this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the russian assault on ukraine continues as a residential block is shelled in the capital, kyiv — at least two people have died. despite the attacks, both sides cite progress in peace talks. president zelensky says he wants to speak with vladimir putin personally. negotiations resume later. a pregnant woman injured in the russian bombing of a maternity hospital in mariupol has died, along with her baby. 2.7 million people flee ukraine to neighbouring countries. more than 1.75 million people have crossed poland's border since the war began. in the uk, plans to house ukrainian refugees in people's homes will be announced later today. households will receive £350

a month as a "thank you". the us warns china not to assist russia with military support so it can evade international sanctions. beijing calls the accusation "fake news". hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. two people have been killed when a shell hit a block of flats in the ukraine capital kyiv in the early hours. several other people were wounded in the attack. firefighters are checking for survivors after fire the broke for survivors after fire broke out in the nine—storey building. daily bombardments on the capital's outskirts have reportedly killed dozens of people in what appears to be an attempt by russian forces to cut off supplies to the capital.

people who managed to escape the southern city of mariupol have been talking about desperate scenes as a result of the russian siege. shops and pharmacies were looted as food and water ran out. a column of about 100 private cars fled the city after russia shelled an agreed evacuation corridor. millions of people are fleeing the war to the neighbouring countries. according to the polish border guard agency, more than 1.75 million people have fled ukraine to poland since the war began. on sunday, 82,100 people crossed the border. about a million have remained in poland and officials there say the country is struggling to cope. as the fourth round of peace talks between moscow and kyiv begin, ukraine hints at progress in the negotiations. the deputy head of office for president zelensky says he believes that moscow's position is more constructive now than it had been previously. a russian delegate has also said draft agreements could be reached, but it's not clear what areas these would cover. tim muffett has the latest.

an apartment block in kyiv. attacked this morning. emergency services say one person was killed and 12 were injured. in the northern suburbs of the capital, authorities say an aircraft manufacturing plant was also shelled by russian forces. these attacks followed the sustained bombardment of other cities. such as mariupol. before and after satellite footage shows the devastating impact on residential areas. following an attack on a maternity hospital in the city, a woman was seen being carried away on a stretcher. this morning, there are reports that both she and her child have died from their injuries. a situation described by the red cross as a waking nightmare.—

described by the red cross as a wakin: niahtmare. ., , ., waking nightmare. people are running out of water. — waking nightmare. people are running out of water, people _ waking nightmare. people are running out of water, people are _ waking nightmare. people are running out of water, people are running - waking nightmare. people are running out of water, people are running out | out of water, people are running out of food, people are running out of medicine and everyday, they have to scramble to something to survive on. the solution needs to be found in order to protect the civilians, in order to protect the civilians, in order to protect the civilians, in order to allow them safe passage, for those who want to leave the city, orfor humanitarian for those who want to leave the city, or for humanitarian supplies to come in. city, or for humanitarian supplies to come im— to come in. ukraine's president volodymyr _ to come in. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky _ to come in. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has - to come in. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has been l to come in. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has been a visible presence in kyiv every day. more talks with russia will take place today. ukrainian officials said this morning that moscow's position was more constructive than it had been previously. the ukrainian president has also demanded a meeting with vladimir putin. translation: representatives of our country — putin. translation: representatives of our country is' _ putin. translation: representatives of our country is' delegation _ putin. translation: representatives of our country is' delegation speak - of our country is' delegation speak by video link every day. our delegation has a clear task, to ensure a meeting of the presidents, a meeting that i am sure people are waiting for. obviously, this is difficult, a hard path but this path is needed and our goal is for ukraine to get the necessary result

in this struggle, in this negotiation.— in this struggle, in this neuotiation. �* , , ~ ., ., negotiation. but this strike on a military training _ negotiation. but this strike on a military training base _ negotiation. but this strike on a military training base at - negotiation. but this strike on a military training base atjust - negotiation. but this strike on a military training base atjust sixj military training base atjust six miles from the polish border yesterday, which killed 35 people, was seen by many as a significant escalation. and there are other stark reminders of the ongoing devastation across ukraine. this is what is left of a kindergarten in the north—eastern city of kharkiv. in chernihiv, a delicate removal operation to remove an unexploded device. in kyiv, irina's piano survived an air strike. there was time for a final team before —— tune before she and her family left ukraine. tim muffett, bbc news. our correspondent james waterhouse

is in kyiv with the latest. we have heard the loudest artillery fire that i have heard yet in the 19 days of this war. i don't know if you can see, you can see the trails of a ground to air anti—aircraft missile going out. there has been continuous rumblings of artillery fire and now we are hearing it a lot closer. it is probably a defensive ukrainian position firing outward but it is where we are seeing the most concentrated fighting here in the capital, in the north—western direction, it is where we have seen that residential block directly hit this morning, where at least two people are known to have died. it is where we understand the majority of russian forces are. and it is notjust on the outskirts of this city. in the neighbouring region,

moscow is being accused of targeting the supply and humanitarian routes which until now had been seen as safer and if we take another step out and look at ukraine as a whole, this is part of russia widening its operations as it tries to target locations across the western flank of ukraine, somewhere which until now had escape the fighting. and what impact potentially could that attack on the airbase very close to the polish border have? how important is that airbase in bringing supplies into ukraine? well, it is more symbolic, to be honest with you. if you look at yavoriv, it is around ten miles from the polish border and it was a military base used by nato, nato instructors and internationalforces, including ukraine's very own army, and for russia, that symbolises ukraine's continued cooperation with the west militarily and in terms of cooperation. by it being targeted yesterday,

30 reported missiles landing on it, at least 35 people being killed in that very attack, through that happening, through people... it is an attack that would have been felt by people in neighbouring poland. it poses difficult questions. it brings this expanding war within the borders of ukraine to the doorstep of the european union and nato. and this is why president zelensky again is calling for a no—fly zone to be enforced over his country because his argument now is that a missile could very much land on a nato state such as poland. the uk government this morning has said a single toecap boot by russian forces inside nato would be an act of war. but the appetite from the alliance to this point has been low to get involved in this war because they say it would lead to a much greater escalation across europe. but it does mark an intensity in the fighting that is increasing and it is arriving very much at the doorstep of the west.

james waterhouse in kyiv. lgbt groups in ukraine say they are concerned about the impact the russian invasion will have on gay rights. russia is known for its strict attitude towards lgbt rights. marches are routinely broken up by police, and a "gay propaganda" law was passed in recent years which bans the discussion of nontraditional sexual relationships to minors. joining me now is lenny emson, the director of the kyiv pride lgbt organisation. welcome. thank you forjoining us. tell us more about your fears for the lgbt community in ukraine. weill. the lgbt community in ukraine. well, the lgbt community in ukraine. well, the lgbt community in ukraine. well, the lgbt population _ the lgbt community in ukraine. well, the lgbt population in _ the lgbt community in ukraine. -ii the lgbt population in ukraine is really suffering, some people tried to escape but they are stuck on the border because they have gender marker m in their passport, right, we are talking specifically about

trans people who can't leave the country. and of course, a big amount of the community stays in the country and we are really scared about what weights for us, so what are we looking at. is it occupation and the russian gay propaganda law? is it victory and how the authorities will treat us after victory? so we are now trying to survive and help the community in the cities of kyiv, lviv, chernihiv, where we have opened shelters to help those who have stayed in the country. help those who have stayed in the count . , ., ., country. tell us more about the su ort country. tell us more about the support you _ country. tell us more about the support you are _ country. tell us more about the support you are able _ country. tell us more about the support you are able to - country. tell us more about the support you are able to offer? i country. tell us more about the - support you are able to offer? well, we're 'ust support you are able to offer? well, we're just trying _ support you are able to offer? well, we're just trying to _ support you are able to offer? well, we're just trying to support - support you are able to offer? -ii we're just trying to support with basic needs because for now, our main goal is to survive and we help people with food and water, with medications, we try to support them

psychologically because, like, many people are emotionally drained and of course, the situation influences all the community, or lgbtq i people, including those who are taking care of their families and need additional support because many people have lost theirjobs, they have no income. like, within two weeks, they lost everything. and now weeks, they lost everything. and now we as activists, we are organising our work and we try to help people directly, to provide some help for them and some support. stand directly, to provide some help for them and some support.- directly, to provide some help for them and some support. and as you sa , ou them and some support. and as you say. you are — them and some support. and as you say. you are an _ them and some support. and as you say, you are an activist _ them and some support. and as you say, you are an activist offering - say, you are an activist offering this support but you are also a member of this community. are you afraid? ~ ., _, , ., member of this community. are you afraid? ~ ., , ., ., afraid? well, of course, i am a human after— afraid? well, of course, i am a human after all, _ afraid? well, of course, i am a human after all, right, - afraid? well, of course, i am a human after all, right, so - afraid? well, of course, i am a human after all, right, so yes, | afraid? well, of course, i am a - human after all, right, so yes, yes it is a scary situation to be in, right? so i have tried to get hold

of myself and go forward without looking at some circumstances that could be against us in this situation. but for right now, our power is to unite and to stay together and to stand up for lgbtq i people, to make our community still visible. we have a lot of lgbtq i people that have joined the military, joined the territorial defence units. we support them as well, we try to continue to be visible, to continue to fight and we try to show ukraine and the world that we are here, that we are still here, and we never go anywhere. we are part of this community, we are part of the society. find are part of this community, we are part of the society.— part of the society. and the rights that ou part of the society. and the rights that you defend, _ part of the society. and the rights that you defend, how _ part of the society. and the rights that you defend, how concerned l part of the society. and the rights l that you defend, how concerned are you about the prospect of what could happen?

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are afraid that all of that will be taken from us. ., ~ , ., ., ., taken from us. thank you for “oining us. the western ukraine city of lviv has — so far — been a relatively safe haven for many ukrainians fleeing the violence. but as we've been reporting, russian missile strikes have now hit a military base just 60 kilometres away. our correspondent jonah fisher is there. we had air raid sirens for a second night here in lviv. they went off at 2:20am, and about an hour or so ago, there was another siren giving us the all—clear so people could leave their underground bomb shelters and emerge into the bright winter sun here. but yeah, there has been a sense in the last day or two that what had until now been a relatively safe part of ukraine, western ukraine, relatively unaffected by the conflict and a route out for people fleeing the more intensive fighting in the central,

southern and eastern parts of this country, that that might be changing. we had strikes on an air strip in ivano—frankivsk yesterday. and more significantly, perhaps, this strike on this military base just near the border with poland, a very significant military strike. it was a base that the british and nato had used for training with the ukrainian army and perhaps a signal there from the russians that western ukraine is no longer going to be on the fringes of this conflict, and perhaps that they are going to now look to try and target what has been their biggest route, really, for western support in terms of weapons and supplies to come into ukraine from the european union. they sing ukraine national anthem. "ukraine's glory and freedom have not yet perished. luck will still smile on our fellow ukrainians."

in lviv�*s rynok square, the first two lines of the national anthem have an added poignancy. outmanned and alone, ukraine resists russia's bloody, steady advance. under attack from land and air, more than 2 million people have fled. vera and svenislava are still very much here. vera, will you stay or will you go? translation: i will stay. we will all stay. translation: my husband and i are 78. we will keep standing until the end, on what is our land. the protective cladding on lviv�*s statues tells a different story, of a senseless conflict getting ever closer. for the first two and a half weeks of this war, this western part of ukraine has been relatively calm,

a safe haven and a route out for those trying to flee the conflict. but there have been signs in the last few days that that might be changing. airstrips have been hit and sunday saw this military base near the polish border attacked, with 35 people killed. it had been used by british and nato forces for training exercises. the message to the countries supplying ukraine with weapons very clear. in the south, the areas that russia has managed to take continue to show remarkable defiance. crowd chants. "russian soldier, fascist occupant," the crowds in kherson chanted as they marched past the tanks.

there will be no quick and easy victory for the russians in ukraine. people still are going out onto the streets, doing fairly normal things. yesterday was... felt a pretty busy day here in lviv, people going to cafes and shops. but i think there is a shift taking place. we have had those air strikes. i think people, you know, obviously, the fact people are having to go down into the bomb shelters does have an impact on how people feel about how safe this is. it is notjust a route out of the country. quite a few rich people from kyiv, it has to be said, have come here to go to hotels and effectively move their homes to here. some people have moved in with families here so not everybody has chosen to leave ukraine entirely. lviv has been a place where some have chosen to try and come and base themselves and see what transpires. but yeah, things are changing. it has to be said that the ground

forces that we have seen gather around other big ukrainian cities like kyiv and kharkiv, well, that is still quite a long way off here, but the fact that there are targets here being hit from the air, and it seems like we may now be going to see those air raid sirens going off on a regular basis here, certainly, will be changing the way people look on this city as a safe haven, a place where they can base themselves without fear of the conflict coming right up to the front door. the us says china will face harsh consequences if it aids russia in its invasion of ukraine. it comes after us officials told a number of newspapers that russia asked china for military equipment. the chinese foreign ministry says it's "fake news" and us disinformation. i spoke to our correspondent stephen mcdonell in beijing and asked whether the chinese government is saying russia has not asked for help. i have just come from the foreign ministry briefing here.

of course, we asked several times about this for clarification, and the message coming from the chinese foreign ministry was that it was "fake news", or that the us had been constantly spreading disinformation about china recently. given ample opportunity, the spokesperson never directly said that such a request has come from russia, so people can make of it what they will. he says it is fake news, does that mean there has been no request for military assistance from moscow to beijing? it could be nit—picking, it's a bit of a get out ofjail free card, to say it's fake news because there's perhaps some aspect of the reports that beijing doesn't think is accurate. however, nothing was made clear along those lines, but interestingly, we also had the foreign ministry spokesman

repeating this claim today that the us embassy in kyiv had deleted all of these documents relating to pathogens and research in biological labs in ukraine. when i asked the foreign ministry spokesman why it was he says that these were deleted, i checked on the website for the us embassy in kyiv and they all seemed to be there to me. i asked if he had checked the website. hejust said he had received different information, but we said, "how about you go and check now? if it turns out that such documents are there, might you go on twitter and correct the record?" because he has been spreading this line that these documents have been pulled down. he just dodged the question. again, he made these suggestions about biological this and that, but it is all kind of very vague and smearing of the us. on the one hand, china says they are the victim

of disinformation, and yet, we are constantly seeing some of the worst aspects of the kremlin disinformation and propaganda being repeated, without question, by the chinese government, being published widely here, via the chinese state—run media, on social media, by the representatives of the chinese government, the way in which social media is controlled. also, it is having the effect of swinging large parts of the chinese population in behind the war effort. lesia vasylenko is a ukrainian mp. she sent her three children to safety with her sister abroad, while she remained in ukraine and picked up a weapon to help defend her country. she's currently in strasbourg as part of a ukrainian diplomatic delegation. i asked her for her reaction to the attack on a ukrainian military base, just miles from the polish border, which killed 35 people yesterday. it was just a matter of time before

yavoriv was attacked, it is a military base so essentially all military bases in ukraine are a target. the same as some government buildings and the same as some obvious targets of military operations. i don't understand why they didn't evacuate the military base but this is something entirely to be taken up once the war has ended. at this point in time, the fact that this attack happened so close to the polish border should be setting off alarm bells and red flags for all of the nato member states. it is not just that attack but also the drone filled with explosives which hit a suburb in zagreb, the capital of croatia, a drone sent by the russian military. that should also ring alarm bells in nato member states and actually, make clear that nato cannot stand

aside from this war. war is going to hit nato one of these days very hard and it is better to be prepared and it is better to act now on the territory of ukraine to provide deterrence and to push putin back into russia, out of ukraine and away from nato country borders, for the world to remain more or less a safe place. what would you like nato to do? of course, ukrainians are appealing, time and again, for a no—fly zone. we are doing this because millions of our children are dying and our women and our civilian population. but we are also doing this because we can responsibly say to the whole world as i am saying now that there is no way we can keep the whole of the territory of ukraine safe, with all of the hazardous facilities which are located in the territory of ukraine, including five nuclear power

stations and 15 nuclear reactors. this situation, if left without extra protection of our skies and extra defence and security means on the ground, this can lead to devastating circumstances for the whole world, to a nuclear catastrophe of unimaginable scale. in ukraine, we would love to protect ourselves and we are doing the best in ukraine, we would love to protect the world from that and we are doing the best we can but it is impossible for us to guarantee that safety and security at the moment and this is why we are asking for help from other responsible governments. 2.7 million people have so far fled the war in ukraine, according to the most recent un figures. most are going into neighbouring countries to the west, with more than a million crossing into poland. our correspondent mark lowen sent this report from zamosc, where people in the town are working

hard to provide refugees with accommodation, food — and some sense 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 — and a lesson that the greatest strength comes from peace. my father might be fighting. i don't know. i don't have message from him. dariy hasn't heard from his dad for three days. 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 in activities like karate class, or something else, we forget about war on 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 zamosc, whose world heritage beauty is a far cry from the horror across the border.

but the town knows suffering. half its pre—war population werejews, most killed. and while the mayor says echoes of history make locals welcoming, it has its limits. translation: polish people seem infinitely ready to give, _ the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov is speaking and we can hear him now. . . , lavrov is speaking and we can hear him now. ,, . , ., ~ ., him now. security of ukraine, security of — him now. security of ukraine, security of russia, _ him now. security of ukraine, security of russia, and - him now. security of ukraine, security of russia, and taking j security of russia, and taking considerations in such a way in order that the russian federation would not receive any threats from the ukrainian territory and those who want to defend russian culture, russian traditions, russian religious traditions and to prevent any discrimination, especially discrimination linked to neo—nazis.

i believe that we both considered to —— such a conversation to be useful, and we appreciate the interest of qatar in achieving the results and we analysed our relations, which is a positive thing for the interests of both our states and we discussed the further steps to sustain the trade and develop the investment operation, as per the agreements achieved between the president of russia and qatar a mere —— and the emyr of qatar. this year and i are, we plan a meeting of russia and qatar on technical cooperation. we

got some good perspectives and interest to coordinate our efforts interest to coordinate our efforts in the world market on energy and within the framework of gas importers and the russian fund of direct investments cooperates with the qatar agency and implements a substantial package ofjoint substantial package of joint projects. substantial package ofjoint projects. we are in close cooperation with qatar on the issues in the middle east and north africa, the conflict potential there is quite high, there is the danger of escalating the existing crisis. as far as syria is concerned, and we support the implementation of un resolution 2254, and we briefed on

the istana format and we expect a new meeting of the trio, including the observers and naturally the participation of syrian sides and representatives. we also remember about the interest of qatar to interact with russia and turkey in respect of the resolving of humanitarian issues in syrian arabic republic. recently, the special russian representative of the general secretary on syria visited moscow and we met with him and in antalya, we confirmed the plans to reinstate the operation of the community in geneva at the end of this month. naturally, we need to increase the humanitarian support to the syrians, including the project

of so—called early reconstruction, including electricity supplies, medical services, including electricity supplies, medicalservices, civil including electricity supplies, medical services, civil construction and education, or the security —— all the members of the un security council supported this last year. but at the moment, it is going on very slowly and we attract attention and donors to that, those who need to implement this resolution of the un security council. we also assist in the libyan crisis, where there are some complications and we will discuss it further on during our breakfast. naturally, qatarand breakfast. naturally, qatar and russia breakfast. naturally, qatarand russia support facilitating international efforts in order to

resume israeli and palestinian negotiations in order to resolve the keyissues negotiations in order to resolve the key issues of the final status of the palestinian state. and the issues of peaceful resolution, there issues of peaceful resolution, there is a special importance to reinstate palestinian unity and both russia and qatar are trying to do its part in resolving this. after the vacation of nato contingents, in afghanistan, qatar, along with external players, playing an important role, in stabilising the situation, also in providing funding for humanitarian programmes, where the population of this country

is desperately needed. we see the agenda is quite wide, and we managed to substantially move forward in terms of searching forjoint opportunities to resolve the numerous problems of the modern world. i thank my colleague for excellent work, thank you. that was the russian foreign minister, he has been holding talks with his qatari counterpart in moscow. he was talking there are about a shared economic interest, of course, the economic picture for russia is very difficult, as it feels the impact of the sanctions that have effectively made russia an international pariah in the imf now

saying that it is not beyond possibility that russia will not default on its debts to the imf when the payments are next due. sometime later this month. russia is saying that with its international assets frozen, it will potentially have to pay the interest on those debts with roubles. he didn't actually mention ukraine, but separately, there are talks between russia and ukraine. they have started, we understand, and the uk presidential adviser and negotiator has tweeted to say that communication between two sides is ongoing. he then said the party actively express their specified positions, communication is being held, it is hard, but the reason for the different is two different does the different is two different does the reason for the discord is two different political ideas. the uk

housing secretary michael gove has said that tens of thousands of ukrainian refugees could come to the uk after a scheme which will pay people £350 per month, around 450 us dollars. provide accommodation in their homes. a website to express an interest in taking part in the scheme will launch later today. we go to our political correspondent. tell us more about how the scheme will work. there are two planned schemes for allowing refugees fleeing ukraine to come to the uk. and the one that has been operational so far is the family scheme, so that is people fleeing the ukraine —— ukraine, who have family links to the uk, we know that 4000 visas have so far been issued under that scheme, but the one that we are talking about today, there will be launching today, with the website, is the much broader one, potentially, the homes of the ukraine scheme. that will work for anyone in the uk has had potentially anyone in the uk has had potentially a spare bedroom, a vacant property, to sponsor somebody to come from ukraine and offer up space

in that home for them. that will be uncapped, the uk government to say that tens of thousands of people could come under that scheme, people who take in a ukrainian refugee will get £350 per month and there will be also £10,500 given from the uk government to local authorities across the uk each refugee they take in. that is a scheme, as we said, that will find out more about this afternoon, but the uk government cosmic health secretary challenge others despite sajid javid has been talking about this and how it is going to work in practice. we are workin: going to work in practice. we are working with _ going to work in practice. we are working with a _ going to work in practice. we are working with a number _ going to work in practice. we are working with a number of - going to work in practice. we are i working with a number of charities, particularly — working with a number of charities, particularly in poland, on the ground, _ particularly in poland, on the ground, they have a number of oversee — ground, they have a number of oversee this number will grow over time, _ oversee this number will grow over time, ukrainians have expressed a preference — time, ukrainians have expressed a preference to be given refuge here in the _ preference to be given refuge here in the uk — preference to be given refuge here in the uk. so through those charities, _ in the uk. so through those charities, they will be connected with those people who expressed a desire to _ with those people who expressed a desire to want to be one of these posts _ through a long process, the

application can be made. they have 'ust application can be made. they have just got— application can be made. they have just got to — application can be made. they have just got to verify that they do have the space, — just got to verify that they do have the space, there will be some checks on the _ the space, there will be some checks on the hosts — the space, there will be some checks on the hosts themselves, just to make _ on the hosts themselves, just to make sure — on the hosts themselves, just to make sure that they are appropriate people _ make sure that they are appropriate people to _ make sure that they are appropriate people to offer the services as hosts, — people to offer the services as hosts, and what they are connected, the ukrainians will be brought over to the _ the ukrainians will be brought over to the uk_ the ukrainians will be brought over to the uk and they will be hosted here in_ to the uk and they will be hosted here in the uk with visas that will he at _ here in the uk with visas that will he at least — here in the uk with visas that will be at least three years. this is an area where the uk government has come in for quite a lot of criticism when it comes to the taking of refugees from the region, for being too slow. as we mentioned, underthe family region, for being too slow. as we mentioned, under the family scheme, which is the only one operational at this point, only 4000 visas have been issued so far. this scheme should get a bit more streamlined tomorrow, with people being able to get visas online, so that could potentially speed things up, and with this scheme opening later on today, that will of course offer more routes for people fleeing ukraine to come here, so potentially, an area where it could get sped up, but the labour leader,

xi keir starmer has called these schemes are too slow, too narrow, to mean, so far, and ed daly, the leader of the liberal democrats as the home secretary priti patel who has oversight of much of this, should lose herjob, over the handling of it, but the government pointing out that potentially, we are going to be talking about hundreds of thousands of ukrainians coming to the country and the mayor of london siddique khan was responding to the announcement about the homes for ukraine scheme for this morning, he said london stands ready to take large numbers, but he talked about how important it is to ensure that the is wraparound care for people coming here, notjust a home, but other public services that ukrainians may need. there is listen is what he said.— is what he said. many of those that will come will _ is what he said. many of those that will come will have _ is what he said. many of those that will come will have been _ will come will have been traumatised, they will need medical support, _ traumatised, they will need medical support, and the children will need to he _ support, and the children will need to be supported in schools, we need to make _ to be supported in schools, we need to make sure that was sufficient housing, — to make sure that was sufficient housing, but also the wraparound support— housing, but also the wraparound support for these families that they receive. _ support for these families that they receive. i_ support for these families that they receive, i am full of admiration for all of—

receive, i am full of admiration for all of those — receive, i am full of admiration for all of those across the country and londoners — all of those across the country and londoners as well, who have offered to provide _ londoners as well, who have offered to provide room in their home for those _ to provide room in their home for those fleeing ukraine. they will need _ those fleeing ukraine. they will need support, but financially, but as well— need support, but financially, but as well as — need support, but financially, but as well as the reference support. that is— as well as the reference support. that is where we are asking the government not simply to speed up a really— government not simply to speed up a really complex and cumbersome and clunky— really complex and cumbersome and clunky visa _ really complex and cumbersome and clunky visa process, but also to provide — clunky visa process, but also to provide the tangible assistance we will need — provide the tangible assistance we will need to provide adequate, decent — will need to provide adequate, decent care to those who will make london _ decent care to those who will make london their temporary home before hopefully— london their temporary home before hopefully being able to go back to their proper home in ukraine. he is not the only — their proper home in ukraine. he is not the only devolved _ their proper home in ukraine. he: 3 not the only devolved leader saying that his area stands ready to help. the scottish and welsh governments are talking about becoming a super sponsors and they hope that would help speed up the process of bringing ukrainians from the region to parts of the uk where they can then be found homes to housing. this website will go live later this afternoon, people will start being able to express an interest in it taking in ukrainians, and a number

of cabinet ministers themselves have ready said it is something that they are exploring and they would like to do, but we should, today, i imagine, see a speeding up of how this process would happen now. the uk government is saying that they think matches could start being made this week and with people arriving from the affected region within the next two weeks. . ~ the affected region within the next two weeks. ., ~ , ., the affected region within the next two weeks. ., ~ y., one of the many consequences of war is families being separated, mostly men staying to fight, and women taking their younger children to safety. but those who have escaped leaving others behind, remain shocked and traumatised by what has happened. reeta chakrabarti has been speaking to a mother and son, after they escaped from kyiv. now i have no tears because all my tears i left in kyiv. we just want to live in a country not built on fear. tatiana and her 15—year—old son david fled to lviv,

leaving her husband and older son behind to fight. it was a very difficult decision because we are a very close family. it is betterfor us, and ukraine, that all of us must be strong. glory to ukraine. the last time they were together at their home. on the day there war started, their street in kyiv was bombed, a moment david cannot forget. i never really understood how loud it is. you can't even describe it. first, i was wakened. i go to check on mum because i know it was very scary. all four can only stay in touch now over the phone. he tells them they have

lots of food and are warm. there is comfort for tatiana to learn that her husband and older son are serving together. like so many, tatiana has thrown herself into the war effort, helping to coordinate aid this distribution centre. but everywhere in this country is on edge. siren wails. as we all head down to the shelter, they switch off the lights. but they go on working. now i am feeling like a flashback about my feelings in kyiv, when this signal is every two hours, every two hours.

does it help you to come here? i must have a sense every day to help us to be closer to our victory because we believe in our victory. they have to live in the here and now. but tatiana no longer talks to colleagues in russia who refused to accept ukraine is being attacked. david is scathing about putin and his supporters. theyjust want to get back to the russian empire and just want to be the biggest, the scariest. putin just wants to be a new tsar. it is not only about ukraine, it is not only about our pain, it's about civilisation, it's about values, it's about humanity. like tens of thousands, this is a fractured family, unsure when they will be reunited. reeta chakrabarti, bbc news, lviv.

and rita was just some of those who have had their families torn apart, with what is happening. sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougal. (0930 nc bulletin) chelsea head coach thomas tuchel says he and his players have a responsibility to fight for everybody at the club. they played at home for the first time since government sanctions froze the assets of russian owner roman abramovich. a late goal from kai havertz was enough to give chelsea a 1—0 victory over newcastle. among the sanctions imposed on them, chelsea have been set a limited budget to cover travel costs for away matches. so their manager was asked how they'd get to lille in france for wednesday's champions league tie. my my last information is that we have a plane, and we can go by plane and we can come back by plane. if not, we can come back by plane. if not, we go by train, if not we go by go by bus, is not a try for a 70 to honestly! and i will do it. you can

mark my words. —— seven ceter. if you asked me 20 years ago, if i would be during a champions league match at the sideline, and do everything that i was willing to do, i will be there, and that is not going to change. it was an extremley emotional afternoon for the ukrainian international andriy yarmolenko. he scored for west ham in their victory over aston villa, his first match since russia invaded ukraine. he said afterwards that it's difficult to think about football when every day, the "russian army is killing ukrainian people". to be honest, i don't know what to say. just so emotional. i just want to say thank you to my team—mates, who support me all the time, every day. i want to say to west ham fans... they also support to me, support ukrainian people. i also want to say thank

you to all british people because we feel your support to us, really, thank you. there are more details of that story on the bbc sport website. tom brady, one of the greatest players in the history of the nfl, has said he is returning to the game, just six weeks after announcing his retirement. the quarterback said he had "unfinished business" and plans to rejoin the tampa bay buccaneers. he said on social media: "these past two months, i've realised my place is still on the field and not in the stands". very impressive. he is 44 years old. that's all the sport for now. let's go back to that russian missile strike on a ukraine military base near the border with poland yesterday. poland says the strike was �*highly provocative' and �*an attempt to threaten nato'.

peter caddick—adams is director of international think tank, the defence and international security institute. he explains russia's motivation for the attack. this works on two levels. it's a tactical strike, to interrupt the flow of supply, by russia, of all those anti—tank weapons and anti aircraft that are coming from the west into ukraine. that's one of the places where nato personnel work training ukrainian troops before the war began. it makes perfect sense for the russians to assume that that's where some of these weapons are coming in to, and being stockpiled. it is a tactical strike in that sense. strategically, this is 15 miles from the polish border, it would make the polish extremely nervous. clearly, this is russia sailing very close to the win. they

have got nothing to lose. —— wind. it would make a lot of the nato allies very concerned. this is just another notch on a long list of notches of the russian federation's tactics, all of which, really, are different forms of terror. 50. tactics, all of which, really, are different forms of terror. so, what then do you _ different forms of terror. so, what then do you think— different forms of terror. so, what then do you think of— different forms of terror. so, what then do you think of that - different forms of terror. so, what then do you think of that policy . different forms of terror. so, what then do you think of that policy of| then do you think of that policy of containment, in terms of whether nato could or should get involved now? asy what ukraine was to happen. obviously, nature won't get involved. —— nato. we can look at this as nato buying time to put together a policy of what it might do, of which nations of the nato alliance would be involved initially. i'm sure that that is what is going on, the what if scenarios. there is a pressure to pre—empt this of nato's involved.

russia is aware of the article five, an attack on one country in an attack on all. it is all dependent on what you define an attack. it also does now include cyber warfare, but how do you do find that? is that... we had... associated with the military, but if you had third—party naturals —— national to start to be killed in ukraine, and what about foreign volunteers who are in uniform from other countries? it starts to be very murky indeed. there will come a point and it may be with weapon use, chemical weapons or worse, that nato may draw a line, but nato's being very tight—lipped about this because of the history of previous red lines and i am thinking syria, and so the moment you say something and you're not prepared to back it then you are giving support

to the other side. there is probably a bit of negotiation behind the scene, of all the nato partners, of exactly what they are prepared to do, and when and if. 2,500 ukrainians are currently stuck in the turkish province of antalya, consular officials have told the bbc. millions of ukrainians and russians go there on holiday every year — the region which also hosted last week's failed peace talks between the two countries. now many face uncertainty. among them are some of ukraine's top athletes, as our middle east correspondent tom bateman reports. it feels a world away from war on the tranquil waters of southern turkey. but life will never be the same for them again. this is ukraine's national canoe team, now stuck here. ivanna left a life she now longs for, then the tanks rolled in.

i'm 18, and one of my friends from ukraine told me, "i love you, thank you for all the time we've spent together." it's really scary. the situation can happen to anybody. their coach igor used to win olympic medals for the soviets. he's got his memories, but no future now. i don't know... "i don't know when we'll go back to ukraine," he tells me. "we want the war to end." some feel like warriors on water. translation: we will win titles for our independent l ukraine in the water, - and we will win over those russians, the invaders. antalya was a tourist trap for ukrainians. but now, 2,500 have no way home. this man brought his family on holiday from kyiv a month ago. now they're running out of cash, but hoarding memories. it's our cat.

president putin claims his war is to save ukraine's ethnic russians, people just like tatya na. translation: to realise that russians invaded - ukraine, it was unreal. my childhood remained there. my sister is there, she is under bombing now in the basement. and millions of russians have flocked to this resort each year too. natasha's visa card won't work, herflight home to russia cancelled twice. her name is mia. so how do you feel about, you know, the russia that she is going to grow up into now, the world she is going to grow up in? oh, it... it scares me. "i just want my daughter to be free," she says. others here won't speak openly. we met three different russians who have fled for good

since the war began. they are worried about their future but they are also nervous, nervous about talking about it in front of our cameras, and that's when you really feel the full weight of the fear that people have of criticising this war. there is national pride now, even in the playground. a refuge from war but a life still trapped in uncertainty. tom bateman, bbc news, antalya. the war in ukraine continues to have an impact on the global economy and worse is expected. the conflict is affecting fuel prices, gas prices and food supplies so far. since russia's invasion, wheat prices have risen by 38%. our correspondent nina warhurst reports it's amazing to think that a conflict happening more than 1,500 miles from where we are in essex is affecting prices of flour that might end up on your high street.

have a look, this is pizza flour being packed into large bags but also flour that you might use at home for baking, even flour that has gone into the toast you might be eating today. because wheat and the flour that is made from it, 85% of what we consume in the uk is actually produced here and 15% is imported. but what happens is, when there is any fluctuation of global prices, it affects the prices everywhere and because russia and ukraine export around a quarter of the wheat that moves around the world, well, the price of a bushel which is what wheat is measured in, that has gone up by more than a third, by 38%. and so businesses everywhere that deal with wheat and flour are feeling it. let's speak with david because this was not the first time you have had to absorb an increase in prices. just compare because there was a poor harvest last year, price rises in september, so last year, so what are you having to pay now for your raw material, for that wheat?

so in september last year, wheat was about 200, forjust over a thousand tonne so the bread we were making here, it rose over a four—month period to about £290. historically high. now we have had a similar hike, not in four months but in two weeks, so a rapid increase in prices. what are you having to say to your customers then? who make pitta bread, bagels, your average loaf. the price of flour has got to go up. that sort of increase is so dramatic, so high, that we just can't absorb those kinds of increases. if mills don't put their prices up, they will go bust. and this is a business that has been in your family for six generations and in order to protect it, you will have to put prices up and that is what a lot of businesses were saying. hovis, domino's pizzas, greggs the bakers, all saying that we are going to have to expect to pay a little bit more at the checkout and that is combined

with energy bills going up as well. so that prediction from the bank of england of 7.5% inflation, lots of businesses saying that is way out of date now. as the year goes on, we can expect prices to go up even more and wages are not keeping up so yes, the conflict in ukraine is far away but it will be affecting almost every household. you're watching bbc news. hello again. there were many sightings of the northern lights last night, especially so in the northern half of the country. we did start off on a rather chilly note, and we have a weather front which is moving across the english channel, bringing in some showers and another

front across northern ireland, northern england and also scotland with showers. this is going to continue to push steadily eastwards through today, clearing northern ireland and showers in the english channel pushing further north and east through the day as well. in between, lots of sunshine brightening up northern ireland and brightening up through the afternoon in the north and east of scotland. temperatures 9—14c with brisk winds in the north west and gentle breezes of. this evening and tonight, we say goodbye to the showers, there will be clearer skies, some patchy mist and fog forming and there will also be some frost around as well, but the cloud is already thickening across western scotland and northern ireland and the wind will be picking up as well. that heralds the arrival of this weather front which is fairly slow moving, bringing in the rain through the course of tomorrow, more clouds building ahead of it tomorrow, to the sunshine turns hazy, but for england and wales, maybe you will catch the odd isolated shower, but they'll be the exception to the rule, a lot of sunshine, with temperatures up to 16 degrees, that will feel very pleasant in that

sunshine, as indeed will 14. tuesday evening, we can see the slow progress of the weather front, eventually getting through northern ireland and into western scotland. this is it here, a cold front, behind it, we start to see some cold airdigging in. a weather front pushes up at the same time from the south, heading north, bringing some rain with it. some of that rain will be heavy and persistent. as it travels north, a cold front in the north travelling south, with the cold air digging in behind it means that we are looking at some hill snow in scotland. temperatures rx6 to about 13 or 15 as we push down to the south, so temperatures slip a little, compared to what we are expecting on tuesday. ——are six. as we head into the latter part of the week, eventually we find that the weather front slowly clear from the south—east on thursday, then high—pressure builds in so things

remain fine and dry with a fair bit of sunshine but at times, some weather fronts try to bring rain into the north west.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy hawkings. our top stories... the russian assault on ukraine continues as a residential block is shelled in the capital, kyiv — at least one person has died. despite the attacks, both sides cite progress in peace talks — president zelensky says he wants to speak with putin personally. a pregnant woman injured in the russian bombing of a maternity hospital in mariupol has died, along with her baby. 2.7 million people flee ukraine to neighbouring countries. more than 1.75 million people have crossed poland's border since the war began. in the uk, plans to house ukrainian refugees in people's homes will be announced later today.

households will receive £350, around 450 dollars, a month as a "thank you". the us warns china not to assist russia with military support so it can evade international sanctions. beijing calls the accusation fake news. russia has continued its bombardment of residential areas in many ukrainian cities. ukrainian emergency services say that a russian air strike on a block of flats in kyiv has killed one person. several others were wounded. daily bombardments on the outskirts of the capital have reportedly killed dozens more in what seems to be an attempt by russian forces to cut off supplies. meanwhile people who managed to get out of the southern city of mariupol have described desperate scenes

as a result of the russian siege. they talk of shops and pharmacies looted as food and water runs out. a column of private cars fled the city after russia shelled an agreed evacuation corridor. millions of ukrainians are escaping to neighbouring countries. according to the polish border guard agency, more than 1.75 million people have arrived since the war began. about a million are still there and polish officials say the country is struggling to cope. the fourth round of peace talks between moscow and kyiv have now started. ukraine hints at some progress. the deputy head of office for president zelensky says he believes that moscow's position is more constructive now than previously. a russian delegate has also said draft agreements could be reached, but it's not clear what areas these would cover. tim muffett has the latest. an apartment block in kyiv attacked this morning.

emergency services say one person was killed and 12 were injured. in the northern suburbs of the capital, authorities say an aircraft manufacturing plant was also shelled by russian forces. these attacks followed the sustained bombardment of other cities, such as mariupol. before and after satellite footage shows the devastating impact on residential areas. following an attack on a maternity hospital in the city, a woman was seen being carried away on a stretcher. this morning, there are reports that both she and her child have died from their injuries. a situation described by the red cross as a waking nightmare. people are running out of water, people are running out of food, people are running out of medicine and every day, they have to scramble to something to survive on. the solution needs to be found in order to protect the civilians, in order to allow them safe passage, for those who want to leave the city, or for humanitarian

supplies to come in. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has been a visible presence in kyiv every day. more talks with russia will take place today. ukrainian officials said this morning that moscow's position was more constructive than it had been previously. the ukrainian president has also demanded a meeting with vladimir putin. translation: representatives l of our countries' delegation speak by video link every day. our delegation has a clear task, to ensure a meeting of the presidents, a meeting that i am sure people are waiting for. obviously, this is difficult, a hard path but this path is needed and our goal is for ukraine to get the necessary result in this struggle, in this negotiation. but this strike on a military training base a few miles from the polish border yesterday, which killed 35 people, was seen

by many as a significant escalation. and there are other stark reminders of the ongoing devastation across ukraine. this is what is left of a kindergarten in the north—eastern city of kharkiv. in chernihiv, a delicate removal operation to remove an unexploded device. in kyiv, irina's piano survived an air strike. there was time for a final tune before she and her family left ukraine. tim muffett, bbc news. at least two residents of a block of flats in kyiv were killed when the building was shelled this morning. we are hearing that several others were also wounded. our correspondent james waterhouse

is in kyiv with the latest. we have heard the loudest artillery fire that i have heard yet in the 19 days of this war. i don't know if you can see, you can see the trails of a ground—to—air anti—aircraft missile going out. there has been continuous rumblings of artillery fire and now we are hearing it a lot closer. it is probably a defensive ukrainian position firing outward but it is where we are seeing the most concentrated fighting here in the capital, in the north—western direction, it is where we have seen that residential block directly hit this morning, where at least two people are known to have died. it is where we understand the majority of russian forces are. and it is notjust on the outskirts of this city. in the neighbouring region, moscow is being accused of targeting the supply and humanitarian routes which until now had been seen as safer and if we take another

step out and look at ukraine as a whole, this is part of russia widening its operations as it tries to target locations across the western flank of ukraine, somewhere which, until now, had escaped the fighting. lecture show you pictures you're getting right now lecture show you pictures you're getting right now from lecture show you pictures you're getting right now from strasbourg, this is the council of europe and we are focusing on the show because we are focusing on the show because we are expecting the prime minister of ukraine denys schmyhal to address the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe. it was supposed to be president zelensky but that is not happening due to unforeseen circumstances but we will keep you in touch with that as it happens. let's cross now to my colleague

yalda hakim in lviv. what reaction has there been to the shelling and bombing of this ukraine military base near poland? just shelling and bombing of this ukraine military base near poland?— military base near poland? just to rive ou a military base near poland? just to give you a sense _ military base near poland? just to give you a sense of _ military base near poland? just to give you a sense of how— military base near poland? just to give you a sense of how things - military base near poland? just to | give you a sense of how things had been unfolding in the last 24 hours in the early hours of this morning from about 2:20am right through until 7:40am, we were in underground bunkers and that really has been the situation for the past few nights because of course those shelling took place just yesterday and every time one of those shelling is or bombardment takes place, we know something is going on somewhere because of those air raid sirens and everyone sort of rushed and it seems to be a daily occurrence almost, sometimes twice in a day. but the fallen, ukrainian soldiers who have died so farare fallen, ukrainian soldiers who have died so far are arriving back home to the country and a church service was almost interrupted, many of the

faithful remained in the church but many others moved down to the crypt of the church which doubles down and the bunker so people are aware that no part of this country is now safe, that shelling and bombardment of that shelling and bombardment of that military base which is also where there is a training facility for nato was just 25 kilometres from poland and i've seen footage where you can see it on the polish side of the border, you can see the light, the border, you can see the light, the explosion, the rattling of windows of those homes that are closest to the border and it's only 50 kilometres from where we are here, so this is a city on edge, it's very much aware that we are at war, we have known that but it has been a harbour for the tens of thousands of refugees who have making their way from the north, the east, the south of the country, the centre of the country but now there is a sense that frankly, in the lviv

obost, on the outskirts of this country, that miraculously the people who survived the second world war will also survive this conflict. talks have got under way and again in the last hour or so between russia and ukraine, what is the talk about —— what is the feeling about those talks? is the optimism that some real progress could be made? lip some real progress could be made? ll? until now, if you talk to that have been focused on humanitarian corridors. there is a hope and the ukrainian say that they will push for a draft agreement of some sort well they can call for an actual ceasefire. some of those corridors have been honoured, others, people have been honoured, others, people have said, they continue to experience shelling, particularly as mariupol —— make particularly in mariupol —— make particularly in mariupol of people are plunged into darkness with no food or water so

there is hope from the ukrainian side that things have been looking a little bit more positive in those top foreign minister of russia is meeting with the foreign minister of rain at the end of last week and so these are taught that have been taking place from both sides and people are saying there could be a draft agreement but we have seen those fall apart and get you nowhere, but there is talk also that president zelensky is pushing to speak with vladimir putin directly. we were hoping to hearfrom president zelensky today at parliament in strasbourg but that has now changed and i will be the prime minister instead because of unforeseeable events and of course he is a president of a nation at war and they are hoping that they can have the prime minister speak because his focus is obviously elsewhere-— because his focus is obviously elsewhere. ., , ., elsewhere. thousands of people have oured into

elsewhere. thousands of people have poured into lviv, _ elsewhere. thousands of people have poured into lviv, some _ elsewhere. thousands of people have poured into lviv, some moving - poured into lviv, some moving through, some staying. you've been there for a while now, how are lviv coping is my poll there for a while now, how are lviv coping is m— there for a while now, how are lviv coin j, ~' ., . , coping is my you know, we have been here for 13 or— coping is my you know, we have been here for 13 or so _ coping is my you know, we have been here for 13 or so days _ coping is my you know, we have been here for 13 or so days now— coping is my you know, we have been here for 13 or so days now and - coping is my you know, we have been here for 13 or so days now and it's - here for 13 or so days now and it's 19 days since the conflict began and frankly the initial stage was shot and now for the equal second act, it is quite extraordinary. i've covered several conflict around the globe and just how people become used to a state of war and adapt so quickly so the people of lviv have turned gyms, for example, into shelters, art centres into humanitarian distribution centres. where we are now, this church, is where the wfp is focusing its food distribution and we spoke to someone who said ukraine was the breadbasket of the world. just in 19 days, that has disrupted. 30% of the global commodities when it comes to things like wheat for example comes from this part of the world so with the

port cut for example, mariupol impacted, the port city of odesa impacted, the port city of odesa impacted, the port city of odesa impacted, the black sea impacted which was the trade route for this country, in many ways, this country was focused on commerce from the sea and it has now become virtually landlocked and we had the big border in the west of the country where i am with the eu and there is still supplies, weapons, food, people crossing those borders. it has become the vital lifeline but people here have no illusions, they know this country is at war and that their city could be impacted. they are not ruling anything out and they are not ruling anything out and they are getting ready every single day, whether it is a harbour for resistance or whether the resistance continues for those who become displaced. —— whether it is a hub for resistance. when the raid sirens went off and we were ushered under the church, a woman said to me, i don't want to leave, this is my country, it is where i grew up, it is where my friends are from but i

am becoming increasingly nervous because i was in the bunkerfor three hours last night in the next day it was five hours, every day it feels like it is disrupting people's lives and they know it is edging closerjose. people here are on edge, they are aware that they are at war. i5 edge, they are aware that they are at war. ,., .,,, edge, they are aware that they are at war. , . ._ , ., ., edge, they are aware that they are atwar. ,. ., ., , edge, they are aware that they are atwar. ., the us says china will face harsh consequences if it aids russia in its invasion of ukraine. it comes after us officials told a number of newspapers that russia asked china for military equipment. the chinese foreign ministry says it's �*fake news' and us disinformation. our china correspondent, stephen mcdonnell, has more from beijing. i have just come from the foreign ministry briefing here. of course, we asked several times about this, for clarification, and the message coming from the chinese foreign ministry was that it was �*fake news', or that the us had been constantly spreading disinformation about china recently.

but given ample opportunity, zhao lijian never directly said that such requests have come from russia, so people can make of that what they will. he says it is �*fake news'. does that mean there has been no request for military assistance from moscow to beijing? i mean, it could be nit—picking, it's a bit of a get out ofjail card there to say it is fake news because perhaps there is some aspect of the report beijing doesn't think is accurate. however, nothing was made clear along those lines. interestingly, we also had the foreign ministry spokesman repeating this claim today that the us embassy in kyiv had deleted all these documents relating to pathogens and research in biological labs in ukraine. when i asked the foreign ministry spokesman why it was he says they had all been deleted,

well, i checked on the website for the us embassy in kyiv and they all seem to be there for me. so i asked if he had checked the website. hejust said he had received different information. we said, "well, how about you go and check now? if it turns out that such documents are there, might you go on twitter and correct the record?", because he has been spreading this line that these documents have been pulled down, and he just dodged the question and again made these suggestions about biological this and that, but it's all kind of very vague and smearing the us. so, on the one hand, china is saying we are the victim of disinformation, yet we are constantly seeing some of the worst aspects of the kremlin disinformation and propaganda being repeated without question by the chinese government, being published widely here by the chinese state—run media, on social media, by the representatives

of the chinese government, in the way in which social media is controlled. also, it's having the effect of swinging large parts of the chinese population in behind the war effort. the war in ukraine continues to have an impact on the global economy and worse is expected. the conflict is affecting fuel prices, gas prices and food supplies so far. since russia's invasion, wheat prices have risen by 38%. hovis, dominos and greggs have all said that they expect prices to rice. our correspondent nina warhurst reports. it's amazing to think that a conflict happening more than 1500 miles from where we are in essex is affecting prices of flour that might end up on your high street. have a look, this is pizza flour being packed into large bags but also flour that you might use at home for baking, even flour that has gone into the toast you might be eating today. because wheat and the flour that is made from it, 85% of what we consume in the uk is actually produced

here and 15% is imported. what happens is, when there is any fluctuation of global prices, it affects the prices everywhere and because russia and ukraine export around a quarter of the wheat that moves around the world, well, the price of a bushel which is what wheat is measured in, that has gone up by more than a third, by 38%. and so businesses everywhere that deal with wheat and flour are feeling it. let's speak with david because this was not the first time you have had to absorb an increase in prices. just compare because there was a poor harvest last year, price risses in september, so last year, so what are you having to pay now for your raw material, that wheat? so in september last year, wheat was about 200, forjust over a thousand tonne so the bread we were making here, it rose over a four—month period to about £290. historically high. now we have had a similar hike, not in four months but in two weeks, a rapid increase in prices.

what are you having to say to your customers then? who make pitta bread, bagels, your average loaf. the price of flour has got to go up. that sort of increase is so dramatic, so high, that we just can't absorb those kinds of increases. if mills don't put their prices up, they will go bust. and this is a business that has been in your family for six generations and in order to protect it, you will have to put prices up and that is what a lot of businesses were saying. hovis, domino's pizza, greggs the bakers, all saying that we are going to have to expect to pay a little bit more at the checkout and that is combined with energy bills going up as well. so that prediction from the bank of england of 7.5% inflation, lots of businesses saying that is way out of date now. as the year goes on, we can expect prices to go up even more and wages are not keeping up

so, yes, the conflict in ukraine is far away but it will be affecting almost every household. one of the many consequences of war is families being separated, mostly men staying to fight, and women taking their younger children to safety. but those who have escaped leaving others behind remain shocked and traumatised by what has happened. reeta chakrabarti has been speaking to a mother and son, after they escaped from kyiv. now i have no tears because all my tears i left in kyiv. we just want to live in a country not built on fear. tatiana and her 15—year—old son david fled to lviv, leaving her husband and older son behind to fight. it was a very difficult decision because we are a very close family. it is betterfor us, and ukraine, that all of us must be strong. glory to ukraine.

the last time they were together at their home. on the day there war started, their street in kyiv was bombed, a moment david cannot forget. i never really understood how loud it is. you can't even describe it. first, i was awakened. then i go to check on mum because i know it was very scary. all four can only stay in touch now over the phone. he tells them they have lots of food and are warm. there is comfort for tatiana to learn that her husband and older son are serving together. like so many, tatiana has thrown

herself into the war effort, helping to coordinate aid this distribution centre. but everywhere in this country is on edge. siren wails. as we all head down to the shelter, they switch off the lights. but they go on working. now i am feeling like a flashback about my feelings in kyiv, when this signal is every two hours, every two hours. does it help you to come here? i must have a sense every day to help us to be closer to our victory because we believe in our victory. they have to live in the here and now. but tatiana no longer talks to colleagues in russia who refused to accept ukraine is being attacked. david is scathing about putin

and his supporters. theyjust want to get back to the russian empire or ussr and just want to be the biggest, the scariest. putin just wants to be a new tsar. it is not only about ukraine, it is not only about our pain, it's about civilisation, it's about values, it's about humanity. like tens of thousands, this is a fractured family, unsure when they will be reunited. reeta chakrabarti, bbc news, lviv. in moscow, hundreds have continued 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.

chants. chanting for peace in russia can get you detained. in moscow today, anyone suspected of protesting was quickly swept away. the atmosphere here in the square is really quite tense. obviously, police officers are outnumbering protesters by far and at the moment, you see a sudden surge in activity and the police will run and grab people and carry them and put them into police vans behind me. this location had been shared on social media, so the 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 press vest did not stop some from being taken by police. since the end of february,

thousands of people have been detained for protesting so far. it 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 and in president putin's russia there is no space for dissent. caroline davies, bbc news, moscow. i just want to bring you some pictures that have just come in to us. this is kharkiv, where residential buildings have been targeted. it is ukraine's second largest city, only 20 miles from the russian border and has been under intense russian bombardment and you can see the scale of the devastation there ukraine's second city. and these pictures have come in from the azov battalion in mariupol, showing just some of the latest devastation in and around that city. we know mariupol is a city under

siege. shops and pharmacies were looted as food and water runs out. and the word is that more than 2500 people have been killed by russians. hello again. there were many sightings of the northern lights last night, especially so in the northern half of the country. we did start off on a rather chilly note, and we have a weather front which is moving across the english channel, bringing in some showers and another front across northern ireland, northern england and also scotland with showers. this is going to continue to push steadily eastwards through today, clearing northern ireland and showers in the english channel pushing further north and east through the day as well. in between, lots of sunshine brightening up northern ireland and brightening up through the afternoon and north—east of scotland. temperatures 9—14 with brisk winds in the north west and gentle breezes of. this evening and tonight, we say goodbye to the showers,

there will be clearer skies, some patchy mist and fog forming and they will also be some frost around as well, but the cloud is already thickening across western scotland and northern ireland and the wind will be picking up as well. that heralds the arrival of this weather front which is a fairly slow moving, bringing in the rain through the course of tomorrow, more clouds building ahead of it tomorrow, to the sunshine turns hazy, but for england and wales, maybe you will catch the odd isolated shower, but they'll be the exception to the rule, a lot of sunshine, with temperatures up to 16 degrees, that will feel very pleasant in that sunshine, as indeed will 14. tuesday evening, we can see the slow progress of the weather front, eventually getting through northern ireland and into western scotland. this is it here, a cold front, behind it, we start to see some cold airdigging in. a weather front pushes up at the same time from the south, heading north was, bringing some rain with it. some of that frame will be heavy and persistent. as it travels north, a cold front in the north travelling south,

with the cold air digging in behind it means that we are looking at some hill snow in scotland. temperatures are six to about 13 or 15 as we push down to the south, so temperatures slip a little, compared to what we are expecting on tuesday. as we head into the latter part of the week, eventually we find that the weather front slowly clears from the south—east on thursday, then high—pressure bills so things remain fine and dry with a fair bit of sunshine but at times, some weather fronts try to bring rain into the north—west.

this is bbc news. welcome, if you are watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy hockings. our top stories: the russian assault on ukraine continues as a residential block is shelled in the capital, kyiv — at least one person has died. despite the attacks, both sides cite progress in peace talks. president zelensky says he wants to speak with putin personally. a pregnant woman injured in the russian bombing of a maternity hospital in mariupol has died, along with her baby. 2.7 million people flee ukraine to neighbouring countries. more than 1.75 million people have crossed poland's border since the war began. in the uk, plans to house ukrainian refugees in people's homes will be announced later today. households will receive £350, that's $450, a month as a "thank you".

the us warns china not to assist russia with military support so it can evade international sanctions — beijing calls the accusation "fake news". ukraine says it will call for the immediate withdrawal of russian troops at talks between the two countries. a ukrainian negotiator said recent contacts had been constructive. a russian delegate says there is a possibility of draft agreements, but it's not clear what these would cover. russia's bombardment of ukrainian cities continues — two people have died after a residential building in kyiv was hit. meanwhile, poland has qualified sunday's russian missile attack on a ukrainian military base near its border as an attempt to threaten nato.

mark lowen is in poland, close to where that attack took place. there are some reports that the military base that was struck was one where some foreign soldiers were being trained or receiving equipment, foreigners who have come in to fight with ukraine and of course, president putin and the kremlin have warned that the military equipment coming from nato countries into ukraine will be seen as a legitimate target and so perhaps that was the motivation behind that strike. whatever the motivation, though, it has of course raised concerns, not only for ukrainians and particularly the west of the country who had hoped that the western part of ukraine was safer than what is happening elsewhere but also of course, for poland, for example, because if the fighting intensifies around western ukraine, that could spark a second wave of refugees to come across the board. this country, poland, has already welcomed over 1.7 million people across the borderfrom ukraine. there are growing concerns here about the strain that has been placed on poland

and if there is then a second wave of refugees coming across the border, that would only increase those concerns. we spent a couple of days in a very beautiful border town called zamosc which is about two hours north of here, close to the border and it is a town that has a population of 60,000 people and the mayor told us that, sometimes, up to 35,000 people per day are coming through that town. the reception centre has got about 5,000 people per day passing through it. it is really struggling. the volunteers are exhausted. they are running out of space at the reception centre and in other shelters and in private homes as well. and one municipal official there told me that she is worried that refugees will start having to sleep on the street. so even though poles are extremely proud of the welcome and hospitality they have shown to the ukrainians so far, they are beginning to really feel the strain and they are calling for more help from the european union and i think that, even though most of the ukrainians we have spoken to say they hope to be able to return home to ukraine soon, there is no sign of this war ending

anytime soon, and so poles are beginning to plan for the long—term, how to shelter people, how to integrate them within polish society in the long term and that is a completely different question than the temporary shelter they have had to give up until now. 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 — and a lesson that the greatest strength comes from peace. my father might be fighting. i don't know. i don't have massage from him. dariy hasn't heard from his dad for three days. 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 in activities like karate class, or something else, we forget about war on 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 zamosc, whose world heritage beauty is a far cry from the horror across the border. but the town knows suffering. half its pre—war population werejews, most killed. and while the mayor says echoes of history make locals welcoming, it has its limits. translation: polish people seem infinitely ready to give, _ but it will end one day. we thought we would get support from the government and the eu, but we were left alone. we need financial help, or the quality of our hospitality will drop drastically. this is ukrainian borscht. ah! ukrainian borscht for the ukrainians. for now, the welcome is as warm as the cooking. all the food in this restaurant given to the refugees. orders have become donations. but the owner says he's running out of cash.

it's nice to see this. i can't believe that polish people can do it like this. how long could you continue doing this for, do you think? i think from this day it will be 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 5,000 arriving here every day. and 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. one polish town of so many transformed in two weeks, wondering how many will come tomorrow, and how long it can cope. mark lowen, bbc news, zamosc.

here in the uk, the government has announced a plan to offer £350 a month to people willing to open their homes to ukrainian refugees — the first hosts and refugees should be matched this week. here's the uk's health secretary, sajid javid, to explain more about how the scheme works. well, we are working with a number of charities on the ground, particularly in poland and they have a number of people, and obviously this number will grow over time, of ukrainians who have expressed a preference to be given refuge here in the uk, and, so, through those charities, they will be connected with people who expressed their desire to want to be one of these hosts and, then, through an online process, the application can be made and they have just got to verify they do have the space. there will be subjects on the hosts themselves just to make sure they are appropriate people to offer their services as a host and, once they are connected, the ukrainians will be brought over to the uk and they will be hosted here in the uk with visas that

will be at least three years. joining me now is nina kaye, a founder of �*refugees at home', a charity which connects people who have a spare room in their home to refugees and asylum—seekers in need of somewhere to stay. she has personally hosted over 30 people fleeing war. lovely to see you. how has that experience pain, hosting people in your home? ads, experience pain, hosting people in your home?— your home? a very positive experience- _ your home? a very positive experience. back— your home? a very positive experience. back in - your home? a very positive experience. back in 2015 i your home? a very positive i experience. back in 2015 when your home? a very positive - experience. back in 2015 when the first crisis started with the syrian refugees flooding in, i realised we had spare rooms and there was a need. from our very first guest, a wonderful syrian man called act made, he thought he was just going to stay for a couple of days and ended up staying with us for five months, the most wonderful man. we have become great friends. he was first in a line of refugees that we have looked after from syria, from

iran, from uganda, from many different countries. then, of course, the afghan problem is with us, finding homes for the afghani refugees, now of course ukraine. hagar refugees, now of course ukraine. how does it work? — refugees, now of course ukraine. how does it work? what do you have to provide? we does it work? what do you have to rovide? ~ , ., ., ., provide? we provided a roof over their heads _ provide? we provided a roof over their heads and _ provide? we provided a roof over their heads and a _ provide? we provided a roof over their heads and a warm - provide? we provided a roof over- their heads and a warm environments, food, and any support that they needed. we were basicallyjust hosting the different guests in our house. we want their caseworker, we weren't trying to fight their legal battles for them or help them with difficult situations. we were there as a support, rather like any family would be, to their own grown—up children. would be, to their own grown-up children. . ., ., , , ., children. nina, what hope did you net, if children. nina, what hope did you get. if any. _ children. nina, what hope did you get. if any. from _ children. nina, what hope did you get, if any, from local— children. nina, what hope did you| get, if any, from local government

orany get, if any, from local government or any organisations? i get, if any, from local government or any organisations?— or any organisations? i am very involved in _ or any organisations? i am very involved in my _ or any organisations? i am very involved in my local— or any organisations? i am very involved in my local refugee - involved in my local refugee network, it is called the epsom refugee network, which we set up in 2015. in epsom alone we have 350 volunteers who are signed up to help us support refugees in this area. all over the country there are thousands of groups like us. it is really a very engaging and nice thing to know that there are so many people who care about refugees, whether they host them in their own homes or whether they are supporting them by giving english lessons or giving them lifts to dental appointments or whatever. what giving them lifts to dental a- ointments or whatever. . . ., appointments or whatever. what would ou sa to appointments or whatever. what would you say to people _ appointments or whatever. what would you say to people or — appointments or whatever. what would you say to people or a _ appointments or whatever. what would you say to people or a family _ appointments or whatever. what would you say to people or a family who - you say to people or a family who are wanting to help out to have a spare room who think that there is somewhere they can contribute. if they register at refugees@home.org, it is quite a long registration

process, but any family thinking about taking on either as single or about taking on either as single or a family should think in terms it is a family should think in terms it is a commitment that they will undertake. they can'tjust undertake. they can't just terminated undertake. they can'tjust terminated after a week or two if they think this is in for me. this is somebody who is coming to live in their home and they will be part of their home and they will be part of the family, and to make them feel as welcome as we would like to feel if the situation was reversed.- the situation was reversed. nina, really good _ the situation was reversed. nina, really good to _ the situation was reversed. nina, really good to talk _ the situation was reversed. nina, really good to talk to _ the situation was reversed. nina, really good to talk to you - the situation was reversed. nina, really good to talk to you and - the situation was reversed. nina, really good to talk to you and thank you for all the wonderful work that you for all the wonderful work that you do, as well. the un say out of the more than 2.7 million refugees fleeing ukraine, roughly half, 1.35 million, are children. let's go live to geneva and speak to james elderfrom unicef, the united nation's children's fund. he has just returned from a trip to the city of lviv. james, tell us what you saw their and what your experience was. the

situation and what your experience was. tue: situation remains and what your experience was. tte: situation remains harrowing and what your experience was. t"te: situation remains harrowing for children across the country. lviv is a jumping off point, as you would have seen. hundreds of thousands of families pour through there. they have had nights in bunkers, nights under attacks, and we are continuing to see indiscriminate attacks in populated areas. husbands and wives, children and fathers. that place, it its frigid cold with a great deal of stress and sorrow, that is where hundreds of thousands of people are leaving the country and going into the neighbouring countries. in ukraine we continue to see indiscriminate attacks killing children, dozens of children, and medicalfacilities in children, dozens of children, and medical facilities in schools, children, dozens of children, and medicalfacilities in schools, then as you rightly say we have around 1.3 million children, a staggering number, injust over two 1.3 million children, a staggering number, in just over two weeks in those neighbouring countries. james, how many of — those neighbouring countries. james, how many of those _ those neighbouring countries. james, how many of those children _ those neighbouring countries. james, how many of those children crossing l how many of those children crossing over our unaccompanied? what is the

concern about those children and what can be done to help them? the short what can be done to help them? t'ta: short answer what can be done to help them? t“ta: short answer at the moment is we don't know how many are, such as being the pace across multiple borders. i saw fathers hand children to border guards as a last farewell. what unicef is doing across border areas, which is so critical, is having something called a blue dots. a blue dot is where they can get information, a safe space where mothers can breathe, get information about the next stage of their journey. our great concern is trafficking. 1.3 million children in just over two weeks, this is a huge area of concern for unicef, for those governments, for other agencies who work in that area. with that concern comes action, action on information for parents for those put up facilities. it is the

information we are giving in train stations in ukraine about the warning signs of what to look for. we have information on social media, facebook and so on in all the languages that people can access. it is a starting point and it is critical, but it remains a great concern. the fastest way to stop it would be for the war to stop. while thatis would be for the war to stop. while that is not occurring, these are the system is putting in place to help families who continue to flee this war. . , ., families who continue to flee this war. . , war. once they do cross over the border, war. once they do cross over the border. we _ war. once they do cross over the border, we know— war. once they do cross over the border, we know what _ war. once they do cross over the border, we know what a - war. once they do cross over the . border, we know what a magnificent job some of those bordering countries are doing caring for refugees. are there any specific plans in place in those countries to help try and care for these children? mental health needs, which must be so immense given the trauma they have been through? thea;r must be so immense given the trauma they have been through?— they have been through? they are immense. hundreds _ they have been through? they are immense. hundreds of _ they have been through? they are immense. hundreds of families i i immense. hundreds of families i spoke to, and sometimes she would just see a mother and a child and

the child doesn't say anything, doesn't cry. this is another sign of trauma. sometimes i would see children who have lived in bunkers for two days and have a ringing in their ear and for two days and have a ringing in their earand can for two days and have a ringing in their ear and can speak. the psychological stress and trauma is something in unicef now, working with those governments, we have dozens of child protection experts working across these going in and talking to partners about the sorts of things they can do. education will be a key any sense of normality for these children. it is about training partners on the ground. unicef is my own child protection specialists, getting kids back into any classroom we possibly can, because we have to break the cycle so quickly, discovering the children are enduring, this horror. there is no education right now. the lesson for children today stuck in ukraine is this is an air raid siren, you have tojump out is this is an air raid siren, you have to jump out of your bed and go

to a bunker. what unicef is seeking to a bunker. what unicef is seeking to do is keep your children safe, but those children across in other countries must get some normality, support and education through unicef and the partners in those countries in those countries who are being so generous with this influx that we have not seen since world war ii. 50 have not seen since world war ii. so good to hear your thoughts, james, and to hear what unicef is doing. it is business time. ben is here. us officials claim russia has asked china for military help and aid in a bid to evade the international sanctions that have crippled the russian economy. the chinese embassy in washington said it wasn't aware of any request from moscow. but washington has warned beijing

they may face consequences if they assist russia. china and russia currently share strong economic ties. trade between the two countries reached a record $147 billion last year. only a few months ago, the two countries declared their partnership has "no limits". china is currently the single biggest market for russian energy exports, including oil, gas and coal. injanuary, the kremlin said it was aiming to boost trade with china to $250 billion by 2024. so what will china do next? paul massaro, who has been advising the united states government on its sanctions strategy, believes beijing maybe thinking twice about its closeness to russia. already, the us government has said that if china helps at all to evade sanctions or undermine sanctions then there will be further export controls on china and there will be retaliatory measures taken against china, but i don't even

think that's necessarily necessary. i think that china simply relies on the dollar system too much to violate these sanctions. i think that china has bitten off a little bit more than it can chew. i think that china's no longer so supportive of this invasion. i think in beijing they are probably a little concerned about what putin is going through right now. i think that this, looking at the response of the democratic world, looking at how progress has been halted so greatly for russia, how the ukrainians have fought back, one has to think that china is really rethinking some of its closeness with russia at this point. concerns are mounting that russia will default on its debt obligations. the country is due to repay a coupon on its sovereign debt this wednesday worth $117 million dollars.

but russia has been signalling that it will pay the debt in roubles — a move that could trigger a default. speaking on cbs, the head of the imf kristalina georgieva said a russian debt default is no longer "improbable", but that it won't necessarily trigger a global financial crisis. in terms of servicing debt obligations, i can say that no longer do we think of russian default as an improbable event. russia has the money to service its debt, but cannot access it. our international business correspondent theo leggett is here. ido i do fault not improbable, but everyone will be looking at the idea of what it will do around the world and we are told it will not trigger and we are told it will not trigger a globalfinancial crack

and we are told it will not trigger a global financial crack —— financial crisis. tt a global financial crack -- financial crisis.— a global financial crack -- financial crisis. , ., ., financial crisis. if you look at the debt repayments _ financial crisis. if you look at the debt repayments due _ financial crisis. if you look at the debt repayments due to - financial crisis. if you look at the debt repayments due to take - financial crisis. if you look at the i debt repayments due to take place financial crisis. if you look at the - debt repayments due to take place on wednesday, it is quite small, $170 million. russia probably does have that money and probably does have it in hard currency and to pay for it. will those payments go through because of sanctions? it russia has threatened to pay that in roubles. a lot of european banks hold quite a lot of european banks hold quite a lot of european banks hold quite a lot of russian debt. it would be damaging for them but as the head of the imf said it wouldn't be systemically catastrophic in any way. the issue is not so much right now whether the russian government default on its debt, it is what happens afterwards, will do russian banks to pull down their debts? then you could see more of a chain reaction which would be incredibly damaging for russia. as the head of the imf said, in terms of global damage it would be relatively

limited. ., ., . ., ., limited. you touch their own that exosure limited. you touch their own that exposure of _ limited. you touch their own that exposure of banks _ limited. you touch their own that exposure of banks to _ limited. you touch their own that exposure of banks to russia - limited. you touch their own that exposure of banks to russia and| limited. you touch their own that. exposure of banks to russia and the number being touted about 120 billion dollars of exposure. notts systemically relevant. we know that sanctions are a problem for both sides. they are clearly aimed at the kremlin but we know that businesses on both sides suffer as a result of sanctions. ~ , ,., , on both sides suffer as a result of sanctions-— on both sides suffer as a result of sanctions. ~ , , ., .., , sanctions. absolutely. nothing comes ain-free. sanctions. absolutely. nothing comes pain-free- that _ sanctions. absolutely. nothing comes pain-free. that is _ sanctions. absolutely. nothing comes pain-free. that is why _ sanctions. absolutely. nothing comes pain-free. that is why we _ sanctions. absolutely. nothing comes pain-free. that is why we have - sanctions. absolutely. nothing comes pain-free. that is why we have had i pain—free. that is why we have had all the arguments over the past few weeks over, for example, the potential embargo on russian oil. that would hurt russia, it doesn't get the hundreds of millions of dollars in revenues that it needs everyday, but the west suffers from a lack of oil, oil prices go up and there is pain for western business. nothing is pain—free in all of this. the with the potential russian default is that this would hurt russia more. it would likely cause a further decline in the russian

currency, interest rates would have to go up, there would be even more of a reluctance to take on russian assets. that would hurt russia now, but also as and when it pulls out of this when whatever result of the conflict is in place. russia? economy will go into a short—term quite deep recession, but what happens afterwards? this could delay any form of recovery. back in 1998, the russian government to default on its debts, but things that they were very different. the economy was not in the grip of western sanctions and the government could go cap in hand to the imf and ask for a bailout loan. it got many billions of dollars as a result of that. there would be a reluctance on western businesses to go back into russia, which means it faces a stiff recession now, but potentially long—term stagnation. recession now, but potentially long-term stagnation.- recession now, but potentially long-term stagnation. thank you very much. we long-term stagnation. thank you very much- we will— long-term stagnation. thank you very much. we will keep _ long-term stagnation. thank you very much. we will keep you _

long-term stagnation. thank you very much. we will keep you up-to-date. l much. we will keep you up—to—date. more later. we are now going to go to antalya in turkey. it feels a world away from war on the tranquil waters of southern turkey. but life will never be the same for them again. this is ukraine's national canoe team, now stuck here. ivanna left a life she now longs for, then the tanks rolled in. i'm18, and one of my friends from ukraine told me, "i love you, thank you for all the time we've spent together." it's really scary. the situation can happen to anybody. their coach igor used to win olympic medals for the soviets. he's got his memories, but no future now. i don't know... "i don't know when we'll go back to ukraine," he tells me. "we want the war to end."

some feel like warriors on water. translation: we will win titles for our independent l ukraine in the water, - and we will win over those russians, the invaders. antalya was a tourist trap for ukrainians. but now, 2,500 have no way home. this man brought his family on holiday from kyiv a month ago. now they're running out of cash, but hoarding memories. it's our cat. president putin claims his war is to save ukraine's ethnic russians, people just like tatya na. translation: to realise that russians invaded - ukraine, it was unreal. my childhood remained there. my sister is there, she is under bombing now in the basement.

and millions of russians have flocked to this resort each year too. natasha's visa card won't work, herflight home to russia cancelled twice. her name is mia. so how do you feel about, you know, the russia that she is going to grow up into now, the world she is going to grow up in? oh, it... it scares me. "i just want my daughter to be free," she says. others here won't speak openly. we met three different russians who have fled for good since the war began. they are worried about their future but they are also nervous, nervous about talking about it in front of our cameras, and that's when you really feel the full weight of the fear that people have of criticising this war. there is national pride now, even in the playground. a refuge from war but a life still trapped in uncertainty. tom bateman, bbc news, antalya.

thank you for being with us here on bbc news. our continuing coverage of the war in ukraine is coming up. our continuing coverage of the war in ukraine is coming up. hello, again. there were many sightings of the northern lights last night, especially so in the northern half of the country. we did start off on a rather chilly note, and we have a weather front which is moving across the english channel, bringing in some showers and another front across northern ireland, northern england and also scotland with showers. this is going to continue to push steadily eastwards through today, clearing northern ireland and showers in the english channel pushing further north and east through the day as well. in between, lots of sunshine brightening up northern ireland and brightening up through the afternoon and north—east of scotland.

temperatures 9—14 degrees with brisk winds in the north west and gentle breezes elsewhere. this evening and tonight, we say goodbye to the showers, there will be clearer skies, some patchy mist and fog forming and they will also be some frost around as well, but the cloud is already thickening across western scotland and northern ireland and the wind will be picking up, as well. that heralds the arrival of this weather front which is a fairly slow moving, bringing in the rain through the course of tomorrow, more clouds building ahead of it tomorrow, to the sunshine turns hazy, but for england and wales, maybe you will catch the odd isolated shower, but they'll be the exception to the rule, a lot of sunshine, with temperatures up to 16 degrees, that will feel very pleasant in that sunshine, as indeed will 14. tuesday evening, we can see the slow progress of the weather front, eventually getting through northern ireland and into western scotland. this is it here, a cold front, behind it, we start to see some cold airdigging in.

a weather front pushes up at the same time from the south, heading north, bringing some rain with it. some of that frame will be heavy and persistent. as it travels north, our cold front in the north travelling south, with the cold air digging in behind it means that we are looking at some hill snow in scotland. temperatures six to about 13 or 15 as we push down to the south, so temperatures slip a little, compared to what we are expecting on tuesday. as we head into the latter part of the week, eventually we find that weather front slowly clears from the south—east on thursday, then high—pressure bills so things remain fine and dry with a fair bit of sunshine but at times, some weather fronts try to bring rain into the north—west.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lucy hockings. our top stories... the russian assault on ukraine continues as a residential block is shelled in the capital kyiv. at least one person has died. despite the attacks, both sides cite progress in peace talks. president zelensky says he wants to speak with putin personally. iam i am live in western ukraine where there is concern this war is getting closer to where we are. a pregnant woman injured in the russian bombing of a maternity hospital in mariupol has died, along with her baby. 2.7 million people flee ukraine to neighbouring countries. more than 1.75 million people have crossed poland's border since the war began.

in the uk, plans to house ukrainian refugees in people's homes will be announced later today. households will receive £350, about 450 dollars, a month as a "thank you". the us warns china not to assist russia with military support so it can evade international sanctions. beijing calls the accusation fake news. russia has continued to shell residential areas in many ukrainian cities. reports say it's killed at least five people. in the capital kyiv, a nine—storey apartment block was set on fire by shelling earlier today. several others were wounded. daily bombardments on the outskirts of the capital have reportedly killed dozens more in what seems to be an attempt by russian forces

to cut off supplies. tim muffett has the latest. an apartment block in kyiv attacked this morning. emergency services say one person was killed and 12 were injured. in the northern suburbs of the capital, authorities say an aircraft manufacturing plant was also shelled by russian forces. these attacks followed the sustained bombardment of other cities, such as mariupol. before and after satellite footage shows the devastating impact on residential areas. following an attack on a maternity hospital in the city, a woman was seen being carried away on a stretcher. this morning, there are reports that both she and her child have died from their injuries. a situation described by the red cross as a waking nightmare. people are running out of water,

people are running out of food, people are running out of medicine and every day, they have to scramble to something to survive on. the solution needs to be found in order to protect the civilians, in order to allow them safe passage, for those who want to leave the city, or for humanitarian supplies to come in. ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has been a visible presence in kyiv every day. more talks with russia will take place today. ukrainian officials said this morning that moscow's position was more constructive than it had been previously. the ukrainian president has also demanded a meeting with vladimir putin. translation: representatives l of our countries' delegation speak by video link every day. our delegation has a clear task, to ensure a meeting of the presidents, a meeting that i am sure people are waiting for. obviously, this is difficult, a hard path but this path is needed and our goal is for ukraine to get the necessary result in this struggle, in this negotiation.

but this strike on a military training base a few miles from the polish border yesterday, which killed 35 people, was seen by many as a significant escalation. and these are photos from the second largest city, kharkiv. you can see the devastation. in chernihiv, a delicate removal operation to remove an unexploded device. in kyiv, irina's piano survived an air strike. there was time for a final tune before she and her family left ukraine. tim muffett, bbc news.

one of the cities hardest hit by russian bombardment is irpin. it lies about 25 kilometres north—west of the capital kyiv. we have seen lots of worrying images from irpin in recent days, using planks being allayed across the river. that is because the bridge was formed. it is very difficult for us to find out what is going on there. we understand a journalist was killed near irpin as well. i'm very pleased to say we got through to the city's mea oleksandr markushyn. he does not speak english so sitting here next to me we have our own translator. you so sitting here next to me we have our own translator.— our own translator. you are listening — our own translator. you are listening and _ our own translator. you are listening and try _ our own translator. you are listening and try to - our own translator. you are | listening and try to translate our own translator. you are i listening and try to translate a really important interview we are

bringing now so bear with us as we try to talk the mea and find out what is going on with my translator here. —— as we talk to the mayor. thank you, set for talking to us, what is the situation right now and second? translation: good afternoon, i am read to be translation: good afternoon, i am ready to be able _ translation: good afternoon, i am ready to be able to _ translation: good afternoon, i am ready to be able to join _ translation: good afternoon, i am ready to be able to join you - translation: good afternoon, i am ready to be able to join you and - translation: good afternoon, i am ready to be able to join you and to i ready to be able to join you and to share with the whole world what is happening in irpin. yes, we have

been shelled for the second day and later on i will provide you with some video footage of video evidence of that. the enemy is shelling our schools, residential areas, of that. the enemy is shelling our schools, residentialareas, private houses, they shelled the palace of culture, sport schools etc, so there is heavy, heavy shelling and bombardment going on. oleksandr, i understand that _ bombardment going on. oleksandr, i understand that you, _ bombardment going on. oleksandr, i understand that you, yourself, i understand that you, yourself, actually saw some people getting killed, can you describe because what you, yourself, have witnessed?

translation: yes, i was participating _ translation: yes, i was participating in _ translation: yes, iwas participating in the - translation: yes, l was - participating in the evacuation and there were around 100 people and that was the only safe place, the only safe place we could evacuate people through and in front of me there were 50 metres in front of me, a family with two children, a

husband and wife, and they were just in front of me, they were killed by a mine. unfortunately these things are happening all the time and the shelling, shooting at peaceful civilians, it is not possible to shoot civilians what they are doing that and this is barbaric. white met we should explain that the picture we should explain that the picture we have just saw is the —— we should explain that the picture we have just saw is the mother of the family that mayor oleksandr markushyn saw being

killed. can you just explain what the evacuation process is like now? translation: yes, we have been evacuatin: translation: yes, we have been evacuating people _ translation: yes, we have been evacuating people and _ translation: yes, we have been evacuating people and we - translation: yes, we have been evacuating people and we do i translation: yes, we have been| evacuating people and we do today and on a daily basis but there are between 5000 and 7000 residents who want to stay and it is they 19, we've been holding on, and this situation continues. d0 we've been holding on, and this situation continues.— we've been holding on, and this situation continues. do they have electricity and — situation continues. do they have electricity and power _ situation continues. do they have electricity and power in _ situation continues. do they have electricity and power in the i situation continues. do they have electricity and power in the city? | electricity and power in the city? are people able to get food and keep themselves warm?

translation: no, there is no energy su -l , no translation: no, there is no energy supply. no mobile _ translation: no, there is no energy supply, no mobile communication, i translation: no, there is no energy supply, no mobile communication, noj supply, no mobile communication, no water supply, supply, no mobile communication, no watersupply, no supply, no mobile communication, no water supply, no heating in the city now. the people are hiding in sellers, they use improvised stoves to warm themselves and as far as the food and medications are concerned, our volunteers collect request and they try to deliver what is necessary to resident. they try to deliver what is necessa to resident. , ~ ., necessary to resident. irpin we know is ke and necessary to resident. irpin we know is key and we _ necessary to resident. irpin we know is key and we should _ necessary to resident. irpin we know is key and we should explain - necessary to resident. irpin we know is key and we should explain to i necessary to resident. irpin we know

is key and we should explain to our i is key and we should explain to our viewers, it is key to the defence of kyiv, to the capital. could the mayor let us know what his feeling is on whether russian forces are close to taking over irpin and what the situation is regarding the ukrainians defending first hit irpin? translation: == ukrainians defending first hit irpin? tuna/mom- ukrainians defending first hit ir-in? translation: , ., ., irpin? translation: -- the situation rearardin irpin? translation: -- the situation regarding ukrainians _ irpin? translation: -- the situation regarding ukrainians defending - regarding ukrainians defending irpin.

translation: yesterday we heard an unprecedented — translation: yesterday we heard an unprecedented case _ translation: yesterday we heard an unprecedented case where _ translation: yesterday we heard an unprecedented case where the - translation: yesterday we heard an | unprecedented case where the russian infantry managed to break through, there was a heavy shooting but the result of it, the unprecedented thing, they started shooting journalist and as the result of it, one american journalist was killed. we managed to destroy this unit of russian military and we managed to bring otherjournalists to hospitals. bring other 'ournalists to hospitals.— bring other “ournalists to hospitals. bring other “ournalists to hositals. ., , , hospitals. mayor, do stay with us because it's _ hospitals. mayor, do stay with us because it's an _ hospitals. mayor, do stay with us because it's an incredibly - hospitals. mayor, do stay with us i because it's an incredibly important testimony, what you're sharing with us because irpin is so dangerous,

difficult to get to what you would like to say now goodbye to all of our viewers who have joined like to say now goodbye to all of our viewers who havejoined us on bbc two, our coverage will continue here on bbc is. i have another question for the mayor, for oleksandr markushyn as well. could he describe how much damage has been done to his city? translation: many infrastructure errors and facilities, _ translation: many infrastructure errors and facilities, access - errors and facilities, access facilities have... especially the

critical infrastructure, water supply, mobile communication is down, so lots of damage but i am confident that we will be able to reconstruct all of these and rebuild all these when the war is over. t all these when the war is over. i can see that he has a sense of defiance and obviously confidence in the ukrainian forces who are there and i guess my final session is, is he scared about what the coming hours and days hold?

translation: yes, you know, in the war, translation: yes, you know, in the war. everyone _ translation: yes, you know, in the war. everyone is _ translation: yes, you know, in the war, everyone is scared. _ translation: yes, you know, in the war, everyone is scared. if— translation: yes, you know, in the war, everyone is scared. if someone i war, everyone is scared. if someone says they are not skirt, that is not true but i am supported by my residence of my native and my comrade, and we have trust and confidence in our president, in our country. confidence in our president, in our count . ., , ., confidence in our president, in our count . ., ., ~ confidence in our president, in our count . ., ., country. could you thank you mayor so much for— country. could you thank you mayor so much for speaking _ country. could you thank you mayor so much for speaking with - country. could you thank you mayor so much for speaking with us - country. could you thank you mayor so much for speaking with us and i so much for speaking with us and tell him to stay safe.— tell him to stay safe. thank you. thank you _ tell him to stay safe. thank you. thank you very _ tell him to stay safe. thank you. thank you very much _ tell him to stay safe. thank you. thank you very much for - tell him to stay safe. thank you. thank you very much forjoiningl tell him to stay safe. thank you. i thank you very much forjoining us, oleksandr markushyn, the mayor of irpin, forjoining us there. it was really good to get that perspective. let's take you over to yilda who is

in i. i don't know how much you heard of that interview with the mayor of irpin but he said if you are not scared, you are lying. what is the feeling there? tt is are not scared, you are lying. what is the feeling there?— is the feeling there? it is quite extraordinary. _ is the feeling there? it is quite extraordinary. we _ is the feeling there? it is quite extraordinary. we are - is the feeling there? it is quite extraordinary. we are seeing i is the feeling there? it is quite i extraordinary. we are seeing people say they are fighting to defend their country and they are planning a training to go to the front line. quite extraordinary sort of feeling of solidarity that is taking place here in ukraine and there really are absorbing what the president is telling them, president zelensky

when he addresses the public and addresses ukraine, tell them to fight for their country, fight for the nation so what you're hearing there from the mayor of irpin, lucy, is what we are seeing where i am. and where i am right now is next to a statue of taras shevchenko, a well—known thinker here. a statue of taras shevchenko, a well-known thinker here.- a statue of taras shevchenko, a well-known thinker here. thank you to yalda hakim _ well-known thinker here. thank you to yalda hakim there. _ now tojenny now to jenny hill. yes, we have now 'ust said now to jenny hill. yes, we have now just said that — now to jenny hill. yes, we have now just said that we _ now to jenny hill. yes, we have now just said that we don't _ now to jenny hill. yes, we have now just said that we don't know -

now to jenny hill. yes, we have now just said that we don't know about i just said that we don't know about those talks, they were meant to be getting on today online, he is not sure whether they have actually started happening. it's interesting if you look at russia's position, the last few days, members of the delegation, they have been making optimistic noises that progress can be made in the two side, sessions —— the two sides' positions. vladimir putin needs probably now to reassure the russian public at his so—called special military operation in eastern ukraine is not going to go on forever, russian soldiers of course are dying, their families are being informed. secondly because we hear so much belligerent rhetoric still, even last night, state tv accusing the ukraine of trying to prepare a uk weapons of chemical and biological weapons, and third because we know that what russia is demanding of ukraine, in effect, that it hands over chunks of

territory, is an excel or to ukraine. —— is unacceptable to ukraine. i'm joined now by professor sergei karaganov — a russian political scientist and honourary chairman of russia's council on foreign and defence policy. thank you forjoining us. what is your understanding of the talks? have they resumed? there was talk over the weekend of both sides of progress had been made, do you know what that progresses? first progress had been made, do you know what that progresses?— what that progresses? first of all, thank you, i'm not _ what that progresses? first of all, thank you, i'm not an _ what that progresses? first of all, thank you, i'm not an official i what that progresses? first of all, thank you, i'm not an official so i thank you, i'm not an official so i'm relying on the same sources you are relying on. i may have a different picture from what you have, of course. as far as i understand, the russian official position is to get a peace settlement based on the complete demilitarisation of ukraine, and to

have an online status for this country. —— have an aligned stasis. —— status. there is ultra nationalist elements which are very close to what germans had any 30s. can i ask you, our correspondent just raised the issue about whether or not russia are serious about these talks, do you think they are serious about the talks? the russians are _ serious about the talks? the russians are serious. - serious about the talks? t“te: russians are serious. i think the russians are serious. i think the russians are serious about those talks but only after our demands are met. white make you say they are serious and yet you raise is one of theissues serious and yet you raise is one of the issues —— serious and yet you raise is one of the issues —- to serious and yet you raise is one of the issues "— the issues -- to say they are serious but _ the issues -- to say they are serious but then _ the issues -- to say they are serious but then you - the issues -- to say they are serious but then you raise i the issues -- to say they are| serious but then you raise the the issues -- to say they are - serious but then you raise the issue of the de—nazification of ukraine, thatis of the de—nazification of ukraine, that is not a thing, that is a false

narrative from russia.— narrative from russia. well, in terms of the — narrative from russia. well, in terms of the institution - narrative from russia. well, in terms of the institution allows| terms of the institution allows them, nato, the wars, wars have happened. them, nato, the wars, wars have happened-— them, nato, the wars, wars have hauened.~ , , ,, ., ., ., happened. why is russia attacking a military base — happened. why is russia attacking a military base right _ happened. why is russia attacking a military base right on _ happened. why is russia attacking a military base right on the _ happened. why is russia attacking a military base right on the border- military base right on the border with poland? the deputy polish foreign minister has told the bbc today this was incredibly provocative and is threatening to nato. t provocative and is threatening to nato. ., , . provocative and is threatening to nato. ., ., ., ., nato. i hope that nato will come to its senses. — nato. i hope that nato will come to its senses. at _ nato. i hope that nato will come to its senses, at last. _ nato. i hope that nato will come to its senses, at last. it _ nato. i hope that nato will come to its senses, at last. it is _ nato. i hope that nato will come to its senses, at last. it is a _ nato. i hope that nato will come to its senses, at last. it is a tragedy i its senses, at last. it is a tragedy that there are elements of civil war in ukraine but i think russia wants to fight and fight as far away from the russian territory as possible. also there is the defending of the breakaway of republics which have in living under siege and the continuous artillery shelling of

eight years. flan continuous artillery shelling of eight years-— continuous artillery shelling of eight years. continuous artillery shelling of eiuht ears. ., ., , eight years. can you explain to us then why the _ eight years. can you explain to us then why the russian _ eight years. can you explain to us then why the russian military i eight years. can you explain to us then why the russian military is l then why the russian military is deliberately targeting civilians? russian military, as far as understand, but of course i... unusually... , that is why they have not taken many citizens because they are not warming. t not taken many citizens because they are not warming.— are not warming. i have to enter u - . .. are not warming. i have to enter u... i are not warming. i have to enter up... i appreciate _ are not warming. i have to enter up... i appreciate you _ are not warming. i have to enter up... i appreciate you are - are not warming. i have to enter up... i appreciate you are only i up... i appreciate you are only seeing the government narrative on your television stream but i can assure you that ukrainian civilians are being killed and bombed in ukraine. they are dying. will. are being killed and bombed in ukraine. they are dying. will, that we know but _ ukraine. they are dying. will, that we know but we _ ukraine. they are dying. will, that we know but we also _ ukraine. they are dying. will, that we know but we also have - ukraine. they are dying. will, that we know but we also have a i ukraine. they are dying. will, that| we know but we also have a picture that our local military forces and nationalists are not permitting... might make the russian military, we understand, are blocking people, stopping those humanitarian

corridors from walking. if we look at mariupol, they are being stopped from crossing. brute at mariupol, they are being stopped from crossing-— from crossing. we have an opposite icture. from crossing. we have an opposite picture- how _ from crossing. we have an opposite picture. how many _ from crossing. we have an opposite picture. how many russian - from crossing. we have an opposite picture. how many russian soldiers| picture. how many russian soldiers have died so _ picture. how many russian soldiers have died so far, _ picture. how many russian soldiers have died so far, do _ picture. how many russian soldiers have died so far, do you _ picture. how many russian soldiers have died so far, do you know? i picture. how many russian soldiersj have died so far, do you know? the official have died so far, do you know? t“te: official figures are less than 1000 but we are in the fog of war and we do not really know the real casualties but of course the russian military power and training is... but the ukrainian forces are nationalists, nazis they are quality, they are fighting and there will be a victory, quote on quote, they are saying. will be a victory, quote on quote, they are saying-— will be a victory, quote on quote, they are saying. president putin has talked of this _ they are saying. president putin has talked of this victory _ they are saying. president putin has talked of this victory but _ they are saying. president putin has talked of this victory but why - they are saying. president putin has talked of this victory but why is i they are saying. president putin has talked of this victory but why is it i talked of this victory but why is it then that he feels the need to ask for foreign fighters to now get

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are daily bombardments on the outskirts reportedly killing dozens. do stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. there were many sightings of the northern lights last night, especially so in the northern half of the country. we did start off on a rather chilly note, and we have a weather front which is moving across the english channel, bringing in some showers and another weather front across northern ireland, northern england and also scotland with showers. this is going to continue to push steadily eastwards through today, clearing northern ireland and showers in the english channel pushing further north and east through the day as well. in between, lots of sunshine brightening up northern ireland and brightening up through the afternoon and north—east of scotland. temperatures 9—14 with brisk winds in the north west and gentle breezes of.

—— and gentle breezes elsewhere. this evening and tonight, we say goodbye to the showers, there will be clearer skies, some patchy mist and fog forming and they will also be some frost around as well, but the cloud is already thickening across western scotland and northern ireland and the wind will be picking up as well. that heralds the arrival of this weather front which is a fairly slow moving, bringing in the rain through the course of tomorrow, more clouds building ahead of it tomorrow, to the sunshine turns hazy, but for england and wales, maybe you will catch the odd isolated shower, but they'll be the exception to the rule, a lot of sunshine, with temperatures up to 16 degrees, that will feel very pleasant in that sunshine, as indeed will 14. tuesday evening, we can see the slow progress of the weather front, eventually getting through northern ireland and into western scotland. this is it here, a cold front, behind it, we start to see some cold airdigging in. a weather front pushes up at the same time from the south, heading northwards, bringing some rain with it. some of that rain will be heavy and persistent. as it travels north, a cold front

in the north travelling south, with the cold air digging in behind it means that we are looking at some hill snow in scotland. temperatures are six to about 13 or 15 as we push down to the south, so temperatures slip a little, compared to what we are expecting on tuesday. as we head into the latter part of the week, eventually we find that the weather front slowly clears from the south—east on thursday, then high—pressure bills so things remain fine and dry with a fair bit of sunshine but at times, some weather fronts try to bring rain into the north—west.

this is bbc news. welcome, if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: the russian assault on ukraine continues as a residential block is shelled in the capital, kyiv — at least one person has died. despite the attacks, both sides cite progress in peace talks. president zelensky says he wants to speak with putin personally. a pregnant woman injured in the russian bombing of a maternity hospital in mariupol has died, along with her baby. 2.7 million people flee ukraine to neighbouring countries. more than 1.75 million people have crossed poland's border since the war began. in the uk, plans to house ukrainian refugees in people's homes will be announced later today. households will receive £350, that's around $450, a month as a "thank you".

the us warns china not to assist russia with military support so it can evade international sanctions — beijing calls the accusation "fake news". a group of ukrainian children have arrived in the uk to undergo life—saving cancer treatment on the nhs, the health secretary has said. sajid javid said the 21 children would be offered the best possible care in hospitals around the country. here with me now is martin english, who is a doctor at birmingham women's and children's nhs foundation trust. he was on the flight with the children who were receiving cancer treatment.

iam i am pleased to say that the children are all safe and as well as can be expected considering the traumas they have undergone. what will happen now? the important thing, after keeping them safe, was to make sure that they didn't have as smooth as light as possible. they were transferred to summer where they were able to eat, sleep and wash and undergo immediate medical assessments to take care of any urgent needs that needed to be addressed straightaway. then, while they were resting, we were able to identify the most appropriate units in the nhs for them to be transferred to, and that has been taking place through today and we would expect by the end of today they will be in their m destinations.- they will be in their m destinations. ~ ., they will be in their m destinations. ~ . ., destinations. what further nature we talkin: destinations. what further nature we talking about — destinations. what further nature we talking about for _ destinations. what further nature we talking about for these _ destinations. what further nature we talking about for these children? i talking about for these children? well, most of them are in the middle of treatment for cancer, so it could be anything from surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy. we need to assess what treatments they have

had and what we need to put into place to continue their care. lloathed place to continue their care. what sort of things _ place to continue their care. what sort of things to _ place to continue their care. what sort of things to the _ place to continue their care. what sort of things to the family - place to continue their care. what sort of things to the family say to you and what kind of things where they sang to the children to try to get them through this ordeal? the focus was get them through this ordeal? t“te: focus was very much on getting to safety and they just wanted to focus was very much on getting to safety and theyjust wanted to make sure that their children were safe. those that were concerned about their health asked us about it in my —— and i'm delighted to say we had an excellent team of paediatric intensive care staff from southampton who were with us you were able to reassure the children and look after them. the airline staff help very much indeed with keeping everybody calm after they arrived at the destination. they were taken to a local hotel and there is a team of doctors, nurses and administrative staff waiting for them to help them continue to reassure them and look after them.

they have had very little opportunity to talk to me about other things. the focus was very much on health care and safety and making sure that everything was ok. how much of a problem would have been for some of these children that their care in ukraine was interrupted? they may have missed vital treatment there and trying to get out of ukraine to poland and now to the uk? t get out of ukraine to poland and now to the uk? ., ., , ., to the uk? i would hope that interruption _ to the uk? i would hope that interruption of _ to the uk? i would hope that interruption ofjust _ to the uk? i would hope that interruption ofjust a - to the uk? i would hope that interruption ofjust a few i to the uk? i would hope that i interruption ofjust a few weeks interruption of just a few weeks would not impact on the long—term care. obviously, if that was to continue for a few weeks more and it will turn into months, for anyone to access ongoing treatment, then the consequences could be grave. doctor enulish, consequences could be grave. doctor english. what — consequences could be grave. doctor english, what did _ consequences could be grave. doctor english, what did they _ consequences could be grave. doctor english, what did they tell— consequences could be grave. doctor english, what did they tell you, i consequences could be grave. doctor english, what did they tell you, if i english, what did they tell you, if anything, about their experience of having to get out of ukraine? weill. having to get out of ukraine? well, there wasn't _ having to get out of ukraine? well, there wasn't really _ having to get out of ukraine? well, there wasn't really time _ having to get out of ukraine? well, there wasn't really time to - having to get out of ukraine? well, there wasn't really time to do i having to get out of ukraine? -tt there wasn't really time to do that. we had to move very quickly to embark the children on the aircraft to look after their safety and then

once we got them back into the uk everybodyjust needed to eat and get some sleep. to everybodyjust needed to eat and get some slee -. ., .,, ., everybodyjust needed to eat and get some sleep-— some sleep. to most of the children have a parent _ some sleep. to most of the children have a parent with _ some sleep. to most of the children have a parent with them? _ some sleep. to most of the children have a parent with them? most i some sleep. to most of the children have a parent with them? most of i have a parent with them? most of them have — have a parent with them? most of them have a _ have a parent with them? most of them have a parent _ have a parent with them? most of them have a parent or— have a parent with them? most of them have a parent or a _ have a parent with them? most of them have a parent or a carer i have a parent with them? most of| them have a parent or a carer with them, that's right, and some siblings as well.— them, that's right, and some siblings as well. doctor martin en . lish, siblings as well. doctor martin english. it _ siblings as well. doctor martin english. it is _ siblings as well. doctor martin english, it is wonderful - siblings as well. doctor martin english, it is wonderful work i siblings as well. doctor martin i english, it is wonderful work you're doing, thank you so much for sharing your story. doing, thank you so much for sharing our sto . . ~ doing, thank you so much for sharing our sto . ., ~ ,., doing, thank you so much for sharing our sto . ., ~ i., your story. thank you. good afternoon- _ a fourth round of talks between russia and ukraine is under way, with ukraine pressing for an immediate withdrawal of russian troops — both sides have said there's a possibility of draft agreements, but it's not clear what these would cover. meanwhie, ukraine's foreign minister, dmytro kuleba, has again called on the west to supply more weapons and apply further sanctions on russia. weapons and sanctions. this is what the international community can do. weapons to ukraine, sanctions against russia. we have been very open about it. we need to strengthen

significantly our air force, open about it. we need to strengthen significantly our airforce, and significantly our air force, and therefore significantly our airforce, and therefore the best thing nato allies can do now is provide ukraine with all necessary fighting jets and attack planes, which will allow us to balance the military situation in the sky, because most of the casualties that we suffer is as a result of bombardments of our cities from the sky. out of the more than 2.7 million refugees fleeing ukraine, the un say roughly half, 1.35 million, are children. i've been speaking to james elderfrom unicef, the un's children's fund. he's just returned from a trip to the city of lviv and has been telling me what he saw there. the situation remains really harrowing for children across the country. lviv is a jumping—off point,

as you will have seen, it's families there, hundreds of thousands of families, pour through there. they've had nights in bunkers, nights under attacks, we continue to see worsening indiscriminate attacks in populated areas, and they're farwelling one another. husbands and wives, children and fathers. and so that place, and it's frigid cold, with a great deal of stress and sorrow, is where hundreds of thousands the situation remains really harrowing for children of people are leaving their country and going into all those neighbouring countries. so in ukraine we continue to see indiscriminate attacks killing children, dozens of children, and medical facilities and schools, and then as you rightly say, we have, gosh, now around 1.3 million children, it's a staggering number, 1.3 million children injust over two weeks in those neighbouring countries. james, how many of those children crossing over are unaccompanied, what is the concern about those children and what can be done to help them? the short answer at the moment is we don't know how many are, such has been the pace

across multiple borders. i saw fathers hand children to border guards as a last farewell. what unicef is doing across border areas, which is so critical, is having something called a blue dot. a blue dot is where a family can get information about registering and where they can get a safe space, where mothers can breathe, where they can understand what is going on in the next stages of the journey. that's a critical thing. but our great concerns, as you rightly asked, are trafficking right now. 1.3 million children injust over two weeks. this is a huge area of concern for unicef, for those governments, for other agencies who work in this area. now, with that concern comes action, comes action on information to parents at those blue dot facilities, comes information we are giving at train stations now in ukraine for parents, what should be your warning signs? information to volunteers, what to look for. right now as you and i speak, we have information on social media, facebook and so on, in all those

languages that people can access. it's a starting point, and it's critical. but it remains a great concern, and of course, the fastest way to stop it would be for the war to stop. while that is not occurring, these are the systems unicef is putting in place help those families who continue to flee this war. james, once they do cross over the border, we know what a magnificentjob some of those bordering countries are doing, caring for refugees. are there any specific plans in place in those countries to help try and care for those children's mental health needs, which must be so immense right now given the trauma that they have been through? they are immense. hundreds of families i spoke to, and sometimes you would just see a mother and a child and the child just doesn't say anything, doesn't cry, and this is another sign of trauma. sometimes i would see children who'd lived in bunkers for two days and almost have a ringing

in their ear and don't speak. this psychological stress and trauma is something that unicef now, working with those governments, we have dozens of child protection experts across these countries, either going in or talking to partners about the sorts of things they can do. education will be a key one. any sense of normality for these children. so it's about partners on the ground, training partners on the ground, unicef�*s own child protection specialists, getting kids back into any classroom we possibly can, because we have to break this cycle so very quickly. this scarring that children are enduring, this horror that... there is no education right now. the lesson today for children who are still stuck in ukraine is, "this is an air raid siren, this is what it sounds like, you have to jump out of your bed and go to a bunker." what unicef is seeking to do is keep those children safe, but as you rightly point out, those children now across in other countries, get some normality, the support, education,

through unicef and many, many partners in those countries where you rightly say are so very generous with an influx we have not seen since world war ii. as the battle for ukraine rages, another conflict is being fought in parallel — an information war. like the conflict on the ground, this fight also has real consequences for the people whose lives it touches. russia's military assault has been accompanied by an onslaught of disinformation and propaganda from state media, trolls and influencers. with all sides seeking to capture and control the narrative, how do you tell what is fake and what is real? in a podcast series for bbc radio 4, available on bbc sounds, the bbc�*s disinformation reporter marianna spring investigates stories from ukraine, russia, and around the world, and hears from those caught up in the battle for the truth and marianna joins me now.

what an amazing podcast to be doing right now. t what an amazing podcast to be doing riaht now. . , ,, ., ~ what an amazing podcast to be doing riaht now. . , , , ., ~ ., right now. i have been speaking to different people _ right now. i have been speaking to different people affected - right now. i have been speaking to different people affected by - right now. i have been speaking to different people affected by this i different people affected by this information around the war in ukraine. each 50 minute episode, which will be available to people outside the uk wherever they get the podcasts, this has real consequences for people. it doesn'tjust add to the chaos and stress they are experiencing right now as they try to play or keep their loved ones safe, it is also causing relationships to breakdown down and families to fall out with one another. the first episode focuses on christina, 31, an interior designer, graphic designer. she was living in kyiv with her mum. she was forced into an error rate shelter. they rushed back to the flat to grab as much stuff as they could before they fled to poland. she posted about this on instagram story and

her cousin in russia said i don't believe you, i need more proof. they have now fallen out because nothing she shares with her is working. we have a clip of her explaining that. so later we had several video chats. her husband is working for the russian government. she said, "i can't post anything on my social networks about what is going on in ukraine and moreover i need proof", she said. i said, "we are being bombed". i don't know, what proof should i give her? should i like wait until the rockets are close enough to me to take a photo of it? i don't know. and what did your cousin think is happening in ukraine? she says we are bombing ourselves. that is something you hear time and time again. i wasjust

that is something you hear time and time again. i was just speaking to an analyst in moscow is at the same thing to me. how much is this about state propaganda and all the stuff on social media right now? th state propaganda and all the stuff on social media right now?- on social media right now? in the case of christina, _ on social media right now? in the case of christina, her _ on social media right now? in the case of christina, her cousin i case of christina, her cousin believes the reality that has been created for her by state tv, russian propaganda. those pictures there of books are of the possessions that christina took with her when she fled. she got in this awful argument with her cousin because she was thinking of the few thing she was able to take what her cousin was lamenting she was having to queue up to get into eye care. we have spoken to get into eye care. we have spoken to a guy called maxim, social media influencer, and rather than it being real relatives and friends who believe propaganda in russia, he has been harassed by pro—russia accounts on instagram. he shared a video of

his apartment block that had been sheued his apartment block that had been shelled and they posted telling him that he was lying. translation: i showed pictures of my house, i which had been shelled. i showed dead bodies lying around so people would believe me, - but it's impossible to get through to them. - it can be difficult to tell how many of them are real people who believe stuff, or if there is something more insidious. russia uses this information campaigns. the answer to that question is probably something that question is probably something that we won't know potentially for months, how effective those sites have been. we need to know more on he is running these accounts. thank ou so he is running these accounts. thank you so much- _ ukraine's president zelensky has been talking. we understood that he was going to

be addressing the council of europe in strasbourg, but that didn't happen. we havejust had a tape in strasbourg, but that didn't happen. we have just had a tape feed of president zelensky. let's have a listen. translation:. i am wishing you good health, good — translation:. i am wishing you good health, good health, _ translation:. i am wishing you good health, good health, and _ translation:. i am wishing you good health, good health, and good - health, good health, and good weather, that we hardly notice these days. we don't have a clear sky over kyiv or over or other cities because of these air the streets are quiet but i hope this is not forever. this is what we are fighting for and we are not giving away what is ours. today we celebrate our ukrainian day of volunteers. this is the ability

to get together and fight together, creating our own ukrainian character. we may not notice each other in everyday life. we have this happen in our lives. when we see a threat to our way of life, our spirits. when we see threats to ukraine, tuart state, we are not hesitating, not a minute, because we are ukrainians, we are getting united and are doing everything to defend what is ours. we shouldn't be persuaded to become volunteers. ukrainians don't need to be stimulated to start helping each other. strong supports of our armed forces, but all the people of ukraine, the volunteer movement, solidarity of all our people. this is a precondition for our victory,

for liberating our country. the best country. ukraine progress is not just our corridor, a territory for invaders, they don't differentiate. they don't understand anything. that is why for them this is just a target. for us, ukraine is millions of happy moments, dear symbols, places we remember. ukraine for us is our life. that is why millions of people became defenders of our country today and that is why today we are all volunteers, those who defend ukraine, our children, our future. those who feel this free spirit to defend ukraine, either volunteers fighting in the forces,

those who defend our roads, official or unofficial diplomats, those who assist us with equipment, those who keep our businesses and provide necessary products and goods. those who save and treat people under any conditions. those who work in transport. those who provide communications. i am grateful to all of you and congratulate you all. each volunteer, those who work for our victory, day each volunteer, those who work for ourvictory, dayi9 each volunteer, those who work for our victory, day 19 of our fights, and where armed forces are creative and where armed forces are creative and standing strong, and we are incurring losses to the enemy, they don't really know where to find any assistance or reserves, assistance for themselves, insistence to the invaders. it is miserable but we cannot relax. the russian state have been preparing for this war for

dozens of years. they have been accumulating resources for the sake of destroying ukraine and europe. europe as we know it. that is why we need to stay strong. we need to fight in order to win, in order to get to the honest piece that guarantees security for our states, for our people and to put it on paper in talks, negotiations, difficult negotiations. today i had a video meeting of delegations, that has started. everybody is waiting for the news in the evening and we will report its. when the state is fighting, the economy of the country

should be sustains to the extent it is possible in the streets of our cities, life should appear where security allows it. any kind of business, those businesses who could work today for the country to leave to start reconstruction of ukraine. it is something which depends on all of us, all of us who are capable to work. economic suffocation of ukraine is one of the tasks of the enemy in this war and now we have to defend ourselves against this, keep people say. that is why the government was commissioned today to return to small and medium businesses, to remove any complications and obstacles in order for this system not to be

burdensome, and that people could work where they could work during the wartime and for the sake of post—war reconstruction. and you fiscal model is necessary. so that people could feel that they could be flexible so that they could feel that all the funds and assets will be preserved and they should not be concerned to lose anything because the state of ukraine guarantees security to everyone. the cabinet office of ukraine is working on the ways how we can do things legally and we are expecting details and a couple of day. they are ukrainians, the enemy forces continue destroying our infrastructure and continue shelling our cities, but you should

know that we will reconstruct everything. every city. every street and every apartments. after the war i am confident that we will be able to do it speedily and we will be able to focus on all the assistance coming from the world to do everything for ukrainian —— for ukraine to live. while the invaders are still on our land ukraine to live. while the invaders are still on our [and we need to fight and push them away, defend our cities, defend our villages, fight and push them away, defend our cities, defend ourvillages, defend each metre of our lands and every part of our ukrainian heart, ukrainian soul. help each other. support each other. support the defence, it defend to stay together and we will win. glory to ukraine.

that was president zelensky. we received that day from him just a short time ago. we had been due to talk to the council of europe and did not, but we have now received that tape through where he was talking about peace and an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of russian troops, as well. we are not sure where president zelensky was speaking from, but we have other pictures that have come into us from kyiv. this is a district where there was a russian attack. there have been daily attacks on the outskirts. dozens of people have reportedly been killed. we have also seen pictures today from mariupol. pretty desperate scenes in that city. shops and pharmacies have been looted, food and water has run out. there is no electricity. ukraine now saying

that more than 2500 residents have been killed by the russians. you remember —— you may remember that picture of the pregnant woman photographed in mariupol after the maternity hospital was bombed. we now know that she has died, along with their baby. that sad news coming to us today, as well. let's also direct you to the bbc news web page. we have a live also direct you to the bbc news web page. we have alive page up and running, constantly being updated by our team is right around the world. we have a big team in ukraine right now and in neighbouring countries. our bureau in russia is contributing to this as well, and all the best interviews across the bbc network are put on the website, as well. it is well worth having a look if you want to keep across the latest developments of what is happening in ukraine right now. thanks so much for being with us on bbc news.

goodbye for now. hello, again. there were many sightings of the northern lights last night, especially so in the northern half of the country. we did start off on a rather chilly note, and we have a weather front which is moving across the english channel, bringing in some showers, and anotherfront across northern ireland, northern england and also scotland with showers. this is going to continue to push steadily eastwards through today, clearing northern ireland and our showers in the english channel pushing further north and east through the day as well. in between, lots of sunshine brightening up northern ireland and brightening up through the afternoon and north—east of scotland. temperatures 9—ili degrees with brisk winds in the north west and gentle breezes elsewhere. this evening and tonight, we say goodbye to the showers, there will be clearer skies, some patchy mist and fog forming

and they will also be some frost around as well, but the cloud is already thickening across western scotland and northern ireland and the wind will be picking up as well. that heralds the arrival of this weather front which is a fairly slow moving, bringing in the rain through the course of tomorrow, more clouds building ahead of it tomorrow, to the sunshine turns hazy, but for england and wales, maybe you will catch the odd isolated shower, but they'll be the exception to the rule, a lot of sunshine, with temperatures up to 16 degrees, that will feel very pleasant in that sunshine, as indeed will iii. tuesday evening, we can see the slow progress of the weather front, eventually getting through northern ireland and into western scotland. this is it here, a cold front, behind it, we start to see some cold airdigging in. a weather front pushes up at the same time from the south, heading north, bringing some rain with it. some of that frame will be heavy and persistent. as it travels north, a cold front

in the north travelling south, with the cold air digging in behind it means that we are looking at some hill snow in scotland. temperatures are six to about 13 or 15 as we push down to the south, so temperatures slip a little, compared to what we are expecting on tuesday. as we head into the latter part of the week, eventually we find that the weather front slowly clears from the south—east on thursday, then high—pressure builds so things remain fine and dry with a fair bit of sunshine but at times, some weather fronts try to bring rain into the north—west.

today at one — russia strikes an apartment block in the ukrainian capital kyiv. one person is killed. three people were taken to hospital and nine others treated at the scene after the nine—storey apartment building was hit, ukrainian authorities say. translation: we hid inside the closet. - we thought we were going to be captured, that the russians were getting in through the door — but we were wrong. we got out from the apartment and saw that the staircase was not there any more. everything was on fire. a pregnant woman wounded in the russian bombing of a maternity hospital has died, along with her baby, according to reports today. russian and ukrainian officials resume talks to try to end the fighting after both sides said there was progress over the weekend.

us officials say russia has asked china for military help.