this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... russia resumes its offensive in mariupol after a so—called ceasefire ends — it was supposed to allow the evacuation of civilians but has not been observed. they continue to destroy mariupol. we decided to move our citizens back because it is not safe to be on the streets. just to know that they are alive. like, every time i close my eyes, i can see and hear my mum and hear the voice of my dad, and i don't know if i will hear them again. sorry... protests against russian occupation in ukraine have

and his left ten people flee. vas hundreds of people flee. protests against russian occupation in ukraine have broken out in kherson — the only big city to have been captured so far. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, has been addressing the us senate by video link to appeal for more help. poland warns of a refugee crisis on an unimaginable scale, as thousands continue to flee the fighting in ukraine. ukraine and russia have accused each other of violating agreed ceasefires designed to provide humanitarian corridors for trapped civilians in the south of ukraine. the united nations says one and a half million people could have fled the country by the end of sunday. plans had been announced for two humanitarian corridors —

allowing hundreds of thousands of residents to flee mariupol — and the nearby city of volnovakha. but continuted fighting has meant they couldn't leave. meanwhile, president putin has warned that, any country imposing a no—fly zone over ukraine, will be considered to have joined the war. ukrainian negotiators say they'll hold a third round of talks with russia on monday. but in the capital, kyiv, fears of a russian israeli's president has held talks with president putin but in the capital kyiv, fears of a russian advanceis capital kyiv, fears of a russian advance is still high. significant bombardments have hit. our international correspondent orla guerin reports. this is the reality of russia's invasion. yevgen is watching his family home go up in flames in the town of irpin, 16 miles from kyiv. no military targets here.

just his beloved german shepherd being rescued by neighbours. and the belongings of a lifetime snatched from the flames. today, many were desperate to escape the shelling of irpin. they crossed the river on foot. a hurried rescue mission in an escalating war. we witnessed the exodus of frightened civilians, streaming towards buses bound for the railway station in the capital — their only way out. among them, this mother with babe in arms, trying to console her daughter. leading the mission, the former ukrainian president petro poroshenko, marshalling the crowds.

he's pleading with nato to reconsider and impose a no—fly zone, for the sake of all those subjected to russian bombardment. the russians is completely bombing, with air bombs, with missiles, the civilian people, and you see all these people are suffering from that. and this is completely unacceptable. and when we are asking the no—fly zone, this is exactly for these people. and with this situation, we need to protect them. katya tells us, "yesterday they shelled day and night, "hitting the hospital, the university and the tax office." "they're shelling every day," she says. well, in the distance here, you can see the smoke is still rising. you get a sense of what people are fleeing from. there's a steady stream of people coming here now. they're carrying their bags, their suitcases — some

of them have their pets. they're taking just what they can carry, and they're rushing for the buses to try and get out of here and try and get to safety. "we won't let the enemy take ukraine," he vows. do you feel let down by nato? i am not sure. i think, look, we count on them, we still think that the chance is not missing yet. overhead, the russian threat. the capital is just half an hour down the road — danger closing in every day. this video appears to show a russian helicopter shot down north of kyiv, one small victory for ukraine against a powerful enemy. orla guerin, bbc news, irpin. a rally has been taking place

in new york's times square in support of ukraine. thousands of people joined the event many of them calling for the introduction of an immediate no—fly zone in ukraine. similar demonstrations have been taking place in other parts of the world, including on saturday here in london. i spoke to david willis earlier to get more details on the call that volodymyr zelensky held on saturday morning us time with senators. it was a closed—door meeting, done by zoom conference call. david has been trying to find out what was said. president zelensky was �*s first direct pitch to us lawmakers says the conflict in his country began and there were about 280 lawmakers from both parties on that call. we are told that president zelensky spoke for about 30 minutes, after which there were questions and answers, and he called for three

things in particular. they include an embargo on russian oil imports, the imposition of a low —— no—fly zone over ukraine and four more planes and drones from eastern europe, in particular soviet style mixed 29 fighter jets europe, in particular soviet style mixed 29 fighterjets which members of the ukrainian air force are equipped and trained to fly. now, there are problems with all of those. firstly, those planes would have to come probably from poland, they would first have to be stripped of their nato reconnaissance communications equipment and then transported somehow to ukraine because they couldn't be flown directly from poland for fear of involving nato in this conflict. ditto the no—fly zone which nato leaders have ruled out for exactly that reason. as regards the embargo

on russian oil imports, well, there is already rising oil prices here, shortage, potentially, of oil, and the warning of further price rises at the pumps. so, the white house hasn't thrown its support behind that embargo, although there are calls from both parties for such an embargo to be put into place. we'll see what happens on that one. just on that see what happens on that one. just on that question of the energy side and the potential embargo, one of the most seniorfigures in and the potential embargo, one of the most senior figures in the and the potential embargo, one of the most seniorfigures in the us fracking industry was reported on saturday in the financial times as saying we are not in a position to be able to fill the gap, as it were. and presumably the economic price is one that perhaps the us wouldn't be willing to pay at this stage. weill. willing to pay at this stage. well, that is right- _ willing to pay at this stage. well, that is right. president _ willing to pay at this stage. well, that is right. president biden - willing to pay at this stage. -ii that is right. president biden and last week that strategic oil reserves were being dipped into. $60 million additional dollars of oil,

$30 million of it coming from here in the united states but the mid—term elections are coming up, later this year, of course you don't need me to tell you that focusing the minds of american voters very much will be pocketbook issues, and they will include of course inflation which is currently at a a0 year high here. so, the white house resistant at the moment to do anything that would limit the world supply of oil. i might add that they threw their weight, those on the school today, behind the $10 billion of aid, military and humanitarian assistance that the white house has called on congress to authorise. although lawmakers went away for the weekend without reaching agreement on the issue. we are hearing that people are

desperate to leave mariupol. if they take the city, they will be cut off in the black sea. sarah raynsford is in the black sea. sarah raynsford is in the black sea. sarah raynsford is in the town where the nuclear power plant was targeted and saw a fire earlier this week. it is where evacuees from meribel are being taken. the clothes had been brought to zaporizhzhia because they were expecting a huge flow of families to come here from mariupol in the south weather has been heavy fighting for days now. the humanitarian corridor that was supposed to be set up has never

happened. this is the city circus ring. and the authorities have laid out mattresses and pillows. they thought that people could have a rest here, take a few moments before they carried on to be housed in hostels, student hostels and schools. but it hasn't been used. what's happened is the mayor of mariupol has said that the humanitarian corridor was impossible to set up because the russian forces carried on firing. they said it was far too dangerous for people to get in the evacuation buses and to try to drive to safety. he said that there are still negotiations going on between the russians and ukrainians and that, when it is safe and when it is possible, they will get people on those buses and they will get them to places like this. but, for the moment, all of this is prepared, all of it's ready — but there's no one here. yalda hakim is lviv in the west of ukraine — and has been meeting some of the young men who are having

to pick up arms and fight — she spoke to us a short time ago... every day we see more and more people arriving here in ukraine carrying whatever little possessions they can with their children and i spoke to a young man today he was about 20 years old. he said he had a from kyiv and he had driven his mother to the polish border and he said she didn't want to leave but she knew that she had to because things could get really bad and they do expect the situation here to get from bad to worse. he said he said goodbye to his mother and said i'm a film director, i've never picked up a gun before, i've never thought before, i've never had any kind of military training and yet i'm now finding myself in a position where i'm going to have to go and join some kind of patrol group or do some kind of training to defend my nation and this is, really, the story of so many families here in ukraine. families have been torn apart.

women have been forced to leave this country and the men have been forced to stay because, of course, that is the nature of martial law. men between the ages of 18 and 60 remain to fight and defend this country. he doesn't really know what needs to happen now. i asked in, whether you going to go? whether you going to get your training? he said i have to sign up and then expect to go and do some border patrols. he said i've got no idea what to do and how to do it and he said i've never worn a uniform in his life and so all of this is very new to him. he doesn't know whether ammunition is going to come from a who supplies them. he expects his leaders to determine that and supply that and of course we saw overnight president zelensky expresses frustration and anger at nato saying that they are weak and that bombs fall and ukrainian villages and towns in families, children and women, he said,

that nato members would have blood on their hands. very harsh words there from president zelensky who is now getting extremely desperate with tend days into this conflict and no respite in sight. we are going to show you a helicopter being shot by russian forces. —— by ukrainian forces. this happened just north of ke. vas kyiv. we have heard calls again for the call of no—fly zone. 0ur security correspondent gordon correra explains the reasons why they

object. russian aircraft have been in the skies over ukraine, outnumbering defenders. that's led to calls for what's known as a no—fly zone to prevent them posing a threat. so far, the western military alliance nato has been reluctant to use its air power to impose such a zone, in which other planes would be told not to fly over ukraine. why the reluctance? the concern is that, in practice, a no—fly zone carries real risks. if the russians flyjets like these into ukrainian airspace, then nato planes would directly engage them in combat in the skies. but it also means taking out threats on the ground to nato planes so they can enforce the zone, so potentially attacking russian surface—to—air missile sites, and russia has advanced sa00 systems which could, in theory, shoot down nato planes even from over the border in belarus. nato has been building up its air power in the region but its secretary general yesterday ruled out a no—fly zone because of the risk it would lead

to conflict with russia. 0ur assessment is that we understand the desperation, but we also believe that, if we did that, we would end up with something that could end in a full—fledged war in europe. and today, vladimir putin issued a direct warning to any country which might be used as a base for a no—fly zone. translation: any movement in this direction will be considered _ by us as a participation in the armed conflict. there have been no—fly zones before. in the early 1990s, one was imposed over parts of iraq to protect civilians, but moscow is a very different adversary. as the russian military continues to inflict this kind of devastation on ukraine, the call for some kind of action are likely to intensify, but for the moment the chance of that including a no—fly zone seems remote.

gordon corera, bbc news. traditionally, finland has treated itself as a neutral country, it is not a member of nato. nonetheless, the invasion of ukraine has sent shock waves across neighbours such as finland and sweden. fenlon was invaded in the second world war and although the countries enjoyed warm relations with russia ever since, for the first time in history, public opinion seems to be supporting shifting to the nato alliance. john simpson is in finland and sent us this report.

a finnish border patrol sets out along the line of the frontier. times are changing here. russia's attack on ukraine has been a profound shock to people in finland, and a majority of finns now want to give up their old neutrality and join the western alliance. a solitary red post marks the point where russian territory begins. and so, as a direct consequence of the invasion of ukraine, and of russia's heavy—handed warning to finland not even to think aboutjoining nato, this could one day be the border between nato and russia. it's the precise opposite of what russia wanted. at the border crossing point, a steady line of russians coming into finland. there are rumours that president putin will soon introduce martial law, and plenty of people who don't agree with the invasion of ukraine are getting out in case of trouble from the authorities.

this student's one of them. we tried to do something with our government, but... it's nothing. so, while vladimir putin is in power, there is nothing much that can be done? mm. for russians, coming to finland is an escape from the dangers of life there, but for people on this side of the border, there is realfear that the tensions within russia could boil over and engulf finland itself. john simpson, bbc news, on the finnish border with russia. isaid i said fenlon�*s president was on the white house on friday in the two leaders also had a call with sweden's president. 0n the other side of the equation, israel's buy

minister has been in moscow on saturday. putin met naftali bennett and they talked for over two hours. the details have not been made public. israel has offered to mediate between moscow and kyiv. live now to jerusalem and mediate between moscow and kyiv. live now tojerusalem and our correspondent tom bateman. there was a very specific plea from volodymyr zelensky that mr bennett should negotiate. what is the israeli government saying? he negotiate. what is the israeli government saying?- negotiate. what is the israeli government saying? negotiate. what is the israeli covernment sa inc? . ., government saying? he had asked for that mediation, _ government saying? he had asked for that mediation, that _ government saying? he had asked for that mediation, that negotiation - government saying? he had asked for that mediation, that negotiation by i that mediation, that negotiation by naftali bennett, the israeli prime minister. i have to say news of his trip to moscow, flying out early on saturday morning during thejewish sabbath, he is a practising judo and normally doesn't work on the sabbath and that gives you some indication of how much he wanted to do this. we

have had indications now for some days that mr bennett has been attempting to position himself as a potential mediator between russia and ukraine or between their leaderships. he has had at least two phone calls with vladimir putin over the last week and then came this trip to moscow. and we were told that the meeting in the kremlin with mr bennett and president putin took around three hours. no detail little as to the exact details of the discussion as relates to ukraine, other than that the kremlin confirmed the discussions were around that. but what mr bennett's officials have been keen to point out is that this happened in coordination with key western countries, with the germans, with the french, and crucially with the united states. as you pointed out, israel had been under growing pressure to condemn moscow, to condemn mr putin, which they did at the united nations general assembly, but mr bennett has been extra

careful, he has barely mentioned mr putin the nickname name ever says this invasion began, because they want to keep on the right side of this. he sees himself, as far as they are concerned, in terms of mediation, because i think that will give them access to the kremlin. the israelis see themselves as a potential bridge between the west and moscow in all of this and i think that is a card that should be kept on the table. mr bennett held, had a phone call with mr zelensky, the ukrainian president after that meeting with mr putin, and is now off to berlin where he will speak to the german chancellor. we off to berlin where he will speak to the german chancellor.— off to berlin where he will speak to the german chancellor. we were 'ust seeinu the german chancellor. we were 'ust seeing pictures fl the german chancellor. we were 'ust seeing pictures «i the german chancellor. we were 'ust seeing pictures of the i the german chancellor. we were 'ust seeing pictures of the previous h seeing pictures of the previous meeting at sochi involving mr bennett and mr putin but on this trip, interesting that he took the housing minister along, who is himself born i think in ukraine. he is the himself born i think in ukraine. he: is the israeli housing minister, he was born in ukraine, second city, when ukraine was part of the soviet union. he went to university there.

he is a historian, actually, and speaks fluent russian. these ready so he went with mr bennett, in order to help with a translation in the kremlin. but really quite an extraordinary figure to be sitting in the room there, somebody who was born and brought up and studied in the city that is now being under a ferocious russian attack inside ukraine, sitting in the room with mr bennett and vladimir putin. we don't know what he thinks, of course, because we haven't had any details, the israelis aren't going to say what the nature of the discussions were. and i think moving to that point, the issue here is about, well, 0k, point, the issue here is about, well, ok, you might be able to have a mediator in the form of the israelis, it is something that was not taken that seriously a week ago when it first popped up as an issue but now it is on another level of seriousness given it's like to moscow. the problem is, though, you can have a mediator, but what is the

substance for mediation? we have been seeing those talks between russia and ukraine dashed ukrainian officials on the border, the third set of talks due to murrow but very little of substance achieved, talk of a humanitarian corridor, they haven't emerged, and the circumstances over the disputed. but this is extremely early days. it is hard to see exactly what the israelis can mediate over, can discuss, but of course as i say they are very keen to position themselves as potential brokers. sean are very keen to position themselves as potential brokers.— as potential brokers. sean bateman, al middle east _ as potential brokers. sean bateman, al middle east correspondent, - as potential brokers. sean bateman, al middle east correspondent, thank| al middle east correspondent, thank you very much. 0ur correspondent kasia madera, is on the poland—ukraine borderfor us. this report will give you some flavour of the current situation there. the flow of people is not diminished, if anything there. the flow of people is not diminished, ifanything it there. the flow of people is not diminished, if anything it seems to be growing. it's just a huge movement of people. if you just put it into context how many people are travelling in such a short space of time. this is korczowa, yet another bus

that has come just from the border. these people have made the crossing into poland and now they're being asked to come off the bus so that they can go inside and just get a little bit warmed up. bear in mind what these people have gone through. they've just crossed the border into poland and all of theirjourneys to get to this stage have been long, exhausting and uncertain. so the first arrival, the first time that they can come off and just reassess their situation. the children, the overwhelming number of children are being greeted by a whole team of volunteers. there are hundreds and hundreds of volunteers doing exactly this across the length of this chain of... this area, which was once a car park, that has been turned into this emergency situation, a meeting point where people can just get off and then think about what it is that they do next. now, next to us is a huge, huge warehouse, and it's where they have

arranged an emergency place where people can get a bit of sleep. and the us secretary of state, anthony blinken, who has been in warsaw talking to the polish prime minister, mateusz morawiecki, just a short time ago, he was here. he went inside this enormous warehouse to see for himself how the people that have just crossed over from ukraine, how they are. because we're seeing just this overwhelmingly emotional scenes. the children are exhausted. predominately mums because the men have to stay in ukraine to fight, the ukrainian nationals have to stay in ukraine to fight. exhaustion and real overwhelming tiredness. antony blinken was here. he said about his visit that it was one of the most urgent moments in the long history between our two countries. the us

secretary of state also adding that the deployment of us soldiers to poland would continue, and he came here to korczowa to see for himself what these people have been experiencing. this is the first part of their now journey from experiencing. this is the first part of their nowjourney from in poland and the next steps, what do they do next? because with such a huge number of people coming into this one country, bearing in mind how many people have been displaced from ukraine, there is a massive effort, an enormous effort about how these people then take the nextjourney. continuously, you hear people via walkie—talkies, do you have a place? do you have transport to go to warsaw? do you have transported to crack off? these people are being moved on because there is an understanding that more are coming. there are more people on the border, more will be coming, they will be brought to here, they will be

brought to here, they will be brought to here, they will be brought to into other parts of poland. i havejust crossed, they are now in the, all nationalities who all nationalities are welcome into this country, everybody will have the protection now that they are in the safety of this eu country. but of course with such a huge number of people on the move all —— the this will take a tremendous effort, the whole of the eu supporting this country, given the large amounts of people that are coming let's talk about the sporting indications of all of theirs. we have had a — indications of all of theirs. we have had a few demonstrations of

support for the situation in ukraine. from footballers in the uk and armbands and shirts being worn, football shirts of ukrainian colours. 0bviously, premier league matches, full round—up of matches today, saturday, more signs of that support on display? fie, today, saturday, more signs of that summit on dismay?— today, saturday, more signs of that support on display? a strong sign, i would sa . support on display? a strong sign, i would say. there _ support on display? a strong sign, i would say. there was _ support on display? a strong sign, i would say. there was a _ support on display? a strong sign, i would say. there was a menace - would say. there was a menace applause before all of saturday's premier league games to show that football in the uk is supporting ukraine. team captains wore armbands and ukrainian colours and steadier screens ace displayed the words football stand together, with a country's blue and yellow flags. many supporters also held that blue and yellow scarves. burnley fans applauded to show their solidarity with ukraine but chelsea were mac fans were heard countering that with a chant for their russian billionaire owner roman abramovich. abramovich had said that he would sell the club and it is also interesting to note that chinese rights holders had told the premier

league that they would not be broadcasting english top—flight matches this weekend because of the support that was going to be shown for ukraine, sean. 50. support that was going to be shown for ukraine, sean.— support that was going to be shown for ukraine, sean. so, chinese view is not getting _ for ukraine, sean. so, chinese view is not getting the — for ukraine, sean. so, chinese view is not getting the full— for ukraine, sean. so, chinese view is not getting the full picture. - is not getting the full picture. what about all the questions of sanctions? we have seen all sorts of most by the national supporting bodies. —— sporting bodies. some change their position, they said you cannot have your national anthem more colours and then i basically banned russia altogether. it seems very much still a work in process? we have seen the u—turns from fifa and the international paralympic committee. we have seen the russia formula one take a stand, their driver has been sacked after motorsport�*s governing body made not backing the invasion directly or indirectly requirement to race and drivers had to sign a declaration adhering to the principles of peace.

the driver's father is a billionaire who gives financial backing to the haas team and is a close associate of the russian president vladimir putin. the team has now ended the contract with nikita mazepin�*s father. contract with nikita mazepin's father. : :, , :, contract with nikita mazepin's father. : . , ., father. and it was an achievement for the ukrainian _ father. and it was an achievement for the ukrainian team _ father. and it was an achievement for the ukrainian team to - father. and it was an achievement for the ukrainian team to even - father. and it was an achievement | for the ukrainian team to even get to the paralympics this week. yes, it was a difficultjourney to physically arrive in beijing for the paralympics. but yes, it has at least a smile put on a few places to see ukraine top of the medal table after the first day of action at the winter paralympics. they have won three gold medals, theirfirst came from a bi athlete who won the men's

sprint standing event. it is actually six kilometres long. then in the women's sprint vision impaired biathlon. then a ukrainian one, two, three in the men's event, a lovely moment. china are in second place in the table at the moment. the papers in the uk, the only story that made the front page on saturday apart from the war in ukraine was the death of shane warne. presumably in australia, never mind in other cricketing nations, never mind wherever cricket is loved, people are mourning his passing this morning. pa. are mourning his passing this mornini. : : :, are mourning his passing this mornini. : : . ., are mourning his passing this mornin.. . : ., ., ., ., morning. a charming man, a man i have met and _ morning. a charming man, a man i have met and worked _ morning. a charming man, a man i have met and worked with - morning. a charming man, a man i have met and worked with and - morning. a charming man, a man ij have met and worked with and met personally. ifound him an have met and worked with and met personally. i found him an utterly fascinating character, which is why everyone is mourning the loss of his death at the age of 52. at the women's cricket world cup, australia

paid tribute to shane warne and rod marsh as well, wearing two black armbands in memory of some of their finest cricketers. it was a sombre day there, and a nice touch from the melbourne cricket ground who have said a stand will be permanently renamed the sk warne stand. daniel andrews has offered a state funeral, saying he has offered a state funeral so victorians can pay tribute to his legacy and contribution to our state, community and country. and the australian prime minister has also offered shane warne's family a state funeral. �* :, , :, :, , ., funeral. i'm not sure how two state funerals will— funeral. i'm not sure how two state funerals will work _ funeral. i'm not sure how two state funerals will work out! _ funeral. i'm not sure how two state funerals will work out! but - funeral. i'm not sure how two state funerals will work out! but it - funeral. i'm not sure how two state funerals will work out! but it is - funeral. i'm not sure how two state funerals will work out! but it is a i funerals will work out! but it is a pretty impressive tribute, isn't it? karthi, thank you, good to speak to

you. chinese rights holders have told the english premier league they will not broadcast english top—flight matches this weekend because of the league's planned shows of support for ukraine. for manchester city's 0leksandr zinchenko, the issue is more personal. the ukranian began his playing career in russia, but now finds himself fearing for family and friends in his homeland. 0leksandr zinchenko told the bbc�*s gary lineker he's proud of the way his country, is responding to the crisis. there was rumour, speculation for months that russia would invade ukraine. they constantly denied that they were going to do it. was it something you feared would happen? the news, social media, people were talking about the russian armies on the borderfor a long time. nobody would expect that they were going to come through and destroy my country.

where were you when you first heard the news they'd invaded? that was at midnight uk time. i guess 3am. my wife woke me up and she was crying. she was crying. i was like, i was in shock. she showed me the videos, the pictures, what is going on now in ukraine. and that feeling, i cannot even explain you because i neverfelt myself in that position. does it also make you feel proud of your people, the way they have stood up? so proud to be ukrainian, and i will be forever. for the rest of my life. and when you are watching the people, how they fight for their lives, there is no words, you know. so i know the people, the mentality

of the people from my country. they prefer to die and they will die, but they will not give up. how have your team—mates and coaches and managers been towards you during this time? i am so lucky to be part of this amazing club. the way they have supported me. all of them — team—mates, coaching staff, all of them. all the people working in the training ground. even apart from the club, you know, the people here in the uk, when i'm just walking somewhere on the street, the little guys, maybe ten years old from the school, they're coming to me and they say, "we pray for your country." my tears are coming from my eyes straight away. so everyone feels in ukraine that all the world are standing with us. we saw the images last weekend. we have seen ukrainian flags at many football games. does that support help at all? definitely. my phone isjust... i'm getting a lot of

messages from a lot of guys in ukraine and they're asking me about some videos of support and stuff. so people are watching tv as well. people are still watching football. and they can see all these things. i guess it helps a lot for them, you know, for the spirit and stuff. can you allow yourself to think about the future? i'm pretty sure, with the support we have around the world, we will recover all the houses, you know, and all these things. but i'm really scared and my prayers are with the people who are surviving and starving now at the moment. you can see that interview on football focus. and it is a —— available on bbc iplayer. let's get more from our team

on the ground in ukraine. my colleague yalda hakim is in lviv in western ukraine. day ten of this conflict, and it seems to be intensifying. there was some hope this morning when the russian defence ministry announced that they would have a partial ceasefire and create a humanitarian corridor for the people who were stuck in the southern cities of mariupol and volnovakha. we spoke to the deputy mayor of mariupol, sergei 0rlov, who said to me that in fact the shelling and fighting continued there and the people hadn't received any kind of respite from the fighting. he called on people there to stay where they could, seek shelter and disperse, and that there would be more advice given about a potential evacuation and that talks were continuing with the russians. let's have a listen. our people told that, um, the shelling stops for a little time but then it continues. and they continue to use hard

artillery and rockets to bomb mariupol. that's why people are very scared. but anyway, they go to three specific points from which we will go in to evacuate them by municipal buses. but we had another situation that it was confirmed that all the road, and they told us that the road from mariupol to zaporizhzhia is safe. but we received information that there are hard fights on this road — a place on the road to zaporizhzhia — and it's not safe to go via this road because of these fights. so we have two objections — first of all the continuous shelling of mariupol, and next the fights. so we understand it was not true from the russian side

and they continue to destroy mariupol. we decided to move our citizens back because it's not safe to be on the streets. so, at the moment, people are unable to evacuate mariupol because the shelling continues? at the moment, people are unable to evacuate for two reasons. first of all continuous shelling in mariupot — and the other one, fights on the route to zaporizhzhia, and it's impossible to evacuate people. has the central government, the ukrainian government, spoken to the russian side about this? have they told them that the shelling continues? because this is obviously a breach of the ceasefire, the humanitarian corridor that was agreed to. we communicate with the governor of the donetsk region, pavlo kyrylenko. he takes responsibility to communicate with that side. so we received information from

the governor of the donetsk region. that was the deputy mayor of mariupol telling me that they were not able to safely evacuate their citizens from the city because the shelling and fighting continued. well, all of today, i've spent time speaking to volunteers who were at an arts centre where they were making camouflage nets for the military. at least 200 volunteers that had gathered there and they make about a0 nets a day, and the army comes and picks it up and takes it to where they are needed most. while i was there, i met a young woman who came to us in tears, devastated because she doesn't know where her husband is now. they were residents of the capital, kyiv, and she said, "0ur life has been completely turned upside down." she then showed me a video of her young daughter. they are now living in a bunker underground, and this was a video she showed of them

celebrating her birthday, and she said, "our life is now this — where we are having celebrations "trying to continue some kind of normalcy in this life "that is now underground." so the video you're seeing is of that little girl's birthday party. yalda hakim in lviv. nearly 1,000 international students are trapped in a number of hostels in sumy, one of ukraine's conflict zones. they say they have nowhere to go, no food and no water and are fearing for their lives. they have sent a desperate plea to the indian government to help save them. let's just show you some of that video. translator: in order to go, we'll need to exit the hostel, | and there are snipers outside everywhere. every 30 minutes to one hour, there's shelling and air strikes. it's freezing outside — as you can see, it's sub—zero temperatures outside. how do we step out when it's freezing outside? we have been requesting the

government of india to rescue us from here, we fear we will die here, we will die if we step out. please help us, government of india. we don't have food, access to water, please help us. my colleague lukwesa burak spoke to ellen, a third year medical student from tanzania who is also currently stuck in sumy, along with 500—700 other students from africa. for security reasons, she has asked us not to show her face and only use herfirst name. we are waking up in the morning by alarms and those alarms are bombs, shells. we don't have food. two days ago or actually one day ago, our power supply went off. some hostels have water, some have electricity, some don't have electricity, some don't have water. so it is a very big challenge. you don't have water, you don't have electricity, and you don't know what is going to happen next.

there is no food. speaking of food, the supermarkets have no supplies and any time, any moment, it is going to get so bad. seeking of medicine, some students are asthmatic, diabetic. we go to the pharmacies with a certain curfew time and then there is no medicine and so anything can happen if there is no help. we need help, that's it. we are stuck here. we didn't ask for this. we need to be helped. every student is looking for a different means to get out in every kind of way, but then there is no way. we're asking for the humanitarian... for every kind of green corridor, whatever it is, we need help to leave sumy. we are tired and cannot work, even if it is from today,

even as it is from tomorrow, it is getting cold and if it is getting cold, there is no food, what is next? there is no light. there is no water. we are scared. we have a psychological breakdown right now, mental breakdown. ellen. ellen, i can hear you are upset. are you 0k to carry on? are you all right to carry on talking? yes, we can go on, yes. 0k. let me ask you the next question, ellen. if you'd like me to stop at any point, let me know. have you spoken your parents, ellen? yes, i have. and what are they saying to you? _ they are worried, so i need to be strong for them, which so far i can do. you've described how perilous the situation is. how much longer do you think you can actually stay where you are as it is? we don't want to stay longer. we are tired of going to the bunkers.

we have been going to the bunkers morning and evening, and it's too much darkness inside there. we are lost in our own thoughts. 11 days. 11 days from the one we are going down! silence has become normal to us. what kind of life is that? we need help. we need actions. we need buses to take us to places where we can sleep knowing that tomorrow we're not going to wake up thinking about bombs shelling somewhere. we are going to hear different voices. we need to safety, we are scared. the conflict in ukraine has touched the lives of many ukrainians in the uk — many of whom have families caught up in the war there. 0ur reporter ben boulos has been

to a ukrainian school in manchester in the north of england, which teaches children about their heritage and culture, but in recent weeks has become a place where the community can support each other. this centre really is a hub for the ukrainian community in greater manchester and indeed beyond. look at some of the examples here this beautiful ukrainian embroidery. this has been done by the women's association that meets here. plenty of other items on display as well. there's also ukrainian saturday school for children, as well as adult language classes, and rather poignantly, take a look at the map on the wall there. that's ukraine as it currently stands. who knows what shape it'll be in by the time this conflict is all over? the purpose of the centre is to make sure people feel a connection and understand the history and heritage of ukraine. and with that in mind, i want to show you around the folk museum bit of the centre. there are some beautiful examples here of traditional ukrainian costumes of textiles. there are examples of items used for weaving and for making food,

as well as items of pottery and carvings from different regions of ukraine. let's speak to some of those who are involved in running the centre. here we can speak to roman, who is one of the teachers at the school. just tell us about the centre, how it came to be. the centre has been here since the 1950s and 195a, so it's been catering. it was originally set up by the ukrainians who fled to the west following the ravages of the second world war, fleeing from stalin and hitler. and now we sort of seem to be seeing a repetition of all that. so they're the ones who bought these buildings because there's several around the country, set up the schools and then around them set up other organisations. so we've catered to second generation ukrainians like myself, third generation, fourth and to children of more recent arrivals. so the school provides lessons in ukrainian language, culture, history, that sort of thing. 0k, ramon, thank you. let us speak to the deputy head teacher here. katerina, more than 100 students attend, aged four to 16. they must have so many questions about what's going on.

what are they asking you and how do you explain it to them? well, first of all, our children now, with all their access to the internet and social media, they sometimes tell us more than we can tell them because we all now spending time checking all the possible channels and websites and all the videos. so most of the time, like last saturday, for example, when we came to school and usually we tell them, don't take your phones out. not allowed. and this time we just said, "ok, let's check your phones and just watch the latest news." and you have family in ukraine at the moment, don't you? what's the latest news from them? well, so my family, after a week of hell in kharkiv, they managed to get out, and now they are on the way, hopefully, here but we see how it goes. at the moment they are in lviv in, say, more safe place. in ukraine the media is their ally and it's the first time in a major conflict that younger people have been able

to show the rest of the world what's happening to them via social media platforms like tiktok, telegram and twitter. it gives an independent view of what is happening rather than the russian perspective. valeria lives in ukraine and has been posting videos showing the situation in her city. graham satchell has been speaking to her. every day, 20—year—old valeria has been posting videos, documenting the war on her social media pages. i make content on tiktok, instagram, and every person needs to know about our problem. i think it is not a ukrainian problem. it is a world problem. everybody needs to see and to know what is happening, because it looks like a third world war in the 21st century. this video has been watched more than a million times.

it is the first time in a major conflict that younger people have been able to show the rest of the world what's happening to them in an instant. i have a normal bomb shelter. it's like a small house underground. valeria showed us the basement where she's been living with her mum and dad. it's my fridge, some food we buy, like bread — bread, milk, eggs, something simple. for now, we have a dangerous atmosphere outside, so now i'm in a place where i feel myself — i feel safe with my family, mother, father and my little dog. as well as filming damage above ground, valeria has documented life underground, cooking with her mum, dancing with her dad. but in the last few days, the war has come ever closer. this is valeria's

hometown on thursday. chernihiv. explosion. the explosion is reported to have killed more than a0 civilians. i can't believe that it's happening in my native city where i live, where i spend my school time, childhood...yes. do you feel scared, valeria? i feel scared when i see tanks near my house, soldiers, when i hear that near my city people are dead from the russian army, and our people wanted to protect our city and our country. despite the devastation all around her, valeria is determined to stay upbeat, and she will keep posting videos to tell the world what's

happening in ukraine. graham satchell, bbc news. here we have been speaking to a ukrainian resident who has lost contact with her family back in mariupol. we have no internet, no messaging, nothing in general. we can't connect, we can't check if it is safe. we can't know if our house is still there in general. also i know that the most part of people cut off water or electricity, they have no supplies, no food. also looting has started and i'm afraid that my family cannotjust

be killed by a bomb, but killed by people who are hungry and they need water. i don't know if they are able to protect themselves. and their defenders are very, very... excuse me. very weak there. they are not protected at all. i... i have no idea. i know that my father four days ago, last time i heard from them, they tried to reach a nearby drugstore just to have some... equipment for injections for my granny because she needs insulin all the time. like half a year ago, i was taking care of her because she was after a very hard injury and we saved her life and now i don't know what will be... when my father was returning, a shell felljust two houses from him and it was, i don't know, it was luck that it didn't detonate. that was the last news that i heard.

that he was safe. since then, i have not heard anything from them. i know that it was super close to my house, i know that it was less than 500 metres from my house, and if they are bombing there, i don't know who is still safe. and a lot of my friends are calling now their families. they are my classmates who are looking for their families. they all are there and no connection. like four days, all of us like crazy are trying to make everything possible to find our families, to find our homes and just to know that they are alive. every time i close my eyes, i see and hear my mum and i hear the voice of my dad and i don't know if i will hear them again.

sorry, that's much harder than i thought. alexandra arkrery. you are watching bbc news, more in the next hour. hello, our weather is much quieter than it was at the end of february but there is still plenty of weather contrasted talk about. most of the sunshine today in northern ireland and scotland. here is the view from one of our weather watchers. a cloudy picture coming in from eastern and southern parts of england under this area of cloud. damp, drizzly, feeling quite cold so a contrast between these conditions and sunshine elsewhere. this weather front has been hanging around for quite some time, it gradually pushes west and begins to decay. it will overnight begin to take more cloud into parts of wales, more of south—west england too, still�*s and outbreaks of light rain and drizzle.

where you have the cloud, temperatures holding just above freezing. elsewhere you are likely to get a frost, coldest in parts of rural ireland and scotland. plenty of sunshine around on sunday. for wales and england, some sunny spells but for the southern part of england in particular, there will still be some areas of thick cloud initially. some patchy rain and drizzle, but it looks like a brighter day across the eastern side of england compared with today. if anything the north—easterly wind will be stronger, have more of a chilling effect, wind in the north—west of scotland. even where you have sunshine, the temperature may be a degree also down compared with today. into monday, the cloud continues breaking up, and you are more likely to see a touch of frost. the lowest temperatures into rural scotland and england on monday morning. monday looking like another

quiet day with high pressure close by. a breezy picture in the west some areas of cloud drifting south to north across the uk but with sunny spells around and most places looking dry. still quite chilly, particularly in the breeze. another frost on tuesday morning. from mid week onwards, a lot of uncertainty about the day—to—day detail but the overall of our weather looks further away, high pressure moves in. we are more likely to see outbreaks of rain, windy picture particularly in the west, but also with that thing is turning milder. —— things turning milder.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories... russia resumes its offensive in southern ukraine, after a failed ceasefire attempt to allow the evacuation of civilians from the city of mariupol. they continue to destroy mariupol. we decided to move our citizens back because it is not safe to be on the streets. just to know that they are alive. like, every time i close my eyes, i can see and hear my mum and hear the voice of my dad, and i don't know if i will hear them again. sorry... hundreds of people flee the town of irpin north west of the capital kyiv, as it comes under heavy bombarment by russian forces trying to break through.

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