this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: at least 35 are killed and dozens injured 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. "in the name of god, stop this massacre." pope francis makes an impassioned plea for an end to the russian attack. here the government announces more details of 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. my colleague yalda hakim is in the city of lviv in western ukraine. in the last 48 hours, we have had air strikes on a military airbase in the disc, northwest, we are. at this feels increasingly like it is edging closer and closer. it is, in the lviv block, on the outskirts of lviv. 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 and we have one of our correspondence they are on the ground 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 by update if that death toll has gone up byjust update if that death toll has gone up by just to update if that death toll has gone up byjust to give you a sense of yavoriv, it is a military training

base where nato forces were training ukrainian forces. it is 25 kilometres from the polish border. the russian defence ministry, just 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. 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 in western ukraine. you can see people milling around. it is sunday morning he had

been registered as a church service for the fallen. and there were several hundred people there including some soldiers who were coming to remember those who had been killed. president zelensky has said, in the last couple of days, that 1300 ukrainian forces have died in the past two are so weak since this conflict began so there are services taking place here in lviv. the bodies of the fallen are arriving back home and it was quite an emotional service but it does, something does feel like it has changed here in lviv 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 to come here, in case the bombardment does come here. lviv was knocked levelled during the second world war. there were 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, will not be targeted. they 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 in the south of the country and also those suburbs around kyiv and so this city has really become a home, a shelter for this city has really become a home, a shelterfor up to this city has really 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 have seen people on the streets carrying their bags, carrying their children, trying to find the shelters once they come out of the train station but increasingly it does feel like nowhere here in ukraine are safe. in ukraine are safe. the tide of conflict is spreading across ukraine. a military base in

yavoriv in the worst hit by several russian missiles leaving at least 35 people dead and more than 130 injured. people dead and more than 130 in'ured. , ., , ., ~ ., people dead and more than 130 in'ured. , ., , ., ~ . , injured. glory to ukraine full stop toda , the injured. glory to ukraine full stop today, the lviv _ injured. glory to ukraine full stop today, the lviv region _ injured. glory to ukraine full stop today, the lviv region was - injured. glory to ukraine full stop today, the lviv region was under| today, the lviv region was under missile attack. allegedly from war planes which flew from russia. the attack was made from outside ukraine's territory. i'd make the target sits between the polish border 15 miles away and the city of lviv where most of the two and a million refugees have initially been heading to this expanding war. fix, heading to this expanding war. a western airport has also been hit. these high—rise flats to the north now hollowed out after russian air strike so far. in the centre of kyiv it has been coming up are even president zelensky top advisers to go and grab a coffee. you can find anything you need, even in wartime, they say. as ever, in this conflict, one picture doesn't tell the whole

story. destroyed russian tanks to the north of the capital where heavy fighting continues. this the north of the capital where heavy fighting continues.— fighting continues. this was shot in this beautiful— fighting continues. this was shot in this beautiful thing. _ fighting continues. this was shot in this beautiful thing. and _ fighting continues. this was shot in this beautiful thing. and i - fighting continues. this was shot in this beautiful thing. and i want - fighting continues. this was shot in this beautiful thing. and i want to i this beautiful thing. and i want to say a big thank you to our british comrades. ~ say a big thank you to our british comrades-_ say a big thank you to our british comrades. ~ . , , ., , ., ., , comrades. well many people are able to esca -e comrades. well many people are able to escape they _ comrades. well many people are able to escape they have _ comrades. well many people are able to escape they have had _ comrades. well many people are able to escape they have had to _ comrades. well many people are able to escape they have had to dig - comrades. well many people are able to escape they have had to dig a - to escape they have had to dig a mass grave for those who have lost their lives to russia's relentless assault. in a now typical defiant address from the capital, president zelensky says 13,000 people were evacuated yesterday. the zelensky says 13,000 people were evacuated yesterday.— evacuated yesterday. the russian occu - iers evacuated yesterday. the russian occupiers cannot _ evacuated yesterday. the russian occupiers cannot conquer - evacuated yesterday. the russian occupiers cannot conquer us. - evacuated yesterday. the russian | occupiers cannot conquer us. they evacuated yesterday. 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 tarot, only on weapons of which they have many but the occupiers have no basis for normal life so that people can feel happy and dream. they are organically cape incapable of making

life normal. in russian has come to a foreign land dreams are impossible.— a foreign land dreams are impossible. a foreign land dreams are imossible. ., , ., , impossible. thousands are still tra - ed impossible. thousands are still trapped as _ impossible. thousands are still trapped as russian _ impossible. thousands are still trapped as russian tanks - impossible. thousands are still trapped as russian tanks me . impossible. thousands are still- trapped as russian tanks me then. 12 days of being surrounded and shelters left more than 1500 people dead according to the government. lets go live to james. just looking at that hour strike this really does bring their conflict to the door of nato and the eu considering how close it is to the polish border. you are exactly right and this is an air base, military base which has previously been used by nato instructors on international forces including ukraine's own army. we have to say, though, that before this point, nato and the alliance has shown very little appetite to get involved in this war. their argument has long been that they do not want an escalation and they do

not want an escalation and they do not want an escalation and they do not want things to turn into a much broader conflict across europe but today we have heard poland's president claim he thinks things could be reconsidered as if vladimir putin used chemical weapons on the ukrainian people. but what today i think really represents is a much more of a broadening of the conflict within the borders of ukraine. it has been a difficult decision as it is for people to up sticks and move and for the two 1/2—million people to move west to cities like lviv before moving on to bordering countries. now there is even less of a guarantee that they will be able to avoid the fighting on that powerless route in lviv are beyond given what we're seeing with these more targeted russian air strikes. president zelensky has just given another address where he has talked about his priority for now it is getting humanitarian aid into the besieged city of mauripol in the south—east. it is currently a couple of hours drive away so that his

priority now and another significant day in this conflict. thank you very much indeed. let's get more now on that missile attack which has killed at least 35 in eastern ukraine. our correspondent hugo bachega travelled from lviv towards the yavoriv military base — and sent us this update: this is as close as we can get to the yavoriv military base targeted by russia earlier this morning. we have seen about ten ambulances leaving the area. there are around two dozen parked here. now, this is a region of ukraine that up until now had been spared a tax. poland is just 20 kilometres, 12 miles in that direction and of course, poland has been a sanctuary for ukrainians in this war because of the flow of weapons coming through the border and just yesterday russia said it could target the shipment of arms being sent by the west so today's events could mark a significant escalation in this war.

russian air strikes have caused civilian casualties in north, east and south ukraine in the northern city of chernihiv, ukraine's state emergency service says one person has been killed and another injured due to a fire that erupted in a block of flats after it was hit by an air strike. it's being reported that more than 250 people have been arrested across russia, during protests against the war in ukraine. demonstrations are believed to have taken place across at least 23 cities in russia. protestors could face fines and prison sentences. a week ago, more than 5,000 demonstrators were detained across the country. 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 that 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 in krakow with 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 further on. 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, people are to be offered £350 a month to take ukrainians fleeing the war into their homes. the �*homes for ukraine' scheme, starting this week, will allow individuals, charities and businesses to bring people fleeing the war to safety — even if they have no ties to the uk. a website is being set up for expressions of interest. here's our political correspondentjonathan blake.

fleeing fighting in ukraine, since the russian invasion, sance 2.5 million have left in search of safety elsewhere. neighbouring european countries have taken in vast numbers with minimal checks, but the uk's approach has faced criticism from some for being too strict and too slow. we are already doing everything we can. michael gove confirmed at least 3000 visas for those with family links to the uk had now been approved and said a new scheme allowing people to offer a spare room or empty property to refugees would enable thousands more to come. it is the fastest way in which we can get people out of danger and into the united kingdom. it is the case already, that whether it is through social media platforms, whether it is through charities and civil society, those connections are being made. we know 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 will be no limit on the number is approved, and local authorities would get funding to help them cope. but labour, who have stopped short of calling for visa requirements to be lifted, say the scheme look sketchy. those plans need to be in place now. i am not against the scheme he is proposing, but i would have more comfort if there was a solid plan on the table. local authority leaders are saying they haven't been consulted yet. they are there, ready to put the support in. housing providers need to be involved in this. the welsh and scottish first ministers have offered to go further and act as super sponsors to take in ukrainians more quickly. from the government's opponents at westminster, there is disdain for the home secretary. priti patel�*s in action does not befit the british people with all our compassion and generosity. it couldn't be clearer that priti patel is not up to the job. the buck stops with the prime minister, said borisjohnson must

sack her now. ministers say they want to be generous, but the public expects them to be careful, too. it is hoped people can be placed with those offering space in their homes within a fortnight. the speedier and smoother response to the refugee crisis cannot come soon enough. for some. jonathan blake, bbc news. let's speak now to councillor james jamieson, he's chairman of the local government association. camp councillor for this? councils, as they demonstrated _ camp councillor for this? councils, as they demonstrated to _ camp councillor for this? councils, as they demonstrated to the - as they demonstrated to the pandemic, always ready to support others and, you know, listening to the lady who was earlier on your bulletin in crack of, this is a humanitarian crisis. we need to do all that we can to support those people suffering after such a terrible and unprovoked war so that is what we are ready to do. clearly

that will have a financial cost and i'm pleased that the government has announced some financial funding. but we just need to get on with this. but we 'ust need to get on with this. , ' i: i: i: i: but we 'ust need to get on with this. , ' i: i: i: :: ~ ., this. ok, but £10,000, ithink, para refu~ee. this. ok, but £10,000, ithink, para refugee. already _ this. ok, but £10,000, ithink, para refugee. already the _ this. ok, but £10,000, ithink, para refugee. already the system - this. ok, but £10,000, ithink, para refugee. already the system is - refugee. already the system is overstretched and it does come down to finances, schools, health, how are you going to be able to afford this? you say the system is overstretched and you are right. the syrian and afghan scheme, still 12,000 afghans and hotels, it is clogged up and we need to move that on and develop that and that is why i think it is right that we are having a different and parallel system for ukrainian refugees because we're just going to have to work faster. and we're going to have to work differently and, you know,

the idea that we will find rooms rather than houses because we have a housing crisis in this country, there are simply not enough homes so we've got to think differently and i'm pleased that the government is thinking differently but can ijust reiterate, cancel stand ready. i got numerous calls last week council saying, what can we do, how can we help? and that is individual cancer is getting calls from residents and we have added to help and sometimes that was to raise funding but in many cases obscene, look, i got a spare room or a spare annex, how can spare room or a spare annex, how can we spare room or a spare annex, how can we have places? it is much cheaper than their usual system. £250 a month as opposed to £200 a night which is what some councils are being charged for bed and breakfast. the real issue isjust being charged for bed and breakfast. the real issue is just capacity. we have to find an alternative. this is about, where can we find rooms. we cannot house 100,000 people in hotels literally overnight. we need to increase the capacity of housing

and i think that is appropriate in the uk public, as it always is, has been generous and saying, look, we stand ready to help and we need to help them, to help the ukrainians and council stand ready to do their part and as you mentioned earlier, there is a huge amount of work that we are going to have to do around safeguarding, around supporting people, around supporting those generous homeowners and businesses and charities so a huge amount of work to be done.— and charities so a huge amount of work to be done. sorry to interrupt. would ou work to be done. sorry to interrupt. would you accept _ work to be done. sorry to interrupt. would you accept this _ work to be done. sorry to interrupt. would you accept this has _ work to be done. sorry to interrupt. would you accept this has been - would you accept this has been handled really quite badly and this has come too late? europe has already stepped in. our model now is closer to the european model, it would seem, and can you clarify about that £350. is that para refugee or how does that work? clearly this is a government announcement. you heard michael gove this morning and i had the same thing, we are in conversations trying to batten down all these issues and clarify them so it is ongoing. i cannot commit and the

announcements are coming and the indications are that they have been listening to our requests.— indications are that they have been listening to our requests. thank you very much- — in just over half an hour's time, chelsea — the football club who are under uk government sanctions aimed at their owner roman abramovich — will take on saudi—backed newcastle united in the premier league. there may be some empty seats as chelsea have been forbidden from selling tickets since the sanctions were imposed on thursday. and the players' kit may look somewhat different from normal as companies three and hyundai have suspended their sponsorship deals with the club. let's go live now to sussex where we can speak to kieran maguire from the podcast, price of football. it is going to look very different game. is it going to affect the way the club can actually play and perform? in the club can actually play and erform? , ., the club can actually play and perform?— the club can actually play and erform? , ., . ,., perform? in terms of the impact upon lain there perform? in terms of the impact upon plain there should _ perform? in terms of the impact upon plain there should not _ perform? in terms of the impact upon plain there should not be _ perform? in terms of the impact upon plain there should not be any, - perform? in terms of the impact upon plain there should not be any, in - plain there should not be any, in terms of performing, as we go

forward the government has said there is going to be a limit of transportation to individual matches. my understanding is that normally a club such as chelsea would be spending significantly more than that. in addition, the government has had an initial limit of covering overheads to matches which has been increased to 900 but the most visible one will be in respect to the kit. the the most visible one will be in respect to the kit.— the most visible one will be in respect to the kit. the fact that they cannot _ respect to the kit. the fact that they cannot make _ respect to the kit. the fact that they cannot make any - respect to the kit. the fact that they cannot make any revenue| respect to the kit. the fact that - they cannot make any revenue from selling tickets so as i understand it, season ticket holders can attend. is that right? but there will be no sales of tickets which would be important revenue for the club? , . . would be important revenue for the club? , ., ., ., ., ., club? chelsea have around about 27,000 season _

club? chelsea have around about 27,000 season tickets _ club? chelsea have around about 27,000 season tickets which - club? chelsea have around about - 27,000 season tickets which generate probably in a normal season about £50 million a year so that money has already been received. as far as chelsea's home fixtures are concerned and away fixtures, they will not be able to generate revenue but as far as chelsea is concerned because it has got a relatively small stadium, match day income only accounts for about 15% of total revenues to a lot of what they have received in terms of broadcast and sponsoring has been received in it is a strange sort of limbo, isn't it? the government has in wanting to target him for some time and he tried to off—load the club onto the trustees or whatever but how long can a club exist like this in this sort of, well, it is not on the same field, is it, as everyone else? chelsea has one of the highest wage bills in the premier league and it costs £28 million a month and that payroll will be going out probably

and around about two weeks' time so thatis and around about two weeks' time so that is the first initial challenge. as chelsea physically have the cash which you can use to pay wages and remember chelsea is notjust a football club. it has 800 staff on a full—time basis that it has to pay at the end of each month. going forwards, i think there will be challenges because historically, what we have seen is that he has tended to cover the overheads the club itself cannot afford. he has lent the club over £1.5 billion with his assets being frozen no money can go to a from him.— go to a from him. right, 0k, well, let's wait and _ go to a from him. right, 0k, well, let's wait and see _ go to a from him. right, 0k, well, let's wait and see how— go to a from him. right, 0k, well, let's wait and see how things - let's wait and see how things develop over the next few weeks. very good to have you on. thank you very much indeed. thank you very much indeed. pope francis has made an impassioned plea for an end to what he called a "massacre" in ukraine. addressing pilgrims in saint peter's square, he described russia's invasion as an unacceptable armed aggression that must end before ukrainian cities were reduced to "cemeteries". he called for safe humanitarian corridors, and condemned the bombing of hospitals and other non—strategic civilian targets as "barbaric".

just before we go, so more sad news from ukraine. the new york times has confirmed that one of its journalists has been killed we understand, close to kyiv. no more information about that. a talented film—maker lost on assignment. we understand that one of his colleagues was killed as well. the latest casualty. this time a press casualty in the war in ukraine. plenty more on that on the website and we will be back in a moment. 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 coasts, 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 coasts, eastern counties of northern ireland and south west 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

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. 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 the 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.

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.