this is bbc news. i'mjames i'm james reynolds. our top stories: in ukraine's second biggest city, residential buildings are reduced to rubble and families are hiding underground. we have a special report from inside kharkiv. this from inside kharkiv. is so farfrom normal, it's this is so far from normal, it's a —— very hard to describe, and these people have no idea what will happen next. ukraine's president criticises the west for ruling out a no—fly zone over his country while russian attacks continue. they are destroying everything that ensures a normal life. human life, and they want to continue it. knowing that new strikes and casualties are inevitable. nato deliberately decided not to close the sky over ukraine. fist decided not to close the sky over ukraine.— decided not to close the sky over ukraine. at the borders, refu . ee over ukraine. at the borders, refugee cues _ over ukraine. at the borders, refugee cues grow longer - over ukraine. at the borders, |

refugee cues grow longer with more and more people trying to flee. and australia offers the family of shane warne state funeral following the cricketing legend's death at the age of 52. hello and welcome. as the war in ukraine enters its 10th day, for millions of ukrainians, the days and nights since the russian invasion began have been largely spent sheltering wherever they can from incessant shells and missiles. ukraine's second city heike in the northeast isjust 25 miles from the russian border, has been under almost constant attack —— kharkiv. it is still just about constant attack —— kharkiv. it is stilljust about in ukrainian hands. many people there have taken refuge in metro stations in the city centre. sarah rainsford managed

to reach 1% of the bbc�*s first report from the city since the war began. as we drove into kharkiv, it looked like half the city was heading out — a flow of families who've endured days of bombs and explosions. many wrote the word "children" on their cars, hoping they wouldn't be targeted. a few miles on, we found others standing with bundles of belongings, waiting for a bus to take them out — any bus to anywhere. svetlana told me shells had been landing close to her home. i asked how she's coping. she said she isn't. "it's been a week with barely any sleep." this is what's keeping kharkiv awake. two days ago, there were homes and businesses here. we saw no sign of any military facility. just more destruction across the road at the local shops. and men searching for medicine among the ruins to use for soldiers.

"it is scary, but this is our city," maxim tells me. "we don't want to run anywhere." so, ukraine's second city has moved underground, to shelter from a war they didn't see coming and don't understand. whole lives are now playing out on these platforms. families bedding down in trains that stopped when the war began. at least the children don't hear the explosions down here. above ground, shops are running out of food. down here, people live off hand—outs. i really... i'm scared about myself and about my family. so, we take our documents and just came here. there are now thousands of people living underground like this here in kharkiv for more than a week now. and the parents are trying

to make it as normal as possible for their children. they've brought toys, they're getting food down here — but this is so far from normal, it's kind of hard to even describe. and these people have no idea what they're going to do next. this family's been down here for three whole days now. translation: we hope for the best, but we're l prepared for the worst. at least we have food and air, and the children are ok. there's a whole volunteer network here, finding scarce supplies and delivering them to the most needy. translation: nobody's losing their spirit. - we're all going and doing our best to fight, and we will beat them. the power is down in this region, so we found people tapping into the mains from the metro in the underpass. charging their phones — a vital connection to the outside world. these couples had surfaced for air because they said the concentration of grief underground was too

much to bear. translation: it's scary because we don't know. what's coming tomorrow. nothing is changing here. nothing's happening. even food shopping means taking a risk, queueing in the open for three hours while the shelves get emptier every day. despite the pressure, ukraine still controls this crucial city. but kharkiv fears this war has barely started. a city of russian speakers who can't fathom why russia is now destroying their lives and their houses. sarah rainsford, bbc news, kharkiv. russian forces are steadily making gains in the war, as we have seen, as urban areas are cut off by troops. in mariupol, under siege, the mayor says food is running out, there is

no water, heating or electricity. the russian advanceis electricity. the russian advance is gaining momentum to the east and also the north with continued shelling and artillery fire, as we saw in sarah rainford's report. 50,000 people a day are passing through kyiv station. it is the gateway to relative safety in the far west, near the polish border. further from the russians and further from the people they love. no—one knows how long they'll be apart. the platform for lviv is where they start becoming refugees, almost all of them women and children. "i'm really worried about my three kids," she said, "and i want to come back. "but now, i'm very scared." shouting.

ahead, up to 12 hours rammed into an overcrowded carriage on the most uncertain journey of their lives. the people who couldn't fight their way on board waited for the next one. they grabbed what mattered most to them. and there's the pain of parting. all the heartbreak of the war was on alexander's face. he'd just put his wife and two small children on the train. he wouldn't let go of a toy ambulance his eight—year—old son had given him as he said goodbye. men have to stay to fight. this man used an app to translate for us his attempt to reassure his wife. translation: she also asked me to leave. - i said that we will fight to the end. it will be easier for us to fight when you are safe.

no—one knows their journey�*s end, the evacuees or the husbands and fathers they left behind. 0n the edge of kyiv, some volunteers are in position, still trying to get organised. the professionals, better armed and trained, are closer to the front. kyiv is the biggest symbol of ukrainian independence, and that makes it the biggest target for the russian army. they're still a reasonable distance in that direction. the city's there. it's big and it's sprawling and, in a lot of people's minds here at the moment is the question of whether president putin will order the kind of assault on the capital that he's ordered on cities elsewhere in the country. first lesson for the new soldiers — loading bullets into a magazine. most at this territorial defence centre were boys of 18 and 19.

i study economy. and i am studying biology. they have the same patriotism, courage and sense of invincibility of other generations of young men who volunteered to fight in europe's wars. their parents will pray they don't learn the same brutal lessons. the yellow tape is to show they're not russians. they have three days training and then the front—line. maxim, aged 19, joked, "my mum said, �*don�*t go anywhere" — "she'd capture enough saboteurs for the two of us." the only woman there was coming as a medic. everyone i've met in this city is defiant. here, the older men were more apprehensive.

0n the bus, they all cheered for victory and death to their enemies. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. volunteer volu nteer forces, volunteer forces, as we have seen, one where ukrainians are seeking to stop russia's invasion and they would like western countries to intervene in the country more directly. ukraine has called for a no—fly zone to be enforced by the western military alliance nato. but ukraine, remember, is not a member of nato and nato is not willing to intervene in this way. let's look at this in more detail with stephanie prentice. stephanie, nato is on ukraine's side, it has given rhetorical support and ground supplies but it will not help with a no—fly zone. take us through it. we have heard — zone. take us through it. we have heard a _ zone. take us through it. - have heard a lot about this term no—fly zone and and there was calls for one intensifying and with that in mind it's

worth clarifying exactly what a no—fly zone actually means. 0nline at least looking into it people are confused, non—military personnel seems to think it is a polite sort of thing like let's agree not to fly over here. in fact, it's active and what it would mean in wartime in this instance is if you fly over there, we will shoot you down, your plane will be shot down. in this instance, it means that nato planes would be shooting down russian artillery and planes. that of course comes with a huge concern about how president putin would react. it's a huge leap also for how —— for criticising him and giving economic sanctions to russia but this would position the west, nato thinks, right in the centre of the conflict. and speaking only exclusively to james landale, antony blinken reaffirmed the us's stance to keep us roots of the ground and us planes out of the sky. we are walking. _ us planes out of the sky. we are walking, working and talking _ are walking, working and talking to the government every single _ talking to the government every single day about the needs, what — single day about the needs, what we _ single day about the needs, what we can do that would be,

help— what we can do that would be, help them be even more effective in defending ukraine against — effective in defending ukraine against against this russian onslaught. 0verthe against against this russian onslaught. over the last year, the united states, i will speak for the — the united states, i will speak for the united states, we have provided — for the united states, we have provided more than $1 billion in security assistance to ukraine, _ in security assistance to ukraine, more than any previous year. _ ukraine, more than any previous year. that— ukraine, more than any previous year, that continues as we speak _ year, that continues as we seak. �* ., ,., , speak. but not saving lives. it's speak. but not saving lives. it's very _ speak. but not saving lives. it's very hard _ speak. but not saving lives. it's very hard to _ speak. but not saving lives. i it's very hard to demonstrate, very— it's very hard to demonstrate, very hard _ it's very hard to demonstrate, very hard to demonstrate a negative, the ukrainians are extraordinarily effective first and foremost because of the extraordinary courage, but they have _ extraordinary courage, but they have also — extraordinary courage, but they have also had some means to do that _ have also had some means to do that. �* ., , �* ~' have also had some means to do that. �* ., ,�* ~' ~. have also had some means to do that. ~ ..,, that. antony blinken. what is ukraine public _ that. antony blinken. what is ukraine public president - ukraine public president saying? ukraine public president sa inc? ., ukraine public president sa in? ., ., ., saying? most of what we have seen so far — saying? most of what we have seen so far from _ saying? most of what we have seen so far from zelensky - saying? most of what we have seen so far from zelensky hasj seen so far from zelensky has been characterised by having a cool demeanour, a conviction that ukraine will prevail and an all: towards the support he has received but in his latest speech addressing this, he was seen as lashing out at nato by some and he also said they have been given a green light of further bombings because they knew that further russian

aggression was likely. translation: they are insuring —— destroying everything that ensures — —— destroying everything that ensures a _ —— destroying everything that ensures a normal life, human life, _ ensures a normal life, human life. and _ ensures a normal life, human life, and they will want to continue it knowing that new strikes — continue it knowing that new strikes and casualties are inevitable. nato deliberately decided not to close the sky over— decided not to close the sky over ukraine. he decided not to close the sky over ukraine.— decided not to close the sky over ukraine. he also address the concern — over ukraine. he also address the concern that _ over ukraine. he also address the concern that nato - the concern that nato intervention would escalate the war, saying they had created that narrative and called the nato gathering a weak summit and a confused summit. most chillingly he also started a clock of thoughts and said all of the people who die starting today will also die because of you, your weakness and your disconnection.— disconnection. given the fact that he has _ disconnection. given the fact that he has attracted - disconnection. given the fact that he has attracted a - disconnection. given the fact that he has attracted a lot i disconnection. given the fact that he has attracted a lot ofj that he has attracted a lot of attention and been a persuasive speaker since the conflict began, might appeal like that change minds within the nato military alliance? you change minds within the nato military alliance?— military alliance? you could call that the _ military alliance? you could call that the million - military alliance? you could call that the million dollar. call that the million dollar question at the minute, we know there is pressure on leaders to do more and borisjohnson has had to respond to pressure to get more involved nato so far seem united in their stamps do

not put planes in the sky against russia. given what it will make russian cities that may change, experts are expecting bombardment and with the bloodshed and loss of lives and civilian deaths and war crimes and the convoy we have seen slowly moving towards kyiv, we get to see what the fall that will be so given what may happen in future perhaps that will increase public pressure to get more involved. stephanie prentice, thank you. more international media companies are suspending operations in russia, after the introduction of new rules that threaten journalists with prison sentences of up to 15 years. us network cnn said it would stop casting in the country while blue and the bbc have announced they are both suspending the work of their journalists in russia. —— bloomberg. meanwhile access to many independent websites and news services are suspended inside russia.

facing growing international isolation, growing pressure, president putin can't and won't travel far himself these days — but he did find time today to attend remotely a ceremony inaugurating a new passenger ferry. and claimed that russia had no ill intentions to its neighbours. he warned them not to escalate tensions, and he said russia would continue to develop, in spite of sanctions. anyone not toeing the kremlin's line is now being silenced. "no war," the last words of a final gathering of staff at tv rain, once a symbol of young, independent, liberal journalism. they resigned live on—air and left viewers with a pointed message. tchaikovsky's swan lake aired when the soviet union collapsed and in other times of turmoil. in the lower house of parliament, they met to make another big move in the information war, though in russia now, you're not allowed to use the word "war". on a growing list of casualties, facebook,

used by millions of russians, now blocked. translation: all these companies, from instagram to others, are located in the united states. it's clear they're used as a weapon, they carry enmity, lies. we must resist this, protect the armed forces. they rubber—stamped a law to impose long jail sentences on anyone spreading what the kremlin decrees "fake news" about the military. i think when you are frightened of a free and open press, you are frightened of yourself and your own people. the bbc now says it's temporarily suspending the work of all of its journalists in russia, while it assesses the implications of the new law. protests against the invasion have already led to thousands of arrests over the past eight days, but the demonstrations are still relatively small—scale. state propaganda exerts a powerful influence,

and russians will now be left even more in the dark about what's really happening in ukraine. the russians have made much slower progress on the ground than they had hoped for. they'd hoped, in fact, for lots more popular support from ukrainians in the eastern half of the country, which simply hasn't happened. but putin is now, to quote shakespeare, so deep stepped in blood that he's not going to turn back. his survival, i'd suspect, in the russian political system depends upon him carrying this war to a victory. so, for president putin, it's increasingly vital to control the narrative as his war claims ever more ukrainian and russian lives. caroline hawley, bbc news. russian forces are steadily making gains in this war as urban areas

are cut off by troops. in the city of mariupol, in the south, which is under siege, the mayor says food is running out and there's no water, heating or electricity. the russian advance is also gaining momentum to the east by it is one of the drug many tragedies of this conflict that the vast majority of ordinary russians don't know what is going on here. they don't know about the schools and hospitals they don't know what happened in the attack on a school in a rental at the site residential area. russian propaganda and censorship have marked —— mask the true impact of this war for russians and what it really means. that is dangerous as there is little to hold back a leader determined to prosecute this war to victory. we know the russian people would be appalled if they fully understood what is happening. more so because the brutality is taking place apparently, in their name.— is taking place apparently, in their name. ., ., their name. the world? leading luxury brands — their name. the world? leading luxury brands are _ their name. the world? leading luxury brands are planning - their name. the world? leading luxury brands are planning to i luxury brands are planning to temporarily pause business operations in russia. the french fashion house chanel set is temporarily closing stores,

and lvmh will close its 124 boutiques in russia from sunday, but will continue to pay staff salaries. it is also reporting that the ceo of the russian airline aeroflot has left his job. russian airline aeroflot has left hisjob. the humanitarian situation just gets worse. day by day, hour by hour. the united nations as no—one got of the 1.2 million refugees who have already fled, millions more could forced from the country if fighting is prolonged. this map shows the refugees flowing into neighbouring countries to the west where they would be safe. this person was living in an —— living and working in kyiv until today. she joins working in kyiv until today. shejoins me now via skype.

thank you for speaking to us. you made the journey from kyiv to warsaw with your two children. what was thatjourney like for you all? the children. what was that “ourney like for you all?* like for you all? the “ourney was really i like for you all? the journey was really complicated - like for you all? the journey was really complicated and| like for you all? the journey i was really complicated and full of new experiences for us, people who leave their life in europe, and that was really difficult for us. and i want to tell you a story about the beginning of the war, may i? yes. ._ beginning of the war, may i? yes. , ., yes. ok. on the day before the war, yes. ok. on the day before the war. that _ yes. ok. on the day before the war. that was _ yes. ok. on the day before the war, that was tuesday, - yes. ok. on the day before the war, that was tuesday, there i war, that was tuesday, there was a horrible moment for me as a teacher, i am a teacher in a school, and i stand before my class, before the eight class

children, 14, 15 years old, and i told them, i promised to them there will be no war between us, between russia and ukraine. it is impossible, i told my children, ourfamilies have children, our families have friends children, ourfamilies have friends and relatives there, in russia, and it is impossible that the war comes to us from russia. and in the morning, in the morning, on wednesday, i woke up because of explosions sound. i go to my husband and he was, he works at night, and told him, i heard explosions. he told me that i was dreaming, go to sleep, you have time. four o'clock, it is early. but in an hour, i heard two

explosions, and my son come to me, i have three children, and my son is 21, he is old, and he isa my son is 21, he is old, and he is a reservist in the army, he came and he took his things, his army things, his... his bullet—proof vest and other things, and he told me he... he wanted to go to this war. i understood the worries here in kyiv, he knew that i will be against it, i don't want that my son kill somebody, and he didn't look to my eyes, he was afraid. but he said "i see you soon, ma'am", and i thoughti may be see him last time. and it was so unbelievable, you

couldn't imagine, i don't believe it now, that these things... come to my life at all. and... ithought things... come to my life at all. and... i thought maybe it was the last time i see him at all. and he will go without my blessing, without my goodbye. and i said god bless you, he is a soldier, and i cannot show you him. so on wednesday, i was very shocked, and you know, my thinking was so pure, so clear, i understand everything, but i couldn't anything analyse at all. i was in the moment, at the point of that situation, present in every, every clear situation and point of that

day. i took one call, some bread, cheese, three bottles of water, and we went with my daughters to look for shelter. i live in new districts of kyiv and there is no shelter on the subway. i decided to hide in the bathroom, and next two days, we live with my daughters in the bathroom. so... i thought...— in the bathroom. so... i thought... in the bathroom. so... i thou:ht... . , ., thought... yes? can i 'ust ask ou, thought... yes? can i 'ust ask you. very * thought... yes? can i 'ust ask you, very briefly, i thought... yes? can ijust ask you, very briefly, when i thought... yes? can ijust ask you, very briefly, when do i thought... yes? can ijust ask| you, very briefly, when do you think you might one day be able to return to kyiv? i think you might one day be able to return to kyiv?— to return to kyiv? i believe that, and _ to return to kyiv? i believe that, and i _ to return to kyiv? i believe that, and i believe - to return to kyiv? i believe that, and i believe the i that, and i believe the ukrainian army, i believe that i want to talk to every american people, to every european people, nobody is safe now, and this is an illusion. i

am in poland now, the way was very difficult, 18 hours in... in a train with close windows, without light, and so not in a carriage, in a wagon, in a vestibule, it was very cold. both of my daughters got cold now, and they are really ill. we are, we were exhausted, but i saw a lot of women, a lot of young beautiful women, with their little children, my children are 11 and 13... their little children, my children are 11 and 13. .. and speaking — children are 11 and 13... and speaking about _ children are 11 and 13... and speaking about your - children are 11 and 13... and speaking about your children, everyone watching would want them to be as safe as possible. yana, thank you for your time,

we really do yana, thank you for your time, we really do appreciate yana, thank you for your time, we really do appreciate it. yana, thank you for your time, we really do appreciate it. do stay with bbc news. hello again. on friday, the best of the sunshine was across the western side of the uk. there were a few showers around, but broadly speaking, a lot of dry weather to be found as well. whereas it looked rather different across eastern areas of england, and to a degree in eastern scotland, with thicker cloud, a bit of mist and also patchy outbreaks of light rain and drizzle. now, that thicker cloud was all caused by this weather system, this front, and i'm running you through three days worth of satellite animation here. you see it's taken three days for it to actually get across to eastern england. having got there, the front is going to do a u—turn and start pushing back westwards as we go through the weekend, bringing cloud and some patchy rain back across areas of england. so not quite done with the front just yet. now, over the next few hours, the majority of the rain is going to be following

across east anglia and southeast england, an odd patch elsewhere. across scotland, northern ireland and parts of northwest england, quite a widespread frost. the lowest temperatures down to —4 or —5 in the highlands of scotland, and although there will be quite a bit of cloud at times in england, i think for the most part, as i go to the weekend, we should see the weather tending to brighten up with a bit of sunshine around. cold and frosty start, then, to the day across the northwest of the country, but across eastern areas underneath this area of cloud, 5—6 degrees with drizzle on and off for much of the day. eventually, the front starts to push a little bit further westwards, so we will probably see some cloud thickening across the midlands and central southern england, perhaps with an odd patch of rain here. sunshine across the north and west of the uk with temperatures around 8—10 degrees in the warmest spots. now, for sunday, bit of patchy rain across the south—west initially. this cloud flowing in from

the north sea could continue to be thick enough for an occasional patch of light rain or drizzle. the north and west, again, largely dry with sunshine, highs of 8—9 celsius, but feeling colder than that as we start to get a chillier wind. and sunday night is going to be a cold one. there will be, again, quite a widespread frost developing, temperatures at their lowest in some of the deeper valleys in scotland. now, beyond that, as we look at the forecast into next week, our area of high pressurejust drifts to west russia, and we get these very chilly east—south easterly winds blowing their way in. there will be a lot of dry weather with sunshine, gusty winds, and it's the winds and the dryness of the air that will make it feel, i think, quite chilly.

pressure to get more involved. stephanie prentice, thank you.

this is bbc news. the headlines: there are fresh accounts of severe casualties and damage on the tenth day of the invasion of ukraine. the mayor of mariupol says his city is simply being destroyed. it is enduring shelling as kharkiv. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has expressed anger on friday night that nato foreign ministers again ruled out imposing a no—fly zone over the country. he said the failure to act was giving a green light to russian bombings. nato's secretary general says that they had a responsibility to ensure the conflict does not spread to other countries. australia's prime minister scott morrison has announced a state funeral will be held for the cricketer shane warne, whose death was announced friday at the age of 52. adored by millions worldwide, he was considered to be the greatest spin bowler of all time. now on bbc news, click makes its way to this year's

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