this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lukwesa burak. barricades on the outskirts of kyiv, where they're preparing for an assault, possibly within days. we hearfrom the young ukrainian recruits at the checkpoints they'll be defending. i feel a bit scared because no one wants to die, even if it is for your country. a 3—way phone call between president macron, the russian leader and the german chancellor is described as �*difficult�* — with the french saying putin did not show any willingness to end the war. poland's parliament has passed emergency legislation that allows ukrainians fleeing the war the right to live and work in poland for 18 months.

hello and welcome to bbc news. furtherfighting has been taking place outside the ukrainian capital, kyiv, where russian forces are around 15 miles from the centre of the city. british military intelligence believes those russian troops have been regrouping, possibly for a fresh offensive in the coming days. a military airfield was destroyed this morning near kyiv. the latest information about russian positions is shown here in red. outside the capital, the cities of chernihiv, sumy, and kharkiv continue to be shelled. while the ukrainian military say

the eastern outskirts of the beseiged city of mariupol have been captured by russian troops. the city has endured days of shelling. president zelensky has said russian and ukrainian negotiating teams have started discussing what he called "concrete topics rather than exchanging ultimatums". meanwhile, the french president emmanuel macron and germany's olaf scholz have held talks with president putin. ourfirst report tonight is from jeremy bowen, on the outskirts of kyiv. pictures of russian forces, time and place indeterminate, emerge from their side. among their potential targets here in kyiv, no—one knows their precise orders, but they're assuming an attack is coming. on the ukrainian side, they're trying to make checkpoints into real obstacles. the professionals are a few miles closer to the russians. the soldiers here

are all volunteers. they are still expected to fight, even with only a few days training. just over a week ago i met two university friends, maksym, aged 19, and demytro, 18, as they signed up in kyiv. what are you studying? i am studying economy. and i am studying biology. most of the recruits that day were about the same age, making jokes to hide their nerves. when they lined up outside, they looked as if they were off to a festival — except for the guns. now, demytro and maksym have been given uniforms, three days training and they are facing the russians. get used to my gun, i learned how to shoot and act in the battle. also many other things that will be very crucial

during the fight with some russians. i feel much more confident than i was before. because we get enough knowledge in tactics. do you think the battle is coming for kyiv? yes, it is definitely possible. but we just have to stop them here in brovary, because if they get to kyiv then this war might be over. what do your parents think about what you're doing? "mum, i'm on the war, i am fighting with a gun in my hands." and she said, "oh, maksym..." "nice joke." "don'tjoke with your mother, it's war. just set in the shelter and do your work, volunteer or do something else."

do you feel scared? not much. but it is human nature to feel scared. and of course, deeply in my soul, ifeel a bit scared. because no—one wants to die, even if it's for your country. so, death is not an option for us. for now, they are on the checkpoint. if the russians come, they will be firing out of a trench in the war�*s key battle. war always has a political, as well as a military dimension. while president zelensky and his government are here in kyiv, no—one can say that they have been defeated, even if they are losing territory elsewhere. at the same time, president putin cannot claim victory in this war if his men can't take this city. everyone here is waiting — soldiers, civilians in and out of uniform, and maksym and demytro. jeremy bowen, bbc news, kyiv.

president zelensky says about 1,300 ukrainian troops have been killed since the start of russia's invasion. he told journalists in kyiv, that far larger numbers of russian soldiers had died — perhaps 10 times as many, but those figures can't be verifed. as russian forces continued to shell kyiv, mr zelensky said, they'd have to destroy the capital and its population to occupy it. our security correspondent, frank gardner, has this assessment of russian�*s military strategy. it looks like, and it feels like, the beginning of the endgame — although who knows how long that's going to last? if we look at the map here on day 17, the red areas are where russian forces have taken control. in the south, they continue to make advances. they are pushing to the north—west.

in the north is where the real battle is going to be fought. that's for the capital, kyiv, around here. now, you remember that great big russian armoured column that was stuck for days north of the capital? most of that has redeployed into the forests, to the north—west, moving their artillery and rocket systems within range of the capital, looking to encircle it. if president putin can't take kyiv, then his war has failed. and that appears to be what he is determined to do, is to capture the capital. but it's not going to be an easy battle. and who knows when that assault is actually going to begin? a direct hit on a russian armoured column as it advances on the capital, kyiv. western supplied anti—tank weapons have slowed the russian advance, but they haven't stopped it. in the air, russian warplanes remain wary of ukraine's air defences. but they have the advantage of numbers on their side. the latest pentagon assessment is that the russian air force is flying an average of 200 missions a day, compared tojust ten for the ukrainians.

now, some of those russian sorties don't even need to cross into ukrainian airspace. they can fire their cruise missiles from inside russian territory. this is what they're up against, western supplied missile systems, plus some old soviet—era stock. the ukrainians have shot down a number of russian helicopters and planes. russia has threatened to start targeting the supply of western weaponry. meanwhile, the pentagon has dismissed fears that some of these weapons could end up with criminals and terrorists. "we believe that risk is worth taking," says a us defence official, "because the ukrainians are fighting so skilfully with the tools at their disposal, and they're using them so creatively." president putin has made it clear what he intends to do with any anti—aircraft missiles his forces captured from the ukrainians. the kremlin's position towards ukraine has barely moved since the day this invasion began,

two and a half weeks ago. "this war can stop when you want it to, you just need to lay down your arms, surrender, give in to all our demands and forget about being a part of western europe." frank gardner, bbc news. military analystjustin crump is chief executive of the risk assessment company sibylline — and formerly a british army tank commander. you can see russia making an advance both to the west and the east, they are pushing on kharkiv, and in the macro to, they've always been around donbas since 2014 and pushing strongly from the south. so you see how the objectives they are trying to achieve around the country there, and most successful in the south and east and slower going for them in the north and east. qm.

east and slower going for them in the north and east.— east and slower going for them in the north and east. 0k, everyone is watchin: the north and east. 0k, everyone is watching what is _ the north and east. 0k, everyone is watching what is taking _ the north and east. 0k, everyone is watching what is taking place - the north and east. 0k, everyone is watching what is taking place to the j watching what is taking place to the north there and the capital kyiv. we have got some pictures and i think a lot of people are used to seeing the images of that convoy. tell us what is going on here, because there have been reports of a disbursing. that’s been reports of a disbursing. that's riuht. it's been reports of a disbursing. that's right- it's been _ been reports of a disbursing. that's right. it's been broken _ been reports of a disbursing. that's right. it's been broken up _ been reports of a disbursing. that's right. it's been broken up today. i been reports of a disbursing. triat�*s right. it's been broken up today. i think some of the reports about the convoy being flooded fields and people dying in their vehicles of the cold, but slightly over exaggerated. a lot of russian forests stuck northwest of care. you can see the terrain there. it's wooded, quite constrained. ukrainian said flood some of the fields and it's taken a long while to push forward to open up their forces. it's all part of building the ring around key as and pushing down towards that. —— kyiv. which they are gradually doing and cutting off those routes west out of the city that people have been using to get out of the city. and i really the only exit is to the south. you mentioned — only exit is to the south. you mentioned there _ only exit is to the south. you mentioned there interestingly the terrain. is it to the advantage of

the ukrainians? if wejust look terrain. is it to the advantage of the ukrainians? if we just look at some of the defences and this is a satellite image, i believe, are the ukrainians able to use that to their advantage rather than the russians? it's unknown to them, i suppose. they've got this heavy armoury as well. 3 they've got this heavy armoury as well. �* ., ., they've got this heavy armoury as well. ., ., ., ., ., , ., well. a lot of advantages. you can see some — well. a lot of advantages. you can see some of _ well. a lot of advantages. you can see some of the _ well. a lot of advantages. you can see some of the terrain _ well. a lot of advantages. you can see some of the terrain around . well. a lot of advantages. you can | see some of the terrain around kyiv there and some of the areas have been destroyed so far, russian artillery firing which picked up from the satellites come easy how they have defended the boulevards into the city and it's all quite close terrain to rain him as a tank commander, that's really where you don't want to be without infantry. you see those obstacles there. it's very hard to clear through that. you can do it for me think that with artillery come he can bring engineers forward to do that, but all the time you're working with, you are held up, vulnerable, because that's when infantry can cause an and tanks are very weak from the side and back. i can't be armoured everywhere, so they are armoured in

the front from the chariot, because that's what you have expected facing the enemy. when you are in this very close terrain for me are very vulnerable to people coming up alongside you if you don't have infantry vehicles.— infantry vehicles. that was the military analyst, _ infantry vehicles. that was the military analyst, justin - infantry vehicles. that was the j military analyst, justin crump, speaking to me earlier. in russia, the kremlin continues to try to control its narrative for the russian public about what it calls a special military operation. in the last three weeks, thousands of people have been detained for protesting against the war. but there is strong support among some for the reassertion of russia's influence in the region. our moscow correspondent, caroline davies, reports. it's received support from all political parties. there is overwhelming sympathy here in poland for the ukrainians, the refugees and against russia, against the war in ukraine. there is a real, a sort of, bond that poles field with their neighbour ukrainians.

and they've performed extraordinary feats as polish society in terms of welcoming ukrainians because, as you mentioned, the number of refugees is actually 1.6 million have crossed into poland. we think there's probably about1 million refugees still in poland because some will have already left poland and gone on to other countries. but this legislation was crucial because this is the biggest refugee crisis that poland has faced, certainly since the second world war. the numbers are overwhelming. so what this legislation does is it legalises the stay and right to work for these people who have come in across the border, some without documents, who are not registered, and this also allows them to have access to social benefits.

it gives them a one off one time payment and allows them to get a national identification number so they can access free health care and also they can send their children to schools, because, of course, most of the people, 90% of the people who are fleeing ukraine are women and children. and there may be as much as half a million children of school age who have crossed into poland, certainly already the education minister has said 24,000 ukrainian schoolchildren are now attending polish schools just in the short time since the war started. so that gives them comfort that they can do that. it also allows ukrainians whose spouses are not ukrainian citizens the same rights as well, and as i was mentioning the phenomenal response from polish society, we've got thousands of poles who have actually opened up their houses to put up ukrainians

who have nowhere to stay. this bill gives them some financial support to continue to cover those extra costs that they have. you may have noticed that was adam, and he was just taking us to the latest details regarding the emergency legislation and poland's parliament which would allow millions of women and children who have fled ukraine and children who have fled ukraine and into poland to have access to free health care, education as well as social benefits and the right to live and work in the country for 18 months. hopefully we will bring you that piece from caroline davis about that piece from caroline davis about that narrative coming out of the kremlin and russia later in the programme. i apologise for that. as millions of women and children flee across ukraine's borders in the face of russian aggression, concerns are growing over how to protect the most

vulnerable from being targeted by human traffickers. earlier we heard from shawn kohl — a director at the internationaljustice mission. it is important for this message to be heard, and there is a risk when you have millions of individuals that are extremely vulnerable all coming through in large waves, then there is the potential for human trafficking, and we already know that it exists and we know that it exists in strong numbers between romania and the uk and from poland in the uk and other areas. so it's really important that we have good tools available and good resources available for individuals as they are crossing, for instance, communications, send cards, proper reporting mechanisms as it's known. so i would say, yes, it already existed and this exacerbates the possibility that there would be human trafficking.—

possibility that there would be human trafficking. women and children already, _ human trafficking. women and children already, that - human trafficking. women and children already, that is - human trafficking. women and children already, that is a - human trafficking. women and i children already, that is a default of vulnerable spots, but in terms of who the traffickers would likely be targeting, can you tell us more about that?— targeting, can you tell us more about that? ., , ., , m about that? yeah, sex trafficking and labour— about that? yeah, sex trafficking and labour trafficking _ about that? yeah, sex trafficking and labour trafficking are - and labour trafficking are well—known and entrenched, established in the flows from eastern european countries western european countries, and so i would say for labour, it would be men, typically, and then women could be recruited into labour or sex trafficking, and it's really important to know that at first there were many people with means coming there, driving a car, and now we are starting to see day labour areas and more blue—collar workers coming through that mightjust have a few weeks, so the critical moment is actually going to be in the coming weeks, so when you have a

large population in refugee centres or in church as, ngos that are doing great and fantastic work, but if you are staying there for a long time, it is hard to find work. your risk tolerance really increases demand —— dramatically the longer you are in one place, and that's where we know there is a lot of vulnerable people that could be taken at that time i recruited, normally it is not what you see in the movies, it's not people in chains, but it is really just the promise of a better future, the promise of the hope that traffickers often times prey upon individuals that want and need some sips of —— support and want a job. so that's usually how we see it. qm. so that's usually how we see it. ok, so for those — so that's usually how we see it. ok, so for those who _ so that's usually how we see it. ok, so for those who are _ so that's usually how we see it. ok, so for those who are working with refugees whether at the border post or like you said in refugee centres or like you said in refugee centres or churches, what are the signs that potentially there is somebody recruiting people all for human

trafficking? it’s recruiting people all for human trafficking?— recruiting people all for human traffickina? �*, ., ., trafficking? it's important to him now who has _ trafficking? it's important to him now who has access _ trafficking? it's important to him now who has access to _ trafficking? it's important to himj now who has access to refugees. trafficking? it's important to him - now who has access to refugees. it's important either online or physically in person. no one should ever take their passports. that's really important to know. it's a means of coercion that traffickers use against individuals. they don't need to get into cars unless they have been vetted to the extent possible by a friend or another organisation because if you don't know that person, you don't know where the actual outcome or the ends is going to be. so it's really important to have information, it's important to have information, it's important for ngos and refugee centres to have, you know, the signs of trafficking, which would be recruiting, recruiters, strangers promising you a job in the western countries, normally that's what we would see, and always, always keep

your passport on you, take a photo of your passport so that you have a back—up as well. that of your passport so that you have a back-up as well.— of your passport so that you have a back-up as well. that was sean call there. back-up as well. that was sean call there- let's — back-up as well. that was sean call there- let's go _ back-up as well. that was sean call there. let's go back— back-up as well. that was sean call there. let's go back to _ back-up as well. that was sean call there. let's go back to events - back-up as well. that was sean call there. let's go back to events in - there. let's go back to events in russia and the narrative that has been fed out of the kremlin. we have this report. upbeat music. scroll through russian—run social media, and these are the sorts of videos you might see. upbeat russian patriotism, as the country becomes more isolated. in russia, even cheese can be political. the owner of this factory posted a video on social media praising president putin. his business wouldn't exist if the russian leader hadn't put sanctions on european cheese. some are already bound economically to the kremlin's success. translation: in 2011, - i was going out with a poster saying, "putin, go away."

i didn't support the president then. i was thinking our country was going the wrong way. but in 2014 he returned us crimea, started protecting russian products, started supporting agriculture. i changed my mind and started supporting him. but signs of support don't only exist on screens. since we've been driving around the outskirts of moscow, we have now seen several vehicles with z markings on. some have just been drawn in the dirt on the back of them. others have been marked in tape. all of them, a sign of support for the russian army in ukraine. the letter z, which first appeared on the side of russian military vehicles, is now evident across russia — from filmed candlelit gatherings, to some buses and trams, like here in suburban moscow. "i support this," says vyacheslav. "it's our country, it's our army." "i'm positive about this," says inna, "we must support our own, regardless of who's right and who's wrong." what's been really interesting,

speaking to people here, is how often the same expressions come up. the sort of expressions you quite often see on social media as hashtags, or being said on the state media too. it's also worth saying that there were people here who said that they didn't agree with the z signs, but those people didn't want to go on camera. and the propaganda... many who used to protest now only feel able to speak publicly once they've left the country. a few days ago, mark and his family escaped to nepal. he is trying to speak to loved ones in russia about the conflict. many of my relatives were having doubts after we spoke to them. but later, they watch tv again and told me, "well, no, i don't think you're right. well, i believe putin, he is very powerful. there are enemies everywhere." i just can't understand how they can believe it, but they do. and if you tell someone the same thing, over and over again, it becomes like truth.

as russia shuts off independent media, there is less to challenge the kremlin's narrative, and the patriotic drumbeat telling russians to support president putin is only getting louder. carolyn davis, bbc news, moscow. uliana pavlova, a ukrainian—russian freelance journalist gave details on the kremlin's official narrative of the war in ukraine. the official position of president putin is that this is a special military operation in ukraine. this was meant to be a response to ukraine's refusal and nato's refusal to give security guarantees to russia. shortly after the special military operation started, you could see billboards and all the major cities of russia with an image of vladimir putin saying they left us no choice. so the official messaging is that

russia tried to negotiate diplomatically and was refused to work out the conditions and therefore russia had to do this special military operation and just a few days after the invasion, actually, there was a law that was passed that gave up to 15 years in prison to media organisations and anyone speaking out against the war and calling the war or invasion instead of special military operation so, in fact, a lot of people who disagreed with this have moved away. a lot ofjournalists have moved away as well. how have russians been reacting now that sanctions are beginning to hit them? are they questioning things any more? what is hitting in the most, what is affecting them most? we are on our 17th day now and russians are definitely feeling the negative

consequences of sanctions. i think people are genuinely worried, they are worried about their survival inside the country. as i said before, some russians are able to leave the country, however, not everyone has an opportunity to do so, and now that russia is also cracking down with censorship lies, —— and now that russia is also cracking down with censorship laws, i think people, even those who are questioning the official position are now more scared to express it, so i think people in russia now feel very scared and confused, and i think also still shocked by what is happening. that was our journalist speaking to us earlier. officials in moscow are warning that western sanctions could cause the international space station to crash. they believe the measures could disrupt the operations of russian

vessels servicing the iss. the russian section of the station weighs 500—tonnes and helps correct its orbit. hello there. cloud, wind and rain moving in from the southwest will dominate over the next few hours. it's an area of low pressure that will gradually sit towards the west of northern ireland, that's where we will see the strongest of the winds and perhaps the heaviest of the rain throughout the day this sunday. elsewhere, there is a weak weather friend which will produce some showery reindeer central and eastern scotland and eastern england first thing. i will either way, scotland and eastern england first thing. iwill either way, sunshine comes through and a scattering of showers across england and wales, some of them heavy and thundering. at the sharper showers, the most frequent rain likely to be to the northwest, that's what we look at the strongest of the winds as well, 50-60 the strongest of the winds as well, 50—60 mph gusts not out of the question. when the air for all of us through sunday, top temperatures

though 9—13 celsius. if you've got to showers and keep a little bit more sunshine, that will feel pleasant enough. now, as we move out of sunday into monday, start a new working week, we are likely to see this with a friend here bringing some outbreaks of rain to begin with, but on the whole, it's an improving picture. a much lighter winds on monday, that means with the sunshine coming through, it will feel noticeably warmer out there. so, the rain quite light and patch it and it will drift its way steadily eastwards in fragment further into the afternoon. mark out for scotland but generally sunny spells, a few isolated showers, lighter winds and highs of 14 degrees on monday. now, with some clear skies, we could see some patching that stand may be some fog forming first thing on tuesday morning. it's going to be a chilly start on tuesday. the fog will lift, we will have sunshine coming through, not a bad day, largely dry with light winds for all of us, and again, pleasant enough, 14 degrees to high. when the middle part of the week and it looks likely to be the

day where some of us will see some rain at some point, and some of it's quite heavy in actual fact. rain at some point, and some of it's quite heavy in actualfact. now, to the south of this weather front, it could turn very mild indeed with more of a southerly flow across eastern and south east england. so, here, 16 degrees not out of the question, but some of that rain really could be quite heavy and behind those weather fronts up into the far northwest, here, it will be noticeably cooler, 8—9 celsius, the overall high. so, that's how we are looking to the middle part of the week. let'sjust looking to the middle part of the week. let's just summarise that for you one more time. it looks likely that our week ahead will be largely dry with lighter winds and mild, but looks likely that on wednesday, there will be some rain for all of us at some point. take care.

you're watching bbc news. furtherfighting has been taking place outside the ukrainian capital, kyiv, where russian forces are around 15 miles from the centre of the city. british military intelligence believes those russian troops have been regrouping, possibly for a fresh offensive in the coming days. a military airfield was destroyed this morning near kyiv. the latest information about russian positions is shown here in red. outside the capital,

the cities of chernihiv, sumy, and kharkiv continue to be shelled. while the ukrainian military say the eastern outskirts of the beseiged city of mariupol have been captured by russian troops. the city has endured days of shelling. president zelensky has said russian and ukrainian negotiating teams have started discussing what he called �*concrete topics rather than exchanging ultimatums�*. meanwhile, the french president emmanuel macron and germany's olaf scholz have held talks with president putin. my colleague yalda hakim is in lviv — and has been giving us the latest on what's been happening across ukraine. the last 24 hours, things have intensified here in the west. if you look at a map of the country, you can see russian presence and bombardment in the north, in the east and in the south and we can talk more about the besieged city of mariupol

in a moment, but in the last 48 hours, we have continued to see more air strikes taking place in the west of the country, in a city called lutsk, which isjust north west of here. a military airbase was struck there, we understand that some ukrainian soldiers were killed and we have not heard about any casualties for civilians, but that does make people here in lviv very nervous, because up until now this part of the country has remained untouched. we haven't had russian bombing or shelling, for example, there hasn't been any fighting, although people are desperately here trying to protect monuments, ancient monuments, the greek gods that exist, this is a world unesco heritage site, so people are very concerned. in the second world war, for example, it remained untouched, so they are worried, very, very worried, about russian bombardment and the kinds of things that we are seeing in other parts of the country and in and around kyiv for example, that it will happen to lviv. this is a city on edge, but they are continuing to host tens

of thousands of people who had been arriving here from places like mariupol, you mentioned there, the besieged city, where we are hearing devastating stories. i was just reading a report that has come out from the international committee of the red cross and one of their workers says there is no electricity or water or gas supply, meaning that there is no means for heating. last night it was —15 degrees and they were saying that children are incredibly scared and they are staying in the underground bunker, they have managed to bring some people from the city into the underground bunker, this is the icrc and keep the children there and they are saying that many parents are reporting that they are running out of food for their children, so the situation there is desperate. bodies lying in the streets, thousands of bodies we are hearing lying in the streets, and no work to bury them. mass graves we are hearing about as well. really, a very desperate situation and there are reports in the last hour or so that the eastern outskirts of the city have been taken over by russian forces

and frankly many people say that once mariupol falls, it really is a doomed situation, because it could cut off this country from the sea. this is, in many ways, a country that a lot of trade takes place on those southern ports, odesa and in mariupol, so there is concern that if that is cut off, it makes this country landlocked. let's get more now on the latest evacuations in northern ukraine. our correspondent abdujalil abdurasulov sent this update from irpin which is about 25 kilometres north—west of kyiv. people drive towards this blown—up bridge and leave their cars and then cross the river on foot. there are a lot of people who are on wheelchairs, disabled, elderly people who can't walk. for them, this is a massive obstacle.

so let me show you how they cross this river. there are 15 humanitarian corridors announced by the ukrainian authorities today in order to evacuate citizens. you can hear the sound of explosions. even though the evacuation from this area is still going on, we can't say that the ceasefire is holding because we can hear the sound of explosions and the sound of artillery fire including the outgoing fire as well. but despite this fact, people from irpin and other areas are trying to flee because they say staying at home is much more dangerous. moldova has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe, if the country's already saturated resources are overwhelmed by refugees from ukraine.

the number of people fleeing the war in ukraine is so high that the moldovan government says one in eight children is now a refugee. our europe correspondent lucy williamson reports. sometimes, the long, cold journey from ukraine ends here — in the emergency department of moldova's ignatenko children's hospital. within the last week, alexei has fled a war, left family and is living in a new country as a refugee. a high temperature almost counts as normal. around a dozen refugee children arrive here every day, often suffering from dehydration or breathing problems. tanya came straight here from the border. her daughter sofia caught pneumonia on theirjourney from dnipro, in central ukraine. she spent two days in intensive care. "i am completely

broken," she told me. "they were bombing everywhere. "now, i'm reading in the news that they bombed a shoe factory "and people's homes. "it's horrible. "it's why everyone's leaving." every eighth child in moldova is now a refugee. and as the fighting creeps closer to moldova's border, the numbers keep rising. fewer than half the refugees arriving here actually stay on, but that's still enough to have increased moldova's population by 4% in a fortnight — the equivalent of 2.5 million people arriving in the uk. the government says they are running out of buildings to house them. our only hope is that the war will stop, the frontline will stay where it is — this is what we hope. even without any dramatic changes of the frontline, we are approaching a breaking point, but if there's a dramatic implosion and fighting around odesa, that will be a complete catastrophe for the humanitarian situation here and for that,

you cannot plan, you cannot prepare. it would just be completely overwhelming. charities say it's already proving difficult to keep track of some children fleeing ukraine. our main concern is that we've got 100,000 children trapped in the orphanage system in ukraine itself and no tracking system to monitor where those children are at any one time. we've had verified by local authorities who have asked us to help receive 150 children through one of the border crossings. between them leaving that orphanage and the time that we anticipated they would be at the crossing, all 150 children have gone missing. we have no idea where they are. border checks across the region are minimalfor those fleeing the war but protection rests on making sure the vulnerable are visible, because it is hard to protect them if they are not. lucy williamson, bbc news, moldova. the premier league here

in england, has disqualified the chelsea football club owner roman abramovich from being a director of the club after the oligarch was sanctioned. lizzie greenwood—hughes is in our sports centre in salford. well, it is part of many developments, actually, today, which i am going to talk to you about, but it is interesting listening to your guestjust now, because i imagine that part of the point of the sanctions isn't just to make their lives uncomfortable, but i guess it is the hope that they then might tell mr putin that maybe he wants to consider his thoughts, because he is making their lives more difficult, but anyway, as you say, the premier league have disqualified roman abramovich as a director of chelsea football club. now, it shouldn't really make a huge amount of difference, because roman abramovich has already distanced himself from the club, he has effectively given it to the charitable arm of chelsea. they can still train, they can still play out their fixtures, but ordinarily disqualification of an owner would trigger the sale of the club. well, of course, roman abramovich is trying already to sell chelsea, but he is not allowed to at the moment, now the government

have actually made a statement today and they say they are open to the sale of the club and would consider an application for a licence to allow that to happen. it says that we are absolutely clear that any such license would not allow roman abramovich to benefit from the sale. they are negotiating at the moment, the two parties are negotiating, part of those negotiations have also helped the restrictions on chelsea's licensing, operating licence, they have been slightly tweaked, because they can now receive prize money from existing competitions. that means the premier league payments, which presumably includes the broadcast payments and also champions league, because of course teams and clubs get paid per round that they get through and all the time that chelsea are in the champions league, they will receive an income from that. they are also now allowed to spend more on match day costs. now, chelsea, so far, since the sanctions, have only played one match that was away. they are playing tomorrow at newcastle at home and now, instead of £500,000,

to put on the match day, they can now spend £900,000 and there has also been another development, actually, the day, and that is that one of chelsea's kit sponsors, hyundai, they have suspended their association with the club. they said that their logo would be removed from the sleeve of chelsea shirts soon as feasibly possible. it follows of course the telecoms giant three pulling out their sponsorship last week. as i say, chelsea are playing newcastle tomorrow, we will all have to wait and see exactly what chelsea's kit looks like when they take to the pitch at stamford bridge. we have been seeing more support in terms of fixtures for ukraine. yes. i think the nicest show of support that we have seen today is actually brighton. now, brighton play in blue and white and they were playing liverpool at home today and, as you can see there, they were wearing blue and yellow. it is their kit, but it is their third away strip and they were playing at home, so they should not have been wearing blue and yellow, but they did and they said it was deliberately in solidarity for ukraine. also, everton have started their own campaign to raise funds.

they are going to contribute half £1 million to the disasters emergency committee ukraine appeal and also in the world of rugby, of course rugby union 6 nations penultimate weekend, before the england— ireland game, twickenham had the ukraine flag flying from its roof and they also had some applause and a message again of solidarity to ukraine before the match started. the latest military intelligence from ukraine suggests russia is still attempting to cut off and capture the cities of kharkiv, chernihiv, mariupol and sumy. sumy lies close the border with russia. my colleague ben brown spoke earlier to the regional governor about conditions in the city. he said russian forces were using brutal tactics...

translation: the citizens are defender, on the other hand they have control of our towns. the? defender, on the other hand they have control of our towns. they are roared, have control of our towns. they are roared. they _ have control of our towns. they are roared, they rob _ have control of our towns. they are roared, they rob and _ have control of our towns. they are roared, they rob and they - have control of our towns. they are roared, they rob and they do - have control of our towns. they are roared, they rob and they do not i roared, they rob and they do not allow us to take bodies of civilians from the street or allow us to bury them. they place their military equipment in the middle of the residential areas. and they use civilians as a shield, using them, getting them outside in the cold weather. the terror is in the fact that the

russian invaders get those who are trying to find shelter in bomb shelters, they get them out, burn their houses and make them watch their houses and make them watch their houses and make them watch their houses being burned. a town with a rich cossack history with a population of more than 40,000 residents destroyed, wiped out, they destroyed the ruins, the heating plant, there is no water supply, no heating supply, the windows are broken in the residential blocks of flats and this town has disappeared within two weeks of this war. can i 'ust ask within two weeks of this war. can i just ask you. _ within two weeks of this war. can i just ask you. how _ within two weeks of this war. can i just ask you, how many _ within two weeks of this war. can i just ask you, how many civilians are left in the area that you control and what are conditions like for them in terms of water supplies, medical supplies, food and so on? translation: i can say that approximately 60,000 residents have

left the region. the? approximately 60,000 residents have left the region-— left the region. they were fleeing via ureen left the region. they were fleeing via green corridors _ left the region. they were fleeing via green corridors during - left the region. they were fleeing via green corridors during the - left the region. they were fleeing j via green corridors during the last five days. the green corridors that were agreed as a result of the talks at the intergovernmental level. we evacuated women, children, the disabled, but taking into consideration that people started leaving our region even two weeks before the war started, we can say that at the moment, currently, there are between 900,000 up to1 million residents residing still in the region. residents residing still in the reuion. . , residents residing still in the reuion. ., , ., i. residents residing still in the reuion. . , . ,, ., residents residing still in the reuion. ., , ., ., ., region. can i 'ust ask you, what do ou think region. can i 'ust ask you, what do you think is — region. can ijust ask you, what do you think is the _ region. can ijust ask you, what do you think is the strategic _ you think is the strategic importance of the area in this war? it is the region of ukraine that has the longest border with russia, with fascist russia, with the country, the aggressor country. the length of the aggressor country. the length of the border is 564 kilometres. it was

this region that took the first strike of the russian invaders in the morning of the 24th of february. along the whole perimeter of the border. and our main objective and function is to stand and to prevent russian forces from advancing further to the central ukraine, to the western regions of ukraine and putin did not expect a defence, knowing his plans, he was planning for a blitzkrieg, but he did not expect peaceful residents would stand and protect themselves with their bare hands, just simple metal pipes and we will be able to stand

against thousands of his tanks. in the areas that you still control, how much longer do you think you can hold out against the russian forces? translation: until our victory. that was the regional governor of sumy speaking to my colleague ben brown earlier. a group of top international violinists from 29 countries have collaborated on a video performance to raise money for the plight of ukrainians. lets take a listen... sombre violins.

earlier i spoke to the violinist illia bondarenko in ukraine — whom you saw playing at the start of that video performance. and kerenza peacock, who told me how the war inspired her to create the project. on the day that putin invaded ukraine i was going about my normal day as a violinist, i was about to practice scales and run some errands and i thought it was such a horrific situation and i wondered what my fellow violinists were doing in ukraine and i ran befriended some on instagram and ended up talking to a bunch of violinists there who said they were also practising scales but then going to work out how to arm themselves and i thought it was such

a horrific situation and i ended up getting in touch with ilia who was sheltering in his basement and this idea came about. i sheltering in his basement and this idea came about.— sheltering in his basement and this idea came about. i have a daughter who practised _ idea came about. i have a daughter who practised piano _ idea came about. i have a daughter who practised piano scales, - idea came about. i have a daughter who practised piano scales, they i idea came about. i have a daughter| who practised piano scales, they are not the best of fun, may as well put them to use. what did you think when carranza reached out to you? i was really impressed, _ carranza reached out to you? i was really impressed, because - carranza reached out to you? i was really impressed, because i - carranza reached out to you? i was really impressed, because i did not expect— really impressed, because i did not expect that she would have seen the video_ expect that she would have seen the video on— expect that she would have seen the video on instagram of my string quartet— video on instagram of my string quartet and get in contact who asked me about _ quartet and get in contact who asked me about my health and everything and i me about my health and everything and i was _ me about my health and everything and i was really surprised and impressed and really grateful to her that she _ impressed and really grateful to her that she offered me the idea to make that she offered me the idea to make that video _ that she offered me the idea to make that video. it is that she offered me the idea to make that video. , ., that video. it is wonderful. of course, there _ that video. it is wonderful. of course, there has _ that video. it is wonderful. of course, there has been - that video. it is wonderful. of course, there has been a - that video. it is wonderful. of - course, there has been a particular musical video that has gone viral

and that was vera who was playing to lift the spirits of those in the bomb shelters in ukraine, have either of you reached out to her or her from either of you reached out to her or herfrom her? either of you reached out to her or her from her?— either of you reached out to her or her from her? no, actually, ithink we had already _ her from her? no, actually, ithink we had already collected _ her from her? no, actually, ithink we had already collected our- her from her? no, actually, i think| we had already collected our videos from this when it came onto the news and unfortunately i had not heard about her or got her contact details but i would love her tojoin about her or got her contact details but i would love her to join with us on something. but i would love her to 'oin with us on somewhat but i would love her to 'oin with us on something. maybe we can arrange it! how much — on something. maybe we can arrange it! how much money _ on something. maybe we can arrange it! how much money has _ on something. maybe we can arrange it! how much money has been - on something. maybe we can arrange it! how much money has been raised | it! how much money has been raised so far? i don't know if it is kerenza or ilia who has that figure. we have been sharing the links to a lot of different charities but on our youtube video we are donating to the un refugee agency and we only put the donate button on there and we already have a few thousand dollars. we are encouraging people to give what they can to the international rescue committee as well. . .

international rescue committee as well. ., ., ~'., international rescue committee as well. . . «a, ., well. ilia, you are in ukraine, how have ou well. ilia, you are in ukraine, how have you managed _ well. ilia, you are in ukraine, how have you managed to _ well. ilia, you are in ukraine, how have you managed to take - well. ilia, you are in ukraine, how have you managed to take part i well. ilia, you are in ukraine, how have you managed to take part in| have you managed to take part in this virtual concert, logistically, was it quite challenging? it this virtual concert, logistically, was it quite challenging?- was it quite challenging? it was really hard- _ was it quite challenging? it was really hard. in _ was it quite challenging? it was really hard. in that _ was it quite challenging? it was really hard. in that moment i i was it quite challenging? it was l really hard. in that moment i was underground, because there was bombing — underground, because there was bombing. i was only with my grandmother and bombing. i was only with my grandmotherand i bombing. i was only with my grandmother and i asked bombing. i was only with my grandmotherand i asked herto bombing. i was only with my grandmother and i asked her to make the video— grandmother and i asked her to make the video when i was playing and it was a _ the video when i was playing and it was a few— the video when i was playing and it was a few minutes, because when we were living _ was a few minutes, because when we were living upstairs in kyiv, we try not to _ were living upstairs in kyiv, we try not to make — were living upstairs in kyiv, we try not to make so many sounds, because every _ not to make so many sounds, because every sound. _ not to make so many sounds, because every sound, we are trying to hear the sirens— every sound, we are trying to hear the sirens or— every sound, we are trying to hear the sirens or something like that and then— the sirens or something like that and then get underground. ilia, music is very — and then get underground. ii. — music is very powerful, what has done to those who have been listening to you play in ukraine, those around you? what sort of thing have they been to you? i

those around you? what sort of thing have they been to you?— have they been to you? i think music can insire have they been to you? i think music can inspire and _ have they been to you? i think music can inspire and ukrainian _ have they been to you? i think music can inspire and ukrainian music- have they been to you? i think music can inspire and ukrainian music and l can inspire and ukrainian music and ukrainian— can inspire and ukrainian music and ukrainian musicians, they are soldiers — ukrainian musicians, they are soldiers now, on their own fields and music— soldiers now, on their own fields and music can inspire people, we have _ and music can inspire people, we have our— and music can inspire people, we have our own weapons, our instruments, our music and all musicians _ instruments, our music and all musicians in ukraine and in other countries — musicians in ukraine and in other countries are trying to help ukraine with themselves, to make charity concerts, — with themselves, to make charity concerts, make videos like that one and to— concerts, make videos like that one and to compose music about the whole situation _ and to compose music about the whole situation i_ and to compose music about the whole situation. i think it is a great uowen — situation. i think it is a great powen in _ situation. i think it is a great power. in that case, ukraine have already— power. in that case, ukraine have already won, because in these few weeks. _ already won, because in these few weeks. in — already won, because in these few weeks, in the few days, ukraine got so much _

weeks, in the few days, ukraine got so much support from different people. — so much support from different people, different types of people and it _ people, different types of people and it is— people, different types of people and it is incredible and i think ukraine— and it is incredible and i think ukraine have already won in that case _ ukraine have already won in that case. ., ,., , ukraine have already won in that case. ., , ., , case. there are some big names involved- — case. there are some big names involved. you _ case. there are some big names involved. you have _ case. there are some big names involved. you have got - case. there are some big names involved. you have got the i case. there are some big names involved. you have got the oslo | involved. you have got the oslo philemon, the london symphony orchestra, tokyo symphony, but also characters as well, tell us who has taken part in this. i characters as well, tell us who has taken part in this.— taken part in this. i was so impressed. _ taken part in this. i was so impressed, because i taken part in this. i was so impressed, because some| taken part in this. i was so i impressed, because some some taken part in this. i was so - impressed, because some some of taken part in this. i was so _ impressed, because some some of the top violinists in the world dropped everything they were doing to make these videos. we have concert masters and soloists, we have mark o'connor, the most famous american fiddle player, so many people that have joined fiddle player, so many people that havejoined us, people from fiddle player, so many people that have joined us, people from the punch brothers, fiddle players, classical players, the best musicians from around the world, they have literally dropped

everything they were doing to make a video when i was very impressed. i think we are going to listen to some of your music and i wonder, ilia, if you could start for us. tell us the piece you're going to play. the floor is yours. _ piece you're going to play. the floor is yours. i _ piece you're going to play. the floor is yours. i am _ piece you're going to play. the floor is yours. i am going to play a piece. _ floor is yours. i am going to play a piece. a _ floor is yours. i am going to play a piece, a ukrainian song, and i cannot— piece, a ukrainian song, and i cannot imagine howl piece, a ukrainian song, and i cannot imagine how i can translate to you. _ cannot imagine how i can translate to you. but — cannot imagine how i can translate to you, but it is within the song and i'm — to you, but it is within the song and i'm going to play at right now. thank— and i'm going to play at right now. thank you — and i'm going to play at right now. thank you. sombre violin.

how beautiful was that? i have tears in my eyes. those were the musicians who are taking part in a virtual concert, that was ilia and also kerenza. we are going to end this particular segment here on bbc news by taking you live to kyiv. let's show you the scene in kyiv right now — this is independence square. russian troops are pushing forward into new areas of ukraine — edging closer to the capital. there have been a number of

artillery shelling is around the perimeter of the city. plenty more coming up on the latest developments concerning ukraine. don't go away, you watching bbc news. hello there. cloud, wind and rain moving in from the south west will dominate over the next few hours as an area of low pressure that will gradually sit towards the west of northern ireland, that is where we will see the strongest of the wins and perhaps the heaviest of the rain throughout the day this sunday. elsewhere, there is a weak weather front which will produce some showery rain through central and eastern scotland and the east of england, first thing. that will ease away, sunshine coming through and a scattering of showers across england and wales, some of it heavy and thundery. but the sharper showers, the most frequent rain likely to be to the north west and that is where we will see the strongest of the winds as well, 50—60 mph gusts not out of the question. windierfor all of us through sunday, top temperatures though, 9—13 and if you dodge the showers and keep a little bit more sunshine, that will feel pleasant enough. now, as we move out of sunday

into monday, the start of the new working week, we are likely to see this weather front here bringing some outbreaks of rain to begin with, but on the whole it is an improving picture and much lighter winds on monday. that means with the sunshine coming through, it will feel noticeably warmer out there. the rain is quite light and patchy, it will drift its way steadily eastwards and fragment further into the afternoon. more cloud for scotland, but generally sunny spells, a few isolated showers, lighter winds and highs of 14 degrees on monday. now, with some clear skies, we could see some patchy mist and maybe some fog forming first thing on tuesday morning, it could be a chilly start on tuesday, the fog will lift, we will have a sunshine coming through, not a bad day, largely dry with light winds for all of us and again, pleasant enough, 14 degrees that are high. wednesday, the middle part of the day where some of us will see some rain at some point and some of it quite heavy in actual fact. now, to the south of this weather front, it could turn very mild

indeed, with more of a southerly flow across eastern and south—east england, so here at 16 degrees not out of the question, but some of that rain could be quite heavy and behind those weather fronts in the far north west, here it will be noticeably cooler, eight or nine celsius the overall high. that is how we are looking through the middle part of the way, let us just summarise that for you one more time. it looks likely that our week ahead will be largely dry with lighter winds and mild, but it looks likely on wednesday that there will be some rain for all of us at some point. take care.

this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm lukwesa burak. more attacks in ukraine — with large numbers of russian forces nowjust around 20 kilometres from the centre of the capital. barricades on the outskirts of kyiv, where they're preparing for an assault, possibly within days. we hearfrom the young ukrainian recruits at the checkpoints they'll be defending. a 3—way phone call between president macron, the russian leader and the german chancellor is described as "difficult" — with the french saying putin did not show any willingness to end the war. poland's parliament has passed emergency legislation that allows ukrainians fleeing the war the right to live and work in poland for 18 months.