welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories: ukraine's president criticises the west for ruling out —— russia stepped up its bombardments of large parts of ukraine as nato wants the conflict is about to get worse. in the second biggest city, residential buildings are reduced to rubble and families are hiding underground. we report from inside kharkiv. this is so far from normal, it's kind of hard to even describe and these people have no idea what they are going to do next. ~ . �* , no idea what they are going to do next. ~ . v , , do next. ukraine's president criticises _ do next. ukraine's president criticises the _ do next. ukraine's president criticises the west _ do next. ukraine's president criticises the west for - do next. ukraine's president criticises the west for ruling | criticises the west for ruling out a no—fly zone over his country while russian attacks continue. translation: 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. a former us ambassador to nato says the alliance should and will implement a no—fly zone. we'll speak to kurt volker live. and in other news, australia offers the family of shane warne state funeral following the cricket legend's death at the cricket legend's death at the age of 52. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. russian forces are continuing to gain ukrainian territory as their invasion enters its 10th day. there are advances progressing from the east, the north and south carolina where they control large parts of territory. and i currently

targeting, you can see it there, the steve mowry a poll, in the south. if captured, it would cut off ukraine's access to the black sea. this fighting is under way for the second city of kharkiv in the north—east and the people of the capital kyiv can hear shelling and artillery fire but is now only a few miles away. we begin our coverage with jeremy bowen who reports from kyiv —— maruipol. 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 theirjourney�*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. all cheer. 0n the bus, they all cheered for victory and death to their enemies. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. volunteer volu nteer forces volunteer forces 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 remember, ukraine is not a member of nato. nato has again said it would be unwilling to intervene in this way. that prompted this outburst from ukraine's president flottman zelensky. —— volodymyr zelensky. translation: all nato |

intelligence is well aware 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. kurt volker is distinguished fellow at the center for european policy analysis, former us ambassador to nato, and also former special representative for ukraine negotiations. he joins us from washington. mr ambassador, thank you for joining us. your views, festival, on a no—fly zone? i think nato's decision today will not stand. the casualties that we are about to see, the horrific strikes of russia on civilian populations in ukraine, will be unbearable. the risks that we saw last night of russia attacking a nuclear facility that could unleash six chernobyl meltdowns over europe overnight, these are unacceptable risks and i think nato's decision today is born out of a fear of engaging

russian forces because they might invoke nuclear weapons. but the fact is we are seeing images, just as you showed in your report, that we cannot tolerate and we do need to do more and a no—fly zone is not targeting any russian forces. it's simply creating a safe space for civilian populations is an imperative that we must execute as soon as possible and i believe we will, you know? it's unfortunate we have to wait another week and lots more casualties but in the end i think we will get there. mr ambassador, _ think we will get there. mr ambassador, you say a no—fly zone is not targeting russian forces but that is precisely what it is. that is what it would be. russian forces come into the air, i will finish my point and you can reply, does not a no—fly zone mean that nato forces would have the right to shoot down but plain, therefore revoking further risk of widening the conflict? right, first off, i — widening the conflict? right, first off, i think— widening the conflict? right, first off, i think the - widening the conflict? right, first off, i think the rules - widening the conflict? right, first off, i think the rules of i first off, i think the rules of engagement here are critically

important and we need to communicate them pre—emptively and clearly to everybody. first off, there is no design, no intention, no action to attack any forces on the ground. they are there to enforce a no—fly zonein are there to enforce a no—fly zone in the air so that ever happens on the ground happens. no attacking russian forces, unless fired upon. if fired upon, they can return fire. secondly, no desire, no intention, no engagement with russian aircraft or fixed wing or ordinary wing aircraft, as long as they stay outside the zone. if they come into the zone. if they come into the zone and fire their weapons, then we will try to escort them out, and there is a whole escalation of things that air forces know how to do to escort somebody out of the zone, and if they refused to do that or if they refused to do that or if they refused to do that or if they fire upon nato air

forces, then of course nato would return fire. but there is no intention and no desire, no plan to fire upon any russian positions. i think this is achievable. we've done it in bosnia, we've done it in iraq, and as much as it is more tense because russia has nuclear weapons, we cannot allow the destruction of a country and a civilian population such as we are seeing right now in ukraine. are seeing right now in ukraine-— are seeing right now in ukraine. �* ., , �* ~' are seeing right now in ukraine. �* ~ ., , �* ~ ukraine. and antony blinken has said the united _ ukraine. and antony blinken has said the united states _ ukraine. and antony blinken has said the united states is - said the united states is trying to help in other ways but the united states government, and i think uk government, and i think uk government as well, does not want to get in the scenario of nato shooting down russian jets. you've described there are several steps before that may happen but we've also been through several stages of war in the last few days. these escalations happen very quickly. if nato should start a russian jets there is the potential for a wider escalation of this conflict. which may kill more and more

and more people in many, many more countries.— more countries. well, turkey shot down — more countries. well, turkey shot down a _ more countries. well, turkey shot down a russian - more countries. well, turkey shot down a russian jet - more countries. well, turkey shot down a russian jet that l shot down a russian jet that was repeatedly violating turkish workspace a few years ago. usher understood the purposes and then changed his behaviour. —— russia. what to the point them but, we are seeing a threat against a population of people but we would never tolerate if it was happening to poland or happening to poland or happening to poland or happening to estonia because they are nato allies. and yet, you're willing to turn the other way if it is to ukraine, simply because we don't have a treaty commitment. this is a stain on the moral integrity of the west if we do that. ambassador kurt volker, you may maintain contact within nato, surely, so what are people telling you privately? most countries _ telling you privately? most countries i _ telling you privately? most countries i speak _ telling you privately? most countries i speak with - telling you privately? most countries i speak with are l telling you privately? mostl countries i speak with are in line with what i have told you. these are countries from central and eastern europe, ambassadors, foreign ministers,

to say this is terrific and i cannot believe that nato is standing down. from the western countries, we hear that, well, this is very risky and we could provoke russia and it may engage a wider war, all the while questioning what you have here. but the question that no—one is asking, or the point that no—one is making, is yes, we are concerned about engaging butter in a wider war. russia is probably equally concerned about our engagement. 0r is probably equally concerned about our engagement. or maybe even more so. because we are even more so. because we are more even more so. because we are more powerful. and we should be drawing some lines in the sand here to say what you are doing here, targeting civilian populations with mortar and air strikes and measles, this is unacceptable and we will not permit it. i think it is something that we need to draw a line on. we are not about attacking russia, trying to defeat russia in any way or engaging russia on territory but the things that russia is doing, we cannot accept, so we will create a safe space for

populations. will create a safe space for pepuiations-_ will create a safe space for --oulations. �* , ., populations. ambassador kurt volker, thank _ populations. ambassador kurt volker, thank you _ populations. ambassador kurt volker, thank you so - populations. ambassador kurt volker, thank you so much - populations. ambassador kurt volker, thank you so much for joining us. volker, thank you so much for joining us— volker, thank you so much for joining us._ stay . joining us. thank you. stay with us- — joining us. thank you. stay with us. still— joining us. thank you. stay with us. still to _ joining us. thank you. stay with us. still to come: - joining us. thank you. stay - with us. still to come: another target for the advancing russian military, is 0desa? we will be live there to get the latest. first, the plates slid gently off the restaurant tables. then suddenly, the tables, the chairs and people crashed sideways and downwards. it was just a matter of seconds as the ferry lurched onto her side. the hydrogen bomb on a remote pacific atoll. the americans had successfully tested a weapon whose explosive force dwarfed that of the bomb dropped on hiroshima. i had heard the news earlier, and so, my heart went bang, bang, bang! - the constitutional rights of these marchers are their rights as citizens of the united states and they should be protected, even in the right to test them out,

so that they don't get their heads broken and are sent to hospital. this religious controversy — i know you don't want to say too much about it — but does it worry you that it's going to boil up when you get the states? well, it worries me, yes, but i hope everything will be all right - in the end, as they say. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: there are fresh accounts of civilian casualties and severe damage inflicted by russia on the ninth day of its war against ukraine. the country's president criticises the west for ruling out a no—fly zone while russian attacks continue. ukrainians in their thousands of spent days and nights since the invasion began sheltering wherever they can. kharkiv in the northeast is just 25 miles from the russian

border. it has been under almost constant attack. the city of kharkiv is stilljust in ukrainian hands. you can see there in the north—east of the country and many people have taken refuge in metro stations in the city centre. 0ur correspondent sarah rainsford managed to reach one of those stations and she sent the bbc�*s first report from kharkiv 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. "we hope for the best, but we're prepared for the worst," he says. "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. the united nations is now warning that on top of the refugees who have already fled emilion small could be forced from the country if biting is prolonged. lucy williamson reports from neighbouring moldova. emotions are spilling out of this once little—known border post. a bus to emergency shelter is oversubscribed. an official loses control. there is a five—year—old waiting, he shouts, move back. svetlana had been waiting for a visa to join her husband in the uk. with the conflict spreading and her passport stuck at the british embassy in lviv, she has

crossed into moldova without it. it is impossible to understand what has happened, she said. we are living on the zist she said. we are living on the 21st century and people are just hoping for the best and holding on to the end. katia also arrived today from 0desa with her sister and three children. after they saw a ship destroyed in a huge explosion. translation: the destroyed in a huge explosion. translation:— destroyed in a huge explosion. translation: the children were askinu translation: the children were asking what _ translation: the children were asking what was _ translation: the children were asking what was going _ translation: the children were asking what was going on - translation: the children were asking what was going on and - translation: the children were asking what was going on and we j asking what was going on and we said it was fireworks. what are you going to say to a child? you can't tell them there is a war out there.— you can't tell them there is a war out there. video from odesa this week showed _ war out there. video from odesa this week showed the _ war out there. video from odesa this week showed the men - war out there. video from odesa this week showed the men left i this week showed the men left behind filling sandbags, ready for a russian invasion. russian landing craft was spotted off the coast yesterday. and, today, at 0dessa's train station, panic. the numbers here are being driven by russian operations in the south of ukraine. this border is squeezed between two separate wings of ukrainian territory and refugee agencies here say

that if 0desa comes under attack, these numbers will surge again. the eu �*s head of foreign affairs said this migrant crisis could dwarf the last one europe faced in 2015. in 2015- 2016 last one europe faced in 2015. in 2015— 2016 europe was shocked by1 million people coming from syria. and now, in four days we have already had 1 million people. ukraine has a0 million people. ukraine has a0 million people. if the russians continue bombing the cities the way they are doing, in the way, what do we do?— what do we do? each day, everybody _ what do we do? each day, everybody makes - what do we do? each day, everybody makes the - what do we do? each day, l everybody makes the same calculation. the same half solution to war. crossing the border may protect you from danger but it does not always protect you from fear. lucy was talking there about the fears that 0desa may be taken. the influx of refugees

that would go into neighbouring moldova. the city is another major target for the russian army and its capture would effectively cut off ukraine's access to the black sea. you can see 0desa there. right on the left. ugo poletti is editor in chief of the 0dessa journal and hejoins me now from there. thank you forjoining us. how are things where you are? irate are things where you are? we are things where you are? we are under— are things where you are? - are under big pressure and of course we are lucky because we did not suffer the same destiny of the other ukrainian cities but it means we were not bombed or attacked directly we just received some rocket attacks and on the first day of invasion it was 5am on thursday and they continued for half a

day and they only struck the military infrastructure. but the district with residents, the district with residents, the city centre, they were not touched. now, actually, we are waiting for a potential invasion from the sea. the black sea fleet, they visited us two times, showing their strength but they did not attack the city. my impression is that we will not receive a huge amphibious landing because they do not have enough forces are because the city now was well defended. most probably they will attack at the moment russian troop come from the east so the danger is from the east. this is our impression. what is it like living in a city that may be invaded at any moment? it

city that may be invaded at any moment? , . , moment? it is a very... there is a lot moment? it is a very. .. there is a lot of— moment? it is a very... there is a lot of anguish, _ moment? it is a very... there is a lot of anguish, generally. | is a lot of anguish, generally. surprise and you start to be, like, nervous because it is not a pleasant sensation to be awakened by bursts but the antiaircraft alarm, quite often during the night. so people are nervous but, fortunately, the supermarkets are open and food delivery did not stop so you can eat and you see that there is, let's say, a sort of awareness that the city wants to resist and people are calm. there are not many people left. there are not many people left. the majority of people remain, including women and children?

many families are left. i don't have official data but this is what we have and they say 200,000 went way through moldova because moldova is very close to the city, it is 60 kilometres. but, probably, like me there is a hope that russia will not treat the city is a normal city because, not only is the city important as a port but it is an important city for the history of the culture of russia as well because the city in the imperial past and many writers and musicians of russia and of the soviet union came from here. so it is like

bombing florence. irate from here. so it is like bombing florence. from here. so it is like bombin: florence. ~ . , ., bombing florence. we really do appreciate _ bombing florence. we really do appreciate your _ bombing florence. we really do appreciate your time. _ bombing florence. we really do appreciate your time. thank - bombing florence. we really do| appreciate your time. thank you so much. 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 —a 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.

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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 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 ukraine conflict does not spread to other countries. australia has offered a state funeral to the family of shane ward who died at the age of 52. adored by millions worldwide, he was considered to be the greatest spin bowler of all time.