this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm tim willcox. our top stories. the war in ukraine comes to the door of nato and the eu. at least 35 are killed in a missile attack on a ukrainian military base near the polish border. according to preliminary data more than 30 missiles were fired. the air defence system worked and a number were shot down. ukraine says foreign instructors have previously worked there — it's not clear if any were at the base when it was hit. poland's president tells the bbc that if russia used weapons of mass destruction in ukraine —it would likely change nato�*s stance on the conflict. translation: if he uses weapons of mass destruction, _

it will be a game changer in the whole thing. because it will be dangerous not only for ukraine, the central europe, but for the whole world. 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. arrests at anti—war protests in moscow — after opposition groups call for russia—wide demonstrations. officials in ukraine say at least 35 people have been killed in a russian missile attack on a military base in the west of the country — a short drive from the polish border. the attack which took place in the far west of ukraine hit the military training base yavoriv.

the base was previously used for joint exercises and training with nato. dozens of people are believed to have been wounded. but it's not clear if any 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 attack on the base is part of a widening of russian advances towards the west of ukraine — on the door of a nato member — and away from the areas which russian forces currently control 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. our correspondent jon donnison reports. in lviv, the sirens went off at 3.30 in the morning,

eight missiles fired at a training facility about 25 kilometres west of the city. it is not far from the polish border. on the outskirts of kyiv, the roads are still open, but the fear is the russians are coming. they're doing what they can do 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 edged 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. more now on that missile attack on the ukrainian military training base in yavoriv. foreign instructors have previously worked there training ukrainian forces — but it's not clear if any were present when the missiles struck. details of the attack

on yavoriv were given by local officials in lviv. translation: according to preliminary data, - more than 30 missiles were fired. the air defence system worked and a number was shot down. let's get the latest now from my colleague yalda hakim, who's in the city of lviv in western ukraine. in the last 48 hours we have had air strikes on a military air base which isjust strikes on a military air base which is just north—west of where we are but this now feels increasingly like it is edging closer and closer. it is, in the outskirts of lviv, as you say, 50 kilometres from where we are and the latest report is that 35

people have been killed and over 130 have been injured. we are getting reports, we have one of our correspondence there on the ground who are saying that they are seeing more and more ambulances entering the area so we will have more of an update if that death toll has gone up update if that death toll has gone up butjust update if that death toll has gone up but just to update if that death toll has gone up butjust to give you a sense of yavoriv, it is a military training base were nato forces were training ukrainian forces. it is 25 kilometres from the polish border. russian defence ministryjust a few days ago said that these are legitimate targets. any weapons flowing over the borderfrom poland would be a legitimate target. that is contributing to the war here to assist the ukrainian forces. so we were, you know, surprised, frankly, that this had not happened sooner and we do expect more of these types of attacks to take place here in western ukraine. you can see people milling around. the sunday morning here and we were just at a church service for the fallen. there are several hundred people —— including some soldiers who were coming to

remember those who have been killed. president zelensky has said, in the last couple of days, that 1300 of the ukrainian forces have died in the ukrainian forces have died in the past two or so weeks since this conflict began so there are services taking place here in lviv. the bodies of the following are arriving back home and it was quite an emotional service but it does, something does feel like it has changed here in lviv here today. air raid sirens going off more frequently. just this morning we had to air raid sirens that had gone off and you can also see the monuments behind me that are now sort of completely covered. these are monuments of greek gods and we know that the museum here in lviv has also had many of the ancient artefacts, 500 of them, taken out and sort of put in a safe space in case the air strikes do come here.

in case the bombardment does come here. lviv was not levelled during the second world war. there are some places that were damaged but it was not destroyed and so people here are hopeful that this world unesco heritage site, the many buildings, many churches, many of these monuments would be targeted but they are not ruling anything out. people are not ruling anything out. people are increasingly nervous. this has become a hub for the tens of thousands of people fleeing the fighting in other parts of the country. predominantly from the east and the south of the country and also those suburbs around kyiv and so the city really has become a home, a shelterfor up to so the city really has become a home, a shelter for up to 200,000 people and the mayor of lviv says we are overstretched. we do need more assistance. we are seeing people here in the streets carrying their bags, carrying their children, trying to find shelters once they come out of the train station but

increasingly, it does feel like nowhere here in ukraine is safe. there's been further arrests in moscow — following more protests against the war in ukraine. police were seen man—handling protesters and dragging them away, in what appeared to be a relatively small—scale protest. the law is changed in moscow, in russia now since forth. people can actually be sent to prison for 15 years for discrediting the army. there are fines as well in place. all unauthorised demonstrations are banned. all unauthorised demonstrations are banned. for more on the attack on a military base on the polish border, let's hearfrom our diplomatic correspondent james landale. the risk of what we have seen in this attack, the shift west in this conflict. the primary concern would be a mistake, miscalculation.

miles from the nato border then mistakes can happen and missiles can go awry. if one of those missiles lands in poland, and causes death and devastation, what does nato do then? that is the first concern. the second concern is, is russia going to escalate this substantially by deliberately targeting perhaps weapons convoys, weapons deliveries coming from the west through poland and into ukraine? if it targets those over the border inside poland than that would be considered attack on nato, the article five provision would be triggered, and that would warrant a nato military response and a then you would have a substantial escalation. we haven't got to that point yet. this threat that came from the russian deputy foreign

minister saying these convoys of western arms that are coming into ukraine were legitimate targets, what he didn't say is whether they were legitimate targets in ukraine or outside. the point was, he was trying to threaten, suggest that it might do and therefore escalate the threat against nato. as we have seen through this conflict, the russians warning about nuclear use, chemicalweapons, biological, this is the latest stage of that. poland 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 andrei duda, and she began by asking him if he was concerned about the potential use of chemical weapons. this is something the world has not seen on this scale since the second world war and if you are asking me whether putin can use chemical weapons i think that

putting can use anything right now, especially with this very difficult situation. this what most experts have been saying. actually, politically, he has already lost this war and militarily he is not winning it. although one could say there is a gigantic advantage of the russian army over the ukrainian army to take a piece of paper and if you do the maths, than they've got a crush on overwhelming majority but they are not able to win the war. if president putin did use chemical weapons, is that a red line for nato? is that a point at which nato then has to get involved? well, of course, everybody hopes that he will not do that, that he will not use weapons of mass destruction. neither chemical weapons or biological weapons or 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 28 jets, soviet—era jets that ukraine, 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 of the jet that we have mentioned, those that are at the disposal of the polish armed forces, this is a very serious one. a very sensitive issue. there are various voices as to whether we should transfer or not transfer the jets. speaking frankly, polish public

opinion was very afraid of the step of the russian side made a very clear announcement that it would consider it a war declaration and myself, looking from the perspective that i mentioned a moment ago, of our responsibility within nato, always remember that these are powerful aeroplanes. let's get the latest on the ukrainian refugees who've headed for poland. our correspondent, danjohnson, is in krakow — he gave us this update from the city's main train station. this is one of the trains it has been laid on. free transport for ukrainian families. this one is taking them directly over to germany, to berlin. this is to spread the pressure out of because it has been intense, relentless human crack off with so many families coming across. this is the first real staging post on the

journey and you can understand why they would be reluctant to go further from the border, and many of them hope they will be able to go back to ukraine one day but the messages that accommodation, the facilities, the resources here in cities like that are running out so there is an effort to get people to move either further into poland, to other cities, or are, indeed, to other countries as well. that is why both these trains are actually heading to germany in the next few minutes. let's have a quick chat with one of the volunteers. the pressure has just been relentless. it is getting overwhelming. yes, krakow is overcrowded here and a lot of people from ukraine can stay here in krakow because there are no more accommodation and people want to go further on. they mostly take trains to berlin and to other countries, other cities in poland as well as to the czech republic and how do you think things could be

better coordinated, better managed to cope with the numbers of people you are seeing? we as volunteers should be better informed about the trains and times of departure and arrivals. as well as should be better informed in the morning how to help the ukrainians that are continuously coming here. do you think you can look after everybody if this continues? i think that it is very difficult but a lot of people, a lot of polish people want to help and they are doing their best to help them because we feel how important it is to support our friends, our close neighbours. of course. thank you, anna. we appreciate your time this morning. that is the message that there is so much support from the polish people and there is also a concern with missile attacks no closer to the polish border, some people are feeling vulnerable that they may get drawn into this crisis and there are also feeling that inevitably, is the fighting moves further west,

so will more and more families, putting even more pressure on resources here. here in the uk, households will be offered 350 pounds a month to open their homes to people fleeing the war in ukraine. the uk government minister michael gove says it will be an effective route to allow people to come and stay safely in the uk. it is the fastest way in which we can get people out of dangerand into the united kingdom, and it is the case already that whether it is through social media platforms, or whether it is through charities those connections are being made. we know that we have, in this country, according to the most recent test of public opinion, hundreds of thousands of people, potentially, who are willing to take ukrainians into their home. there has been some criticism though. labour, the main opposition party, say they welcome this move

but there are questions on how it will work. the party's leader, sir keir starmer says more details are needed. those plans just need to be in place now. those plans 'ust need to be in place now. ., ., ., ., , ,. now. so, i am not against the scheme that he is proposing _ now. so, i am not against the scheme that he is proposing but _ now. so, i am not against the scheme that he is proposing but i _ now. so, i am not against the scheme that he is proposing but i have - now. so, i am not against the scheme that he is proposing but i have to - that he is proposing but i have to say, the more you questioned him the more i queried exactly how it is going to work but actually, i would have more comfort if there was a solid plan on the table. local authority leaders are saying that they have not been consulted yet. they are there, ready to put the support in, housing providers need to be involved in this. housing providers need to be involved in this. our political correspondent jonathan blake says labour's position is interesting as sir keir stamer has not said that visa requirements should be lifted. he has said that the government has been too _ he has said that the government has been too slow to act and needs to be offering _ been too slow to act and needs to be offering a _ been too slow to act and needs to be offering a speedier, safer route for people _ offering a speedier, safer route for people to — offering a speedier, safer route for people to come. there is, though, debate _ people to come. there is, though, debate about what the right approaches. the scottish and welsh governments and themselves have said

that visa _ governments and themselves have said that visa requirement should be lifted _ that visa requirement should be lifted and — that visa requirement should be lifted and are offering to take people — lifted and are offering to take people on more readily. offering to act as_ people on more readily. offering to act as a _ people on more readily. offering to act as a super sponsor whereby ukrainians— act as a super sponsor whereby ukrainians could come and move into temporary— ukrainians could come and move into temporary accommodation first and then be _ temporary accommodation first and then be matched in more appropriate accommodation in the longer term but there is_ accommodation in the longer term but there is no— accommodation in the longer term but there is no sign the uk government, at this— there is no sign the uk government, at this stage, is going to relax any of the _ at this stage, is going to relax any of the requirements it has put in place _ let's get more now on the situation in lviv. the city is preparing for an attack, while trying to preserve its most important cultural sites. our correspondent from the bbc�*s ukrainian service viktoria zhuhan sent us this report from outside lviv cathedral. just two weeks ago lviv was ukraine's favourite presidium is not associated with saving refugees fleeing for war. this was my favourite place to stop and think about this wonderful 14th century armenian church but today it is really hard to appreciate the culture. the viv cultural and religious officials have been

putting many efforts for over a week now to try to preserve its rich cultural heritage from the dangers of the war. for example, the statues on the front of greek gods and goddesses have been wrapped in protected 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, a wooden sculpture from the 15th century has been removed from this backyard just days ago and put any secret and safe place. i was working up today at 3am by the sound of sirens and, as i stayed in the shelter, i found by the sound of sirens and, as i stayed in the shelter, ifound out that bonds fell just 30 or 40 kilometres away from lviv city centre to a place where a military training base is located and where ukrainian officials have been open that the trainings are ongoing. lviv is trying to preserve here multiple unesco world heritage sites that were built and taken care of for

centuries by multiple nationalities, germans, austrian, hungarians, poles, armenians liken this courtyard. as, over history, libby was part of different empires. but what is very clear now and here todayis what is very clear now and here today is that lviv does not want to be part of the russian empire that vladimir putin seems to be willing to restore. tens of thousands of russians have left the country since the invasion of ukraine. they're mostly young and liberal, and shocked by the war. they're concerned by president putin's latest crackdown on dissent, and the economic sanctions. an estimated twenty—five—thousand of them have moved to georgia. from tbilisi, the bbc�*s rayhan demytrie reports. clothes, food and toiletries. volunteers are helping to load these donated essentials bound for ukraine. doing his part is yevgeny from moscow. he decided to leave russia after being detained at an anti—war protest.

a i don't want to fight in this war against ukrainians and for not my homeland, but for putin. not all the russians support this war. not all russians support putin. since the invasion, tens of thousands of russians have made the same decision heading to turkey, the south caucasus and central asia. an estimated 25,000 have arrived in georgia. i have created a guide. lev has created a telegram channel to help russians settle in tbilisi. thousands have subscribed in just a few days. i would call it a nowadays exodus of the minds from russia. this is the most amount of people transferring in a short period of time. many are planning to stay here, even bringing their pets with them. this young couple didn't

want to be identified. they say they're afraid of what russia has become people are leaving because the state has crushed the prospects of professional development. there's no way to stand up for your rights. there's no freedom of speech. no free media. many russians are trying to make sense of their new circumstances and what to do next. since the war started, georgia has seen a surge in visitors from russia. hotels and airbnbs are fully booked. and while tourists are welcome here, the prospect of a more permanent resettlement of russians is causing some concern. georgians have been protesting almost daily against the invasion of ukraine. they remember their own war with russia in 2008 and its continued occupation of georgian territories.

now ukraine's war is their war too. for new russian arrivals like yevgeny, there is no escaping public displays of sympathy with ukraine and hostility towards the country they've left behind. less just ta ke less just take your live to moscow just to give you an idea of the sort of clampdown on anti—war demonstrations there. since fabry 24th, when the invasion started, some 13,000 protesters are thought to have been arrested. there has been another one close to red square and the kremlin today as well. the law has changed as well. in the past few weeks and months, protesters were fined 20,000 roubles, but 170 us dollars and could have been detained for 15 days but since march forth the law has changed. there is

a prison sentence potentially of 15 years, fines of $500 for discrediting the russian army. so the anti—war protests, clampdown very hard in russia. you're watching bbc news. 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 in places. this is how the rain developed this morning, the band of rain continues 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 9 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. 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, moving southwards by thursday and high pressure building in after that, settling the weather down. on wednesday, a greater chance of more places seeing rain, but after that with high pressure arriving, chilly nights but fine

days with sunny spells. 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, moving southwards by thursday and high pressure building in after that, settling the weather down. on wednesday, a greater chance of more places seeing rain, but after that with high pressure arriving, chilly nights but fine days with sunny spells. this is bbc world news, the headlines... ukraine says at least 35 people have been killed in a missile attack on a military base near the polish border. dozens more were injured. foreign instructors have worked there in the past — it's not known if any are currently there. the polish president has told

the bbc that if russia uses weapons of mass destruction in ukraine, it would be likely to change nato's stance on the conflict. ukraine has accused russia of abducting a second mayor. yevhen matveyev, is the elected leader of the southern city of dniprorudne — near to melitopol, where russian forces detained the mayor on friday. police in moscow have made a number of arrests at a protest against the war in ukraine. opposition groups say they planned to hold similar demonstrations in other major cities across russia. now on bbc news, global questions. hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi. i'm in the lithuanian capital of vilnius and president putin's invasion of ukraine has sent shockwaves across the three baltic states of lithuania, estonia and latvia. these were once part of the soviet union and they all share a border with russia.

but unlike ukraine, they are members of nato and washington says it will protect every inch of nato territory. so, how reassuring is that to people here? after all, many believed putin would never invade ukraine. applause. i'm in a former cement factory that is now part of the vilnius technical university, and i'm joined here by a local audience who are going to be putting their tough questions to my top panel. so, let me tell you who my guests are. we'rejoined by the deputy foreign minister of lithuania, mantas adomenas. the ambassador who is head

of the european union's