good morning. welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and ben thompson. our headlines today: payment giants mastercard and visa suspend their services in russia in protest over the invasion of ukraine. "drive this evil out of our cities." president zelensky�*s message to ukrainians in russian—occupied cities, as a planned evacuation of civilians from mariupol is aborted due to shelling. translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine, _ translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine, you _ translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine, you have - translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine, you have to l translation: ukrainians in all| cities of ukraine, you have to go translation: ukrainians in all- cities of ukraine, you have to go on the offensive, it is necessary to fight if there is an opportunity.

and grab towns and cities around the capital kyiv continue to suffer shelling, and grab nue to suffer shelling, with heavy bombardment reported in irpin. ukrainian forces continue their resistance. they say this was a russian helicopter brought down by one of their missiles close to the capital. and more support for ukraine across the premier league. stands were turned blue and yellow for the nation, but chelsea are criticised for chanting support for their russian owner, roman abramovich. and in weather, it may be cold and frosty out there for many of you at the moment, but sunny had, cloud in the moment, but sunny had, cloud in the south, will have details on that and what lies ahead in breakfast. good morning. it's sunday, 6 march. our main story: ukrainians have been urged by their president to "drive the evil from their cities" as the russians continue attempts to encircle the capital kyiv. it comes after a ceasefire in southern cities was cut short by ongoing shelling, leading to planned evacuations of mariupol and volnovakha

being aborted. meanwhile, the payment firms visa and mastercard have announced they are disconnecting their services in russia. dan johnson reports. the pummelling of the ukrainian people shows no sign of relenting. it's getting closer to kyiv and is causing more casualties as well as forcing more people on the move. is also more resistance. ordinary ukrainians of all ages are getting ready to fight. i’m ukrainians of all ages are getting ready to fight-— ready to fight. i'm a student, i'm 21, so ready to fight. i'm a student, i'm 21. so that's _ ready to fight. i'm a student, i'm 21, so that's the _ ready to fight. i'm a student, i'm 21, so that's the legal _ ready to fight. i'm a student, i'm 21, so that's the legal age - ready to fight. i'm a student, i'm 21, so that's the legal age for - 21, so that's the legal age for buying your first barn or rifle here. it's unfortunate to see how many students instead of going to classes, are going to stand in queues to get arms. it is classes, are going to stand in queues to get arms.- queues to get arms. it is our country- — queues to get arms. it is our country- i — queues to get arms. it is our country. i can't _ queues to get arms. it is our country. i can't step-back, l queues to get arms. it is our. country. i can't step-back, you country. i can't step—back, you know — country. i can't step—back, you know. never, never. live or die, for sure _

know. never, never. live or die, for sure. everyone. every russian will die here~ — sure. everyone. every russian will die here all— sure. everyone. every russian will die here. all of them.— die here. all of them. ukrainian forces see _ die here. all of them. ukrainian forces see this _ die here. all of them. ukrainian forces see this shows _ die here. all of them. ukrainian forces see this shows their - die here. all of them. ukrainian| forces see this shows their level die here. all of them. ukrainian i forces see this shows their level of resistance, shooting down a russian helicopter stop and the country's president has given another defiant rallying speech, with a message to his own people living under occupation. translation: ., ., ., .,., translation: you have to go on the offensive. translation: you have to go on the offensive- it — translation: you have to go on the offensive- it is _ translation: you have to go on the offensive. it is necessary _ translation: you have to go on the offensive. it is necessary to _ translation: you have to go on the offensive. it is necessary to fight - offensive. it is necessary to fight if there is an opportunity. it is necessary to go out and drive this evil out of our cities, from our land. . , , ., , , land. there have been protests around the _ land. there have been protests around the world, _ land. there have been protests around the world, but - land. there have been protests around the world, but also - land. there have been protests around the world, but also in l around the world, but also in russia, with more companies pulling out of the country, life is getting harder stop the tzar and mastercard have announced they are suspending their payment services are so doing business will get even tougher. and speaking in their language, ukraine's president has something to say directly to the russian people in whose name vladimir putin is waging this war.

translation: i waging this war. translation: ~ ., ., ., , ., waging this war. translation: ~ ., ., ., translation: i know that many of you came to believe — translation: i know that many of you came to believe that _ translation: i know that many of you came to believe that ukraine _ came to believe that ukraine allegedly hates you, allegedly will attack, allegedly will destroy. layers. layers talk about it every day on the russian television. it's their job to day on the russian television. it's theirjob to lie to you every day, but that shouldn't be your fate. russian promises of a temporary ceasefire were not yesterday, which meant this evacuation centre stood largely empty, with ukrainians unable to escape from mariupol, which has been under siege for the last ten days. that is why the calls keep coming for nato to impose a knife look —— no—fly zone, including from ukraine's former president. the russian is from ukraine's former president. tue: russian is completely from ukraine's former president. tte: russian is completely bombing from ukraine's former president. tt2 russian is completely bombing with the airborne, 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. ,, ., ., ., ., them. the us and other nato countries _ them. the us and other nato countries have _ them. the us and other nato countries have so _ them. the us and other nato countries have so far - them. the us and other natoi countries have so far resisted them. the us and other nato - countries have so far resisted that, fearful of all—out war with russia. the secretary of state was in poland yesterday and stepped across onto ukrainian soil to show solidarity. good afternoon, everyone. we have seen an extraordinary surge of solidarity from around the world against russian aggression, against what is happening every single day, every single minute in ukraine to civilians throughout the country as a result of this aggression. ukraine will win this — a result of this aggression. ukraine will win this war _ a result of this aggression. ukraine will win this war anyway, _ a result of this aggression. ukraine will win this war anyway, because l will win this war anyway, because this is— will win this war anyway, because this is the — will win this war anyway, because this is the people's war for their land _ this is the people's war for their land and — this is the people's war for their land and we defend the right because. the question is the price, the price _ because. the question is the price, the price of— because. the question is the price, the price of our victory. and because. the question is the price, the price of our victory.— the price of our victory. and that rice will the price of our victory. and that price will be _ the price of our victory. and that price will be paid _ the price of our victory. and that price will be paid by _ the price of our victory. and that price will be paid by the - the price of our victory. and that | price will be paid by the ukrainian people, by the families split up and scattered in fear for their lives. dan johnson, bbc news.

let's get more on the latest developments in ukraine from our correspondent zhanna bezpiatchuk, who is in the western city of lviv. good to see you, thank you for being with us this morning. i know the situation is different across the country depending on where you are. maybe bring us up—to—date where you are in the vive. the maybe bring us up-to-date where you are in the vive.— are in the vive. the western ukrainian — are in the vive. the western ukrainian city _ are in the vive. the western ukrainian city of _ are in the vive. the western ukrainian city of lviv, - are in the vive. the western ukrainian city of lviv, is - are in the vive. the western ukrainian city of lviv, is the | ukrainian city of lviv, is the transit point for tens of thousands of ukrainian women and children fleeing the violence, war from a different parts of the country. so here at the railway station we have seen almost a kilometre long queue of women and children trying to get on the buses and trains to poland, to germany, and other neighbouring countries. it is a very sad

situation and these people are exhausted. i've seen many children, theyjust exhausted. i've seen many children, they just don't exhausted. i've seen many children, theyjust don't realise what is happening. the other important aspect and part of the reality here in western ukraine is that these cities in these regions, right now, the backup for the whole front line. here there are dozens of humanitarian aid initiatives, non—government organisations, that tried to supply the army and internally displaced people from towns and cities under shelling, under constant bombardment of the russian army with all the essentials. so we have seen that the spirit of people here is really high. they worked day and night, they have no time for sleep, they also have no time for fear, they have no time for sleep, they also have no time forfear, that's amazing. so that's how the city of lviv looks like for the moment. i

call of the city of worker bees, the people there are working very hard to support the country. it's not safe enough, i would say we still have air red alert is here. for the moment, my observation is that mostly families with kids take notice of this, they try to proceed to shelters, although we are generally advised to pay attention and also to take precautions. it is possible to hear warplanes in the sky over lviv, see fili walking in different ways as well.— sky over lviv, see fili walking in different ways as well. and, zhanna, we soke different ways as well. and, zhanna, we spoke yesterday _ different ways as well. and, zhanna, we spoke yesterday about _ different ways as well. and, zhanna, we spoke yesterday about the - we spoke yesterday about the humanitarian corridor�*s that we were told would be open, we were told it would be a temporary ceasefire to allow those civilians to leave the worst affected areas, those under constant bombardment, that came to very little, thinkjust about constant bombardment, that came to very little, think just about 400 people were able to leave mariupol, rather than the thousands that were predicted, wonder what difference that could make in places like lviv,

that could make in places like lviv, that have been so able to welcome people moving from the big cities towards the west, what difference could that make for the evacuation of civilians?— of civilians? you know, the precondition _ of civilians? you know, the precondition for _ of civilians? you know, the precondition for the - of civilians? you know, the - precondition for the evacuation of tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of people from mariupol and other cities and towns in north and other cities and towns in north and central and is a new crane is the russian army's readiness to keep the russian army's readiness to keep the ceasefire, what happened yesterday, the ceasefire for areas around the port of mariupol was negotiated and the ukrainian government urged the russian army to stop firing and let around 200,000 people flee the city, but it didn't happen, because the fighting continued and, according to the military headquarters of the

ukrainian army, that was the russian army that didn't keep the promise. anai can give you just very unfortunately, a very typical example of my colleague was stuck right now in the other town under shelling and bombardments, that continue for nine days, it is the town near kyiv, he has no electricity, no heating, almost no water left, very little food. anai asked how you managed to survive under these circumstances, she said i'd try to sleep as long as possible. because it is not possible to cope with the reality around and she spends all her nights and days in the basement. so it isjust she spends all her nights and days in the basement. so it is just this typical situation for hundreds of thousands of ukrainians, in the port of mariupol, in the towns near kyiv, any towns in the northern part of the country, theyjust have to

survive somehow. so the green humanitarian corridor is are urgently needed for this country and it is a challenge as, until now, the russian army did not keep promises for a ceasefire —— corridors. zhanna, thank you for bringing us up—to—date. it is a desperate situation for many and being repeated by so many. thank you. as we are hearing there, the international effort, the international effort, the international response is gathering pace once more. presidentjoe biden has promised his country will offer more assistance to ukraine, following a telephone conversation with volodomyr zelensky. our correspondent duncan kennedy is in washington. duncan, one of the criticisms of western leaders is it has been lots of words. we have been hearing about the humanitarian crisis, what practical steps is president biden promising whichello i think the

short answer to that, nina, is a huge amount of resources. we had this 30 minute _ huge amount of resources. we had this 30 minute conversation - huge amount of resources. we had this 30 minute conversation on - huge amount of resources. we had this 30 minute conversation on thej this 30 minute conversation on the phone with president zelensky, they talked about a lot of things, they talked about a lot of things, they talked about a lot of things, they talked about the russian attack on the nuclear plant, they talked about negotiations going on between russia and ukraine, but the bulk of the conversation was about resources and, in particular, this policy of going before congress early next week, where they are talking about $10 billion worth of aid, about half military aid, about half humanitarian aid, that should go through congress pretty smoothly, there is almost universal backing for it. and it is president biden saying to president zelensky, we are not only using was to support you, but we are backing our words with these huge amounts of resources. duncan kennedy in washington, thank you. more than a 1.3 million people have now been forced to flee their homes by russia's war on ukraine, with most going to neighbouring poland. but there are five countries

on ukraine's western and southern borders and all of them are witnessing things the region hasn't seen since the second world war. from slovakia, rob cameron has this report. 10,000 people a day crossing into slovakia from ukraine. 10,000 journeys, 10,000 stories, each similar, each unique, each terrifying in their own way. svetlana is an english teacher who fled with her seven—year—old son and their cat. fled with her seven-year-old son and their cat. ~ ., ,., fled with her seven-year-old son and their cat. ~ ., y., . their cat. without your close, without your _ their cat. without your close, without your close, _ their cat. without your close, without your close, because l their cat. without your close, l without your close, because we their cat. without your close, - without your close, because we went out we just nothing, like we were hoping that we could come back someday, but i don't know, as far as watching the news, i'm losing my hope, actually. tar

watching the news, i'm losing my hope. actually-— hope, actually. for now she is headin: hope, actually. for now she is heading to _ hope, actually. for now she is heading to the _ hope, actually. for now she is heading to the holy _ hope, actually. for now she is heading to the holy city - hope, actually. for now she is heading to the holy city of - hope, actually. for now she is l heading to the holy city of ross low, to stay with friends, central and eastern europe is home to a huge ukrainian diaspora, and homes across the region this evening, people will be making up spare beds for their kin. and for those who have no—one in warsaw, rattus lava, will be put up in warsaw, rattus lava, will be put up by an army of willing volunteers stop but not all of these people fleeing the conflict are ukrainians. russia's war has gathered thousands of migrant workers and students, most of them are trying to get home as quickly as possible, but not everyone. foreigners from all over the world are studying in ukraine when the war started. some just months away from completing their degrees. tt months away from completing their de . rees. , months away from completing their decrees. , , months away from completing their decrees. ,, , ., , months away from completing their decrees. ,, , ., ., , months away from completing their decrees. ,, , . ., degrees. it is six years already a have been _ degrees. it is six years already a have been doing _ degrees. it is six years already a have been doing my _ degrees. it is six years already a have been doing my thing, - degrees. it is six years already a l have been doing my thing, having stunningly note for exams, had plans for my life, will do this, i'll write my exam, will go to another country, i will become something in my life. analysis i don't know what

to do. , , .., my life. analysis i don't know what to do. , , , , ., to do. degrees can be finished, of course, to do. degrees can be finished, of course. but _ to do. degrees can be finished, of course, but lives _ to do. degrees can be finished, of course, but lives lost _ to do. degrees can be finished, of course, but lives lost can't - to do. degrees can be finished, of course, but lives lost can't be - course, but lives lost can't be relived. the red army was liberated this part of europe and slovaks haven't forgotten. but now their neighbours are fleeing russian tanks, not welcoming them. in countries like slovakia are the ones providing the shelter. rob cameron, bbc news. the mayor of mariupol says russian forces have intensified shelling in the ukrainian city overnight, despite agreeing to a ceasefire earlier, throwing an attempted mass evacuation of civilians into chaos. vitalina dubovyk, who's in zhytomyr, has family stranded in mariupol who she hasn't been able to contact since the shelling began. it is good to have you with us, and thank you for talking to us this

morning. as we said there, you have family who are stranded in mariupol. what is the latest that you know? have you been able to make any contact with them?— have you been able to make any contact with them? actually, i lost contact with them? actually, i lost contact on tuesday, _ contact with them? actually, i lost contact on tuesday, so _ contact with them? actually, i lost contact on tuesday, so today - contact with them? actually, i lost contact on tuesday, so today is . contact with them? actually, i lost contact on tuesday, so today is a i contact on tuesday, so today is a number five where i actually have no connection with my family, and they have no electricity and no mobile network, but i do know that maybe i% or 2% of possible mobile connection is possible in the city. so i am spending all my days and all my notes just to look through some telegram chats where i can get some pieces of information about the situation in the city. it is like — i feel like i am situation in the city. it is like — ifeel like i am a situation in the city. it is like — i feel like i am a detective trying to find some trace of life about my city. to find some trace of life about my ci . ~ . to find some trace of life about my ci .~ ., to find some trace of life about my city. we are looking at pictures of ou and city. we are looking at pictures of you and your _ city. we are looking at pictures of you and your family _ city. we are looking at pictures of you and your family now, - city. we are looking at pictures of you and your family now, this - you and your family now, this morning, and when you were able to

last speak to them, what did they tell you about what was happening where they are and what they were most worried about? t last where they are and what they were most worried about?— where they are and what they were most worried about? i last spoke to them on tuesday, _ most worried about? i last spoke to them on tuesday, it _ most worried about? i last spoke to them on tuesday, it was _ most worried about? i last spoke to them on tuesday, it was 9pm - most worried about? i last spoke to them on tuesday, it was 9pm in - most worried about? i last spoke to j them on tuesday, it was 9pm in the evening, and that day they had huge problems with connection. my mum, she told me that she had never been so scared in her life before that day, because of the bombing and the shelling, they were so intense throughout the day. and i even heard some sounds of bombing and of explosions when we were talking. and she told me that i mustn't be worried, because they have a bomb shelter in their house, and they have a really nice community in their house, they live in a block of flats. and they are all together all the time, and my mum told me that i mustn't be upset, that they can take

care of themselves. i do hope they do so. my mum, she told me that that day the bombing was really unpredictably immense and she couldn't even boil an egg because every time she started boiling it, bombing started and she was pushed to go to the bomb shelter. and it was interrupted many times, and it took her one hour to boil an egg, because she was pushed to go downstairs to the bomb shelter. but my parents are really lucky to have it in their house, because not all people have it, and most people live in basements, and they have been living in basements forfive in basements, and they have been living in basements for five days in basements, and they have been living in basements forfive days in a row. living in basements for five days in a row. , . , living in basements for five days in arow. ,. , a row. yes, and it is astonishing what we have — a row. yes, and it is astonishing what we have to _ a row. yes, and it is astonishing what we have to class _ a row. yes, and it is astonishing what we have to class as - a row. yes, and it is astonishing what we have to class as being l a row. yes, and it is astonishing - what we have to class as being lucky right now, to be able to have that space in a basement to maybe take some protection. yesterday we

talked, of course, about the opening of the so—called humanitarian corridors, the idea they would be a temporary ceasefire to allow people to leave from cities like mariupol. it seems like that came to very little. the fighting continued, and it made it very difficult for anyone to leave. i wonder, from the conversations you were able to have with your family all those days ago, would they want to leave if they could get out now? fiee would they want to leave if they could get out now?— would they want to leave if they could get out now? five days ago my arents could get out now? five days ago my parents told — could get out now? five days ago my parents told me _ could get out now? five days ago my parents told me that _ could get out now? five days ago my parents told me that they _ could get out now? five days ago my parents told me that they would - could get out now? five days ago my parents told me that they would like | parents told me that they would like to stay in the city, but i am not sure if they change their mind, because now i know there are dead bodies everywhere in the streets of mariupol, and they drink rainwater, and they have no food, no medical supplies, no electricity, no heating, no running water. so i don't know about my family now. so maybe now they have changed their mind and they want to leave, because it is like a living hell but on our

planet. i believe that my parents can take care of themselves, but my grandmothers, i am can take care of themselves, but my grandmothers, iam really can take care of themselves, but my grandmothers, i am really not sure about them, because one of them is 97 years old, and she is an amputee and she cannot help herself. my other grandmother is 83 years old, and there was a huge fire at her house, where she lives. so i am not sure that i will be able to see them again. at least i hope that maybe some neighbours will help them, because my parents live far from my grandmothers. but i believe as soon as we have this corridor, at least, please, let people get some water, let people get some food. and of course i would love to see them, i would love for them to be evacuated. my would love for them to be evacuated. my parents have a car, and if it is still 0k, my parents have a car, and if it is still ok, if it is not broken or damaged by bombs, i would like them

tojump into that damaged by bombs, i would like them to jump into that car and come to me. i will do anything to have this happen, and as soon as we have mobile connection, i hope we haven't really soon, i will call them and i will try to persuade them to leave the city. because the region where they are living, the district of the city, it is cut off from the city. no ambulance, no emergency services, can get to the district, where 150,000 people live. it is cut off from the city. all the bridges have been broken, and i am not sure how people can get to the city centre where we have these evacuation points. i don't know how this happens, but i really believe and i do hope that this is possible for them to leave. but my parents don't want to leave, i am sure, but maybe it is not a thing they want, maybe

it is not a thing they want, maybe it is not a thing they want, maybe it is something to help them survive. that's all. we it is something to help them survive. that's all.— it is something to help them survive. that's all. we hope so as well. survive. that's all. we hope so as well- thank _ survive. that's all. we hope so as well. thank you. _ survive. that's all. we hope so as well. thank you. i _ survive. that's all. we hope so as well. thank you. i am _ survive. that's all. we hope so as well. thank you. i am so - survive. that's all. we hope so as well. thank you. i am so sorry - survive. that's all. we hope so as| well. thank you. i am so sorry that ou and well. thank you. i am so sorry that you and your _ well. thank you. i am so sorry that you and your family _ well. thank you. i am so sorry that you and your family are _ well. thank you. i am so sorry that you and your family are in - well. thank you. i am so sorry that you and your family are in this - you and yourfamily are in this situation. i know it means very little, but we wish you well. we really hope you are able to make contact, first of all, with your family, with your parents and your grandparents, and also that they are able to get to safety very soon. thank you for talking to us this morning. thank you for talking to us this morninu. . ~ thank you for talking to us this morninu. ., ,, ,., thank you for talking to us this morninu. . ~ y., ., ., morning. thank you for all the su ort. morning. thank you for all the support- thank _ morning. thank you for all the support. thank you _ morning. thank you for all the support. thank you so - morning. thank you for all the support. thank you so much. l morning. thank you for all the j support. thank you so much. i morning. thank you for all the - support. thank you so much. ijust support. thank you so much. i 'ust cannot imagine �* support. thank you so much. i 'ust cannot imagine that i support. thank you so much. ijust cannot imagine that waiting, and just the practical steps in order to be able to evacuate. russian orthodox priests from around the world are speaking out against the invasion of ukraine. hundreds of priests have signed an open letter calling for peace. one priest in moscow told the bbc the war was a crime and urged russian president vladimir putin to stop before it is too late. it comes on forgiveness sunday which marks the start of lent. our religious affairs reporter harry farley has more.

they are countries at war, but here in durham, ukrainians and russians sit side—by—side. today is forgiveness sunday in the orthodox church calendar. as part of their ritual, they bow, asking each other for forgiveness. think it the “ob of the church to speak up h for forgiveness. think it the job of the church to speak up against - the church to speak up against power. my message would be to withdraw the troops, stop killing people. withdraw the troops, stop killing n-eole. �* , ., , ., people. and it is not 'ust here that orthodox christians — people. and it is notjust here that orthodox christians oppose - people. and it is notjust here that orthodox christians oppose the . orthodox christians oppose the invasion. in russia, it is forbidden to recall the conflict a war, but i spoke to one priest in moscow, who we are not identifying, who is clear about the reality.— we are not identifying, who is clear about the reality. translation: what matters is that — about the reality. translation: what matters is that people _ about the reality. translation: what matters is that people die. _ about the reality. translation: what matters is that people die. many - matters is that people die. many people lose their lives, and this is a crime. ~ ., ., people lose their lives, and this is acrime. ~ ., ., , a crime. what would your message be to president — a crime. what would your message be

to president putin? _ a crime. what would your message be to president putin? to _ a crime. what would your message be to president putin? to stop _ a crime. what would your message be to president putin? to stop the - a crime. what would your message be to president putin? to stop the war, l to president putin? to stop the war, to president putin? to stop the war, to sto ., to president putin? to stop the war, to stop- to — to president putin? to stop the war, to stop- to stop _ to president putin? to stop the war, to stop. to stop before _ to president putin? to stop the war, to stop. to stop before it _ to president putin? to stop the war, to stop. to stop before it is - to president putin? to stop the war, to stop. to stop before it is too - to stop. to stop before it is too late, although i am afraid unfortunately i think it is too late. �* unfortunately i think it is too late. ,, late. are you scared about speaking out? no, i— late. are you scared about speaking out? no. i am _ late. are you scared about speaking out? no, i am afraid, _ late. are you scared about speaking out? no, i am afraid, because - late. are you scared about speaking| out? no, i am afraid, because there are some priorities _ out? no, i am afraid, because there are some priorities in _ out? no, i am afraid, because there are some priorities in life. _ out? no, i am afraid, because there are some priorities in life. there - are some priorities in life. there are some priorities in life. there are situations where it is not possible not to speak the truth, no matter how scary it is.— matter how scary it is. religion matters to _ matter how scary it is. religion matters to vladimir _ matter how scary it is. religion matters to vladimir putin. - matter how scary it is. religion i matters to vladimir putin. before matter how scary it is. religion - matters to vladimir putin. before he invaded, he said ukraine shared a spiritual space with russia. imprudent �*s mind, russia is not just a great political power, it is a great religious 1—2. he enjoys support from the head of the russian orthodox church, but here in durham, and in moscow, orthodox priests are speaking out against prudent�*s war. harry farley, bbc news, in durham.

as you would expect, the newspapers are dominated by stories from ukraine. the sunday times says the world watched in horror as russian artillery pummelled the ukrainian city of mariupol, violating a ceasefire which was supposed to allow civilians to escape. you can see a destroyed motorway bridge and people huddling to get across the river. hundreds of people trying to get out of cities, but as we were talking about this morning, the temporary ceasefire that was announced simply did not come to pass. the russians continued shelling certain parts of the country. shelling certain parts of the count . ., , ., country. you can see that if the infrastructure _ country. you can see that if the infrastructure is _ country. you can see that if the infrastructure is broken, - country. you can see that if the infrastructure is broken, how i country. you can see that if the | infrastructure is broken, how do country. you can see that if the - infrastructure is broken, how do you even get to the point of escaping? the observer reports on vladimir putin's warning to the west that sanctions are akin to an act of war. but the defence secretary has warned mr putin not to test the uk. in an interview with the sunday telegraph,

ben wallace said the russian president would be mistaken if he underestimated the uk's resolve. and the daily mail on sunday reports on borisjohnson's six—point plan to defeat vladimir putin as he moves to assume leadership of global efforts to end the war in ukraine. we will be talking about that little bit later. indie we will be talking about that little bit later. ~ ., ., bit later. we will have a full round-up — bit later. we will have a full round-up of— bit later. we will have a full round-up of the _ bit later. we will have a full round-up of the sport - bit later. we will have a full. round-up of the sport coming bit later. we will have a full- round-up of the sport coming up for round—up of the sport coming up for you injust a moment. here is matt with a look at this morning's weather. good morning to you both, good morning as well. another spectacular night across parts of scotland. the aurora was out again and spotted as far south as northern england as we went into the midnight hour. but of course, those clear skies once again have led to quite a chilly start to your sunday. widespread frost for scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and wales. temperatures at the moment as low as about —52 —7 in one or two spots, but another fine day ahead for many of you. particularly for the north and the west of the country. there are a few showers at the moment in

parts of northern england, and still some rather persistent cloud across the south—east, east anglia and southern counties of england. that will break up at times. some sunny spells coming through, so overall some eastern parts of england with a brighter day than we saw yesterday stop even if it is just one or two isolated showers, most will have a dry day. when is latest across parts of scotland and northern england. the breeze will be picking up on the western isles, blustery day across some southern counties again and that will add to the chilly field, much like you did yesterday. later winds further north in the sunshine should feel quite present. as we go through tonight, we will see that cloud start to break up a bit more on the south. we will see clear skies elsewhere. it is going to be a frosty night but another dry day to come tomorrow, much more sunshine as well stop i will have more on that later. back to you both.— well stop i will have more on that later. back to you both. always like to hear more _ later. back to you both. always like to hear more good _ later. back to you both. always like to hear more good news _ later. back to you both. always like to hear more good news from - later. back to you both. always like| to hear more good news from matt. and as we have seen, tributes to

ukraine is continuing across all of sport. before all of the premier league games this weekend, teams and fans are coming together to show solidarity with the people of ukraine. the show of support was well received, although china, a close policital ally of russia, opted not to show any premier league games this weekend due to the gesture. some teams wore yellow and blue away kits and sold yellow and blue merchandise to raise funds for the relief effort in ukraine. chelsea were playing at burnley, and there was condemnation after chelsea fans chanted roman abramovich's name during the applause. the russian billionaire put chelsea up for sale on wednesday. last week parliament was told of a leaked government document referring to abramovich as havinhg links to the russian state, links which he denies. 0n the pitch, chelsea ran out comfortable 4—0 winners, but the actions of the chelsea fans drew the ire of their own manager. if we show solidarity, we show solidarity, and we should do it together. we take the knee together,

if an important person from other clubs orfrom our club if an important person from other clubs or from our club unfortunately die, orwe clubs or from our club unfortunately die, or we her clubs or from our club unfortunately die, orwe hera minute of clubs or from our club unfortunately die, or we her a minute of respect, it is not a moment to give other messages. it is a moment to show respect. and liverpool have closed the gap to manchester city at the top of the league to three points after a 1—0 win over west ham at anfield, sadio mane's first—half goal proving enough forjurgen klopp's side. elsewhere, there were wins for leicester, crystal palace, brentford, aston villa and newcastle. there are two premier league games today, the pick of the bunch being the manchester derby, where city will be looking to get one over neighbours united and extend their lead at the top of the table. but the build—up has centred away from the game, on city's ukrainian international oleksandr zinchenko. with the world continuing to show solidarity amidst russia's invasion, zinchenko has spoken exclusively with gary lineker about the events of the past week and what the world can do to continue their support. it is so tough, so tough. it is not

just words, but i will be honest, if not for my daughter and my family, i would be there. with this situation, if i have this opportunity to ask for my country, for the people who are surviving over there, if you can donate something, i would be really appreciative. great britain's neil simpson put in the performance of his life to clinch paralympic gold in the men's visually impaired super g event in beijing. the 19—year—old scot, guided by brother andrew, is only gb�*s third ever winter games gold medallist, after kelly gallagher in 2014 and menna fitzpatrick in 2018. the siblings finished 0.40 seconds clear of italy's giacomo bertagnolli. it was the second medal of the day for britain after menna fitzpatrick and gary smith took silver in the women's race. fitzpatrick has had a challenging build—up to the games, recovering from a broken leg and losing her guide, who tested positive for covid. that is all the sport from us for

now. ,, ., , ., , that is all the sport from us for now. ,, , ., , ., now. stay with us, the latest from ukraine coming _ now. stay with us, the latest from ukraine coming up. _ welcome back, you are with breakfast. —— kvist. let's get up to date with everything that has been happening overnight in ukraine. danjohnson is here to run through the details. this is the 11th day of russia's invasion of ukraine. let's try and give you an idea

of where things are up to. you can see here on the map of ukraine as things stand russia has yet to take control of ukraine's two biggest cities, the capital kyiv and the industrial city of kharkiv here in the east. kherson here in the south is so far the only major city to fall into russian control. and as we zoom in we can see here the key port of mariupol, home to more than 450,000 people who are facing a desperate situation as russian forces continue to besiege the city. a humanitarian corridor was due to be created here and in nearby volnovakah yesterday, but russian forces broke the ceasefire throwing that attempted mass evacuation of civilians into chaos. meanwhile, heavy shelling also continues in the towns surrounding the capital kyiv. these are pictures from the towns of irpin and bela tserkva,

near kyiv. ukraine's president has once again repeated his plea for more help. volodomyr zelensky used his evening address last night to urge citizens to fight back against vladimir putin's military. translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine _ translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine with _ cities of ukraine with the enemy has come into, you have to go on the offensive, it is necessary to find if there is an opportunity. it is necessary to go out and drive this evil out of our cities, from our land. the ukrainians certainly are fighting, this is a russian helicopter being shot down by local forces. nato and other western leaders have again ruled out for now the idea of the no fly zone that ukrainian leaders are desperately asking for to help stop russian bombing. but international efforts continue.

prime minister borisjohnson has laid out his 6—point plan to solve the crisis which includes putting pressure on vladimir putin's regime. and ensuring cooperation across what he calls the euro—atlantic area. and the economic sanctions and measures on russia continue with more businesses pulling out as well. the payment companies visa and mastercard have said that they are suspending their services in the country. so life is getting harder for people in russia, but that is nothing compared to what ordinary, innocent ukrainians are going through. life gets more desperate and threatening for them by the day. absolutely. we will be speaking to some of those ukrainians later in the programme. danjohnson with the latest on this sunday morning. time now for unspun world with the bbc�*s world affairs editor john simpson.

hello and thank you forjoining me for unspun world — the programme where we discuss the big questions with the bbc�*s unrivalled range of experts. this is the finnish capital, helsinki, a city with a particular history caught between russia and the west. finland has experienced russian occupation and invasion, and it's seen plenty of east—west negotiations over the years. so, in this programme, are there any stirrings of peace talks over ukraine yet? what is the way of allowing there to be a cessation of hostilities in a way that gives putin a way out? what are russians being told about a war that their media won't even call a war?

for the russian authorities, the media is a tool that they can use in order to control what people see. and what effect will the surprising western solidarity over ukraine have on china? whatever happens now, the west's action will serve notice to beijing. russia seems to be getting more and more indiscriminate in its bombings, and it's being accused of using some very nasty weapons indeed, from cluster bombs to thermobaric bombs. there's an urgent need for a peace initiative. but that usually only starts to work when both sides start to realise they can't win. still, efforts are starting. as the bbc�*s diplomatic correspondent, james landale, about any early signs of peace talks. there are some discussions

between ukraine and russia. we've seen those initial talks. there's not a great sense that these are going to produce any kind of result simply because talks like that have to happen after some kind of stability has been reached on the battlefield. either one side has gained on the other, and we're simply not at that stage at the moment. what might be the sort of shape of a final disengagement, an agreement? i mean, there will be something at some stage, even if it's a year or ten years down the line. but as you say, it might take a long time and there are an awful lot of variables that could happen in the short term, that we simply don't know how it's going to pan out. how far does the russian invasion go? how much territory does it occupy? what happens to the current ukrainian government? does it involve death or does it involve exile for zelensky and other leaders? we simply don't know what what will happen in these circumstances. what happens to the

ukrainian insurgency? 0n the evidence of the ukrainian resistance in early days, that would suggest that an insurgency would continue. what does the west do with that insurgency? does it fuel it with weapons and ammunition? if it does, how does it do that without escalating the situation? insurgencies can last years. i mean, i read some research recently that said, on average, an insurgency lasts between sort of eight to ten years. like in iraq. like in iraq, you know, like in afghanistan. these things take time. and i think that then we're in a situation of how long is the west prepared to isolate russia economically? how long is it willing to support that insurgency? and then, as we say, we get to the endgame. what is the way, if there is a way, of potentially allowing there to be a cessation of hostilities, some kind of russian withdrawal, in a way that gives putin a way out, but in a way that does not compromise western principles, does not give away too much of ukraine's interest?

has it been a failure of western diplomacy? or do you think, actually with hindsight, it was pretty much inevitable that he would do it? i think, in my view, it was a failure of diplomacy, but one dating back to the fall of the soviet union. the fact that the west failed to go that extra step further to try and accommodate russia into the new european security architecture. is it possible that in past examples of russian aggression, such as in moldova, such as in georgia, such as in crimea, could the west have been more robust at that point? because we've reached the stage now where many people feel that, that putin thinks that, you know, he can do what he wants, because the west will will huff and puff, but won't blow his house down. in the short term, the one thing that i've been really surprised by and find very striking is the degree of diplomatic activity by the west and the unity within the west. particularly germany, of course. particularly germany.

what a surprise that has been. germany has transformed its post—warforeign policy in the blink of an eye. it is now promising to raise its defence spending. it is promising to allow weapons to go from germany to ukraine. all the things which they've refused to do because of the war guilt and the whole structure that has been built into their political system. do you think it can be kind of limited to ukraine, or are you worried that it's going to get really bad and we could all start to suffer? i mean, i worry because the one thing i've learned in the last few days is the world has changed. i need to change the way i've been thinking for years about how i think, you know, the western european security order operates because we're now in a new phase. it's a new world. russia has done things that we previously thought were pretty unthinkable, so therefore we should logically think he's prepared to go further. we're in a crisis here. there is escalation and there is miscalculation. you have nato building up its forces in the east. at the moment, there are more

nato jets in the air policing nato air space. but nato air space is knocking up against russian air space. as we know, the potential for error is is significant. suppose finland and swedenjoined nato — how would that change things? will that stir up putin even more? surely, it will. yes, i think russia would view that as a hostile act, an aggressive act. they've been very clear about that. certainly, the russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said there would be military and political consequences if that were to happen. so i think i think nato might think strategically in the long run. it will be good to have these countries in their membership. but at the height of a crisis like this, whether that is the right moment to do that, i think, you know, would would give pause to thought. for years now, president putin has been squeezing russia's once lively and opinionated media to the point where independent voices have largely been silenced.

so, what are most russians hearing about the war that's being fought in their name? olga robinson from the bbc�*s russian monitoring department is herself half ukrainian and half russian. i think when it comes to russian disinformation, what you need to understand is that there's a whole industry of media narratives and media outlets that work essentially in unison. state run, state operated or pro—kremlin, privately owned by still pro—kremlin in in their output. for more than half of the population, television is still the main source of news, and this is the core electorate for vladimir putin. apart from television, you've got pro—kremlin news websites, news agencies, you've got influencers on social media, media personalities that are incredibly popular.

you would have a statement from, let's say, the russian defence ministry talking about atrocities in ukraine, and then that would be picked up by a range of media outlets, creating this sense of wide support for the narrative. and it essentially creates almost like a parallel reality at the moment. at the moment russian state tv is not even mentioning the word "invasion" or "war." what they're talking about is a special military operation. for the russian authorities, the media is a tool that they can use in order to control or manage what people see to a certain extent what they think. so, this is a typical example of what any russian viewer would see on their screens last weekend. so, these are programmes that have

been given lots of airtime, and they feature all sorts of experts from russian mps to pundits, pro—kremlin pundits, usually, with the occasion token liberal thrown in the mix. these programmes support these narratives. that the situation in ukraine is so bad we really need to act and act now. tell me about the broader type of propaganda coverage that there is. there's a whole host of daytime talk shows that are incredibly anti—western and anti—ukrainian in their nature. they're absolutely full of discussions of international politics, and these programmes have been described by some analysts in russia as politics for housewives. what you're passively consuming is narratives that are in line with what you would normally hear on current affairs programme, but it's presented in a more kind of friendly way. they have now replaced some entertainment programmes, like the russian equivalent

of dancing with the stars or who wants to be a millionaire. these were gone last weekend. well, if i may say so, you're, i think, half russian and half ukrainian. what do people like your parents — because there are so many mixed marriages between ukrainians and russians — what do you think they think? i think for many people from mixed marriages and from mixed families, it's what's happening in ukraine is just unbelievably tragic. just simply because, you know, an invasion of a country where half your relatives live is almost like, you know, bombing your own neighbours and your friends, your relatives. and ijust... i mean, it's a very emotional topic, because my grandmother still lives in ukraine. i think in those families, there's a consensus

that— what is happening isjust unbelievable, and it's surreal. just a bad dream. it's a bad dream that people woke up to on thursday morning and theyjust can't wake up. in the run—up to the invasion of ukraine, and since, western intelligence has been amazingly accurate in its forecasts of what russia would do. how did it manage this? i turned to gordon corera, the bbc�*s security correspondent. it's astounding how accurate it was and also how public they made it, which is very unusual. how did they get it? there are a couple of possibilities. one is that they've got some agents inside the russian military or the kremlin, people who have access to the plans. people, human agents — that would be run by mi6 or the cia. the other option is, if you like,

the electronic signals world. so, the west invests a huge amount in the big collection bureaucracies of gchq and america's nsa, which suck up signals and intercept communications from russia. and it's possible either through, say, cyber espionage, hacking into the russian military�*s own internal systems, or through intercepting their communications, they've got the plans. but of course, as you say, the possibility exists that somebody in putin's entourage is working for the west. the russians will fear that there's someone there, and what you're likely to be seeing now is a spy hunt within moscow. i mean, the fsb, the russian security service, will be desperately trying to find out, is there a mole at a high level? is there someone providing the battle plans? are our communications leaky? how do the west know about it? and if it is a person, they could be at great risk? does western intelligence use kind of psychological profiling and so on?

they must do, to work out what's in putin's own mind? certainly, particularly in a big organisation like the cia, they employ these kind of psychologists to read the mind of their adversary to try and just get any insight into someone like vladimir putin, which is quite hard because this is a man who makes decisions himself. he has quite a small circle around him of close advisers, and in the last two years, he's not wanted to meet people. he's stayed, you know, in his own bubble. you know, even now, people are sat at the end of desks far away from him when they meet. so, trying to get intelligence on him and understand his mindset is actually quite hard. so, all that isolation that he's been through, i mean, that might explain quite a lot about the anger that seems to be welling up in him against ukraine. you've definitely got this sense from putin that the anger

at what he sees as russia's humiliation has been growing, and that's really what he came into power for at the turn of the millennium — was as someone who was going to restore russia after a decade of humiliation, of being on the back foot economically, politically, militarily, in the terms of the spy wars, the language about russia being besieged and under attack, you know the sense in which perhaps he believes some of his own rhetoric. it's notjust for public display. i think that will be worrying people, because it suggests someone whose judgement may not be as rational as we might think it is. and there is an unpredictability to him. if he were to decide to use nuclear weapons — i mean, he's reminded us rather heavy handedly, hasn't he, that he's got them and that they are on the table. how quickly would we know that? well, a huge kind of intelligence machine was built up in the cold war

to answerjust that question, and so they would study, using satellite imagery, using communications intercepts, the behaviour of the russian military, and particularly the bits that looked after nuclear weapons, bombers, submarines, as far as they can see them, missile silos. what does normal look like? what does an exercise look like? and then they would look for the abnormal. there's a change in behaviour. and those are the kind of signals they'll be looking for now to try and understand, actually, is this just rhetoric or are they really moving to a higher state of alert? or are they even moving potentially to a launch? but there's also a slight sense of instability and fear about what could happen, and would we really know and what is russian doctrine? could they use tactical weapons on the battlefield? what would that mean? so i think there is some uncertainty. fascinating times. fascinating, dark, difficult. not times i think many of us

expected — even those who've been, if you like, pessimistic about russia—west relations over recent years, after salisbury, after skripal, who felt, yeah, things are getting worse and they could get worse. even with that, i think the thought that would be where we are now, i think is a pretty dark surprise. for some years now, china has been russia's big supporter on the international stage, though it's been noticeable since the invasion of ukraine that that support is a little bit less warm. now, china is offering to help facilitate peace talks over the whole crisis. i asked howard jiang, the head of the bbc�*s china service, what all this meant. the whole world is calling it a war, except russia and china. china is calling it "a situation." occasionally, you see a mention of a "special operation". but most people, if you check deeper on their social media sharing, more and more people are getting

the sense what's going on. about half of the netizens in china, in the social media scape, are singing whatever the government is telling them, saying this is all us's doing by continuing to push for nato expansion. now you ask for it. finally, we've got a decisive leader who's going to push back. but at the same time, also, even on the very restrictive chinese social media space, you start to see people challenging this view. recently, we had five professors... this is really rare now in china with all the crackdowns — openly coming out, calling for peace and denouncing the war. and also, we have lots and lots of people online praising the bravery of the ukrainians, but those posts may not stay too long. we thought that the china—russia relationship was so strong that china was actually making it possible for putin

to invade ukraine. is that strength of relationship still there, or is it fading? i think if you just look at the official media, the strength is very much there. but deep down, i think even scholars, pro—government scholars or government scholars are privately airing a lot more caution and saying, "0k, we really have to think of our own interest and to put things into long term perspective. if we really, really decide to go down with putin along this way, this road, in five, ten years, do we want to face the same scenarios, being isolated totally from the world? and from some of the actions, from the un vote, china decided to, you know, instead of supporting russia, they abstained, and from other signs that apparently chinese state banks

have not really opened up their coffer and extended loans to russia as many expected yet. but china did lift the ban on importing russian wheat and energy. of course, china is buying lots of energy. so, those things will offer russia money. of course, china has a kind of sort of mirror version of that with taiwan, doesn't it? i remember seeing something on weibo, the chinese equivalent of, i don't know, twitter or whatever, somebody writing now would be a good time to go into taiwan. do you think that's what the leaders believe? we did see a lot of what they call the wolf warrior youth, or some of the, you know, the really hot—blooded nationalists online, and even taunting taiwan, saying, you know, the ukrainians are demonstrating to you what's going to happen if you keep pushing for it. but now i think even the officials have come out on a couple

of occasions saying, you know, please do not link the two. they're not the same issue. the taiwanese presumably would resist with something of the ferocity of the ukrainians, and the west would take the same sort of action against china that they're taking against russia. whatever happens now, the west's action will serve notice to beijing. they will have to recalibrate their future actions on whether to take military action. even though, you know, taking military action in the taiwan straits is a lot more difficult than russia takin- action in ukraine. but, taiwan, you do have a strait. you do have the water there, and taiwan is armed to the teeth with all the modern defences. so, it's not as simple as the ukraine operation, of course. is it true to say that the chinese government doesn't like losers,

and if it identifies putin as a loser, they'll move away from him? beijing and moscow see the west as an example of failure. but now, if putin's adventure in ukraine turns out to be a major failure, if not, you know, a complete disaster, i think it will eventually make quite a few people think again. north korea, under its eccentric leader, kimjong—un, has also been a supporter of russia and has duly blamed the united states for forcing russia to invade ukraine. but even north korea has become a bit less strident now. a few days ago, it fired what south korea thought was a ballistic missile into the sea nearby, but north korea said it was just launching a communications satellite. what is the north

korean approach now? su min hwang, editor of the bbc korean service. we have seen missile launches and tests in the past. however, the timing of this and the frequency of this is very, very unusual. there are various reasons for this. one is to do with the us and joe biden's lack of appetite of engaging with north korea. as we've seen, we have seen a flurry of excitement a few years ago when donald trump was in power, and they even met a few times. however, joe biden has called kim jong—un a tyrant, and he has imposed his very first sanction in north korea this january. so, what north korea wants to do is to get attention from the us and create a sense of crisis so that north korea can resume the talks with the us. because things are going really badly. things are very bad. covid has not helped at all. north korea border has shut down very tightly and strictly in the last two years,

and because the trade has been shut down, mainly with china, and due to the imposed sanctions, strict sanctions from the international world, the economy has been going down and down and down. so, this is essentially kim jong—un jumping up and down, shouting, saying, "take notice of me, i want to talk to you. i'm going to make you talk to me." have i got that right? in a sense, yes. north korea is also showing a show of force here. yes, the economy is really bad. it's also showing to the world, despite those things that's going on locally, we still have these capabilities, and we are seeing various range, long range, short range. they are getting faster. some of them can evade detection, the radar detection. so, it is saying to the world that "we are improving and you've got to take notice of us." this also sends a very powerful message to their own people in north korea.

it unifies people against the common enemies, normally, the south korea and the us. it also distracts people from the economic difficulties. what do you think about the relationship between kimjong—un and china? we have been seeing some very interesting, subtle changes in their relationship. china still continues to be their biggest ally, economically and politically, and recently we have been seeing signs of north korea opening up their borders and opening up imports from china. however, in the last few years, there has been some rhetoric and nuances from china condemning north korea's continued missile launches. do you get the feeling that he's walking a tightrope — that everything could start collapsing in north korea and he would collapse with it? or do you think he's there, like his father, like his grandfather, into the long, distant future?

when you see all these missiles being launched from north korea so frequently, it might seem as if it's a very rogue nation just throwing its toys out of the pram or throwing a tantrum. however, when you really look into their tone, what they say and what they don't say, you can really see a lot of calculations being put behind this. what kim is doing here is that, yes, they are testing missiles, but actually they're turning back on that really super—duper ultra—aggressive message to the world. su min hwang, editor of the bbc�*s korean service. here in the centre of helsinki is the idiosyncratic monument to the winter war of 1939—40, when the russians invaded finland full of confidence and got a bloody nose. sound familiar? the fighting ground on until peace talks came up with a solution. russia kept some finnish territory, but finland

maintained its independence. might there be parallels with ukraine? it's certainly worth bearing in mind. thank you forjoining me for unspun world. until the next time, goodbye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and ben thompson. our headlines today: "drive this evil out of our cities." president zelensky�*s message to ukrainians in russian occupied cities, as a planned evacuation of civilians from mariupol is aborted due to shelling. translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine -

where the enemy has come in to, you have to go on the offensive, it is necessary to fight if there is an opportunity. payment giants mastercard and visa suspend their services in russia in protest over the invasion of ukraine. towns and cities around the capital kyiv continue to suffer shelling, with heavy bombardment reported in irpin. ukrainian forces continue their resistance. they say this was a russian helicopter brought down by one of their missiles close to the capital. and more support for ukraine across the premier league. stands were turned blue and yellow for the nation, but chelsea fans are criticized for chanting support for their russian owner roman abramovich. and in weather, it may be cold and frosty out there for many of you at the moment, but another sunny day ahead, a little bit more cloud in the south. i'll have details on that and what lies ahead this week here on breakfast. it's sunday, 6 march.

our main story: ukrainians have been urged by their president to "drive the evil from their cities" as the russians continue attempts to encircle the capital kyiv. it comes after a ceasefire in southern cities was cut short by ongoing shelling, leading to planned evacuations of mariupol and volnovakha being aborted. meanwhile, the payment firms, visa and mastercard, have announced they are disconnecting their services in russia. dan johnson reports. the pummelling of the ukrainian people shows no sign of relenting. it's getting closer to kyiv and it's causing more casualties as well as forcing more people on the move. it's also sparking more resistance. ordinary ukrainians of all ages are getting ready to fight. i'm a student, i'm 21, so that's the legal age for buying your first gun or rifle here. it's unfortunate to see how many students instead of going to classes, are going to stand in queues to get arms.

it's our country. i can't step back, you know. never, never. live or die, for sure. everyone — every russian will die here. we will burn them. all of them. ukrainian forces say this shows their level of resistance, shooting down a russian helicopter. and the country's president has given another defiant rallying speech, with a message to his own people living under occupation. translation: you have to go on the offensive. l it is necessary to fight if there is an opportunity. it is necessary to go out and drive this evil out of our cities, from our land. there have been protests around the world, but also in russia. with more companies pulling out of the country, life is getting harder. visa and mastercard have announced they are suspending their payment services, so doing business

will get even tougher. and speaking in their language, ukraine's president has something to say directly to the russian people in whose name vladimir putin is waging this war. translation: | know that - many of you came to believe that ukraine allegedly hates you, allegedly will attack, allegedly will destroy. liars. liars talk about it every day on the russian television. it's theirjob to lie to you every day, but that shouldn't be your fate. russian promises of a temporary ceasefire weren't kept yesterday, which meant this evacuation centre stood largely empty, with ukrainians unable to escape from mariupol, which has been under siege for the last ten days. there are dead bodies everywhere in the streets of mariupol, the drink rainwater. they have no heat or medical supplies or running water. so i don't know about my family now.

maybe now they change their mind and want to leave. because it is like living hell, but on our planet. that is why the calls keep coming for nato to impose a no—fly zone, including from ukraine's former president. the russian is completely bombing with the airborne, in the south, 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. the us and other nato countries have so far resisted that, fearful of all—out war with russia. but the secretary of state was in poland yesterday and stepped across onto ukrainian soil to show solidarity. good afternoon, everyone. we've seen an extraordinary surge of support from around the world against russia's aggression, against russia's war of choice, against what is happening every single day, every single minute in ukraine to civilians throughout the country as a result of this aggression. ukraine will win this war anyway, because this is the people's war

fortheir land and we defend the right cause. the question is the price, the price of our victory. and that price will be paid by the ukrainian people, by the families split up and scattered in fear for their lives. dan johnson, bbc news. let's get more on the latest developments in ukraine from our correspondent zhanna bezpiatchuk, who is in the western city of lviv. just give us a bit of an idea, we're looking at the picture behind you, which looks peaceful compared to those pictures from mariupol, for example, i'm sure it feels1 million miles away but so close to where you are. , , miles away but so close to where you are, , , . ., miles away but so close to where you are. , , .. , , miles away but so close to where you are. , , , ., are. yes, but i can see this kind of silence is quite _ are. yes, but i can see this kind of silence is quite ominous _ are. yes, but i can see this kind of silence is quite ominous in - are. yes, but i can see this kind of| silence is quite ominous in ukraine. as long as there is no safe place in this country anymore and even here in western ukraine there are still

air raid warnings. we received one of them just recently, and families with children are advised to go to the shelters, others decide for themselves whether they do this. in this part of the country you can hear warplanes of the skies of lviv. so the war is visible here as well. but what is most important about this part of the country is that the backbone for the frontline. here there are dozens of humanitarian groups that help the military and internally displaced people and help them with essentials.— them with essentials. zhanna with them with essentials. zhanna with the very latest _ them with essentials. zhanna with the very latest from _ them with essentials. zhanna with the very latest from lviv, - them with essentials. zhanna with the very latest from lviv, thanks. | we have been talking about the growing humanitarian problem is thousands of civilians try to leave ukraine. our news correspondent kasia madera is on the ukraine—poland border this morning.

kasia good morning to you, we discussed the growing humanitarian crisis, the amount of people flowing over the border, it was organised chaos, how has it been of the past 24 hours? , , ,, , chaos, how has it been of the past 24 hours? , , ~ , ., 24 hours? the numbers keep growing, these are people _ 24 hours? the numbers keep growing, these are people who _ 24 hours? the numbers keep growing, these are people who have _ 24 hours? the numbers keep growing, these are people who have just - these are people who have just crossed over the border, the body is just over there, this is medical, one of the largest border crossings between the ukraine and poland, and these people have just crossed over these people have just crossed over the border —— between ukraine. all of their journey is the border —— between ukraine. all of theirjourney is long, all of the journey is exhausting, all of their journeys individual in terms of what they experience, and the reasons they experience, and the reasons they feel the need to flee ukraine. the one thing is consistent, the numbers keep growing, they keep rising, and poland is very aware of that. this country has taken an over half of that immense figure of people who have been displaced in such a short period of time. and the

organisational groups, the volunteers, the scouts, all the different people that have come together to provide that first assistance for these people who have literallyjust assistance for these people who have literally just experienced assistance for these people who have literallyjust experienced the kind of turmoil that is unimaginable, they havejust of turmoil that is unimaginable, they have just crossed the border, this is the first moment that they get a little bit of safety, something to eat, it is cold here, minus one degree right now, they are called, they are exhausted, and this is their reception, the first point of call they will get stop so a whole team of volunteers enabling this to happen, all of them working, all of this stuff has been donated, the nappies, the children's formula, the nappies, the children's formula, the children's food, because, ultimately, there is a huge number of women and children that are coming through this border, given that the ukrainian national men are obliged to stay and support the fighting within ukraine. this is an

overwhelming scenario here. if we just take a look over here, this is where they then move on to, a continuous stream of people. they will now be waiting for a bus to take them onto the next leg of the journey, to reception centres we have been visiting throughout our time here. the reception centres where, once again, you have got warehouses converted into areas where people can sleep, it is where antony blinken, the us secretary of state, was visiting one of these places yesterday. this is the first places yesterday. this is the first place that all of these people are coming to. we have been here for over a week, we are seeing the dynamic of this change, how sometimes there is a large flood of people coming through, sometimes fewer, but it is consistent. these people are fleeing their homes, they have taken everything they can, their individualjourneys are extremely difficult, but they are welcome to poland, the eu has opened its borders, they are to now begin the next stage of their journey. lots and lots and lots of homes opening their doors to welcome these

people in, because they need care, they need attention, and, ultimately, theyjust need to rest. yes, kasia, for now thank you. it is interesting to see how the work is being done, a logistical issue for the thousands pouring across the board as they get to safety. borisjohnson is urging world leaders to match their tough words about russia's invasion with action. he is setting out a six—point plan aimed at continuing to apply pressure and hopes other nations will do the same. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. so he is suggesting actions over words. is there anything in the 6—point plan that much is that? this 6-point plan that much is that? this is the 6-point _ 6—point plan that much is that? tt 3 is the 6—point plan that boris johnson are setting out. it is not a new strategy. what it is is really sort of pulling together all of the things that the international community are already doing into this one plan. so the six points in it are mobilising international humanitarian coalition for ukraine,

talks about supporting ukraine in its efforts for its own self defence, maximising the economic pressure on vladimir putin's regime, which we have seen through the tough sanctions being applied by a number of countries, preventing what he calls the ripping normalisation of what russia is doing in ukraine. part of the plan is to keep pursuing diplomatic piles to try to de—escalate that, though he is clear that should have the full involvement of ukraine's legitimate government. also beginning a rapid campaign to strengthen security across nato. those are all things that are already happening. we will see a lot of diplomatic efforts this week, in downing street on monday we have the canadian prime minister, justin trudeau, and mike russia will be there on tuesday, it will be the leaders of the czech republic, hungary, poland, the one thing that is not in the plan is the no—fly zone, which ukrainians have been calling for. tt zone, which ukrainians have been callin: for. . , zone, which ukrainians have been calling for-— calling for. it has been the big issue this _ calling for. it has been the big issue this week. _ calling for. it has been the big issue this week. helen - calling for. it has been the big issue this week. helen in - calling for. it has been the big - issue this week. helen in london, thank you.

more than a 1.3 million people have now been forced to flee their homes by russia's war on ukraine, with most going to neighbouring poland. but there are five countries on ukraine's western and southern borders, and all of them are witnessing things the region hasn't seen since the second world war. from slovakia, rob cameron has this report. 10,000 people a day crossing into slovakia from ukraine. 10,000 journeys, 10,000 stories, each similar, each unique, each terrifying in their own way. svetlana is an english teacher from the town of korosten who fled with her seven—year—old son iliya and their cat. without your house, without your clothes, because we went out we just nothing, like, we were hoping that we could come back someday, but i don't know, as far as watching the news, i'm losing my hope, actually.

for now, she's heading to the polish city of rzeszow to stay with friends. central and eastern europe is home to a huge ukrainian diaspora. in homes across the region this evening, people will be making up spare beds for their kin. and for those who have no—one in warsaw, bratislava, or prague will be put up by an army of willing volunteers. but not all of these people fleeing the conflict are ukrainians. russia's war has scattered thousands of migrant workers and students and most of them are trying to get home as quickly as possible, but not everyone. foreigners from all over the world were studying in ukraine when the war started. some just months away from completing their degrees. it is six years already i have been doing my thing, i have been studying late night for exams, had plans for my life, will do this, i'll write my exam, i will go to another country, i will become something in my life. but now i don't know what to do.

degrees can be finished, of course, but lives lost can't be relived. the red army once liberated this part of europe and slovaks haven't forgotten. but now their neighbours are fleeing russian tanks, not welcoming them. and countries like slovakia are the ones providing the shelter. rob cameron, bbc news, on the slovak—ukrainian border. donations of aid to help those fleeing the war in ukraine are continuing to come in across the uk. meanwhile protests against russia's invasion have also taken place in a further demonstration of support for ukrainian people. luxmy gopal reports. standing upfor standing up for those facing war, crowds gathered in london's trafalgar square for prayers for ukraine in protest against prudent�*s

invasion. rallies were held across the breadth and length of the uk, from torquay up to shetland —— putin. where there was a minute's silence and messages of report. we send silence and messages of report. 2 spend that little extra second or two hugging our children good night as we see children sleeping in underground metro stations. people are standing — underground metro stations. people are standing together _ underground metro stations. people are standing together and _ underground metro stations. people are standing together and shetland l are standing together and shetland stands _ are standing together and shetland stands behind ukraine. people are raising _ stands behind ukraine. people are raising money, people will be looking — raising money, people will be looking for ways to support the country. — looking for ways to support the country, and most of all our thoughts _ country, and most of all our thoughts are with the people of ukraine — thoughts are with the people of ukraine and all the families. in ukraine and all the families. glasgow's ukraine and all the families. t�*t glasgow's george square, people stood in solidarity. in shrewsbury, they marched. taste stood in solidarity. in shrewsbury, they marched-— stood in solidarity. in shrewsbury, the marched. ~ , . ,, ., they marched. we stand with ukraine! in they marched. we stand with ukraine! in manchester. _ they marched. we stand with ukraine! in manchester, the _ they marched. we stand with ukraine! in manchester, the ukrainian - in manchester, the ukrainian national anthem played. with crowds waving yellow and blue for the people of ukraine. t waving yellow and blue for the people of ukraine.— waving yellow and blue for the people of ukraine. i care deeply. the are people of ukraine. i care deeply. they are good — people of ukraine. i care deeply. they are good people, _ people of ukraine. i care deeply. they are good people, and - people of ukraine. i care deeply. they are good people, and theyl people of ukraine. i care deeply. - they are good people, and they don't deserve this, and may ijust say,

russian people don't deserve this either. , ., either. hundreds turned out in new york to call — either. hundreds turned out in new york to call for _ either. hundreds turned out in new york to call for an _ either. hundreds turned out in new york to call for an end _ either. hundreds turned out in new york to call for an end to _ either. hundreds turned out in new york to call for an end to the - york to call for an end to the conflict. t york to call for an end to the conflict. . . ., ., , ., conflict. i marched against iraq in london. i can't— conflict. i marched against iraq in london. i can't march _ conflict. i marched against iraq in london. i can't march anymore, i conflict. i marched against iraq in i london. i can't march anymore, but conflict. i marched against iraq in - london. i can't march anymore, but i can sit in the rain against putin. is also a wake—up call, i think, for the whole — is also a wake—up call, i think, for the whole of— is also a wake—up call, i think, for the whole of the west that maybe we have taken _ the whole of the west that maybe we have taken peaceful granted a bit in recent— have taken peaceful granted a bit in recent years, and peace is something you need _ recent years, and peace is something you need to _ recent years, and peace is something you need to work out.— you need to work out. meanwhile, donated supplies _ you need to work out. meanwhile, donated supplies for _ you need to work out. meanwhile, donated supplies for ukrainian - donated supplies for ukrainian refugees continued to pour in. this collection hub in hove, like many across the country, has been inundated. tt across the country, has been inundated-— across the country, has been inundated. , ., ., inundated. it is so great, from the bottom of our— inundated. it is so great, from the bottom of our hearts, _ inundated. it is so great, from the bottom of our hearts, to _ inundated. it is so great, from the bottom of our hearts, to any - inundated. it is so great, from the i bottom of our hearts, to any person, england, ukrainian, russian, who is supporting ukraine.— supporting ukraine. thousands of donations fill _ supporting ukraine. thousands of donations fill this _ supporting ukraine. thousands of donations fill this merseyside - donations fill this merseyside warehouse, where they are seeking more volunteers to help load up the lorries. tote more volunteers to help load up the lorries. ~ , , , more volunteers to help load up the lorries. ~ , , ., lorries. we need basically loads of volunteers. _ lorries. we need basically loads of volunteers, we _ lorries. we need basically loads of volunteers, we just _ lorries. we need basically loads of volunteers, we just have - lorries. we need basically loads of volunteers, we just have loads - lorries. we need basically loads of volunteers, we just have loads ofl volunteers, we just have loads of people at the moment. i say a big

thank you, we really appreciate it. but we need you a lot over the weekend as well. the disasters emergency _ weekend as well. the disasters emergency committee - weekend as well. the disasters emergency committee says - weekend as well. the disasters emergency committee says the weekend as well. the disasters - emergency committee says the message from aid workers in ukraine and that its borders is that the priority now is for money to be donated. in this respect, also, the public has stepped up. more than £85 million has been raised since the dc launched its appeal on thursday. it says support against ukraine is likely to be needed for months and years to come —— dec. luxmy gopal, bbc news. thousands of people have left their homes in ukraine since the russian invasion began last week. ukrainian mp inna sovsun is one of them. she was forced to leave her home in kharkiv, the country's second largest city, which has been subject to intense bombing by russian forces. she joins us now from kyiv. good morning to you. tell us how is

life day—to—day in kyiv. good morning to you. tell us how is life day-to-day in kyiv.— life day-to-day in kyiv. good mornin: life day-to-day in kyiv. good morning to — life day-to-day in kyiv. good morning to all _ life day-to-day in kyiv. good morning to all of _ life day-to-day in kyiv. good morning to all of you. - life day-to-day in kyiv. good morning to all of you. i - life day-to-day in kyiv. good morning to all of you. i am i life day-to-day in kyiv. good | morning to all of you. i am on life day-to-day in kyiv. good - morning to all of you. i am on the road in kyiv region and helping some of my friends to evacuate, so that is what a lot of people are doing right now. they are trying to evacuate, they are helping their friends. that is what we're doing right now. we didn't have major bomb explosions here but the situation and remains terrible. the situation in mariupol is just catastrophic. people are sitting in shelters without any food. in the place where people were supposed to gather in order to be transferred from mariupol to other cities, they planned to sell that area. luckily a plane landed 15 minutes before that and they managed to transfer all the people from the territory. that is just the kind of people we are dealing with, that is why we need the support from the west so very much right now. if we did not get

support from the sky, i could see it turning into a wholesale disaster on another level, even, than we are seeing right now. fight! another level, even, than we are seeing right now.— seeing right now. and president biden seeing right now. and president itiden pledging _ seeing right now. and president biden pledging additional - seeing right now. and president. biden pledging additional supplies, prime ministerjohnson pledging a 6—point plan for the international community. is that meaningful, when you hear about russian forces ignoring corridors for humanitarian aid? is that enough?— aid? is that enough? frankly speaking. — aid? is that enough? frankly speaking, that _ aid? is that enough? frankly speaking, that would - aid? is that enough? frankly speaking, that would not - aid? is that enough? frankly speaking, that would not be | aid? is that enough? frankly - speaking, that would not be enough. that would be just enough money to bury all of us here, as long as the russian occupation is at full force and as long as we don't have a no—fly zone imposed over ukraine. no money will save us from the bombs falling on our heads, and that needs to be made very clear. we have great hope for the support we're getting, and we cannot get it to the people sitting in shelters, because the russians continue to bomb the cities of kharkiv, mariupol, and many

others. and while they continue throwing bombs from the air, money will not help. throwing bombs from the air, money will not help-— will not help. what are your thoughts — will not help. what are your thoughts on _ will not help. what are your thoughts on the _ will not help. what are your thoughts on the claim - will not help. what are your thoughts on the claim that l will not help. what are your| thoughts on the claim that if will not help. what are your i thoughts on the claim that if a no—fly zone was imposed, that would lead to an escalation in a widening of this crisis?— of this crisis? first of all, ukraine _ of this crisis? first of all, ukraine was _ of this crisis? first of all, ukraine was given - of this crisis? first of all, | ukraine was given support of this crisis? first of all, - ukraine was given support from of this crisis? first of all, _ ukraine was given support from the west in 1994, and that is why a lot of people in ukraine, including myself, do feel betrayed by the west. we did give up our powerful nuclear weapon arsenal, in exchange for assurances from the united states, and now we are not getting it. secondly, what needs to be understood again is that vladimir putin has gone completely crazy. he will proceed further. he will go into poland, and then nato will have to intervene. he will proceed to the baltic states. he already said that. it is already clear, that is why poland and the baltic states are so supportive of ukraine, because they

understand they are coming next. because of that, we are asking for intervention now so that more lives can be saved. intervention now so that more lives can be saved-— intervention now so that more lives can be saved. what did you make of the president's _ can be saved. what did you make of the president's message _ can be saved. what did you make of the president's message last - can be saved. what did you make of the president's message last night. the president's message last night asking ukrainians to take to the streets and resist? that asking ukrainians to take to the streets and resist?— asking ukrainians to take to the streets and resist? that is what we have been doing _ streets and resist? that is what we have been doing from _ streets and resist? that is what we have been doing from day - streets and resist? that is what we have been doing from day one, - streets and resist? that is what we | have been doing from day one, and thatis have been doing from day one, and that is actually amazing, and it just shows the strength and resilience of the ukrainian people, and that is why we are not asking for someone to come and fight for us. we are ready to fight. even though it is notjust ourfight, it is the fight of all of europe, all of european civilisation. we're just defending the eastern front of it. we're not asking for someone to come and fight for us on the ground. we are always capable of doing that already. my father is in that territory and i haven't had any contact with him. my brother is with the army. i have been evacuating some of my friends and their boyfriends and husbands have been mobilised with the army. we are ready to fight ourselves but we do need support from the air, otherwise

all this resistance on our side wouldn't matter. no matter how hard you try. wouldn't matter. no matter how hard out . �* , ., . wouldn't matter. no matter how hard ou t . �* , ., ., ., wouldn't matter. no matter how hard out .�* ., ., ., you try. and your dad had said, had he not, that — you try. and your dad had said, had he not, that he _ you try. and your dad had said, had he not, that he has _ you try. and your dad had said, had he not, that he has bad _ you try. and your dad had said, had he not, that he has bad knees - you try. and your dad had said, had he not, that he has bad knees and i he not, that he has bad knees and finds it tricky to walk, but if necessary he will crawl to resist the invasion.— necessary he will crawl to resist the invasion. that is true, and he is somewhere — the invasion. that is true, and he is somewhere around _ the invasion. that is true, and he is somewhere around kyiv - the invasion. that is true, and he is somewhere around kyiv right l the invasion. that is true, and he - is somewhere around kyiv right now. he called my mum yesterday and said that everything was fine, but my mum was saying that he also fought in afghanistan and also said that everything was going well in afghanistan. the situation is extremely tense, and we know that where he is, russians arejust randomly shooting at people and outhouses, and we are trying to resist them as much as possible, again, as long as they continue

shelling us from the sky it is very difficult to do that on the ground. your father sounds like an incredibly courageous man. where do you see the future of ukraine? tt you see the future of ukraine? tit truly depends, again, on the level of support we get from the west. if we get even if not the no—fly zone, if at least we get the fighter jets with which ukrainian pilots can ensure the no—fly zone, ensure we can win this war, i see the strength and resilience of the ukrainian people. i see how much they are willing to resist. i have also seen the videos from an area temporarily held by the russians and they are protecting the streets with ukrainian flags against russians in tanks over there. this is amazing, the level of commitment and resistance we have seen on behalf of all of those people, and millions are getting ready to engage. but it truly depends on the sky right now. that's why at least fighter jets,

thatis that's why at least fighter jets, that is the least we need in order to survive. and then of course the of sanctions against russia, because we are appreciative of the sanctions we are appreciative of the sanctions we have had so far, but as long as the west does not impose a full trade embargo, that is just not enough. i have seen the statement by the foreign secretary in the uk saying that the uk will consider giving up russian oil and gas over time, but over time will not do the job. we need that now. we need to make sure that russia simply cannot sustain this war economically. when they run out of money to pay for weapons than they will probably have to retreat from ukrainian territory, so full—scale sanctions, a full trade embargo and at least fighter jets for our pilots, that is the least we need to survive this war. thank you so much for your time this morning. we will

pause from some of that ukrainian news and check in on what the weather is doing. good morning to you. weather is doing. good morning to 0“. , ., ., ., weather is doing. good morning to 0“. ., ., ., weather is doing. good morning to ou. ., ., ., you. good morning, another cold start across _ you. good morning, another cold start across northern _ you. good morning, another cold start across northern and - you. good morning, another cold| start across northern and western areas once again, but after that frosty start another sunny day will follow. even where we saw plenty of cloud yesterday should be plenty of sunshine breaking through as well. let me show you the latest temperatures out there at the moment. temperatures down to around -6 -7 moment. temperatures down to around —6 —7 in a few spots. you will notice we're just about frost free in southern eastern areas, this is where there is a bit more breeze. one or two showers moving from northern england southwards, but few in number. most places will be drier, drierand brighter day drier, drier and brighter day compared drier, drierand brighter day compared with yesterday and eastern counties and notice how the cloud breaks up a little bit more as well. a stiff breeze blowing through the hebrides and also across southernmost counties of england and south wales, and it is that trees that will make it feel distinctly chilly when the sun is not with you. temperatures, like yesterday, around seven or eight degrees. but further

north, where the winds are lighter, once again that son has a bit of strength and it should feel quite pleasant through the afternoon. once more, as we go through tonight, with the cloud well broken across most areas and a few cloud breaks in the south, a more widespread frost to take us into the monday morning commute. temperaturesjust take us into the monday morning commute. temperatures just about anywhere in rural areas could be below freezing, down to —5 —6 in a few spots again. maybe picking up across northern ireland later tonight. the reason temperatures may lift is that eastern areas have brisket winds. the cloud in the south drifting a bit further north would so maybe the sky not quite as blue across parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england as it will be this afternoon. still a dry day with sunny spells and a little bit chilly in that strengthening breeze. the reason the breezy strengthening is that high—pressure is moving to the east of us, low trying to push its way in and as those get together, the breeze gets stronger. a windier day on tuesday coming our way but we

could start to see the first signs of atlantic air starting to push its way in. outbreaks of rain possible through ireland, into parts of wales and also late on the day the southwest. most will have a dry day with some sunny spells, temperatures creeping up a little bit. we will see some patchy rain push its way eastwards through tuesday night into wednesday, with a more substantial area of low pressure out towards the west. that will bring in some mild air. that is how it is looking. back to both of you. sophie raworth is on bbc one at 9:00am with her show sunday morning. sophie, what's on the show today? i have a lot for you this morning. the latest from the bbc�*sjeremy bowen, in the ukrainian capital, kyiv. ukraine's deputy prime minister will be joining kyiv. ukraine's deputy prime minister will bejoining us kyiv. ukraine's deputy prime minister will bejoining us life. kyiv. ukraine's deputy prime minister will be 'oinin- us life. i minister will bejoining us life. i will be asking her about the current situation for her and president zelensky and how long they can hold out. the chief of the defence staff will be joining out. the chief of the defence staff will bejoining us and i will ask him about his tactics and why the huge convoy north of the capital may have stalled. i will be joined by

that labour leader and the deputy prime minister and we have an interview with monty python star michael palin, who travelled through ukraine in 1991 when it was still part of the ussr and went back 15 years later to see the independent country. fascinating reflections with them. join us at 9am here on bbc one. this is where we say goodbye to viewers on bbc one. bye for now. if you are still with us, welcome back. let's get up today with everything that has been happening overnight in ukraine. danjohnson is here to run through the details. this is the 11th day of russia's invasion of ukraine let's try and give you an idea of where things are up to. you can see here on the map of ukraine as things stand russia

has yet to take control of ukraine's two biggest cities, the capital kyiv and the industrial city of kharkiv here in the east. kherson here in the south is so far the only major city to fall into russian control. and as we zoom in we can see here the key port of mariupol, home to more than 450,000 people who are facing a desperate situation as russian forces continue to besiege the city. a humanitarian corridor was due to be created here and in nearby volnovakah yesterday but russian forces broke the ceasefire throwing that attempted mass evacuation of civilians into chaos. meanwhile heavy shelling also continues in the towns surrounding the capital kyiv. these are pictures from the towns of

irpin and bela tserkva, near kyiv. ukraine's president has once again repeated his plea for more help. volodomyr zelensky used his evening address last night to urge citizens to fight back against vladimir putin's military. translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine _ translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine where - translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine where the - translation: ukrainians in all. cities of ukraine where the enemy has come into, you have to go on then offensive, it is necessary to fight. it is necessary to drive this evil out of our cities, from our land. the ukrainians certainly are fighting, this is a russian helicopter being shot down by local forces. nato and other western leaders have again ruled out for now the idea of the no fly zone that ukrainian leaders are desperately asking for to help stop russian bombing.

but international efforts continue. prime minister borisjohnson has laid out his 6 point plan to solve the crisis which includes putting pressure on vladimir putin's regime. and ensuring cooperation across what he calls the euro atlantic area. life is more desperate and threatening for them every day with more people being killed, more refugees on the move.- more people being killed, more refugees on the move. more to come, thank ou. russia has tightened control of the media —

introducing tough laws which could prosecute journalists accused of spreading �*disinformation' about the war, and completely blocking access to facebook. the authorities also restricted access to several foreign news organisations, including the bbc russian service. joining us now is drjames rodgers who is a former bbc moscow correspondent and author of �*assignment moscow'. good morning, thanks for being with us. there is a lot to talk about this morning but let's start with the new russian law, the law that means the spread of fake information, particularly about the armed forces will lead to a prison sentence of up to 15 years and a heavy fine. talk to me about what that means for the discourse, the media scene in russia and elsewhere? it is absolutely terrifying for any independent journalist. it is absolutely terrifying for any independentjournalist. let's be clear what the russian authorities, what the russian military and what the russian defence ministry mean when they talk about fake information. they mean anything not

coming from their official sources. that means if you talk to anyone, if you talk to a ukrainian for their view of what is happening, if you talk to a member of the russian opposition and we have seen people coming out to protest, despite the great risks they face by doing so. the overall consequence of all of this is it is becoming increasingly difficult, if not impossible for anyone in russia to get a clear picture of what is going on. independentjournalism cannot be independent journalism cannot be practised independentjournalism cannot be practised at the moment. on top of the 15 year prison sentence, russia may close its borders and concerns there may be a declaration of martial law. so extremely difficult times. you might say this is one of the first social _ times. you might say this is one of the first social media _ times. you might say this is one of the first social media was, - times. you might say this is one of the first social media was, we - times. you might say this is one of the first social media was, we are l the first social media was, we are able to see what is happening in ukraine often in real time, much more quickly than we have ever been able to do in the past. but social media is also within the sites of

the kremlin, isn't it? tt media is also within the sites of the kremlin, isn't it?— the kremlin, isn't it? it is, it is auoin to the kremlin, isn't it? it is, it is going to be — the kremlin, isn't it? it is, it is going to be really _ the kremlin, isn't it? it is, it is going to be really interesting i the kremlin, isn't it? it is, it is. going to be really interesting over the next weeks and months to see that any kind of medium coming along, social media being the biggest, 0k, tyrants cannot lie to us any more, we have a free spread of information. but the russian authorities are successfully planning to put limits on social media, and in addition to that, not just the limits from there, but the sanctions. some of the media companies are refusing to work there. it is going to be interesting to see how this plays out. some of the scenes we have seen militarily in the last few days have been the worst days of the last century and communications may be turning to something like that. the bbc has started short wave radio broadcast to the ukraine, a technology which can be blocked but does give people the opportunity to listen if they have an old fashioned radio

receiver, of course. we have an old fashioned radio receiver, of course.- have an old fashioned radio receiver, of course. we are in a different _ receiver, of course. we are in a different era — receiver, of course. we are in a different era already, _ receiver, of course. we are in a different era already, the - receiver, of course. we are in a different era already, the last i receiver, of course. we are in a - different era already, the last week has taught us that, but you did two stints in moscow, how does what you are seeing now compare to your time there? i think it is fair to say that media freedom has never been something that russia is known for? i look back now and i think the time i look back now and i think the time i was there, the first time, our assignment was in 1991. that was about the first time in russia's entire history. the post—soviet era was very free to start with, in the 19905 there was economic and chaos. but there was media freedom. we are seeing some of the authorities in russia going back to the toughest times, the soviet period and the tsar period when there were strict controls of information. the big challenge will be with all the ways

of modern technology, whether people can find a way to get around that of whether the russian people will be deprived of information. whether we will be deprived of information because internationaljournalists cannot function their property. there is an accusation that president putin is trying to rewrite history. in the midst of everything going on right now, it is difficult to see what his endgame is. what is the image he wants to portray to the world, what would he have us believe russia stands for right now? that world, what would he have us believe russia stands for right now?- russia stands for right now? that is a really good _ russia stands for right now? that is a really good question. _ russia stands for right now? that is a really good question. if— russia stands for right now? that is a really good question. if you - russia stands for right now? that is a really good question. if you look i a really good question. if you look at the stage he is out in his political career, he is at the summit of russian power. he has been president for 22 years. in 2014, the start of this war, if you like, russia annexed crimea from ukraine. that is something that was hugely popular at home, this is something that meant a lot to russians, it was

one of the humiliations that came at the end of the soviet union and his popularity soared after that. the same cannot be said for ukraine, i think in the short—term president putin will achieve his military objectives, which is to make sure that ukraine canjoin nato and to make sure that that russia has control over large parts of the country. whether that can hold for the longer term is a completely different matter. what happens in the coming months and years is going to define president putin's legacy. that is the fear, that is the danger, if it doesn't go his way and he doesn't get the coverage, the media headlines he is so craving that actually he could revert to even more deadly tactics in ukraine? i think that is a risk. there are journalists like me who have watched

russia closely have expected what has unfolded in the last 11 days. evenif has unfolded in the last 11 days. even if the russians can control the media flow, if we look back to the first world war in this country, there was strict censorship on the newspapers and what they were able to report from the western front. but then the soldiers started coming home and telling the real story. that will also happen. the huge figures of russian troops we heard building up to this, 190,000 sometimes, those soldiers will come home and if they believe the kremlin propaganda before they got there that this was about liberating ukraine, they will have discovered from the reception they received that that was not the case. the stories will come back and they will spread around the population and at that point, it is going to be very difficult to see how public support for the war, which we are led to believe is a majority, but it is

hard to determine at this stage, but at that point public support for the war could dissolve. the soviet union's difficult military campaign was a factor in the collapse of the soviet union. there is history that proves military campaigns can go wrong and lead to political change. thank you very much for your input. just talking about how the world is such a presence. the world of football continues to pay tribute to what is happening in ukraine and we have seen lots of tributes and lots of marks of respect and fans, before the premier league games this weekend, teams as well coming together to show solidarity with the people of ukraine. the show of support was well

received, although china — a close policital ally of russia, opted not to show any premier league games this weekend due to the gesture. some teams wore yellow and blue away kits, and sold yellow and blue merchandise to raise funds for the relief effort in ukraine. chelsea were playing at burnley and there was condemnation after chelsea fans chanted roman abramovich's name during the game. the russian billionaire owner announced his decision to sell the club amid heavy scrutiny following russia's invasion of ukraine. he is alleged to have strong ties to president vladimir putin, which he has denied. on the pitch, chelsea ran out comfortable 4—0 winners. but the actions of the some of the chelsea fans were criticized by their own manager. if we show solidarity, we show solidarity and we should do it together. we take then the together, if an important person from other clubs or club unfortunately die and we show a minute of respect, it is not the message to give out the message then, it is the moment to

show respect. and liverpool have closed the gap to manchester city at the top of the league to three points after a 1—0 win over west ham at anfield, sadio mane's first—half goal proving enough forjurgen klopp's side. elsewhere, there were wins for leicester, crystal palace, brentford, aston villa and newcastle. there are two premier league games today, the pick of the bunch being the manchester derby where city will be looking to get one over neighbours united and extend their lead at the top of the table. but the build—up has centered away from the game, and city's ukrainian international oleksandr zinchenko. with the world continuing to show solidarity amidst russia's invasion, zinchenko has spoken exclusively with gary lineker about the events of the past week and what the world can do to continue their support. it is so tough, so tough. it is not just the raw, if i have this opportunity to ask obviously for my country and the people, if you can

donate something i would be really appreciative. away from football — and paralympics gb have made a brilliant start to the beijing games, winning gold this morning. scottish brothers neil and andew simpson combining to triumph in the men's visually impaired super g. 19—year—old neil, guided by his brother andrew, is only gb�*s third—ever winter games gold medallist, after kelly gallagher in 2014 and menna fitzpatrick in 2018.the the siblings finished almost half a second clear of italy's giacomo bertagnolli. it was the second medal of the day for britain after fitzpatrick and gary smith took silver in the women's race. fitzpatrick has had a challenging build—up to the games, recovering from a broken leg, and losing her guide who tested positive for covid. a good start so far at the paralympics.— a good start so far at the paral mics. ., ., , a good start so far at the paral mics. . ., , , paralympics. the medaltable is . reat. paralympics. the medaltable is great. number— paralympics. the medaltable is great. number two, _ paralympics. the medaltable is great. number two, ukraine. i paralympics. the medaltable is. great. number two, ukraine. was paralympics. the medaltable is- great. number two, ukraine. was that great. numbertwo, ukraine. was that expected?

i think so, with the scale of what is happening in the country at the moment, it is quite a nice little, i guess i'd turn if you like for a positive spin on what is happening. for the athletes and the competitors there, sport is such a big priority for a lot of these teams and paralympics is new territory being charted in that respect when it comes to new sports. we talked about this yesterday about the psychology involved in being any sort of elite sports person, you just have to have your head in the game. as far as the ukrainian athletes were concerned, it was about then being able to use all of that anger and frustration and upset to drive them. of course, it doesn't diminish what is happening at home, but this is an opportunity for them to say, we are on the world stage and you are not going to beat us, so to be second on the medal table? tt to be second on the medal table? tt is a big statement and it is good to see success on that front at a big

global event like the paralympics. it is nice to see that and hopefully they can do more with the medals. nice to see. chile start out there across many parts of the country. minus six, minus seven in parts of scotland and northern ireland right now. the temperature chart from a short while ago, the further south and east, not as cold here as far as the frost is concerned but it is still chilly in the breeze. plenty of cloud across east anglia and the south, but whilst the cloud is in place it is more well broken than it was just a day. if you isolated showers in northern england at the moment and they will fade away but one or two could be possible from the cloud across southern areas. a keen breeze. further north the winds are light after the frosty start, another day blue sky and more towards the hebrides, orkney and

shetland. with the wind is light and the strengthening march sunshine it will feel pleasant in the afternoon. temperatures around nine or 10 degrees but feeling chilly with the wind across southernmost parts. that breeze starts to go more south—easterly through tonight. in doing so we start to take more cloud into parts of wales. but it will be well broken and it will mean a widespread frost to take us into tomorrow morning. greater chance of frost across southern areas away from city centres compared to what we had this morning. but the north, it is as you wear, minus five, —641 or two spots on monday. a dry day for the majority, more of a breeze across western areas and there will be cloud drifting northwards but fairly well broken. there will be some good sunny spells, and it will feel chilly in the south—west in the strengthening wind. it will feel cool in the breeze for all, and into tuesday the wind gets stronger because high pressure, low pressure coming closer together. in doing so the wind picks up. coming in from a

more south to south—easterly direction. atlantic air trying to push on from the west so it will cloud over and a chance of rain at times in northern ireland and into wales and south—west england. there will be a dry day and temperatures creeping up because the wind is growing more southerly and on wednesday, another spell of low pressure and the winds will grow warmer still. the colours on the chart there indicating things will be milder. a cold start to the week, but with the wind will strengthen during the metal part of the rack. these are the seattle wednesday and thursday in the capital cities. they will be a coming from the south. high pressure to the east of us low—pressure to the west and which will be the one that winds out? at the moment it looks like rain most likely across western areas. rain in belfast and cardiff, many eastern areas will stay predominantly dry.

but turning a less chilly. now, ros atkins has been taking a look at how the war in ukraine is being reported in russia compared to other parts of the world. he's spoken to journalists to find out what it's like to report from a war zone and how they avoid spreading disinformation. the media is among russia's targets in this war. this tv tower in kyiv was bombed. this man was the first journalist reported to have died in this conflict. this war and the information war that has come with it are placing different demands on the media, the west and in russia where a further crackdown is happening. some independent media have been taken off air and the state media watchdog is telling media covering the conflict they are obliged to used information and data received by them only from official russian sources, which leads the

moscow correspondent at the guardian to say... there is a ban on words like war, invasion and attack. i wanted to look at the dimension of this war through the experiences of seven people. the first is a journalist from medusa. th seven people. the first is a journalist from medusa. in april 2021 was marked _ journalist from medusa. in april 2021 was marked as _ journalist from medusa. in april 2021 was marked as a _ journalist from medusa. in april 2021 was marked as a foreign i journalist from medusa. in april i 2021 was marked as a foreign agent in russia. it was a very challenging time for our editorial staff. a lot of the other media outlets are directly blocking the websites and there is a censorship department of russian state. i don't think we have

much time left, to be honest, in the country. i think we will be blocked in a few days, maybe in a few hours. also covering this war is olga from bbc ukrainian. until recently she was in kyiv but now she is in london and on friday she found out her family's home in kyiv had been destroyed. t family's home in kyiv had been destroyed-— destroyed. i rented the official sources, other _ destroyed. i rented the official sources, other sources - destroyed. i rented the official sources, other sources to i destroyed. i rented the officiall sources, other sources to verify that _ sources, other sources to verify that only — sources, other sources to verify that only when i got the confirmation there was definitely that address. when i got the information from the official ukrainian emergency services and i saw the _ ukrainian emergency services and i saw the same footage from my neighbours, i was able to say that is the _ neighbours, i was able to say that is the particular building. i am describing that to let you know that that procedure is all this fame for all bbc_ that procedure is all this fame for all bbc ukrainian journalist.

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good morning welcome to breakfast with nina warhurst and ben thompson. our headlines today. "drive this evil out of our cities" — president zelensky�*s message to ukrainians in russian occupied cities, as a planned evacuation of civilians from mariupol is aborted due to shelling. translation: ukrainians in all cities of ukraine i

where the enemy has come in to, you have to go on the offensive, it is necessary to fight if there is an opportunity. payment giants mastercard and visa suspend their services in russia in protest over the invasion of ukraine. towns and cities around the capital kyiv continue to suffer shelling with heavy bombardment reported in irpin. ukrainian forces continue their resistance — they say this was a russian helicopter brought down by one of their missiles close to the capital. and in weather, it may be cold and frosty out there for many of you at the moment, but another sunny day ahead, a little bit more cloud in the south. i'll have details on that and what lies ahead this week here on breakfast. it's sunday 6th march. our main story. ukrainians have been urged by their president to "drive the evil from their cities" as the russians continue attempts to encircle the capital kyiv. it comes after a ceasefire in southern cities was cut short by ongoing shelling —

leading to planned evacuations of mariupol and volnovakha being aborted. meanwhile the payment firms, visa and mastercard, have announced they are disconnecting their services in russia. dan johnson reports. the pummelling of the ukrainian people shows no sign of relenting. it's getting closer to kyiv and it's causing more casualties as well as forcing more people on the move. it's also sparking more resistance. ordinary ukrainians of all ages are getting ready to fight. i'm a student, i'm 21, so that's the legal age for buying your first gun or rifle here. it's unfortunate to see how many students instead of going to classes, are going to stand in queues to get arms. it's our country. i can't step back, you know. never, never. live or die, for sure. everyone — every russian will die here. we will burn them.

all of them. ukrainian forces say this shows their level of resistance, shooting down a russian helicopter. and the country's president has given another defiant rallying speech, with a message to his own people living under occupation. translation: you have to go on the offensive. l it is necessary to fight if there is an opportunity. it is necessary to go out and drive this evil out of our cities, from our land. there have been protests around the world, but also in russia. with more companies pulling out of the country, life is getting harder. visa and mastercard have announced they are suspending their payment services, so doing business will get even tougher. and speaking in their language, ukraine's president has something to say directly to the russian people in whose name vladimir putin is waging this war. translation: | know that - many of you came to believe that

ukraine allegedly hates you, allegedly will attack, allegedly will destroy. liars. liars talk about it every day on the russian television. it's theirjob to lie to you every day, but that shouldn't be your fate. russian promises of a temporary ceasefire weren't kept yesterday, which meant this evacuation centre stood largely empty, with ukrainians unable to escape from mariupol, which has been under siege for the last ten days. there are dead bodies everywhere in the streets of mariupol, the drink drain water, no medical supplies, electricity, heating, running water. i don't know about my family now, maybe now they have changed their mind and want to leave, because it is living hell. that is why the calls keep coming for nato to impose a no—fly zone,

including from ukraine's former president. the russian is completely bombing with the airborne, in the south, 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. the us and other nato countries have so far resisted that, fearful of all—out war with russia. but the secretary of state was in poland yesterday and stepped across onto ukrainian soil to show solidarity. good afternoon, everyone. we've seen an extraordinary surge of support from around the world against russia's aggression, against russia's war of choice, against russia's war of choice. ukraine will win this war anyway, because this is the people's war fortheir land and we defend the right cause. the question is the price, the price of our victory. and that price will be paid by the ukrainian people, by the families split up

and scattered in fear for their lives. dan johnson, bbc news. lots of claim and counterclaim, the ukraine defence ministry giving us an overview this morning, saying russia has lost 88 of its aircraft since the start of the war, including aircraft bombers and helicopters and a number of russian pilots they say have been captured. we have told lots about mariupol and the humanitarian corridors due to be opened up yesterday to allow some civilians to leave, the bombing continued, only a few people were able to get out. they say ukraine's armed forces continuing to defend mariupol in the south east. a

considerable quantity it is said of russian equipment captured near the keyport of odesa, 70% of imports and exports go through that region. ukrainians saying they captured much of russian equipment around there and claiming russian soldiers in the area are feeling demoralised. we cannot independently verify these ukrainian military claims. that is the latest. the latest on what is a fast—moving situation. let's get more on the latest developments in ukraine from our correspondent zhanna bezpiatchuk, who is in the western city of lviv. a relative calm where you are but you say that is quite irre this morning. you say that is quite irre this morning-—

you say that is quite irre this mornin.. , , ., .., you say that is quite irre this mornin.. , , ., .. , morning. yes, this relative calm is sometimes — morning. yes, this relative calm is sometimes misleading. _ morning. yes, this relative calm is sometimes misleading. many i sometimes misleading. many ukrainians feel the most difficult days of this war might be still ahead. and these days in ukraine it is pretty much affected by the urgent, present need for many ukrainians all across the country to get access to humanitarian corridors. to let people get out of towns and cities in the northern part of the country. in the southern part of the country. in the southern part of the country. in the southern part of the country for example the border of mariupol. and in central parts of the country to escape hostilities. ijust received from my colleagues in kharkiv and kyiv, they

have very little food and water left after artillery fire. no electricity or heating. that is the most essential thing for many ukrainians at the moment.— at the moment. thank you. lots chanauin at the moment. thank you. lots changing and — at the moment. thank you. lots changing and lots _ at the moment. thank you. lots changing and lots of _ at the moment. thank you. lots changing and lots of information at the moment. thank you. lots i changing and lots of information on both sides about what is happening on the ground. the relative calm, as we were hearing, a lot of nervousness. impacts around europe. our news correspondent, kasia madera is on the ukraine—poland border this morning. kasia, what's the latest there? amongst all the uncertainty there was one thing that is consistent, people continue to flood across the border with ukraine and poland, just

over there. these people havejust made it across and this is their first time they are in an eu country in the relative safety of poland. imagine what they have gone through to get here, unimaginable stories about what they have experienced to come to this country. they keep coming, that is the one consistent thing, all of their stories very individual. all of the reasons for leaving very personal. the one thing thatis leaving very personal. the one thing that is the same is that they are leaving and coming into the eu. this is one of the largest crossing points were a whole volunteer force of people have come together to help those that have just arrived. they are in mind these people have been travelling for days to get to safety and this is the first opportunity that they have an order to get something to eat, to restock and then to work out what it is that they are about to do next.

predominantly women and children, of course, ukrainian nationals have to stay and fight. that is why we are seeing so much equipment for children being donated by the local communities, nappies, baby formula, food all geared up for the children coming over. this is such a huge movement of people. bear in mind 1.3 million people have left ukraine in the space ofjust over one week. we have just had to latest figures from the polish border, how many people have come into poland itself, over 900,000 people crossing into this one country alone. that is higher than the population of poland's second largest city crack of ——

first night. lots of effort to make people feel welcome and secure here, as they cross the border and come here, they are brought onto buses which take them on to larger reception points. they can get arrest, sort out what they are going to do next and are moved onto various locations across poland. people are continuing to move on, they come to the border and are moved onto other reception areas and then moved on to family and friends, to people that they do not know who have opened their doors to let them in. poland knows and the eu knows that these numbers will continue to grow given the volatility in the uncertainty of the situation just over the borderfrom uncertainty of the situation just over the border from where we are here. . ~ over the border from where we are here. . ,, ., , .,

over the border from where we are here. . 4, ., , ., . over the border from where we are here. . 4, ., ., . ., ., here. thank you, kasia. we are told from mariupol— here. thank you, kasia. we are told from mariupol city _ here. thank you, kasia. we are told from mariupol city council- here. thank you, kasia. we are told from mariupol city council civilian i from mariupol city council civilian evacuations will get under way in the next couple of hours, about ten o'clock uk time, midday local time, but there was an announcement similar things would happen yesterday, that did not come to pass, the russians continuing to bomb the exit in humanitarian corners. , ., corners. mariupol under siege for da s, corners. mariupol under siege for days. they _ corners. mariupol under siege for days. they say — corners. mariupol under siege for days, they say civilian _ corners. mariupol under siege for days, they say civilian evacuation | days, they say civilian evacuation in 12 o'clock local time, a couple of hours from now. a city of 450,000 people, hopefully the opportunity for civilians to leave but as ben said yesterday the agreement was

violated by russian troops yesterday meaning the humanitarian crossing was temporarily blocked. borisjohnson is urging world leaders to match their tough words about russia's invasion with action. he's setting out a six—point plan aimed at continuing to apply pressure and hopes other nations will do the same. let's speak to our political correspondent helen catt. one of the main criticisms western leaders has been lots of words, not enough action, what the substance to this plan? tt is words, not enough action, what the substance to this plan?— substance to this plan? it is not a new strategy _ substance to this plan? it is not a new strategy as _ substance to this plan? it is not a new strategy as such _ substance to this plan? it is not a new strategy as such but - substance to this plan? it is not a new strategy as such but what i substance to this plan? it is not a | new strategy as such but what the prime minister is doing here is pull together all the things the international community is already doing to an extent, put them into this plan and say to other world leaders we can get behind this. the six points include humanitarian aid, building and international humanitarian coercion, supporting ukraine's self defence, maximising economic pressure on putin's regime,

which we have seen through the big packages of sanctions many countries are put in place. and preventing the creeping normalisation of what russia is doing in ukraine, beginning a rapid campaign to strengthen the security across the euro atlantic area. and also de—escalation, but that is clear that has to include the government of ukraine. putting down front and centre of the international response. reinforced over the course of the week, the canadian prime minister and dutch prime minister will be in downing street on monday for talks, will be in downing street on monday fortalks, on will be in downing street on monday for talks, on tuesday the leaders of the czech republic, hungary, poland and slovakia. the czech republic, hungary, poland and slovakia-— the czech republic, hungary, poland and slovakia. helen in london, thank ou. and slovakia. helen in london, thank you- important— and slovakia. helen in london, thank you. important breakthrough - and slovakia. helen in london, thank you. important breakthrough if i you. important breakthrough if indeed that is what it is. we talked about a similar evacuation yesterday because bombing continued on the

so—called safe corridors. the ceasefire we told has begun and will be in place about ten o'clock this morning to seven o'clock this evening our time. an update from the city council of mariupol singh temporary ceasefire will be observed from ten o'clock to 9pm local time. we will see if it is violated as yesterday. perhaps some hope for the 1.3 million people that have been forced to flee their homes. by russia's war on ukraine, with most going to neighbouring poland. but there are five countries on ukraine's western and southern borders, and all of them are witnessing things the region hasn't seen since the second world war. from slovakia, rob cameron has this report. 10,000 people a day crossing into slovakia from ukraine. 10,000 journeys, 10,000 stories,

each similar, each unique, each terrifying in their own way. svetlana is an english teacher from the town of korosten who fled with her seven—year—old son iliya and their cat. without your house, without your clothes, because we went out we just nothing, like, we were hoping that we could come back someday, but i don't know, as far as watching the news, i'm losing my hope, actually. for now, she's heading to the polish city of rzeszow to stay with friends. central and eastern europe is home to a huge ukrainian diaspora. in homes across the region this evening, people will be making up spare beds for their kin. and for those who have no—one in warsaw, bratislava, or prague will be put up by an army of willing volunteers.

but not all of these people fleeing the conflict are ukrainians. russia's war has scattered thousands of migrant workers and students and most of them are trying to get home as quickly as possible, but not everyone. foreigners from all over the world were studying in ukraine when the war started. some just months away from completing their degrees. it is six years already i have been doing my thing, i have been studying late night for exams, i had plans for my life, i will do this, i'll write my exam, i will go to another country, i will become something in my life. but now i don't know what to do. degrees can be finished, of course, but lives lost can't be relived. the red army once liberated this part of europe and slovaks haven't forgotten. but now their neighbours are fleeing russian tanks, not welcoming them. and countries like slovakia are the ones providing the shelter. rob cameron, bbc news,

on the slovak—ukrainian border. donations of aid, to help those fleeing the war in ukraine, are continuing to come in across the uk. meanwhile, protests against russia's invasion have also taken place in a further demonstration of support for ukrainian people. luxy gopal reports.. luxy gopal reports. standing up for those facing war, crowds gathered in london's trafalgar square for prayers for ukraine in protest against putin's invasion. rallies were held across the breadth and length of the uk, from torquay up to shetland, where there was a minute's silence and messages of support. we spend that little extra second or two hugging our children goodnight as we see children sleeping in underground metro stations. people are standing together,

and shetland stands behind ukraine. people are raising money, people will be looking for ways to support the country, and most of all our thoughts are with the people of ukraine and all the families. in glasgow's george square, people stood in solidarity. in shrewsbury, they marched. we stand with ukraine! in manchester, the ukrainian national anthem played, with crowds waving yellow and blue for the people of ukraine. i care deeply. they are good people and they don't deserve this. and may ijust say, russian people don't deserve this either. hundreds turned out in york to call for an end to the conflict. i marched against iraq in london. i can't march any more, but i can sit in the rain against putin. it is also a wake—up call, i think, for the whole of the west that maybe we have taken peace for granted a bit in recent years, and peace is something you need to work at. meanwhile, donated supplies

for ukrainian refugees continued to pour in. this collection hub in hove, like many across the country, has been inundated. it's so great. thank you from the bottom of our hearts to any person, english, ukrainian or russian, who is supporting ukraine. mountains of donations fill this merseyside warehouse, where they are seeking more volunteers to help load up the lorries. we need basically loads of volunteers, we just have loads of people at the moment. i say a big thank you. we really appreciate it, but we need you a lot over the weekend as well. the disasters emergency committee says the message from aid workers in ukraine and at its borders is that the priority now is for money to be donated. in this respect, also, the public has stepped up. more than £85 million has been raised since the dec launched its appeal on thursday. it says support against ukraine is likely to be needed for months

and years to come. luxmy gopal, bbc news. as we've just been hearing a temporary ceasefire will begin in mariupol at 10am to allow civillians to evacuate. some of the worst affected areas that have been under constant bombardment. a similar plan, announced on saturday, fell apart shortly after it was announced, due to renewed bombing. alexandra arkhirei. has family in mariupol and can speak to us now from kyiv. your reaction to the ceasefire. i hope that we will have this your reaction to the ceasefire. t hope that we will have this chance to have any sign from our families, from my family in general. they told them all that yesterday but russia

started fire and people could not go anywhere. to tell the truth, it is difficult to believe, very difficult to believe and to trust now. we can only try to ask as much people as possible that we need help, that we need help to see again relatives, to see again our friends, need help to see again relatives, to see again ourfriends, ourfamilies. i want to see again my parents. just tell us who _ i want to see again my parents. just tell us who of — i want to see again my parents. just tell us who of your relatives is in mariupol and when was the last time you heard from them and what were they saying? t you heard from them and what were they saying?— they saying? i have had no sign since tuesday. _ they saying? i have had no sign since tuesday. my _ they saying? i have had no sign since tuesday. my parents, i they saying? i have had no sign i since tuesday. my parents, granny, got mother and father with their

families, my uncle with my little nephew. my cousin and niece. ijust understand all my relatives and family other under unstoppable shelling and bombing. there was time my motherfrom the shelling and bombing. there was time my mother from the basement... saying they don't have a chance to go out. parents told me not to go anywhere, stay safe, when they are not saved, not sure if they will be able to have food, medicine. my granny always needs injections of insulin and my mum has to have some special food insulin and my mum has to have some specialfood because insulin and my mum has to have some special food because she insulin and my mum has to have some specialfood because she is insulin and my mum has to have some special food because she is after an

operation. ijust know only one thing, i wanted to hug them again. i don't know if they will have a chance though. i want to hear my mum's boys. each day and each other is harder and harder. mum's boys. each day and each other is harderand harder. —— hear mum's boys. each day and each other is harder and harder. —— hear my mum's voice. friends from mariupol, different cities in the different cities, they want to hear the voice to, my friends. cities, they want to hear the voice to. my friends-— to, my friends. hard for you, i'm sure, to, my friends. hard for you, i'm sure. not— to, my friends. hard for you, i'm sure. not to _ to, my friends. hard for you, i'm sure, not to think— to, my friends. hard for you, i'm sure, not to think about - to, my friends. hard for you, i'm sure, not to think about the i sure, not to think about the conditions in which they will be living because we know food and electricity is becoming scarce, sanitation and water supplies are limited. how are you getting through

the day, five days of not hearing from them, knowing all that is happening? t from them, knowing all that is happening?— from them, knowing all that is ha enin: ? ., ., happening? i feel guilt that i have food and i have _ happening? i feel guilt that i have food and i have warmth. - happening? i feel guilt that i have food and i have warmth. i - happening? i feel guilt that i have food and i have warmth. i feel- happening? i feel guilt that i have i food and i have warmth. i feel guilt food and i have warmth. ifeel guilt that i can do nothing any more because we are also blocked in this city, in this place. we can't go anywhere. i know in my hometown where i was the most part of my life, people are losing because they are scared because they are hungry. they are desperate now. i can't even complain a little about any of my conditions because it is nothing in comparison with my family. alexandra

we are being — comparison with my family. alexandra we are being told _ comparison with my family. alexandra we are being told the _ comparison with my family. alexandra we are being told the ceasefire i comparison with my family. alexandra we are being told the ceasefire may i we are being told the ceasefire may have started at eight o'clock, not independently verified. would you be worrying about your family deciding to choose to be evacuated because of the risks of what happened yesterday? i the risks of what happened yesterday?— the risks of what happened esterda ? ., , , , yesterday? i ask myself every time about that — yesterday? i ask myself every time about that. some _ yesterday? i ask myself every time about that. some friends _ yesterday? i ask myself every time about that. some friends of - yesterday? i ask myself every time about that. some friends of mine l about that. some friends of mine told me about a chance of my family told me about a chance of my family to come to their places, but that is far away. to come to their places, but that is faraway. even to come to their places, but that is far away. even if i have connection, i don't know what to say to them to leave because i don't believe now that they can be protected. the first day when the mention of evacuation in one part of the city, people started to leave their houses to reach some shelters and basements and exactly in this moment, started bombing and a lot of people just left that they're on the streets. i do not know what to do, how they

would decide any of the decisions, must bejust as would decide any of the decisions, must be just as safe. even if they decide to stay there, i just must be just as safe. even if they decide to stay there, ijust need to know they are safe and that they can have what is necessary to survive. i wait for the moment i will be able to take them, i don't care about the house, things, anything what we had during our life. my parents tried their best to build that house, to do something for my future. i care only about their lives, i am ready to do anything just to save them. alexandra, we hope the coming hours and days bring some good news and you hearfrom some and days bring some good news and you hear from some of them. like so many waiting to hear from family in the second row. the news we had

yesterday. we have not been able to get the temporary ceasefire which should have already begun provide. —— we have not been able to get the temporary ceasefire verified. since the conflict started in ukraine, people across the uk have been trying to find ways to help those affected. in london, two british surgeons held a virtual "war surgery training course" yesterday for over 200 health care professionals in ukraine, to help them deal with war injuries and help save lives. jonny dymond reports. good morning from london. a zoom tutorial with a difference. in london, two surgeons trying to share what they know with colleagues in need of help. you would be hard pushed to find anywhere much further from conflict than this office block in west london. but behind me in that conference room, thousands of doctors, thousands of miles away in ukraine, are connecting online with a crash course in conflict surgery. bombing of buildings...

david knott has been running courses like this for years. one thing he knows better than nearly anyone, nothing prepares a doctor for war. war surgery is something completely different because you need to have a mindset about war, you need to have a mindset to know exactly what to do with patients when they come in when they have fragmentation wounds, when they have had blast injuries, when they have had severe gunshot wounds, high velocity, low velocity. it is a completely different ball game. for the doctors in ukraine who came on the call, the next few days and weeks seem very bleak. it's... it's a disaster. i cannot describe my feelings about it. i am very sad about it because all these people will have to suffer and die for nothing. we are all here watching what is happening in ukraine at the moment with shock... all the british surgeons can do is try and share what they know

to save life and limb. i hope to god you will not need to apply this knowledge but it is always best to be prepared for the worst. jonny dymond, bbc news, west london. as the situation in ukraine worsens, ukrainians living here in the uk are waiting anxiously for news of loved ones. tania petrenko is a gp who moved here from ukraine 15 years ago. her mum came to visitjust before the conflict began and now she can't go home. tania's brother is still in the country. good morning. thank you forjoining us. in some respects, your mother is here and so far, you know your brother is safe.— here and so far, you know your brother is safe. yes. but what a week it has _ brother is safe. yes. but what a week it has been. _ brother is safe. .e3 but what a week it has been. what do you make a what you have seen over the past ten

days back home in ukraine?- days back home in ukraine? um... it is difficult to — days back home in ukraine? um... it is difficult to analyse. _ days back home in ukraine? um... it is difficult to analyse. as _ is difficult to analyse. as ukrainians, we are very united. we are doing our best to stay strong, to fight this evil, to support our families and i am hoping that this nightmare will end soon. stare families and i am hoping that this nightmare will end soon.- nightmare will end soon. are you havin: nightmare will end soon. are you having regular — nightmare will end soon. are you having regular contact _ nightmare will end soon. are you having regular contact with - nightmare will end soon. are you having regular contact with your. having regular contact with your brother. . having regular contact with your brother. , ,., having regular contact with your brother. , , . . brother. yes, so since the conflict started, brother. yes, so since the conflict started. it — brother. yes, so since the conflict started. it is _ brother. yes, so since the conflict started, it is important _ brother. yes, so since the conflict started, it is important to - brother. yes, so since the conflict started, it is important to us - brother. yes, so since the conflict started, it is important to us to i started, it is important to us to know that he is well so our way of contacting him, iam know that he is well so our way of contacting him, i am sending know that he is well so our way of contacting him, iam sending him know that he is well so our way of contacting him, i am sending him a message twice a day and i am saying that i am thinking about him, and he is replying saying that he is ok. has he been conscripted to fight? he: never had military training, so he is a key worker. he continues working to support local services and on the days when he is off, he

is supporting the local police, like now, he will be driving with local police supporting refugees, helping people in their time of need, locating people, putting them in accommodation and directing them about food, and where support is available. ., , , ., ., available. how is your mum doing? 0h. .. available. how is your mum doing? 0h... m available. how is your mum doing? 0h- -- my mum _ available. how is your mum doing? oh... my mum is— available. how is your mum doing? 0h. .. my mum is very _ available. how is your mum doing? 0h. .. my mum is very shaken. - available. how is your mum doing? 0h. .. my mum is very shaken. we | available. how is your mum doing? i ch. .. my mum is very shaken. we are oh... my mum is very shaken. we are trying to find ways for her to stay positive and strong. obviously, messages from my brother are always... messages she is looking out for, and... i can see her crying from time to time. she has been asked to come over here but she felt she is too shaken to come on the show. {lit she is too shaken to come on the show. . ., , �* she is too shaken to come on the show. . ., , ~ , , she is too shaken to come on the show. , ~ ,, , show. of course. and i guess this already feels _ show. of course. and i guess this already feels like _ show. of course. and i guess this already feels like such _ show. of course. and i guess this already feels like such a - show. of course. and i guess this already feels like such a long - show. of course. and i guess this i already feels like such a long time, doesn't it? when you look towards the future, even if the conflict was

to resolve now, today, the damage is already massive. fits to resolve now, today, the damage is already massive.— already massive. as ukrainians, i feel i need _ already massive. as ukrainians, i feel i need to _ already massive. as ukrainians, i feel i need to do _ already massive. as ukrainians, i feel i need to do something. - feel i need to do something. recently, i have been thinking a lot about a little town not far from us and what they had to go through, they had bombs used there, they have got big mortality in a small—town comet is a town a seven—year—old girl died from their shelling of a kindergarten. when you have heard this news, me and mum went to london and we made a lot of progress on downing street. at the time we heard the news, it was not on the news yet and we felt so strongly to share this message and to do something to try to avoid it happening again. when you see the response from around the world and the support

that has been provided for ukraine, do you take any comfort in that? it is very difficult, of course, to do things from afar but do you take comfort from the fact that the world is with ukraine? i comfort from the fact that the world is with ukraine?— is with ukraine? i definitely do take comfort _ is with ukraine? i definitely do take comfort from _ is with ukraine? i definitely do take comfort from it. - is with ukraine? i definitely do take comfort from it. i - is with ukraine? i definitely do take comfort from it. i think. is with ukraine? i definitely do take comfort from it. i think if| take comfort from it. i think if there was no support, it probably would have fallen apart here in uk much more quickly because... it is difficult, difficult to go through this time with your family. but we are staying strong. i know ukrainians will fight this evil because there is truth behind us. do you look at how the international community is responding and think thatis community is responding and think that is enough? president biden pledging another $10 million, boris johnson coming up with a six—point plan, does it feel like it is enough?—

plan, does it feel like it is enou~h? ., ., enough? um, day to day, we are seeinr enough? um, day to day, we are seeing civilians _ enough? um, day to day, we are seeing civilians dying _ enough? um, day to day, we are seeing civilians dying on - enough? um, day to day, we are seeing civilians dying on the - enough? um, day to day, we are i seeing civilians dying on the street and children dying on the street. um... it is very unsettling and i can't find comfort within myself until that has stopped.- can't find comfort within myself until that has stopped. there is so much to talk _ until that has stopped. there is so much to talk about _ until that has stopped. there is so much to talk about and _ until that has stopped. there is so much to talk about and we're - until that has stopped. there is so much to talk about and we're so i much to talk about and we're so grateful for you much to talk about and we're so gratefulfor you being much to talk about and we're so grateful for you being with this morning. thank you for telling us your story. of course, we wish you well and hope that your brother remains safe and is in a position where he is safe and perhaps able to get out, should he need to. thank you forjoining us.— get out, should he need to. thank you forjoining us._ we l get out, should he need to. thank. you forjoining us._ we are you for 'oining us. thinkyou. we are reall you forjoining us. thinkyou. we are really grateful- _ we have got an update for you this money, we have been telling you about a ceasefire in marie wattel with the hope that there would be green corridors in order to help refugees escape, it is a city of more than 400,000 people lots of civilians caught in it. we are hearing that as yesterday, buses

will take people on an agreed route from three locations in marie pole, to take them out, they will be able to take them out, they will be able to take them out, they will be able to take private transports to travel in a column, accompanied by the red cross. the same message as yesterday but of course yesterday the ceasefire was not respected. but the council is saying that people should take as many as they should fit in their cars, while there will be buses, and if you have a car, take more people in it and it says deviating from the root is strictly forbidden. that is the latest update that we are getting from the authority is invaluable but a lot has been happening this morning and particularly overnight. danjohnson particularly overnight. dan johnson can particularly overnight. danjohnson can bring us up—to—date. good morning. this is the 11th day of russia's invasion of ukraine. we will bring you that latest breaking detail. let's try and give you an idea

of where things are up to. you can see here on the map of ukraine as things stand. russia has yet to take control of ukraine's two biggest cities, the capital kyiv and the industrial city of kharkiv here in the east. kherson here in the south is so far the biggest city to fall into russian control. the red areas are where russian forces are in command at the moment. and as we zoom in, we can see here the key port of mariupol, home to more than 450,000 people who are facing a desperate situation as russian forces continue to besiege the city. ukrainian forces said this morning they are still defending the city. this is the sort of thing that's been happening there. that is why people have been suffering. this morning we're hearing an evacuation will start there at 10am our time. ukraine is two hours ahead of us.

that's so that residents can escape to safety — a ceasefire has been announced this morning to start at 8am our time but that was also promised yesterday and then wasn't respected so we'll have to see how that plays out today. the ukrainian president vlodomir zelensky has been urging citizens in the areas under occupation to fight back and resist russian advances and their progress has been slower than some people expected. the ukrainian military has had success taking out russian tanks and aircraft. this video is from localforces — they say it shows a russian helicopter being brought down. and the ukrainians have announced this morning that they've downed 88 russian aircraft. they say they have captured russian pilots and they've captured russian equipment close to odesa. that is another port city on the south coast that had been under threat.

meanwhile, in the north, heavy shelling also continues in the towns surrounding the capital kyiv. these are pictures from the towns of irpin and bela tserkva, near kyiv. ukraine's president has once again repeated his plea for more help. and for a no—fly zone. nato and other western leaders have again ruled out for now the idea of the no—fly zone. they don't want to risk all out russia with war by direct intervention. but international efforts continue. prime minister borisjohnson has laid out his six—point plan to solve the crisis which includes putting pressure on vladimir putin's regime. and ensuring cooperation across what he calls the euro atlantic area. and the economic sanctions and measures on russia continue with more businesses pulling out as well. the payment companies visa and mastercard have said that they are suspending their services in the country. so life is getting harder for people in russia but that is nothing compared to what ordinary,

innocent ukrainians are going through. we just see wejust see more we just see more and more damage, more people killed and more refugees fleeing and on the move. we were hearing from alexandra and her family we were hearing from alexandra and herfamily in marie pole we were hearing from alexandra and her family in marie pole faced with the dilemma today because the ceasefire did not work today, do they evacuate or stay put? really difficult decisions. that they evacuate or stay put? really difficult decisions.— difficult decisions. that will be such a tough _ difficult decisions. that will be such a tough decision - difficult decisions. that will be such a tough decision for - difficult decisions. that will be i such a tough decision for people because it was laid out for them yesterday and they were promised safety, some of them left the place they had been sheltering expecting to be able to get to safety and then it did not happen, the shelling continued and people died after making the journey yesterday. what a tough dilemma for people this morning, deciding whether to take that limited chance to try to get out. ,., ., ., _ that limited chance to try to get out. ., ., ., out. important to say that the ceasefire _ out. important to say that the ceasefire was _ out. important to say that the ceasefire was supposed - out. important to say that the ceasefire was supposed to - out. important to say that the i ceasefire was supposed to begin out. important to say that the - ceasefire was supposed to begin at 8am but as things stand, we have not had verification. we 8am but as things stand, we have not had verification.— had verification. we cannot verify whether it has _ had verification. we cannot verify whether it has come _ had verification. we cannot verify whether it has come into - had verification. we cannot verify whether it has come into force i had verification. we cannot verify whether it has come into force is | whether it has come into force is being respected but the authorities are making plans to try to evacuate people if it does stop and if it is

possible to get people to safety. thank you. let's speak to tobias ellwood, who is one of a few mps who has been calling for a no—fly zone and wants the west to do more to help ukraine. hejoins us now. we will come in to the no—fly zone in a moment but i want to talk first about this apparent ceasefire, temporary ceasefire that has been announced this morning and whether that will have the desired effect. we heard it yesterday but it did not happen, there was continued shelling of people who were trying to leave under what they thought was a ceasefire. what do you make of what you have had this morning? i ceasefire. what do you make of what you have had this morning?- you have had this morning? i mean, terrible news _ you have had this morning? i mean, terrible news are _ you have had this morning? i mean, terrible news are still— you have had this morning? i mean, terrible news are still coming - you have had this morning? i mean, terrible news are still coming out. terrible news are still coming out of ukraine and the bigger picture is, putin's days are numbered, i believe, the russian elite, the senior military know the scale of sanctions which the uk has done an incrediblejob to lead sanctions which the uk has done an incredible job to lead on and it means there is no return to the international community for russia with putin in charge. the economy will never be allowed to recover. but the bad news is, his removal

could take months and it won't stop until he is stopped, the misery, the scale of death, the merciless and senseless destruction of cities will continue, as you have been reporting this morning. and putin's invasion, while it was initially beset by problems, he is now resorting to tried and tested old doctrine, pummelling city from afar, but he has recognised our own red lines, the absence of any appetite from us ourselves to stand up to him directly, and therefore, he has been free to stoop to some of these very, very ugly tactics, committing war crimes, attacking nuclear power stations, and indeed, reaching ceasefires and that is my concern this morning, as we try and allow these people to escape the cities, that actually russia will then attack civilians once again, as we saw they did yesterday. and attack civilians once again, as we saw they did yesterday.— attack civilians once again, as we saw they did yesterday. and so the a . reement saw they did yesterday. and so the agreement that _ saw they did yesterday. and so the agreement that he _ saw they did yesterday. and so the agreement that he needs - saw they did yesterday. and so the agreement that he needs to - saw they did yesterday. and so the agreement that he needs to be - agreement that he needs to be stopped, i wonder how that happens? well, that is the big decision for the west at the moment, you know,

what scale of genocide, what level of suffering do we have to witness before we consider options to intervene, knowing that we are confronting a nuclear state with a less than rational leader? we do require, i'm afraid, greater self—confidence to check this aggression, while managing any potential escalation. we are still in peacetime decision—making mode. europe is at war, our stance, our character, our statecraft must now reflect the new reality and move out of this peacetime mode. the world is now a very different and more dangerous place and once again, to understand and manage this, we need to recognise that there are ways of doing this without getting on that escalator a ladder. the doing this without getting on that escalator a ladder.— doing this without getting on that escalator a ladder. the debate over the no-fly zone _ escalator a ladder. the debate over the no-fly zone continues, - escalator a ladder. the debate over the no-fly zone continues, it - escalator a ladder. the debate over the no-fly zone continues, it has i the no—fly zone continues, it has come up time and again this week, nato says it will not enforce a no—fly zone over ukraine because they do not want to escalate this war. but everything you have said, the images we are saying is that this war has already escalated,

hasn't it? ., , ., ., ., hasn't it? completed and the idea of a no-fly zone _ hasn't it? completed and the idea of a no-fly zone has _ hasn't it? completed and the idea of a no-fly zone has most _ hasn't it? completed and the idea of a no-fly zone has most become - a no—fly zone has most become totemic in us actually doing anything at all. we simply ruled it out and we have not only done that, we have declared, we broadcasted what we won't do. we need to stop doing that. we need to be able to recognise that this is defeatist in this way. it could be that from a practical perspective, it is not possible but i simply say that where putin wants to go and what he wants to achieve goes way beyond ukraine. we have to ask ourselves, when we going to stop him? we are not doing enough to turn this around. we are providing weapons assistance and humanitarian support but russia, i'm afraid, is slowly winning, and yes, i will make it very clear, i think putin will be removed but that could be months or possibly longer away and then there is so much pain that will be endured on the people of ukraine and that is why they are wondering why the west is not doing more. �* ., , wondering why the west is not doing more. 1, ,_, wondering why the west is not doing more. , .,

more. boris johnson has this morning laid out his so-called _ more. boris johnson has this morning laid out his so-called six-point - laid out his so—called six—point plan, and looking through it, there appears to be very little that is new. we talk about relying on sanctions to bring down the russian regime and to affect the kremlin but we also heard yesterday from the russian foreign ministry spokesperson, singling out britain for what they are calling sanctions hysteria and they have now threatened retaliation. should we be worried by this? h0. threatened retaliation. should we be worried by this?— worried by this? no, this is the rhetoric that _ worried by this? no, this is the rhetoric that we _ worried by this? no, this is the rhetoric that we need - worried by this? no, this is the rhetoric that we need to - worried by this? no, this is the rhetoric that we need to start i worried by this? no, this is the | rhetoric that we need to start to measure ourselves with. when putin comes out with statements, including using nuclear weapons and so forth, this is when this cold war statecraft has come back to the fore. we must not be rattled or spooked every time he makes a comment like this because we are actually showing our cards, displaying our hesitancy and we need to recognise that this is, as i say, far bigger than ukraine. but right now, i'm really pleased the prime minister is looking more seriously at what we can do. it requires that convening power that britain is

historically good at, getting other countries to lean into this but right now, i'm afraid, let's be blunt, the international message to ukraine is, you are incredibly brave, here's a lot of equipment and kit and we will provide some humanitarian support but actually, you are really on your own and that is not good enough, it really isn't. we have an obligation because... that we sign, that britain signed in 1994 to support ukraine in its security needs. they are being attacked, the shape of europe, the continent, is being redrawn. we need to step up. with; continent, is being redrawn. we need toste u.~ ,~ , continent, is being redrawn. we need toste u-.~ ,~ , ., ~ to step up. why are we still talking about what more _ to step up. why are we still talking about what more can _ to step up. why are we still talking about what more can be _ to step up. why are we still talking about what more can be done? - to step up. why are we still talking | about what more can be done? why to step up. why are we still talking - about what more can be done? why are we looking at what can be done? there is no time. watch the uk and its allies need to be doing right now? —— what to do the uk. we its allies need to be doing right now? -- what to do the uk. we need to be looking — now? -- what to do the uk. we need to be looking more _ now? -- what to do the uk. we need to be looking more competitively - now? -- what to do the uk. we need to be looking more competitively as i to be looking more competitively as to be looking more competitively as to how we can actually stand up to russia without having that incremental effect of eating ourselves to some form of wider war. we need to be able to contain this

in the theatre of operations. —— of leading ourselves to some form of wider war. leading ourselves to some form of widerwar. but leading ourselves to some form of wider war. but at the moment, we have ruled out any form of aggression inside the country itself, there are a myriad of operational options that can be considered but at the moment, we have ruled out absolutely everything and we need to get into a fresh mindset, into a wartime mode, and recognise that if we don't stand up to russia today, there will be a bigger challenge tomorrow. tobias ellwood, thank _ bigger challenge tomorrow. tobias ellwood, thank you _ bigger challenge tomorrow. tobias ellwood, thank you for _ bigger challenge tomorrow. tobias ellwood, thank you for being - bigger challenge tomorrow. tobias ellwood, thank you for being with l ellwood, thank you for being with us. some news from the world health organization. they monitor systems of attacks on health care systems and they say six incidents of health care have been published in ukraine, four of them confirmed, to have them deemed possible and they have left at least six people dead and 11 injured including six health care workers and they are in the process of verifying more attacks on health care systems. it is an important distinction because a tax on health

facilities and personnel are big violations of international humanitarian law. —— attacks on health facilities. they constitute crimes against humanity, we don't know specifically where these attacks took place or the names of the dates but confirmation from the world health organization this morning that there are at least four confirm specific attacks on health facilities which would constitute crimes against you vanity. they really did reiterate the call —— oh crimes against humanity. they reiterated that anything to do with health care, workers, supplies, patients, transport and facilities must be respected and they must remain neutral, as nina was saying, it constitutes a breach of international humanitarian law. russians living in the uk have said they are "horrified" and "appalled" by vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. many have joined anti—war protests across the country and are calling on fellow russians around the world to condemn putin's actions. ayshea buksh has more. denis was born in moscow and now

works in publishing in london. he has relatives in both russia and ukraine and is desperately worried about his family who are in care. who are in kyiv. my cousin's wife, she said that we were starting to panic. they are hiding somewhere in the basement. we were starting to panic because the tanks are in the city. there is fighting in the city. they don't have any food, they don't have any money, there's nothing they can do. the war needs to stop. i need people to be more proactive, if they have russian culture within them, they need to be more proactive about stopping the war. sonia came from russia to study and now works in the music industry. she's also incredibly anxious about is happening. anxious about what is happening. horrible emotions right now. it is shame, it's grief. and it's anger, and powerlessness. this arts and cultural centre in bloomsbury in central london has long maintained its independence from the russian government, and now, even more so.

the centre's director, elena, says they have long supported opposition voices in russia and now they are rethinking their events programme to show solidarity with ukraine. being a russian speaker does not equate to supporting putin's war. and there are very many different russian communities here in london and all of them come from different backgrounds and have very different opinions and different points of view, but i think we all stand united against this war. it is very dark times for us. we condemn russian military aggression and we stand with ukraine. this war should not have happened in the 21st century. the most recent exhibition explored russian queer identity, and the curator says russians living abroad must continue to use their freedoms as a platform for activism. it is impossible to talk about anything right now except for the war. there are a lot of voices

in russia who, i mean, most russians are now opposing the war and it is important, you know, for us to amplify those voices. so as more groups continue to distance themselves from the actions of vladimir putin, russian londoners are ensuring by their actions and words that they stand with ukraine. ayshea buksh, bbc news. just a handful of families in the uk affected by the conflict in ukraine and this is where we side to ben who is off to read the news for sophie. i am, coming up at 9am on bbc one but let's pause and look at the weather. matt has a lovely scene. good morning. it is important we stop and take a breath and look at it every so often and what i start to the day in the west of scotland. frost on the ground, it has been very cold across parts of scotland and northern ireland and these are the temperatures in the last half an

hour. down to —16 in parts of northern scotland, —5 across parts of northern ireland. largely frost free across much of central and south—eastern england because we have more clout. the cloud a bit more broken than yesterday but still producing the odd isolated shower. most staying dry. a better chance of sunshine across lincolnshire and yorkshire and east anglia and the south—east compared with yesterday and more cloud towards the south—west. quite a breeze blowing down through the english channel and out towards the hebrides which will make it feel a bit cooler but under the sunshine, light wind, especially across scotland, pleasant afternoon on the way after a frosty start, temperatures up to 10—11 later. into tonight, as soon as we lose the sunshine, turning cold quite quickly once again. further cloud coming and going across southern most county so the frost a bit more hit and miss but overall, widely frosty night to come to take us into monday, with temperatures down to around —5 or —6 for some and a greater chance of frost in the south. going into the

new week, it looks like it will start at least on a dry note, breezy in the west on monday and a bit more cloud here and there but most will see some sunny spells. it turns milder through the week with a bit of rain later in the west. back to you. clinging the sunny thank you. —— onto the sunny spells. an evacuation is due to begin in the keyport of marie uppal this morning, from 10am local time. hopefully that will allow residents to escape safely via an agreed route. a ceasefire was scheduled to start at eight o'clock but it is unclear at the moment, the bbc cannot verify whether that has started successfully because that was promised yesterday and it did not materialise as shelling continued. the world health organization has confirmed six incidents of attacks on health care facilities in ukraine although the details of where and

when they happen have not been revealed. let's speak to simon smith, a former uk ambassador to ukraine. good morning. can you explain how a ceasefire would theoretically work? these local unlimited ceasefires in this situation are not rare. they are a bit surprising sometimes because they require military parties who have been slinging weapons at each other to actually talk to each other and sort out how it is going to work and what you really need in this situation is a lot of trust and communication between the warring parties to be good so they are in touch with each other to make sure it happens effectively and i think one of the real difficulties is going to be the fact that the whole of putin's war has been based on a mountain of lies and dishonesty and it must be extraordinarily difficult for the ukrainian forces to address the question ofjust how much trust we

have in the local russian commanders to see if this is really going to work. as i say, it is not unprecedented, it can sometimes be surprising how well troops communicate with each other when they have agreed on a limited action of this kind. it is they have agreed on a limited action of this kind-— of this kind. it is impossible at the moment — of this kind. it is impossible at the moment to _ of this kind. it is impossible at the moment to know- of this kind. it is impossible at the moment to know whether| of this kind. it is impossible at i the moment to know whether or of this kind. it is impossible at - the moment to know whether or not the moment to know whether or not the violation of the ceasefire yesterday which compromised the escape for hundreds of thousands of fleeing people, we don't know whether it was deliberate or not. this whether it was deliberate or not. as i whether it was deliberate or not. is i say again, whether it was deliberate or not. 23 i say again, i whether it was deliberate or not. 2.3 i say again, i think in whether it was deliberate or not. 23 i say again, i think in the minds of the ukrainian armed forces, there is going to be a lot of memories of the way in which russia's war on ukraine has been conducted. they will have memories of 2014, and an earlier phase of putin's wore on ukraine, they will remember the advice in august 2014, when there was a local agreement to allow ukrainian forces to withdraw, that the russians are

simply violated it and massacred the ukrainian forces there. that is very much cemented in the memory of the ukrainian armed forces. there was a lot of reason for deep mistrust of what is going on here. as i say, it is not unprecedented that even in that kind of situation that there can be a solid agreement which actually allows significant parts of the civilian population of mariupol to get out of harm's way. so the civilian population of mariupol to get out of harm's way. 50 it the civilian population of mariupol to get out of harm's way.- to get out of harm's way. so it is possible? _ to get out of harm's way. so it is possible? we — to get out of harm's way. so it is possible? we heard _ to get out of harm's way. so it is possible? we heard from - to get out of harm's way. so it is possible? we heard from tobias| possible? we heard from tobias ellwood that he believes a no—fly zone is integral and it feels a bit like the stakes are high either way, doesn't it? if one isn't implemented, will history come to regret it? implemented, will history come to recret it? ~ ~ .. implemented, will history come to recret it? ~ ~ ., , regret it? well, i think that this is a pretty _ regret it? well, i think that this is a pretty serious _ regret it? well, i think that this is a pretty serious decision - regret it? well, i think that this is a pretty serious decision that| regret it? well, i think that this i is a pretty serious decision that is on the plate of policymakers here and it is a serious question. they have to contemplate it, to say, what are the consequences of an escalation in this situation? are

there still are other things that we can do that are going to be more effective? and essentially, i think the decision—makers need to have a whole menu of ideas of a very broad front. one thing i am slightly disturbed, well, not disturbed but i would like to see a bit more of is more explicit focus on what can still be done to ensure that people in russia really get the message on what is going on here. we have seen really deplorable efforts by putin's administration to conceal the truth from its own population and yet we are still seeing the evidence that significant numbers of russians, we have heard some of your programme, albeit not living in russia but significant numbers of russians see what is happening and they are disgusted at what putin is doing in their name and there are some immensely kameda —— courageous people in russia who are risking their livelihoods and their lives even to say this. it remains fundamentally important for us to sustain efforts to get the truth to

as many russian people as possible of the catastrophic damage that putin is doing to russia and its people by continuing his aggression on ukraine. i think we need a very broad front, a no—fly zone, it still needs to be in consideration but i think we need a really broad front of measures. the general outcome of which has got to be to continue to raise the cost to russia of what it is doing right across the board, whether that is economic, military, in the information theatre.- in the information theatre. simon smith, in the information theatre. simon smith. the _ in the information theatre. simon smith, the former _ in the information theatre. simon smith, the former uk _ in the information theatre. simon i smith, the former uk ambassador, with some insight in the latest crisis in ukraine. that's all for this morning. breakfast will be back tomorrow from six. just back tomorrow from six. a reminder that the cease just a reminder that the ceasefire in mariupol was due to start an hour ago but no confirmation as yet as to whether it has happened, refugees potentially being encouraged in an hour or so to escape through humanitarian corridors. coverage

continues across the bbc. we will be back tomorrow from 6am. enjoy the rest of your sunday. goodbye.

this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe. i'm victoria derbyshire. our top stories... russian artillery continues to pound cities and towns in ukraine — as the invading forces seek to capture more ground. the besieged city of mariupol will attempt another evacuation of civilians — after a similar plan was abandoned yesterday due to continuing fighting. the un says one point five million people may have fled ukraine by the end of today. and i am at the border crossing, it is expected 1 million people will have fled to poland alone. credit card companies mastercard and visa join those businesses withdrawing their services from russia.