civilians to escape. but ukraine says the proposal is "immoral" because some citizens will only be allowed safe passage to russia. ukrainian authorities say rocket attacks have continued on residential areas in several cities. oil prices hit a 13—year high, after the us said it was discussing a potential ban on russian supplies with other countries. borisjohnson holds talks with the canadian and dutch prime ministers as western powers prepare to agree more sanctions on russia — amid more criticism

of the government's refugee policy. clearly what is happening now is putin is doubling down on his aggression and he is deciding to attack in a pretty indiscriminate way. that's producing huge waves of people. we are going to have to respond to that and we will. more than a million and a half people have fled ukraine so far, a million of them have gone to poland in the 12 days since the russian invasion began. and separated by war — but now this british ukrainian family is finally reunited.

good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. live from lviv in western ukraine, on day 12 of the war here. ukraine has rejected moscow's idea that ukrainian civilians fleeing russian attacks should use humanitarian corridors to seek refuge in russia or in its ally belarus. the government in kyiv said the proposal was "completely immoral" and that people should be allowed to escape to territory held by the ukrainian military. two attempts to evacuate civilians over the weekend ended in failure — with russia and ukraine accusing each other of violating a humanitarian ceasefire. ukraine authorities say rocket attacks have continued on residential areas in several cities.

a third round of talks is expected to be held between ukraine and russian negotiators in the next hour. this map shows the areas — here in red — where the russians are now said to be in control. the port of mariupol — where tens of thousands of civilians are trapped — is especially important but the main concentration of russian forces is still around kyiv and there are fresh warnings from ukraine authorities of an all—out assault on the capital. a city and regional dropping its card. the russians were not get the red carpet treatment. while the defender slip outwards, citizens are going the other way towards the

centre, escaping russian mortarfire on the western outskirts of the city. moscow try to also present this as an opportunity. they announced a temporary ceasefire is to let people evacuate surrounding cities across ukraine, including kyiv. the eventual destinations, belarus or russia, the facilitator and architect of this brutal invasion. will people at the capitol station be tempted to go the other way? station be tempted to go the other wa ? ,., station be tempted to go the other wa ? , ., ., station be tempted to go the other wa ? ,., ., , , ., station be tempted to go the other wa? ., ., , way? going to russia, no. it is better here — way? going to russia, no. it is better here or— way? going to russia, no. it is better here or the _ way? going to russia, no. it is better here or the european i better here or the european countries but not to russia. the? countries but not to russia. they never say the _ countries but not to russia. they never say the truth, _ countries but not to russia. they never say the truth, you - countries but not to russia. they never say the truth, you cannot trust _ never say the truth, you cannot trust them, _ never say the truth, you cannot trust them, either.— never say the truth, you cannot trust them, either. this is where the vast majority _ trust them, either. this is where the vast majority of _ trust them, either. this is where the vast majority of people - trust them, either. this is where the vast majority of people are l the vast majority of people are heading, west, to cities like lviv. what ukrainians tell you if they do not want to be under russian control, let alone in it. other locations listed on the humanitarian

corridors are kharkiv, which has enjoyed days of heavy fighting. look at this university! mariupol in the south—east is another location. there are two attempted ceasefires at the weekend in they lasted less than an hour. ukraine has described these proposals as immoral. there is a feelin: these proposals as immoral. there is a feeling this — these proposals as immoral. there is a feeling this is _ these proposals as immoral. there is a feeling this is happening _ these proposals as immoral. there is a feeling this is happening in - a feeling this is happening in another country but it is happening in our country, not anywhere else, in our country, not anywhere else, in our country which always wanted peace most of all. how many more losses and deaths we need? the invaders continue to blame so—called ukrainian nationalists will break infighting. ukrainian nationalists will break infirahtin. , ., ., ., ., infighting. detailed information about the humanitarian - infighting. detailed information. about the humanitarian corridors infighting. detailed information - about the humanitarian corridors was given to the ukrainian side in advance, as well as dedicated entities of the united nations and international committees of the red cross. ., , ., ., ., cross. today has been a continuation of russia claiming _ cross. today has been a continuation of russia claiming to _ cross. today has been a continuation of russia claiming to be _ cross. today has been a continuation of russia claiming to be the - of russia claiming to be the liberator in the school, a conflict

which is pushing people either underground or out of the country they call home. —— in this war. we can talk to james now. such a fearful situation. what is the city bracing itself for next? i fearful situation. what is the city bracing itself for next?— bracing itself for next? i think what we are _ bracing itself for next? i think what we are seeing _ bracing itself for next? i think what we are seeing in - bracing itself for next? i think what we are seeing in the - bracing itself for next? i think - what we are seeing in the western outskirts of this city, we have seen civilians coming under mortarfire as they tried to escape. they were running inward to the city, possibly to go on elsewhere and possibly to head underground. this is what kyiv is preparing itself for. the further out of the city you go the heavier the defences, barricades in the road, soldiers looking along the horizon, looking out to what might be coming. this is what we are seeing as ever replicated, or in some cases more advanced in other parts of the country. you saw

kharkiv and mariupol, places which have had heavy bombardment, places where people have found themselves at the heart of the fighting, taking shelter from shellfire, tapping at the heart of the fighting, taking shelterfrom shellfire, tapping into central heating systems to access water, people who are running out of food and running out of food quickly. we are seeing a brutal back and forth infighting from the south and forth infighting from the south and this is a city once more relaxing. —— infighting. and this is a city once more relaxing. -- in fighting. james reporting _ relaxing. -- in fighting. james reporting from _ relaxing. -- in fighting. james reporting from kyiv. _ the latest british military assessment of the fighting says russian forces are deliberately targeting ukraine's communications systems to prevent people getting access to reliable information. american military sources have said the russians are still meeting strong resistance, and that they haven't secured full control of ukrainian airspace. our diplomatic correspondent caroline hawley has this update on the advance of russian forces. so let's have a look now at the latest map of how

things are on the ground. the red areas in the east, south and north of ukraine are controlled by russia. the striped areas are where russian forces are still advancing and still meeting strong resistance. here you can see some of the key cities, the capital kyiv, where, as you've heard, there has been intense fighting north of the city. here in the south, russia now controls significant areas, as it has pushed east and north out of crimea, which it occupied in 2014. president zelensky has now warned that russian forces are close to the historic black sea port of odessa and that they're preparing to bomb it. for ukrainian government and aid agencies, the urgent priority is now to get civilians to safety as the humanitarian situation worsens by the hour. the port of mariupol has been under siege for several days now in what has been described as relentless bombardment. hundreds of thousands of people are trapped in the city with no water, no electricity, very little food. it's too dangerous for people even to bury their dead or get their wounded for treatment.

over the weekend, two ceasefires failed. this is one of the proposed evacuation routes. for civilians to leave mariupol. but most of the humanitarian corridors the kremlin is offering are to by the russia or its ally belarus, ie into enemy hands and the ukrainian government has described that as immoral. the united nations says more than 1.5 million people have now left ukraine since the russian invasion began. our correspondent yalda hakim is at a refugee shelter here in lviv. thank you. as you had been reporting tens of thousands of people have been making their way to western ukraine here in lviv. we are at a shelter. i2 ukraine here in lviv. we are at a shelter. 12 days ago it was an art centre, used for cultural purposes.

now it is a space giving safety to woollies people who are fleeing like so many other places across the city. you can see behind me some of the women and children, the elderly, who had led places like kharkiv and mariupol, who had made the dangerous journey here to the west of the country. they have brought with them a small suitcase, whatever they could find whatever they could ring with them on this long and desperate journey. it has been 12 days of war for them and 12 days of horror. in one of the other rooms newborn babies, small children, like the ones you can see behind me. mothers say they had seen devastating scenes. they were in underground bunkers without food, water, heating. freezing conditions outside. they did not have any of those amenities. at the centre they want the very basic, they want peace and bombs to stop and heating and

water. they not want anything but for the war to stop and for family members who have been left behind in their home cities and towns to be safe. of course as we have seen, the humanitarian corridors have broken down over the last three days. there had been attempts to resurrect them but there had been no signs of attempts to evacuate people out of those areas safely. we will be following all these developments closely here and we will continue to report. thank you very much. the price of oil has risen to its highest level in ia years as the us and europe discuss banning imports of russian oil. there are also warnings about food prices — the head of one of the world's largest fertiliser companies has told the bbc the war is threatening global food supplies. our business correspondent theo leggett has more.

as russian weapons pound ukrainian cities, western nations have been trying to cripple the russian economy through sanctions. they are taking effect, the currency has crumbled and western businesses have moved out. , crumbled and western businesses have moved out. _, , . , moved out. those consequences, the severi of moved out. those consequences, the severity of the _ moved out. those consequences, the severity of the economic _ moved out. those consequences, the severity of the economic sanctions i severity of the economic sanctions and other measures that have taken are well beyond what i think many people anticipated and are certainly unprecedented. and they are having a dramatic impact already. we see the rouble going through the floor. we see russia's credit rating going to zero, junk status. we see an exodus of virtually every leading company from russia. all those things are happening and in real time. from russia. all those things are happening and in realtime. there is a problem- — happening and in realtime. there is a problem. russia _ happening and in realtime. there is a problem. russia is _ happening and in realtime. there is a problem. russia is still— happening and in realtime. there is a problem. russia is still making - a problem. russia is still making hundreds of millions of pounds every day from exports of oil and gas. the

us is talking to european allies about banning imports of russian oil. as a result prices on global markets are shooting up. this is what has been happening. if you look a couple of weeks ago before the conflict in ukraine began, the price of oil was around $90 a barrel. todayit of oil was around $90 a barrel. today it went above $130 a barrel, a huge increase initial period of time. the same thing on the gas markets. a few weeks ago the price of wholesale gas in the uk was 200 p a fan and now it is 800 p a plan, a massive increase. high energy prices really matter. the cost of petrol and diesel is already at record levels but that may be just the start. levels but that may be 'ust the start. ., , start. here in the uk it has consequences _ start. here in the uk it has consequences for - start. here in the uk it has. consequences for household start. here in the uk it has - consequences for household energy bills, your gas, consequences for the cost of electricity we generate, a lot of which comes from gas and consequences for heavy industry

where we use natural gas for high temperature processing. it ripples through multiple sectors of the uk. energy is not the only problem. russia and ukraine are major exporters of wheat. right now there supplies are cut off, driving up food prices. russia is also a case supplier of fertiliser products. it could be a catastrophe for the world's portals that they have been the hardest hit by climate, the hardest hit by coronavirus and this on top, a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe. full on top, a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe-_ on top, a catastrophe on top of a catastrophe. full western nations sanctions are _ catastrophe. full western nations sanctions are the _ catastrophe. full western nations sanctions are the best _ catastrophe. full western nations sanctions are the best tools - sanctions are the best tools available for putting pressure on russia without taking military action. the effects do not come for free and it is the poor who are likely to pay the highest price. meanwhile the list of companies pulling out

of russia continues to grow. two of the world's biggest accountancy and business consultancy firms, pwc and kpmg, have cut their russian branches from their global networks. american express hasjoined visa and mastercard in shutting down its operations there. netflix has also stopped its service in russia, and tiktok has suspended all new video uploads and livestreams in the country. more than 5,000 people were arrested at anti—war protests in more than 60 cities across russia yesterday according to the monitoring group, ovd info. videos on social media show protestors chanting, "no to war" and "ukraine is not our enemy." it's thought more than 12,000 russian demonstrators have been detained since the conflict began. we'll have more from here in lviv later in the programme, but for now it's back to victoria in the studio.

you are watching bbc news. we are continuing our average of the russian invasion of ukraine. it is the biggest shift ever seen in germany's post—war foreign policy. before the invasion of ukraine, such a militaristic stance would have been unacceptable for most germans. but in a recent poll 78% of germans agreed with the transformation in foreign policy. appalled by war, this is a nation shaking off its past. this climate activist now sees a new threat to her future. past. this climate activist now sees a new threat to herfuture. this a new threat to her future. as children. _ a new threat to her future. is children, we were a new threat to her future. sis children, we were told that europe is the safe space and we are at

peace, and we are secure, and this has changed quickly. generation, politically engaged, are against war and against the oil and gas putin profits from. what is clear is that vladimir putin's war is in the space of a few days changing to —— germany profoundly with all certainty is gone approaches adopted fast. the chancellor has suspended a key pipeline and arms are going to ukraine and 100 billion euros will be spent to upgrade to upgrade the military. in berlin, memories of the world wars germany unleashed are everywhere. what's left of the railway station from where in the holocaustjews were transported to their deaths. the memorial to the millions of russian soldiers who died to defeat germany. in recent times,

german elites thought they could partner russia no more. we have seen that this assumption that as long as we stick to diplomacy and as long as we keep engaging with russia, they will also engage with us and they will refrain from taking military action from threatening the european security order. i think that this conviction is now shattered. the wall that once divided berlin is gone, replaced by a nation that's grown comfortable. they thought wars were a thing of the past. so germany has prosperity, but no longer the certainties that underpinned it. this means a more realpolitik—based approach to foreign policy, not one on visions and dreams and aspirations. and i think that is not a bad thing for germany in these turbulent global and european times. polls show more than two thirds of germans back the shift. for some, it's not enough, though others are uneasy at germany rearming.

100 billion, that's way too much, i think. it's just way too little, way too slow. we have to remember that these people in ukraine right now are fighting and dying for our values as well. european values in defence of which a new germany is awakening. let's bring you a line we have been getting in the newsroom as it has been announced that president biden of the us will hold a call on monday, sometime today, with leaders from france, germany and britain. that line coming in from the white house. the leaders of france, olaf scholz and boris johnson will house. the leaders of france, olaf scholz and borisjohnson will be holding a telephone call with presidentjoe biden at some point later on monday and of course we also expect a press conference later, including the canadian pm and

also the leader of the netherlands and borisjohnson at some point later in the afternoon, so again, diplomacy continuing between world leaders as the ukrainian war with russia continues and it has been several hours, it has to be says, for the latest ceasefire due to come into force in parts of ukraine to allow civilians to leave areas which are perceived by russian military forces. yet it seems the two sides cannot even agree on where the safe routes should go. the ukrainian president has said corridors heading towards russia and belarus are completely immoral, and speaking in moscow, a russian general said there would be a general opportunity for civilians to leave.— civilians to leave. today, the 7th of march. _ civilians to leave. today, the 7th of march, starting _ civilians to leave. today, the 7th of march, starting at _ civilians to leave. today, the 7th of march, starting at 10am - civilians to leave. today, the 7th i of march, starting at 10am moscow time, russia has declared a ceasefire to open six humanitarian corridors. first is from kyiv and there are tree more from mariupol and rostov. one is from kharkiv, and

there are two others. detailed information about the humanitarian corridors was given to the ukrainian side in advance as well as a dedicated entity of the united nations, the osce and the international committees of the red cross. in his latest address, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky again condemned russia's attacks on civilians and renewed his demand for aircraft and more military assistance. translation: it is scary to | look at the ruined multistorey buildings, residential blocks and vehicles but grenades, missiles, against people. there is a feeling this is happening in some other country but it is happening in our country. exactly in our country, not anywhere else, in our country which always wanted peace most of all. how many more losses

and deaths we need to incur? what is the difference between residents of kharkiv, different from residents of hamburg orany european countries? either you give us our military aircraft and air defence facilities providing a necessary force, it is the assistance above should provide to us. not onlyjust to ukraine but to themselves to prove that humanity will win. i'm joined now by alina frolova, former deputy minister of defence of ukraine and deputy chairperson of the centre for defence strategies. thank you forjoining us on bbc news. let me ask you first of all before we move on how you are coping right now because i know you are in kyiv. right now because i know you are in k iv. , ., ., right now because i know you are in k iv. ,., ., ., ., ., right now because i know you are in k iv. ., ., right now because i know you are in kyiv. good afternoon and good mornin: kyiv. good afternoon and good morning everyone, _ kyiv. good afternoon and good morning everyone, yes, - kyiv. good afternoon and good morning everyone, yes, i- kyiv. good afternoon and good

morning everyone, yes, i am l kyiv. good afternoon and good | morning everyone, yes, i am in kyiv. good afternoon and good - morning everyone, yes, i am in kyiv and today i tried to take part of my family from here so we are just waiting for the next few days because we understand that the russians have lost the land operation and the next stage could be what they did already in the eastern part of ukraine and kharkiv and smaller towns, we expect massive missile shelling over kyiv, so we are trying to evacuate as many people as possible and try to do all of the people. 50 people as possible and try to do all of the people-— of the people. so you think that will be the _ of the people. so you think that will be the next _ of the people. so you think that will be the next part _ of the people. so you think that will be the next part of- of the people. so you think that will be the next part of the - of the people. so you think that i will be the next part of the russian strategy? we will be the next part of the russian strate: ? ~ , . will be the next part of the russian strate: ?~ , . , strategy? we believe so. we believe so. sor . strategy? we believe so. we believe so- sorry- it's— strategy? we believe so. we believe so. sorry. it's ok, _ strategy? we believe so. we believe so. sorry. it's ok, i— strategy? we believe so. we believe so. sorry. it's ok, i can— strategy? we believe so. we believe so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear- strategy? we believe so. we believe so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear you. i so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear you. i'm so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear you. i'm afraid — so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear you. i'm afraid we — so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear you. i'm afraid we have _ so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear you. i'm afraid we have lost _ so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear you. i'm afraid we have lost that i so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear you. i'm afraid we have lost that line l so. sorry. it's ok, i can hear you. i'm afraid we have lost that line aj i'm afraid we have lost that line a bit early on in the interview. we

will try to get her back if we can and in the meantime, let's talk about volunteers. within hours invading volunteers mobilised all over ukraine and we have visited one community centre in the west of the country where locals have been working around the clock to ship up to 100 tonnes of food and medicine out to the front line every day. glory to the heroes. this volunteer coordinator. the glory to the heroes. this volunteer coordinator-— coordinator. the first day was chaos, coordinator. the first day was chaos. but — coordinator. the first day was chaos, but then _ coordinator. the first day was chaos, but then we _ coordinator. the first day was chaos, but then we realised l coordinator. the first day was i chaos, but then we realised how we needed to organise everything. those responsible for supplies have red

armbands. we have a clear system work to keep food and vegetables and baby food including products. essen; baby food including products. every box of medicine _ baby food including products. every box of medicine and _ baby food including products. every box of medicine and every - baby food including products. every box of medicine and every palette of potatoes has all been donated by local peter, shipped in from neighbouring countries. our trailer we have boxes packed for both civilians and the army. some places in ukraine are now completely destroyed and to those places we send as much as we can. and she is not alone. all of the family are here helping. irate not alone. all of the family are here helping-— not alone. all of the family are here helping. we are helping our milita . here helping. we are helping our military- their — here helping. we are helping our military. they are _ here helping. we are helping our military. they are collecting i here helping. we are helping our military. they are collecting for. military. they are collecting for them as it is very important now. they've spent a lot of time in the forest, so they need batteries. hagar forest, so they need batteries. how do --eole forest, so they need batteries. how do people in — forest, so they need batteries. how do people in lviv — forest, so they need batteries. how do people in lviv feel? we - forest, so they need batteries. how do people in lviv feel? we are i do people in lviv feel? we are workin: do people in lviv feel? we are working on — do people in lviv feel? we are

working on autopilot - do people in lviv feel? we are working on autopilot and i do people in lviv feel? we are i working on autopilot and somehow do people in lviv feel? we are - working on autopilot and somehow we still have amazing energy. when we get home at night we think we won't be up to get up again, but then once again, we rush over here and we are driven by ourfaith again, we rush over here and we are driven by our faith and that we shall come out of this. we can go back and speak to the former deputy minister of defence of ukraine who we lost a couple of minutes ago. alina, thank you for coming back to us and apologies for losing you early on. let me ask you this. we have been hearing from volodymyr zelensky asking for more help and aid from international communities. what more do you want to see happening now? i am to see happening now? i am absolutely — to see happening now? i am absolutely sure _ to see happening now? i am absolutely sure that - to see happening now? i am absolutely sure that the i to see happening now? i am| absolutely sure that the least to see happening now? isn absolutely sure that the least of the military equipment is well distributed, so of course we need some kind of air defence system when we understand we can only have short range now, but that's better than nothing and this is a request for

jets who are covering the skies. and what also we would like to see is that this is a more fast and decisive decision making from our western colleagues. because actually one of the results from a positive for putin is that he actually discriminated nato. this was one of his targets and he did it, because the last few days i receive multiple calls from my friends who are citizens of european countries and all of them were saying to me that as soon as nato can make a decision about the war in europe, and how they see nato, they can be sure that nato is ready to protect major countries and this is the question that i hear from countries and this is the question that i hearfrom french people, spanish friends, from the us and

this is this is notjust the ukraine region, but this is people who grow up region, but this is people who grow up there. this is a very serious question because unfortunately the role of nato is now questioned by many citizens and trust is going down, and this is a political result and we need to work with political results and we need to work with the presence of nato in the black sea where they need to come through and we know there were a few incidents with romania, with the martial ships that belong to naval countries where russians were shooting, and no reaction at all. that is not the proper situation where we have a nuclear threat, with our nuclear power plants, and always threatening to use tactical nuclear weapons and we do not have a good plan for this. as europe, and as a nato country,

who could assist us in solving this issue. i who could assist us in solving this issue. , ,., ~' who could assist us in solving this issue. , ,., s ., who could assist us in solving this issue. , ,., ~ ., ,, who could assist us in solving this issue. , ., ,, ., , ., issue. i spoke to the us ambassador for nato last — issue. i spoke to the us ambassador for nato last week _ issue. i spoke to the us ambassador for nato last week and _ issue. i spoke to the us ambassador for nato last week and i _ issue. i spoke to the us ambassador for nato last week and i said - issue. i spoke to the us ambassador for nato last week and i said to i for nato last week and i said to her, what would you engage with russia if they incurred into a nato country and she said absolutely. do you believe that? i do country and she said absolutely. do you believe that?— you believe that? i do believe that but we are — you believe that? i do believe that but we are not _ you believe that? i do believe that but we are not living _ you believe that? i do believe that but we are not living in _ you believe that? i do believe that but we are not living in the - but we are not living in the conventional world, we are living in a hybrid or so the romanianjets were hit by russian forces and we have seen no reaction although this is an act of aggression. i mean, what situation will nato decide that aggression is already going? and this is the question, because it can be a different situation and difficult situation which you need to identify and the aggression has already started, plus from a

strategic point of view, it's much easier to enforce ukraine into solely the issue here before you let all of these freaky people come to the territory of nato and strategically, it would not be right. so, this is the question about the political decision—making first of all. most of the military in nato countries i spoke with, they absolutely assured us that putin will not go from ukraine and he will overcome it although we expect and we believe that we will win in this war, but if putin has a possibility to go further, he will go further. what do you think about the humanitarian corridors or lack of corridors for people wanting to leave the country? i

corridors for people wanting to leave the country?— corridors for people wanting to leave the country?