today at six — a special report from inside kharkiv, on the front line with the ukrainian army. we're with ukrainian forces fighting to defend kharkiv from russia's relentless assault. and if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you haven't been paying attention, because this is the russian attack play book, perfected in over ten years of war in syria. more than two million people are now said to have fled the capital kyiv — as others arrive forced to flee the russian soldiers moving ever closer to the city. no words, no. nothing. they were mute. they stayed like... ..stones, with the, with the... the guns.

guns. also on tonight's extended programme: roman abramovich, the russian owner of chelsea football club, is among seven more oligarchs sanctioned by the british government — the sale of the club is now on hold. and as the war in ukraine fuels inflation, average petrol prices are at their highest ever level — again hitting the cost of living. and stay with us on bbc news for continuing coverage and analysis from our team of correspondents in the uk and around the world.

good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six from lviv. we start our extended programme tonight with a special report from the city of kharkiv, in the east of ukraine and the country's second largest city. kharkiv has endured nightly russian air attacks and suffered dozens of civilian deaths and hundreds of injuries. most of the city's 1.5 million residents have fled. the ukrainian forces fought back a russian armoured column in the early days of the invasion — and have been fighting since to stop a further russian advance. our correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman darren conway have spent the week with the ukrainian forces there — and i should warn you their report

contains graphic images from the front line that some viewers will find disturbing. head to the very eastern edge of ukraine and a ghostly vision of the country's fate unfolds before you. the city of kharkiv is being purged of life. in near total black out the police in the country's second largest city take us on patrol. the russians aren't far. shelling happens every night. this close to the russian border, there is another threat here. saboteurs. no—one escapes scrutiny. alina, 76 years old is lost and

confused in an instant, everybody�*s life here has been up ended. but this young nation has surprised russia and the world, with its resolve. we weave our way past the fallen, into norman's land, with the ukrainian army. —— know man's land. —— no—man�*s land. here is a 21—year—old. where are the russians? over the sound of shelling he tells me, the russian soldiers are standing about 900 metres away from here, you can hear they are firing on our position, and we are firing back. it is more than just the grenade launcher, it is a guided missile i

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terrorises entire populations. and if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you haven't been paying attention. because this is the russian attack play book, perfected in over ten years of war in syria. we know that russia bombs hospitals. so here at the city's hospital number four, so here at the city's hospital numberfour, they keep so here at the city's hospital number four, they keep the wounded in hallway, away from the windows. miss valentina has been help by shrapnel. i have a poem for you she says shrapnel. i have a poem for you she sa - , , , , ., shrapnel. i have a poem for you she sa * , , ,, ., , ., , says the stupid russian shrapnel ieces i says the stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will— says the stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry _ says the stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry all _ says the stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry all my - says the stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry all my life - says the stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry all my life but l pieces i will carry all my life but as long as my heart still beats i will still live and love. so as long as my heart still beats i will still live and love.— will still live and love. so will eight-year-old _ will still live and love. so will eight-year-old dimitri - will still live and love. so will eight-year-old dimitri now. will still live and love. so will. eight-year-old dimitri now this will still live and love. so will- eight-year-old dimitri now this has eight—year—old dimitri now this has been removed from his skull. this is the war that russia has fought before, and is fighting again. we don't know the rest of

ukrainian�*s fate but kharkiv has already shown what is coming next. defenders, we will ride together, we will win this war and all our heroic people will gather, to rebuild our beloved ukraine. near kyiv, russians forces continue their advance towards the capital. more than half the population of kyiv have fled since the invasion began. the mayor of the city descibed it as a fortress. humanitarian organisations have warned that many people there have run out of food and are still living without water or gas. russian forces are said to have rolled their armoured vehicles up to the north—eastern edge of the city today. jeremy bowen is in kyiv — and he's sent us this report on those who are fleeing the russian advance. he september us this report on those

who are fleeing the russian advance. —— sent. when your world is turned upside down, there's separation, loss, confusion, and relief at getting out alive. hundreds more have been evacuated from villages in the firing line outside kyiv in the last few days. taking bad memories into new uncertain lives. did you see any russians? yes. what were the russians like, did they speak to you? they were mute, mute. they were mute. no comments, no words, no. and nothing. they were mute. they stayed like... ..stones. medics can help with the physical pain of wounds. kyiv�*s hospitals are ready, expecting many more. but what do you say to someone who needs the comfort of home? when everything familiar has gone?

this minibus was from the children's home, many with special needs, and carers who had spent two weeks in cellars trying to keep them calm. the police took videos to record who had escaped. then they checked their bags. the fear of russian infiltrators is strong. food is not in short supply, along with plenty of questions what about the russians will do next, and allegations about what they are doing now. translation: the police commander l said they had had many phone calls i about violation of the rights of civilians and weapons,

injuries and murders. appeals for information about the missing. at another crossing point, hundreds more walking out of the firing line. and a priest who helped rescue them from the russian army. there is nothing which is related to god in the actions. so, there's no reason for them to attack ukraine. we are not attack anybody, so we just made decision to have different future, we want to have democracy, so if russians they want to restore soviet union, may god bless them, but we ask them to do it within their borders. ten miles east of kyiv, russia's tactical blunders continued. tanks are easy targets when they push forward, bunched up, in broad daylight, but the ukrainians are still outnumbered and outgunned. at strong points round the city, ukrainian troops are waiting. they know the russians are regrouping, and will try again. petrol bombs aren't

all they have got. nato has sent in thousands of modern anti—tank weapons for whatever is coming down the road. the russians are about 5k in that direction. if they want to come into the city, they will have to take this piece of ground and push in. if they are encircling kyiv, they can probably stay more or less where they are. the men at this position have to assume that an attack is coming. for the soldiers who waited, the sky was bright, and the forest still and lonely. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv. humanitarian corridors within ukraine have been set up in an attempt to allow hundreds of thousands of civilians to escape the fighting. one of those corridors is from sumy

in the northwest to poltava, almost 200 kilometres to the south. in the past three days 60,000 people — that's one in five of the population — have left sumy. our eastern european correspondent sarah rainsford has been meeting some of them. sleeping peacefully at last. after 15 days of fear. this little boy arrived from sumy last night. to a city where there are no bombs and no fighterjets. but the children here have brought their memories. daniel cell poem is about enemies and occupiers and longerfor peaceful about enemies and occupiers and longer for peaceful skies. he and his mum escaped sumy scheme skised into car with strangers when the shooting stopped for a few hours. many translation: ~ ., ~ ., , translation: we walked over broken class, we translation: we walked over broken glass. we saw — translation: we walked over broken glass. we saw the _ translation: we walked over broken glass, we saw the ruined _ translation: we walked over broken glass, we saw the ruined build, - translation: we walked over broken glass, we saw the ruined build, the - glass, we saw the ruined build, the bombing, the roofs ripped off, it was scary. that is why we are fleeing, running as far as possible from the shooting. trying to save

our lives and the children above all. it is so russia doesn't kill us daniel pipes up. he is eight years old. russia is trying to bomb his city into submission. tens of thousands of civilians have now been evacuated, but ukraine's soldiers are still resisting. and behind the lines there is a giant support effort. the school thatis giant support effort. the school that is now housing evacuees is feeling hundreds of —— feeding hundreds of soldiers. teachers and residents pitching in haifa hundreds of soldiers. teachers and residents pitching i— residents pitching in now we are cookin: residents pitching in now we are cooking for— residents pitching in now we are cooking for our _ residents pitching in now we are cooking for our soldiers - residents pitching in now we are cooking for our soldiers so - residents pitching in now we are cooking for our soldiers so they | residents pitching in now we are i cooking for our soldiers so they can protect our homes, our children, our parent, grandparents and our whole country. cou ntry. two country. two weeks' ago that was a normal school kitchen but now all of this is being prepared to feed ukrainian soldiers, and people displaced by

the fighting. the lady in charge told me she can't believe they are doing this but it's a massive collective effort to provide the food and to make it here at the school. this classroom is now home for a family from kharkiv. safe, but stranded, with nowhere else to go. she talks of the terrifying sound of russian fighterjet, but she talks of the terrifying sound of russian fighter jet, but also she talks of the terrifying sound of russian fighterjet, but also of friends in russia itself, who tell her ukraine provoked this war and who claim even now that no civilians are suffering. that really hurts she says. her niece's world has shrunk to this, it is safe for now but she has learned it can be shattered in an instant. sarah rainsford, bbc news. in a moment we'll talk to our russia editor, steve rosenberg, in moscow, and our security correspondent,

gordon corera at the foreign office in london. but first to our chief international correspondent lyse doucet, who is in the capital of ukraine, kyiv, for us now. and as fighting continues on the outskirts of the city, we heard the mayor of kyiv say today that more than two million people have now fled from there? it must be hard to have any statistical certainty about what has happened to this city, what was a thriving european capital of some 3 million people, but day by day we see all the signs. in the bomb shelters people are no longer mattress to mattress, we see in the underground metro stations where people took shelter, they are no longer so crowded. i went to the train station, the platform on trains heading west, they are not so full any more. and roads leading out, there are not the trafficjams

we saw in the first days of this invasion. but not everyone can leave, they have families here, elderly parents, and some want to stay to fight. this is a city becoming a —— ever more fortified. they get hope from the fighting back. the latest was drone footage of an armoured column coming from the east and how ukrainian forces fought back. but everyone here, glued to their phones, knows in detail the fate that is befalling of the parts of this country, and all that they ask is when and what will happen here. lyse doucet, thank you. our russia editor, steve rosenberg, is in moscow tonight. steve, president putin today claimed that russia will emerge stronger from international sanctions. how does he reach that conclusion?

i think through a combination really of positive thinking and bravado. putin gathered his ministers today and told them that we will adapt, we will overcome, we will emerge stronger, and he made it clear that the state would intervene, would take measures against those foreign companies pulling out of russia. that has raised concern that moscow may nationalise or seize the assets of some of these foreign companies. that idea, says one of russia's richest men, and —— and oligarch who said these type of measures would take russia back 100 years, back to 1917, the days of the russian revolution. watching putin today, i got the impression here is a man determined to absolve himself of all responsibility for the sharp economic pain that russians will soon be feeling. it's clear he doesn't want anything to do with that. he made it clear that even

without the events of ukraine, the west would have slapped all the sanctions he said on his country. thank you, steve. our russian editor, steve rosenberg. our security correspondent gordon corera is at the foreign office for us this evening, and there is concern in london and washington about the use of chemical weapons. that's right, and what lies behind this, one minister has talked about being high—level intelligence in recent days. we obviously don't know what that is, but there are other indicators as well, for instance the fact that syria used chemical weapons in the conflict in the last decade. russia has used nerve agent in salisbury. but they have also been the statements from russian

officials about nonconventional weapons. for instance russia's foreign minister today claiming there were secret biological weapons labs in ukraine funded by america. this concern about these claims is worshipped might be paving the way for what is called a false flag invasion in which it uses chemical weapons but then blames the ukrainians for it to create a justification for the invasion. that is certainly one of the concerns here. the hope is that by talking about it, by talking about intelligence as they have done in the past, they may be able to deter russia from carrying this out. qm. russia from carrying this out. 0k, aarden, russia from carrying this out. 0k, garden. many _ russia from carrying this out. 0k, garden, many thanks. —— gordon. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov met his ukrainian counterpart for talks in turkey earlier today. they're the highest—level diplomatic contacts between the two countries since the war began. afterwards, mr lavrov said moscow

wanted ukraine to remain neutral as a country. ukraine's foreign minister dmytro kuleba said both sides agreed to try to find a solution to the humanitarian crisis, but insisted that ukraine would never agree to russia's demands to surrender. the discussions have been taking place in antalya, from where our diplomatic correspondent james landale sent this report. foreign ministers don't usually hug, but dmytro kuleba could probably use one. ukraine's top diplomat came here though not for a warm turkish welcome but for the chance to make peace. and this is the man who potentially could help, sergey lavrov, russia's veteran foreign minister, 18 years in post with the ear of vladimir putin. for 90 minutes, they sat only a few feet apart, but the gap between them was huge. sergey lavrov refusing to agree a ceasefire, dmytro kuleba refusing to surrender. he asked for

a 24 hour pause in the fighting, a humanitarian corridor out of mariupol, but said russia's foreign minister seemed unable to make any commitments. minister seemed unable to make any commitments-_ commitments. they will continue their regression _ commitments. they will continue their regression until _ commitments. they will continue their regression until ukraine - commitments. they will continue i their regression until ukraine meets their regression until ukraine meets their demands, and the list of those demands is a surrender. this is why it is not... why it is not acceptable to us. it is not... why it is not accetable to us. ,, , ., ., acceptable to us. sergey lavrov said for the war to _ acceptable to us. sergey lavrov said for the war to end _ acceptable to us. sergey lavrov said for the war to end ukraine _ acceptable to us. sergey lavrov said for the war to end ukraine had - acceptable to us. sergey lavrov said for the war to end ukraine had first. for the war to end ukraine had first to be disarmed and give up hopes of joining the eu or nato. and incredibly, he defended the deadly bombing of the maternity and children's hospital in mariupol, claiming it had been a base for ukrainian forces, only for russia's defence ministry elated to deny responsibility for the attack.

translation: it responsibility for the attack. translation:— responsibility for the attack. translation: ., ., ., ., translation: it had no women, no children, translation: it had no women, no children. no — translation: it had no women, no children, no medical— translation: it had no women, no children, no medical professionals l children, no medical professionals inside. it was occupied by the militants. inside. it was occupied by the militants-_ inside. it was occupied by the militants. how can you talk of diplomacy _ militants. how can you talk of diplomacy and _ militants. how can you talk of diplomacy and ceasefires - militants. how can you talk of diplomacy and ceasefires and | diplomacy and ceasefires and negotiations when maternity hospitals are being struck, when so many civilians are dying? translation:— many civilians are dying? translation: ., ., ., translation: the demilitarisation of ukraine, the denazification _ translation: the demilitarisation of ukraine, the denazification of - ukraine, the denazification of ukraine, the denazification of ukraine are needed, we can delay no more, because of the threat to the russian federation.— russian federation. sergey lavrov sa s he russian federation. sergey lavrov says he wants _ russian federation. sergey lavrov says he wants to _ russian federation. sergey lavrov says he wants to strike _ russian federation. sergey lavrov says he wants to strike a - russian federation. sergey lavrov says he wants to strike a deal, - russian federation. sergey lavrov says he wants to strike a deal, he | says he wants to strike a deal, he says he wants to strike a deal, he says he wants the war to end, but his language is aggressive, it is robust. he accuses the ukrainians of being nazis. and so far all the diplomacy, the devastation of ukraine continues. there may be a ceasefire one day, but only after more people have died and more cities have been laid waste. james landale, bbc news, antalya. meanwhile, eu leaders are meeting

in versailles in france today, our europe editor katya adler is there. you've been talking to some of the leaders on the way in. what have they been saying? that's right, their meeting has now just started, and despite the formality of the setting here in versailles palace, emotions are running really high. it's the scenes of death and devastation in ukraine, but also eu leaders worrying about the impact of this crisis on their own economy at home. for eu countries further east, they worry about their security and do not trust the intentions of vladimir putin. the host of this meeting, emmanuel macron, he spoke to mr putin a few hours before this summit started and mr macron said to me that although he wanted one, a ceasefire was not yet inside, but he insisted the lines of communication have to remain open. the debate tonight looks like it's going to be a heated one. eu was talking about

boosting its own defence capabilities, though the dutch prime minister said to me it is too early to talk about an eu army. some are saying it is to long to slowly wean ourselves off russian energy, we need an outright ban. parliament president told me the eu will raise the money it sends to moscow for energy is used to buy arms, which we have seen now murdering women and children. . ., have seen now murdering women and children. ., ~ , ., have seen now murdering women and children. ., ~ i., ., ,~ have seen now murdering women and children. ., ~ ., ~ children. thank you. katya adler re ”ortin children. thank you. katya adler reporting there. _ and for more on the latest developments in ukraine, head to our website for live updates and analysis at bbc.co.uk. i'll be back later in the programme, reporting on how the citizens of this city have cast aside their usual lives to do everything they can for the war effort against russia. but for now, that's it from me, and it's back to the studio in london.

thank you. here in the uk, the russian owner of chelsea football club, roman abramovich, is among another seven people who've been hit with sanctions because of their suspected close links to president putin. the decision means that although chelsea can still play matches, the sale of the club is on hold, and it's now banned from selling tickets, players, and any merchandise. tonight, the mobile provider three has said it is suspending its sponsorship with the club. here's our sports editor, dan roan. for almost 20 years, his millions have propelled chelsea to glory, transforming it into a true footballing force but today the club paid a heavy price for roman abramovich's ownership, among assets frozen by the government. provides —— he was described as a programming oligarch who benefited financially from what they called a close relationship with the president. roman abramovich has links to putin,

who is mounting a barbaric and evil attack against the people of ukraine. i'm afraid sanctions have consequences. roman abramovich's actions have consequences too, it's important he the last two weeks have witnessed the most robust, and us, powerful set of sanctions i for one have ever seen. , .,, ., set of sanctions i for one have ever seen. , ., ., ., seen. did those worried about have enou:h seen. did those worried about have enough time _ seen. did those worried about have enough time to _ seen. did those worried about have enough time to get _ seen. did those worried about have enough time to get money - seen. did those worried about have enough time to get money out - seen. did those worried about have enough time to get money out of. seen. did those worried about have i enough time to get money out of the uk? he enough time to get money out of the uk? ., , . ., , enough time to get money out of the uk? . ., , ., uk? he was sanctioned this morning. until this morning _ uk? he was sanctioned this morning. until this morning and _ uk? he was sanctioned this morning. until this morning and until— uk? he was sanctioned this morning. until this morning and until the - uk? he was sanctioned this morning. until this morning and until the man | until this morning and until the man that he was sanctioned he was at liberty to legitimately do whatever he wishes with his assets. {sheen he wishes with his assets. given international _ he wishes with his assets. given international sanctions, - he wishes with his assets. given international sanctions, few - he wishes with his assets. given l international sanctions, few banks outside russia would have handled their money anyway but the uk is now

off limits. london, in particular, with its luxury shops, its armies of private bankers and lawyers and of course politicians, gratefulfor course politicians, grateful for party course politicians, gratefulfor party donations, has long been a favoured haven for the russian super—rich and the idea of sanctions is if you make their life less comfortable they will bring pressure to bear on vladimir putin to stop the war, at least that is the theory. but input in's creme then, theory. but input in's creme then, the idea oligarch to have power or influence is a fantasy, according to experts. influence is a fantasy, according to exerts. ., . ~ ., ., experts. the other clerks know that of state companies _ experts. the other clerks know that of state companies that _ experts. the other clerks know that of state companies that they - experts. the other clerks know that of state companies that they run i experts. the other clerks know that of state companies that they run is | of state companies that they run is purely— of state companies that they run is purely conditional on their relationship, their personal relationship, their personal relationship with him. they are essentially the managers. access to material _ essentially the managers. access to material wealth within russia that they have. material wealth within russia that the have. ., . they have. ukraine will need rebuilding — they have. ukraine will need rebuilding one _ they have. ukraine will need rebuilding one day. - they have. ukraine will need rebuilding one day. the i they have. ukraine will need | rebuilding one day. the head they have. ukraine will need i rebuilding one day. the head of a central bank said oligarch money should help pay for it. aha, central bank said oligarch money should help pay for it.— should help pay for it. a large share financing _ should help pay for it. a large share financing is _ should help pay for it. a large share financing is needed. i

should help pay for it. a large i share financing is needed. including funds— share financing is needed. including funds that _ share financing is needed. including funds that are — share financing is needed. including funds that are currently— share financing is needed. including funds that are currently frozen i share financing is needed. including funds that are currently frozen in i funds that are currently frozen in our allied — funds that are currently frozen in our allied countries. _ funds that are currently frozen in our allied countries. it— funds that are currently frozen in our allied countries. [it is - funds that are currently frozen in our allied countries.— our allied countries. it is not 'ust the super-rich i our allied countries. it is not 'ust the super-rich being i our allied countries. it is not 'ust the super-rich being forced i our allied countries. it is notjust the super-rich being forced to i the super—rich being forced to change their ways as the world's biggest bands abandon russia ordinary people are seeing their living standards will back 30 years. it is hard to tell if it will make a difference. we will have more in sanctions and the next few minutes but let's get back to what is happening on the ground in ukraine. i want to show you the latest pictures from my people because throughout the course of the day, this has been the scene intensified bombing of that southern port city. that strike on the maternity hospital yesterday killing three and one child and of course injuring so many others that the ukrainian president described as a war crime

but that's not pausing, the russian advanced air and the action because it is only to the course of the day with people in the city saying there have been bombs raining down on them hour after hour. some of the latest pictures from mauripol. thank you so much for being here. that assault on mauripol looks relentless but there is also talk of the russians using vacuum bombs. just ascribe to our viewers, perhaps you don't know what vacuum bombs are, what those weapons are. i vacuum bombs are, what those weapons are. ~' vacuum bombs are, what those weapons are. ~ , , vacuum bombs are, what those weapons are. ~' , , vacuum bombs are, what those weapons are. ~ , , ., are. i think the best way to understand _ are. i think the best way to understand them _ are. i think the best way to understand them is - are. i think the best way to understand them is to i are. i think the best way to i understand them is to explain are. i think the best way to - understand them is to explain what enamel bomb is first. think of like a grenade that has an explosive, with metal around it and explosive forces pieces of the metal to go out and that fragments are what injures

or kills the people in the blast radius. but emma barrick bomb works very differently. it is a 2—stage system. the first stage if you will. and fills the space with something akin to propane or natural gas in the second stage ignites it. and what this does, and i willjust feature a little bit from a 1993 study by the us agency. the kill mechanism is unique and unpleasant. what kills is the pressure wave and more importantly the subsequent vacuum. if the fuel depot greats, in other words rights but does not detonate, then they will be severe burnings. at what link is there for a period of time afterwards is also toxic.