this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. i'm rebecca jones. russia's bombardment of ukraine continues. residents are shaken by large explosions in the capital. emergency services say at least two people were killed by a russian air strike which struck a residential building and set it ablaze. the front line is not that far. explosion. you can hearagain the artillery fire. a news editor interrupts a russian state—controlled news programme holding an anti—war sign. she's believed to have been arrested. the kremlin called it an act of hooliganism. ukraine's president says negotiations with russia will continue via video link

in a bid to end the fighting. the czech republic prime minister, alongside his polish and slovenian counterparts, will meet president zelensky in kyiv in a show of solidarity in the coming hours. the european union approves a fourth set of sanctions against moscow. the uk is to ban exports of luxury goods to russia. and hitting the right note — the concert in new york offering solace and support to the people of ukraine. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk

or around the world. two people have died in overnight attacks in kyiv as russian forces kept up their bombardment in the ukrainian capital on the 20th day of their invasion. five locations were targeted, including two large residential buildings and a metro station. there are also reports of large explosions being heard in the borshchagovka district early this morning. a 35 hour curfew has been announced by kyiv�*s mayor, vitali klitschko. it'll start tonight and last until thursday morning. there'll be more efforts to evacuate people from the besieged city of mariupol today. more than 4,000 escaped yesterday. in the united states, a senior defence offical says the russian offensive is stalling, and that little progress was made over the weekend. negotiations between russian and ukrainian representatives are set to resume, via video—link. in moscow, a news editor has been arrested, after she appeared

with a sign reading �*no war�* behind a newsreader on russian state—controlled tv. with the latest, tim muffett reports. another brutal star to another day of war. in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, an apartment block in ruins. two people died following an air strike this morning, according to emergency services. 35 were rescued. the city's mayor said this morning a 36 hour curfew would be imposed later today. this was the southern port city of kirstie ahn on sunday, protests against the kremlin, russian troops now fully control the region —— port city of kherson. translation: region -- port city of kherson. translation:— region -- port city of kherson.

translation: �* ., . , ., translation: the armed forces of the russian federation _ translation: the armed forces of the russian federation took _ translation: the armed forces of the russian federation took entire - russian federation took entire control of the territory of kherson. the troops of the self—declared donetsk people's republic took control of one place and and reached another. it control of one place and and reached another. ., ., , ., a, ., , another. it follows an extraordinary act of defiance _ another. it follows an extraordinary act of defiance on _ another. it follows an extraordinary act of defiance on russian - act of defiance on russian television last night. no war, stop the war, don't believe the propaganda says the sign. the woman holding it has been named as marina 0vsyannikova, an editor at state—co ntrolled 0vsyannikova, an editor at state—controlled channel 0ne television. she is thought to be in police custody now but left this video before her arrest. translation:- video before her arrest. translation: ~ ., , ., , , translation: what is happening in ukraine is a crime, _ translation: what is happening in ukraine is a crime, russia _ translation: what is happening in ukraine is a crime, russia is - translation: what is happening in ukraine is a crime, russia is the - ukraine is a crime, russia is the aggressor and it is on the conscience of one man, putin. russia must stop this war immediately. energy is likely to have provoked

such outrage, the south—eastern city of mariupol faces a humanitarian crisis —— images like this have provoked such outrage. in his latest address, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky was unwavering, said the russians were confused and suffering heavy losses. pictures like this are a stark reminder of how dangerous parts of ukraine now are. according to reports, three british nationals are missing after russia attacked the space polish border at the weekend. reports claim the men are ex—special forces. the foreign office is investigating but there is no official so far. we're crossing to central ukraine now, to the city of uman — our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford is there with the latest. let's start with where you are, what is the situation in that part of

ukraine? ~ ., is the situation in that part of ukraine? ~ . , ., h, is the situation in that part of ukraine? ~ . , ., :: :: ukraine? we are 'ust about 200 kilometres _ ukraine? we are 'ust about 200 kilometres south— ukraine? we are just about 200 kilometres south of _ ukraine? we are just about 200 kilometres south of kyiv - ukraine? we are just about 200 kilometres south of kyiv and - ukraine? we are just about 200 i kilometres south of kyiv and have travelled here west of where we have been for several weeks and since the war began we have been in eastern ukraine. in the background you can possibly hear the air raid sirens wailing, that is the fourth or fifth time since we arrived last night. there were people even in this town who spent the night in bombshells is beneath their buildings, so nowhere is normal in ukraine any more, even those areas that have not come under direct attack by russia. there are posters along the road, one of them says everything will be ok but frankly after following and covering this war for almost three weeks the country does not feel 0k at all. it has been transformed by this conflict, even places back from the front line are covered with checkpoints, there are sandbags that every supermarket and shops,

trenches builds beneath bridges and sand banks and checkpoints at the entrance to every single town and city. this city has been dramatically changed, even in small talent we have been staying in people are living in the dark after curfew, eating quickly, it is an extraordinary change in just three weeks, a war that nobody here really believed would happen and which has utterly changed and traumatised this country. utterly changed and traumatised this count . ., ., ., ., country. you mentioned the air raid sirens and we _ country. you mentioned the air raid sirens and we have _ country. you mentioned the air raid sirens and we have had _ country. you mentioned the air raid sirens and we have had a _ country. you mentioned the air raid sirens and we have had a line - country. you mentioned the air raid sirens and we have had a line from| sirens and we have had a line from the reuters news agency saying the ukrainian authorities are issuing a countrywide air raid warning. are you able to tell us what that would involve? figs you able to tell us what that would involve? �* , ,, you able to tell us what that would involve? ~ , ,, ,., involve? as you were reporting earlier, involve? as you were reporting earlier. we _ involve? as you were reporting earlier, we know _ involve? as you were reporting earlier, we know there - involve? as you were reporting earlier, we know there has - involve? as you were reporting | earlier, we know there has also involve? as you were reporting - earlier, we know there has also been a curfew extension kyiv for the second time since the beginning of the war whereas people will not be able to go out of the houses for

some time, there possibly is linked. in recent days we have seen an increase in air strikes by russian forces and missiles targeting cities in ukraine. the place where we have been based until yesterday, there was a strike that we saw the consequences of on a shoe factory, which traumatised all the residents of the apartment buildings surrounding that. last night there was a missile strike on the airport in dnipro, that is a city which had been seen by many as a refuge, a safe place, particularly in the east of ukraine were so many cities are under sustained russian attack to the north, south and east of pro. but i think the sense of relative security was shattered by the first missile strike on the factory and now again on the airport, so this is a very nervous time for many people across this country and even here in umam, it is a beautiful sunny day, people are out and about, apart from

the air raid siren a kind of feels a little bit normal, but even so we just spoke to a woman who happened to be on the bench next to us whose mother is stuck in an area under attack, she herself got out a week ago, she is desperate to get back and know how her family ago, she is desperate to get back and know how herfamily are, so it is not normal, nothing is normal any more. ., , . is not normal, nothing is normal any more. ., ,. ., is not normal, nothing is normal any more. ., , . ., , ., ~ is not normal, nothing is normal any more. ., ,. ., , ., more. you paint such a stark picture of life in ukraine _ more. you paint such a stark picture of life in ukraine and _ more. you paint such a stark picture of life in ukraine and how— more. you paint such a stark picture of life in ukraine and how the - of life in ukraine and how the country has been transformed in these past three weeks, and yet on these past three weeks, and yet on the other hand despite that there is almost a bullish sense coming from seniorfigures. i wondered almost a bullish sense coming from senior figures. i wondered whether that be to, how does that translate to people on the ground? does it fortify them? i to people on the ground? does it fortify them?— fortify them? i think so, i think it is reflected _ fortify them? i think so, i think it is reflected by — fortify them? i think so, i think it is reflected by the _ fortify them? i think so, i think it is reflected by the people - fortify them? i think so, i think it is reflected by the people we - fortify them? i think so, i think it is reflected by the people we are| is reflected by the people we are talking to on the ground, even through their tears, and there is an awful lot of them, people are extraordinary resilience, strong and

determined so we have been meeting people all along, many fleeing for safety, women and children getting as far back as they can, many are staying simply because they simply don't want to leave their land, they don't want to leave their land, they don't want to give it up to russian forces. some people don't think there was anywhere for them to go, they don't have much money, there a lot of poor people here in ukraine, they don't have many resources. there are people staying to fight too because they say this is their land, it is a point of principle, their independence and sovereignty is worth fighting for. we are talking about people who just three weeks ago where it workers, lawyers, regular people who had never picked up regular people who had never picked up a gun, now they are manning checkpoints, women too, they are preparing to fight for their country, many already doing that and people dying as a result. at the

resilience, the rearguard effort we have seen is extraordinary, the kinds of people mobilised to clothes the troops, we saw a factory that used to make fancy women's clothing, they are now making thermal underwear for soldiers but they are running out of fabric because none is being brought into the country. we are seeing people making food for the soldiers, in the quite fancy hotel we were staying in those people were making 1500 meals for the checkpoints twice a day out apparel and pocket. you mentioned the bullish attitude of the authorities, i think they need that you keep going —— out of their own pocket. we you keep going -- out of their own ocket. ~ ~' ., you keep going -- out of their own ocket. ~ ~ ., ., ., ., , , pocket. we know negotiations between russia and ukrainian _ pocket. we know negotiations between russia and ukrainian representatives i russia and ukrainian representatives are due to resume via video link. what are your senses of what hopes there are negotiations?— what are your senses of what hopes there are negotiations? there has to be ho e, there are negotiations? there has to be hope, otherwise _ there are negotiations? there has to be hope, otherwise it _ there are negotiations? there has to be hope, otherwise it is _ there are negotiations? there has to be hope, otherwise it is way - there are negotiations? there has to be hope, otherwise it is way too - be hope, otherwise it is way too desperate. there has been relatively positive messaging coming out particularly from the ukrainian side about the possibilities of something

coming from those talks. at the very least we have heard rumours of possible prisoner swaps, many russian prisoners have been captured here in ukraine so potentially that is something that could start to happen, but in the bigger picture it is not really feel like russia is in any mood to stop fighting, certainly what we see on the ground does not suggest that, so the talks are going on, there has to be because for hope of that happening on any level but frankly the people we had spoken to here think this will go on. time and will get worse before it gets better. ., , will get worse before it gets better. . , ,., will get worse before it gets better. . , ., ~ better. there had been some talk about this, _ better. there had been some talk about this, is _ better. there had been some talk about this, is there _ better. there had been some talk about this, is there any _ better. there had been some talk about this, is there any prospect l better. there had been some talk. about this, is there any prospect of about this, is there any prospect of a meeting between president zelensky and president putin, is there any prospect of that taking place? i’m prospect of that taking place? i'm not sure prospect of that taking place? in not sure what the kremlin said, we went on a tour to the front lines with president zelensky before this war began, he said he is open to meeting vladimir putin, he said that

time and time again. of vladimir putin's line has always been he does not recognise lodging zelensky as the president of this country, because his story is that there was a coup in 2014 and all presidents and leaders of this country since have been illegitimate, he calls some nazis, so the idea of him sitting down with a man he calls a nazi has not been anything he has been willing to countenance until now, but volodymyr zelensky has been pushing back, he thinks they can sit face—to—face and thrash this out, but the stakes are extraordinarily high with every single day that passes. high with every single day that asses. ,,. . high with every single day that asses. ., ., , ., high with every single day that asses. ., ., ., high with every single day that �*asses- ., ., , ., ., ., , passes. sarah rainsford, our eastern euroean passes. sarah rainsford, our eastern european correspondence, _ passes. sarah rainsford, our eastern european correspondence, thank - passes. sarah rainsford, our eastern| european correspondence, thank you. some news just intervals from the charity unicef, 73,000 ukrainian children have become refugees in the

last 20 days —— some news just into us. staggering figures. 55 children every minute or old one per second, 73,000 ukrainian children have become refugees in 20 days, 55 every minute or almost one each second, thatis minute or almost one each second, that is according to a unicef spokesperson. abdujalil abdurasulov from the bbc world service has been to one of the bomb sites in kyiv. he sent this report. behind me is one of the residential buildings that was hit during shelling overnight. the firefighters are still trying to put out the fire, there are a number of fire truck say that it will take time before they can stop the fire, because the building is quite big and almost every single flat here was damaged during shelling. this place is quite close to the area where

the fighting is going on. there are reports claiming that russian forces are about ten, 15 kilometres away from this location and we could hear several outgoing fire as well, the artillery fire, which suggests that at the front line is not that far. you can hear again the artillery fire, it sounds like this is an outgoing fire, so the ukrainian forces are firing up the positions of the russian military. over the past few days, a number of residential buildings in kyiv were hit during shelling and that this suggests that the russian forces would not stop bombing here, because there was a lot of speculation is that the russian troops would be willing to do that because this place, the capital of ukraine, has a symbolic value for them as well, with all those 0rthodox churches and historical sites. however, the sights like this suggest that the russian troops are ready to use brutal force

in order to take here. the uk government has today announced a ban on exports to russia of high—end luxury goods, while also hitting hundreds of key products with new import tariffs that represent a 35 percentage point hike on current rates. let's talk to our business correspondent theo leggett. a new raft of sanctions, what do they mean?— a new raft of sanctions, what do the mean? . ., , ., , they mean? new sanctions not 'ust from the uk — they mean? new sanctions not 'ust from the uk government �* they mean? new sanctions not 'ust from the uk government that h they mean? new sanctions notjust from the uk government that the l from the uk government that the european union, very much coordinated and targeting the same things. 0n the one hand they will make life harderfor things. 0n the one hand they will make life harder for russia's rich elite, there is a ban on the export of luxury goods like high—end vehicles, fashion, works of art, just to make life harderfor people... rich people in russia. but more significantly what the eu and

the uk has done in conjunction with other members of the g7 group of industrialised nations as basically suspend russia's privileges as a member of the world trade organization, meaning they can 0rganization, meaning they can impose heavy tariffs on imports of russian goods, two in the uk's case it is important iron, steel, fertiliser and wood and these will be subject to an import tariff or a tax of 35% over and above any other taxes involved, making imports from russia prohibitively expensive and people buying from russia will have to look elsewhere, so it is increasing the financial pressure on the russian government. what increasing the financial pressure on the russian government. what impact will the pressure _ the russian government. what impact will the pressure have _ the russian government. what impact will the pressure have on _ the russian government. what impact will the pressure have on russia? - will the pressure have on russia? you had to see this as part of very wide—ranging sanctions, there have been multiple packages of sanctions from the uk government and it is

where we have seen this kind of economic pressure brought to bear on a major global trading nation. the russian currency has fallen by more than a third since the start of the crisis, there is to collaboration may inadvertently default on its debts, lots of businesses have pulled out of russia largely as a result of sanctions, it is a ratcheting up of economic pressure in an attempt to make russia think twice about its actions in ukraine. it makes life more difficult for the russians, but what about g7 countries that you have mentioned who are having to look elsewhere forward and steal, for example, does it make life more difficult for them? —— for wood and steel? the them? -- for wood and steel? the camble is them? -- for wood and steel? the gamble is it _ them? -- for wood and steel? the gamble is it cost _ them? —— for wood and steel? tie: gamble is it cost russia them? —— for wood and steel? tte: gamble is it cost russia more, them? —— for wood and steel? "tte: gamble is it cost russia more, but if you stop buying products from a major producing nation like russia then there is the chance it will go

up, we had seen that on the energy and commodity markets. in fresher defaults on its debt than european banks will be quite badly hit, but the gamble is if you can't take military action against russia then you can take economic action. there will be a cost but hopefully the cost for russia will be much greater. cost for russia will be much creater. :, :, , :, greater. theo leggett, really great to talk to you. _ greater. theo leggett, really great to talk to you, thank _ greater. theo leggett, really great to talk to you, thank you. - russian forces claim to have taken full control of the kherson region. 0ur correspondentjenny hill is in moscow with the latest. the defence ministry here continues to deliver rather upbeat daily updates on state television here, he said the entire kherson region has now been surrendered, that is significant because it is north of crimea and we are starting to see russian gains along that area, we assume part of the russian military strategy is to try to take a load of the land along the eastern

ukrainian border. it is interesting that the kremlin and officials here continue to remain very positive in public about what is happening, particularly given western military analysts say this is not going the way perhaps russia hoped it would, but as far as people here are concerned, if you switch on state television you only see footage from that part of eastern ukraine and vladimir putin tells russians that what he is doing in ukraine is simply a special military operation to defend the russian speaking populations of that particular part of eastern ukraine, although he alsojustifies what is happening in ukraine by saying the country itself poses a risk to russia because it is trying to acquire nuclear weapons and trying to develop biological ones, but state television tends to show only a limited part of what you get to see on your televisions at home. you mention state television

and there was this audacious protest last night, wasn't there, with the main evening news programme being disrupted by a protest against the war on ukraine by a member of staff who stood behind the newsreader holding a placard. have we any further update on what has happened to her and where she is? we don't, this is somebody who worked at state television as an editor, marina 0vsyannikova. this morning her lawyers say they don't know where she is or what she has been charged with. she was detained last night but has not been seen since so it is assumed she is still in police custody. this is an extraordinarily courageous thing to have done, this is not a country which tolerates dissent and i think we can assume that the authorities will make sure she suffered severe consequences.

there are all manner of laws under which she could be prosecuted, russia recently changed its criminal code meaning anyone who publishes what the kremlin deems false information about the russian army or its activities can be sent to jailfor up to 15 years. we will have to wait—and—see what happens, most people assume she will appear in a moscow courtroom at some point today, we are waiting on updates and will let you know when we know, but for the time being that is when most lawyers, her friends and supporters assume she will face a pretty severe penalty for what she has done here. how possible is it to gauge reaction to her protest? it is certainly not being broadcast or rerun on state television, it is not in the papers with one exception, an independent newspaper has on its front cover published a picture of her protest but they have blurred out the words on her sign because, as i say, it is effectively a criminal offence to publish them now. other than that, one

of my colleagues said she saw some young people on the metro this morning watching the clip. the kremlin has sought to block access to things like facebook and instagram but you can still look at youtube, the clip is on youtube. people are watching it, she has called for people to take to the streets in protest. she has called for people to take whether it will galvanise them remains to be seen, the kremlin is likely to come them pretty hard on her, which might have had a chilling effect. the uk prime minister borisjohnson has said the west made a "terrible mistake" and let president vladimir putin "get away" with annexing crimea in 2014. i asked our chief political correspondent adam fleming about his arguments. —— his comments. it is a slightly different argument being made by the prime minister

that when he was campaigning for brexit during the eu referendum in 2016, when he said that the invasion of crimea in russia was the fault of the eu for causing trouble in the region so some people will be quite surprised that he has changed his mind. the second thing to say is that that is a small part of that article he has written for the telegraph. it is much more about energy security, setting the stage for his visit to saudi arabia and united emirates tonight. he will be asking the emirates to start pumping more oil with the idea that it will reduce the global oil price and help people with the cost of living and make up for the fact that the uk, eu and us are withdrawing their purchases of russian oil related to the ukraine conflict, and that is setting the stage for next week when we think we will get this new domestic energy security strategy, a brand—new energy policy for the uk cobbled together at high speed over a two—week period since the russian invasion, where we are going to see much more investment in renewables, offshore wind, solar, and a big push on nuclear, and potentially keeping the door

open to a bit of fracking although it doesn't sound like the government is that enthusiastic about it. when undrestand around 88,000 people across the uk have already signed up to the government's new sponsorship scheme to take ukrainian refugees into their homes. the government only announced the scheme yesterday. any reaction to the public�*s response? government officials are very pleased. they launched the website, it crashed under the onslaught of inquiries from people. by tea—time yesterday 44,000 people expressing interest. 0vernight, that doubled, to 88,000 this morning. so, spectacular generosity being shown by the british public. but the key phrase there is "expression of interest". the next stage opens on friday, which is when british households will be able to do a joint visa application with ukrainian individuals or families

that they have kinda hooked with, and that is when that process starts to get more bureaucratic and i wonder then that people start to realise just what they are getting into, and then the generosity of spirit is there at the start, but, once it becomes a practical issue, maybe there will not be quite so many people and also what about the demand from the ukrainian side? there are millions of people pouring into poland, which is in the neighbourhood. are we going to see huge numbers flocking to the uk? maybe not. adam fleming, our chief political correspondent. let's stay with refugees and the people helping them. last year, nazar senechyn got married in lviv, which is where his ukrainian family live. now he's driving vans of emergency aid to the poland—ukrainian border.

nazar senechyn joins us now. tell us more about what exactly you are doing? tell us more about what exactly you are doine ? : ., tell us more about what exactly you are doine ? :, ~ ,:, tell us more about what exactly you are doine ? :, ~ y:, :, tell us more about what exactly you are doine ? : ~' ,, :, :, are doing? thank you for having me. we are trying — are doing? thank you for having me. we are trying to _ are doing? thank you for having me. we are trying to support _ are doing? thank you for having me. we are trying to support our- are doing? thank you for having me. we are trying to support our local. we are trying to support our local community in lviv, the organisers that organise our wedding are on the front lines in hospitals trying to help the refugees pouring from the east of ukraine into lviv, making sure they have the benefit is to get by, we are corresponding with them, seeing what they need on a daily basis and trying to organise aid and take it to them directly to the distributed.— take it to them directly to the distributed. . :, :, , distributed. what do they need most? basic necessities, _ distributed. what do they need most? basic necessities, toiletries, - distributed. what do they need most? basic necessities, toiletries, baby - basic necessities, toiletries, baby food, nappies, all the lines of communication, all the transport links of distribution have been disrupted so they are unable to get their hands on basic necessities,

basic medical supplies like paracetamol, aspirin is, either profane —— ip profane, all of those things are in basic need to make sure children do not go hungry, we are change to gather anything we can locally, people have been very generous and the donations and we canjust take them generous and the donations and we can just take them directly to the border to support. you can just take them directly to the border to support.— border to support. you are in sheffield, — border to support. you are in sheffield, people _ border to support. you are in sheffield, people are - border to support. you are in sheffield, people are makingi border to support. you are in - sheffield, people are making these donations and then who do you meet and how do you get to ukraine or to the border to get these donations to the border to get these donations to the people who need them most? brute the people who need them most? l drive directly from sheffield through the eurotunnel, all across europe, directly to the polish ukrainian border. the volunteers meeting us our wedding planners, they take all the donations, they go

back into ukraine, we make our way back into ukraine, we make our way back to the uk. horse back into ukraine, we make our way back to the uk.— back into ukraine, we make our way back to the uk. how many times have ou done back to the uk. how many times have you done this — back to the uk. how many times have you done this journey? _ back to the uk. how many times have you done this journey? it _ back to the uk. how many times have you done this journey? it sounds - you done this journey? it sounds very long. it you done this “ourney? it sounds ve lone. , :, ., very long. it is a demanding journey. _ very long. it is a demanding journey. so _ very long. it is a demanding journey, so far— very long. it is a demanding journey, so far we _ very long. it is a demanding journey, so far we have - very long. it is a demanding i journey, so far we have only very long. it is a demanding - journey, so far we have only done this once but we are struggling at the moment to find companies willing to support us, at this point in time we have to turn people away with fair donations, the people who we have previously spoken to have work commitments and are unable to help out, but if we can get hold of a van forfour or out, but if we can get hold of a van for four or five days to drive the donations to the ukrainian border we will be very grateful.— will be very grateful. when you go to the ukrainian _ will be very grateful. when you go to the ukrainian border, _ will be very grateful. when you go to the ukrainian border, paint - will be very grateful. when you go to the ukrainian border, paint a i to the ukrainian border, paint a picture of what it was like? she, picture of what it was like? catastrophe. we saw thousands of people just being constantly

evacuated from ukraine into poland, we saw buses full of people, a stream of people just taken away from ukraine, as we were approaching the border we saw tents, humanitarian aid, nothing i have ever seen before. i have seen pictures of catastrophes on the news but nothing like this in person, it was heartbreaking, the children we saw crying, they were cold, it was the saddest environment i have ever witnessed. :, ., , ., ~ witnessed. you paint a stark icture. witnessed. you paint a stark picture- i— witnessed. you paint a stark picture. i think _ witnessed. you paint a stark picture. ithink i _ witnessed. you paint a stark picture. i thinki am - witnessed. you paint a stark picture. i thinki am right. witnessed. you paint a stark. picture. i thinki am right that picture. i think i am right that yourfamily are in lviv, including yourfamily are in lviv, including your grandparents who i presume are fairly elderly. what are you an understanding about their life? we have family,

friends there, our grandparents are 80, we have family, friends there, our grandparents are 80, we we have family, friends there, our grandparents are 80, we need we have family, friends there, our grandparents are 80, we need to we have family, friends there, our grandparents are 80, we need to try we have family, friends there, our grandparents are 80, we need to try and we have family, friends there, our grandparents are 80, we need to try and visit we have family, friends there, our grandparents are 80, we need to try and visit them we have family, friends there, our grandparents are 80, we need to try and visit them if we can, but it has been difficult for them, we can, but it has been difficult forthem, munication we can, but it has been difficult for them, munication is, we can, but it has been difficult forthem, munication is, i'm, yes, we can't do anything from here but the local community in ukraine are doing a greatjob to support elderly and vulnerable people who are left behind at the moment. we are looking into the new visa scheme to get the family into the uk, so we will be looking at these today and tomorrow essentially to try to get our family in, to support them whilst this is happening in ukraine. brute in, to support them whilst this is happening in ukraine.— in, to support them whilst this is happening in ukraine. we must leave it there, happening in ukraine. we must leave it there. but — happening in ukraine. we must leave it there, but we _ happening in ukraine. we must leave it there, but we are _ happening in ukraine. we must leave it there, but we are very _ happening in ukraine. we must leave it there, but we are very grateful - it there, but we are very grateful for your time and for telling us about all that you are doing to support ukraine.— about all that you are doing to support ukraine. thank you for havin: support ukraine. thank you for having me- _ within ukraine itself, an estimated 200,000 children in orphanages and foster homes

are needing support. this comes as thousands are unaccounted for and there are fears many have fallen prey to people traffickers. aerial recovery, a charity comprised of former us military veterans are assisting vulnerable people fleeing the crisis, and working with the ukrainian authorities to establish a system that will help protect and evacuate some of the vulnerable children. earlier i spoke tojeremy lock, who is the chief of operations at the charity aerial recovery, who has started helping to rescue and protect orphans from conflict areas of ukraine. i asked him how this initiative started. first of all, it is a terrible situation and the poor children are trapped in war—torn areas, being shelled and being caught up in this war. the sense of urgency to move them from these areas and get them out of ukraine is great right now, but i am trying to get people to pause a little and not take them

directly over borders. we have been able to rescue 266 orphan so far, we are working directly with government to move them from dangerous areas in the east to safer areas in the west, to maintain accountability and ensure they do not go across a border unless the ukraine government is aware of them moving. tell me more about exactly how this works — you go into ukraine, you know where you are going, what happens when you arrive at the orphanages? we receive requests for them to be evacuated. it may come directly from orphanage directors, caregivers, somebody in contact with them, once we receive requests we call them directly and find out exactly where they are. some are very far east behind russian lines and it is difficult or impossible to reach them but some are about to be swallowed up by advancing russian troops,

so we then get in contact with them and use our network will physically go there and retrieve these orphans and start moving them west. what sort of conditions did you find in the orphanages when you got there? it is terrible. most of them have abandoned the orphanages themselves and found any sort of cellar or basement they can hunker down in. they are in direct combat. we go and you see these poor kids, sometimes they are alone with one or two caregivers, they are scared, cold, hungry and they really understand what is going on, in lots of cases they are very young or disabled. we do our best to comfort and movement. —— move them. ukraine is a large country, even after they have been hunker down for a week or so it can take 20 hours to move them.

to safer areas in the west. you say you do your best to comfort them, but these children must be absolutely terrified. how can you possibly do that? it is difficult but we bring blankets and food and we show them kindness, we get them to somewhere warm, we let them sleep as much as possible, we work with social workers and experts in that area and we have a medical team on standby to treat anybody that might be injured. it is a matter of warming them up and slowing things down for them and just being as kind as possible. jeremy lock from aerial recovery.

can you up—to—date on kyiv in the 20th day of the invasion. five locations have been targeted including two large residential buildings and a metro station. a 35 hour curfew has been announced in kyiv which will last until thursday morning. there will be more efforts to evacuate people from the besieged city of mariupol. more than 4000 escape yesterday. negotiations between russian and ukrainian representatives are set to resume by video link. in moscow a news editor has been arrested after she appeared with a sign reading "no war" behind the knees on russia's state—controlled television and the uk has enforced more sanctions on russia. it has banned exports of luxury goods and increased tariffs on imports, including vodka.

the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelenskyy, has described the talks' progress so far as "pretty good". but the sounds of shelling can still be heard in and around the capital. 0ur correspondent in kyiv, james waterhouse, sent this update. it is the second morning we have woken to the sounds of quite loud explosions, and we have heard more continuous shelling coming from the north—west of the city just over my left shoulder. there was a very loud bang, about two or three bangs, at around 5am. we have learnt three residential blocks were hit, according to authorities. we had seen the burning shells of these buildings where people have been lifted to safety, we understand two people have been killed. this shows the continuation of the russian advance from that direction as well as the targeting of residential areas. ukraine's government says

one of its priorities is reinforcing its air and missile defences, which have proved very effective to this point. you can see them launch into the air when something is flying overhead, they light up the sky when they detonate on impact. but they can't shield people from all of the dangers of this war. some debris from an intercepted missile landed on a quiet residential street yesterday, landing on nature and, one person was killed. the impact of the landing of an intercepted missile shattered the whole side of the residential block. it connects the sound of the explosion with the devastation itself. these are people who may well be stuck here or are staying out of choice and they face real dangers as the russians continue to attempt to surround the city, although it is not clear if they get have the capacity to do that,

unlike what we are seeing another locations across ukraine. james waterhouse in kyiv. we're going to cross to lviv now, that's the city in western ukraine that had been seen as something of a safe haven. it's where many internally displaced ukrainian people have headed for, with hundreds of thousands passing through to cross the border into neighbouring countries. however the last few days have seen areas close to lviv come under attack. jonah fisher is there — he says that although russia is relentlessly bombarding — it's not really advancing. that seems to be the russian tactic. us defence officials has been briefing that they think the russian advance has been effectively stalled. we have seen that for quite a few days now around kyiv itself that the russians do not seem to be making much progress, and they are tactic seems to be much more to try

and target, to launch artillery showers, fire projectiles, into the outskirts of the city, instead of trying to enter it, because kyiv in particular has become pretty heavily fortified over the last week or two. people have been preparing for a russian advance, so at the moment what we seem to be seen on the ground is effectively a sort of stalemate, with the russians willing to try and fully take the city but at the same time launching artillery showers into residential areas. jonah fisher in lviv. the uk is discussing increasing financial support for the international criminal court, to help the investigation into possible war crimes committed in ukraine. the british deputy prime minister, dominic raab, visited the hague to discuss how countries can assist in bringing to justice the high—ranking officials responsible for breaking the rules of war. 0ur correspondent in the hague, anna holligan, sent this report.

terror inflicted upon a capital city. this apartment block in the 0bolon district of kyiv was hit by air strikes on monday morning. the uk was one of a record 41 countries that referred the invasion of ukraine to the international criminal court. the deputy prime minister came to offer his support. we are willing to look at any of the law—enforcement measures and technical areas of expertise that we have got that the icc needs. it is an independent institution, it needs to tell it what they need, they are doing that with other countries, but we are very clear, we will provide financial support, the technical support for the icc to do itsjob in ukraine. the presence of a high—ranking uk minister here in the hague is highly symbolic and is a reflection of the intensification of the international efforts to try and ensure those accused of committing or ordering war crimes

in ukraine eventually face justice. but two things to bear in mind — russia is not a member of icc and there is no expectation that the kremlin would extradite anyone accused of carrying out the kinds of atrocities this court has the power to prosecute. but presidents once considered to be untouchable have appeared before international tribunals in the past. there will be so many people watching you, listening to you and wondering, will we ever see president putin here at the icc? what are the chances, realistically? very difficult to say right now. the international community will no longer tolerate impunity, and if you commit these kind of awful crimes, you cannotjust see out some luxurious, easy retirement, you cannot travel around the world and it is very important that states, parties and the international community as a whole send that message of accountability. and it's notjust for putin, it's his commanders on the ground in ukraine who will be receiving or at risk of receiving illegal orders. they need to know, and they should

know, that they risk ending up in the dock of a court here in the hague and ultimately behind bars in prison. moscow has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing. obviously that is on everybody's mind as a symbolic aspect of seeing vladimir putin in front of the icc, but i think what is important to keep in mind is the process that would lead up to that, which is the investigation which has been initiated, and the fact that this is an historic moment for the international criminal court, i think, with more than 40 states having referred the situation to the court, the prosecutor acting immediately to go and investigate. what would it take for president putin to end up in the hague? it would require, of course, investigation to provide evidence of the commission of crimes, and then you would come up with major obstacles which are lack of cooperation, difficulty to arrest, immunity, also. so will it ever happen? i don't think it will happen in the near future, but it doesn't mean there can't be justice. the icc has sent an advance team to collect evidence,

clues that could help to establish the chain of command and identify the person at the top responsible for this. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. new york's metropolitan opera held a special concert for ukraine on monday night to offer solace and support to the country and its people. the performance was broadcast live internationally — including into ukraine. the proceeds from the sold—out performance will be donated to charities helping those in ukraine with relief efforts. the bbc�*s new york correspondent nada tawfik was there. at the met�*s famed opera house, a show of solidarity with ukraine. in response to the haunting scenes from its besieged cities, ukraine's people and its dignitaries were honoured with a special performance. it opened with the ukrainian national anthem,

sung by the bass baritone ukrainian vladyslav buialskyi, who stood centre stage with his hand over his heart. it inspires people to see how, for example, other countries that before didn't know, like, ukrainian anthem, how they are singing this. so powerful, you know? the orchestra and chorus moved seamlessly through a prayer for ukraine on to barber, verdi and strauss. peter gelb, the met�*s general manager, said the programme was assembled to include works of protest and healing. in the world of opera, planning is four or five years ahead, but when something requires urgent action, we act urgently and we put this together at a week's notice. the art on display at the met

is always extraordinary, though the emotion from tonight's performance came from a world away, from ukrainians fighting for their lives and their freedom. the combination of being overwhelmed by grief for what's going on in my country, where my parents are right now, and also absolutely overwhelming feeling of gratitude towards the support and love that we are embraced with. certainly as an american we want to do more than what we are doing now, but it is a helpless feeling. and for the finale, as if a tribute to ukraine's eu aspirations... ..beethoven�*s 0de tojoy, the european anthem. nada tawfik, bbc news, new york. staying in the united states, we

have seen a tweet from police in washington, dc. let's have a look at it. it is telling us that police there have arrested a suspect. this is in connection with a number of shootings of homeless people in new york. as you can see there, they have announced that a and rather startling way on twitter. the background is that there have been a string of shootings in the middle of the night, in washington, dc, overa period of ten days this month. it has left two men dead and three wounded, and police have been conducting an urgent manhunt for this gunmen, suspected of shooting homeless men on the streets of washington. you may havejust homeless men on the streets of washington. you may have just seen pictures of the suspect. we ought to stress we don't know if this is the man that they have actually

arrested, but the police have described these attacks as cold—blooded and, as i say, they have been urging members of the public to come forward with information they may have about the suspect, and they have now announced that they have arrested a suspect in connection with the shootings of those homeless people, and that is in new york. let's pause, and catch up in new york. let's pause, and catch up with all of the sports news. for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's jane dougall. christian eriksen will return to play for denmark after collapsing in the end the match in the european championship. eriksen, who signed for london club brentford injanuary, suffered a cardiac arrest injune while denmark were playing finland. eriksen received life—saving treatment on the pitch before being taken to hospital

and was fitted with an implantable cardioverter defibrillator device. the 30—year—old has always said he wanted to return crowds will return to cheltenham today after last year's festival was held behind closed doors. fans will be making up for lost time with bets expected to total half a billion pounds over the next four days. last year was a record breaking one for irish jockey rachel blackmore, who finished as top jockey — the first woman to do so — with six victories. she'll ride the favourite in the signature race today — the champion hurdle — a race she won last year. and blackmore will be hoping to go one better than her second placed finish in the gold cup on friday. in the english premier league manchester city dropped crucial points last night, which could be significant in their title bid. they drew away to crystal palace, meaning their gap at the top of the league is four points. city also hit the post twice, but it finished goalless. and that means liverpool can

cut their lead to one point if they beat arsenal tomorrow. city had been nine points clear in december, and they next play in the premier league on the second of april. so now we have four points and one game more. international break, we are going to be leader, that we know, so we have to win a lot of games, with nine to go. there will be two derbies in the scottish cup semi—finals. hibernian have been drawn against edinburgh rivals hearts, while celtic go up against rangers after getting through to the last four with a 3—0 win against dundee united. callum mcgregor put celtic ahead before two more goals sealed it. more details on all of those stories including christian eriksen going back to play for his national side of denmark on the bbc sport website.

seven year old amelia melted hearts around the world, when a video of her singing "let it go" in a bomb shelter in kyiv, was posted on social media delivering a moment of hope in the middle of a war. amelia is now safe with her grandma in poland and graham satchell has been catching up with her. sings "let it go". a packed bomb shelterfalls silent as seven—year—old amelia starts to sing. sings "let it go". her rendition of let it go from the film frozen, a moment of defiance and hope in the chaos of war. a week on, amelia is still singing. this time, a ukrainian folk song.

amelia has made it out of ukraine and is now in poland with her grandmother vera, but her parents are still in kyiv. what was it like in the bomb shelter, amelia? translation: it was ok. there were other children there. my classmate was there too. can you tell me what you like about the film frozen? i really like elsa and anna. and kristoff and sven. these are other characters in the cartoon. sven is a reindeer, and kristoff is a human being. at the end of the second part, kristoff marries anna. vera, what do you think of your granddaughter and her singing?

translation: | know - that she really loves singing. she really does sing from morning till night. she dreams of being a singer, and we told her, your dream has come true. you sang in the bomb shelter, and there are many people who applauded you. and she's really pleased that she made her dream come true. the reaction to amelia's singing has been extraordinary. idina menzel, who plays elsa in the film, said, "we see you, we really, really see you". and kristen anderson, who co—wrote the song, said, "the way you sing it is like a magic trick that spreads the light in your heart and heals everyone who hears it". amelia, the video of you singing was seen by millions and millions of people, all around the world.

what do you think of that? i would say thank you that you enjoyed my singing. i practise singing every day in the morning, afternoon and evening. i rehearse, and that is why it's turned out so well. it has always been my dream to sing. this is amelia in happier times, a seven—year—old girl at home with her cat, reading with her mum. she is now one of more than a million ukrainian children separated from their home, their country and in amelia's case, her mum and dad, who have stayed to help fight the russians. vera, what do you think about what's happening in your country? it is very, very sad. very wild.

nobody can believe it is actually happening. i kneel before our military, our boys, our soldiers. they are very strong. very beautiful people. we will not surrender, ukraine. we shall never surrender. and amelia, what do you hope will happen for you and your family in the future? i would be very happy to be with my mother and father. in kyiv, of course. the extraordinary resilience of ukrainian people embodied in one little girl, and the words of one song. sings "let it go".

amelia and vera, talking to graham satchel. the headlines at the top of the hour. you're watching bbc news. hello, as we head towards the end of this working week, the weather is really going to settle from friday and into the weekend, but today, many of us seeing some sunshine, although we have some rain in parts of the north—west. it has been coming in on this weather front through the course of the night and this morning is slowly moving south eastwards. after a bright, sunny start in scotland and northern ireland, as cloud builds, sunshine will turn hazy. we have showers moving

across the midlands and east anglia, with england and wales seeing a lot of dry weather and light winds. the wins that bit more brisk across the far north—west. temperatures today, looking at seven in lerwick and stornoway, up to 15 in london, possibly even 16. heading through this evening and overnight, this weatherfront continues to slip slowly south eastwards, and at the same time we have a weak weather front coming up from the south producing some rain. for most, it will be a frost—free night but under clearer skies across north of scotland and northern ireland there is a chance you could see some frost. tomorrow, here is that weakened weather front sinking southwards, we have our other weather front moving north and the tail end of that has a cold front attached, which means that we are not out of the woods just yet in terms of rain.

this weather front sinks southwards as a weakening feature, with a fair bit of cloud, this other front moving north into east anglia and that cold front coming in behind it introducing more rain. high pressure starts to nudge in across scotland and northern ireland, so you will see some sunshine, bar a few showers across the far north—west of scotland with a temperature range of 7—14 celsius. heading from wednesday into thursday, we have the remnants of that front clearing the south—east and then high pressure starts to establish itself. that front should clear readily, and it will take any rain left on it with it, lots of dry weather but one or two showers, some dry weather, and a couple of showers across parts of scotland, maybe some of those getting into northern ireland, wintry on the tops of hills and mountains in scotland. into the weekend, friday, lots of sunshine. high pressure building in. and that will be with us as we head through the course of the weekend, with chilly nights and patchy mist and fog, and some of us seeing some frost.

this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or are around the globe. 0ur the uk or are around the globe. our main stories... russia's bombardment of ukraine continues. residents are shaken by large explosions in the capital. emergency services say at least two people were killed by a russian air strike which struck a residential building and set it ablaze. the front line is not that far. you can hearagain the artillery firing. a news editor interrupts a russian state—controlled news programme i'm yalda hakim live in western ukraine. there was a countrywide air raid siren alertjust before midday but we have now received the all

clear in lviv. a news editor interrupts a russian state—controlled news programme holding an anti—war sign. she's believed to have been arrested. the kremlin called it an act of hooliganism. the prime ministers of the czech republic, poland and slovenia will meet president zelensky in kyiv in a show of solidarity in the coming hours. russia and ukraine continue their talks to end the fighting. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has had her uk passport returned, raising hopes for her release. she has been held in tehran since 2016. two people have died in overnight attacks in kyiv as russian forces

kept up their bombardment in the ukrainian capital on the 20th day of their invasion. five locations were targeted including two large residential buildings and a metro station. there are also reports of large explosions being heard early this morning. a35 our curfew has been announced by kia's mayor, vitali clips cow. it will start tonight and last until thursday morning. with more efforts to evacuate people from the city of mariupol, more than 4000 people escaped yesterday and negotiations between russia and ukraine will resume today. the polish, czech and slovenian prime minister is will meet volodymyr zelensky in kyiv. refugee numbers continue to rise. almost 3 million have fled ukraine. unicef says on average 73,000 children become refugees every day

and in moscow news editor was arrested after she appeared with a sign reading no more behind a news reader on a russian state—controlled tv. the uk has enforced more sanctions on russia. it has banned exports of luxury goods and increased the tariffs on vodka exports. let's cross live to lviv, where yalda hakim joins us. 0ver exports. let's cross live to lviv, where yalda hakim joins us. over to you. as you say, it is now 20 days since this conflict began, 20 days of relentless bombardment that the citizens of this country have had to deal with, citizens of this country have had to dealwith, mostly citizens of this country have had to deal with, mostly in the north, east and south but in the last 48 hours we have also had bombardment on a military base in the west of the country and just before midday local time there were reports from writers that there was a countrywide air raid siren alert so science could be

heard across the country. many people moved underground, there are dozens of bunkers in lviv from the second world war and people are now finding themselves having to use them more than ever before. 0ver finding themselves having to use them more than ever before. over the last two weeks they have identified where they are, underneath cafes and churches and art galleries, and have been making their way there. we have had the all clear in the last few minutes but had been one people need to go indoors and keep away from the threat but it's a spring day here and people are going about their day—to—day lives. it has disrupted things for them because they know this war is raging on, as it has beenin this war is raging on, as it has been in other parts of the country. tim muffett has the latest. another brutal star to another day of war. in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, an apartment block in ruins. two people died following an air

strike this morning, according to emergency services. 35 were rescued. the city's mayor vitali klitschko said this morning klitschko said this morning a 35—hour curfew would be imposed later today. translation: according to the decision of— translation: according to the decision of military _ translation: according to the decision of military command, l translation: according to the | decision of military command, at translation: according to the - decision of military command, at 8pm a curfew is established in kyiv. movement through the city is prohibited without special passes. this was the southern port city of kherson on sunday. protests against the invasion. according to the kremlin russian troops now fully control the region. translation: the armed forces of the russian federation - took entire control of the territory of kherson. the troops of the self—declared

donetsk people's republic broke through the defence of ukrainian nationalists. it follows an extraordinary act of defiance on russian television last night. "no war, stop the war, don't believe the propaganda", says the sign. the woman holding it has been named as marina 0vsyannikova, an editor at state—controlled channel1 television. she is thought to be in police custody now but left this video before her protest. translation: what is happening in ukraine is a crime, _ russia is the aggressor and it is on the conscience of one man, putin. russia must stop this war immediately. it is images like this that have provoked such outrage. the south—eastern city of mariupol faces a humanitarian crisis. in his latest address,

ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky was unwavering, and said the russians were confused and suffering heavy losses. pictures like this are a stark reminder of how dangerous parts of ukraine now are. according to reports, three british nationals are missing after russia attacked this base near the polish border at the weekend. reports claim the men are ex—special forces. the foreign office is investigating but there is no official confirmation so far. as we have been reporting the mayor of kyiv has said the situation is so dangerous that the authorities in kyiv have imposed a curfew on the city that will begin from 8pm this evening and will end in two days' time and so the people of kyiv are

required to stay indoors and not leave because the situation has intensified following the targeting of that 15—storey building in western kyiv which has left at least two people dead. 0ur colleague from the bbc world service was there. have a listen. behind me as one of the residential buildings that was hit during shelling overnight. i people were killed trying to put out the fire. there are a number of fire trucks but it will take time before they can stop the fire. this place is close to the area where fighting is going on. never reports claiming russian forces are about ten or 15 kilometres from this location. we could hear several outgoing far as welcome artillery fire which suggest the front line is not that far. you can hear again the artillery fire, it sounds like this is outgoing far

to the ukrainian forces are firing at the positions of the russian military. in the past few days a number of residential buildings in kyiv were head and suggest the russian forces would not stop bombing kyiv because there was a lot of speculation whether the russian troops would be willing to do that because this place, the capital of ukraine, has symbolic value for them as well with all those churches and historical sites, as well with all those churches and historicalsites, but as well with all those churches and historical sites, but sites like this suggest the russian troops are ready to use brutal force to take kyiv. that was in western ukraine, that 15—storey building say that was bombed and am bombardment of certain areas of kyiv comes as the leaders of poland, slovenia and the czech republic arrive here and they have

crossed the border from the polish side to the ukrainian side, they are now on a train to kyiv, to meet with volodymyr zelensky, the president of ukraine work talks and to show their solidarity to the ukrainian people, to the leader of ukraine so we will continue our coverage here on bbc world news and have that special in about three hours' time, we will speak to the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, and his brother vladimir asking about that curfew and asking about the leaders arriving in kyiv but for now, back to you in the studio. thank you, yalda hakim, live in the v. we will be back with dirt through the day. we have that special programme coming up and we will be focusing on that trip about foreign leaders to kyiv. we will be speaking to pullen's deputy foreign minister a little bit later so i look to come

up a little bit later so i look to come up in the programme but first, let's cross over life to ukraine to speak to a member of ukraine's parliament. you have located your family to western ukraine and we will not tell our viewers who are they are for their own safety but you plan to return to kyiv. bring us up to date with the situation. we are hearing from correspondence on the ground that the front line is closing in on the ukrainian capital.— the ukrainian capital. good afternoon. _ the ukrainian capital. good afternoon, thank _ the ukrainian capital. good afternoon, thank you - the ukrainian capital. good afternoon, thank you for i the ukrainian capital. good - afternoon, thank you for having the ukrainian capital. (limo. afternoon, thank you for having me. we have to take care of our loved ones but we are trying to save ukrainians. i have already made several trips from kyiv to the western border and back. ifamily are still in the territory of ukraine, it looks like my elder son will stay in kyiv because of his

decision. almost 3 million ukrainians have left ukraine, you're talking mostly about women with babies and kids because men are not allowed to leave ukraine and also allowed to leave ukraine and also all the men are inside the country and actively participating in military actions and helping the ukrainian army, so the wave of refugees i think willjust increase because the situation in the centre of the country remains extremely dangerous and it is more than dangerous, we are witnessing mass murder of civilians, that is what we expected and unfortunately it is happening and it is the same what russia did in chechnya and georgia and syria and it is the way that russians are conducting military actions when they start losing on the ground, they attack civilians are now in mariupol in the south we

have at least 15,000 killed innocent civilians. in kharkiv, the beautiful city in the east, 600 residential buildings have been destroyed so we are witnessing the mass destruction of civilian infrastructure and civilians and everyone in the uk should understand we are here dying for the west, fighting for the worst. that is why the west should understand that all of you are at war so the fact people are dying at the moment only in ukraine doesn't mean you are not at war. putin is attacking you so that is why everyone should join this. everyone should 'oin this. apologies for everyone should 'oin this. apologies ferinterrupnng— everyone should join this. apologies for interrupting but _ everyone should join this. apologies for interrupting but last _ everyone should join this. apologies for interrupting but last week - everyone should join this. apologies for interrupting but last week i - for interrupting but last week i spoke to a ukrainian mp who had not heard from his family in mariupol but he told me he was concerned about them, as well as all the

residents, he told me about allegations that russian soldiers were shooting civilians for fun, civilians who were not offering food or giving up food to soldiers. is not something you have witnessed? t not something you have witnessed? i can confirm similar cases in kyiv region, in the suburbs of kyiv a number of volunteers work delivering food for people who were sheltering and were killed by russians. 0ne food for people who were sheltering and were killed by russians. one of them, the mayor of a small city next to kyiv, was killed by russians when he was distributing food to civilians, so we are talking about thousands of war crimes which are happening every day and every are in ukraine and these war crimes are committed not only by vladimir putin in sparring everything but bite russian military commanders and bite russian military commanders and bite

russian officers and russian soldiers, so that is why we are witnessing mass war crimes which are happening every day, every are in the centre of europe in the 21st century. the centre of europe in the 21st centu . ~ the centre of europe in the 21st centu . . . :, , the centre of europe in the 21st centu . . _, , :, the centre of europe in the 21st centu . l _, , :, the centre of europe in the 21st centu . l , :, , century. when it comes to the people that are leaving _ century. when it comes to the people that are leaving ukraine, _ century. when it comes to the people that are leaving ukraine, i _ century. when it comes to the people that are leaving ukraine, i was - century. when it comes to the people that are leaving ukraine, i was on - that are leaving ukraine, i was on the border between poland and ukraine at the start of this war and witnessed the thousands of people crossing in the area i was. now that the number of people leaving is close to 3 million in such a short space of time, what do you say to them? many told me they want to go back to ukraine. first them? many told me they want to go back to ukraine.— back to ukraine. first of all i want all women — back to ukraine. first of all i want all women with _ back to ukraine. first of all i want all women with kids _ back to ukraine. first of all i want all women with kids and - back to ukraine. first of all i want all women with kids and babies i back to ukraine. first of all i want all women with kids and babies to leave ukraine as fast as possible. 0ne leave ukraine as fast as possible. one side it is the issue of safety and security, saving their life as more resources we will have for the ukrainian army, i'm talking about food and medicine and fuel and so on. i think it isjoint

responsibility of the eu, uk and us to host ukrainian refugees. we are one of the west that it would happen and now it is happening and that's why it's important that not only poland and slovakia and neighbouring countries are hosting hundreds of thousands of ukrainians, the eu and uk, very large countries and it's not a problem to host all these people and it will be your contribution to the fight with russians which we are currently conducting in ukraine. brute russians which we are currently conducting in ukraine. we heard esterda conducting in ukraine. we heard yesterday from _ conducting in ukraine. we heard yesterday from antonio - conducting in ukraine. we heardl yesterday from antonio guterres, conducting in ukraine. we heard - yesterday from antonio guterres, the secretary—general of the un, saying a no—fly zone could potentially risk a no—fly zone could potentially risk a third world war, an escalation in what is already a desperate situation. i note you have been calling for a no—fly zone and so has volodymyr zelensky so do you feel that the down bite comments like

that? ,.,, :, , that the down bite comments like that? :, , , , that? our position is simple, the west is already _ that? our position is simple, the west is already in _ that? our position is simple, the west is already in the _ that? our position is simple, the west is already in the war- that? our position is simple, the west is already in the war with i west is already in the war with russia. bombs are not exploding on your streets, russia. bombs are not exploding on yourstreets, it russia. bombs are not exploding on your streets, it doesn't mean you are not in the work it is already happening and injust a matter of time when the same thing is happening in ukraine will happen in poland, it is quite complex to close above ukraine but fought today our major losses are coming from the air. 0n the ground we are burning russians. we learn how to do that and we confirm to all the world that the russian army could well be beaten on the fields of ukraine but they are taking us with cruise missiles, withjet fighters they are taking us with cruise missiles, with jet fighters and so and so forth so that is why closings quys and so forth so that is why closings guys can be done by different methods, for example by delivering to ukraine additionaljet fighters, to ukraine additional jet fighters,

by to ukraine additionaljet fighters, by delivering anti—aircraft missile systems, all that is possible but the west is continuing this discussion and there is no final bold and brave decisions. at the same time we thank the west for ongoing support because the equipment we have got from the uk is extremely important but we need more if we want to win this war.— if we want to win this war. andrei osadchuk, _ if we want to win this war. andrei osadchuk, speaking _ if we want to win this war. andrei osadchuk, speaking to _ if we want to win this war. andrei osadchuk, speaking to us - if we want to win this war. andrei osadchuk, speaking to us live, i if we want to win this war. andrei - osadchuk, speaking to us live, thank 0sadchuk, speaking to us live, thank you so much for taking the time to speak to us. we will put some of those points to our various gas throughout the day but now let's focus on the russian civil rights activists who have expressed concern over the safety of a journalist who interrupted a live tv news bulletin to protest the invasion of ukraine. marina 0vsyannikova has been arrested and is being investigated under a law that bans what authority is judged to be false under a law that bans what authority

isjudged to be false information. an editor on russia's flagship channel one, she ran behind the newsreader during monday's main evening news, carrying a sign that reads stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to you. my colleaguejenny hilljoins us from moscow. you have been assessing how this has been seen, what russians have seen of what happened that evening. yes, it's difficult to get a meaningful assessment of what this means to every russian. some people who have been watching this will get all the information from state tv and may beat bemused by it but will probably continue to take the kremlin's like that this is not a war but a military operation to defend the interests of russian speaking people in ukraine. those who have access to independent media

will think differently. we still haven't heard, her lawyers say, anything. they don't know where she is being held what she is going to be or has been charged with. they are still trying to find that out after her detention last night. the big question is will this galvanise more protests? we know in that separate recorded video she made before her protest she asked people to take to the streets. there have been protests almost every day since the invasion began, nearly 15,000 people detained as a result. will she become a symbol that emboldens people to keep protesting or encourages others to go onto the streets? we will have to wait and save but certainly her protest was a powerful and shocking moment for a lot of russians who don't get this kind of protest happening very often. we are not sure about what

she is likely to be charged with. there are any number of low she could be prosecuted under comp a lot of speculation about the recent change to the criminal code which makes punishable by up to 15 years in prison anyone who publishes what that kremlin deems false information about the russian army and its activities so that is certainly a possibility. i note you will keep us updated as and when we hear anything more but for the time being, jenny hill, thank you. let's turn to what the us are saying is almost all of russia's advances have been stalled for several days and they say russia has neither air superiority nor control of any of that bigger cities. russia has made some advances in the south and to date said it had taken full control of the kherson region but we have yet to verify that. as well as the

explosions in kyiv we have told you about there have been an air raid sirens across the country including in the cities of 0desa and in the south and in central ukraine and thatis south and in central ukraine and that is where we will cross live to uman to speak to sarah rainsford. bring us up to date with what you have been witnessing, i note you have been witnessing, i note you have been witnessing, i note you have been travelling across the country, what's been happening in uman? you can hear that sound in the background in uman, it has been going on off and on today and throughout the night so we have spent some of the light in a bomb shelter underground and as you can see there are people out and about, it's a gorgeous day and i was talking to a woman who moved here with herfamily talking to a woman who moved here with her family fleeing the fighting to the north which is very fierce and she said she sees people here at some time scrambling for the bomb shelters and thinks they don't know

what war is like because uman luckily it has been spared the direct fighting so far, and arms depot was struck here on the first day of this war but since then there have just been the sirens and we heard earlier a plane flying overhead, presumably a russian fighterjet. certainly the war has been getting closer. we have been based mostly in the east of ukraine for the 28 days of this conflict and have seen destruction for ourselves, the refugees, the displaced families, people traumatised and terrified by what they have been living through. we have seen them living through. we have seen them living in their bunkers under fire and the destruction that has been caused by these attacks, especially on residential and civilian areas, places like kharkiv where we were at one point. the thing that strikes me the most in what we have seen over the most in what we have seen over the past few days as we have been in areas that have been predominantly russian populations, places were

people told me they used to be quite respectful of vladimir putin and thought he was a decent leader but of another country, they didn't want his troops in their country and what people have told me is we didn't ask to be inside. you heard jenny saying how the war is presented in russia is about liberating the russian speaking people of the street ukraine but i've been speaking to them for three weeks and i've met nobody who wanted russian troops to come here, they said they lived fine, this is their land and now they are facing everything turned upside down. you have spent so much time there and now this area so well. are the people there are hopeful this will end, are they hopeful there will be some resolution because the damage is huge, we know that 3 million ukrainians have already left the country. is there any hope this will come to a close?

it has to end sometime and there is always hope but there is also despair, misery, upset across the country. i was speaking to a lady whose family are in chernihiv which is to the north—east of kyiv and i asked are you planning to head further west and she said no, we feel relatively safe here for now and don't want to leave, i want to go back as soon as possible but he mentioned 3 million refugees. the scale of the exodus from this country shows how dangerous it is for so many people. another thing we rarely touch and, least of your places in donetsk region that were ukraine —— controlled by ukraine until the 24th of february, many of those areas are coming under russian control and people there are a lot poorer than they are and western parts of the country, they are trapped and cannot get out even if they want to so it's a devastating picture across the east, north and

south of this country. thank you, sarah rainsford in uman. we will bring you many more lines coming from ukraine in the next few minutes. hello. as we head towards the end of this working week, the weather is really going to settle from friday and into the weekend. but today, many of us seeing some sunshine, although we do have some rain in parts of the north—west. it has been coming in on this weather front through the course of the night and this morning and is slowly moving south—eastwards. after a bright or sunny start in scotland and northern ireland, as the cloud builds, the sunshine will turn hazy. we've also had some showers moving across the midlands and east anglia. they have now more or less cleared, leaving england and wales with a lot of dry weather and just light winds. the winds that bit brisker across the far north—west. temperature—wise today, we are looking at seven in lerwick and stornoway, up to 15 in london, possibly even 16.

heading through this evening and overnight, our weather front continues to slip slowly south—eastwards, fragmenting in doing so, and at the same time we have a weak weatherfront coming up from the south producing some rain. for most, it will be a frost—free night, but under clearer skies across north—west scotland and northern ireland there is a chance you could see some frost. tomorrow, here is our weakening weather front sinking southwards. we also have our other weather front moving north and the tail—end of that has a cold front attached to it, which means that we are not out of the woods just yet in terms of rain. this weather front sinks southwards as a weakening feature. a fair bit of cloud. here's our other front moving north into east anglia and here's the cold front coming in behind it, introducing more rain. high pressure starts to nudge in across scotland and northern ireland, so you'll see some sunshine, bar a few showers across the far north—west of scotland, with our temperature range of seven to 14 degrees. as we head from wednesday into thursday, we have the remnants of the front to clear the far

south—east and then high pressure starts to establish itself. that front should clear fairly readily, taking any cloud or rain left on it with it. a lot of dry weather, one or two showers. you can see again one or two showers across parts of scotland, maybe one or two of those getting into northern ireland. wintry on the tops of hills and mountains in scotland. into the weekend, then. friday — lots of sunshine. high pressure building in and high pressure will be with us as we head through the course of the weekend, with chilly nights, some patchy mist and fog and some of us seeing some frost.

this is bbc news. welcome, if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: russia's bombardment of ukraine continues. residents are shaken by large explosions in the capital. emergency services say at least two people were killed by a russian air strike which struck a residential building and set it ablaze. a news editor interrupts a russian state—controlled news programme holding an anti—war sign. she's believed to have been arrested. the kremlin called it an act of hooliganism. the prime ministers of the czech republic, poland and slovenia will meet president zelensky in kyiv in a show of solidarity in the coming hours. russia and ukraine continue their talks to end the fighting.

emergency workers in kyiv say two people have been killed by a russian air strike that struck an apartment block and set it on fire, as russia's war against ukraine entered its 20th day. ukrainian generals in charge of the defence of the capital say their forces are fighting to keep russian artillery out of range. more than 2.8 million people have now fled ukraine because of the russian invasion, according to the united nations — roughly 1.8 million of them crossing the border into poland. poland's prime minister, mateusz morawiecki, will visit kyiv today with the agreement

of the european union and the united nations. i'm joined now by poland's deputy foreign minister, marcin przydacz. thank you forjoining us. what is the aim here? we have effectively three litres from nato countries entering a war zone.— three litres from nato countries entering a war zone. what are you ho-ein to entering a war zone. what are you hoping to achieve _ entering a war zone. what are you hoping to achieve by _ entering a war zone. what are you hoping to achieve by this - entering a war zone. what are you hoping to achieve by this move? l entering a war zone. what are you | hoping to achieve by this move? it hoping to achieve by this move? it was an initiative of the polish prime minister to encourage his colleagues from central europe with a mandate of the european council, and this visit is a sign of solidarity. wejust and this visit is a sign of solidarity. we just want to show to the ukrainian administration, to president zelensky, that he can count on us, on his neighbours, on the central european countries, but

also on the entire european union. yesterday we adopted the next packet of sanctions. it is not perfect but it is there. we continue supporting ukraine, offering our assistance to ukraine. this war is not over and we hope that ukraine will succeed in prevailing and protecting their security and their independence. just to push on this point, they can do all that remotely. this idea that they go to kyiv, an active war zone. we hear about the devastation, the fund by moving in, why the necessity to go in person?— to go in person? going in person is somethin: to go in person? going in person is something more _ to go in person? going in person is something more than _ to go in person? going in person is something more than just - to go in person? going in person is something more than just having i to go in person? going in person is| something more than just having an online meeting. for sure, they are risking some harm by this visit, but i think it is worth it to draw the attention of the international

community that the war in ukraine is still a very brutal one and we need to continue our support to the ukrainian nation. we do have a history, and experience. in 2008 the polish president, together with the presidents of the central european countries, paid at visit two to please see on the very day when there was a bombardment of the russian troops when russia invaded georgia, that was to express his solidarity with the georgian nation. it was very well received by the georgian people, they still remember that and we hope that ukrainian morale will be somehow operated through this visit, that it's not only about talking, it's also about being with them down there in the kyiv in the very centre of this war. i have witnessed myself the huge numbers of people coming from

ukraine, fleeing to poland. nearly 3 million people have left ukraine so far. most of them, nearly 2 million, have entered into poland. the generosity of the polish people has been overwhelming and welcoming them, but these figures will grow. we have had a ukrainian politician saying women and children must leave ukraine. how can poland cope, what support do you need, what do you want to hear from the european union? , :, :, want to hear from the european union? , :, ., , ,, union? first of all let me express our gratitude _ union? first of all let me express our gratitude to _ union? first of all let me express our gratitude to you. _ union? first of all let me express our gratitude to you. i _ union? first of all let me express our gratitude to you. i knew- union? first of all let me express our gratitude to you. i knew that l our gratitude to you. i knew that you are at the border spending many days down there witnessing what was happening. it was very important to show to the international public. almost 2 million ukrainian refugees crossed the polish border. partly, they were also crossing the border with other countries, slovakia, hungary, romania, and they are then moving towards put in to join their

families and friends. the numbers are much higher than the official number of the people who cross the border. what we have seen, as she said the generosity of the ordinary people, the government, was somehow coordinating this, but we vow to support the ordinary polish people. it would not be possible. we want to offer them safe shelter, mostly to the women and kids because the men have stayed still in ukraine fighting for freedom and their european values. they want to join the european union. we believe that they should be a response from the european union, offering those refugees, financial and humanitarian support. there has been a lots already done but there is still room for improvement. i believe also that polish families, those ordinary polls who are so helpful offering their own houses, apartments, homes

to the ukrainian neighbours should somehow also be supported by the european union. we are trying to achieve a bit more, but not only the eu, also other western democracies can be more active with regard to that and i think that the government of the uk, us and canada are ready to support this. t of the uk, us and canada are ready to suoport this-— to support this. i 'ust want to touch upon _ to support this. i 'ust want to touch upon this _ to support this. i just want to touch upon this no-fly - to support this. i just want to touch upon this no-fly zone l to support this. i just want to - touch upon this no-fly zone concept. touch upon this no—fly zone concept. we had the un said yesterday that bringing something like that include risk a third world he was quite adamant that it was not the time to think about this, but i have also been speaking to a ukrainian mp who was sent that perhaps jets would be useful for ukrainians. was sent that perhaps jets would be usefulfor ukrainians. i know was sent that perhaps jets would be useful for ukrainians. i know that doesn't have the offer of giving more planes rejected. did she think that was a mistake? are you pushing for that to go through, what is the

latest on that? fiur for that to go through, what is the latest on that?— for that to go through, what is the latest on that? our position was the followint. latest on that? our position was the following- we _ latest on that? our position was the following. we can _ latest on that? our position was the following. we can offer— latest on that? our position was the following. we can offer at _ latest on that? our position was the following. we can offer at the - latest on that? our position was the following. we can offer at the war i following. we can offer at the war planes, the equipment, but only based on the nato consensus. we are a nato member state. we want to take the responsible position. we are ready to support ukraine. but it is based on the consensus of nato. at this moment there is not such a joint position of all the nato countries. other member states would be ready to support us with this decision, we are still ready to do that, but not alone. as a front—line country we are also taking a risk already. this risk should be shared among all the nato member states. poland has made deputy foreign minister, we thank you so much for your time.

of course we will be monitoring the situation when it comes to mateusz morawiecki, the polish prime minister, with his counterparts from the czech republic and slovenia. dan is in krakow. i was talking to him about the huge numbers of refugees fleeing ukraine come into poland. you have been there amongst them for a number of days now. this you have been there amongst them for a number of days now.— a number of days now. this city is beafint a number of days now. this city is bearint a a number of days now. this city is bearing a huge — a number of days now. this city is bearing a huge amount _ a number of days now. this city is bearing a huge amount of - a number of days now. this city is bearing a huge amount of the - bearing a huge amount of the pressure, that is why there are queues of this length at centres like this where people can come and collect clothes. this is an abandoned shopping centre which is being used as a clothing warehouse. there are also people sleeping in another part of the shopping centre that has been converted into a refugee centre. we can talk to one of the refugees here. what sort of help is on offer? this of the refugees here. what sort of help is on offer?— help is on offer? this is organised as a store — help is on offer? this is organised as a store so _ help is on offer? this is organised as a store so people _ help is on offer? this is organised as a store so people can - help is on offer? this is organised as a store so people can come - help is on offer? this is organised| as a store so people can come and -et as a store so people can come and get their_ as a store so people can come and get their clothes in a respectful way _

get their clothes in a respectful way but— get their clothes in a respectful way. but of course, it works as the short. _ way. but of course, it works as the short. so _ way. but of course, it works as the shop, so everything is sorted into categories, — shop, so everything is sorted into categories, sizes.— categories, sizes. they need is t reat, categories, sizes. they need is great. the _ categories, sizes. they need is great. the key _ categories, sizes. they need is great, the key is _ categories, sizes. they need is great, the key is huge. - categories, sizes. they need is great, the key is huge. yes, i categories, sizes. they need is i great, the key is huge. yes, every da we great, the key is huge. yes, every day we receive _ great, the key is huge. yes, every day we receive between _ great, the key is huge. yes, every day we receive between 600 - great, the key is huge. yes, every day we receive between 600 and. great, the key is huge. yes, every i day we receive between 600 and 900 beneficiaries, but we also aim to make _ beneficiaries, but we also aim to make it — beneficiaries, but we also aim to make it bigger and beneficiaries, but we also aim to make it biggerand pour beneficiaries, but we also aim to make it bigger and pour it to be open _ make it bigger and pour it to be open for— make it bigger and pour it to be open for more people.- make it bigger and pour it to be open for more people. because there are more and — open for more people. because there are more and more _ open for more people. because there are more and more refugees - open for more people. because there i are more and more refugees arriving. 0f are more and more refugees arriving. of course. and at some point we closed _ of course. and at some point we closed the — of course. and at some point we closed the key, so unfortunately we do say _ closed the key, so unfortunately we do say no _ closed the key, so unfortunately we do say no to — closed the key, so unfortunately we do say no to beneficiaries and we welcome — do say no to beneficiaries and we welcome them to come another day. do you welcome them to come another day. you have welcome them to come another day. tin you have enough items to meet the needs of everybody? for you have enough items to meet the needs of everybody?— you have enough items to meet the needs of everybody? for now, yes. we have olen needs of everybody? for now, yes. we have plenty of— needs of everybody? for now, yes. we have plenty of clothes, _ needs of everybody? for now, yes. we have plenty of clothes, but _ needs of everybody? for now, yes. we have plenty of clothes, but i _ have plenty of clothes, but i encourage everybody to think about the situation, how it will be in one month, _ the situation, how it will be in one month, two— the situation, how it will be in one month, two months, and keep their donations— month, two months, and keep their donations for this time because it will only— donations for this time because it will only be harder.— donations for this time because it will only be harder. thank you, we a- treciate will only be harder. thank you, we appreciate your — will only be harder. thank you, we appreciate your time. _ will only be harder. thank you, we appreciate your time. people - will only be harder. thank you, we appreciate your time. people are l appreciate your time. people are preparing for this to be a long—standing effort. there has been

a huge amount of generosity from polish people, the authorities. 0ther beds are being made available around the city to try to accommodate a look after everybody, with a message being repeated day after day that is more and more people arrived they need more and more support. people arrived they need more and more support-— more support. those numbers will continue to _ more support. those numbers will continue to rise. _ more support. those numbers will continue to rise. thank— more support. those numbers will continue to rise. thank you - more support. those numbers will continue to rise. thank you very i continue to rise. thank you very much. this war is impacting so many different aspects, notjust much. this war is impacting so many different aspects, not just the refugee crisis. it is business time — ben is here. we begin with energy and those soaring prices since russia invaded ukraine just over three weeks ago. as international sanctions cripple the kremlin, many have been asking who will make up for shortfall in oil and gas supplies, and also whether anyone will still buy russian oil, despite international condemnation?

well, one country considering buying russian crude at a discounted rate is india. it currently imports 80% of its oil and buys around 3% from russia. india may take up a discounted russian offer, given that crude prices have risen around 40% so far this year. joining me now isjonathan robinson, global power and energy research director at frost and sullivan. indian needs oil, russia says you can have cheaply, will they buy it? yes, they will. i can't really see a strong justification for them not true. they bought 80% of their oil, oil are very high, and they needs to be able to sorted where they can. but there is international condemnation if any countries to do that. with a risk that reputation around the world inviting russian

oil at discounted rates? t around the world inviting russian oil at discounted rates?— oil at discounted rates? i think they would- — oil at discounted rates? i think they would. for— oil at discounted rates? i think they would. for india - oil at discounted rates? i think they would. for india there i oil at discounted rates? i think they would. for india there is. oil at discounted rates? i think- they would. for india there is more at play here that the immediate situation. they still want to keep reasonably friendly relations with russia as much as they can. there is the wider containment of china, as they say it, to be considered. they buy a lot of military hardware already from russia, so there are lots of reasons why india will take a different path.— a different path. what does that lower-priced — a different path. what does that lower-priced mean _ a different path. what does that lower-priced mean for - a different path. what does that lower-priced mean for russia? | a different path. what does that i lower-priced mean for russia? we lower—priced mean for russia? we know the price has fallen because they are not able to sell it anywhere else. what does that mean for their finances? anywhere else. what does that mean for theirfinances? they anywhere else. what does that mean for their finances? they need a certain amount of money, a certain price tojustify certain amount of money, a certain price to justify drilling it and selling it in the first place. absolutely. price costs are relatively low. they are not as

cheap a producer as the middle east, round about the $30 a barrel mark. we are safe —— significantly higher than that at the moment. they will still make a decent profit with the sale to india. locate still make a decent profit with the sale to india.— still make a decent profit with the sale to india. we have seen a lot of movements — sale to india. we have seen a lot of movements from _ sale to india. we have seen a lot of movements from opec _ sale to india. we have seen a lot of movements from opec plus - sale to india. we have seen a lot of movements from opec plus about i sale to india. we have seen a lot of- movements from opec plus about maybe movements from 0pec plus about maybe trying to ease the situation. we know the uk prime minister is perhaps having talks with saudi arabia about pumping more oil. we know oil prices are easing back slightly but they're still historically quite high. there will be a lot of pressure. _ historically quite high. there will be a lot of pressure. the - historically quite high. there will be a lot of pressure. the opeci be a lot of pressure. the 0pec nations will move a little bit but they are quite keen to preserve the 0pec plus relationship that exists at the moment, which includes russia. they are benefiting a little bit from higher oil prices to replenish coffers that have gone down in the years when prices haven't so high. there is an increase in interest in keeping the

prices elevated for a while, as well. l ~' :, prices elevated for a while, as well. l ~ :, ., , , well. we know many countries in euro te, well. we know many countries in europe, particularly _ well. we know many countries in europe, particularly germany, i well. we know many countries in | europe, particularly germany, are very reliant on those supplies from russia, but they are trying to wean themselves off it. t russia, but they are trying to wean themselves off it.— themselves off it. i don't think we will hear so _ themselves off it. i don't think we will hear so much _ themselves off it. i don't think we will hear so much from _ themselves off it. i don't think we will hear so much from the - themselves off it. i don't think we | will hear so much from the finance ministers on oil and gas. i'm sure it's on the agenda. i think that's a decision we will be hearing from the heads of government. i think it is clear that while the uk can take steps to get off russian oil and gas because it is a single digit percentage of energy supply, for germany it is 40% or 50% of where they get their oil and gas. from them to move away is extremely difficult. i'm not expecting any big announcements on that anytime soon. serving to underline how interconnected these energy markets on —— r. sir collapse of saying that tops talks to revive the iran

nuclear deal could become to some sort of thing. the nuclear deal could become to some sort of thing-— sort of thing. the talk is whether russia will _ sort of thing. the talk is whether russia will want _ sort of thing. the talk is whether russia will want to _ sort of thing. the talk is whether russia will want to extract - sort of thing. the talk is whether russia will want to extract some | russia will want to extract some kind of concession for supporting this deal. at the moment there is not a lot of appetites for accommodating russia, so we could potentially see this deal fade, which would probably not be a particularly bad thing for president biden as he gets into the midterm elections, because being soft on iran is not a big election winner. i'm not sure how much effort the americans will put into saving the deal if the russians cause problems. thank you, jonathan. a rising number of coronavirus cases in china has left investors on edge, after the chinese government announced it was placing 51 million people into lockdown.

the restrictions will effect people living in an entire north—eastern province and the southern city of shenzhen. oil prices and asian markets headed lower after the announcement, with the hang seng in hong kong intially opening earlier today 5% lower. toyota, volkswagen and apple—supplier foxconn all say they are suspending operations in the area. this is how those markets look. are we seeing a whole other repeat of what happened in march of 2020? you can see brent crude below $100 a barrel. anna macdonald, who's a fund manager at amati global investors. she agreed that the covid surge across china has got the markets spooked. they have tried to move, i think, to a slightly more dynamic shutdown strategy when they have rising cases, but it still had a significant effect. foxconn have shut production for their apple apple iphone 13 for six days.

and as you've said, we've seen some car manufacturers also having to to shut production and even the the component makers misses goes back to those supply chains, the component makers in taiwan, and now having to stop making things like circuit boards and touch screen modules, which go into those into those iphones and those cars. there were some stories before that the sinovac vaccine wasn't as effective against other quanta. that could be one of the issues, and obviously we don't know how delta is going to play out with that. one of the other reasons, though, that the tech names in particular are being so hit. it's notjust these supply chains, it's also that there are some moves to delist some chinese—based tech stocks in the us, and consequently they're trying to relist. well, they have been relisting in hong kong, which means that those the tech

names in hong kong are down a long way, a long way, 11% on monday. that's it. back to you. some breaking news from kyiv. four people were killed in tuesday morning air strike on the ukrainian capital. we had previously heard that the number had been to, but vitali klitschko saying that four people are confirmed to have died and adding that a curfew has been imposed on the capital from this evening until thursday morning after these residential buildings were heads, so the sad news that that figure has been revised up to four people. many ukrainians have led to the west

of the country were a massive do —— humanitarian effort is under way. i'm joined now by christina katrakis, she's an ambassador for the un foundation for sustainable development goals, and is coordinating humanitarian efforts, she's on the ukraine—romania border collecting aid. tell us about the number of refugees you are helping and how are they? thank you. it is a crisis. we have currently officially 5,000 refugees in our area, currently officially 5,000 refugees in ourarea, which currently officially 5,000 refugees in our area, which is a small town. there isjust no in our area, which is a small town. there is just no way we can provide food and help for all of them. i'm here with my small team trying to deal with this crisis and it is dire, dire need forfood, support, fans. we are trying to get it from anywhere we can, so all the efforts, donations, food supply would be more than welcome. we have a bunch of

women, children, pregnant women, one—month—old babies from eastern ukraine. it isjust one—month—old babies from eastern ukraine. it is just devastating. really devastating. we need to feed them, that's the largest problem right now on the ground. i'm currently on the ukrainian border trying to deliver the aids, as you can see. 0ur truck is right behind me. we have several buses coming over so we can load from those buses onto our truck and taken to our base. t onto our truck and taken to our base. ., ., onto our truck and taken to our base. :, ., :, , ., base. i have a worrying feeling that we have lost _ base. i have a worrying feeling that we have lost your _ base. i have a worrying feeling that we have lost your line. _ this is alec. theyjust brought

first aid for the refugees on the base. l ., ,., first aid for the refugees on the base. l ., :, first aid for the refugees on the base. l :, :, ., first aid for the refugees on the base.l :, :, ., , :, ., first aid for the refugees on the base. ., ., ., , :, ., ., base. we are part of a programme to tet base. we are part of a programme to get supplies — base. we are part of a programme to get supplies here. — base. we are part of a programme to get supplies here, mostly _ base. we are part of a programme to get supplies here, mostly for- base. we are part of a programme to get supplies here, mostly for women i get supplies here, mostly for women and children, and we bring refugees back into _ and children, and we bring refugees back into the eu. very happy to work here _ back into the eu. very happy to work here so _ back into the eu. very happy to work here, ., , back into the eu. very happy to work here. ., , :, back into the eu. very happy to work here. :, , :, ., ~ here. so any eight of that kind would be more _ here. so any eight of that kind would be more than _ here. so any eight of that kind would be more than welcome | here. so any eight of that kind i would be more than welcome and ensure that everyone can pitch in and help, so if anyone hears us in the uk, bigfoot organisations, companies that could pitch in and help us to provide aid for these 5,000 refugees that have just flooded us that we are trying to house and feed them. that would be immense about right now. i will share those details. for you and the volunteers behind you, thank you for sharing your story and we will continue to monitor you. christine is helping 5,000 refugees on the border there. while much of the world is focused on events in ukraine,

the violence in yemen is some of the worst seen in the long running war. this month marks eight years of conflict, with monitors saying the past four months have seen more than 800 air raids. both sides in the war have been accused of war crimes, something they deny, however the un body investigating offences has been closed after bahrain, russia and other countries voted against renewing their mandate. bbc arabic�*s special correspondent nawal al maghafi has this report. we should warn viewers that some people might find some of the scenes distressing. another deadly night in yemen's capital, sanaa. and a frantic morning at what's left of a family home — a common scene in this war between houthi rebels linked to iran and a coalition led by saudi arabia and the uae. hassan's brother was at the scene.

translation: i called my brother. i could hear women and people screaming in the background. he said, "we are coming to help". the first air strike killed a former aviation college head linked to the houthis, with his wife and children. translation: and i was rushing to help. | then i heard the second strike. the house was flattened. the second hit killed his brother and four other rescuers. two strikes — this is what's called a �*double—tap' attack. the un has condemned them and said the targeting of rescuers could amount to a war crime. the coalition said it was targeting houthi camps across the capital. it was in response to a houthi drone attack on the uae, like this one shown in their propaganda video. both sides are accused of war crimes, which they deny.

crimes which have contributed to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises, but, since october, the un has stopped investigating them. the un human rights councilfailed to renew its mandate to investigate war crimes in yemen. what has been the outcome? it was a very dangerous message to all parties, to the conflict that they have impunity and they will not be held accountable and they can go with not caring, going on in their violations on the ground, and this message was received very well by parties to the conflict. and the consequences can be seen here — escalating attacks have seen more than 400 casualties injanuary and february alone, making it the most violent period in years. amongst the rubble, a burnt face of a father, hidden from onlookers, including his sons.

translation: they wouldn't let me see his body. - they didn't want that to be the last image i have of my father. iyad and his two brothers are left without a family breadwinner. translation: he's left a huge void in my life. l and if the attacks don't stop, we will fight back. this war�*s aim was to weaken the houthis, but sentiment like this has only grown and, as attacks increase, so too does the hostility. i will be back with much more using just a moment. to stay with us. hello, predominantly dry across the uk today. tomorrow for sure more widespread rain. iwill show uk today. tomorrow for sure more widespread rain. i will show you the satellite picture first across this corner of europe. this is a storm just off the course of africa and

spain. it has been producing a lot of strong winds and the air currents associated with the storm system have pushed very dusty, hazy skies, saharan dust into spain and parts of france. this is a picture from alicante yesterday, it almost looks like a martian landscape. we may have some of that dust encroaching on our shores over the next day or so, mostly in the south—east, but it will not happen elsewhere across the country because the winds are blowing off the atlantic here in the north is this weather front approaches and bring some rain to northern ireland in western scotland and elsewhere. a dry evening, a dry first half of the night at least across many parts of england, but towards the early parts of the morning we could see rain dodging into the lake district and western fringes of wales. mild and england and wales cricket board are in scotland and northern ireland. 0nto the weather forecast for tomorrow. weather fronts crossing the uk,

predominantly cloudy and at times wet in england and is. what is going to happen, we are seeing a weather front coming in from the south, this one from the north. they will almost join forster during the course of the day so in between there could be some brightness, but generally an overcast day and generate the rain will get heavier during the day in the south and south—east. a different story in scotland and northern ireland, here afresh a day, lower temperatures, slightly stronger winds of more sunshine on the way. on thursday, it will turn cloudy again in the north—west as this waterfront approaches and some rain is expected in scotland and northern ireland, were asked to the south we a chilly have high pressure building, so across england and will say it will be a predominantly bright day. i wouldn't rule out a shower further south, but on the whole a fine day. after that, into the weekend and into next week, high pressure will be building across the rest of the uk and i think we are in

for some fine weather is wet temperatures, very pleasant, up to 17 degrees in some areas. that is it for me.

this is bbc news. i'm kasia madera. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories: russia's bombardment of ukraine continues. residents are shaken by large explosions in the capital. emergency services say at least four people were killed by a russian air strike which struck a residential building and set it ablaze. the front line is not that far. you can hearagain the artillery firing. the city's mayor describes the situation as a difficult and dangerous moment and announces a 35—hour curfew. translation: from 8pm a curfew is established in kyiv. _ movement through the city is

prohibited without special passes. iam i am yalda hakim, live in the western city of lviv. there have been air raid sirens across the city all morning and across this country. a news editor interrupts a russian state—controlled news programme holding an anti—war sign. she's believed to have been arrested. the kremlin called it an act of hooliganism. the prime minister of the czech republic, poland and slovenia will meet president zelensky in kyiv, in a show of solidarity in the coming hours. russia and ukraine continue their talks to end the fighting. in other news, a british—iranian detainee nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has had her uk passport returned, raising hopes for her release. she's been held in tehran since 2016.

four people have died in overnight attacks in kyiv, as russian forces kept up their bombardment in the ukrainian capital on the 20th day of their invasion. five locations were targeted, including two large residential buildings and a metro station. there are also reports of large explosions being heard in the borshchagovka district early this morning. a 35—hour curfew has been announced by kyiv�*s mayor, vitali klitschko. it'll start tonight and last until thursday morning. there will be more efforts to evacuate people from the besieged city of mariupol today. more than 4000 escaped yesterday. negotiations between russia and ukraine will resume today and the polish, czech and slovenian prime ministers are travelling to kyiv to meet

with volodymyr zelensky. refugee numbers continue to rise — almost three million have fled ukraine. unicef say that on average, 73,000 children are becoming refugees every day. in moscow, a news editor has been arrested, after she appeared with a sign reading �*no war�* behind a newsreader on russian state—controlled tv. and the uk has enforced more sanctions on russia. it's banned exports of luxury goods and increased the tarrifs on vodka imports. my colleague yalda hakim is in the city of lviv in western ukraine. thank you, and as you say it's a 20 days into this conflict and 20 days of utter despair and turmoil for the residents of this country. most

people coming here to the city of lviv art fleeing central, northern, eastern and southern ukraine where the bombardment and shelling is most fierce but we haven't been untouched here either. just on the outskirts in the last 48 hours resort that military base that was also a night out training facility targeted so there is a sense here that war is edging dangerously close to where we are. the city of lviv is a unesco world heritage site, it survived the second world war and there are dozens of bunkers everywhere here and all morning we have had air raid sirens that have gone off notjust here but across the country. so many of those in the city of kyiv because we know there was a blast in the early hours of this morning, a 15—storey building was targeted and we hear from the authorities there that at least two people have been

killed. tim muffett had the latest. another brutal star to another day of war.t in the ukrainian capital, kyiv, an apartment block in ruins. two people died following an air strike this morning, according to emergency services. 35 people were rescued. the city's mayor vitali klitschko has announced a 35—hour curfew would begin tonight. translation: today is a difficult and dangerous moment. - according to the decision of military command, at 8pm a curfew is established in kyiv. movement through the city is prohibited without special passes. this was the southern port city of kherson on sunday. there were protests against the invasion. according to the kremlin, russian troops now fully control the region. translation: the armed forces

of the russian federation took i full control of the entire territory of the kherson region. the troops of the self—declared donetsk people's republic continuing offensive broke through the defence of ukrainian nationalists, took control of panteleimonovka and reached verkhnetoretskoye—novoselovka—2 line. it follows an extraordinary act of defiance on russian television last night. "no war, stop the war, don't believe the propaganda", says the sign. the woman holding it has been named as marina 0vsyannikova, an editor at state—controlled channel1 television. she is thought to be in police custody now but left this video before her protest. translation: what is happening in ukraine is a crime, _ russia is the aggressor and it is on the conscience of one man, putin. russia must stop this fratricidal war immediately. it's images like this that have provoked such outrage. the south—eastern city of mariupol

faces a humanitarian crisis. but in his latest address, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky was unwavering, and said the russians were confused and suffering heavy losses. pictures like this are a stark reminder of how dangerous parts of ukraine now are. according to reports, three british nationals are missing after russia attacked this base near the polish border at the weekend. reports claim the men are ex—special forces. the foreign office is investigating but there is no official confirmation so far. tim muffett, bbc news. as we have been reporting, that 15—storey building was targeted in western ukraine and there is now a curfew that has been imposed on the

city of kyiv. people will need official documents to leave their homes, they have been told they must remain indoors from a 2pm local time, that is in about six hours. that was the mayor of kyiv, vitali klitschko, and we will speak to him in about two hours and get more information —— from 8pm local time. my information —— from 8pm local time. my colleague abdujalil abdurasulov was at the sight of that building. have a listen. behind me is one of the residential buildings that was hit during shelling overnight. firefighterd are still trying to put out the fire. there are a number of fire trucks but it will take time before they can stop the fire. this place is close to the area where fighting is going on. there are reports claiming russian forces are about ten or 15 kilometres from this location. we could hear several outgoing fire as well, artillery fire which suggests the front

line is not that far. booming. you can hear again the artillery fire, it sounds like this is outgoing fire so the ukrainian forces are firing at the positions of the russian military. in the past few days a number of residential buildings in kyiv were hit and this suggests the russian forces would not stop stop from bombing kyiv because there was a lot of speculation whether the russian troops would be willing to do that because this place, the capital of ukraine, has symbolic value for them as well with all those 0rthodox churches and historical sites, but sights like this suggest the russian troops are ready to use brutal force to take kyiv. that was abdujalil abdurasulov reporting from western ukraine, our correspondent for the bbc world service.

let's go live to our eastern europe correspondent sarah rainsford who is in the city of uman in central ukraine. we have been hearing air raid sirens all morning in western ukraine but tell us about the situation where you are. tell us about the situation where ou are. �* , , :, tell us about the situation where ouare.�* , tell us about the situation where ouare. �* , ., you are. i'm sure you can hear the sirens going _ you are. i'm sure you can hear the sirens going here _ you are. i'm sure you can hear the sirens going here in _ you are. i'm sure you can hear the sirens going here in uman, - you are. i'm sure you can hear the sirens going here in uman, they i you are. i'm sure you can hear the i sirens going here in uman, they have been going pretty much nonstop this morning and there were three sirens over but what's so different in the city which is 200 kilometres south of the capital kyiv is that people don't react to it like they do in places were we have been for the last two weeks. here there are people out and about, i've seen women with pushchairs and prams and people walking their dogs and there are people walking around because the city has not come under direct attack from russian troops but so many places now in this country have an many places we visited in the past 20 days because we have been based in the east and travelling

north, south and east from there and the devastation of the landscape is something to see. it's difficult to describe but even on the most basic level in cities we have been to, there are sandbags outside supermarkets, trenches under bridges and checkpoints everywhere, multiple layers of checkpoints with the army at the front and a territorial defence, the new recruits, people who were a couple of weeks ago were in normaljobs, not taking up weapons and defending their cities so the physical transformation is happening and then there the city is under direct attack. we have been to kharkiv to the north which has been battered by russian forces since the beginning of this war, we were in a metro station where families have been living underground mall for 20 days and then of course those who manage to get out, faces like sumy on the northern border, not reported that much because there are many

things happening in other parts of the country but sumy has been besieged, but in the past week we have seen convoys getting out, people making it to safety and talking of the absolute horror, the terror, one of the striking thing is, women telling me that think that terrified them the most was the sound of russian fighterjets, they said they got used to dressing in 30 seconds and making it to the bomb shelters because they had seen what there is fighterjets could do and they also knew they were hitting civilian targets, residential buildings and other sites in their city so the whole east of the country, east of the river, which is not consumed by this war and parts of that donetsk and luhansk region, russian troops taking ground and surrounding villages and towns and taking ground as well.— surrounding villages and towns and taking ground as well. sarah, thank ou and taking ground as well. sarah, thank you and you — taking ground as well. sarah, thank you and you have — taking ground as well. sarah, thank you and you have been _ taking ground as well. sarah, thank

you and you have been doing - you and you have been doing remarkable reporting across the worst affected areas. you were also in dnipro. thank you for giving us an update from uman in central ukraine. sarah was saying that people are not behaving like anything is going on because uman hasn't been impacted and you get that sense in the vivre as well that while they are on on high alert, it is a city on edge, you see people coming here with their worldly belongings and pets and children trying to get away from the fighting in places like mariupol and kharkiv and curse on and chernihiv and sumy, they come to the west to try to find a way out of the country or to stay here but because it hasn't experienced the selling, not in the second world war and not now, there is a sense it cannot be impacted and thatis is a sense it cannot be impacted and that is what server was saying about uman. we will continue our coverage on bbc world news, we have a special

coming up in about one hour's time but for now back to the studio. this is the moment where we say goodbye to our viewers on bbc two. but do stay with us here in bbc news because we will continue our special coverage on the war in ukraine. and the emergency services are saying at least four people were killed by a russian hour strike which struck a residential building in kyiv that was set ablaze. the number of people killed has gone up to four and those figures just very recently have been revised up. also let me show you a live shot from the vivre where yalda hakim was live in a moment ago, these are images from

a moment ago, these are images from a funeral ceremony. this is a funeral ceremony in lviv, in the west of ukraine, and this is a funeral that's taking place life for four ukrainian soldiers who were killed during the war. hundreds of mourners have from across ukraine, from saint peter and paul garrison church in central lviv to pay their respects to these four soldiers. not all of their names were unavailable but to the people paying their respects, two of the soldiers died in sunday's attack at the military base close to the polish border and a lot of concern about the proximity of that attack to a nato country, so the live scene there when it comes to this funeral service that's taking place for four ukrainian

soldiers being mourned, the family and friends and their colleagues. we can speak now to sir tony brenton, who was the british ambassador to russia from 2004 to 2008. it's good a you to join us. i wonder if you can give your initial thoughts about what we are seeing on the ground for these past weeks of this war, how you are thinking about it given your experience as the former uk ambassador to russia. tt’s former uk ambassador to russia. it's re former uk ambassador to russia. tt�*s pretty appalling. i never believed putin would do this, i have dealt a lot with him in the pews and i knew it was careful and captivating and would never have taken this sort of risk, which is not paid off for him. the campaign is going more slowly than they hoped in the russian army is turning to increasingly brittle bombardment of civilian areas to achieve such progress as it is and

as far as i can see it's making slower progress, they have not taken a major city since the beginning of the war which encouragingly, it's a bad war and lots of nasty things are happening but encouragingly that means the russians our first looking to their home front, they have strengthened control of information and other things in russia itself, not that there is a significant director, the latest polls show 60% popular russian support for the war but they are also engaged in negotiations with the ukrainians and talking to the french and germans which suggest they may be beginning to think about a way of bringing this link to a close in a way that saves face but without expecting to go the way putin originally set out to take over all of ukraine. seeing as ou to take over all of ukraine. seeing as you have _ to take over all of ukraine. seeing as you have met _ to take over all of ukraine. seeing as you have met him, _ to take over all of ukraine. seeing as you have met him, nobody i to take over all of ukraine. seeing as you have met him, nobody can| as you have met him, nobody can speak on his behalf and that one of

the enigmas behind president putin, that it's impossible to say what he is thinking but what is his thinking in terms of starting this action because as you say, most people thought it wouldn't happen to this extent? areas of the donbas, yes but the whole of ukraine? part extent? areas of the donbas, yes but the whole of ukraine?— the whole of ukraine? part of the background _ the whole of ukraine? part of the background is _ the whole of ukraine? part of the background is russian _ the whole of ukraine? part of the | background is russian resentment the whole of ukraine? part of the i background is russian resentment at the expansion of nato and the security threat they believe it constitutes and that is totally shared among the russian ruling elites and security people, but putin, and i think he has gone slightly unbalanced on this, has over the last six or seven years increasingly focused on ukraine, how ukraine is a natural slavic brother of russia and how ukraine and russia are naturally one country. there is no evidence that view is widely shared by the people around putin

but he spoke about it at the time that they annexed crimea in 2014, he produced a great paper on the subject last year and the speech she gave was a rambling stream of consciousness just before the military action and talked in the same terms. it's quite encouraging that there is evidence there are doubts about that objective as a whole within the wider russian elite and the one relatively coherent statement we have had from russian war objectives, they cannot call it that because they say it isn't a war but the most recent objectives from the kremlin's spokesman pask scott talked about neutralising ukraine, talked about neutralising ukraine, talked about neutralising ukraine, talked about russian annexation of crimea being accepted, talked about the donbas republics being accepted as independent but did not talk about seizing all of ukraine, in fact he denied occupying territory

so there is some sign of at least dissent within the russian system about how far to take this and i suspect that as a consequence of how slowly their operations have developed so far. sir slowly their operations have developed so far.— slowly their operations have develo ted so far. ,, :, , �* :, developed so far. sir tony brenton, fascinatint developed so far. sir tony brenton, fascinating to _ developed so far. sir tony brenton, fascinating to get _ developed so far. sir tony brenton, fascinating to get your _ developed so far. sir tony brenton, fascinating to get your insight i developed so far. sir tony brenton, fascinating to get your insight from | fascinating to get your insight from your proximity when it comes to what was happening in russia, ambassador to russia from 2004 to 2008, thank you for your thoughts. earlier i spoke to andrii 0sadchuk. he's a member of ukraine's parliament, who has relocated his family to western ukraine and is now on his way back to kyiv. he told me what he's been hearing about the latest situation back home. we have to take care of our loved ones but we are trying to save all ukrainians. i have already made several trips from kyiv to the western border and back.

my family are still in the territory of ukraine, it looks like my elder son will stay in kyiv because of his decision. now almost 3 million ukrainians have left ukraine, i emphasise we're talking mostly about women with babies and kids because men are not allowed to leave ukraine and also all the men are inside the country and actively participating in military actions and helping the ukrainian army, so the wave of refugees i think willjust increase because the situation in the centre of the country remains extremely dangerous and it is more than dangerous, we are witnessing the mass murder of civilians, that is what we expected and unfortunately it is happening and it is the same what russia did in chechnya and georgia and syria and it is the way that russians are conducting military actions,

when they start losing on the ground, they attack civilians and now in mariupol in the south of ukraine we have at least 15,000 killed innocent civilians. in kharkiv, the beautiful city in the west, 600 residential buildings have been destroyed so we are witnessing the mass destruction of civilian infrastructure and civilians and everyone in the uk should understand we are here dying for the west, fighting for the west. that is why the west should understand that all of you are at war so the fact people are dying at the moment only in ukraine doesn't mean you are not at war. putin is attacking you so that is why everyone should join this. apologies for interrupting but last week i spoke to a ukrainian mp who had not heard from his family in mariupol but he told me

he was concerned about them, as well as all the residents, he told me about allegations that russian soldiers were shooting civilians for fun, civilians who were not offering food or giving up food to soldiers. is that something you have witnessed? is that something you can confirm? i can confirm similar cases in kyiv region, in the suburbs of kyiv a number of volunteers were delivering food for people who were sheltering and were killed by russians. one of them, the mayor of a small city next to kyiv, was killed by russians when he was distributing food to civilians, so we are talking about thousands of war crimes which are happening every day and every hour in ukraine and these war crimes are committed not only

by vladimir putin inspiring everything but by russian military commanders and russian officers and russian soldiers, so that is why we are witnessing mass war crimes which are happening every day, every hour in the centre of europe in the 21st century. when it comes to the people that are leaving ukraine, i was on the border between poland and ukraine at the start of this war and witnessed the thousands of people crossing in the area i was in. now that the number of people leaving is close to 3 million in such a short space of time, what do you say to them? many told me they want to go back to ukraine. first of all i want all women with kids and babies to leave ukraine as fast as possible. from one side it is the issue of safety and security,

saving their life as less people in the country, more resources we will have for the ukrainian army, i'm talking about food and medicine and fuel and so on. i think it is joint responsibility of the eu, uk and us to host ukrainian refugees. we warned the west that it would happen and now it is happening and that's why it's important that not only poland and slovakia and neighbouring countries are hosting hundreds of thousands of ukrainians, the eu and uk, very large countries, and it's not a problem to host all these people and it will be your contribution to the fight with russians which we are currently conducting in ukraine. andrii 0sadchuk speaking to me a bit earlier, a ukrainian politician who had just moved his family west and was on his way back to kyiv, where the polish prime minister and slovak prime minister and the prime

minister of the czech republic are under way to kyiv as well to shout solidarity to volodymyr zelensky. more coming up shortly, get in touch with me on social media, it would be good to hear from you. hello. predominantly dry across the uk today. tomorrow, for sure, more widespread rain. i want to show you first the satellite picture across this corner of europe. this is a storm just off the coast of africa, portugal and spain. storm celia. it's actually been producing a lot of rain, strong winds and the air currents associated with this storm system have also pushed very dusty, hazy skies, saharan dust, into spain and parts of france. this is a picture from alicante yesterday, it almost looks like a martian landscape. we may have some of that dust encroaching on our shores over the next day or so, mostly in the south—east, but it's not going to happen elsewhere across the country because the winds are blowing off the atlantic here in the north—west

as this weather front approaches and brings some rain to northern ireland and western scotland at the end of the afternoon and elsewhere. a dry evening, a dry first half of the night at least across many parts of england, but towards the early parts of the morning we could see rain nudging into the lake district, maybe western fringes of wales. mild across england and wales, but colder in scotland and northern ireland. on to the weather forecast for tomorrow. weather fronts crossing the uk, predominantly cloudy and, at times, wet in england and wales. what is going to happen, we are seeing a weather front coming in from the south, this one from the north. they will almost join forces during the course of the day, so in between there could be some brightness, but generally an overcast day and, if anything, the rain will get heavier during the day in the south and south—east. a different story in scotland and northern ireland. here a fresher day, lower temperatures, slightly stronger winds and more sunshine on the way. on thursday, it will turn cloudy again in the north—west as this

weather front approaches and some rain is expected in scotland and northern ireland, wheras to the south we actually have high pressure building. so across england and wales it will be a predominantly bright day. i wouldn't rule out a shower further south, but on the whole, a fine day. after that, into the weekend and into next week, high pressure will be building across the rest of the uk and i think we're in for some fine weather with temperatures, very pleasant, up to 17 degrees in some areas. that's it from me.

this is bbc news. welcome, if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm kasia madera. our top stories: russia's bombardment of ukraine continues. residents are shaken by large explosions in the capital. emergency services say at least two people were killed by a russian air strike which struck a residential building and set it ablaze. a news editor interrupts a russian state—controlled news programme holding an anti—war sign. she is believed to have been arrested. the kremlin called it an act of hooliganism. the prime ministers of the czech republic, poland and slovenia will meet president zelensky in kyiv in a show of solidarity in the coming hours. russia and ukraine continue

their talks to end the fighting. four people have died in overnight attacks in kyiv, as russian forces kept up their bombardment in the ukrainian capital on the 20th day of their invasion. five locations were targeted, including two large residential buildings and a metro station. there are also reports of large explosions being heard in the borshchahivka district early this morning. a 35—hour curfew has been announced by kyiv�*s mayor, vitali klitschko. it will start tonight and last until thursday morning. there will be more efforts to evacuate people from the besieged city of mariupol today.

more than 4,000 escaped yesterday. negotiations between russia and ukraine will resume today and the polish, czech and slovenian prime ministers are travelling to kyiv to meet with volodymyr zelensky. refugee numbers continue to rise — almost three million have fled ukraine. unicef say that, on average, 73,000 children are becoming refugees every day. in moscow, a news editor has been arrested after she appeared with a sign reading "no war" behind a newsreader on russian state—controlled tv. the uk has enforced more sanctions on russia. it's banned exports of luxury goods and increased the tarrifs on vodka imports. let's get more on the journalist who was arrested after interrupting a bulletin on russian tv to protest against the attack on ukraine. i'm joined now by benjamin strick, he's director of investigations

at the centre for information resilience — an ngo monitoring russian disinformation. is this the first time we have seen anything like this?— anything like this? yes, it really is. this anything like this? yes, it really is- this was _ anything like this? yes, it really is. this was such _ anything like this? yes, it really is. this was such an _ anything like this? yes, it really is. this was such an interesting | is. this was such an interesting event and such a brave event for someone to do considering the level of censorship we are seeing in russia at the moment. to see someone like this, unknown presenter, who people are usually tuning in to, listening to the kremlin narrative, pro—russian media and no other narrative, to see someone run out on stage, if only for two seconds to hold up that sign and basically say don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to us here. she was saying, stop the war, no to war. it

really is quite an incredible event and big hats off to marina. we are obviously very concerned about her safety at the moment, as well. lode safety at the moment, as well. we believe she has been arrested, but her lawyers have not confirmed her whereabouts. in terms of editorial pressure that the state broadcaster is under, is it a question of the kremlin giving out lines on a daily basis, or is it more of a question of them suggesting the narrative thenit of them suggesting the narrative then it is up to the editors, people like marina, to tell the story along the lines of what president putin would like to be told to the russian public? would like to be told to the russian tublic? , , :, public? there is definitely no choice in _ public? there is definitely no choice in how _ public? there is definitely no choice in how they _ public? there is definitely no choice in how they deliver i public? there is definitely no| choice in how they deliver the public? there is definitely no i choice in how they deliver the news. we have seen that in previous circumstances where independent journalists have dry to convey the facts from the ground about specific instances, weather it be past events as well around mh17 or the conflict

that has been happening in eastern ukraine since 2014. what we have seen right here is very much a blatant stance where marina herself has said i have presented the news and i have delivered the propaganda on behalf of the russian states, and she apologised as well to the people for delivering that sort of activity. what we have also seen after this is really a surge in protests in russia and are much heavier crackdown on censorship as well, even to the point where we are seeing some protesters standing up with a white piece of paper, nothing written on it, and they have been arrested. we have seen a heavier take by the russian state against this freedom of speech that we are seeing people brave enough to step out against. seeing people brave enough to step outatainst. , , seeing people brave enough to step out atainst. , , ., out against. sometimes we see a silent protest _ out against. sometimes we see a silent protest or— out against. sometimes we see a silent protest or if— out against. sometimes we see a silent protest or if somebody i out against. sometimes we see a i silent protest or if somebody speaks out against this they are

immediately carried away by police officers. i wonder when it comes to social media, what we saw there was the state broadcaster, but what is happening in terms of russian access to social media, usually the outlets where people can get information thatis where people can get information that is sent along the party line. is that completely curtailed now? yes, that's right, and that is the biggest concern here. people who have access to a vpn can access western use or news that reports the facts from the ground. what they are saying is very different. they don't have access to twitter, they don't have access to twitter, they don't have access to facebook or some of those western news outlets that have cheques, that have verification that don't report fake news. what they —— are bombarded with at the moment is state narrative delivered through the news and there is no other way to access the information as to what is happening in ukraine. in the last

two or three days, we have seen a big push from russia today and other state outlets to redirect history to justify what is happening at the moment. we are saying documentaries about 2014 and 15 in eastern ukraine, about human rights abuses that may have been committed on the ground, things like that. all of thatis ground, things like that. all of that is being used to justify this. we are seeing the same activity on social media from through state linked accounts. russia today is being pushed through other journalists, freelance journalists as well, so we are seeing that heavy push of narratives on social media, on state tv and multiple other venues, as well, which is really quite concerning for the people in russia who just aren't getting the other side of what is happening on the ground. other side of what is happening on the ground-— other side of what is happening on the tround. ., ,, , . :, the ground. thank you very much for talkint to

the ground. thank you very much for talking to us. — the ground. thank you very much for talking to us, urinalysis. _ the ground. thank you very much for talking to us, urinalysis. then i talking to us, urinalysis. then strickland, who is with an ngo that looks and monitors what is happening with media in russia. some breaking news to bring you. britain has imposed sanctions on a further 350 russian individuals and entities in the past hour using anew law to catch up with the european union and united states in targeting people accused of propping up russian president, vladimir putin. the uk moved against those close to putin, such as former president and prime minister dmitry medvedev and the defence minister sergei shoigu. russian businessmen mikhail fridman and petr aven, oligarchs who amassed their wealth before putin came to power, were also put under sanctions. earlier, britain said it would ban the export of luxury goods to russia

and impose a new 35% tariff on £900 million worth of russian imports, including vodka, metals, fertilisers and other commodities. it means that in total more than 1,000 individuals and other entities have been hit with sanctions by the uk. the detained british—iranian nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe has had her passport returned and a british negotiating team is in tehran, according to her mp, tulip siddiq. mrs zaghari—ratcliffe has been detained in iran since her arrest in 2016 on charges of plotting to overthrow the government — allegations she has always denied. nazanin's sister—in—law rebecca ratcliffe has been speaking to the bbc. she's quite apprehensive of going outside, herfamily have

always been intimidated by her captors. and they often are expressing through messages and things, so she doesn't really tend to go out, she doesn't trust many people. of course, then, covid's been problematic in iran, so they're's not a lot of socialising, so nevertheless, she is with herfamily and can see her family on a regular basis and has internet access, which she hasn't had for the last five years. this is such a roller—coaster for her, her emotions up and down all the time. when something like this happens, she is really on edge. she can't really... doesn't really want to sit and chat or anything. she doesn't know what this means to her. there's so many false hopes over the last five, six years, where she's felt like she's about to be released and then it hasn't happened. she doesn't want to get her hopes up. it is just a constant state of high anxiety that she is struggling with.

she obviously can't get out of iran until she has a british passport, so this does seem to be a strong signal from iran that they are trying to get her home. what we don't know is how much this is negotiation between british and iranian governments, or if iran is posturing here, putting pressure on the british. it is difficult for us to interpret whether this is a really positive sign or the iranians are playing games here. let's talk to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams. what is this realistically mean? you heard what rebecca said and in the tone of her voice there. this has been such a long roller—coaster of a story with all sorts of false dawns where she thought she might be released only to find that she faced fresh charges. no one should jump to the conclusion that she had a

british passport apparently returned to her that that means she is going to her that that means she is going to be released. however, this probably is the most positive sign that we have had for a very long time indeed. what other purpose would there be for returning her passport if not to prepare for her possible release? clearly, this is a moments in which oaks are very high, but hopes have been dashed before. one other piece of the puzzle, and none of this has been confirmed by the british foreign office, is that it has been reported that britain has finally paid r £400 million debt to a ran dating back to the 1970s, the result of an arms deal with the previous iranian leader, the shower, that was cancelled midway through the 1979 after the islamic revolution. iran has always demanded that britain bet at £400 million and

four all such of reasons it hasn't been, partly due to us sanctions. if that debt has now been paid, and we have not had confirmation of that, that could well be the thing that has unlocked this.— has unlocked this. picking up on that debt, _ has unlocked this. picking up on that debt, is _ has unlocked this. picking up on that debt, is it _ has unlocked this. picking up on that debt, is it something i has unlocked this. picking up on that debt, is it something that l has unlocked this. picking up on i that debt, is it something that we are likely to know whether it has been paid or not? possibly not. it is still the case to this day that the british government does not acknowledge the connection between the debts and the fates of what it calls unfairly detained british nationals in iran, what many other people have called hostages. it doesn't recognise that is, but we do know that there had been concerted efforts to try and address the legal issues surrounding the deaths. the iranians have been rather more open in making that connection, particularly in recent years. will we find out that indeed a payment has been made? if it has, it will have had to have gone through all

sorts of legal hoops, almost certainly involving some kind of clearance from the us treasury department, so it may well be that we will learn through one channel or another that indeed that door was opened and the debt was finally paid. paul, as always, thank you for reacting to that so quickly. we will monitor that's on any developments we will bring them to you. a man suspected of shooting five homeless men in washington dc and new york city has been arrested following a multistate manhunt. two of the victims were killed, including a man found dead inside a burning tent. laura podesta is cbs' correspondent in new york. laura, can you tell us more about these shootings? good morning. this is a tragic story that many people, it has left many people on edge here in new york city, in dc and the city in between,

such as baltimore, because this man was clearly travelling from dc to new york and committing these murders over a two—week span. he was essentially a serial killer on the loose. now we are learning that police may have demand that they have been looking for in custody. 0fficers arrested a suspect as he was walking in the capital. it is not confirmed, but it appears that these officers were alerted by someone may have recognised him from the surveillance stills that police handed out yesterday when they had a press conference. the reason why i say that is because in a tweet early this morning, the dc police department thanked people for their tips. we still don't have any information this morning on the name of the suspect for his age or the motive behind these gruesome shootings. in a video that has been

circulating we can see how he operates. you see the man kicking a homeless person who was sleeping on the sidewalk in new york city. that homeless person doesn't wake up and he ends up shooting him in the head at point—blank range. it has been a scary situation here in new york city and again in washington, dc. very disturbing. laura podesta, thank you for bringing that to us. poland's prime minister, mateusz morawiecki, will visit kyiv today, with the agreement of the european union and the united nations. i've been speaking to poland's deputy foreign minister marcin przydacz. it was an initiative of the polish prime minister to encourage his colleagues

from central europe, with a mandate of the european council, and this visit is a sign of solidarity. we just want to show to the ukrainian administration, to president zelenskyy, to the prime minister, that they can count on us, on his neighbours, on the central european countries, but also on the entire european union. yesterday, we adopted the next packet of sanctions. it is not perfect, but it is there. we continue supporting ukraine, offering our assistance to ukraine. this war is not over and we hope that ukraine will succeed in prevailing and protecting their security and their independence. just to push on this point, they can do all that remotely. this idea that they go to kyiv, an active war zone. we hear about the devastation, the front line moving in,

why the necessity to go in person? going in person is something more than just having an online meeting. for sure, they are risking some harm by this visit, but i think it is worth it to draw the attention of the international community that the war in ukraine is still a very brutal one and we need to continue our support to the ukrainian nation. we do have a history and an experience. in 2008, the polish president, together with the presidents of the central european countries, paid at visit to tblisi on the very day when there was a bombardment of the russian troops when russia invaded georgia, that was to express his solidarity with the georgian nation. it was very well received

by the georgian people, they still remember that and we hope that ukrainian morale will be somehow upgraded through this visit, that it's not only about talking, it's also about being with them down there in the kyiv in the very centre of this war. i have witnessed myself the huge numbers of people coming from ukraine fleeing to poland. nearly three million people have left ukraine so far. most of them, nearly two million, have entered into poland. the generosity of the polish people has been overwhelming in welcoming them, but these figures will grow. we have had a ukrainian politician saying women and children must leave ukraine. how can poland cope, what support do you need, what do you want to hear from the european union? first of all, let me express our gratitude to you. i knew that you were at the border spending many days down there witnessing what was happening.

it was very important to show it to the international public. almost two million ukrainian refugees crossed the polish border. partly, they were also crossing the border with other partly, they were also crossing the border of other countries, slovakia, hungary, romania, and they are then moving towards put in to join their families and friends. the numbers are much higher than the official number of the people who cross the border. what we have seen, as you said the generosity of the ordinary people, the government, was somehow coordinating this, but we vow to support the ordinary polish people. it would not be possible. we want to offer them safe shelter, mostly to the women and kids because the men have stayed still in ukraine fighting for freedom and their european values. they want tojoin the european union.

we just wejust had a we just had a statement from the uk prime minister, borisjohnson. you prime minister, boris johnson. you are heading — prime minister, boris johnson. you are heading to _ prime minister, borisjohnson. ym. are heading to saudi arabia to see mohammed bin salander. you are close to him, you take them, you chat with him, you are much closer to him than the biden administration. what did you want from him and the saudi arabian government and will he listen? lode arabian government and will he listen? l l, arabian government and will he listen? l :, ., :, arabian government and will he listen? :, ., . ,, listen? we have a global crisis in which it is _ listen? we have a global crisis in which it is obvious _ listen? we have a global crisis in which it is obvious that _ listen? we have a global crisis in which it is obvious that the i listen? we have a global crisis in i which it is obvious that the russian aggression — which it is obvious that the russian aggression in ukraine has helped to trigger— aggression in ukraine has helped to trigger a _ aggression in ukraine has helped to trigger a spike in the price of hydrocarbons, a spike in the price of oil _ hydrocarbons, a spike in the price of oil it_ hydrocarbons, a spike in the price of oil it is— hydrocarbons, a spike in the price of oil. it is vital if we are going to stand — of oil. it is vital if we are going to stand up _ of oil. it is vital if we are going to stand up to putin puzzle —like bullying, — to stand up to putin puzzle —like bullying, avoid being blackmailed by him in _ bullying, avoid being blackmailed by him in the _ bullying, avoid being blackmailed by him in the way that so many western countries _ him in the way that so many western countries sadly have been, we have -ot countries sadly have been, we have got to— countries sadly have been, we have got to get— countries sadly have been, we have got to get ourselves of russian hydrocarbons. they are a massive part of— hydrocarbons. they are a massive part of the —

hydrocarbons. they are a massive part of the global market for hydrocarbons. they help to drive the price _ hydrocarbons. they help to drive the price we _ hydrocarbons. they help to drive the price. we need to talk to other producers _ price. we need to talk to other producers around the world about how we can _ producers around the world about how we can move — producers around the world about how we can move away from that dependency. vladimir putin over the last year's— dependency. vladimir putin over the last year's has been like a pusher, feeding _ last year's has been like a pusher, feeding an — last year's has been like a pusher, feeding an addiction in western countries — feeding an addiction in western countries to his hydrocarbons, to his oil— countries to his hydrocarbons, to his oil and — countries to his hydrocarbons, to his oil and gas. we need to get ourselves— his oil and gas. we need to get ourselves off that addiction. saudi arabia have _ ourselves off that addiction. saudi arabia have just _ ourselves off that addiction. saudi arabia have just executed - ourselves off that addiction. saudi arabia have just executed 81 i ourselves off that addiction. scic arabia have just executed 81 people at the weekends. alongside that you have us intelligence that suggests that's the person you are going to see, mbs, was behind the murder of jamal khashoggi. iran may be having historic debts written off. it is quite a good time to be a repressive regime at the moment, isn't it? taste regime at the moment, isn't it? we are seeing the return in ukraine, the kind— are seeing the return in ukraine, the kind of— are seeing the return in ukraine, the kind of brutality,

indiscriminate bombing of civilian centres _ indiscriminate bombing of civilian centres of— indiscriminate bombing of civilian centres of great cities that we last saw in _ centres of great cities that we last saw in the — centres of great cities that we last saw in the european continent eight years— saw in the european continent eight years ago — saw in the european continent eight years ago. this is quite unbelievable what is happening now in our— unbelievable what is happening now in our continent. we need to make sure that _ in our continent. we need to make sure that we — in our continent. we need to make sure that we build the strongest, widest— sure that we build the strongest, widest possible coalition to ensure that vladimir putin does not succeed. _ that vladimir putin does not succeed, that we wean ourselves off russian _ succeed, that we wean ourselves off russian hydrocarbons and that is what _ russian hydrocarbons and that is what the — russian hydrocarbons and that is what the uk is helping to do. but a coalition with _ what the uk is helping to do. but a coalition with other— what the uk is helping to do. elli a. coalition with other unpleasant regimes, prime minister? those are our regimes, prime minister? those are your words, — regimes, prime minister? those are your words, sam. _ regimes, prime minister? those are your words, sam. we _ regimes, prime minister? those are your words, sam. we want - regimes, prime minister? those are your words, sam. we want to i regimes, prime minister? those are your words, sam. we want to build l your words, sam. we want to build the widest— your words, sam. we want to build the widest possible coalition to ensure — the widest possible coalition to ensure that we focus on what is happening in ukraine, the effect that is— happening in ukraine, the effect that is having on the price of oil and gas — that is having on the price of oil and gas. there is no question at all that the _ and gas. there is no question at all

that the spike in oil and gas, which is being _ that the spike in oil and gas, which is being felt by british consumers, by everyone who has a central heating — by everyone who has a central heating system. everyone in this country— heating system. everyone in this country is — heating system. everyone in this country is seeing the effects of that spike in prices. we have to deal— that spike in prices. we have to deal with— that spike in prices. we have to deal with that in any way we can. what _ deal with that in any way we can. what we — deal with that in any way we can. what we need to do is build long—term security of energy supply in this— long—term security of energy supply in this country. that is what we are doing _ in this country. that is what we are doing we — in this country. that is what we are doing. we are setting out a strategy for long—term energy security in the uk. for long—term energy security in the uk part— for long—term energy security in the uk part of— for long—term energy security in the uk. part of that, in the is making sure— uk. part of that, in the is making sure that — uk. part of that, in the is making sure that we are not as dependent in the west— sure that we are not as dependent in the west as — sure that we are not as dependent in the west as we currently are on russian — the west as we currently are on russian oil— the west as we currently are on russian oil and gas. the uk is fortunate _ russian oil and gas. the uk is fortunate in that we only take 3% of our gas _ fortunate in that we only take 3% of our gas from russia. a lot more of our gas from russia. a lot more of our diesel— our gas from russia. a lot more of our diesel comes from russia. we will have _ our diesel comes from russia. we will have to — our diesel comes from russia. we will have to make sure that other producers — will have to make sure that other producers are doing what they can. we will— producers are doing what they can. we will have to help the whole world move _ we will have to help the whole world move forward with greener solutions, with green— move forward with greener solutions, with green technology, so that ultimately we are not dependent on

vladimir— ultimately we are not dependent on vladimir putin. it is a crucial thing~ — vladimir putin. it is a crucial thing if— vladimir putin. it is a crucial thing. if we are not going to be blackmailed by putin, we have to take these steps. so those comments from the prime minister of the ukjust so those comments from the prime minister of the uk just coming into our newsroom. he is reminding the uk, for example, that only 3% of gas comes from russia. very different situation to other countries within europe, but the prime minister speaking there. let me remind you what is happening in ukraine. the mayor of the capital, kyiv, has announced a 35 hour curfew will be imposed from this evening. vitali klitschko morning that kyiv is facing a difficult and dangerous moment after we are seeing the firefighters who had to rescue residents from a burning residential building which was struck over night. four people are thought to have been killed. lots more on our

website. we are following the events in kyiv and the international reaction to the war in ukraine. thanks very much for watching bbc news. hello. predominantly dry across the uk today. tomorrow, for sure, more widespread rain. i want to show you first the satellite picture across this corner of europe. this is a storm just off the coast of africa, portugal and spain. storm celia. it's actually been producing a lot of rain, strong winds and the air currents associated with this storm system have also pushed very dusty, hazy skies, saharan dust, into spain and parts of france. this is a picture from alicante yesterday, it almost looks like a martian landscape. we may have some of that dust encroaching on our shores over the next day or so, mostly in the south—east, but it's not going to happen elsewhere across the country because the winds are blowing off the atlantic here in the north—west

as this weather front approaches and brings some rain to northern ireland and western scotland at the end of the afternoon and elsewhere. a dry evening, a dry first half of the night at least across many parts of england, but towards the early parts of the morning we could see rain nudging into the lake district, maybe western fringes of wales. mild across england and wales, but colder in scotland and northern ireland. on to the weather forecast for tomorrow. weather fronts crossing the uk, predominantly cloudy and, at times, wet in england and wales. what is going to happen, we are seeing a weather front coming in from the south, this one from the north. they will almost join forces during the course of the day, so in between there could be some brightness, but generally an overcast day and, if anything, the rain will get heavier during the day in the south and south—east. a different story in scotland and northern ireland. here a fresher day, lower temperatures, slightly stronger winds and more sunshine on the way. on thursday, it will turn cloudy

again in the north—west as this weather front approaches and some rain is expected in scotland and northern ireland, wheras to the south we actually have high pressure building. so across england and wales it will be a predominantly bright day. i wouldn't rule out a shower further south, but on the whole, a fine day. after that, into the weekend and into next week, high pressure will be building across the rest of the uk and i think we're in for some fine weather with temperatures, very pleasant, up to 17 degrees in some areas. that's it from me.

today at one — powerful explosions again rock the capital of ukraine. russian airstrikes hit residential apartment blocks in kyiv and a metro station — the mayor says four people were killed. nearly three million refugees have fled ukraine. we report from poland, where a shopping centre is being used to house families. hooliganism — how the kremlin describes the anti—war protest of the woman who interrupted a live news show. also this lunchtime... ukraine's president tells the uk and other nations the west needs to do more to help his country fight russia, otherwise, he warned, "they will come for you". translation: the world is silent. after two nuclear power plants were captured, we're just hearing words,

and that is not enough. british iranian national nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe,