this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe i'm geeta guru—murthy. our top stories... russia's invasion force advances towards several ukrainian cities — with more intense fighting reported on the outskirts of kyiv. satellite imagery shows some of the damage in the city of mariupol — with claims russian troops are stopping people from leaving. ukraine is also reporting a missile attack on a military base close to the border with poland. we'll have the latest on russia's continuing assault. also ahead... thousands of young russians are leaving their own country in protest at the war in ukraine — we've asked them what they hope to achieve... i don't want to fight in this war

against ukrainians and not for my homeland, but for putin. hello and welcome to bbc news. ukraine says 30 russian rockets have struck a military base in the far west of the country, close to the border with poland. nine people are reported to have been killed, and dozens injured. the facility at yavoriv has previously been used forjoint exercises with nato, and ukraine says foreign instructors were present when the attack happened. it comes a day after russia warned that it considered weapons convoys to ukraine from the west to be legitimate military targets. the mayor of ivano—frankivsk, another city in western ukraine, says its airport has come under renewed russian attack. air raid sirens have also sounded in lviv — a hub for people fleeing

the conflict. the latest information about russian positions is shown here in red. russia's invasion force has advanced towards several ukrainian cities, with more intense fighting reported in the northern outskirts of the capital, kyiv. the ukrainian military says the eastern outskirts of the beseiged city of mariupol have been captured by russian troops. the city has endured days of shelling. lea na hosea reports. russian helicopters flying low above the forest and an airfield. this close—up of a missile screen is an alleged russian strike on a ukrainian armoured vehicle. these pictures are released by the russian defence ministry, but we don't know where or when they were taken. russians are also under fire. this ukrainian soldier thanked the united kingdom for anti—tank weapons. i want to say a big thank you to our

british comrades for helping us. with the continued air of defiance, president zelensky gave another video address to fortify his nation, promising that russia will not prevail. translation: , , ., prevail. translation: , , translation: the russian occupiers cannot conquerors. _ translation: the russian occupiers cannot conquerors. they _ translation: the russian occupiers cannot conquerors. they do - translation: the russian occupiers cannot conquerors. they do not - translation: the russian occupiers cannot conquerors. they do not have| cannot conquerors. they do not have such strength, there is no such spirit. they are based only on violence, only on terror, only in weapons, which they have many. but the occupiers have no natural basis normal life so people can be happy and dream. they organically incapable of making life normal. whenever russia has come to a foreign land, dreams are impossible. but even in his morale boosting message, president zelensky has to admit they are outgunned. 13,000 people were evacuated admit they are outgunned.13,000 people were evacuated from a number of ukrainian cities on saturday, but not from the besieged black sea

ports of mariupol, where the situation is described by aid agencies as apocalyptic. people are without food, water, heating or medicine. satellite images of mariupol taken on saturday by a private us firm, show fires burning in the industrial district to the west of the city and neighbourhood is badly damaged. butjust nine months ago, the satellite images over mariupol and you could see here it was once a neighbourhood with a nearby football pitch which might have been the scene of fun and games, now it is obscured by smoke and rubble. we can see high—rise apartment blocks set amongst the trees and homes just across the street. now it is a blackened, smoking wasteland. this is a hospital in mariupol lastjune. now, clearly damaged. more than 2.5 million people have fled ukraine and

most are taking refuge in neighbouring countries. britain is launching a scheme where people will be paid to take in refugees as the government faces criticism in delays in accepting those facing the fighting. europe's largest exodus since world war ii is unlikely to end soon. just a little bit more on the blast that happened near lviv in the blast that happened near lviv in the west of the country near the border with poland. we hear the blast is about a0 kilometres from the city of lviv, which has been seen as a relatively safe passage until now. we have seen further attacks in the west of the country over the last couple of days. it seems the russian forces are targeting centres there, including this centre which has been seen as a base for western work with the

ukrainians. nine people, apparently killed. the number of people injured in the yavoriv training ground in the lviv region. it is believed foreign instructors have been working there in the past. they have been working with eu and nato coordination potentially. we know there has been western support but nato and the eu not involved militarily on the ground in ukraine. 0ur correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse has been following developments since the russian military build up on ukraine's borders began. he spoke to my colleague samantha simmonds a little earlier — take a listen. there was a military base we are told in yavoriv, which is a short distance away from lviv, ten miles from the border with poland. it is

used as an international peacekeeping site where foreign forces, including ukraine's, train and carry out drills. we are told this morning it has been hit with eight missiles, plumes of smoke can be seen going into the air. this is significant. yes, it seems to be a strategic strike by moscow but it also means that russia now seems to be targeting locations right across the western flank of ukraine. lviv is the most popular destination where the 2.5 million and counting refugees have been heading to try and escape the fighting. we have also had another report of an air strike in the south—west of the country where an airport has been targeted there. it is a widening of russia's attack along with reports here in kyiv, that a convoy mostly made up of women and children trying to escape the fighting, that has been targeted by russian troops, we

are told and seven deaths have been reported. in the last hour we have had from the donnie —esque region, authorities have told us a historic monastery has been damaged by a she“ monastery has been damaged by a shell landing close by. crucially, more than 500 refugees have been housed by the monks there in the cellars underneath. we have had multiple reports of injuries, no reported deaths. itjust shows how russia, whilst trying to encircle more cities, it is trying to spread out across more of ukraine as it tries to suffocate it, if you like. what is the sense from there in the capital about how close the russian troops are coming and what their manoeuvres might be? we troops are coming and what their manoeuvres might be?— troops are coming and what their manoeuvres might be? we are in a stranue manoeuvres might be? we are in a strange holding — manoeuvres might be? we are in a strange holding pattern, _ manoeuvres might be? we are in a strange holding pattern, if- manoeuvres might be? we are in a strange holding pattern, if you - strange holding pattern, if you like. fora strange holding pattern, if you like. for a lot of people sheltering on the ground or picking up weapons

to defend themselves above it, we have periods of about 12 to 2a hours of calm, you might hear the odd air raid siren, it is like this, quite. then you will have a couple of hours of continuous rumbling of missiles or shells exploding, mostly from the north—western area. yesterday we saw a ground to air missile go up, an anti—aircraft missile and what we could hear was outgoing fire by defending ukrainian forces. it is not new for people knowing that there are a sizeable number of russian troops only a few kilometres from the outskirts of the city. there has been incredibly heavy fighting going on over the past few daysin fighting going on over the past few days in towns on the outskirts. it is a worry for people, it is a worry if kyiv is bombarded like we have seenin if kyiv is bombarded like we have seen in kharkiv and mariupol, where there is a humanitarian disaster happening in front of our eyes. but this is where it gets murky. what is

russia's ultimate goal? does vladimir putin want to bombard kyiv, this ancient city, looked at so fondly by so many questions, a city older than moscow? it gets murky and another element of this conflict which doesn't make sense. james, i want to ask — which doesn't make sense. james, i want to ask you _ which doesn't make sense. james, i want to ask you about _ which doesn't make sense. james, i want to ask you about a _ which doesn't make sense. james, i want to ask you about a statement | which doesn't make sense. james, i l want to ask you about a statement we have had from the ukrainian government about food supplies and crops. we know ukraine is one of the biggest exporters of grain in the well, but securing their own food for the country is so important and we have had from the ukrainian government they will introduce a plan to support the crop sowing in the country, what more have they said about that? i the country, what more have they said about that?— said about that? i know what you know on that _ said about that? i know what you know on that front. _ said about that? i know what you know on that front. they - said about that? i know what you know on that front. they are - said about that? i know what you i know on that front. they are simply looking to put more money in presumably from foreign aid to support many manufacturers from the element. the supply routes coming in are still open, but shops in the capital at least are increasingly getting more and more empty shell.

you are left with the most expensive products now such as ham, cheeses and the basics, bread, fruit and vegetables have all gone now. it is becoming increasingly sparse, if you like, on the suburbs of the city. you can understand why ukraine is looking to become self—sufficient as possible. if we look at what is happening with the movements of russian troops, moving around the south and striking in the west now, it is going to affect supplies moving in and out. look at what is happening in mariupol, the worst case in point where no one or nothing can get in or out, no humanitarian aid, no one has been able to escape. the worry of presidents are lenski would be preventing that from happening elsewhere. , ., , preventing that from happening elsewhere-— 0ur correspondent, danjohnson, is in krakow in poland, and hejoins me now. we can see people behind you, what is going on there? we

we can see people behind you, what is going on there?— is going on there? we are at the main railway _ is going on there? we are at the main railway station _ is going on there? we are at the main railway station which - is going on there? we are at the main railway station which is - is going on there? we are at the| main railway station which is one is going on there? we are at the i main railway station which is one of the major staging post on the routes coming out of ukraine into poland and arriving here. these people are getting on special trains that have been laid on. the pressure on accommodation and resources here in krakow, the authorities are trying to encourage people to move on further either into poland or this tray will take people to berlin this morning, to try to spread the pressure out, to try to lower the pressure out, to try to lower the pressure on resources here. although there has been so much generosity in there has been so much generosity in the last two weeks or so, so many people have opened up their homes, given over flats, apartments, people have opened up their homes, given overflats, apartments, lent the couch, in some instance, hotels and guesthouses have been given up for ukrainian families, the fear is that cannot carry on and there isn't enough space to house everybody. buses have been a done, there is a

network of buses across poland to spread people around a bit and more of these trains are being organised to take people to other polish cities or to the rest of europe. ukrainian phone numbers here in poland using the cell network have been sent messages this morning saying this sort of transport is available, there are free spaces available, there are free spaces available to try to relieve the pressure. let's have a chat with anna, one of the volunteers, what is the sort of what you have been doing? the sort of what you have been doin: ? ., ., ., ., doing? hello, i am volunteering at the train station _ doing? hello, i am volunteering at the train station in _ doing? hello, i am volunteering at the train station in krakow. - doing? hello, i am volunteering at the train station in krakow. from | the train station in krakow. from the train station in krakow. from the early— the train station in krakow. from the early morning i am observing a lot of— the early morning i am observing a lot of movement. a lot of people from _ lot of movement. a lot of people from ukraine are taking trains to berlin, _ from ukraine are taking trains to berlin, mostly and two other places such as _ berlin, mostly and two other places such as czechoslovakia, the czech republic — such as czechoslovakia, the czech republic and they also try to find some _ republic and they also try to find some different places in cities in

poland _ some different places in cities in poland and we want to find places to stay, _ poland and we want to find places to stay, accommodation and help them find accommodation in krakow and places— find accommodation in krakow and places to _ find accommodation in krakow and places to sleep, as well as i phoned them _ places to sleep, as well as i phoned them where they can get something to drink, _ them where they can get something to drink, when_ them where they can get something to drink, when they can take a nap and things— drink, when they can take a nap and things like _ drink, when they can take a nap and things like that. how drink, when they can take a nap and things like that.— things like that. how do you think it is going. _ things like that. how do you think it is going. how— things like that. how do you think it is going, how are _ things like that. how do you think it is going, how are you _ things like that. how do you think it is going, how are you coping? l it is going, how are you coping? sorry? it is going, how are you coping? sor ? ., ., , ., it is going, how are you coping? sor ? ., ., sorry? how are you coping with the ressure sorry? how are you coping with the pressure of — sorry? how are you coping with the pressure of the _ sorry? how are you coping with the pressure of the number _ sorry? how are you coping with the pressure of the number of - sorry? how are you coping with the pressure of the number of people? | sorry? how are you coping with the | pressure of the number of people? i am trying to do it but i have no more _ am trying to do it but i have no more information to help them. sometimes i have to get information first and _ sometimes i have to get information first and then help them. what more hel do first and then help them. what more help do you — first and then help them. what more help do you need? _ first and then help them. what more help do you need? how _ first and then help them. what more help do you need? how can - first and then help them. what more help do you need? how can this - first and then help them. what more help do you need? how can this be l help do you need? how can this be better organised, better coordinated? this better organised, better coordinated? a ., , coordinated? as volunteers, we should get _ coordinated? as volunteers, we should get more _ coordinated? as volunteers, we should get more information, . coordinated? as volunteers, we | should get more information, we should _ should get more information, we should have a briefing in the

morning _ should have a briefing in the morning to help them more effectively. morning to help them more effectively-— morning to help them more effectively. morning to help them more effectivel . ~ . , , ,, ., effectively. what is this like for ou, effectively. what is this like for you. anna. _ effectively. what is this like for you, anna, working _ effectively. what is this like for you, anna, working with - effectively. what is this like for you, anna, working with these | you, anna, working with these families trying to help them, when they have suffered so much and they are in a difficult situation, it must be really sad?- are in a difficult situation, it must be really sad? yes, it is depressing — must be really sad? yes, it is depressing because - must be really sad? yes, it is depressing because there - must be really sad? yes, it is depressing because there are must be really sad? yes, it is i depressing because there are a must be really sad? yes, it is - depressing because there are a lot of children, they are small and there _ of children, they are small and there is— of children, they are small and there is no— of children, they are small and there is no place for them to sleep, so they— there is no place for them to sleep, so they are — there is no place for them to sleep, so they are sleeping just in the train _ so they are sleeping just in the train station. he so they are sleeping 'ust in the train station.h so they are sleeping 'ust in the train station. , , , . train station. he must be expecting even more people _ train station. he must be expecting even more people will— train station. he must be expecting even more people will come? - train station. he must be expecting even more people will come? i- train station. he must be expecting l even more people will come? i think that they should _ even more people will come? i think that they should try _ even more people will come? i think that they should try to _ even more people will come? i think that they should try to find _ even more people will come? i think that they should try to find a - even more people will come? i think that they should try to find a place . that they should try to find a place somewhere outside krakow, because the city— somewhere outside krakow, because the city here is overcrowded and it is very— the city here is overcrowded and it is very difficult, yes? it is full, hotels — is very difficult, yes? it is full, hotels are _ is very difficult, yes? it is full, hotels are full and places are taken, — hotels are full and places are taken, accommodation for free are already— taken, accommodation for free are already full. taken, accommodation for free are already full-— already full. that is why we have the trains with _ already full. that is why we have the trains with free _ already full. that is why we have the trains with free spaces - already full. that is why we have the trains with free spaces to - already full. that is why we have l the trains with free spaces to take people to other cities? yes.

the trains with free spaces to take people to other cities?— the trains with free spaces to take people to other cities? yes, i think that is a good _ people to other cities? yes, i think that is a good idea. _ people to other cities? yes, i think that is a good idea. thank- people to other cities? yes, i think that is a good idea. thank you, - people to other cities? yes, i think that is a good idea. thank you, we | that is a good idea. thank you, we a- reciate that is a good idea. thank you, we appreciate your — that is a good idea. thank you, we appreciate your time _ that is a good idea. thank you, we appreciate your time this - that is a good idea. thank you, we | appreciate your time this morning, we know it is a busy time for all volunteers, the fire service, the military, loads of charities and organisations involved, supporting so many ukrainians who have come across the border. this is the first major city they would end up in. that is what the pressure has been so great and resources here in krakow. really different decisions people face, they arrive here not knowing where they are, particularly and very little idea of where they are trying to get. they have left everything behind and they don't know where their final destination will be. the hope is they want to return to ukraine one day. they don't give up that hope so they don't give up that hope so they don't want to go too far from the border. the encouragement is if they had to the cities, accommodation will be available, perhaps jobs will be available and the polish government have said they will give refugees the right to live and work for at least 18 months. they may

find it cheaper to live in those cities to start a new life, but what a difficult thing to confront when you have escaped oval zone. polish families are off at 8 euros a day of government support if they can take in ukrainian families. this is only going to continue, especially as the fighting is coming further and further west, fighting is coming further and furtherwest, more fighting is coming further and further west, more people will cross the border this way putting more pressure on polish cities and the polish population. 0k, danjohnson at the train station in krakow, thank you very much indeed. we can see polish people making their normaljourneys see polish people making their normal journeys and see polish people making their normaljourneys and ukrainians all around you. thank you. britain's ministry of defence has released its daily assessment it says russian forces are attempting to envelop ukrainian forces in the east of the country, as they advance from the direction of kharkiv in the north and mariupol in the south. it adds — russian forces advancing from crimea are attempting to circumvent mykolaiv as they look to drive west towards 0desa.

and it concludes — russia is paying a high price for each advance as the ukrainian armed forces continues to offer staunch resistance across the country. professor chris bellamy is a military analyst, an expert on russian military and maritime affairs. he served as a soldier in germany in the 1970s and then was a journalist in bosnia and checnya. thank you very much forjoining us today. when we look at the latest developments that we are seeing at the moment, we are seeing an attack on international peacekeeping and security centre in the lviv region and we have seen a couple of other strikes at the west of ukraine, what does that tell us? i strikes at the west of ukraine, what does that tell us?— does that tell us? i think the attack on — does that tell us? i think the attack on the _ does that tell us? i think the attack on the peacekeeping l

does that tell us? i think the - attack on the peacekeeping centre is interesting because until recently the organisation for security and co—operation in europe, which the russians used to have quite a lot of respect for, where in the east monitoring the war between ukrainian army and breakaway separatists. they pulled out a few days ago and relocated in lviv. i suspect that is where they might be. as you said, eight missile strikes or eight strikes on that peacekeeping centre which doesn't bode well for the future chair at all. in terms of the mod briefing, as she said probably moving north from mariupol, which has been completely surrounded and is being flattened and south from kharkiv. and what they are trying to do is cut off the remains of ukrainian armed forces who were in the east to fight the separatists. in terms of circumventing nikolai,

thatis in terms of circumventing nikolai, that is interesting. in addition to the operational and supplements of the operational and supplements of the various cities, this looks like a strategic encirclement to cut ukraine off from the sea. that could have a profound effect on any post—conflict settlement, whatever it is even if the remnants of ukraine retain independence, then they will be cut off from the sea. 0ne they will be cut off from the sea. one of their main exports is reached and that is a dried bulk cargo and if the port of 0desa is in russian hands, they won't be able to export anything. they can't at the moment anyway, because the russian navy has got about 30 warships in the black

sea and has effectively got ukraine blockaded. ~ ., ., ~' sea and has effectively got ukraine blockaded. ~ ., ., ~ ., , blockaded. when we look a little bit further out what _ blockaded. when we look a little bit further out what has _ blockaded. when we look a little bit further out what has happened - blockaded. when we look a little bit further out what has happened in i blockaded. when we look a little bit | further out what has happened in the west, at the training centre in yavoriv, you think the foreigners that are there from the 0s. yavoriv, you think the foreigners that are there from the os. that are there from the 05. these will have been _ that are there from the 05. these will have been ukrainians - that are there from the 05. these will have been ukrainians working| will have been ukrainians working with the approval of the ukrainian government. but they are part of an yavoriv monitoring force. ogre government. but they are part of an yavoriv monitoring force.— yavoriv monitoring force. are there forei . ners yavoriv monitoring force. are there foreigners there _ yavoriv monitoring force. are there foreigners there as _ yavoriv monitoring force. are there foreigners there as well, _ yavoriv monitoring force. are there foreigners there as well, other - foreigners there as well, other international people there as far as we know? i international people there as far as we know? ., �* ~' international people there as far as we know? ., �* ~ ., ., , we know? i don't think there are any more. we know? i don't think there are any more- and — we know? i don't think there are any more- and if — we know? i don't think there are any more. and if there _ we know? i don't think there are any more. and if there are, _ we know? i don't think there are any more. and if there are, they - we know? i don't think there are any more. and if there are, they are - we know? i don't think there are anyj more. and if there are, they are now in lviv, not in the east.— in lviv, not in the east. what about these supplies. _ in lviv, not in the east. what about these supplies, we _ in lviv, not in the east. what about these supplies, we have _ in lviv, not in the east. what about these supplies, we have seen - in lviv, not in the east. what about these supplies, we have seen the l these supplies, we have seen the russians saying that western convoys, western supplies are legitimate targets?—

convoys, western supplies are legitimate targets? well, if you are russians you _ legitimate targets? well, if you are russians you probably _ legitimate targets? well, if you are russians you probably think - legitimate targets? well, if you are russians you probably think they i russians you probably think they are. because they are on ukrainian soil, ukraine is not a member of nato. so if you have got western convoys coming in, then the russians probably would regard them as that, no matter what we think. it has to be said, the russians are upping the anti regularly or constantly, because they have suffered very severe casualties. for example, they have lost three major generals out of about 20 major generals with the russian forces in the country in just eight days. three generals in eight days is going it some. in eight days is going it some. in terms of what their strategy is going to be, you have talked about

what is going on in the east and the south, edessa is crucial? it is south, edessa is crucial? it is absolutely — south, edessa is crucial? it is absolutely crucial, _ south, edessa is crucial? it is absolutely crucial, it - south, edessa is crucial? it is absolutely crucial, it is - south, edessa is crucial? it 3 absolutely crucial, it is ukraine's only remaining port. although, as i say, it is now blockaded by the russian navy anyway. but it is a historic city, it has actually got a lot of russians in it, who moved there during the soviet period. but they appear to be with the ukrainian government now.— they appear to be with the ukrainian government now. when we look at what is ha enin: government now. when we look at what is happening in — government now. when we look at what is happening in kyiv. — government now. when we look at what is happening in kyiv, we _ government now. when we look at what is happening in kyiv, we are _ government now. when we look at what is happening in kyiv, we are seeing - is happening in kyiv, we are seeing the capital being surrounded on various fronts, but the forces haven't yet been able to move in. again, is that the russians still holding back? would they bomb the city and destroy it as they have other cities?— other cities? yes, assuming it doesnt other cities? yes, assuming it

doesn't surrender, _ other cities? yes, assuming it doesn't surrender, which - other cities? yes, assuming it doesn't surrender, which they| other cities? yes, assuming it - doesn't surrender, which they are not going to do. they are not going to surrender. again, it is classic russian operational art. you encircle the city, bombard it, bombard it again and then you move in. ., , ,., , bombard it again and then you move in. professor chris bellamy, thank ou for in. professor chris bellamy, thank you forjoining _ in. professor chris bellamy, thank you forjoining us _ in. professor chris bellamy, thank you forjoining us today. _ in. professor chris bellamy, thank you forjoining us today. thank - in. professor chris bellamy, thank i you forjoining us today. thank you. lviv is preparing for an attack whilst trying to preserve its most important cultural sites. 0ur correspondent from the bbc�*s ukrainian service viktoria zhuhan sent us this report from outside lviv cathedral. this was ukraine's favourite tourist city and was not involved with saving refugees fleeing from the

wall. this was my favourite place to stop and think about this 1ath century church. today, it is hard to appreciate the culture. religious officials have been putting in many efforts to try and preserve its rich cultural heritage from the dangers of the war. for example, their statues on the fountains of greek gods and goddesses have been wrapped in protective clots. the stained glass on multiple churches has been sealed off to protect it from breaking. and, for example, a statue ofjesus christ on the cross, i wouldn't sculpture from the 15th century has been removed from this backyard just days ago and put in a secret and safe place. i was woken up secret and safe place. i was woken up today at three o'clock in the morning by the sound of sirens. as i stayed in the shelter, i found morning by the sound of sirens. as i stayed in the shelter, ifound out that bombs fell just 30 or a0 kilometres away from lviv city centre to a place for a military

training base is located and where ukrainian officials have been opened that the training is ongoing. what lviv is trying to preserve our unesco heritage sites that were not taken care of by centuries by multiple nationalities, germans, hungarians, polish. lviv was part of different empires in history. but what is important, lviv doesn't want to be part of the russian empire that vladimir putin seems willing to restore. d0 that vladimir putin seems willing to restore. , ._ , ., that vladimir putin seems willing to restore. , , ., �* �* restore. do stay with us on bbc news, restore. do stay with us on bbc news. thank — restore. do stay with us on bbc news, thank you _ restore. do stay with us on bbc news, thank you for _ restore. do stay with us on bbc news, thank you for watching. l it is another windy day, more widely so than yesterday. cloudy, damp start in many places but brightening up start in many places but brightening up although there will be further showers following on as the day goes on. it is probably those gusty winds

we will notice the most, especially across the western side of the uk where there will be gales and places. this is how the rain developed this morning, the band of rain continue to push it eastwards and clearing most areas. it is the showers that follow one behind. from an area of low pressure to the north west of ireland, closer to irish sea coast, northern ireland and western scotland, this is where it will be the windiest. continuing to see rain clearing away from eastern areas of vote linking lingering in eastern counties. some of the showers will be heavy and possibly thundery and for northern ireland longer spells of rain at times. it is windy across the board, an indication of the gusts out there today but around irish sea coast, eastern counties of northern ireland and south to scotland, 50 to 60 mph, could be disruptive. temperatures nine to 12 degrees, up to 13 in parts of northern england. the rain clears

parts of eastern england where it has held onto the day and into tonight. a few showers towards the south—west and rain pushing back into northern ireland and by the end of the night western scotland. clearer skies to the south and lighter winds may allow for a touch of frost as monday begins. rain clears northern ireland and a few showers follow, outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern england and north wales tomorrow. south of that, a few showers, southern and eastern england. a lease for wales and england. a lease for wales and england in their sunny spells tomorrow, it will not be as windy, it will feel warmer. a touch of frost into tuesday morning, a few fog patches to the south and more wind and rain coming into north of scotland as the day goes on. cloud increasing in northern ireland. for wales and england it stays dry with sunny spells. feels warmer, especially in south—east england after the early fog. couple of weather systems combine wednesday with rain, claiming southwards by thursday and high pressure building in after that, settling the weather down. on wednesday, a greater chance of more places seen rain, but after

that with high pressure arriving, chilly nights but a fine days with sunny spells.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm geeta guru—murthy. our top stories: russia's invasion force advances towards several ukrainian cities — with more intense fighting reported on the outskirts of kyiv. satellite imagery shows some of the damage in the city of mariupol — with claims russian troops are stopping people from leaving. ukraine is also reporting a missile attack on a military base close to the border with poland. we'll have the latest on russia's continuing assault. also ahead: here, the government announces a scheme to allow those fleeing the war to come to the uk, offering £350 a month for taking in ukrainian refugees. and hitting the right note —

memories of the ukrainian city of kharkiv — years before the war. as russia's advance onto ukraine's capital intensifies, the next few days could be critical, particularly in terms of what moscow's intentions are for the capital city, kyiv. is a full—scale operation there imminent? let's start with the map and where we are this morning. the areas in red are those we think are now in russian control. the areas in red and white stripes are where russian forces are continuing to advance. we can look at some pictures now from just on the northern outskirts of kyiv where the fear is the russians are coming. you can see ukrainian soliders

are doing what they can there to try and slow any possible advance down. all the people on this checkpoint though are just volunteers, many of them very young and with just three days' training. let's pull up now a more close up map of kyiv. you can see the russians are really advancing on three sides of the city. some of the most intense russian shelling has been up here around the towns of irpin and bucha. british intelligence now saying they think the bulk of russian forces around kyiv have regrouped around 15 miles from the city centre. with the latest on this rapidly changing situation, here'sjon donnison. 0n the outskirts of kyiv, the roads are still open, but the fear is the russians are coming. they're doing what they can to try and slow them down. at this checkpoint, all the ukrainian soldiers are volunteers, given just three days' training. some of them teenagers, like 18—year—old dmitro, until a few weeks ago

an economics student. i feel a bit scared because no—one wants to die. even if it's for your country. just north—west of kyiv, a ukrainian soldier shows off a russian tank, destroyed, he says, with a british weapon. this one shot was from this beautiful thing. and i want to say a big thank you to our british comrades helping us. the ukrainians are putting fierce resistance, but it's believed the bulk of russian forces have now regrouped just 15 miles from the capital. but in his latest video address, ukraine's president was again defiant. translation: the russian occupiers cannot conquer us. they do not have such strength. there is no such spirit. they are based only on violence, only on terror, only on weapons,

of which they have many. but the occupiers have no natural basis for normal life so that people can feel happy and dream. they are organically incapable of making life normal. wherever russia has come to a foreign land, dreams are impossible. irpin, a town described as the gateway to the capital, has seen some of the heaviest fighting. as the russians edge closer, efforts to get civilians out have stepped up. a senior ukrainian minister said around 13,000 people were evacuated from cities on saturday, almost twice the number as the day before. but she said the southern port city of mariupol remains under russian siege, with nobody able to get out despite deteriorating conditions, with no power and little food and water. in the south—eastern city of melitopol, there were protests from ukrainians who say russian forces have kidnapped the mayor. and all the while the number of refugees fleeing ukraine continues to rise —

to more than 2.6 million, according to the united nations. well over half of them have headed to poland. britain has faced criticism for not doing enough to help. the government has now said people here who agree to host ukrainian refugees in their homes will receive a £350 monthly payment. jon donnison, bbc news. we are hearing some news coming in from the chancellor in the uk rishi sunak who says he is urging firms to think very carefully about their investments in russia and how the aid the regime of vladimir putin. 0f

aid the regime of vladimir putin. of course there is a global move in western nations to try to isolate russia. rishi sunak seeing it is clear that there is no case for a new investment in russia. we will update you further on that. let's hear now from the president of poland, andray duda, whose country is front and centre of the ukrainian refugee crisis — with more than a million and a half people having crossed the borders since the start of the russian invasion. there's also the potential threat of russia using chemical weapons in ukraine — and we've already seen russian missile strikes on ukrainian targets just a few miles from the polish border. my colleague sophie raworth has been talking to president duda, and she began by asking him if he was concerned about the potential use of chemical weapons.

translation: this is something i the world has not seen on this scale since the second world war, and if you're asking me whether putin can use chemical weapons, i think that putin can use anything right now, especially if he's in a very difficult situation. this is what most experts have been saying. actually, politically, he has already lost this war, and militarily he's not winning it. although one could say there is a gigantic advantage of a russian army of ukrainian army. if you take a piece of paper and if you do the maths, then they've got a crushing, overwhelming majority, but they are not able to win the war. if president putin did use chemical weapons, is that a red is that a point at which nato then has to get involved ? well, of course, everybody hopes that he will not dare do that, but he will not use weapons of mass destruction, never chemical weapons, no biological weapons, nor any form of nuclear weapons. everybody is hoping that this

is not going to happen. but as we say in poland, using a little bit of an english expression, if he uses any weapons of mass destruction, then this will be a game changer in the whole thing. and for sure, the north atlantic alliance and its leaders, led by the united states, will have to sit at the table and they will really have to think seriously what to do. because then it starts to be dangerous not only for europe, not only for our part of europe or our region, for central europe, but for the whole world. you have got 28jets, mig jets, soviet era jets that you want to give to ukraine. their pilots could fly them. what difference would it make to people in ukraine do you think if they had those planes? the issue ofjets, which you have

mentioned of mig 29, which are at the disposal of a polish armed forces. this is, of course, a very serious one, a very sensitive issue. there were various voices as to whether we should transfer or not transfer the jets. speaking frankly, polish public opinion was very much afraid of this step because the russian side made a very clear announcement that it would consider it a war declaration and myself looking from a perspective which i mentioned a moment ago as part of our responsibility within nato. always remember that these are powerful airplanes. president zelensky says this is about human lives. he says that he has asked once, he's asked again, he says we have to solve it faster and don't shift the responsibility. send the planes to ukraine. why don't you just give them those planes now? when you say you, i hope you mean the north atlantic community. in other words, nato as a whole because, as i said, due to allied responsibility, poland as such is not going to transfer those planes on the basis of our own decision because we believe that allies

could bear a grudge against us, at least if we make this decision, because potentially it could place the entire nato in a difficult position in its relationship with russia. but it is a very serious decision. please bear in mind that president vladimir zelensky and the ukrainian authorities are in anextremely difficult situation. of course, to me, it is obvious that they can have different demands and that they can have different expectations. perhaps they can even air their grievances and all that is justified. i want to say this right away. it is justified because they are fighting. they are fighting for freedom. they are fighting for survival. however, transferring planes or president zelensky demanding to establish a cupola or a shield defending the skies over ukraine. so blocking the skies over ukraine against the possibility of entering ukraine airspace by russian aircraft combat aircraft bombers orfighterjets? well, this is a decision which is a strictly military one and a very serious one because it means that nato jets would have to be sent to ukrainian airspace and probably there would be a confrontation between nato aircraft and russian

aircraft, and that would mean an opening possibly of a third world war. so these are very serious decisions indeed. and are you very confident? are you fully confident that if russia did attack poland, that nato would back you, that nato would defend you? madam, that's why we are members of the north atlantic alliance and we are trying to be as credible a member as possible. because there are people in poland aren't there who are who fear that president putin won't stop at ukraine,

could attack elsewhere, that they could attack poland, and they are worried about whether nato will defend them. do you think there's any truth in their fears? madam, in 2008, russia attacked georgia, and back then the president of the republic of poland was professor lech kaczynski, and i was a minister in his chancellery here at the presidential palace. i served with him. president kaczynski decided to take pressure off central europe on board of his plane and fly to tbilisi, which was under threat. and there in tbilisi, he said, were prophetic words. he said, today is georgia. tomorrow it might be ukraine, then the baltic states and after that, a time may come from my country for poland. and he said that russia had to be stopped because it had revived its imperial ambitions, which are dangerous. they are dreadful danger to our part of europe, and we do not want to be in the russian sphere of influence. we were in that sphere of influence. we dragged ourselves out of it and we never want to go back there again. russia deprived us of our liberty. many times, russia

murdered our citizens. russia murdered us in captivity during the second world war, they murdered our officers and tried to eradicate the polish intelligentsia here because we were a big part of a polish intelligentsia. we know that russia presents a deadly danger irrespective if it is russia, with source who put partitioned poland. there were free uprisings against with czarist russia. i was born in the soviet sphere of influence in a state which was not fully sovereign, which was not fully free. and when somebody talks to me about russian communism and socialism, shivers go down my spine. never again and never again do we want to have soviet soldiers here, and never again do we want to have a soviet sphere of influence here. this is contradictory to all our cultural norms, and this is just destroying us as a nation. this is a destruction of our traditions. these are attempts at distorting our history. nobody from the west, nobody who was not captured by the soviets can realise what it means.

you have spoken to the president of ukraine. you do speak to the president of ukraine, president zelensky. how much do you talk to him at the moment? speaking frankly, ifeel responsible as one who talks to him. but vladimir told me when we said goodbye to each other, andrei. i do not know whether we will ever meet again. we knew both of us that an attack would happen at any minute. and as a matter of fact, i call vladimir every day. he calls me at different tragic moments, such as when the serious bombardment of kyiv started. he called me that night. he assures me that the morale of the ukrainian armed forces with a big number of volunteers. there are many volunteers. their morale is very strong. those people have a sense that they are defending their homeland, their houses,

that they were attacked in a very treacherous and abhorrent way. one thing you are doing for his citizens is accepting them here and you are getting refugees in vast numbers — one and one half million in poland alone already. you're a nation ofjust 38 million people. that is a huge increase in your population and presumably there will be many more in the days and weeks to come. why did you choose to just open your borders? i am really deeply grateful to my compatriots because what they have shown so far, i'm speaking about ordinary people, they come to the borders with transport, saying i'll take four people. i will take a whole family to my home. just imagine, at 1.5 million refugees have crossed the polish border, and we have not built even

a single refugee camp because all of them have been accepted in private houses, in hotels, in guesthouses, in motels, in resorts. how many more do you think it could be? how many more refugees do you think could come here? i do not know, it's hard to assess. according to experts, in an extreme situation, it could be up to five million people. of course, we are not the only country who is receiving them because romania, which shares a border with ukraine, is also getting refugees. hungary has a border with ukraine. more than half of all refugees who have left ukraine are in poland. so if there are five million, then just imagine that we will get 2.5 million. it is hard for me to imagine, so we need support here on the ground. we need kind help, financial assistance and we need to know how to manage the refugee

crisis, because there are certain procedures in place for the un, for instance, this is not the first crisis. it is the biggest crisis since the second world war. definitely. so that's number one. number two, iwould request that the borders are opened and refugees are accepted. from what the people we have spoken to about who are helping the refugees and they are here in huge numbers at the moment, are you as a government doing enough to help your people support them? because a lot of people are, they say they're paying for the food, they're paying for the medicine themselves. they need the government support if they figured it out. at this moment, we are working out the mechanisms to resolve this issue to help those who have shown generosity and given over their hotels and rest homes to refugees and are supporting

these people with their own money. there is no doubt that we as a state must compensate these people and then take on the burden of upkeep of the refugees ourselves. mr president, thank you very much for talking to us. thank you very much. this is the scene live at the poland—ukraine border, where record numbers of ukrainians continue to arrive. 0ne one point fled and they have then been dispersed to other parts of the country and moved across to other parts of europe. we are hearing that the number of people crossing the frontier on saturday was 5% rise of that on friday to 79800 and 16,800 people had crossed just by six o'clock gmt so you can see that the sense of the numbers of people

moving at the moment. let's take a moment away from events in ukraine now — to bring you up to date with all of the sport. jane dougall is in our sports centre. good morning. a superb hat—trick from cristiano ronaldo gave manchester united a huge confidence boost as they beat tottenham 3-2. the portugese star scored only his second hat—trick for the club, 1a years after his first one, back in 2008. the victory moves united into the top four and keeps tottenham in seventh. there are claims, that ronaldo is now football's greatest—ever goal—scorer with 807 career goals. that was his best performance — at least since i arrived — and he was also good at training on thursday, and that's why i decided to play him for the start, although he was out for a week in training, but yeah, a fantastic performance by him but also by the rest of the team. well, watching the match at old trafford,

was another greatest of all times. different sport. though, american football's tom brady. brady's widely regarded as the greatest ever nfl player, winning seven superbowls. the recently retired quarterback chatted with ronaldo after united's match — possibly about lasting to the age of aa. liverpool are hot on the heels of leaders manchester city after winning at brighton. january signing luis diaz and mo salah with the goals in a 2—0 win at the amex. diaz had to be brave to get the opener and was caught by the goalkeeper, var deciding that it was a fair challenge.jurgen klopp's side are now three points behind city, who play tomorrow night. off the pitch, chelsea's problems continue after their russian owner roman abramovich was disqualified as a director of the club.

south korean car manufacturer hyundai has become the second sponsor to suspend its deal, after chelsea's main shirt sponsor three withdrew theirs on thursday. hyundai signed a multi—year partnership in 2018, but have now asked for their logo to be removed from the team's shirts �*as soon as feasibly possible.�* they play newcastle in the league later. england captainjoe root says their draw against the west indies in the first test is a "huge step forward" after a "difficult year". root�*s side have won just one of their past 15 test matches but they've shown improvement in antigua. the way that the guys stuck at it, especially being one ball that down as well, i think this should a huge amount of character, showed a huge step forward in many respects to keep them to that sort of total and then obviously to set the game in our second innings with the bat, it shows with a good size for us and in fact during the whole day nor will

stop believing, no one gave up and we really give ourselves the best chance of winning. tennis star naomi 0saka was in tears after being heckled by a member of the crowd at indian wells during her second round defeat. 0saka was beaten in straight sets 6—0, 6—a by veronika kudermetova. but became upset after a spectator shouted �*naomi, you suck�*. she asked permission to address the crowd mid—match, but wasn't allowed. last year the former world number one took a break from tennis, saying she had suffered bouts of depression. that's all the sport for now. ukraine's second—largest city, kharkiv, has suffered intense bombing since the war started. in 2013, bbc reporter alex humphreys travelled to the city with a brass band. she's been catching up with some of those who were with her on that trip, finding out their views about the war.

freedom square, kharkiv in 2013 and symphonic brass wails, along with many other countries, were marching for peace. i was there with them. we were celebrating 70 years of the city's liberation from the nazis, that liberty now gone. this was us on the square in front of one of the city's main government buildings. and this is what happened to that same building just last week. this city is now in ruins. i've been speaking to three others who were with our band on that trip. anna, from kharkiv, was our translator. she has now had to flee with her five—month—old son. nine years ago? yeah, yeah, 2013. if somebody told me then nine years ago that all the stuff would happen,

i wouldn't believe for sure. all those are the buildings where we were working our ruined and they have no windows. from russia, vitaly mironov organized our trip, bringing the east and west together through music was his passion. he's worked tirelessly to forge friendships between us and although saddened by the conflict, he asks us to consider russia's perspective. nato brought the military to the russian borders.

it's not we what we came to the border of america, to the border of great britain or to the border of germany or france. but i think everybody of us should keep the should keep objective view of what's happening now objectively. if not, if not, we will be in even more worse war. iam, of course, very sad, and it's really pity what's happening now because i understand that we we crushed our ties now for years, years and years. i was privileged to have a beer in the sun with one of the deputy mayors, and he said to me at the time the east of the country was split virtually 50—50, half wanting the old ussr safety net behind them and the younger generation looking for more western democratic values and opportunities. so the tensions were there when we were there. as part of the celebrations in 2013, russian and ukrainian soldiers marched side by side. now they're enemies, and the jubilation and unity of this sunny day in kharkiv seems like a lifetime ago. i hope one day i get message or news that i can

come back to kharkiv, and i will show my son all those beautiful, lovely places, all my thoughts are still in kharkiv. alex humphreys, bbc news. it has been reported another may in dnipro has been abducted by russian forces. —— mayor. it is another windy day, more widely so than yesterday. cloudy, damp start in many places but brightening up although there will be further showers following on as the day goes on. it is probably those gusty winds we will notice the most, especially across the western side of the uk where there will be gales and where there will be gales in places.

this is how the rain developed this morning, the band of rain continue to push it eastwards and clearing most areas. it is the showers that follow on behind. from an area of low pressure to the north west of ireland, closer to irish sea coast, northern ireland and western scotland, this is where it will be the windiest. continuing to see rain clearing away from eastern areas of lingering in eastern counties. some of the showers will be heavy and possibly thundery and for northern ireland longer spells of rain at times. it is windy across the board, an indication of the gusts out there today but around irish sea coast, eastern counties of northern ireland and south to scotland, 50 to 60 mph, could be disruptive. temperatures nine to 12 degrees, up to 13 in parts of northern england. the rain clears parts of eastern england where it has held on through the day and into tonight. a few showers towards the south—west and rain pushing back into northern ireland and by the end of the night western scotland. clearer skies to the south and lighter winds may allow for a touch of frost as monday begins. rain clears northern ireland and a few showers follow, outbreaks of rain for scotland, northern england and north wales tomorrow. south of that, a few showers, southern and eastern england.

at least for wales and england sunny spells tomorrow, it will not be as windy, it will feel warmer. a touch of frost into tuesday morning, a few fog patches to the south and more wind and rain coming into north of scotland as the day goes on. cloud increasing in northern ireland. for wales and england it stays dry with sunny spells. feels warmer, especially in south—east england after the early fog. couple of weather systems combine, wednesday with rain, clearing southwards by thursday and high pressure building in after that, settling the weather down. on wednesday, a greater chance of more places seen rain, but after that with high pressure arriving, chilly nights but a fine days with chilly nights but fine days with sunny spells.

this is bbc news broadcasting in the uk and around the globe i'm our top stories: as russian strikes continue near western cities — ukraine says russian missiles have struck a military base near the polish border. translation: the yavoriv facility came under— translation: the yavoriv facility came under attack _ translation: the yavoriv facility came under attack 79 _ translation: the yavoriv facility came under attack 79 people - translation: the yavoriv facility came under attack 79 people have been injured out on hospital and nine heroic people died. poland's president tells the bbc that if russia use weapons of mass destruction in ukraine —it would likely change nato's stance on the conflict translation: if he uses weapons of mass destruction, _ translation: if he uses weapons of mass destruction, it _ translation: if he uses weapons of mass destruction, it will _ translation: if he uses weapons of mass destruction, it will be _ translation: if he uses weapons of mass destruction, it will be a - translation: if he uses weapons of mass destruction, it will be a game l mass destruction, it will be a game changer in the whole thing. because it will be dangerous not only for