this is bbc news. i live in the city of lviv. our top stories: civilians in ukraine have been fleeing for their lives under the relentless bombardmentjust 25 kilometres their lives under the relentless bombardment just 25 kilometres from the capital. a second attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged city of mauripol after a similar plan was abandoned yesterday due to continued fighting. the un says 1.5 million people have already fled ukraine. the us office to ease the fastest—growing refugee crisis since the second world war. anti—war

protests on the street of russia. three and have thousand people have been abetted protest across the country according to the russian news agency. welcome to our viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm coming to life in western ukraine. fighting continues across ukraine and especially in the north—east and south of the country. let's just bring you up—to—date on what we are hearing from ukrainian authorities who say pounds north—west of the

capital, kyiv, are under the land for somebody meant with intense fighting between government and russian forces. much to show you some of this on a map. the heaviest fighting is said to be focused on the suburbs just 25 kilometres north—west of kyiv, the capital. meanwhile, a new temporary ceasefire to evacuate thousands of civilians in the decease of the city of mauripol seems to have collapsed afterjust mauripol seems to have collapsed after just two mauripol seems to have collapsed afterjust two hours. this is the second day in a collapsed and as we have been reporting, the authorities, the ukrainian authorities, the ukrainian authorities asked civilians to stay where they were, to seek shelter, because they would be giving more information about how to evacuate but, as we have also been reporting, they continue to come under heavy bombardment. charlotte gallagher has the very latest. a russian strike on irpin — violence, destruction, panic. this city close to the capital is enduring heavy fighting, with more and more people attempting to escape. distant explosions. many are heading to lviv, a city close to the polish border. the train station here is overwhelmed by the crowds.

these children from an orphanage are some of the latest to leave. for one of their carers, it'sjust too much. "my heart is being torn apart", she says. "it's so tough". a few miles from the train station, weapons are being handed out. not to soldiers and police, but ordinary citizens who want to defend their city, families, and ukraine. it's a scene repeated across the country. translation: we have | already gained our future, but we are still fighting for our present. it is very important. we are still fighting for where the border will be,

between life and slavery. this is the time when it is still possible to defeat evil without irreparable losses. the abandoned streets of mariupol, a city under siege. encircled by russian troops, around 200,000 people have been running out of food, water, and power, living in darkness in cellars. blasts rumble. yesterday, the hope of escape was dashed after russian shelling broke a ceasefire agreed to allow people to leave, though moscow blamed ukraine. today there will be another attempt to evacuate civilians. the city's mayor says they are under constant threat. translation: in the first days of the war, - we counted the victims in tens. today, we count them in hundreds. soon, we'll count them in thousands. they won't even give us a chance to count the wounded and the dead because the shelling has not stopped for six days.

this is what people here fear — strikes from the sky. despite moscow's promises, the russian air force have hit houses, schools, and hospitals, not only military targets. putin's prized target is the capital, kyiv, though, the scars of war already visible. 0n the outskirts, troops and volunteers are in position, and defences are being rapidly erected, like these anti—tank hedgehogs. the resistance remains defiant. charlotte gallagher, bbc news, lviv. ukraine's president said russian rockets are completely destroyed a civilian airport in the central west region on sunday and he also said earlier that authorities had been working to put out a fire after that rocket strike. let's have a listen. i've just been told about the rocket strike. eight rockets. against our

town, against our peaceful, good town, against our peaceful, good town that never threatened russia by anyway. a rocket strike. tough, cynical, completely flattened the airport. they carry on destroying our infrastructure, our lives, built by others, our fathers, our infrastructure, our lives, built by others, ourfathers, our grandfathers and grandmothers, generations of ukrainians. everyday keep saying, close the sky over ukraine to all russian rockets, to russian military aviation, to all those terrorists and make a humanitarian air zone without rockets, without planes. we are people. your humanitarian responsibilities to protect us, to protect people. you can do that. if you don't do that, if you want at least give us planes for us to be able to protect ourselves, only one

conclusion could be drawn. you also want us to be very slowly killed and thatis want us to be very slowly killed and that is the responsibility of global politicians and western leaders from today. and for ever. you politicians and western leaders from today. and for ever.— today. and for ever. you are listening _ today. and for ever. you are listening to _ today. and for ever. you are listening to ukraine's - today. and for ever. you are i listening to ukraine's president making that appeal, that frustrated appeal about russian rocket attacks on that civilian airport. and you can hear the frustration in his voice. let's hearfrom a former prime minister of ukraine. she was speaking to us via a translator. she made an appeal to the international community for more assistance. have a listen. ~ ., ., , , a listen. ukraine has been absolutely _ a listen. ukraine has been absolutely plummeted - a listen. ukraine has been absolutely plummeted by| a listen. ukraine has been - absolutely plummeted by missile strikes. children are dying. peaceful people, women, are dying. currently, everything is being shot

at close range. ijust want currently, everything is being shot at close range. i just want to thank everyone for your support. we value it. we really value tough sanctions against the aggressor. we value today the world gives us arms, that the world is with us. but today it is not enough. in orderfor ukraine to hold on, for everyone, for europe, of the world, in front of the aggressor, the russian federation that crossed our borders, we require serious help. that help close the sky over ukraine. today, this is as a prayer repeated by ukrainian children hiding in bomb shelters. 0ur ukrainian mothers are repeating this as a prayer. we need your help. if this guy is closed over ukraine for russian military aviation and for missile strikes, ukraine will prevail. and together

with the whole civilised world now i want to address the mothers of the world. two women i ask you, please, stand with ukraine. a call to all readers of the world that could stand with us to close the skies over ukraine. that is not true that the nato decision is required for that. today a coalition of countries could be created. the countries who are prepared to defend ukraine as it was in iraq, in libya when the closed sky was used without a nato decision. now we need goodwill. today the lives of our children and existence of ukraine defends not only on what the aggressor is doing, the aggressor will be doing what it is doing now. and peter will go to the end. however, the lives of ukraine, the lives of our children also depend on your goodwill, your

decision to close the sky, to shield the sky over ukraine. ijust want decision to close the sky, to shield the sky over ukraine. i just want to say that our army is fighting strong today. normal men and women are out on the streets, they were given arms but even without arms they are stopping tanks. 0ur cities are occupied but we are strong. 0ur faith is strong. and we know we all went together with the whole civilised world.— went together with the whole civilised world. ., ., , ., civilised world. that was the former prime minister _ civilised world. that was the former prime minister of _ civilised world. that was the former prime minister of ukraine _ civilised world. that was the former prime minister of ukraine speaking| prime minister of ukraine speaking there, making that appeal to the international community about the suffering of the ukrainian people. in the last few hours the us secretary of state anthony lincoln has been speaking in moldova. he addressed questions from the press. he said in one of the statements that the united states is now considering sending planes from poland, fighterjets to assist ukrainians conflict. yesterday when

president zelensky addressed the us senate he actually requested russian—made aircraft to assist the military because he said they know how to fly them, how to use them. our diplomatic correspondent has 0ur diplomatic correspondent has this report. what ukraine wants is more air cover, more planes like these, keeping the skys free from russian attacks. and so now there is a plan for the west to give more jets to ukraine for its own pilots to fly. america's top diplomat was visiting moldova today where he confirmed poland might give some of its warplanes to ukraine and get some american fighterjets in return. we are looking actively now at the question of aeroplanes that poland may provide to ukraine. and looking at how we might be able to backfill, should poland decide to supply those planes. what ukraine says it really wants is a no—fly zone enforced by nato

in an attempt to slow the russian onslaught on its cities but nato has said no, fearing it would trigger a wider european war. the destruction is coming from artillery, it is not coming from russian aircraft. if we were to police a no—fly zone, it would mean we would probably have to take out russian defence systems and we would have nato aircraft in the air alongside russian aircraft. and then the potential of shooting them down and then that leads to an escalation. and amid the fighting, the diplomacy continues. this morning, israel's prime minister briefed his cabinet on his talks yesterday with vladimir putin. translation: even if the chance is not right and as soon _ as there is even a small opening, i this as this a moral obligation to make every effort. and all the while the flow of refugees out of ukraine continues to grow. today, the united nations high

commissioner for refugees, filippo grandi, said they number more than one and a half million people — what he described as the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since world war ii. i think help of other country is very important for us, really. it's really good. as western economic sanctions begin to have an impact in moscow, visa and mastercard announced they would cease their operations in russia. banks in russia insisted that cards issued by them would continue to work. james landale, bbc news. you are listening to james lando giving us a sense of the diplomacy behind the scenes. we can speak live now to correspondent in the south of the country. you will remember this city came under bombardment. as virtually flattened as people were fleeing for their lives. many were

trapped in the actual fighting and seeking shelter underground and those underground bunkers stop you very much forjoining us in the programme. just tell the reviewers for his own safety, we will not disclose his name. the russian forces have surrounded the city and have full control.— have full control. hello. the situation — have full control. hello. the situation is _ have full control. hello. the situation is even _ have full control. hello. the situation is even worse - have full control. hello. the situation is even worse than j have full control. hello. the - situation is even worse than you say because not only did they encircle the city and occupy it, and so we can see the russian personnel carriers and russian soldiers patrolling the streets of the city, we also have a full blockade in any supply routes and any movement of civilians. which is now prohibited by russians. several supply convoys

already stand by, volunteers including the red cross as well as ukrainian government are simply not being allowed into the city despite the agreement reached between russia and ukraine at the most recent talks between the governments. the city is on the verge of a humanitarian catastrophe as the food supplies, medicine, bottled water, all is running scared. you can see people queueing up on the streets. just looking for a shop that sells at least anything. and after not finding anything at all. despite this, they have mounted civil protests aimed at showing the russians that, despite the physical fact of occupation, we're still standing strong with the of ukraine. we still consider ourselves ukrainian and we will wait and we will do as much as we can to support

our country and every attempt to liberate the city.— our country and every attempt to liberate the city. how are you doing that at the moment? _ liberate the city. how are you doing that at the moment? are _ liberate the city. how are you doing that at the moment? are you - liberate the city. how are you doing l that at the moment? are you coming out onto the streets? is it safe for you to do so? i out onto the streets? is it safe for you to do so?— you to do so? i am afraid it is not that safe- — you to do so? i am afraid it is not that safe- we _ you to do so? i am afraid it is not that safe. we have _ you to do so? i am afraid it is not that safe. we have had _ you to do so? i am afraid it is not that safe. we have had reports i you to do so? i am afraid it is not i that safe. we have had reports and seen footage of quite gruesome acts of aggression perpetrated by the russians. we have seen people shot on sight for no clear reason, just some of those people are women who definitely did not carry any guns or in a thing threatening so what i could as images russians consider are some sort of chechnya and everyone is ready to fight them tooth and nail with their hands. in terms of the rallies that have been held for the past couple of days, it is more of a civilian daylight

protest so russians do not interfere that much. they still discourage anyone from coming too close. so i guess it takes a great deal of courage from every person in the protest to leave their daily activities like finding food and supplies and it is time to go to the rallyjust to show supplies and it is time to go to the rally just to show the russians they are not welcome in the city as long as they bear arms and the city is not exactly. it as they bear arms and the city is not exactly-— not exactly. it is freezing conditions. _ not exactly. it is freezing conditions. is _ not exactly. it is freezing conditions. is there - not exactly. it is freezing conditions. is there any i not exactly. it is freezing - conditions. is there any heating? yes. most of the city is now restored from most of the utilities. although i have been hearing reports of suburban areas where heavy

fighting took place since day one of the war that they still have issues with electricity and gas supply or water supply just as well. with electricity and gas supply or water supplyjust as well. most of the city is having all the communications in it. except for mobile network. which has turned down for the second time for the past two days. so several hours in the morning we just cannot connect to mobile internet or make phone calls or whatnot. it is reported that russians purportedly destroyed a cable, cable networks are ukrainians here do not organise into rallies or organise any sort of resistance. i5 rallies or organise any sort of resistance-— rallies or organise any sort of resistance. , ., ., ., ., resistance. is there a way out of the city for _ resistance. is there a way out of the city for anyone? _ resistance. is there a way out of the city for anyone? no. - resistance. is there a way out of the city for anyone? no. not - resistance. is there a way out of the city for anyone? no. not as| resistance. is there a way out of. the city for anyone? no. not as of the city for anyone? no. not as of the moment— the city for anyone? no. not as of the moment despite _ the city for anyone? no. not as of the moment despite humanitarian corridor has been discussed and agreed upon at the highest level, the local russian military command

is refusing any attempt to communicate any people going out of humanitarian convoys going in. the? humanitarian convoys going in. they are starving — humanitarian convoys going in. they are starving us _ humanitarian convoys going in. they are starving us out. _ humanitarian convoys going in. they are starving us out. devastating - are starving us out. devastating situation there. _ are starving us out. devastating situation there. thank - are starving us out. devastating situation there. thank you - are starving us out. devastating situation there. thank you very | are starving us out. devastating - situation there. thank you very much forjoining us on the programme. 1ng forjoining us on the programme. as he was saying there, it is devastation and so many of the cities where peoples homes have been completely destroyed, lives have been completely destroyed and they are looking for a way out. those lucky enough to escape the fighting making their way to the west of the country to places like here in lviv have started to move on and we do know that 1.5 million people, in excess of 1.5 million people have now left this country. those figures are according to the united nations who say there is an avalanche of

humans leaving this country. the largest movement of people since the second world war, are refugees who have left the country. the bulk of the people are heading to where my colleague has been reporting from the polish ukrainian border. amongst so much uncertainty and so much destruction that has happened in ukrainejust across the borderfrom me, one thing is constant — the flow of people coming through. these people have just crossed over the borderfrom ukraine. theirjourneys to get here have been long, they've been uncertain. we've been seeing the scenes back in lviv of what has been happening as the people have been crossing into trains, crossing through with their cars, leaving their cars, running out of fuel, crossing by foot like all of these people that have just literally crossed the border here into poland, theirfirst time to have an opportunity to just get something warm to drink, their first time to get something to eat. this whole community,

this whole centre has popped up and it's very transient. we've been here all week and things change. tents pop up, tents go, but what is constant also, along with the flow of people coming across the border is the support that poland is offering to those people who have fled. volunteers in their hundreds bringing off, dropping off things that all the children may need. the piles of nappies, the milk formula, the food for the children who are exhausted and they're overwhelmed, and what is really, really touching is just the little moments of generosity, how people just bring people that have fled the border into their homes, opening their homes. and this is the absolute first moment these people have crossed into this country, and there is a sense of calmness and there is a sense ofjust exhaustion, given what they have been through. there is organisation. we see all the time people coming up explaining...

"we've got a person who is travelling to krakow. "we can take four or five people." "we've got a person who is driving on to another town, "who can take a family of..." and then gives the amount. and this is continuous. this is absolutely continuous. we've got people who have brought bits of paper explaining, "we'll take such and such, we'll take you on, "we'll provide you transport, things for free." and this is happening all the time, every day, day in, day out on this border as the people come across. and, yes, it is cold here, it is snowing every now and again. bear in mind the people that have just come across, they have spent days getting to the border,

but this is the next leg of theirjourney. so here we have this queue of people waiting to get on a bus. a bus will then take them to the next part of their stage of their journey to temporary reception areas. it's where antony blinken came to to see one of these reception areas, how it was organised, how people got to rest, and then they move on. across the whole of poland, people are opening up their doors. websites offering advice of what to do if you want to take a refugee family in. large ukrainian community in poland — they're all coming together, bringing these people to their homes. again, another bus coming up. every few minutes a bus will come up, will load these people on, will move them further away, because ultimately we know that more and more people continue to cross this border. already over 900,000 people have come into poland. that is higher than the population of poland's second—largest city, krakow. coming into this country in such a short space of time. they all need help. they all need attention. they all need rest.

900,000 people have made their way into poland. we know that 1.5 million people have now left the fighting and it is notjust poland that they are going to. 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.

staying without your house, without your clothes, because we went outjust with nothing, like, we were hoping that we could come back some day, but i don't know, as far as watching those 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 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's six years already i've been doing my thing. i've been studying

late night for exams. i've been doing, 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. there have been demonstrations across russia for the past week and an intense crackdown by the authorities on those who have been protesting. we understand the protests have gone as far as

siberia. they began in moscow and have also, we have seen people come out onto the streets in saint petersburg as well. the interior ministry said almost 4000 demonstrators have been detained, many of them, as i said, in moscow and st petersburg. maria, a spokesperson, said schools are being fully tightened essentially we are witnessing military censorship. she added, as we have said, big protests evenin added, as we have said, big protests even in siberian cities. a real attempt at showing solidarity with what is happening here in ukraine. russians risking their lives in support of the ukrainian people and demanding no war but they are being arrested and detained by the authorities there in russia and, as we have reported, 4000 people have been arrested across the country, the majority in moscow and st

petersburg. the evincing protests as far as siberia. pope francis has urged russia to guarantee that humanitarian corridors are maintained in order to safely evacuate civilians. addressing crowds from the vatican he countered russia's assertions that it is a military operation, saying it is a war leading to death, destruction and misery. translation: in ukraine, rivers l of blood and tears are flowing. l he has said civilians had been targeted and he said that there has been absolute misery and destruction. have a listen. have a listen. destruction and misery. translation: in ukraine, rivers l of blood and tears are flowing. l this is notjust a military operation, but a war that sows death, destruction and misery. the victims are ever more numerous,

as well as people fleeing, especially mothers and children. the need for emergency humanitarian assistance is growing dramatically hour by hour in that martyred country. i address a heartfelt appeal so humanitarian corridors are ensured, and access to aid in the areas under siege is guaranteed and facilitated to offer life—saving help to our brothers and sisters suffering under the bombs and from fear. i thank all those who are welcoming the refugees. above all, i plead for an end to the armed attacks and that negotiation prevails and common sense as well, and that international law must be restored. i would like also to thank the journalists who put their lives at risk to guarantee information. the pope was speaking at the vatican

asking for a humanitarian corridor to be made available to allow civilians to be evacuated safely out of the conflict areas which, as we have seen, and places like mauripol have seen, and places like mauripol have not been made available. civilians say they continue to be sheued civilians say they continue to be shelled and face bombings and explosions with no respite and no end in sight. as i have been saying, the majority of people have been making their way to western ukraine where it has been relatively safe and peaceful but every now and then we are reminded of this conflict when the sirens go off and the majority of people are shown to undergo underground bunkers created in the second world war and people are having to use them again. in 2022. people are also resisting there. there has not been a greater sense of solidarity here in ukraine than now. people are creating molotov cocktails, making camouflage nets. they are doing what they can to assist the military to heed the

cause by the president. he said a week ago people should pick up arms. they should join in the battle where they can and of course there is martial law here. men between the ages of 18 and 60 have to remain and fight. women and children have been leaving this country. we will continue to monitor the developments here across ukraine and here from lviv. thank you very much, yelled —— yalda hakim. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in the ukrainian capital kyiv and has more now on the situation on the ground. the latest news is that there's been a barrage of shelling just less than 15 miles northwest of kyiv at what was a humanitarian corridor to allow people to flee from the besieged town. we saw heart—rending scenes there yesterday of people

just fleeing in droves, elderly women holding their shopping bags, people with dogs in their arms, carrying their children, people in tears as they watched their houses in flames from russian shelling, their lives being shattered. and now today shelling of that area by russian forces. the eyewitness accounts from that area, including a bbc team who was there at the time. they�* re safe. the bridge, makeshift bridge, which was allowing people to leave to go to the train station, head towards here and then to a safer place, was struck and has been broken. yesterday, there was a photograph of people sheltering under that bridge, thousands of people taking shelter, and now that has been blasted away. we're also hearing reports from mariupol to the south. today was to be the second attempt to try to allow people to flee from that besieged city where residential areas have been under attack.

people have been running out of food, water, there's no electricity. again, they came under russian shelling. so we've heard from local officials that yet again, people have gone back to a besieged city, wondering, fearing when will they ever see that promise made good, that there will be a corridor without being attacked by russian forces that they can somehow make it to safety. now, as you have pointed out, this is a very difficult situation for people who are stuck in the middle of this conflict. it's too unsafe to stay where they are. it's too dangerous to leave. what options do they have left? and in some places, there's no place to hide. if you're in irpin, you can't stay. your house has been has been

burnt down to a crisp. your houses have been shelled for the past few days. you fear for yourself. you fear for your families, so you try to leave. but even the escape routes are being blocked today. in a place like kyiv, where where we are now, where the streets remain eerily quiet, at least in the centre of the city, more and more defensive barriers are being put up across the city. we drove through yesterday to see the sandbag positions, the spiked barriers all in preparation for a possible advance of that long armoured convoy stretching some 40 miles on the outskirts of the city. if and when it does indeed enter this capital, they're preparing to try to fight back. both soldiers and civilians bearing arms in what we have seen in one city after another over the past 11 days in the russian invasion of ukraine. diplomatic efforts to ease this crisis continue. we had a meeting between turkey's president and vladimir putin. president macron of france is also set to meet with president putin to try and find a resolution to this. butjust how much hope

is there of a ceasefire if, as we are seeing, even the establishment of a humanitarian corridor is proving difficult? so much talking, no impact on the ground. president putin keeps saying that russia and ukraine are one, that this is a country which doesn't have the right to exist. the only thing as you say which has come out of the negotiations and it was seen as a really important development, the agreement a few nights ago to establish these humanitarian corridors, even that has been shattered by the shelling on the ground. and yet everyone is trying. turkey offered to mediate hungary, which is a very close ally. viktor 0rban, the prime minister, a very close ally of president putin, he's offered to mediate. saudi arabia has offered to mediate.

and world leaders — france, france's president macron, the german chancellor scholz, they've been on the telephone with president putin, and our viewers may remember the last telephone call between president putin and president macron. president macron came out and said that after an hour and a half of speaking to him, his conclusion was it's going to get worse. and so it has. and how is that affecting the mood in kyiv at the moment? there is this mood of defiance, but also of dread, because the armoured convoy, which was first sighted about a week ago, has not moved into the city. it has meant that people don't scramble. so in a panic, every time they hear the air raid sirens, they're daring to hope that perhaps the plight of this city...the city will be saved. or at least the attacks on the immediate... the heart of the city will be delayed. although people seem to be in no doubt, it may happen at some point, but the pressure has

been eased somewhat. but we saw in the early days of the invasion the streets gridlocked with people trying to flee. yesterday, we drove along that road heading west. there weren't the kind of traffic jams that we'd seen early on, but we did actually see a traffic jam of people trying to get in. so those who have to flee, who feel they must flee, have fled long ago or they�* re making preparations. others are bedding in down below ground, and others are digging in above ground. the thousands and thousands of civilians, from book—keepers to accountants to lawyers to doctors to it consultants. thousands and thousands of ukrainians across this country who lived such different lives have now become soldiers. civilians prepare to fight for their future and for their country's future. lyse doucet reporting from the capital, kyiv.

two british surgeons have held a virtual 12—hour war surgery training course in london for over 200 health care professionals in ukraine. it's hoped the tuition will help them deal with injuries from the fighting and save lives. jonny dymond reports. dobryy ranok — 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'd be hard pushed to find anywhere much further from conflict than this office block in west london, but behind me, in a conference room, thousands of doctors thousands of miles away in ukraine are connecting online with a crash course in conflict surgery. bombing of buildings that contain... david nott has been running courses like this for years. one thing he knows better than nearly anyone — nothing prepares a doctorfor 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've had fragmentation wounds,

when they have had blast injuries, when they have had severe gunshot wounds, high velocity, low velocity. it's 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're all here watching what is happening in ukraine at the moment with shock, horror... 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. borisjohnson is urging world leaders to match words with deeds

on ukraine as he prepares to host talks with the canadian and dutch prime ministers in downing street tomorrow. meanwhile the labour leader, sir keir starmer, has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate claims that borisjohnson personally intervened in the process of granting a peerage to the russian newspaper owner lord lebedev after british intelligence warned it would pose a risk to national security. the government said the rules had been applied "rigorously". here's our political correspondent helen catt. this is just one very visible way economic pressure is being applied to vladimir putin's regime. a multi—million pound yacht belonging to a russian oligarch, seized in italy. the uk government has been criticised for lagging behind. it's now changing the law to speed up sanctions on individuals. labour will back it in a vote tomorrow, but wants ministers to reduce how long overseas owners have to register their assets. the government initially said, "well, we'll give people 18 months to register."

the government's retreated because of our arguments and said, "well, six months." but six months is still more than enough time to sell property here in the united kingdom. so, tomorrow, we want to push them further to say reduce that down to 28 days, make it a really effective sanction so that we can put maximum pressure on russia. borisjohnson will host the prime ministers of canada and the netherlands in downing street tomorrow to discuss further international action to support ukraine and isolate russia. but this morning, there are questions about his role in the admittance of a russian—born newspaper owner to the house of lords. the sunday times claims that, in 2020, british intelligence assessed that giving a peerage to evgeny lebedev posed a national security risk. the paper says that assessment was withdrawn after mrjohnson personally intervened. sir keir starmer has called for a parliamentary committee to investigate, but the deputy prime minister said there was no evidence to do so. there is a very strict and stringent process when anyone is granted a peerage.

i don't know the facts of the case — i wasn't involved in it — but i do know that it was applied very rigorously in this case. downing street said all individuals nominated for a peerage were done so in recognition of their contribution to society, and all peerages were vetted by the house of lords appointments commission. earlier this week, lord lebedev added his voice to the condemnation of the attack on ukraine. in his paper, the evening standard, he issued a personal appeal to vladimir putin to stop the war. helen catt, bbc news. visa and mastercard have suspended their services in russia. they say any transactions made with cards issued in russia will no longer work outside the country. cards issued outside russia can no longer be used at the country's banks or cashpoints. russia's major banks suggest the effects will be limited. 0ur correspondent, simon browning, explains more about the impact of the move. theyjoin a growing cohort of businesses who are voicing their objection to what's happening in ukraine and continue to put tough measures in place to fight

against russia's economy. now, we found out today that visa and mastercard decided last night that they would withdraw services and suspend services in russia. now, if you have a visa or a mastercard in russia and it's issued by a russian bank, it will continue to work if you are a russian citizen. because the russian government mandated and created an internal payment system. so if you have a visa mastercard in russia, it will continue to work. but as you said, if you are a russian who has left the country and you have a russian bank account with a visa or mastercard symbol, it will not work if you have now left russia. that means that lots of people who've left russia in the last couple of weeks — i've been seeing on twitter today, independentjournalists who've left russia in the last couple of weeks, now can't

access their funds in their bank accounts, their savings, because their accounts have been frozen. so if you're inside russia with a russian visa card or mastercard, it will continue to work because of the russian internal payment system taking charge of those payments. but if you've left russia and you have a russian account, it will no longer work and you won't be able to get access to your funds. well, because of that, the major banks in russia are suggesting that the impact of this in russia might be limited, but these are not the only companies that are taking a stand. yes. as i mentioned, visa and mastercard join a growing cohort of companies who are mounting and voicing their objections to what's happening in ukraine. yesterday we saw samsung, the biggest provider in smartphones in russia, stop sending new shipments of phones into russia itself. that was after a direct appeal from the ukrainian deputy prime minister, who literally tweeted a letter to the head of samsung, saying, "please stop selling these phones within russia." they've stopped sending shipments. so if you're a young person in russia, you'll no longer be able to get an upgrade or a new phone. zara, one of the biggest fashion retailers in the world and their group closed all 502 stores in russia from today, so there'll be no more access

to up—to—date and on—trend fashions. and paypal — another very popular payment service, very popular with young people — also suspended operations and that joins apple and numerous others who are all now voicing their objection to what is happening between russia and ukraine. so, yes, the list of businesses that are continuing to voice rejection objection continues to grow. that list is growing. but what about the impact? how is this actually being felt in russia and is it leading to anything meaningful? it's a big question, and that's what we're trying to find out from young people who are working at these zara stores. what are they being told by their employers? zara, for instance, or other brands, when all of a sudden their shops are closed? other companies, we know advertising agencies are pulling out of russia. what are their employers telling their employees about their reasons for leaving and closing down businesses? so there's lots of questions as to how these discussions are being had with employees at the moment as to how and why these reasons are being taken.

0ur our business correspondence simon browning with those reactions from business corporations. inside ukraine, shelling continues. earlier i spoke to a former prime minister of ukraine, yulia tymoshenko. ukraine has been absolutely plummeted by missile strikes. children are dying. peaceful people, women, are dying. currently, everything is being shot at close range. i just want to thank everyone for your support. we value it. we really value tough sanctions against the aggressor. we value today the world gives us arms, that the world is with us. but today it is not enough. in orderfor ukraine to hold on, for everyone, for europe,

for the world, in front of the aggressor, the russian federation that crossed our borders, we require serious help. that help is closing the sky over ukraine. today, this is as a prayer repeated by ukrainian children hiding in bomb shelters. 0ur ukrainian mothers are repeating this as a prayer. we need your help. if the sky is closed over ukraine for russian military aviation and for missile strikes, ukraine will prevail. and together with the whole civilised world, now i want to address the mothers of the world. to women i ask you, please, stand with ukraine. i call to all leaders of the world that could stand with us to close the sky over ukraine. that is not true that the nato decision is required for that. today a coalition of countries could be created.

the countries who are prepared to defend ukraine as it was in iraq, in libya when the closed sky was used without a nato decision. now we need goodwill. please know, today the lives of our children and existence of ukraine depends not only on what the aggressor is doing, the aggressor will be doing what it is doing now. and putin will go to the end. however, the lives of ukraine, the lives of our children also depend on your goodwill, your decision to close the sky, to shield the sky over ukraine. i just want to say that our army is fighting strong today. normal men and women are out on the streets, they were given arms but even without arms they are stopping tanks. 0ur cities are occupied but we are strong. 0urfaith is strong.

and we know we will win, together with the whole civilised world. you have mentioned the no—fly zone that we have heard president zelensky asking for, you have also talked about the sanctions, but what about the peaceful diplomatic options to resolving this crisis? we are seeing some peace talks happening at the border with belarus, but how much hope do you have that you can negotiate with vladimir putin?— have that you can negotiate with vladimir putin? what i see today, durin: the vladimir putin? what i see today, during the peaceful _ vladimir putin? what i see today, during the peaceful negotiations, | during the peaceful negotiations, quote unquote, ukraine is pummelled by missiles, and at close range peaceful people, men and women are shot. how could one negotiate today? we feel that these peaceful negotiations so far are not successful. will they be successful?

i can say for sure that putin will go to the end. he will not stop. he needs to be stopped only by the forces of ukraine and the whole of the world that will stand with ukraine. we have to become stronger. we ask for ukraine and also to receive the peacekeeping forces of the un. now, today, ukraine needs to receive the most effective anti—aircraft systems to protect ukraine. we can win and that would be a victory of the whole world. 0ver be a victory of the whole world. over the russian dictatorship, over terrorism and genocide. we can do that, but the decision isjoint terrorism and genocide. we can do that, but the decision is joint to shield the sky over ukraine and to give us the peacekeeping forces of un. please, and we will do together. we have heard from the united states

secretary of state, antony blinken, saying today that they have seen credible reports that russia has committed war crimes. what evidence have you seen of that? now in the ukraine, every minute, literally now, several hours ago, a woman with children was coming out of the shelter and they were killed at close range. the mum is in a severe condition. currently the missiles and bombs are falling over ukraine. peaceful people, civilians are dying because they are firing at hospitals, schools, residential buildings, they are destroying ukraine. and what is happening.

we chose freedom, we chose european choice, we want to be a part and parcel of the european civilisation and for that we are shot at and killed at close range. today the world is passing a test. are they able to protect democracy and to protect the world from the aggressors, from terrorists, from people such as putin? as a citizen but also as a former prime minister and leader of this nation, it must be very hard to watch what is going on around you. what is your message to fellow ukrainians and to the rest of the world? for ukrainians, ijust want to say that i am happy that we have such a strong, such invincible nation. i am so happy to be part of my people because today i feel proud for every ukrainian for their ability to fight. my main message to the world today is do not let the ukrainians be broken, do not let the ukrainians be executed. close the sky over

ukraine and send the peacekeeping troops of the un to the ukraine, and i was speaking led to the former prime minister of ukraine, yulia tymoshenko, she made those appeals from the capital, kyiv. let's bring you some news lines just coming in now. a little while earlier we did report that the president of france, emmanuel macron, had had a phone call with the president of russia, vladimir putin. we are now getting details about what happened in that call from the french government, and we hear that president macron expressed to vladimir putin his serious concern about the risks to nuclear safety, security and safeguards resulting from the russian military invasion of ukraine. we have also heard that president macron took the opportunity to relay concerns about an imminent attack on the city of

0desa. the president also called for respect for international humanitarian law, the protection of civilian populations and the delivery of aid. that is what took place in that call between president macron and president vladimir putin as we are hearing from the french government. we are also hearing that the iaea, the international atomic energy agency, says ukraine has informed them that zaporizhzhia power plant management is now under orders from the commander of the russian forces that took control of the site last week. so that is confirmation that ukraine is reporting that any actions taken at the zaporizhzhia plant management, including measures relating to technical operation of the six reactor units, now require prior approval by the russian commander. so that is confirmation that the russian forces are now under the

control... are now in control rather of the zaporizhzhia plant. of course there was worldwide condemnation of there was worldwide condemnation of the fighting and shelling that went on around that plant where a fire occurred in the last few days. before we go, let's bring you a moment ofjoy in kyiv. the city's mayor, vitali klitschko, put these pictures on social media of two ukrainian soldiers, lesya and valaria, being married today. mr klitschko said the ceremony took place near one of the checkpoints set up at the city's outskirts. so there it is, a moment ofjoy in the midst of this developing conflict. remember, you can follow all the latest developments on the war in ukraine by going to our online live coverage, follow it on

the website or use the bbc news app. thank you for your company, stay with us here on bbc news. hello, it is turning milder in the week ahead after a chilly start, but that change means there will be less of the sunshine that some of us have enjoyed this weekend. what a glorious view from scotland today. more cloud coming in from the atlantic and the return of some outbreaks of rain. this is how things have looked cloud wise today, a lot of cloud in the southern part of england and wales producing the odd shower. there have been breaks in the cloud so overall it is brighter than it was yesterday, and there will still be some holes in there will still be some holes in the cloud tonight which means a patchy frost across southern areas. the lowest temperatures are likely to be under the clearer skies, and maybe —7 in the cold spots with some mist and fog patches around. with

high pressure close by, a lot of chilly weather on the way for tomorrow. an area of cloud across wales and england drifting northwards, probably brightening up nicely behind it. some patches of cloud reaching northern ireland and southern scotland. the south—easterly wind will be stronger and more widely, particularly across the south and west of the uk for tomorrow, may be some gusts up to 40 mph. although we have plenty of sunny spells around, it will feel colder than this because of the brisk south—easterly wind. there will be another frost for many as we start tuesday morning. it should be the end of the frost because after this temperatures will be heading upwards. eastern areas staying mainly dry on tuesday. here is the first atlantic weather system pushing in. some uncertainty about how far the rain will get during daylight hours, most likely to reach into northern ireland, south—west scotland, wales and south—west england. still feeling more chilly than this in the breeze, but

temperatures are set to rise for the remainder of the week as we see further low pressure system is bringing further wet and windy weather, particularly across the western side of the uk. rather than the south—easterly wind we are starting the week with, it is a south—westerly wind which is of course a milder direction, so quite widely in the second half of the week we are expecting temperatures into double figures as a result. it starts chilly this week and some frost to contend with, but then after that temperatures are heading up. as we have established, that means there will be wetter and windy conditions at times, especially in the west.

this is bbc news, i'm yalda hakim live in western ukraine. our top stories.... civilians in ukraine have been fleeing for their lives under the relentless bombardment, just 25 kilometres from the capital. the attacks on the civil population, including carpet bombarding of the cities, which are basically happening these days already in some cities, will be taking place and thousands and thousands of new civilian victims will be in ukraine.