it has been, but even if that can be done, as i said, it's a function of temperature is more than anything else, we would enter the summer with vastly depleted storage capacity and i would have to be filled so as not to run into trouble for next week if dashed next winter. this is all dependent on infrastructure, and the pipeline from russia and more liquefied gas from russia and more liquefied gas from across the atlantic and other places and refineries for pipelines

within europe to connect these main streams which come and make it more accessible. this takes time. i think it is not possible to wean itself meaningfully off of russian gas supplies in a period less than say four or five years. fiend supplies in a period less than say four or five years. and interested that you say _ four or five years. and interested that you say that _ four or five years. and interested that you say that part _ four or five years. and interested that you say that part of - four or five years. and interested that you say that part of the - four or five years. and interested that you say that part of the plan | that you say that part of the plan to do that would be, for example, bringing liquefied gas from the us, because today, serge live her off, the foreign minister of russia accused europe and america of turning down nerd stream two test to benefit the american energy sector. will it benefit the american energy sector? �* .., ., , will it benefit the american energy sector? �* , sector? america has become the bi est sector? america has become the biggest importer _ sector? america has become the biggest importer now _ sector? america has become the biggest importer now and - sector? america has become the | biggest importer now and europe sector? america has become the - biggest importer now and europe has become the biggest consumer of liquefied natural gas in the world. here, it pays to step back one step and just explain something which is not so commonly understood, gas ceased to be a fuel transported by

pipelines. if you have pipelines, one producer, when consumer, long—term contracts because there's no market between those two. they have to make a deal somehow, so it was a rather long term, boring, stable market. along comes liquefied natural gas, the ability to cool it down from a liquefied, put it on tinkers and all of a sudden this pipeline market comes into a globalising market with tankers crossing the ocean and capable of changing directions. short—term prices, flexibility provides vast opportunities, it makes the whole thing into a global market very similar to the oil markets, and what we have seen before the crisis happened was already the brief banks of the developing new globalising markets, and russia and conflict with ukraine hit at a spot where there was already insecurity, uncertainty, volatility and high prices making an existing situation more difficult. last year, to give

you a sense of the proportion was the first year during which the gas transfer by liquefied gas where larger than by pipeline, and that of course means that europe can get gas from any other country.— from any other country. finally, one ruestion, from any other country. finally, one question. given _ from any other country. finally, one question, given that _ from any other country. finally, one question, given that you _ from any other country. finally, one question, given that you are - from any other country. finally, one question, given that you are seeing| question, given that you are seeing the solutions for this desire to walk away from russian gas and oil are medium and long term, in the short term, that gas will continue to come into western europe. why will the prices go up given that russia will still provide it and europe still needs it. the russia will still provide it and europe still needs it. the prices at the moment _ europe still needs it. the prices at the moment go — europe still needs it. the prices at the moment go up, _ europe still needs it. the prices at the moment go up, because - europe still needs it. the prices at the moment go up, because even| the moment go up, because even though energy has been sanctioned. many refineries do not touch russian energy imports or want to touch them with a three foot flagpole and that's because they do not want to get involved in the sanctions, there's no insurance available, letters of credit available, market

disruptions, but we know one thing, thatis disruptions, but we know one thing, that is markets are very good at dealing with this short—term disruption, so as long as sanctions are not, energy experts are not sanctions, this situation will normalise and will mean economies that... stuff gets more expensive for us as consumers. so that. .. stuff gets more expensive for us as consumers.— for us as consumers. so we have looked at — for us as consumers. so we have looked at the _ for us as consumers. so we have looked at the dimension - for us as consumers. so we have looked at the dimension of - for us as consumers. so we have l looked at the dimension of energy for us as consumers. so we have - looked at the dimension of energy in mystery, let's look at the most immediate dimension, the refugee crisis that this war is creating. the european union has agreed plans to give ukrainian refugees temporary protection for up to three years. the european commissioner for home affairs called it a "historic decision". the united nations says more than1 million people have now fled ukraine since russia invaded a week ago. most of them are women and children — men between the ages of 18 and 60 have to stay and fight. this map shows where the refugees have been going — mainly to ukraine's neighbouring

european states — poland, hungary and slovakia. the larger arrows indicate the biggest population flows. let's start on the hungarian border. these was earlier today, you can see hungary's prime minister viktor orban was visiting there. he's already said he condemns the russian invasion, and that he supports ukraine. and viktor mr orban spoke to reporters there. i only have a message to the refugees who are there, hungry is here, they are good friend of ukraine, and if you need any help, we are here and you can count on us. i don't think the leaders need any advantage on my side, they are big guys and they know better about what should be done. just a wish from my heart, please, please, please. let's hear now from our central europe correspondent nick thorpe — he's in a village in hungary near the border.

here, one particular charity, the maltese cross, looking after the refugees here, and they are giving them opportunities to eat, to sleep, to get hot drinks and also helping them organise their transport onwards. teams of doctors are arriving here, volunteers from all over hungary. the response of the hungarian population i would say has been amazing, offering flats all the time, accommodation for those people who don't have anywhere to go. so pretty well organised response, hungry very much opening its arms. next let's go the the border with poland. around half of the refugees — some 500,000 people have fled there. kasia madera has been there since last week — watching more and more people arrive. just today alone at this crossing, i0,000 just today alone at this crossing, 10,000 people crossed into poland,

i0,000 10,000 people crossed into poland, 10,000 people crossed into poland, 10,000 people in the space ofjust a few hours. bear in mind, we are talking about a displacement of1 million people in the space of eight days. the figures are huge, absolutely enormous, and they are predominantly coming to poland, a country that is very close to ukraine historically and culturally as well. this is a country that is welcoming all the nationalities that are coming in, let me explain what is happening here, one of the buses, one of the many buses that keeps coming from the border and people are being brought off the bus, other people are being brought on in the buses are then driven off into other parts of poland, whether that goes to crack of or worse further afield, depending on where these people need to go. they are tired, they are sad, of course they've left everything. they've all had difficultjourneys to get here and fees buses just keep coming. we are expecting the numbers to grow much more.—

to grow much more. now, as we heard earlier in the — to grow much more. now, as we heard earlier in the programme, _ to grow much more. now, as we heard earlier in the programme, refugee - earlier in the programme, refugee centres are being set up in the far west of ukraine. they are being staffed by local volunteers. bbc�*s ukrainian has visited one this became the _ ukrainian has visited one this became the whole _ ukrainian has visited one tt 3 became the whole back—up for the front line. it's like a hive of workers. everybody here, hundreds of volunteers from macro and other cities and towns of ukraine tried to do their best to be helpful and useful to supply the army and internally displaced people with everything they need, with the essentials, for example, these potatoes will travel soon to the battlefields, and even to see each towns in southern ukraine. you can feel that the mood, the spirit of people here is very high. people sing patriotic songs and national anthem of ukraine. they say they

have no time for despair and no time for sleep. they do believe that with their hard work, every day, they will save themselves and their country. let's move from the west if you came to the hague. the international criminal court has begun gathering evidence of alleged war crimes committed in ukraine. this is the icc's chief prosecutor karim khan. he says he's planning to open an investigation "as rapidly as possible". the referralfrom 39 nations — including the uk, france and germany — now means it can be launched without the need for judicial approval. ukraine's president zelensky has already accused moscow of war crimes, after russia hit the city of kharkiv with air strikes, killing civilians. the icc will look at past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity and alleged genocide in ukraine. it will go as far back as 2013 — before russia's annexation of crimea the following year.

hannah garry is a professor of law and international human rights — here's her take on it. the prosecutor at the invitation of ukraine has been looking into an alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity since the seizure of crimea by russia in 2014. now is able to build upon those investigations since 2014 and with the strong support of 39 countries in europe and elsewhere, referring the situation to the prosecutor so that he can immediately investigate without having to getjudges approval at the icc. i'm very hopeful and call upon all countries including the united states to support that effort. $1150 including the united states to support that effort.— including the united states to support that effort. sergiy petukhov is the former deputy justice ministerfor ukraine — and has previously launched legal cases against russia at

the international court ofjustice. on this case, he had this to say. you need to prove to the international courts that there was a specific— international courts that there was a specific intent to target civilians _ a specific intent to target civilians or target a civilian infrastructure, and there was no justification for it. we have seen that, _ justification for it. we have seen that, for— justification for it. we have seen that, for example, and it's a very complicated complex case of the downing — complicated complex case of the downing of mh that happened over donbas— downing of mh that happened over donbas where innocent people died as a result— donbas where innocent people died as a result of— donbas where innocent people died as a result of the attack launched through— a result of the attack launched through the russian military equipment on the russian —controlled territory _ equipment on the russian —controlled territory. there, although it was possible — territory. there, although it was possible to establish the movement of this— possible to establish the movement of this equipment from russia and back, _ of this equipment from russia and back, it _ of this equipment from russia and back, it required that reception of the conversation of the actual people — the conversation of the actual people who did that to establish their intent. the case is not ongoing _ their intent. the case is not ongoing in the netherlands, let's

see how— ongoing in the netherlands, let's see how it— ongoing in the netherlands, let's see how it develops there. it requires _ see how it develops there. it requires direct evidence. another as - ect requires direct evidence. another asect of requires direct evidence. another aspect of the _ requires direct evidence. another aspect of the world's _ requires direct evidence. another aspect of the world's response i requires direct evidence. anotherl aspect of the world's response has come from the sporting world. the latest of an come from the sporting world. the latest 0�* ., ., ., , ., latest of on that front is that athletes from _ latest of on that front is that athletes from russia - latest of on that front is that athletes from russia and i latest of on that front is that i athletes from russia and belarus have been banned from competing at the winter olympics. those games start tomorrow. the international paralympic committee reversed its original decision. here's its president. in the last 12 hours, an overwhelming number of members have beenin overwhelming number of members have been in touch with us and been very open for which i am grateful. they have told us that if we do not reconsider our decision, it is not likely to —— it is likely to have grave consequences for the winter games. multiple national paralympic committees, some of which have been contacted by the government's teams and athletes are expressing the intention not to compete. ensuring the safety and security of athletes is of paramount importance to us and the situation and the athletes' village has escalated and has now

become untenable. that decision affects 83 paralympians from russia and belarus. on wednesday they were told they'd be able to compete as neutrals — now they won't be taking part at all. here's bbc sport's jane dougall. they were heavily criticised yesterday when the initially said that they would allow russian and by liberation athletes to compete at the winter paralympics as neutrals. the president of the ipc has reversed that decision saying they are now banned. he said an overwhelming number of other members had said that they would not be willing to compete against athletes from russia or belarus regardless of whether they were under a neutral banner or not. he said that the situation in the athletes' village had escalated and had almost become untenable and that the safety of the athletes was of paramount importance. russia says it's appealing the decision. baroness tanni grey—thompson has won 11 paralympics gold medals. here's her view on it.

ido i do think it is the right decision, although it's taken a bit of time to get there. on a human level, ifeel a massive amount of sympathy for the russian athletes and belarus, they are not part of this, but it would be impossible to have those athletes in the village, competing, part of the ceremonies, and i have a modicum of sympathy for the ipc because they were frightened of russia's appeal and it getting caught up in the courts. however, ithank and it getting caught up in the courts. however, i thank you have to understand the atmosphere in the village and ultimately was untenable. i wonder whether to some extent you need all countries to come out and say, look, this cannot work to give a little bit more power to the ipc, but sadly it does feel like the right decision. {line like the right decision. one more thin to like the right decision. one more thing to show— like the right decision. one more thing to show you _ like the right decision. one more thing to show you on _ like the right decision. one more thing to show you on this. i now, i'm going to play you this clip ofjournalist lee reaney —

he's the editor of a ukrainian newspaper. this was him addressing the ipc president at a press conference, before the introduction of the ban. i want to know what you would say to this person's parents, he is... was a buy athlete earn ukraine's nationaljunior team. a buy athlete earn ukraine's nationaljuniorteam. he a buy athlete earn ukraine's nationaljunior team. he was killed yesterday. he was killed yesterday in a bombing in kharkiv. he yesterday. he was killed yesterday in a bombing in kharkiv.— in a bombing in kharkiv. he talked earlier about _ in a bombing in kharkiv. he talked earlier about giving _ in a bombing in kharkiv. he talked earlier about giving athletes i in a bombing in kharkiv. he talked earlier about giving athletes the l earlier about giving athletes the chance to compete. he will never get a chance to compete again, so on behalf of his family, i want to know what you would say to them about allowing athletes from the aggressor states to compete when he will never get that chance. that states to compete when he will never get that chance-— get that chance. that was before the decision to ban _ get that chance. that was before the decision to ban the _ get that chance. that was before the decision to ban the athletes. - mr reaney spoke to the bbc after the ban was announced, about whether he was surprised by the u—turn. i was surprised more yesterday by

i was surprised more yesterda by; their i was surprised more yesterda their initial i was surprised more yesterday 3 their initial reluctance to i was surprised more yesterday 31 their initial reluctance to abandon their initial reluctance to abandon the athletes. i did see, they opened up the athletes. i did see, they opened up a can of worms. there would've been protests virtually every day, there would've been athletes that refused to compete with the russian delegation athletes, i just couldn't understand the decision yesterday, and they defended it so forcefully yesterday, that it was a big surprise this afternoon when they did reverse the decision. that finishes this edition of outside source. thank you for watching. see you soon. bye—bye. hello again. for many of you, it's been another grey and cloudy day. if grey and cloudy day. state meteorological venture a if state meteorological venture was a dull and wet one, particularly for most of england and wales, some of the heaviest rain developed for the afternoon across the south of wales into the hills. ahead of that wet

weather, we did have some brightness and hazy sunshine for a while in the southeast corner of england. this was the radar picture from earlier, not much rain in the morning, it did get wetterfrom the not much rain in the morning, it did get wetter from the west during the afternoon and that rain is continuing to push its way east at the moment. i met nate, this is where most of the rain is, it will stay cloudy and damp in the southeast of england and through the english channel on the eighth, for the north, some clear skies, big range of temperatures come the end of the night, mild in that cloudy damp weather, scotland and northern ireland starting tuesday with a slight frost clear skies and that any pet area of high pressure in the spring sunshine for some. in the south, it's going to be cloudy. we have still kept this threat of rain, drizzle, it may well come back in again across more southern parts of england, eventually arriving in south wales and east anglia. for the north midlands, north wales, a fair bit of sunshine from a few early showers in the far north of scotland

perhaps, but even after that frosty start here, temperatures will reach nine or ten. we've got that weather front bringing the low cloud, bringing the wet weather, that will push its way northwards overnight. into the clear air, it is going to be a frosty start on wednesday, could be the coldest night of the week. furthersouth, dull could be the coldest night of the week. further south, dull and could be the coldest night of the week. furthersouth, dulland damp, light rain and drizzle by the states. moving northwards to the central belt affecting northern ireland, northern england, further south, drier, temperatures reach 11 degrees. for many northern areas, it's going to be collated and wednesday with that cloudy damp weather moving in after that chilly start. by the time we get to thursday, another band of rain is coming in from the atlantic, that is moving very slowly east rates. most of the wet weather on thursday will be across northern and western parts of the uk. it may improve in the afternoon in the southwest, for much of that it will be dry and eastern parts of england, temperatures here

probably reaching around 12 celsius. chilly for scotland. this is where we will see most of the rain during the day.

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching context on bbc news. russia takes its first major city in ukraine. across the country, the bombing is intensifying. air strikes in the north, east and south of the country today — this was just a few hours from the capital, kyiv. people in the city of mariupol say they're under siege — shelling so fierce they can't rescue the injured or count the dead. vladimir putin says the invasion will go on. translation: i would never- renounce my conviction that russians and ukrainians are one people, despite part of the residents of ukraine having been brainwashed by the nazi nationalist propaganda. and for russian journalists who question the state narrative, it is goodbye — independent broadcasters are closing their services under intense pressure from the kremlin.