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. the facility is used for training with nato instructors — 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, our part of 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 and more than 130 others were wounded 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. 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. meanwhile, a usjournalist has been killed in ukraine. the new york times says brent renaud was a talented filmmaker who had previously worked for the paper but was not on assignment for the company in ukraine. he died in irpin after the car he was travelling in came under attack. with the very latest on the situation, here's our correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, and i should warn you his report

contains some distressing images. the tide of conflict is spreading across ukraine. a military base in yavoriv in the west, hit by several russian missiles, say authorities, leaving at least 35 people dead, more than 130 injured. translation: glory to ukraine. today, lviv region was under the missile attack. allegedly the attack was carried from war planes which flew from russia. the attack was made from outside ukraine's territory. the target sits between the polish border 15 miles away and the city of lviv where most of the 2.5 million refugees have initially been heading to escape this expanding war. the western airport has also been hit. these high—rise flats to the north, now hollowed out after russian air strikes, say authorities. in the centre of kyiv,

it has been calm enough for president zelensky�*s top advisers to go and grab a coffee. you can find anything you need, even in war time, they say. as ever in this conflict, one picture doesn't tell the story. destroyed russian tanks to the north of the capital, where heavy fighting continues. this one was shot from this beautiful thing. and i want to say a big thank you to our british comrades, helping us. while many people are able to escape, they have had to dig a mass grave for those who lost their lives to russia's relentless assault. in a typical defiant address from the capital, president zelensky says 30,000 people evacuated yesterday. translation: the russian| occupiers cannot conquer us and do not have such a 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 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. but in besieged mariupol, thousands are trapped as russian tanks move in. 12 days of being surrounded and shelled has left more than 1500 people dead, according to the government. and for more on the attack on the military airbase, james waterhouse gave us this update from the ukrainian capital a short time ago. this is an air base, a military base which has previously been used by nato instructors on international forces and including ukraine's own army. we have to say, though, that until this point, nato, the alliance has shown very little appetite to get involved in this war. their argument has long been that they don't want an escalation.

they don't want things to turn into a much broader conflict across europe. but today we've had poland's president andrzej duda claim he thinks things could be reconsidered 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's been a difficult decision, as it is for people to up sticks and move, and for the 2.5 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 perilous route in lviv or beyond. given what we're seeing with these more targeted russian air strikes, president zelensky has just given another address where he's talked about his priority for now, which is getting humanitarian aid into the besieged city of mariupol in the southeast. it's currently a couple of hours drive away. so that's his priority now in another significant day

in this conflict. just on the warning of the threat of president putin using chemical weapons or weapons of mass destruction, jake sullivan, national security advisor in the us, has just said that the us is consulting its allies and communicating directly with vladimir putin, warning him against any use of chemical weapons, it would be a series escalation. also just a flash from mariupol, saying that 2100 residents of mariupol have been killed since the russian invasion began at the end of last month. let's get more now on that missile attack which has killed at least 35 in western ukraine. 0ur 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 attacks. poland isjust 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. —— poland has been essential. the mayor of lviv has given his reaction to the attack on the military training base in yavoriv.

i think we have his comments coming now. i had meetings with polish politicians, polish males, isent very strong message, 20 kilometres from the european union borders —— polish mayors. we need bullet—proof vest, helmets. let's speak now to nadija, who's a law student. she's 17 years old and living in lviv. thank you forjoining us, you are very close to yavoriv, the base which was hit, did you hear the

missiles overnight?— which was hit, did you hear the missiles overnight? yes, it happened at six o'clock — missiles overnight? yes, it happened at six o'clock in _ missiles overnight? yes, it happened at six o'clock in the _ missiles overnight? yes, it happened at six o'clock in the morning, - missiles overnight? yes, it happened at six o'clock in the morning, all - at six o'clock in the morning, all my family heard this, and of course you understand that i live in coutu, only a0 kilometres from this place —— | only a0 kilometres from this place —— i live in lviv. you can imagine what it was like, as you mentioned before there are a lot of people who died and injured, so we are very worried about theirs. llntiii died and injured, so we are very worried about theirs.— worried about theirs. until now, lviv has been _ worried about theirs. until now, lviv has been relatively - worried about theirs. until now, lviv has been relatively safe, i lviv has been relatively safe, hasn't it? set apart from where the conflict has taken place. do you fear it is now getting much closer to you because other areas close to where you are have been attacked in the last 2a—a8 hours? yes. where you are have been attacked in the last 24-48 hours?— where you are have been attacked in the last 24-48 hours? yes, i can say with no doubt _ the last 24-48 hours? yes, i can say with no doubt our— the last 24-48 hours? yes, i can say with no doubt our city _ the last 24-48 hours? yes, i can say with no doubt our city have - the last 24-48 hours? yes, i can say with no doubt our city have done - the last 24-48 hours? yes, i can say with no doubt our city have done a l with no doubt our city have done a lot of things to help ukraine economically because it was

impossible to work in any other part of the country, but now we understand that the place where it happened, international centre, is located only 20 kilometres from the border with poland, the eu and actually north atlantic organisation, and of course in this case all ukrainians and me went to borisjohnson and joe biden and other leading politicians and we want to say that the world is a lot closer us the war is a lot closer than you can imagine. this wall —— war, we asked to stop it and help close the skies of europe. h0??? war, we asked to stop it and help close the skies of europe. how has our life close the skies of europe. how has your life changes _ close the skies of europe. how has your life changes where _ close the skies of europe. how has your life changes where you - close the skies of europe. how has your life changes where you are . close the skies of europe. how has your life changes where you are in | your life changes where you are in lviv since the invasion? —— has your life changed. i lviv since the invasion? -- has your life changed-— life changed. i am a volunteer, helinu life changed. i am a volunteer, helping ukrainian _ life changed. i am a volunteer, helping ukrainian army - life changed. i am a volunteer, helping ukrainian army in - life changed. i am a volunteer,

helping ukrainian army in this| life changed. i am a volunteer, - helping ukrainian army in this way, we stopped studying in the university in this case, and all students are volunteering steel, and the biggest problem today because of this attack today, the problem with blood, we are trying to donate all the centres and help other people. and the people are just going to live in the places that are a lot more probably dangerous. d0 live in the places that are a lot more probably dangerous. do you and our more probably dangerous. do you and your friends. — more probably dangerous. do you and your friends. you _ more probably dangerous. do you and your friends, you are _ more probably dangerous. do you and your friends, you are only _ more probably dangerous. do you and your friends, you are only 17, - more probably dangerous. do you and your friends, you are only 17, do - yourfriends, you are only 17, do yourfriends, you are only 17, do you plan to stay in ukraine if the war gets even closer, or will you leave like so many have? actually, i am auoin leave like so many have? actually, i am going only _ leave like so many have? actually, i am going only to — leave like so many have? actually, i am going only to stay _ leave like so many have? actually, i am going only to stay here - leave like so many have? actually, i am going only to stay here in - am going only to stay here in ukraine because it is my country, i understand that have to stay here and help my army, scores i can

volunteer to coordinate the other people and do everything for our victory. d0 people and do everything for our victo . , ., , people and do everything for our victo . ,., people and do everything for our victo . ., , victory. do your friends and family share those _ victory. do your friends and family share those feelings? _ victory. do your friends and family share those feelings? yes, - victory. do your friends and family share those feelings? yes, my - victory. do your friends and family i share those feelings? yes, my mum and dad are — share those feelings? yes, my mum and dad are also _ share those feelings? yes, my mum and dad are also helping _ share those feelings? yes, my mum and dad are also helping our- share those feelings? yes, my mum and dad are also helping our army i share those feelings? yes, my mum and dad are also helping our army in this way because it is very important now, for all the ukrainian army. important now, for all the ukrainian arm . ., ~' important now, for all the ukrainian arm . ., ~ 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 five thousand demonstrators

were detained across the country. 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". let's hear now from the president of poland — andrzej duda — whose country is front and centre of the ukrainian refugee crisis, with more than 1.5 million 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. 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 putin can use anything right now, especially with this very difficult situation, is 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, if you take a piece of paper and if you do the maths than 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 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 nor 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 this step cos 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. 0ur 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 because it has been intense, relentless here in krakow 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, 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 now closer to the polish border, some people are feeling vulnerable that they may get drawn into this crisis and they are also feeling that inevitably, as 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, some 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 numbers 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 inaction 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, so 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. there's likely to be a sombre mood in the coming hours at the bafta film awards, with the ceremony taking place amid the ongoing conflict in ukraine. the awards are the uk equivalent of the oscars. lizo mzimba is at the royal albert hall where the ceremony will take place. 0vershadowed, of course, this is british cinema's big night out where they celebrate notjust films made within the uk but around the world, so you will see lots of films here today that are also being reflected

at the oscars, but nobody can ignore events happening right now in ukraine, they do cast something of a shadow or affect the proceedings of the evening stops some of the nominees have been wearing a ukraine symbol, and the chair of blaster will be talking about ukraine and help after stands with ukrainian film—makers and people at the start of the ceremony. early on the red carpet i spoke to him about why this was such an important message to have tonight's ceremony. no, i think it's really important. we can't hide from world issues, and lots of people who are covering the conflict in ukraine are bafta members — journalists, film members, and it is really important we have accurate information coming out of ukraine, and that is what the ukrainian film academy had told us. they have set that is what is

important for the message that we get out to people as well, that we continue to cover ukraine. and thank you to all the film—makers who are bravely covering the conflict at the moment. of course, the main thing about tonight are the films being honoured, there are three that are really and top contention, power of the dog, dune, and belfast, kenneth branagh's semiautobiographical film. who will actually win the big awards? the money seems to be on power of the dog, benedict cumberbatch may win best actor, but is more open than we have seen for many years, and one of the things that will come out of it, well winning and a tee start at at the oscars? that will also be on so many

0scars? that will also be on so many people's mines. —— will winning a bafta. let's bring you more images that are coming from ukraine in the past few minutes from kyiv, volodymyr zelensky visiting injured soldiers any hospital, first of alljust walking down one of the main streets, but walking to the hospital, as you can see, he gave a statement, as he often does, earlier today as more ukrainian cities have become encircled by russian forces. it follows that strike this morning at about 6am local time on a military base, aping bays, yavoriv, very close to the border with poland —— a big base. it is understood some

western fighters who have gone to fight in the war might have been there at the time, 35 people killed, more than 130 injured in that strike. just 20 minutes drive from the polish border. meanwhile the white house national security adviser has warned that russia would pay a severe price if it launched any chemical weapon attacks on ukraine, he was speaking on the morning shows in the us and certainly from our interview with andrzej duda of poland, he said that if any chemical weapons or strikes were used in ukraine, it would change very much the discussion that nato leaders had about the conflict. meanwhile as we go into the third week of this conflict, more civilian deaths being announced in mariupol,

some 1200 civilian casualties, deaths reported since the invasion began. plenty more on the website, all the latest developments on the war in ukraine from our correspondeds. that is it. hello. scattered showers just about describes our weather for the rest of today. across the uk. some areas, though, showers more scattered than others. some largely dry, other areas could see longer, heavier showers full the heavy pressure in the north—east minute will stay windier and it will be more showers clustered as we move through the evening and overnight, elsewhere the showers clearing, though it looks like we will see heavy showers running into the south—west of england later in the night, maybe even with the order a beloved band. eastern areas where windfalls light,

tempt is running close to freezing, chilly start to monday, shamus working their way along the south coast, pushing far north, the remnants of our local bring showers into northern ireland then across into northern ireland then across into northern england and scotland. this is bbc 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. 0pposition groups say they planned to hold similar demonstrations in other major cities across russia. now on bbc news, since russia invaded ukraine, more than 2 million people have fled the country. hundreds of thousands of them have passed through lviv train station, heading for platform 5. that's where trains take women and children to safety beyond ukraine's borders, and where many families have to part. fergal keane tells the stories from there. since russia's invasion of ukraine, more than two million refugees have fled the country. it's the largest movement of people in europe since

the second world war.