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 europe,

for our region, central europe, but for the whole world. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, visits injured soldiers at a hospital in kyiv and thanks them for their service. 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. brent renaud was an award—winning filmaker who had previously worked for the new york times but was not on assignment for the company while he was in ukraine. he died in irpin after the car he was travelling in came under attack. another journalist was wounded. 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 a 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 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. james waterhouse, bbc news. in the past hour we've received these latest pictures of president zelensky. the ukrainian leader visited a hospital in kyiv where he met staff and wounded soldiers. he told some of them they would be given medals for military service. earlier the president claimed almost 13,000 ukrainians have been killed since the russian invasion began 18 days ago. that figure can't be independently confirmed. let's hear more now from james waterhouse, who's recently given us this update about the attack on the military base. 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. 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 essential 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. the mayor of lviv has given his reaction to the attack on the military training base yavoriv. this morning's attack, this shock... i had meetings with polish politicians, polish mayors, isent very strong message. 20 kilometres from the european union borders. we need military equipment. we need bullet—proof vests, helmets. hanna hopko served a chair of the ukrainian parliament's foreign affairs committee from 2014—2019.

she joins us form warsaw where she's been lobbying a number of foreign governments, particularly western governments, particularly western governments, only wide—ranging issues. what have you been asking for and what has been the response? the key for ukraine's victory is to receive maximum military assistance immediately. we also know there will be no fly zone or freedom breach to provide military and assistance to western ukraine, and also sanctions which are important and also expansion of sanctions on russian oligarchs, an embargo on commodities from russia, oil, gas, and now we are campaigning, collecting evidence

of crime against humanity, because putin will be stopping in ukraine and be punished, and international tribunal, this is what putin and all the killers who are now involved in this full—scale escalation against ukraine... this full-scale escalation against ukraine... ., this full-scale escalation against ukraine- - -_ this full-scale escalation against ukraine... ., , .,, i. ukraine... one of the people you met was the us — ukraine... one of the people you met was the us secretary _ ukraine... one of the people you met was the us secretary of _ ukraine... one of the people you met was the us secretary of state, - was the us secretary of state, antony blinken, of these ideas that you have put forward, which did he agree to support? you have put forward, which did he agree to summ— you have put forward, which did he agree to smart?— agree to support? state secretary bfinken agree to support? state secretary blinken mentioned _ agree to support? state secretary blinken mentioned embargo, - agree to support? state secretaryj blinken mentioned embargo, that agree to support? state secretary - blinken mentioned embargo, that the us will stop russian oil purchases, tougher sanctions on russian oligarchs, including roman abramovich, and all of them, and we hope to see more military assistance, because the us is a

security guarantor of ukraine,... security guarantor of ukraine, . .. you security guarantor of ukraine,... you talked about military assistance, more military assistance, more military assistance, maximum, what do you mean by that, because they have already, a lot of countries have offered armoury, hardware, but they do not want to get involved with the actual battle itself? let’s do not want to get involved with the actual battle itself?— actual battle itself? let's be honest, russian _ actual battle itself? let's be honest, russian war - actual battle itself? let's be honest, russian war against actual battle itself? let's be - honest, russian war against nato already started. the battlefield is ukraine. today you just reported about russian rocket strike on yavoriv, a peacekeeping and security military base in western ukraine, 30 kilometres from poland border, so this is a signal that putin will not stop in ukraine, this is why ukrainian victory, geopolitical important to stop tyranny, did tear

this regime and not allow another, like china, to follow russia and behave in a similar way in the indo pacific region. but behave in a similar way in the indo pacific region.— pacific region. but the law may be cominu pacific region. but the law may be coming closer— pacific region. but the law may be coming closer and _ pacific region. but the law may be coming closer and closer - pacific region. but the law may be coming closer and closer to - pacific region. but the law may be coming closer and closer to natol coming closer and closer to nato members, but it is still within the ukrainian territory, so they nato members themselves are not yet involved. how likely do you really think it is when so many military experts have said a no—fly zone is not going to happen? why would nato change its mind? if we not going to happen? why would nato change its mind?— change its mind? if we have more, we could more — change its mind? if we have more, we could more effectively _ change its mind? if we have more, we could more effectively stop _ change its mind? if we have more, we could more effectively stop russian i could more effectively stop russian tanks moving to attack kyiv, if we have more stingers, this would also help us, together with javelins, to win this war and not to allow all these attacks on the air on ukraine. this is why, when we are asking and demanding, we're not asking

americans, please send us your troops, no, we have enough fighting people in the armed forces, territorial defence of ukraine, in volunteer branch of armed forces, already have more than 100,000 peoplejoining. it is already have more than 100,000 people joining. it is about bringing us more military assistance command more ammunition, and the 17 days, experts predicted we wouldn't see this, putin's blitzkrieg would be successful, but i am sure in russia, many oligarchs and even this others are now thinking maybe it is time to replace putin. because everything thatis replace putin. because everything that is happening is russian economy, putin's oligarchs... but we have seen suaport — economy, putin's oligarchs... but we have seen support for _ economy, putin's oligarchs... but we have seen support for president - have seen support for president putin and what he is doing as a sign

that russians, some russians are happy that he is reasserting the parity of the kremlin in the region. you mentioned drones, drones are not the same as a no—fly zone, because a no—fly zone would mean that you would have to take out russian facilities inside russia. that would be a massive escalation, surely. let's be honest, russian missiles, rockets are at the ukrainian territory, we have our own right to protect ukrainian skies, using support from our strategic partners. it is about, we are not trying to destroy russian rockets in the russian territory, this is ukrainian territory. russian territory, this is ukrainian territo . v russian territory, this is ukrainian territo . h ., russian territory, this is ukrainian territo. �*, ., ., ., .,~ territory. let's move on and talk about the _ territory. let's move on and talk about the other _ territory. let's move on and talk about the other talks _ territory. let's move on and talk about the other talks that - territory. let's move on and talk about the other talks that you i territory. let's move on and talk i about the other talks that you have been having. this idea of working on a plan for economic reconstruction of ukraine. that surely is premature

at the moment, why are you thinking about it right now?— about it right now? first, we have to secure a _ about it right now? first, we have to secure a banking _ about it right now? first, we have to secure a banking system i about it right now? first, we have to secure a banking system of i to secure a banking system of ukraine, and also to receive a financial support from international organisations like imf, to help ukrainians in these days to survive, because my family, all my friends, we are now giving money to buy cars to buy helmets and others, this is why we need to keep ukrainian economy in functioning in position, so this is first. support for international community during the war. but no doubt that ukraine's victory is coming, we have to use time now to prepare this first victory agenda, post—war plan, to recover economy, to rebuild infrastructure, and actually to

think about macroeconomic stabilisation, support to small and medium businesses, and how to bring innovations. you know that ukraine is among the top five producers of food and exporter of food, it is also important we are preparing for spring, and the second reason, i have a dream, let me share it with you and with your audience. you know that russians destroyed the biggest cargo aeroplane in the world, so i am sure that after victory, with the support of our western partners, we will have serial production of such size, we have technologies here, we have ideas, add this is our contribution. let me also tell you honestly, ukraine is notjust a

breadbasket of europe, like it used to be, also ukraine is a spiritual leader, spiritual to the european content, notjust the idea to punish putin's regime, because hughton had all these mafia guys just captured the russian state —— putin at all these mafia guys. we recognise them as state sponsors of terror, private military entities, this everything that they had done in africa, syria, and now in ukraine, because all of them should be sitting at international tribunal together with putin. ., ~ international tribunal together with putin. ., , . international tribunal together with putin. . , . ., putin. thank you very much for talkin: putin. thank you very much for talking to _ putin. thank you very much for talking to us. _ it's being reported that more than 250 people have been arrested across russia,

during protests against the war a respected charity in russia says at least 742 people have been detained at anti—war demonstrations today across the country. according to the political repression organisation 0vd—info says at least 352 people were arrested in moscow alone. 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, it 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 because 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 airplanes. 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. a speedier and smoother response to the refugee crisis cannot come soon enough for some. jonathan blake, bbc news. chelsea have been in action in the past few hours — for theirfirst home game since roman abramovich was sanctioned by the uk government. let's cross to the bbc�*s sports centre in salford and speak to louisa pilbeam. tell us more about the game at stamford bridge. dramatic events off the pitch, dramatic win for chelsea on it in the final minutes of their game against newcastle. kai haverts won the game for chelsea in the 89th minute, their second win since news of economic sanctions through their clubs future into chaos. roman club's future into chaos. roman abramovich was sanctioned last week by the uk government, meaning he cannot sell the club unless he gets the money to the uk government. the club cannot sell any more tickets or

sign new players. sponsors had been pulling out of the club but interestingly telecoms company three was still the players' shirts as the logo was against norwich on friday, despite suspending their £14 million shirt deal. nick candy, property developer reportedly interested in buying chelsea, was at the game. the opposition newcastle have their own controversial owners, largely owned by the saudi arabian government, a nation that has a poor human rights record. and emotional scences in the west ham game. emotional scenes, yarmolenko, ukrainian international, scored for west ham in their 2— win against aston villa, he broke down in tears, his team—mates surrounded him as he put his hands to this guy and fails to his knees. —— 2—1. that meant so much to him after the russian

invasion two weeks ago. he was born to ukrainian appearance in saint petersburg in russia. —— ukrainian parents. more coverage on the bbc news website, if you head towards our life page you can see up—to—the—minute reporting from our correspondents across the region, including how russia has widened its assault to hit a military base near poland. you're watching bbc news. hello. scattered showers just about describes our weather for the rest of today across the uk. in some areas, though, the showers will be more scattered than others. some will stay largely dry, other areas could see some longer, more persistent spells of rain. certainly some wetter weather

still to come in the next few hours across eastern—most england, some more persistent showers for the south—west of england, wales and eventually western scotland, too. 0nto this evening and overnight, many of the showers clearing, however, but some of the wetter weather shifting off into the north sea. but the centre of our area of low pressure that brought the showers through the weekend stays to the north—west, so some more wet weather into the night across western scotland and northern ireland. we'll see some showers approaching the south—west of england too, and there is the potential for the odd rumble of thunder out of those as we go into the early hours of monday. through monday daytime, the remnants of the weekend's low pressure bringing showers to scotland and northern ireland. showers drifting across into northern england as the day pans out, then these showers in the south—west breaking up a little, but tending to drift along the south coast, pushing inland into southern england, south midlands and east anglia into the afternoon. many areas seeing some decent spells of sunshine. lighter winds than we've had through the weekend.

temperatures pretty springlike, actually — highs of 13 or 1a degrees. skies clear overnight monday into tuesday, could turn quite chilly, but we will see a generally dry day on tuesday. fine weather to come through the remainder of the week. light winds first thing on tuesday after a chilly night, could mean stubborn fog to contend with in the morning, and a weather front pushing into north—west as the day goes on. it will mean thicker cloud as the hours go by across northern ireland and scotland, maybe some rain into the west late on. england and wales, though, should see a lot of sunshine, particularly once any fog has burned off, and highs up to 1a or 15 degrees. potentially even warmer still for some parts of the south—east of england on wednesday as we pull up warm air from the continent. but it looks like that warmer air could cause heavy rain to develop across a central swathe of the uk on wednesday. that's10—12 millimetres of rain possible across parts of wales, the midlands and northern england. but becoming much more settled

from then on into next weekend.

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 —