hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. ukraine's port city mariupol continues to face heavy shelling from russia. the city's deputy mayor says at least 1,200 people have been killed there, with some buried in a mass grave. which we have a special report from inside kharkiv, with ukrainian forces fighting to defend the country's second city from russia's relentless assault. if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, you have not been paying attention. because this is the russian attack playbook perfected in over ten years of war in syria.

diplomatic efforts are still under way to try and stop the attacks, but talks between russia and ukraine ended with derision from the kremlin. it is not the first time we see pathetic outcries concerning the so—called atrocities perpetrated by the russian military. so—called atrocities perpetrated by the russian military. and roman abramovich — the billionaire owner of chelsea football club — is among the latest russian oligarchs sanctioned by the british government. the ukrainian city of mariupol is continuing to be heavily bombarded by russian forces — a day after an attack on a maternity hospital in the city caused an international outcry. these are the latest pictures showing explosions and smoke on mariupol�*s skyline. the local city council says russian bombs are hitting the centre of the city — with air strikes deliberately hitting residential areas.

and this is the on—the—ground impact of that bombardment. this footage shows widespread damage including a huge crater right outside the hospital bombed on wednesday. and these pictures show the building of the main department of the state emergency service of ukraine which was was hit on thursday morning. the satellite firm maxar has released some before and after images of damage in the city. this image was taken of a residential area injune 2021 — showing houses and other buildings and this shot of the same location was taken on wednesday after russian bombing. you can clearly see damage and smoke. the deputy mayor of the city says at least 1,200 people have been killed — and that some have had to be

buried in a mass grave, as it wasn't possible to reach burial sites outside the city. ukraine's foreign minister says the situation in mariupol is the most difficult in the country. he was speaking after talks with russia's foreign minister. the most tragic situation is currently now in the city of my —— movie poll, it is being hit by artillery fire, and i came here with artillery fire, and i came here with a humanitarian purpose to walk out from the meeting with the decision to arrange a humanitarian corridor in and from the city. well, those talks didn't come to any agreement. earlier, ukraine again announced seven humanitarian corridors out of key cities under attack from russian forces.

that included mariupol. however, ukraine's government says a humanitarian convoy trying to reach mariupol was once again forced to turn back because of ongoing attacks. heres�*s more from our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. for six straight days a convoy with food and fuel and water and medicines was turned back again. the same convoy which would have been to take people out to captain the shelling. the international committee of the red cross with no of exaggeration because the conditions there apocalyptic and that terrible story in a city where we are told that more than 1200 people have died in the past week yesterday 70 were buried in a mass grave without any ceremony, without relatives present. and we had

earlier from an mp from there saying that people, whenever they can find a corner, and a spot, anime moment for there is internet, checking to see what has happened to their relatives and in a more horrifying moment of life asking is one of my loved ones now buried in that brave? we will speak live later on in the programme is to stay with us for that but now thatjust keep the focus because the people have run out of food. focus because the people have run out of food. many people in mariupol have now run out of food for their children — that's according to the international committee of the red cross. they've got a team inside the city and we can hear now from one of the team members — the interview was recorded by satellite phone because of the communication difficulties inside the city.

that was a member of the international committee of the red cross. and, of course, difficult or impossible to talk to them i but we are going to speak to the icrc�*s correspondent. are going to speak to the icrc�*s correspondent. let's speak now to florian seriex — the spokesperson for the international committee of the red cross — he's in west ukraine. you have been in touch. what is the right is that they are describing to you? right is that they are describing to ou? ~ right is that they are describing to ou? . , ., ., right is that they are describing to ou? ~ , ., ., ., , right is that they are describing to ou?~ , ., ., ., you? well, the situation has not chanced you? well, the situation has not changed and _ you? well, the situation has not changed and to _ you? well, the situation has not changed and to be _ you? well, the situation has not changed and to be recorded - you? well, the situation has not changed and to be recorded thisi changed and to be recorded this sound bites yesterday and i can tell

you that we were all gathered around the phone listening to him and it was a moment of great stress among the team to hear that account and every time we are on the phone with our colleague at least we know that he is safe and that the rest of the team are safe but every time what we hear is extremely, it is terrible. the situation has not changed since yesterday. today it was exactly the same. we could hear gunshots in the background and it is exactly the same as was just expressed. when background and it is exactly the same as wasjust expressed. same as was 'ust expressed. when you hear that same as wasjust expressed. when you hear that peeple _ same as wasjust expressed. when you hear that people are _ same as wasjust expressed. when you hear that people are running _ same as wasjust expressed. when you hear that people are running out - same as wasjust expressed. when you hear that people are running out of- hear that people are running out of food for their children it is just overwhelmingly difficult to comprehend how they are coping in the city. comprehend how they are coping in

the ci . �* comprehend how they are coping in the ci . ~ ,., comprehend how they are coping in the ci . ~ ., comprehend how they are coping in theci . ~ ., the city. indeed. and so what it was tellin: us, the city. indeed. and so what it was telling us. for— the city. indeed. and so what it was telling us, for the _ the city. indeed. and so what it was telling us, for the colleagues - the city. indeed. and so what it was telling us, for the colleagues now. telling us, for the colleagues now altogether in the shelter the only moment, theyjust tried and fight to go to their houses, collect quickly, like, whatever they could, whatever was left and they managed to come back to the shelter and they are basically leaving on the remaining of what was in their house is so this is how the situation is and he is telling us that basically there is telling us that basically there is no fuel any more. there is no electricity. people are cold, the humidity is there. the temperature is really dropping and people are getting sick and they don't see solution so in addition to all the physical impact there is also the technological impact of this. it has been two weeks for these people that

they're in this situation. they are together, nothing fortunately to our colleagues but, of course, like, we can understand that their situation is getting worse day today. the situation is _ is getting worse day today. the situation is getting worse. you're talking about people getting sick and we had your colleague coughing there. the temperatures are desperately cold with arctic weather coming to there, —10 degrees. we hear that people are desperate to get food. just explain to us. there was a mention of people attacking each other. what is happening, from your understanding? from each other. what is happening, from your understanding?— your understanding? from my understanding _ your understanding? from my understanding i _ your understanding? from my understanding i did _ your understanding? from my understanding i did hear- your understanding? from my understanding i did hear a - your understanding? from my - understanding i did hear a mention, it is rather like pharmacies as well as shops have been looted most probably by people who are desperate to take whatever they would find to survive. we

to take whatever they would find to survive. ~ . , , . . to take whatever they would find to survive. ~ ., , , . ., ., , to take whatever they would find to survive. ~ ., ,, . ., ., , ., survive. we appreciate that it is a very complicated _ survive. we appreciate that it is a very complicated and _ survive. we appreciate that it is a very complicated and very - survive. we appreciate that it is a i very complicated and very stressful and tense situation. i wonder, are there any are there any possibilities of getting out of there? ., , .,, ., possibilities of getting out of there? ., , ., ., there? the only option for the peo - le's there? the only option for the peeple's are _ there? the only option for the people's are the _ there? the only option for the people's are the parties - there? the only option for the people's are the parties in - there? the only option for the people's are the parties in the conflict managed to come to a concrete agreement that facilitates the safe passage for all the people who want to go out.— who want to go out. thank you so much for speaking _ who want to go out. thank you so much for speaking to _ who want to go out. thank you so much for speaking to us - who want to go out. thank you so much for speaking to us and - who want to go out. thank you so | much for speaking to us and thank you for bringing us that clip from your colleague in the city. we do appreciate your time. thank you. thank you. now to 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. 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. 0ur correspondent quentin sommerville and cameraman darren conway are the first journalists to be embedded with the ukrainian army as they fight the russian advance. i should warn you their report contains graphic images from the frontline 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 no—man�*s land, with the

ukrainian army. 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. is it good against tanks it is the best we have no are the russian fighting like soldiers of 19111. they are attacking in front. they have a lot of people here, a lot of tanks, a lot of vehicles and technics, but we fight in our land, and we protect our families, so, it doesn't matter how they fight, we fight

like lions and they won't win. this is what people have been fleeing in kharkiv. endless bombardment for this is what russia does to cities. it bombards them, besieges them, surrounds them. it 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,

they keep the wounded in hallways, away from the windows. miss valentina has been hit by shrapnel. i have a poem for you she says. the stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry all my life, but as long as my heart still beats, i will still live and love. so too will 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.

now to diplomatic efforts to end the conflict. the foreign ministers of russia and ukraine have met some states have reliant on russian oil and gas. some states have reliant on russian oiland gas. he some states have reliant on russian oil and gas. he was the president of the european union outlining some key challenges. taste the european union outlining some key challenges-_ key challenges. we will bethink defence, capabilities, _ key challenges. we will bethink defence, capabilities, we - key challenges. we will bethink defence, capabilities, we will. defence, capabilities, we will bethink energy. we have to get rid of the dependency of russian fossil fuels and for that we need massive investment in renewables. this is also a strategic investment in our security and our independence. it

creates jobs at home and it is home—grown. we are independent. ukraine's acceptance to the eu is up discussion. he was more on that. for discussion. he was more on that. we will also certainly discuss ukraine as part of our european family. we want a free and democratic ukraine with whom we share a common destiny. let’s democratic ukraine with whom we share a common destiny. let's cross over to speak— share a common destiny. let's cross over to speak to _ share a common destiny. let's cross over to speak to a _ share a common destiny. let's cross over to speak to a europe _ share a common destiny. let's cross over to speak to a europe editor- share a common destiny. let's cross| over to speak to a europe editor who joins us live from versailles. we had a couple of those lines. what do eu leaders want to achieve from the summit? what are the key concerns? for the outside world what eu leaders want to achieve is to continue showing this unity that they have managed to get together since the start of the russia ukraine crisis. we hear about pick for an eu veto is very slow to take decisions and what they have

achieved in the last two weeks is pretty incredible eu watch are like me. massive turnarounds in terms of defence, in terms of refugee policy when it comes to the ukrainians, in terms of foreign policy and managing to speak with one voice. what we have got here in versailles is we're going to have a night of discussions tonight where they are not all the speaking with one voice, these leaders, despite these formal surroundings here, emotions are running very high because of those distressing pictures from ukraine because eu leaders here are worrying about the economic impact at home for them of this crisis. and eu

leaders in the east are worrying about their security. they simply do not trust vladimir putin so when they talk about boosting defence capabilities, is that an eu army? there are many countries that say absolutely not and we do not want to compete with nato so how far does it go? what about food independence? the eu wants to be able to rely on itself, but as you pointed out, there are many eu countries, most of all, the big power of germany, that really needs russian energy and they say, though, cannot listen to these calls for a sudden ban on russian energy because of what is happening in ukraine. the impact will be huge evenin in ukraine. the impact will be huge even in the global market. these are the heated discussions. as for ukrainian membership what it sounds like when you hear people are pressing to fast—track it it sounds like it is fast tracking to membership. that is never the case. this is because about fast—track into accession. it is a long, bureaucratic process but there eu leaders in tonight that say, let's put them on that accession list so we can start formal talks as soon as possible. it is an important symbolic move for the people of ukraine suffering so much at the moment but again, eu leaders are divided. they will come to some kind of communique that makes them seem at all on one page but i think these

are such big debates going on here tonight it is not something that you result in a matter of hours in the french president said as for a ceasefire, he continues to speak to vladimir putin. he did so with the german chancellor earlier today and he said he is planning to speak to mr putin again in a matter hours. you have got the opportunity to speak to emmanuel macron and there was the hint of a little bit of optimism that we need in this absolutely dire situation in ukraine. ~ , ., ., ukraine. well, yeah, he said, i am an optimist — ukraine. well, yeah, he said, i am an optimist but _ ukraine. well, yeah, he said, i am an optimist but he _ ukraine. well, yeah, he said, i am an optimist but he also _ ukraine. well, yeah, he said, i am an optimist but he also said, - an optimist but he also said, frankly, right now i see no chance of a ceasefire but he is somebody who has been criticised for their two always believed in keeping dialogue going so if you look at where we are, back when emmanuel macron was first elected in 2017 he held a meeting here pretty sympathetic putin and he has been the one front and centre, along with angela merkel of germany, but particularly him saying i want to

speak to moscow. i want moscow to understand that i want that to be pathways for communication between us. he did come under heavy criticism before the questioning ukraine for being filled by moscow but he said i always need a window of opportunity was tiny, tiny, in this case. but it is better to take the chance that you ignore it and he continues in that vein now. let's keep trying to talk even while we work with international allies to pile on the sanctions, pile on the pressure and make the eu more independent from russia. figs pressure and make the eu more independent from russia. as always, reall aood independent from russia. as always, really good to — independent from russia. as always, really good to get — independent from russia. as always, really good to get your _ independent from russia. as always, really good to get your thoughts. - really good to get your thoughts. thank you. the foreign ministers of russia and ukraine met in the turkish coastal city in the highest level of diplomatic contact between the two countries since the war began. usd russian foreign minister arriving at those talks. he repeated demands that ukraine be disarmed and accept neutral status. here is ukraine's foreign minister who

greeted taki's foreign minister who was hosting these talks. behind closed doors the two sides actually failed to make any progress on agreeing a ceasefire to ease the humanitarian crisis. asked about the bombing at the children's hospital on wednesday, russia's foreign minister claimed that counter to the evidence was being used by what he called armed radicals. it is evidence was being used by what he called armed radicals.— called armed radicals. it is not the first time we _ called armed radicals. it is not the first time we see _ called armed radicals. it is not the first time we see pathetic - called armed radicals. it is not the first time we see pathetic outcries| first time we see pathetic outcries concerning the so—called atrocities perpetrated by the russian military. this meeting was called difficult and moscow's list of demands that ukraine abandon any hopes ofjoining nato. here is what he said. the ukraine abandon any hopes of “oining nato. here is what he said._ nato. here is what he said. the part narrative that _ nato. here is what he said. the part narrative that he _ nato. here is what he said. the part narrative that he conveyed - nato. here is what he said. the part narrative that he conveyed to - nato. here is what he said. the part narrative that he conveyed to me . nato. here is what he said. the part narrative that he conveyed to me is| narrative that he conveyed to me is that they _ narrative that he conveyed to me is that they will continue their repression until ukraine meets their

demands— repression until ukraine meets their demands and a list of those demands is a surrender. and this is why it is a surrender. and this is why it is not. _ is a surrender. and this is why it is not. why— is a surrender. and this is why it is not. why it _ is a surrender. and this is why it is not, why it is not acceptable to us. ~ . ., is not, why it is not acceptable to us, ~ ., is not, why it is not acceptable to us. ., .,. us. welcome our diplomatic correspondent _ us. welcome our diplomatic correspondent gave - us. welcome our diplomatic correspondent gave us - us. welcome our diplomatic correspondent gave us his l us. welcome our diplomatic _ correspondent gave us his assessment of these talks from turkey. 0n the ukrainian side they kept on saying, look, we need to talk about a ceasefire. you need to talk about a humanitarian situation. but what was said was that they did not think the russian foreign minister had the authority to discuss that. he said he was not here in any way to supersede the other talks that have been taking place between russia and ukrainian officials. as for him, he said he wants this what you meant. he said he wants there to be some kind of a solution but his language was robust. it was at times aggressive. he said russia still

demanded the denazification, he said, of ukraine. the demilitarisation of ukraine. he accused the west of building biological weapons inside ukraine. he accused ukraine of banning people alive in 0desa. all of these things have been said before but he chose to repeat them in a news conference so clearly, you know, the talks had taken place. it is at least possible that another discussion will happen but i do not think that we have moved that much further than anybody expected. for how russia views these latest round of diplomacy here is jenny hill in moscow. i is very little evidence that russia is genuinely serious about these negotiations. let's look at the facts. the fighting has not stopped. the rhetoric from moscow continues to be belligerent. at the moment is ace accusing ukraine helped by the us of trying to develop biological weapons and it continues to demand

concessions which it knows ukraine finds unacceptable, specifically the handing over of territories to russian control. then you have to look at the broader context, too. we know that vladimir putin is deeply, profoundly disturbed by nato and its eastward expansion. he wants the world to look like a very different place. you want that security infrastructure in the west to change. we know that the kremlin�*s demands are very difficult for anybody in the west to concede too. jenny hill with a perspective from moscow. let's turn to china and an interesting development because china has publicly acknowledged by the first time that the russian invasion of ukraine as a war. he was china's minister who used the word war in separate conversations with his counterparts from france and italy. now, he said that although there was a large gap between the

positions of russia and ukraine, negotiations were the only way to stop the war. a fascinating development and i will be back with much, much more very soon. stay with hours on the bbc news. we have had a relatively dry, quiet speu we have had a relatively dry, quiet spell of weather. there are many areas that have a lot of cloud on thursday tended to break up later in the day so this was the picture during thursday afternoon. for the west of tonight, it is looking unsettled. some outbreaks of rain. all down to the fact that we have got a weakening weather front pushing across the uk and another one approaching in the west. some clear spells holding on across parts of eastern england, northern ireland, too. a frost free night

with temperatures early friday about 7-10 . with temperatures early friday about 7—10 . during the day there could be any brightness around but we will see the cloud increasing from the west of the day separate of some type of pass north east england but shabbily rain moving slowly northwards. a windier day than we've seen recently with some gusts up to about 30 mph and further blustery showers moving in from the south west later. hailand showers moving in from the south west later. hail and thunderstorms mist in the some of these torrential downpours. temperatures between eight and 12 so a touch cooler in recent days. as we move through into saturday a system from the atlantic. that will bring windier weather for the weekend eventually but as we start saturday an improving picture for a while across england and wales that are rain clearing to the north and sunny spells for northern ireland committee. scotland are staying showery. a band of rain accompanied by fresh went as well. temperatures between eight and 12 on saturday. it looks like sunday will be another fairly blustery sort of

day and low pressure is dominating to sunday. sunny spells. not a wash—out but heavy spells rotating around that area and low pressure coming in that brisk breeze. top temperatures between nine and 13 degrees on sunday. as we lose that area of low pressure eventually things look a little bit drier and brighter. not as many isobars on monday. a few showers around in the north and north—west of the day on monday but things are looking drier, brighter attach warmer as we head through mind and into tuesday. temperatures around about 16 or 17. goodbye for now.

ukraine's port city continues to face heavy shelling by russia. the deputy mayor says at least 1200 people have been killed the with some buried in a mass grave. diplomatic efforts are still under way to stop the attacks but talks between russia and ukraine ended with derision from the kremlin. it’s with derision from the kremlin. it's not the with derision from the kremlin. it�*s not the first time we see pathetic outcries concerning the so—called atrocities perpetrated by the russian military.— atrocities perpetrated by the russian military. after criticism about the speed _ russian military. after criticism about the speed of _ russian military. after criticism about the speed of the - russian military. after criticism about the speed of the uk's - russian military. after criticism - about the speed of the uk's response the government makes it easier for

some refugees to get into britain. an roman abramovich is among the latest russian oligarchs sanctioned tjy latest russian oligarchs sanctioned by the british government. russia's bombing sparked an international outcry. 0fficial russia's bombing sparked an international outcry. official said three people including a child were killed. this image hit the newspapers around the world as pregnant women was stretchered out. man has denied deliberately targeting civilians, so let's take a look closer looks. i want to look more closely at some of the claims from russia about its invasion of ukraine. earlier in the programme, we heard from the russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov. here's more of what he said about his country's strike on a hospital in mariupol.

this maternity hospital has long been occupied by the azov battalion and other radicals. they drove out the women in labour, nurses and general staff. it was the base of the ultra radical azoff battalion. the azov battalion is a far—right group of ukrainian volunteers who have been fighting russian separatists since 2014. there's no evidence they were using the hospital as a base. mr lavrov also said that women in labour and staff at the hospital had been driven out by the battalion, but photos show both women and medics at the scene of the attack and local officials say staff and patients were among those injured. it's also worth pointing out that, as reuters reports, "the kremlin separately said the incident was being investigated". next, here's another response from sergei lavrov at his press conference earlier. as for your question

about whether we are planning to attack other countries, we are not planning to attack other countries. we did not attack ukraine either. we don't know if russia will attack other countries. there's no evidence that it will. but we do know that russia did attack ukraine. we know that thousands have been killed. and we know that 2 million people have been displaced. comments like these from sergei lavrov are a common approach from russia. here'sjenny hill in moscow. moscow continues to insist to tell its citizens that it's not attacking ukraine. this isn't an invasion or a war — simply a special military operation to protect russian—speaking populations in eastern ukraine. when i switched on the television this morning, state tv, i saw pictures from eastern ukraine. i didn't see pictures from the strike on the hospital in mariupol, and it's significant that the authorities here are dismissing what you saw on your tvs this morning from mariupol as fake news because it is now illegal to distribute or publish what the kremlin deems to be false

information about the russian army and its activities punishable by up to 15 years in prison. i'm joined by shayan sardarizadeh from the bbc�*s disinformation team. shayan, what's the latest we're hearing from russia about mariupol? they have been saying that it was fake by the ukrainian government and also by western media. they are saying russian military did not carry out any attacks yesterday on the ground in mariupol. and they also said on russian state television claim over and over again.

there was even a claim of actors at the hospital? yes, there are three main claims we saw. it was a russian telegram, russian chat app, about this attack that went around all day in russian social media and involved in the russian embassy in the uk repeated the exact same claims in three separate weeks, so broadly there were three main claims, one was a young woman in a video yesterday, she was injured and had a bloodied face. they claim that woman was not crow —— was not pregnant, there was another claim that another woman was actually ariana, so she was into separate pictures crisis actor, acting as a pregnant woman into separate images, and claim number three was that the hospital was

empty, there were no staff there or pregnant women, it had been taken over by the far right. so claim number one, she was lying. and if you look at pictures on her instagram, she is heavily pregnant and she lives in mariupol, which is why she was at the maternity hospital. claim number two, why she was at the maternity hospital. claim numbertwo, if you look at the high resolution images of the other woman they mentioned, if you look at that images of the two, they are completely different people, they are different women, they are not the same, and a third claim about hospital being empty, found a post on facebook from just a week ago on the 2nd of march, and they are saying they need more equipment and fuel to keep the hospital running, sojust equipment and fuel to keep the hospital running, so just a week ago the hospital was operational and there were actual people there. irate

there were actual people there. we appreciate your real detailed analysis of those detailed images. when it comes to people in russia, what does this tell us about what they are hearing? this i what does this tell us about what they are hearing?— they are hearing? as i said, this claim has— they are hearing? as i said, this claim has been _ they are hearing? as i said, this claim has been pushed - they are hearing? as i said, this claim has been pushed over - they are hearing? as i said, this claim has been pushed over and they are hearing? as i said, this - claim has been pushed over and over again. and we know russian television is a huge source of information for many russians, so people who watched television spite believe this stuff, but younger russians are really media savvy, the russians are really media savvy, the russian government has restricted access to social media so it's a bit difficult for them to get independent information, but hopefully once we put these particular claims out on the bbc website, we can tackle these claims, so hopefully younger russians will then see those claims which are not true. ., ,., . then see those claims which are not true. ., . ., .,

debunking some of those images and some of the narratives coming out of russia. we're going to talk about russian sanctions now. as we've been reporting this week, the us and uk announced bans on russian oil, and the eu said it will end its reliance on russian gas. and we've seen companies pulling out of russia. now the us investment bank goldman sachs has said it will close its operations there — the first wall street bank to do so. today, president putin had this to say on the west's sanctions today. there is demand increasing to specific groups of gods, but have no doubts that we keep calm reserving his problems, step—by—step, and people who understand, gradually, that there will be no offence that

would not be able to sort out and resolve, they simply don't exist, but as some issues that require special attention, but as some issues that require specialattention, but but as some issues that require special attention, but i will discuss them and i would also ask here's them and i would jenny hill's assessment on that. _ my colleagues to speak about that. i think what we're seeing actually is a continuation of the kremlin script, which is essentially we were expecting sanctions, we were prepared for them and we've got measures to deal with them. it's going to be ok. mr putin has been a regular presence on the tv over the last few days, and there is an element of reassurance going on. you're quite right. you know, most russians can't fail, but notice that things are starting to change in their country. western firms pulling out western shops shuttered up people losing theirjobs. prices starting to go up. some supermarkets limiting the amount of goods people can buy. but the kremlin�*s line has thus far been, don't worry, we've effectively got this in hand, and mr putin

is meeting with members of his government to discuss the measures that they intend to put in place or are already putting in place. and we're hearing some quite extraordinary things. details are a little thin at the moment, but, for example, a ban on exporting foreign made goods, things like cars, railway carriages and so on, potentially also giving the state permission to externally manage foreign companies who leave, thereby keeping the staff in jobs, as i say. details are still a bit sketchy, but this is what they're talking about. we also know the us, the uk and the eu have also responded to russia's invasion with sanctions against russian oligarchs. well, the latest move by the uk government is to sanction the owner of chelsea football club — roman abramovich. his assets will be frozen — that includes chelsea — but it will be allowed to keep playing. we'll look at that in a moment. let's first remind ourselves of the background to this. roman ambramovich is a russian billionaire. his wealth roots back to the collapse of the soviet union —

a time when new russian companies assumed state assets. like all oligarchs, particularly those who became rich in the 1990s, he's had to deal with putin. mr abramovich denies having a close relationship with putin, but the uk government has described him as a "pro—kremlin oligarch associated with vladimir putin, with whom abramovich has had a close relationship with for decades." they added he's obtained financial benefit from that association. here's the uk culture secretary. he has links to putin, who is mounting a barbaric and evil attack against the people of ukraine. let's talk about the impact on chelsea now. mr abramovich bought chelsea in 2003 — this was what he said then.

i haven't thought about how much money i am prepared to spend. i suppose that depends on how well we play and how determined we are to win, if i feel we need to buy any particular player to get the results we want, i'lljust spend more money. and he did. mr abramovich has loaned the club £1.5 billion. and chelsea have become one of europe's most successful teams. last week, mr abramovich said he had made the "difficult decision" to sell chelsea. that came after calls to sanction him in parliament. on that 1.5 billion, he said, "i will not be asking for any loans to be repaid," adding "all net proceeds from the sale will be donated for the benefit of all victims of the war in ukraine." but the statement was criticised for what it didn't say. here's alan shearer. still no condemnation from roman or the club about what's happening in ukraine. so now mr abramovich's

assets have been frozen, let's look at how the sanctions impact chelsea and its sale. a special licence has been issued by the government so chelsea can keep playing their games. chelsea is banned from selling more tickets selling mechandise and buying and selling players. and a government source told the times, "he — mr abramovich — will not get a penny from the sale of the club". laura scott explains more. under the terms of this special licence that the government have issued, in essence, to allow the club to continue functioning whilst trying to hit abramovich with those sanctions, they've said that the club can fulfil its fixtures that season ticket holders and other ticket holders are still able to attend matches, that the players and the staff can continue to be paid and that what they can do is spend reasonable costs on travelling to and from games and also hosting home fixtures like this sunday.

but what is clear is that they do not want abramovich to profit or benefit from the club in any way, so that means they cannot sell any extra tickets. although there isn't a transfer window at the moment, the club would not be able to buy or sell players while abramovich is under sanctions. the merchandise shop is closed. we actually spoke to some fans here who are some of the last ones in the club shop buying their shirts — that has now been shut. and, of course, this does impact on what it means for the sale of the club, that is halted at the moment under the terms of this licence. but we understand that the government is open to considering a new licence which would enable the club to be sold but only if it can be ensured that none of the proceeds were to go to roman abramovich. and we have heard that the mobile

phone company three has suspended its sponsorship from chelsea. it said... chelsea make substantial sums of money each year from sponsorship. so how — and when — could these new rules cause chelsea financial problems? here's football finance expert kieran maguire. in the most recent accounts, which admittedly take us back tojune 2021, the club only had 16 million of cash in its bank account, so we don't know what's happened since then. under the terms of the licence, the club is allowed to pay wages and it does. the licence hasn't detailed how those wages are going to be funded, historically, roman abramovich has underwritten all of the losses incurred at the club. chelsea supporters reacted at stamford bridge today. we went in, we got the last shirts,

didn't we, big man? haifa we went in, we got the last shirts, didn't we, big man?— we went in, we got the last shirts, didn't we, big man? how can you stop an actual club — didn't we, big man? how can you stop an actual club from _ didn't we, big man? how can you stop an actual club from trading? _ didn't we, big man? how can you stop an actual club from trading? it's - an actual club from trading? it's not in _ an actual club from trading? it's not in liquidation, it's a massive global— not in liquidation, it's a massive global entity. mr abramovich is one of seven oligarchs to be hit with fresh sanctions. so what is the purpose of them? tom burgis is the author of kleptopia. it either means that we think by making life materially uncomfortable for people who have grown immensely wealthy under putin's regime, by making their lives difficult, uncomfortable, maybe restricting their fortunes, they will either persuade putin to change course or they willjoin a conspiracy to change the leader of russia. one of those two things can only be the goal. with someone like abramovich, the question is, will that be effective? and i think that is an open question. a lot of these oligarchs,

putin has either marginalised or brought them onto his own control, and the deal was always, stay out of politics and you keep your money, people who broke that rule were cast out. that is not a recipe for turning pressure on these oligarchs into changing course, i don't believe. 0ur our business editor looks at more detail in what the sanctions are and how much they can achieve. roman abramovich, and the energy boss and an old putin friend, they are among seven oligarchs that are being sanctioned, that means uk assets being frozen, they cannot travel to, they yachts can be seized and their ability to move money around the world severely restricted. the last

two weeks have — world severely restricted. the last two weeks have witnessed - world severely restricted. the last two weeks have witnessed the - world severely restricted. the last i two weeks have witnessed the most robust, owners, powerfulset of sanctions i for one have ever seen. did those who worried about it have enough time to get money out of the uk? ., ., .,. enough time to get money out of the uk? ., ., uk? roman abramovich will sanction this morning- — uk? roman abramovich will sanction this morning. until— uk? roman abramovich will sanction this morning. until this _ uk? roman abramovich will sanction this morning. until this morning - uk? roman abramovich will sanction this morning. until this morning and| this morning. until this morning and until the moment he was sanctioned, he was at liberty to do whatever he wishes with his assets.— wishes with his assets. given international— wishes with his assets. given international sanctions, - wishes with his assets. given international sanctions, fewl wishes with his assets. given - international sanctions, few banks outside russia would have handled the money anyway, but the uk is now off limits. land and in particular, with its luxury shops, its armies of private bankers and lawyers and of course politicians grateful for party donations has long been the favoured haven for the russian super—rich and if you make their lives left comfortable they will bring pressure to bear on vladimir putin to stop the war, at least, that's the theory. but in putin's kremlin the idea oligarchs of power

or influence is a fantasy, according to experts. or influence is a fantasy, according to exoerts-— or influence is a fantasy, according to exerts. ., ., . , ,, ., ., to experts. the oligarchs know that their position _ to experts. the oligarchs know that their position in _ to experts. the oligarchs know that their position in charge _ to experts. the oligarchs know that their position in charge of- to experts. the oligarchs know that their position in charge of the - their position in charge of the companies they run is purely conditional on their personal relationship with him, they are essentially the managers, not the owners. _ essentially the managers, not the owners. so— essentially the managers, not the owners, so if they speak against the war or— owners, so if they speak against the war or the _ owners, so if they speak against the war orthe regime, owners, so if they speak against the war or the regime, they stand to lose this — war or the regime, they stand to lose this access to material wealth within— lose this access to material wealth within russia they have.— within russia they have. ukraine will need rebuilding _ within russia they have. ukraine will need rebuilding one - within russia they have. ukraine will need rebuilding one day - within russia they have. ukraine will need rebuilding one day and| will need rebuilding one day and head of its central bank said oligarch money should help pay for it. as, oligarch money should help pay for it. ~ ., , ., , ., it. a large share will be a reparation _ it. a large share will be a reparation from - it. a large share will be a reparation from the - it. a large share will be a - reparation from the aggressor, including — reparation from the aggressor, including funds _ reparation from the aggressor, including funds that _ reparation from the aggressor, including funds that are - reparation from the aggressor, . including funds that are currently frozen _ including funds that are currently frozen in — including funds that are currently frozen in our— including funds that are currently frozen in our allied _ including funds that are currently frozen in our allied countries. - including funds that are currentlyj frozen in our allied countries. it’s frozen in our allied countries. it's not 'ust a frozen in our allied countries. notjust a super—rich being frozen in our allied countries.- notjust a super—rich being forced to shake their western ways, as the world's biggest brands abandon russia ordinary people are seeing clocks and living standards roll back 30 years. it's hard to tell

whether either form of pressure will make a difference. the uk is streamlining its visa scheme for ukrainians fleeing the conflict after days of criticism. the home secretary priti patel says people with family members in britain will be apply for a visa online from next tuesday instead of having to travel to overwhelmed visa processing centres. from tuesday, i can announce that ukrainians will no longer need to go to a visa application centre to give their biometrics before they come to their biometrics before they come to the uk. 0nce their biometrics before they come to the uk. once the application has been considered and appropriate checks completed, they will receive direct notification that they are eligible for the scheme and can come to the uk. in short ukrainians with passports will be able to get permission to come here fully online for whatever they are and will be able to give their biometrics once in britain.

prime minister borisjohnson said "more than a thousand" visas had now been issued. and he said that number would "climb very steeply" as the uk welcomes ukrainians fleeing the war zone: what you are seeing is a catastrophic situation in ukraine where the numbers have continued to grow and it has been necessary for us to respond to the immensity of the challenge, and i think it's entirely right that we should have an offer that is as generous as possible, as light touch as possible, as light touch as possible, but i think it's also important that we have checks and people do understand that when you have got large numbers of people leaving a war zone, some of them still armed, leaving a war zone, some of them stillarmed, perhaps leaving a war zone, some of them still armed, perhaps not all of their identity is completely clear, their identity is completely clear, their motivation completely clear, it's responsible to have checks.

ngos have also criticised this, the british red cross saying the quickest way out of the problem would be to remove the requirement for a visa. the refugee council says this does not go anywhere near far enough. the latest official uk home office figures issued this morning say it has granted 957 visa so far out of 22,000 visa applications. that compares with 1,412,503 ukrainians already admitted by poland and . 82,762 by moldova, which has a population ofjust 2.6 million. one of those 957 people who have so far been allowed to come to the uk is 73—year—old luba whose daughter lana, a british citizen who has lived in london for over a decade, joins me now. how is your mum? hello. how was your

mum doinu how is your mum? hello. how was your mum doing now? _ how is your mum? hello. how was your mum doing now? she _ how is your mum? hello. how was your mum doing now? she has _ how is your mum? hello. how was your mum doing now? she has had a terrible journey. mum doing now? she has had a terriblejourney. she mum doing now? she has had a terrible journey.— mum doing now? she has had a terrible journey. terrible “ourney. she is better now, she is terrible journey. she is better now, she is relaxed. _ terrible journey. she is better now, she is relaxed. today _ terrible journey. she is better now, she is relaxed. today we _ terrible journey. she is better now, she is relaxed. today we travel - terrible journey. she is better now, she is relaxed. today we travel to l she is relaxed. today we travel to germany for a visa. i stayed with her while she got this visa, it took three days to get the visa, after the biometrics were taken, but now she is relaxed, she had a shower and she is relaxed, she had a shower and she is relaxed, she had a shower and she is happier now. so she is relaxed, she had a shower and she is happier now.— she is happier now. so she went to germany to — she is happier now. so she went to germany to apply _ she is happier now. so she went to germany to apply in _ she is happier now. so she went to germany to apply in person - she is happier now. so she went to germany to apply in person to - she is happier now. so she went to germany to apply in person to get| germany to apply in person to get the actual biometrics, was she travelling on her own? given that she travelled all the way from near kyiv to get across the border and i witnessed what has been happening on the borders, the long delays, then to make a go to germany, explain what happened to her. she to make a go to germany, explain what happened to her.— what happened to her. she left ukraine as _ what happened to her. she left ukraine as soon _ what happened to her. she left ukraine as soon as _ what happened to her. she left ukraine as soon as the - what happened to her. she left ukraine as soon as the war -

what happened to her. she left - ukraine as soon as the war started. we have a military base. she left straightaway. she stayed in poland for a little bit. then she travelled to germany. she choked stayed there for a bit. iapplied to germany. she choked stayed there for a bit. i applied for her visa on friday. we got our first appointment on monday. yesterday, she finally got her visa. but she is terrified, she doesn't know anyone, she doesn't know the language, so i have tojoin her because she doesn't speak english or german. 50 her because she doesn't speak english or german.— her because she doesn't speak english or german. so you actually had to fly out _ english or german. so you actually had to fly out to _ english or german. so you actually had to fly out to dusseldorf, - english or german. so you actually had to fly out to dusseldorf, you i had to fly out to dusseldorf, you went to meet her, to help her? yes. now i went to meet her, to help her? yes. nowl am went to meet her, to help her? yes. now i am off for _ went to meet her, to help her? yes. now i am off for two _ went to meet her, to help her? 1a; now i am off for two weeks. to went to meet her, to help her? 123 now i am off for two weeks. to help her because she doesn't speak english and she is traumatised and as time goes by she has got more and

more depressed. she said to me, why did i come here, i want to go back to the ukraine. why did i come and join you? because at the beginning it was only immediate family, which is spouses and children. she doesn't auali as is spouses and children. she doesn't qualify as immediate _ is spouses and children. she doesn't qualify as immediate family, - is spouses and children. she doesn't qualify as immediate family, and - is spouses and children. she doesn't| qualify as immediate family, and she is your mum? i wish all the best and we really appreciate you speaking to us, we know she has had a very difficultjourney, the travelling and the worry and then this added concern of course, we wish her all the best, thank you for speaking to us. stay with us here, we have lots more still to come and we will speak to our correspondent in kyiv in just a short time.

you can reach me on twitter — i'm @bbckasiamadera. good evening. we have had a relatively dry, quiet spell of weather over the past 2a hours or so, although many areas that have a lot of cloud on thursday, it tended to break up late in the day, so this was the picture in sutton coldfield during thursday afternoon. now, for the rest of this evening and overnight as we head into friday, it is looking more and more unsettled. cloudier, breezy, and some outbreaks of rain around too, all down to the fact we have got a weakening weather front pushing up across the uk at the moment, and another one approaching from the west here. so, a band of cloud bring lots of rain for the midlands, northern england and scotland overnight too. some clear spells holding on across parts of eastern england, northern ireland too, but it's going to be a frost prenatal temperatures early friday between about 7—10 .

now, during the day, there could be some early brightness around for some of us, but we will see the cloud increasing from the west through the day, so a bit of sunshine for part of eastern england, perhaps eastern scotland, northern ireland too, but showery rain moving its way slowly northwards and eastwards, windier than we have seen recently, with some of those gusts up to about 30 miles an hour. and blustery showers moving in from the south—west later, there could be some hail and some thunderstorms mixed in with some of these torrential downpours. temperatures between about 8—12 , so a touch cooler than recent days. and then, as we move through friday night into saturday, we have got the next system approaching from the atlantic. that will bring some wetter, windier weather through the weekend eventually. but actually, as we start saturday, it will be an improving picture for a while across england and wales, early rain clearing to the north, some sunny spells for northern ireland too. showery, i think, this next band of rain then moving in from the south—west, accompanied by some really quite fresh winds as well. temperatures between about 8—12 on saturday, it looks like sunday will be another fairly blustery sort of day. in fact, low pressure

dominating through sunday. sunny spells, it won't be a wash—out, but some heavy showers rotating around that area of low pressure blowing in on that brisk breeze. top temperatures somewhere between about 9—13 on sunday. and then, as we lose that area of low pressure, eventually things looking a bit dry and quieter, not as many isobars on the map as we head into monday. could still be a few showers around in the north and north—west through the day on monday, but things looking drier, brighter and a touch warmer as we head through monday and into tuesday. temperatures on tuesday could be 16 or 17 degrees. bye for now.

welcome, this is 0utside source. ukraine's port city mariupol continues to face heavy shelling by russia. the city's deputy mayor says at least 1200 people have been killed there, with some buried in a mass grave. we will have a special report from the front line in kharkiv, with ukrainian forces fighting to defend the country's second city from russia's relentless assault. ll second city from russia's relentless assault. , . , ., assault. if these tactics are unfamiliar _ assault. if these tactics are unfamiliar to _ assault. if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, - assault. if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, you - assault. if these tactics are i unfamiliar to you, you haven't assault. if these tactics are - unfamiliar to you, you haven't been paying attention. because this is the russian attack playbook will stop perfected, in over ten years of

war in syria. stop perfected, in over ten years of war in syria-— war in syria. diplomatic efforts are still under way _ war in syria. diplomatic efforts are still under way to _ war in syria. diplomatic efforts are still under way to try _ war in syria. diplomatic efforts are still under way to try to _ war in syria. diplomatic efforts are still under way to try to stop - war in syria. diplomatic efforts are still under way to try to stop the i still under way to try to stop the attacks but talks between ukraine and russia have ended with derision from the kremlin. translation: ll from the kremlin. translation: , ., , translation: it is not the first time we see _ translation: it is not the first time we see pathetic— translation: it is not the first time we see pathetic outcries i time we see pathetic outcries concerning the so—called atrocities perpetrated by the russian military. and roman abramovich, the billionaire owner of chelsea football club is among the latest russian oligarchs sanctioned by the british government. the ukrainian city of mariupol is being heavily bombarded by russian forces with the red cross morning food and water supplies are running low in the besieged city. let us have a look at some of the latest images showing explosions and smoke on mariupol�*s skyline. the city council say russian bombers are hitting the centre of the city with

air strikes deliberately hitting residential areas. this is the on impact of that bombardment. this footage shows the widespread damage, including a huge crater right outside the maternity hospital that was bombed on wednesday. just have a look at the images that show at the building of the maine department of the state emergency service of ukraine. this was hit on thursday morning. the satellite firm —— a satellite firm has released before and after images of the damage done to the city. this image was taken of a residential area back injune 2021, and you can see houses, various other buildings. just take a look at a shot of the same location, which was taken on wednesday, after the russian bombing. you can clearly see the damage and the smoke. the deputy mayor of least 1200 people have been killed, some have had to be buried in a mass grave, because it simply was not

possible to reach a burial site outside of the city. ukraine has met foreign minister says the situation in mariupol is one of the most difficult of anywhere in the country. he was speaking after talks with his russian counterpart. the most tragic _ with his russian counterpart. tt2 most tragic situation is with his russian counterpart. t"t2 most tragic situation is currently now in the city of mariupol. the city is being bombarded from the air. it is being hit from artillery fire, and i came here with a humanitarian purpose, to walk out from the meeting with the decision to arrange a humanitarian corridor in and from mariupol. those talks did not come to any agreement. ukraine announced seven humanitarian corridors out of key cities under attack from russian

forces. that included mariupol. however, the government in kyiv says ongoing attacks have forced a humanitarian convoy that is trying to reach mariupol to turn back once again. many people in the city itself have now run out of food for their children stop that is according to the international committee of the red cross. they have had 18 inside mariupol, where communications are extremely limited. this is what one of the red cross team told colleagues on wednesday by satellite phone, and i warn you, you may find some of what is said distressing.

so that was an update from a member of the international committee of the red cross. they described the situation in mariupol. he was talking to colleagues a little earlier, and i spoke to one of those colleagues, who is in western ukraine. he gave me this reaction. the situation has not changed since we reported the sound bites yesterday, and i can tell you that we were all gathered around the phone listening, and it was a moment of great stress among the team, to hear this account of every time we are on the phone with your colleagues, at least we know he is safe and the rest of the team are safe, but every time, what we hear

is extremely... it is terrible. the situation has not changed since yesterday. today it is exactly the same. when he called us, you could hear gunshots in the background, and the needs are exactly the same as those expressed and what people read on screen. ~ those expressed and what people read on screen. 2 , ., ., ., those expressed and what people read on screen. 2 i. ., ., , .,, on screen. when you hear that people are runnina on screen. when you hear that people are running out _ on screen. when you hear that people are running out of— on screen. when you hear that people are running out of food _ on screen. when you hear that people are running out of food for— on screen. when you hear that people are running out of food for their - are running out of food for their children, it is overwhelmingly difficult to comprehend how they are coping in this city. difficult to comprehend how they are coping in this city-— coping in this city. indeed, and so what i coping in this city. indeed, and so what i was — coping in this city. indeed, and so what i was telling _ coping in this city. indeed, and so what i was telling you _ coping in this city. indeed, and so what i was telling you is _ coping in this city. indeed, and so what i was telling you is that - coping in this city. indeed, and so what i was telling you is that for l what i was telling you is that for colleagues who are now all together in the shelter, the only moment, theyjust try to in the shelter, the only moment, they just try to go to in the shelter, the only moment, theyjust try to go to their houses, collect quickly whatever they can, whatever was left, and they managed to get back to the shelter and they

are basically living on the remainings of what was in their houses, so that is how dire the situation is and it is telling us there is no fuel any more, electricity, people are cold, the temperatures are really dropping, and people are getting sick and they don't see solutions. so in addition to all the physical impact, there is also the psychological impact. it has been two weeks for these people that they are in this situation. they are together, nothing fortunately happened to our colleagues, but we can understand that the situation is getting worse every day. the that the situation is getting worse eve da . , ., ., , every day. the situation is getting worse and you _ every day. the situation is getting worse and you are _ every day. the situation is getting worse and you are talking - every day. the situation is getting worse and you are talking about i worse and you are talking about people getting sick. we heard your colleague coughing there, temperatures are desperately cold, with arctic weather coming through,

—10 degrees. we hear that people are desperate to get food. explain to us, there was an mention of people attacking each other. what is happening from your understanding? from my understanding, i didn't clearly hear mention of people attacking each other, but it was rather that pharmacies as well as shops, they have been looted and people were desperate to take whatever they were too find to survive. s0 whatever they were too find to survive. ,, ., whatever they were too find to survive. ., ,, . ., ., whatever they were too find to survive. ., , , . ., ., , survive. so we appreciate that it is a very complicated _ survive. so we appreciate that it is a very complicated and _ survive. so we appreciate that it is a very complicated and stressful, l a very complicated and stressful, intense situation. i wonder, are there any options, any possibilities of getting out of there? well. there any options, any possibilities of getting out of there?— of getting out of there? well, the only option _ of getting out of there? well, the only option for — of getting out of there? well, the only option for people _ of getting out of there? well, the only option for people is - of getting out of there? well, the only option for people is that - of getting out of there? well, the only option for people is that the | only option for people is that the conflict ends by coming to an agreement, and facilitating the safe passage for all the people who

desire and want to get out. letters florian from _ desire and want to get out. letters florian from the _ desire and want to get out. letters florian from the international- florian from the international committee of the red cross given his reaction to what one of his colleagues are saying about the situation in mariupol, the desperate situation in mariupol, the desperate situation in mariupol, the desperate situation in mariupol. let us get the latest front ukraine's capital kyiv, because our cheap international correspondence lyse doucetjones is live now. what is the —— chief international correspondent lyse doucetjoins us live now. correspondent lyse doucet “oins us live now. ., , ., , correspondent lyse doucet “oins us live now. ., , ., . live now. people have been watching, believin: as live now. people have been watching, believing as president _ live now. people have been watching, believing as president putin _ live now. people have been watching, believing as president putin has - believing as president putin has been clear, that kyiv was in his sights and we have watched for many days that armoured column, which stretches for about a0 miles, just on the outskirts, it is still still stuck in the mud. it is beset by logistical difficulties, so it's not advancing further, it is about 12 miles away. we have also seen images

today which seems to be a drone footage of an armoured convoy approaching the capital from the east, which was destroyed by ukrainian artillery. so, more evidence the ukrainian defences are holding up. the night sky, day after day, we see the surface to air missiles being fired and every day starts and ends with the air raid sirens. it is clear that russia is gradually moving towards the capital, trying to approach it from different directions. but it has not penetrated the inner part of this city. we heard today of course from the mayor of this city, vitali klitschko, saying that a little less than 2 million people have left the city which was once a thriving capital of 3 million, and when people here are glued to their phones, they see the fate of that for the other parts —— before the other parts of ukraine, it is not surprising that they leave, but some

are staying and stained to fight. not surprising people are leaving, and i have witnessed them leaving as they crossed the border into poland, and in terms of humanitarian situation there, give us a sense of what it is like on the ground. well. what it is like on the ground. well, we have seen _ what it is like on the ground. well, we have seen at _ what it is like on the ground. well, we have seen at the _ what it is like on the ground. 2ll we have seen at the horrendous images day in, day out from the towns north—west of here, towns like rostam l, and they are under russian control, irpn is deeply contested, which is why we have seen those pictures of the elderly hobbling over rickety bridges and pipes, fleeing under shelling, the ukrainian forces have also been fighting back. that is an approach from the north—west that the russians are trying to use to reach this capital, and the result is, as we have seen in cities and towns across this country, when russia opens fire either at close range

over with long—range artillery, it is often in densely populated residential areas. is often in densely populated residentialareas. so is often in densely populated residential areas. so in this intensifying war, it is simultaneously a deepening humanitarian crisis, and as you saw yourself at the polish border, that tide of humanity never stops, with predictions now that it could, in the coming days, reach a staggering 4 the coming days, reach a staggering a million. the the coming days, reach a staggering a million. , , ., the coming days, reach a staggering a million. , , 2, , , , a million. the numbers are simply overwhelming. — a million. the numbers are simply overwhelming, absolutely - overwhelming, absolutely overwhelming, absolutely overwhelming, when you think about it. it isjust overwhelming, when you think about it. it is just a difficult situation, but we speak to you day after day, just talk us through what the mood is like a pair. how are people keeping their spirits up? how can you do that given what is happening on the ground? lt is can you do that given what is happening on the ground? it is still really startling _ happening on the ground? it is still really startling to _ happening on the ground? it is still really startling to drive _ happening on the ground? it is still really startling to drive through - really startling to drive through this city and see the streets, which are empty, to see the checkpoints, to see the fortifications, to see the piles of either sandbags or

white sandbags and black tires, the empty tank barriers, the police and soldiers, strategic intersections, civilians picking up guns. all the cars are being checked. it is a ghost town, and it is veryjarring and quite terrifying for the residents here to imagine. they have already seen their city transformed into a war city. but everyone you meet, without exception, still insist that ukraine will win, you see this outpouring of patriotism, perhaps it is a bit of bravado, the great faith they have in the ukrainian forces, and of course those who are fighting feel a great sense of purpose. this, for them, is an existential battle against a neighbour who has invaded, saying their country does not have a right to exist. so people around the world have been watching how the ukrainians have been standing up and willing to fight, but they also see the images, the stark images of black neighbourhoods, neighbourhoods

turned into wastelands, and they fear. they fear for the future. thank you so much. itole fear. they fear for the future. thank you so much.— fear. they fear for the future. thank you so much. fear. they fear for the future. thank ou so much. 2 ., ., ., , thank you so much. we have had a bit of winter wind — thank you so much. we have had a bit of winter wind here, _ thank you so much. we have had a bit of winter wind here, cold _ thank you so much. we have had a bit of winter wind here, cold winter- of winter wind here, cold winter wind. �* 2 2 , of winter wind here, cold winter wind. ~ 2 2 , ., of winter wind here, cold winter wind. m. . ., , wind. the arctic winds are certainly hittin: the wind. the arctic winds are certainly hitting the area, _ wind. the arctic winds are certainly hitting the area, which _ wind. the arctic winds are certainly hitting the area, which will - wind. the arctic winds are certainly hitting the area, which will not - hitting the area, which will not help the whole situation there. as always, thank you so much. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet in kyiv, thank you. we are going to move to the east of ukraine, because we have a special report from the city of kharkiv, the city. kharkiv has enjoyed nightly russian air raids and has suffered dozens of civilian deaths and hundreds of injuries. most of the city's 1.5 hundreds of injuries. most of the city's1.5 million residents have fled, ukrainian forces have fallen back —— fought back a russian column in the early days of the invasion and have been spiking since to stop

and have been spiking since to stop a further russian advance. our correspondent, and their cameraman, they are the first journalists to be embedded with the ukrainian army as they fight the russian advance. i have to warn you that you may find their report distressing, it does have images, graphic images, from the front line. 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. a near total blackout, the police in the country's second largest city take us on patrol. the russians are not far. shelling happens every night. this close to the russian border, there is another thread here. —— threat here.

saboteurs. no one escapes scrutiny. elina, 76 years old, is lost and confused — in an instant, everybody�*s life has been upended. but this young nation has surprised russia and the world with its resolve. we weave our way past the fallen, into no man's land, with the ukrainian army. here is 21—year—old —— a 21—year—old soldier. where the russians? over the sound of shelling, he tells me, the russian soldiers are standing about 900 metres away from here, you can hear

right now they are firing on our positions and we are firing back. it is more than a grenade launcher, it is more than a grenade launcher, it is a guy guided missiles. is it good against tanks? however russians fighting? against tanks? however russians fiuuhtin ? �* against tanks? however russians fiuuhtin? �* , against tanks? however russians fiuuhtin? , " ' fighting? and the soldiers in 19a1, attacking- -- _ fighting? and the soldiers in 19a1, attacking... they _ fighting? and the soldiers in 19a1, attacking... they have _ fighting? and the soldiers in 19a1, attacking... they have a _ fighting? and the soldiers in 19a1, attacking... they have a lot - fighting? and the soldiers in 19a1, attacking... they have a lot of- attacking... they have a lot of people, a lot of tanks, against our vehicles and technics, but we are fighting in our land and we protect ourfamilies, so it doesn't matter how they fight, we fight and they won't win. , , ., , .,, ., won't win. this is what people have been fleeing _ won't win. this is what people have been fleeing in _ won't win. this is what people have been fleeing in kharkiv. _ won't win. this is what people have been fleeing in kharkiv. endless . been fleeing in kharkiv. endless bombardment of the past two weeks.

our administration would like to inform you fire had started in the building, therefore please leave the building. —— building, therefore please leave the building. —- this building, therefore please leave the building- --— building. -- this is what russia does to cities. _ building. -- this is what russia does to cities. it _ building. -- this is what russia does to cities. it bombards - building. -- this is what russia i does to cities. it bombards them comic procedures them, it surrounds them. it terrorises entire populations. and if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you have not been paying attention, because this is the russian attack playbook — perfected in over ten years of war in syria. we know that russia bans hospitals, so here at the city's hospital number four, hospitals, so here at the city's hospital numberfour, they hospitals, so here at the city's hospital number four, they keep wounded in hallways away from the hallways. mr valentina has been hit by shrapnel. i have a peren for you, she says. translation: , , , translation: these stupid russian shra - nel translation: these stupid russian shrapnel pieces _ translation: these stupid russian shrapnel pieces i _ translation: these stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will _ translation: these stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry _ translation: these stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry all- translation: these stupid russian shrapnel pieces i will carry all my - shrapnel pieces i will carry all my life, but as long as my heart still beats, i will still live and love.

and so too a eight—year—old dimitri now that 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 ukraine's fate, but kharkiv has already shown what is coming next. translation: , , translation: defenders will -- we will defend together _ translation: defenders will -- we will defend together and _ translation: defenders will -- we will defend together and all- translation: defenders will -- we will defend together and all our - will defend together and all our heroic people will gather to rebuild our beloved ukraine.— our beloved ukraine. quentin somerville. _ our beloved ukraine. quentin somerville, bbc _ our beloved ukraine. quentin somerville, bbc news, - our beloved ukraine. quentin i somerville, bbc news, kharkiv our beloved ukraine. quentin - somerville, bbc news, kharkiv in eastern ukraine. they are the first journalists embedded with the ukrainian army. let us bring you up—to—date with some news coming from the reuters news agency, the agency reporting that russia will open humanitarian corridors from friday, from kyiv, from sumy, from kharkiv, as we have heard about, and also mariupol. we

are told that russia will require list of people in advance before allowing them to leave. just the latest development there about what russia is planning in terms of humanitarian corridors stop of course, we will continue to monitor that to see what happens with them. let us turn to diplomatic efforts to end this conflict. european leaders holding a two—day summit in france, they are discussing the humanitarian crisis in ukraine and considering further sanctions against russia. this was the moment the eu leaders arrived at the palace of versailles, poland and lithuania wants to impose tough sanctions on russia stop germany, however, france and western eu states are very reliant on russian oil and gas. here is the president of eu commission outlining some of the key challenges. brute president of eu commission outlining some of the key challenges.- some of the key challenges. we will rethink european _ some of the key challenges. we will rethink european defence, - some of the key challenges. we will rethink european defence, with - rethink european defence, with strong capabilities, we will rethink energy, we have to get rid of the dependency of russian fossil fuels

and for that, we need massive investment in renewables. this is also strategic investment in our security and our independence. it creates jobs at home and it is home—grown or not we are independent. home-grown or not we are independent.— home-grown or not we are independent. home-grown or not we are inde endent. , ., ., , independent. ursula von der leyen there, independent. ursula von der leyen there. and — independent. ursula von der leyen there. and for— independent. ursula von der leyen there, and for more _ independent. ursula von der leyen there, and for more on _ independent. ursula von der leyen there, and for more on the - there, and for more on the significance of the summit, i caught up significance of the summit, i caught up with our europe editor in versailles. ell up with our europe editor in versailles.— up with our europe editor in versailles. ., , ., ., versailles. eu leaders want to continue showing _ versailles. eu leaders want to continue showing this - versailles. eu leaders want to continue showing this unity i versailles. eu leaders want to i continue showing this unity that they have managed to get together since the start of the russia— ukraine crisis, we often hearing billy mckay about bickering eu leaders that are slow to take decisions on what they have achieved in the last two weeks is pretty incredible for an eu watcher like me. —— hearing about bickering eu leaders. in terms of refugee policy when it comes to the ukrainians, in terms of foreign policy, and managing to speak with one voice, what we have got here in versailles is we will have a night of discussions tonight, they will not be speaking with one voice, these

leaders, despite these very formal surroundings here. emotions are running really high, because of those distressing pictures from ukraine, because eu leaders here are worrying about the economic impact at home for them of this crisis. and of course eu leaders in the east, they are worrying about their security. they simply do not trust vladimir putin. when they talk about boosting defence capabilities, is that an eu army? there are many countries that say, absolutely not, and we do not want to compete with nato, so how far does it go? how much will it cost, and what about energy independence? the eu wants to rely on itself more. but there are many eu countries, most of all big power in germany, that needs russian energy. they say, we cannot listen to calls for a sudden energy ban on russia because of ukraine, our economy will collapse. the impact will be huge even on the global market. these are the kind of heated

discussions. as for ukrainian membership, it sounds like, when you say people are pressing to fast—track it, it sounds like it is fast—track it, it sounds like it is fast tracking to membership. that is never the case. this is fast tracking to accession, it is a long, bureaucratic process. there are eu leaders that say, let us put them on that list so we can start formal talks as soon as possible. it is an important symbolic move for the people of ukraine, who are suffering so much right now. but again, eu leaders are divided. they will come to some sort of communique that makes them seem on one page but these are such big debates that are going on here, it is not something that you resolve in a matter of hours. and the french president said to me, as for a ceasefire, he continues to speak to vladimir putin, he did so with the german chancellor earlier today, and he said he is planning to speak to mr putin again in a matter of hours. elliot dee foreign ministers of russia and ukraine met in the turkish city of antalya for the

highest level of diplomatic contact between the two countries before this —— since this war began. here is the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov, who repeated demands that... here is the russian ukrainian foreign minister, being greeted by the host. —— there is the ukrainian foreign minister. the two sides failed to make progress on agreeing a ceasefire to ease the humanitarian crisis. more of a sergei lavrov —— here is more of what sergei lavrov said when asked about the bombing of a hospital on wednesday. translation: the ukrainian here is the ukrainian foreign minister. , ., ., ., minister. the broad narrative that he conveyed _ minister. the broad narrative that he conveyed to — minister. the broad narrative that

he conveyed to me _ minister. the broad narrative that he conveyed to me is _ minister. the broad narrative that he conveyed to me is that - minister. the broad narrative that he conveyed to me is that they i minister. the broad narrative that| he conveyed to me is that they will continue their aggression until ukraine meets their demands, and the list of those demands is a surrender. this is why it is not acceptable to us. the director-general - acceptable to us. the director-general of i acceptable to us. the i director-general of the director—general of the international atomic energy agency has been talking about the urgent issue of ensuring the safety and security of ukraine's nuclear facilities. he hasjust returned from those talks in turkey and here is what he said.— is what he said. ukraine and the russian federation _ is what he said. ukraine and the russian federation want - is what he said. ukraine and the russian federation want to - is what he said. ukraine and the| russian federation want to work is what he said. ukraine and the - russian federation want to work with us. they agreed to work with us. and they are prepared to work with us. perhaps the gravity of my tone has to do with the gravity of the situation. because it is a very dire situation, and we need to move fast, and i am aware of responsibility we have and the expectations there are.

do not go away, i will be back in just a few more minutes. stay with us here on outside source. good evening. we have had a relatively dry, quiet spell of weather over the past 2a hours or so, although many areas that have a lot of cloud on thursday, it tended to break up late in the day, so this was the picture in suton coldfield during thursday afternoon. now, for the rest of this evening and overnight as we head into friday, it is looking more and more unsettled. cloudier, breezy, and some outbreaks of rain around too, all down to the fact we have got a weakening weather front pushing up across the uk at the moment, and another one approaching from the west here. so, a band of cloud bring lots of rain for the midlands, northern england and scotland overnight too.

some clear spells holding on across parts of eastern england, northern ireland too, but it's going to be a frost—free night, temperatures early friday between about 7—10 . now, during the day, there could be some early brightness around for some of us, but we will see the cloud increasing from the west through the day, so a bit of sunshine for parts of eastern england, perhaps eastern scotland, northern ireland too, but showery rain moving its way slowly northwards and eastwards, windier than we have seen recently, with some of those gusts up to about 30 miles an hour. and further blustery showers moving in from the south—west later, there could be some hail and some thunderstorms mixed in with some of these torrential downpours. temperatures between about 8—12 degrees, so a touch cooler than recent days. and then, as we move through friday night into saturday, we have got the next system approaching from the atlantic. that will bring some wetter, windier weather through the weekend eventually. but actually, as we start saturday, it will be an improving picture for a while across england and wales, early rain clearing to the north, some sunny spells for northern ireland too. scotland showery, i think, this next band of rain then moving in from the south—west, accompanied by some really quite fresh winds as well. temperatures between about 8—12 degrees on saturday, it looks like sunday will be another fairly blustery sort of day. in fact, low pressure

dominating through sunday. sunny spells, it won't be a wash—out, but some heavy showers rotating around that area of low pressure blowing in on that brisk breeze. top temperatures somewhere between about 9—13 degrees on sunday. and then, as we lose that area of low pressure, eventually things looking a bit dry and quieter, not as many isobars on the map as we head into monday. could still be a few showers around in the north and north—west through the day on monday, but things looking drier, brighter and a touch warmer as we head through monday and into tuesday. temperatures on tuesday could be 16 or 17 degrees. bye for now.

hello, i'm kasia madera, this is outside source. ukraine's port city mariupol continues to face heavy shelling by russia. the city's deputy mayor says at least 12—hundred people have been killed there —— with some buried in a mass grave. talks between russia and ukraine and died from derision from the kremlin. it's not the first time we see pathetic outcries concerning the so—called atrocities perpetrated by the russian military. shifter the russian military. after criticism — the russian military. after criticism about _ the russian military. after criticism about the - the russian military. after criticism about the speed | the russian military. afteri criticism about the speed of the russian military. after- criticism about the speed of the the russian military. after criticism about the speed of the uk response, the government makes it easierfor some ukrainian refugees

easier for some ukrainian refugees to easierfor some ukrainian refugees to get into britain. and the billionaire owner of chelsea football club is among the latest russian oligarchs sanctioned by the british government. the home secretary says that from tuesday people with family members in britain will be able to apply for a visa online instead of having to travel to overwhelmed visa processing centres.- travel to overwhelmed visa processing centres. travel to overwhelmed visa rocessin: centres. 2, , processing centres. from tuesday i can announce _ processing centres. from tuesday i can announce that _ processing centres. from tuesday i can announce that the _ processing centres. from tuesday i can announce that the ukrainians i processing centres. from tuesday i | can announce that the ukrainians of passports will no longer need to go to a visa application centre to give their biometrics before they come to their biometrics before they come to the uk. once the application has been considered, and appropriate checks completed, they will receive direct notification at the for the

scheme and can come to the uk. in short, ukrainians of passports will be able to get permission to come here for the online from wherever they are and will be able to give their biometrics once in britain. from the uk home secretary in it's from the uk home secretary in its turn to the prime minister boris johnson who said that more than a thousand visas have not been issued. he said the number one crime very steeply as the uk welcomes ukrainians being the war. here is more from _ ukrainians being the war. here is more from mr— ukrainians being the war. here is more from mrjohnson. - ukrainians being the war. here is more from mrjohnson. what - ukrainians being the war. here is more from mrjohnson. what you ukrainians being the war. here is - more from mrjohnson. what you are seeing is a catastrophic situation in ukraine where the numbers have continued to grow and if been necessary for us to respond to the immensity of the challenge. i can get entirely right that we should have an offer that is as generous as possible and as like touch as possible and as like touch as possible but i think it's also important that we have checks and aching people to understand when you have but a large number of people leaving from a war zone some of them

are still armed and their identities completely clear and their motivations clear and it is responsible also to have checks. they visa route is on the opening to family members of ukrainians settled in the uk and opposition labour party has criticised the governments approach so far but the shadow home secretary describing it as a total disgrace. secretary describing it as a total dis race. secretary describing it as a total disurace. , secretary describing it as a total dis race. ., .,, .,, disgrace. yvette cooper has criticised — disgrace. yvette cooper has criticised the _ disgrace. yvette cooper has criticised the complexity - disgrace. yvette cooper has criticised the complexity of| disgrace. yvette cooper has - criticised the complexity of another promised route which would allow uk individuals and companies to sponsor ukrainians to come to the country. the existing p scheme takes a long time and requires people to meet test in order to be able to sponsor a refugee and requires considerable fundraising and short many people will want to be involved in it but i know many people have been deterred in the past by how complex the system is. in the past by how complex the system is— system is. ngos have been criticising — system is. ngos have been criticising the _ system is. ngos have been criticising the streamlined i system is. ngos have been - criticising the streamlined scheme, the british red cross seen the

quickest way of fixing the problem would just be to remove the requirement for a visa. the refugee council saying that the announcement does not go anywhere near far enough. the latest official uk home office eight years that it's 957 b this out of 22 thousand applications. compare that with the la million ukrainians who have been 1.a million ukrainians who have been admitted by poland and 80,000 by moldova and moldova hasjust admitted by poland and 80,000 by moldova and moldova has just the population of 2.6 million. one of the 957 people who have so far been allowed to the uk is 73—year—old and i spoke to her daughter who is a british citizen who's been living in london for over a decade and she explained why she needed to go to germany to get her mum to the uk. she does not speak english. she so

traumatised and as time went by she got more depressed and she said to me i came here and when can i come and join you because in the beginning it was only immediate family it wasjust beginning it was only immediate family it was just spouses and their children and it doesn't qualify as immediate family.— children and it doesn't qualify as immediate family. seeing her mother not qualifying — immediate family. seeing her mother not qualifying as _ immediate family. seeing her mother not qualifying as immediate - immediate family. seeing her mother not qualifying as immediate family. i not qualifying as immediate family. with us cross over to calais in northern france. i know you have been speaking to lots of different people who have been struggling to get a visa, give us up—to—date in terms of the new centre that has been opened. lt’s terms of the new centre that has been opened-— terms of the new centre that has been oened. �*, , .,, 2, 2, 2, been opened. it's been open tomorrow so this will certainly _ been opened. it's been open tomorrow so this will certainly help _ been opened. it's been open tomorrow so this will certainly help that - so this will certainly help that amount of people who have been stuck in northern france, some of them for

“p in northern france, some of them for up to a week or longer in some cases and what they had to do here is travel to brussels or to paris in person to submit documents and fingerprints for managing visas and the fact that they will be this office from tomorrow will mean those that stay in calais who have so far to travel is just an hour or so away. it can only come here with an appointment and its hope that this will start speeding up the process. as you say 22,000 applications and around a thousand people have been granted visas so far. i got the sense that a that things were moving on a beach. of the people i spoke to today have already been to or paris so they have gone through hoops and that's the last stage before they have to sit and wait until visas are approved and what they will be hoping is that that will happen over the next few days and perhaps many of them who are already here will be

granted visas by that time a new system comes into effect next tuesday we are not of this will be done online and you want us to physically present yourself to some of these visa application centres. so this is going to be kicking off from tuesday. how does it work in terms of family relatives, who is considered a family medicaid? he had been speaking to lots of people and it's been frustrating and exhausting giving the journeys they have to work —— take them to get to a you are. they have come from a war—torn country. they had to travel across europe, they don't speak french, particularly well, they have very little english, in some cases relatives who are ukrainian who already have permission to stay in the uk have driven to poland or romania to bring them back and they all heard that the extended family members of those with permission would be allowed in so they turn up here. in france, calais, the main port only to be turned back and told

him he does visas. one of them have been put that in hotels and youth hostels and they are being looked after but what they have not really had it lot of information and aching that's because the situation has developed during the week and the uk government has had to react to what's been happening here on the ground and it has been doing so perhaps a little slowly for the rate that those refugees which i think they have taken place. but they have worked through it. i have seen cars, people who have driven here, packed to the rafters with all the blinds they could bring with them and those that did not have cars they have got backpacks and shopping bags with what they could carry and they don't speak the language, they want to go to anotherfriend speak the language, they want to go to another friend country where they don't speak the language either and they have to deal with this massive bureaucracy it's been very complicated for all of them and it feels like there is more light at the tunnel and these visa application centres here will help things and it would appear that a

simpler application process largely online which will come in from next tuesday may not help people who have gone through this but the next leap of people, the people who have not left ukrainians yet west end in poland and some of those other countries if they want to come to the uk that system will help them a bit more. we know the numbers will continue to grow. good to talk to you. aid agencies are warning of a humanitarian crisis in the besieged ukrainian ports which is being bombarded by russian forces. the city council says the bombs have been hitting more residential areas and the international red cross says people are short of food. you grew up here and your parents are still trapped there, can you bring us up—to—date, how are your

parents, what is the situation, what are you hearing from the ground? we are you hearing from the ground? we are hearing very difficult scenarios taking place in variable. the are hearing very difficult scenarios taking place in variable.— taking place in variable. the only thin i taking place in variable. the only thing i know _ taking place in variable. the only thing i know about _ taking place in variable. the only thing i know about my _ taking place in variable. the only thing i know about my parents i taking place in variable. the only| thing i know about my parents as taking place in variable. the only - thing i know about my parents as for yesterday last time when i heard them it was four days ago and they still have energy on their cell phones but already five days they don't have heating, electricity, water, gas, and mobile network and its may commit seeds because the city is totally from all sides there is a russian army and bombardments never stops and one plane is dropping a bomb and carrying back another bomb and this time i was coming back with a second plane so

one to another and the district, residential district where he lived for 15 years that all the buildings were hit and there is no military infrastructure at all and this was his district was to the ground and they bombed it without any stops the people live in basements because it's a district of main story buildings and people live in basements and people melts not to have water and people are preparing food on an open fire. my parents did not want to evacuate until it was too late because they could not imagine russia with bomb russian speaking city because it's 95% of people are russian—speaking. that's what it looks like from the russian

army. what it looks like from the russian arm . ., what it looks like from the russian arm . 2, what it looks like from the russian arm , ., , ., ., what it looks like from the russian arm. ., ., ,, ., ,. army. you paint a desperate picture and we really _ army. you paint a desperate picture and we really hope _ army. you paint a desperate picture and we really hope that _ army. you paint a desperate picture and we really hope that you - army. you paint a desperate picture and we really hope that you get - army. you paint a desperate picture i and we really hope that you get some use from your parents. that's where you grew up. what is happening in other places, are there other towns or cities across ukraine that experiencing such intense bombardments? the same story, it's hardly bombarded, and some of the small towns near kyiv there is just how they are because the russian army they have two periods of this work, the first week was first ukrainians who look like heroically and everyone in the world was surprised he resisted and we resisted so much and we were not surprised because we were ready to resist and the first week was a war.

and they understood they cannot take us on the battlefield, he started to bombard cities today decided if you are resist because they are ready to shoot and ukrainians are helping the army committee decided if you resist commitments to you all. and i know now we have more information from occupied territories and russian armies soldiers killed people for fun so this last week it's not the water any more, it's fun so this last week it's not the water any more, its mass murdering. and when the world helped us in this war started it was very helpful and we thank you for this but now it's not the war any more he will have two to three days of food and then

we let have hunger in the middle of europe and days 350,000 people in mousetrap without any convoys of water, food, medicine, and bodies are laying on the streets in mass graves already in the city that was tilted and peaceful two weeks ago. you have to decide where is your name because we think of it was a war, now it's name because we think of it was a war, now its mass murdering. and we have seen this 80 years ago, just kidding people forfun have seen this 80 years ago, just kidding people for fun and you have to decide where is earline? aren't 350,000 people, is there blood red enough or maybe when you join beasts world war iii on the right side, when you return to the hospital the russian army will drop a bomb acquiring tactical will be used on

the city, you have to decide to stop i'm hearing what you're saying, i want to pick up on the one thing you said in terms of people being killed forfun. said in terms of people being killed for fun. 2. . 2. said in terms of people being killed for fun. ., , ., ., , said in terms of people being killed forfun. ., ,., ., , ' . for fun. that is a really difficult thin to for fun. that is a really difficult thing to hear. _ for fun. that is a really difficult thing to hear. i _ for fun. that is a really difficult thing to hear. i immediately i for fun. that is a really difficult i thing to hear. i immediately explain what have you seen, can you prove that, can you tell us where that is coming from? why are you saying that this villages are killing people for fun? t this villages are killing people for fun? 2. ~ this villages are killing people for fun? ., ,, ., ., fun? i talked today with a refugee from a small— fun? i talked today with a refugee from a small town _ fun? i talked today with a refugee from a small town under - fun? i talked today with a refugee from a small town under kyiv i fun? i talked today with a refugee from a small town under kyiv and| fun? i talked today with a refugee i from a small town under kyiv and the breach was blown up —— the bridge was blown up in the southern part is under control of the ukrainian army and the to the north part of this bridge there are uncontrolled by the ukrainian army territories and people there we have connections with some people there and i heard

two incredible stories that a cancer really puts in my head that's russian soldiers are going to houses and asking for food as you know they have done they have very —— vary by logistics and they took all the food from people in the eighth they refuse they killed them. and the second story is that they cared neighbours of this woman for fun. because this is war, but the first part of this work, it was like ordinary warand now part of this work, it was like ordinary war and now we have mass murdering and work crimes and nobody understood that everything changed and we have to react in your reality. and we have to react in your reali . 2 and we have to react in your reali .2 and we have to react in your reali . 2 reality. we appreciate your time, it's something — reality. we appreciate your time, it's something we _ reality. we appreciate your time, it's something we cannot - reality. we appreciate your time,

it's something we cannot verify i reality. we appreciate your time, it's something we cannot verify itj it's something we cannot verify it but we wish you all the best and we will stay in touch and we hope to hear from your parents soon. thank you. as we have been reporting to my russia's bombing of a maternity hospital on wednesday sparked an international outcry. ukrainian officials say three people including a child were killed. this image hit newspapers around the world as pregnant women were structured out. the company has denied deliberately targeting civilians so let's take a closer look at some of the claims of this particular attack earlier in the programme we were hearing from a russian foreign minister. it is more about what he said about the hospital strike.— about what he said about the hospital strike. this maternity hos - ital hospital strike. this maternity hospital has — hospital strike. this maternity hospital has long _ hospital strike. this maternity

hospital has long been - hospital strike. this maternity i hospital has long been occupied by the battalion of the radicals. they drove out the woman in labour and general staff and it was the base of the ultra radical battalion. let general staff and it was the base of the ultra radical battalion.- the ultra radical battalion. let me tell you more _ the ultra radical battalion. let me tell you more about _ the ultra radical battalion. let me tell you more about the _ the ultra radical battalion. let me tell you more about the battalion| tell you more about the battalion that they are talking about. it's a far—right group of ukrainian volunteers who have been fighting russian separatists since 201a. there is no evidence that they were using the hospital as a base and he also said women in labour and staff at the hospital have been driven out by the battalion. but as you see photos are showing women and medics at a scene of the attack. and local officials say staff and patients were among those injured. it's also worth pointing out as writers have been reporting, the kremlin separately said the incident was being investigated. he has another response from sergey at his press conference earlier. abs

response from sergey at his press conference earlier.— conference earlier. as for your ruestion conference earlier. as for your question about _ conference earlier. as for your question about whether - conference earlier. as for your question about whether we i conference earlier. as for your| question about whether we are planning to attack other countries, we are not planning to attack other countries. we did not attack ukraine either. he countries. we did not attack ukraine either. . countries. we did not attack ukraine either. , ., �* �* �*, either. he is from bbc's disinformation - either. he is from bbc's disinformation team i either. he is from bbc's| disinformation team and either. he is from bbc's i disinformation team and a either. he is from bbc's - disinformation team and a little earlier he told me the latest on what we are hearing from russia about the situation in variable. they have been saying it was fake and it was a speech publication by the ukrainian government and also by listing media and they are seeing the russian military did not carry any attacks yesterday on the ground and self there also saying russian state television both news bulletins and they have been pushing to claim over and over again. thea;r and they have been pushing to claim over and over again.— over and over again. they went as far as to suggest _ over and over again. they went as far as to suggest that _ over and over again. they went as far as to suggest that there - over and over again. they went as far as to suggest that there were l far as to suggest that there were actors involved and this was staged at the scenes we saw where he stays inside the hospital. yes. every three main claims he saw it earlier

in the morning. it allege that farrell post on russian telegram which is used very widely in russia about this! that's went around all day and russian social media and in the afternoon the russian embassy in the afternoon the russian embassy in the uk repeated the exact same claims in three separate treats so broadly there were three main claims. one of them was a young woman in videos yesterday that went out after the attack and was particularly injured and had a baby face and they claimed that woman was not pregnant so that was claim number one. there was another claim that another woman from the pictures that another woman from the pictures that went out yesterday was actually mariana so she was in two separate pictures being the crisis after, acting as a pregnant woman into separate images which they say is impossible and number three as you heard that the hospital was empty. there was no staff, they were in pregnant women, a being taken over by the far right so claim number one

she has an instagram page with about 22,000 followers and if you look at pictures on her instagram for two weeks ago, she is heavily pregnant and she needs in variable web pages where she was at the maternity hospital and claim number two if you look at the high—resolution images of the other woman they mentioned his mariana as well. if you look at the images from the scene of the bombing are completely different people, they are not the same and the third claim about the hospital being empty we found a post on the facebook page from a week ago on the 2nd of march and in embarrassing they need more equipment in my field to keep the hospital running just a week ago the hospital was operational in our actual people there as you mentioned. lt is operational in our actual people there as you mentioned. it is turned to sanctions- _ there as you mentioned. it is turned to sanctions. the _ there as you mentioned. it is turned to sanctions. the us, _ there as you mentioned. it is turned to sanctions. the us, uk— there as you mentioned. it is turned to sanctions. the us, uk and - there as you mentioned. it is turned to sanctions. the us, uk and eu i there as you mentioned. it is turned i to sanctions. the us, uk and eu have responded to this invasion with sanctions against russian oligarchs. the latest move by the uk government

is to sanction the owner of chelsea football club. his assets will be frozen and that includes chelsea but the club will be allowed to keep playing. the fact that in just a moment but let's remind ourselves about the background to this. a russian billionaire. these wealth dates back to the collapse of the soviet union at a time when you russian companies acxiom state assets. like all oligarchs particularly those who became rich in the 19905 he has had to deal with vladimir putin. he denies having a close relationship with vladimir putin but the uk government has described him as a pro—kremlin oligarchs. associated with poutine with whom abramovich has had a close relationship with for decades. the uk government adding he's obtained financial benefits from that a55ociation. here is the culture secretary. he has links to vladimir

putin who is mounting and barbaric and evil attack against the people of ukraine. let us focu5 and evil attack against the people of ukraine. let us focus on the impact of chelsea football club itself. abramovich ought chelsea backin itself. abramovich ought chelsea back in 2003 and this is what he said then. t back in 2003 and this is what he said then. 2. back in 2003 and this is what he said then. ., ., ., ., ,., said then. i have not thought about how much money _ said then. i have not thought about how much money and _ said then. i have not thought about how much money and prepared i how much money and prepared to spend. i suppose that depends on how 5pend. i suppose that depends on how well be play and how determined we are to win. if a few we have any particular player i will pay my money. particular player i will pay my mone . 2. . particular player i will pay my mone . ~ ., ., ., ., ., money. he has known to one and a half million — money. he has known to one and a half million pounds _ money. he has known to one and a half million pounds to _ money. he has known to one and a half million pounds to chelsea i money. he has known to one and a half million pounds to chelsea in i half million pounds to chelsea in the club has become one of europe's most successful team5. la5t the club has become one of europe's most successful team5. last week he said he made it difficult decision to sell chelsea. that game after close to sanction him in parliament. on that one and a half million he said i will not be asking for any loans to be repaid adding that all net proceeds will be donated for the

benefit of all the victims of the war in ukraine. that statement was criticised for what he did not say. still no condemnation from real men by the club about what's happening in ukraine. s0. by the club about what's happening in ukraine. 2, , ., ,, , ., in ukraine. so, now his assets have been from — in ukraine. so, now his assets have been from medics _ in ukraine. so, now his assets have been from medics take _ in ukraine. so, now his assets have been from medics take a _ in ukraine. so, now his assets have been from medics take a look- in ukraine. so, now his assets have been from medics take a look at i in ukraine. so, now his assets have. been from medics take a look at how the sanctions impact chelsea and its sale. a special licence is issued by the government so chelsea can keep playing their games. chelsea i5 playing their games. chelsea is banned from selling my tickets. and also selling merchandise. and also buying and selling players. the government source told the newspaper he will not get a penny from the sale of the club. my colleague explains more. under the terms of this special licence the government had issued, in essence to allow the club to continue functioning while trying to hit abramovich with no sanctions they have said that club

can fulfil its fixtures and the season—ticket holders are able to attend matches that the players and the staff can continue to be paid and what they can do is spend a reasonable cost on travelling to and from games and also hosting home fixtures like this sunday but what is clear is they don't want abramovich to benefit from the club in any way so that means they cannot send any extra tickets and although there is not a transfer window at there is not a transfer window at the moment the club would not be able to buy or players while abramovich is under sanctions. the shop is closed and we spoke to fans here who are some of the last ones in the clubs buying their shirts and that has been shut and of course this does impact on what it means for the sale of the club. that is halted at the moment under the terms of this licence but we understand that government is open to considering a new licence which would enable the club to be sold but

only if he can be insured none of the proceeds went to go up to a abramovich. i will be back tomorrow. goodbye. we have had a relatively dry spell of weather over the past 2a hours or so. many areas had crowd on thursday breaking up in the day. this was the picture game days afternoon. now, for the rest of this evening and overnight as we head into friday, it is looking more and more unsettled. cloudier, breezy, and some outbreaks of rain around too, all down to the fact we have got a weakening weather front pushing up across the uk at the moment, and another one approaching from the west here. so, a band of cloud bring lots of rain for the midlands, northern england and scotland overnight too. some clear spells holding on across parts of eastern england, northern ireland and too, but it's going to be a frost prenatal temperatures early friday between about 7—10 . now, during the day,

they could be some early brightness around for some of us, but we will see the cloud increasing from the west through the day, so a bit of sunshine for part of eastern england, perhaps eastern scotland, northern ireland too, but showery rain moving its way slowly northwards and eastwards, we we have seen recently, with some of those gusts up to about 30 miles an hour. and fair that blustery showers moving in from the south—west later, there could be some hail and some thunderstorms mixed in with some of these torrential downpours. temperatures between about 8—12 , so a touch cooler than recent days. and then as we move through friday night into saturday, we have got the next system approaching from the atlantic. that will bring some wetter, windier weather through the weekend eventually. but actually, as we start saturday, it will be an improving picture for a while across england and wales, early main claim to the north, some sunny spells for northern ireland too. scott and stainrod showery, i think, this next band of rain then moving in from the south—west, accompanied by some really quite fresh winds as well. temperatures between about 8—12 on saturday, it looks like sunday will be another fairly blustery sort of day. in fact, low pressure damaging through sunday. sunny spells, it won't be a wash—out, but some heavy showers rotating around that area of low

pressure blowing in on that brisk breeze. top temperatures somewhere between about 9—13 on sunday. and then, is believed that area of low pressure, eventually things looking a bit dry and quieter, not as many isobars on the map as we head into monday. could still be a few showers around in the north and north—west through the day on monday, but things looking drier, brighter and a touch warmer as we head through monday and into tuesday. temperatures on tuesday could be 16 or 17 degrees. goodbye for now.

hello, i'm nuala mcgovern. you're watching context on bbc news. ukraine's port city of mariupol continues to face heavy shelling by russia. as food and water supplies run low. the city's deputy mayor says at least 1200 people have been killed there, with some buried in a mass grave. ukrainian forces are fighting to defend the country's second city from russia's relentless assault — we have a special report from the front line in kharkiv. and if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you haven't been paying attention, because this is the russian attack playbook — perfected in over ten years of war in syria. diplomatic efforts are still under way to try and stop the attacks, but talks between russia and ukraine ended with no progress.