welcome to bbc news — i'm david eades. our top stories: a missile attack on a ukrainian military training base close to the polish border kills at least 35 people — the local mayor is defiant: translation: they can bomb us, but they will never be able - to break ukrainian spirit. they will never be rulers at our land. ukraine's president zelensky visits injured troops. the country says it's lost 1300 soldiers in battle. and "stop this massacre" — the words of pope francis who's made an impassioned plea for an end to the violence.

the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelensky, has again urged nato to impose a no—fly zone over his country. he warned that otherwise it would be only a matter of time before russia targeted member states of the alliance. but nato has consistently maintained that imposing a no—fly zone would lead to direct confrontation and an escalation. president zelensky spoke after a russian missile attack on a ukrainian base near the polish border left 35 people dead. the base, which was previously used for joint exercises and training with nato, is located at yavoriv — just a short drive from the polish border. the attack on the base is part of a widening of russian advances towards the west

of ukraine, on the door—step of a nato member, and away from the areas which russian forces currently control, shown here in red. our special correspondent, fergal keane, has the latest. the war has come west, and brutally. "this is the russian world", a soldier says. dozens were killed here by russian missiles in the early hours of the morning. it comes after russian warnings that they'd strike against weapons shipments coming from the west. these servicemen among the dozens injured during the attack. they were still recovering the injured and dead as we drove into the town, air raid sirens sounding again over local radio. it was a huge... huge bomb, you know, sound in the morning, and we saw here the fire. it was very scary.

the mayor called an urgent news conference. what's the feeling of the town now after this has happened? translation: they can bomb us, but they will never be able - to break ukrainian spirit. they will never be rulers at our land. they will all return back home in coffins. cameras were kept away from the scene, but last january, the bbc filmed at the base. british troops were training ukrainian forces in the use of anti—tank weapons. now, in the east, those missiles are being used against russian armour, as this ukrainian soldier explained. this one was shot from this beautiful thing, and i want to say a big thank you to our british comrades that are helping us.

back in western ukraine, people's sense of security is shaken by the russian attack. here, heading for an air raid shelter amid fresh alarms. translation: before, - it was something we only saw in the media but, finally, it has affected us as well here, as sad as that may sound. the attack here in the west is an escalation, but it's not a surprise. it's weapons coming across the borderfrom poland that have helped ukraine to mount a stiff resistance, and this is a signal from russia that it intends to expand its campaign and to try and stop the shipment of those weapons. fergal keane, bbc news, near yavoriv military base. ukraine says it's lost 1,300 soldiers since russia began its invasion 18 days ago. our international correspondent, 0rla guerin, sent us the latest from kyiv.

and a warning, her report contains some distressing images. "i wish you health," he says. ukraine's wartime leader visiting wounded troops in a military hospital. he makes time for a morale—boosting selfie. before handing out medals for valour. every day now, more casualties of europe's newest war. these soldiers were injured this morning in battlefields on the outskirts of the capital. his wounds are painful, not life—threatening, but the losses here are growing. ukraine says about 1,300 of its soldiers have been killed. sergiy shows me his country's coat of arms, always close to his heart. he was a farmer before

russia invaded. now, minus a finger, he intends to go straight back to the fight. "the russians will not take kyiv," he says. "if they take it, they will have to raze it to the ground. "we are ready to fight until victory." and from his hospital bed, he thanks borisjohnson and britain, which he says is helping ukraine a lot. doctors here are treating the patients while struggling themselves. it's horrible to see them like this, especially from a nation that called brothers. we don't. we can't understand this, why it's happened here. so these people are very peaceful and want to live, only to live.

but how to live in a capital under threat? the streets are ready for battle. so are many of the people. behind every tree, molotov cocktails. this is a very normal neighbourhood in kyiv, and this is what you have here now. the shell of a bus being used as a barricade, sandbags, a gas canister. all of this has been brought here by local people to defend their own streets. they say they don't believe the russians will get this far, but they intend to be readyjust in case. yuri took up a gun and abandoned his business. and i wanted to say to the russians that all the streets, all these houses, entrances, roofs, basements, will be obstacles we will ambush for them, and kyiv will be the total cemetery for them.

only thing they will receive, it will be the mass grave for them. but this mass grave, outside kyiv, was for ukrainians killed during russia's bombardment of the town of bucha. the authorities say 67 civilians were buried here. no prayers, no dignity. in the europe of today, it has come to this. 0rla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. in moscow, hundreds continue to take to the streets in protest against the invasion. but the price of resistance continues to be high as the kremlin has imposed brutal crackdowns on independent media, and banned people from describing the conflict in ukraine as a �*war�*. dissent is even punishable by prison. caroline davies reports.

accounting for peace in russia can get you detained. in moscow today anyone suspected of protesting was quickly swept away. the atmosphere here was quite tense, obviously police officers are outnumbering protesters by far stop at the moment you just see a sudden surge in activity and police run throughout people and carry them into police vans behind me. this location had been shared on social media so police were prepared. while the press were tolerated, some tried to stop us filming too closely. get back, this officer shouts. even wearing a yellow precipice didn't stop someone from being by the police force.

holding flowers in the square was enough for this woman to be questioned. she was released without charge, she doesn't want us to use her name stop in a quiet street away from the protest she tells me with each passing week, it becomes harder. , harder. the further it gets the more police — harder. the further it gets the more police and _ harder. the further it gets the more police and fewer - harder. the further it gets the | more police and fewer people, so it's. i guess we get demotivated to go out. i go because i haven't been arrested yet. so i can afford it, kind of, and if i do for the second time, i will not go outjust because it's going to be a criminal record then. so, i go for now. criminal record then. so, i go for "ow-— criminal record then. so, i go for now. �* ., ,, ., for now. around russia, some are still protesting _ for now. around russia, some are still protesting against - are still protesting against what the kremlin calls its special operation in ukraine. since the end of february, thousands of people have been detained for protesting so far,

but in a country of over 140 million, these are not mass movements. in moscow, the authorities are taking no chances with columns of police vans, barricades and document checks. in president putin's russia, there is no space for descent. 2.7 million people have so far fled the war in ukraine. most are crossing into neighbouring countries to the west, though a few have also gone to russia and to its ally, belarus. 1.7 million people have crossed into poland. 0ur correspondent, mark lowen, sent this report from zamosh, where people in the town are working hard to provide refugees with accommodation, food — and some semblance of a normal life. for the children of war, open arms are mightier than the fist. young ukrainians eased into life in poland

with a karate class, joy to distract from trauma. a lesson that the greatest strength comes from peace. my father may be fighting, i don't know, i don't have message from him. dari hasn't heard from his dad for three days without the emotions make it hard to feel settled here. in poland it's very cool here but we want to go back home because home is home. when we are in activities we forget about at the moment but when it ends we remember again and we understand we must do all what we can do to help our people in ukraine. the class is in the area with a world heritage beauty a far cry from the border. the town knows suffering.

half its prewar population were jewish people. and while the mayor says echoes of the street make locals welcoming it has its limits. translation: polish people seem infinitely ready to give but it will end when day. we thought we would get support from the government and the eu but we will left alone. we need financial help or the quality of our hospitality will drop drastically. ukrainian borscht for ukrainians. for now, a welcome is warm as the cooking for all the food in this restaurant given to the refugees, orders have become donations. at the owner says is running out of cash. it's nice to see this, i can't believe that the polish people can do it like this. how long can you continue doing this for? i think from this day it will be at maximum two weeks. delivered to the reception centre feeling the strain of the influx, new arrivals sorting new lives but encouraged to move on elsewhere to relieve this choke point. in the space of a fortnight, small towns have become refugee hubs, up to 5000 are

arriving here every day. the authorities fear they lack the resources and supplies needed to sustain this for weeks or even months. in what's already become the biggest movement of refugees since the second world war. 0ne polish town of so many transformed in two weeks. wondering how many will come tomorrow and how long it can cope. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: 0n the baftas red carpet, benedict cumberbatch reveals he hopes to give a home to a ukrainian refugee. today, we have closed the book on our heartbreak ——0n apartheid and that chapter. more than 3,000 subway passengers were affected. nausea, bleeding, headaches and a dimming of vision — all of this caused by

an apparently organised attack. the trophy itself was on the pedestal in the middle of the cabinet here. now, this was an international trophy and we understand now that the search for it has become an international search. above all, this was a triumph for the christian democrats of the west, offering reunification as quickly as possible, and that's what the voters wanted. this is bbc news. our main headline this hour: a russian missile attack on a military training base in ukraine kills at least 35 people and injures more than 100.

the us secretary of state antony blinken has held talks with his ukrainian counterpart in the last few hours, looking for any possible diplomatic route to ending the war. so, is a diplomatic settlement even possible? that's the question i put to jeffrey sachs, professor at columbia university. we should remember the war strategist from classmates who defined war as politics with other means. —— von clausewitz. the russians are engaged in politics, they have aims, political aims. politics, they have aims, politicalaims. i politics, they have aims, political aims. i have actually stated those political aims very clearly. the neutrality of ukraine, crimea going to russia permanently and the independence of two eastern regions, luhansk and donetsk.

those may not be the outcomes but they are positions for negotiation. to my mind, they are a basis for real negotiation and for finding a diplomatic solution. crosstalk. i do not think— diplomatic solution. crosstalk. i do not think there _ diplomatic solution. crosstalk. i do not think there is _ diplomatic solution. crosstalk. i do not think there is a - i do not think there is a military solution for ukraine. are you saying ukraine would need to accept that it, its future lies in a neutral position, then? it cannot be a member of nato and maybe it cannot be a member of the eu because it certainly would not feel like it's on president zelensky�*s cards. i feel like it's on president zelensky's cards.- zelensky's cards. i think ukraine _ zelensky's cards. i think ukraine will— zelensky's cards. i think ukraine will not - zelensky's cards. i think ukraine will not be - zelensky's cards. i think ukraine will not be a - zelensky's cards. i think- ukraine will not be a member of nato. in fact, ukraine will not be a member of nato. infact, nato ukraine will not be a member of nato. in fact, nato leaders know this. which makes this all terribly sad and tragic, in fact, because that so—called future membership of ukraine in private is absolutely rejected

by many nato countries and it's the disdain in general. crosstalk.— the disdain in general. crosstalk. .,. ., crosstalk. the fact of the matter is — crosstalk. the fact of the matter is basic. _ crosstalk. the fact of the matter is basic. look - crosstalk. the fact of the matter is basic. look at - crosstalk. the fact of the matter is basic. look at a i crosstalk. the fact of the - matter is basic. look at a map. from russia's point of view, thatis from russia's point of view, that is a dire security threat. and i believe that it was a mistake ever to have offered the idea of nato enlargement to ukraine, which was made by george bushjunior in 2008, really to be shock and dismay of a lot of european leaders at the time. this was also very well—known. the time. this was also very well- known.— well-known. yes, that well known. sorry, _ well-known. yes, that well known. sorry, hold- well-known. yes, that well known. sorry, hold on, - known. sorry, hold on, because...— known. sorry, hold on, because. . .- the l known. sorry, hold on, - because. . .- the danger of because... sure. the danger of this from _ because... sure. the danger of this from a _ because... sure. the danger of this from a nato _ because... sure. the danger of this from a nato perspective i because... sure. the danger of this from a nato perspective is| this from a nato perspective is you are saying to any other country, of course, we can no longer say whether or not we're going to you in, it depends on circumstances beyond our control and in a sense, that is the root of nato's offering, is

that a sovereign state has a choice and basically, this is the moment but that thread is broken? ~ . . the moment but that thread is broken? ~ ., ., , ., the moment but that thread is broken? . ., ., , ., ., broken? what a strange idea, that the united _ broken? what a strange idea, that the united states - broken? what a strange idea, | that the united states alliance has the right or the ability to be anywhere in the world that it wants! it's not prudent! it is utterly provocative! it’s it wants! it's not prudent! it is utterly provocative!- is utterly provocative! it's a big mistake! _ is utterly provocative! it's a big mistake! the _ is utterly provocative! it's a big mistake! the that - is utterly provocative! it's a big mistake! the that of. big mistake! the that of professorjeffrey sachs. with russia's targets widening, people in many parts of southern and eastern ukraine fear they will be next. 0ur eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is in the country's fourth largest city, dnipro, and reports on the attacks in the region. meri pole is underfire. civilians being killed every day. but russia's war with no cause has many fronts these are the ruins of eastern ukraine now —— mariupol. the region vladimir putin claims he is

liberating. so the city of dnipro is braced for when russia shifts its focus north. new recruits preparing to defend their land and their families, however uneven the fight. i am families, however uneven the fight. iam ready. marina signed up on day one of this war, and it worker, who told me she cannot forgive russia for what it is doing here. we she cannot forgive russia for what it is doing here.- what it is doing here. we are very angry- _ what it is doing here. we are very angry- the _ what it is doing here. we are very angry. the whole - what it is doing here. we are| very angry. the whole nation. but we don't fear. 0ur fear was that putin can start the walk, but it's already happened! so i just don't want to waste my time and my powers for fear —— start the war. time and my powers for fear -- start the war.— start the war. ukraine's defiance _ start the war. ukraine's defiance is _ start the war. ukraine's defiance is on - start the war. ukraine's defiance is on display . start the war. ukraine's i defiance is on display right across this region. you don't have to speak russian to get the point of these posters. but i don't tell you that this is a not very polite way of telling russians to get lost. if

vladimir putin expected his troops to be met here as liberators, and signs like this all along the roads here are sending a very different message. this protest poetry too. alexander wrote that in ukrainian on principle now. though he grew up speaking russian, like most here. fiur russian, like most here. our neighbour. — russian, like most here. our neighbour, who _ russian, like most here. our neighbour, who told - russian, like most here. (1)! neighbour, who told that he was a brother, he came here with war because he don't want us to live by our rules.— live by our rules. there is roof live by our rules. there is proof of _ live by our rules. there is proof of that _ live by our rules. there is proof of that spirit - live by our rules. there is proof of that spirit of - proof of that spirit of resistance all around here. from housewives and pensioners weaving camouflage nets for the troops to fashion designers sewing balaclavas and thermals for soldiers. sewing balaclavas and thermals forsoldiers. because sewing balaclavas and thermals for soldiers. because for ukrainians, this war is personal. marina's son is a

soldier, just wounded in a mortar attack. translation: i very rarely cry but now, i want us to have enough strength to be able to fight to the end. for our country to be free. they want that in house on to. so much that crowd is dead to confront russian troops every day. —— kherson. gunfire. but it is a defiance they could so easily be deadly. sarah rainsford, bbc news, dnipro. 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".

translation: in the name of god, let the cries of those who suffer be heard and let the bombings and attacks cease. let there be real and decisive progress towards negotiation and let the humanitarian corridors be made effective and safe. in the name of god, i ask you to stop the massacre. actors and directors have been showing their support for ukraine as the awards were handed out at the bafta film awards in london. the power of the dog was named best film. our culture editor katie razzall reports. 0vershadowed by war, but back in person, and on the bafta red carpet, small tokens in honour of ukraine. sporting a badge of the ukrainian flag, benedict cumberbatch told the bbc he hopes to open his home to refugees and wanted to show solidarity with the people of ukraine.

what we all have to do is continue to help in any which way we can, whether from donations, housing refugees — all of which i'm looking to do, and have done, so, yes. but as some of the movie industry's best—known faces came together inside london's royal albert hall, celebrating film took centrestage. you know what we should do? period western the power of the dog left with awards for best film and best director, though its star lost out to will smith for best actor. the power of the dog —— the power of the dog directorjane campion attended the ceremony. benedict cumberbatch collected the award on her behalf. so bafta, i would like to... no, dammit, that's my speech! laughter. joanna scanlan beat off lady gaga and others for best actress, for her role as a muslim convert uncovering her dead husband's secrets in after love. we have to thank bafta, we have to thank the bbc, bfi, lottery, for making small films get made. thank you, thank you. best supporting actress went to ariana debose for a big

film, west side story, and history was made by in best supporting, troy kotsur in coda as a deaf father whose hearing daughter wants to sing. he is the first deaf actor ever to win, and has ideas for what comes next. translator: have you considered perhaps a deaf james _ bond? 008? cheering. the sci—fi epic dune took away awards in technical categories, —— the sci—fi epic dune took away the most awards five in the technical categories, and kenneth branagh's belfast won 0utstanding british film. all hail the streaming revolution, but all hail the big screen, too! it's alive! alive and celebrating 60 years of bond movie—making, with dame shirley bassey... # diamonds are forever! ..in the biggest night of the british film industry calendar. katie razzall, bbc news. and sort of part of the build up and sort of part of the build up to the oscars so if you want the rundown of all of the award

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now, there's going to be a good deal of dry weather around on tuesday as well, with light winds. yes, a weather front will start to move in from the far north—west and we could see a few early morning showers, some patchy mist and fog around, but they will clear away quite quickly. a good deal of dry weather, light winds for most so, in the sunshine, it will feel quite pleasant with highs of 15 degrees. cloud and rain starts approaching from the atlantic. it's a cold front behind it, bringing in some colder air. but at the same time, we've got this very warm air that's moving up in from the near continent and where these two frontal systems will meet, well, that is where we are likely to see a real clash with some heavy rain — potentially as much as half an inch likely to fall in some places on wednesday. it is likely to stay dry, though, east anglia and south east england, and by contrast, here we could see temperatures peaking at 17 degrees — 63 fahrenheit. the average for this time of year in the south is around 11 celsius. the rain will clear its way south and east through

wednesday night into thursday and it may well take its time in doing so and lingerfirst thing across that south—east corner, with a ridge of high pressure building in behind. so after a cloudy, damp start across the far south—east, an improving weather story. a little bit of showery rain into the far north—west — not amounting to too much. thursday will see highs of around ten to 13 degrees. a little bit cooler because the wind direction's changing slightly, coming in from the north sea, but it does mean friday and saturday, we keep that dry theme going and, again, those temperatures peaking at 15 degrees. enjoy.

this is bbc news. the headlines: a russian missile attack on a ukrainian military training base has killed at least 35 people and injured more than 130 others. the air strike was in yavoriv, just 25 kilometres from the border with poland. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, visited wounded soldiers in a military hospital in the capital kyiv. during the visit, he awarded military orders and medals for courage and dedication and thanked the hospital staff for what he said was exemplary work in difficult conditions. 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 "unacceptable" and called for a real and decisive move towards negotiation. now on bbc news, dateline london.