this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. as ukraine appeals for nato to impose a no—fly zone and a former ukrainian president tells the bbc his country is desperate. you see all these people are suffering from death and this is completely unacceptable and when we are asking the no—fly zone, this is exactly for these people. sirens but nato has rejected calls for a no fly zone — and president putin warned the alliance today it would have "catastrophic consequences". any movement in this direction would be considered by us as a participation in the armed conflict. ukrainian forces continue their resistance —

they say this was a russian helicopter brought down by one of their missiles close to the capital. as the fighting rages, plans to evacuate civilians through two humanitarian corridors have to be abandoned. welcome to the programme. we begin in the ukrainian town of irpin which has come under heavy fire. these are images we are receiving from the town — it's just northwest of kyiv where russian forces have been trying to break through. hundreds of people are fleeing irpin. some of those leaving said there had been constant shelling all night. irpin lies near the head of the russian convoy which has been making slow progress

towards the ukrainian capital. orla guerin reports. this is the reality of russia's invasion. yevgen is watching his family home go up in flames. his children had leftjust ten minutes earlier. no military targets here. just his beloved german shepherd. all this is happening 16 miles from kyiv in the town of irpin. it is home to about 60,000 people. today, many were desperate to get out. they crossed the river on foot. he built the bridge in self defence to prevent russian advance. —— ukraine blew up the

bridge. 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 comfort her daughter. leading the evacuation, 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 danger and indignity at the hands of putin. 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 are 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 is 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 get to safety. 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. 0verhead, the russian threat. so far nato is not taking the chance or the risk of closing the skies. ukraine claims to have shot down a russian helicopter north of the capital. this video seems to confirm that. president putin's invasion is not going to plan but he still has plenty of firepower. 0rla guerin, bbc news, irpin. the ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky has asked for more nato help in a zoom call with leaders. president putin has warned the rest that any country imposing a no—fly zone over ukraine will be considered to have joined the war stop nato says that there are no plans for that. gordon

corera explains the reasons why. russian aircraft had 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 fly jets 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 5400 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.

these scenes review the devastation the russian military is inflicting, but for the chance of measures against that including an no—fly zone seem remote. without a no—fly zone, the us could provide more than f—16jets to poland zone, the us could provide more than f—16 jets to poland and other eastern european countries with those in turn sending older planes which they own onto ukraine. he is a washington correspondent duncan kennedy. irate washington correspondent duncan kenned . ~ ~' ., washington correspondent duncan kenned . ~ ~ ., ., ~ kennedy. we know that the air force has _ kennedy. we know that the air force has some _ kennedy. we know that the air force has some old _ kennedy. we know that the air force has some old mid - kennedy. we know that the air force has some old mid 29 - kennedy. we know that the air. force has some old mid 29 jets, russian—made, and some ukrainian pilots are trained on those former russian jets, how they would get across the border, they could not be flown, it wasn't made clear, but that is one suggestion now being entertained if you like

by the us congress and maybe look that. we know from pentagon sources that the ukrainians have about 100 or so combatjets and we are told the majority of those are still intact but obviously president zelensky thinks that they need some sort of extra help to maintain air superiority or to fend off russians trying to get hold of air superiority and this old jet policy is one thing he is looking at and hoping that people like the americans who have the most resources and money when it comes to this might find a way of making it actually happen on the ground. the of making it actually happen on the ground-— the ground. the payment card ciant the ground. the payment card giant visa _ the ground. the payment card giant visa and _ the ground. the payment card giant visa and mastercard - the ground. the payment card giant visa and mastercard are| giant visa and mastercard are suspending services in russia as yet more international companies during business boycott sparked by the invasion of ukraine. mastercard says it will no longer support cards issued by russian banks and mastercard is issued outside

the country will not work at russian merchants or atms. visa said it will cease all transactions in russia in the coming days back russian�*s biggest lender, spare bank says the sanctions will not affect users of the cards it issues in russia. —— sberbank. vladimir putin has hosted the israeli president in the pentagon. —— in the kremlin. no details of the meeting have been made public. a spokesman said mr bennett also spoke to the ukrainian president zelensky after the meeting with vladimir putin. israeli officials say these talks went on for three hours in the kremlin between mr bennett and vladimir putin and i think the fact they really prime minister flew to moscow in the midst of russia's increasing diplomatic isolation show you

just how extraordinary these specific talks are. they have not come out of the blue, we have known for some days that have been at least two phone calls between the israeli prime minister and the russian president and also at the same time mr bennett has been talking to president zelensky of ukraine. the israeli leader believes that he can try to position himself as a mediator between the two countries. he believes that israel is uniquely placed to have that dialogue with both moscow in the form of putin and with mr zelensky and the reason is that israel has significant relations with both countries. long, historical and cultural ties with ukraine and significant relations in russia because of russia's position controlling the skies and its presence on the ground in syria where israel carries out repeated air strikes against iranian interests.

they have had to develop a pretty delicate but quite deep relationship with the russians because of that. now what happens next, mr bennett's officials have said he had a phone call with president zelensky after the meeting with mr putin and he is now flying to berlin where he will speak to the german chancellor 0laf scholz. israel says the talks with the kremlin happened in coordination with key western partners and they have said in their words "with the blessing of the white house" so it gives you some indication as to the seriousness with which the israelis are taking this, how far they think they can position themselves as mediators and how extraordinary these talks are given russia's growing diplomatic isolation. the question emerges, even if you have a mediator, what substance is there at the moment to be mediated over? that is the question we don't

have an answer to and we don't know the details of the talks and we know on monday there are due to be further discussions between ukrainian and russian officials, taking place discussing things like humanitarian corridors but so far in terms of the overarching discussions between the two countries, if the israelis can position themselves as brokers, it seems that the moment there are not high hopes as to what exactly can be discussed. tom bateman in jerusalem. tom bateman injerusalem. a reminder of the headlines. ukraine makes an appeal to nato to impose a no—fly zone. the country was former president tells the bbc the situation is desperate. but nato rejects the request, and president putin warns the alliance that it would have catastrophic consequences. ukraine and russia have accused each other of violating ceasefires. plans

have been announced for two humanitarian corridors for hundreds of thousands of residents to flee marry a pole and the nearby city of volnovakha. 200,000 people are desperate to leave mariupol, and of russian forces take the city they will effectively cut ukraine from the black sea. sarah raynsford has been to the town of zaporizhzhia, whose nuclear power plant was targeted by russian troops earlier this week and where evacuees from mariupol would be taken. zaporizhzhia was ready for crowds of people today. bus—loads of travel —— travellers fleeing the fighting further south. this is the nearest safe city just outside the conflict zone.

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told them, but it is not safe now. this woman made it out from another danger spot. she was given clothing for her daughter at the circus cloakroom. she has had to leave everything at home to run from the fighting. it was also unexpected, she said, and so stressful. all of these the nations comedy clothing, bedding and food, was all gathered here in the space of a couple of hours today, but the people of this town were told that families would be fleeing here from the fighting further south. they have not arrived yet but this does show very clearly how communities, how this country in fact, is uniting in the face of this enormous threat. all this beetroot soup will not get eaten today but there will be more supplies and help as soon as it is needed. edward wanted

me to know that everything would be ok. he insisted that russian troops would not dare enter this city. and the people that all this is meant for had to spend yet another night in danger. sarah raynsford, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. the un high commissionerfor bbc —— news, zaporizhzhia. the un high commissioner for bbc —— for refugees has told bbc news of the human avalanche of people coming across ukraine's borders. the pac grandee said the total number of refugees so far was heading towards 1.5 million. the crisis has forced people into neighbouring european countries on an unprecedented scale. the bigger the arrows, the greater the flow of people. yalda hakim sent as this report from the viv in western ukraine. it has been ten days of pure horror for the families fleeing to the north, east and south of the country, making their way to

the west and hoping to move on to some of the borders, the neighbouring countries, mainly places like poland for example, which has now had over half a million refugees flowing over their border, the un says there will be many more people with, what is striking about the people leaving this country is that obviously, mostly they are women and children. their women have had to say goodbye to the men in their lives, their husbands, fathers, their brothers, and the children. there have been devastating scenes watching children say goodbye to their fathers, not sure when they will be reunited, if they will be reunited, if they will be reunited, as they depart and leave this country behind and some of the dangers but there are many others who have arrived in lviv, looking for shelter, there have been some support groups here, humanitarian groups assisting them, but they are not sure when they will also be able to go back. there are many others who are internally displaced and there are humanitarian organisations encouraging them

to stay in the country. they are also expecting many more people to come here, but of course, the ongoing shelling of people in places like matthew paul, where there was a humanitarian corridor promised, never actually happened —— in mario paul. because of that breach they say that many people are trapped but they will try to make their way here to the west. yalda hakim in lviv. the us secretary of state antony blinken has met ukraine's foreign minister telling him that he was in all of his courage in standing up to russia. the men met at the poland ukraine border. the ukrainian minister reiterated his desire for more military backing from nato, again adding to calls for a no—fly zone. antony blinken is touring nato's eastern european member states. caja madeira is on the poland ukraine border.

this is yet another bus that has come just from the border. these people have made the crossing into poland and now they are being asked to get off they are being asked to get off the bar so that they can come inside and get a bit warmed up. bearin inside and get a bit warmed up. bear in mind what these people have gone through. they have just crossed the book border into poland, and all of their journeys to get at this stage have been long, exhausting and uncertain, so the first arrival, the first time that they can come off and reassess what their situations are. the overwhelming number of children, being greeted by a whole team of volunteers, hundreds and hundreds of volunteers doing exactly this, across the length of this chain, of this area, which was once a car park, but has been turned into this emergency situation, a meeting point, where people can get up and think about what it is that

they do next. next to us is a huge, huge warehouse, and it is where they have arranged an emergency shelter where people can get a bit of sleep. and the us secretary of state antony blinken who has been in warsaw talking to the polish prime minister, just a short time ago, he was here, he went inside this enormous warehouse, to see for himself, how the people that had just crossed over from people that had just crossed overfrom ukraine, how they are, because we are seeing just this overwhelmingly emotional scene, the children are exhausted.— scene, the children are exhausted. . , ., exhausted. earlier, i spoke to someone _ exhausted. earlier, i spoke to someone who _ exhausted. earlier, i spoke to someone who is _ exhausted. earlier, i spoke to someone who is from - exhausted. earlier, i spoke to| someone who is from mariupol but is stranded in barcelona with members of her family. but is stranded in barcelona with members of herfamily. it with members of her family. it is a story full of luck because it was our first time travelling as a family abroad.

and i don't know how, butjust the day before the war started, we should have had ourflight back but, of course it was impossible then at the time. so, we are here and with the help of local volunteers and the help of people of spain, they are taking ukrainian refugees so it has been something like this. and 'ust tell me what i something like this. and 'ust tell me what has i something like this. and 'ust tell me what has been h something like this. and just tell me what has been going| tell me what has been going through your mind as you have seen what is unfolding, as the war started and the sort of images and accounts that you have heard from people who are in ukraine right now. i have heard from people who are in ukraine right now.— in ukraine right now. i was totally worried _ in ukraine right now. i was totally worried about - in ukraine right now. i was totally worried about my . totally worried about my family, and from my region of donbas, the war has started all over again, donbas, the war has started all overagain, because donbas, the war has started all over again, because it started actually eight years ago when i

was a kid, and i was experiencing not the same, but my family was experiencing it, the same war, and the bombing and it is really devastating, but i see how the ukrainian people are uniting and how they are helping, people here, abroad, volunteers everywhere, and i am really happy about it. have you managed to be in regular contact with family and friends who are still in ukraine?— friends who are still in ukraine? g , , ,, friends who are still in ukraine? , ,, , , ukraine? my biggest issue is my grandfather _ ukraine? my biggest issue is my grandfather in _ ukraine? my biggest issue is my grandfather in mariupol, - ukraine? my biggest issue is my grandfather in mariupol, and - grandfather in mariupol, and mariupol is a total disaster. —— grandmother. we couldn't reach her for days, —— grandmother. we couldn't reach herfor days, you know, because people in mariupol don't have electricity, they don't have electricity, they don't have electricity, they don't have mobile coverage, and they don't have food and water supplies, there is a lot of

looting and it is really a total mess. i cannot even imagine what is going on they are right now, and my grandma is all over this place, is she just alone? i don't know if anybody is helping her. so she has no one _ anybody is helping her. so she has no one living _ anybody is helping her. so she has no one living with - anybody is helping her. so she has no one living with her- anybody is helping her. so she has no one living with her that| has no one living with her that you know of, you are relying on neighbours and people helping her. i neighbours and people helping her. . , , ., her. i am 'ust relying on her because — her. i amjust relying on her because she _ her. i amjust relying on her because she is _ her. i amjust relying on her because she is a _ her. i amjust relying on her because she is a tough - her. i amjust relying on her because she is a tough nut, | because she is a tough nut, because she is a tough nut, because she is a tough nut, because she was born in the aist because she was born in the 41st year, under bombs, also in ukraine and it is now like the war has started again. ijust hope that, yes, she is a tough nut, and she has some food, but we are not sure about water and the electricity is off, of course. the electricity is off, of course-— the electricity is off, of course. ~ ., ., ,, , ., the electricity is off, of course. . ., , ., course. what happens to you now? where _ course. what happens to you now? where do _ course. what happens to you now? where do you - course. what happens to you now? where do you go - course. what happens to you now? where do you go from | course. what happens to you - now? where do you go from here?

of course, all of my family just wants to go back to peaceful ukraine, and to ukraine. it is impossible right now because we don't, maybe just stay here for a while, and hopefully find some people who can help our grandma in mariupol, or maybejust can help our grandma in mariupol, or maybe just the rest of our family can come here as, we are refugees right now. ah. here as, we are refugees right now. �* ., , now. a reminder of the news we brou . ht now. a reminder of the news we brought you _ now. a reminder of the news we brought you are _ now. a reminder of the news we brought you are earlier, - now. a reminder of the news we brought you are earlier, the - brought you are earlier, the payment giants visa and mastercard are suspending their services in russia. mastercard said they will no longer support cards issued by russian banks and master cards issued outside the country will not work on russian merchants or atms, and these will cease all transactions in russia in the

coming days. plenty more on our website, president zelensky�*s condemnation of nato leaders over not implementing a no—fly zone is the top story over there on the website. clearer skies and light winds. sunday morning starts off on a fairly chilly note but sunshine on offer for much of the day. the lowest temperatures across rural parts of scotland, perhaps as low as —8 during the early hours of sunday morning. further south cloud across england and wales producing a few spots of drizzly rain through the morning, cloud should tend to break up so a little more sunshine for many areas compared to what we saw on saturday but perhaps a bit more cloud for the south—west of england into wales. further north, light winds and lots of sunshine on offer back towards southern england and wales a bit of a breeze

coming in which will take the edge of the temperature so not feeling particularly warm, highs between 7—9, but with light wind and sunshine should be a fairly pleasant day across the north. overnight and into monday morning, cloud still to the south and south—west but tending to fade away so clearer skies and light winds mean the frost will be even more extensive into monday morning. not quite as low, those temperatures, but many of us seeing a touch of frost on monday morning. monday largely dry they were spells of sunshine but a bit more cloud across england and wales drifting northwards into northern ireland and southern scotland at times but it will be fairly broken so sunny spells and still rather chilly at 7—9. looking further ahead, high pressure will start to ease towards the east overnight into tuesday allowing fronts to try and work in from the west. as they do the breeze picking up on tuesday from a south—easterly direction

and likely to see some showers across south—west england and wales and northern ireland later in the day but ahead of that, warmer by this stage, around 7—11 the top temperature on tuesday. midweek onwards and looks as though low pressure will try to move on from the atlantic, this is wednesday, as high pressure slips away to the east. that will mean a bit more cloud and rain at times but milder air working in so after a chilly start to the new working week it looks as if things will turn more unsettled but also milder from midweek onwards. bye for now.

russian forces have continued their offensive in ukraine with heavy bombardment reported northwest of kyiv. correspondents say that a steady stream of people have been fleeing the area on foot, taking only what they can carry to try to reach safety. president zelinski has told members of the us congress that ukraine desperately needs russian—made fighterjets ukraine desperately needs russian—made fighter jets with its pilots knowing how to fly. in the video address he also repeated this urgent wish for a no—fly zone for russian forces. something that nato has rejected. the giants of visa and mastercard are suspending their services in russia. those issued outside the country will not work at russian merchants or atms. they will cease all transactions in russia in the coming days.