hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. in ukraine, the mayor of kyiv says this is a "difficult and dangerous" moment for his city. more residential buildings are hit by russian strikes and more lives lost. a 35—hour curfew has now come into effect. translation: from 8pm, - a curfew is established in kyiv. movement through the city is prohibited. ina show in a show of solidarity with ukraine.

as peace talks with russia continue, a key concession from president zelensky, saying ukraine should accept that it will not become a nato member. a court in moscow fines the russian journalist who staged a protest against the war live on state tv news. i don't like russia's invasion, it was really terrible. hello, welcome to the programme. 20 days after russia's invasion of ukraine — and its capital kyiv still stands. but kyiv, and dozens of other ukrainian cities, are still under sustained attack. hundreds of civilians have been killed. this is where russian troops are in control. they're still only in command of one major city — that's in the south, where most of their advances are. there's heavy fighting there, and in the the north and east,

as russia attacks strategic cities with air strikes. the capital is one of those under heavy bombardment. despite that bombardment, the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic, and slovenia are in kyiv. they came from poland by train to meet president zelensky. the fourth man there is the deputy prime minister. with russian forces closing in, that might also seem risky, but the three prime ministers intended to make headlines. the czech republic's foreign minister said, "it's a strong and important gesture, to show our solidarity with ukraine" let's talk about what happened in kyiv now. in the past 2a hours, russian strikes have killed five people. this shows the aftermath of one of those attacks. five places were targeted — including a metro station and two residential blocks on flats. this is one of those blocks. the buildings burnt for hours. those whose homes were destroyed watched on as the fires were put out. the bbc�*s abdujalil abdurasulov is in kyiv. this place is quite close to the area where

the fighting is going on. there are reports claiming that russian forces are about 10—15 km away from this location. we could hear several outgoing fire as well, artillery fire, which suggests that the front line is not that far. distant gunfire. you can hearagain the artillery fire — it sounds like this is an outgoing fire, so the ukrainian forces are firing at the positions of the russian military. over the past few days, a number of residential buildings in kyiv were hit, and sights like this suggest that the russian troops are ready to use brutal force in order to take kyiv. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kyiv. the bombardment continues, and now these ministerial visits?— these ministerial visits? there's 'ust been these ministerial visits? there's just been two — these ministerial visits? there's just been two very _ these ministerial visits? there's just been two very loud - these ministerial visits? there's .

just been two very loud explosions, seemingly on the outskirts of this city, you may hear them now, but they get louder. and as you've just heard from my colleague, there were attacks in residential areas, different neighbourhoods of the city early this morning. and yes, the 30 fight our debts 35 hour curfew has come into force an hour ago with warnings no one should go out onto the streets unless they have special passes. there are indications the ukrainian forces are expecting heavy attacks in the next 35 hours, that's why they aren't taking any chances. but yes, as the war intensifies, so too does the diplomacy and many capitals, including a fifth round of talks where you can see an extension of the fourth round between ukrainian and russian negotiators. it is important to the talks are taking place, even more important that both sides are saying that they are constructive, that the two sites are constructive, that the two sites are engaging, they even speak of

something to sign within days. at the messages we get from the kremlin, from what we get from those who speak to president putin directly, they are not so optimistic. so there's a worry that it's a tactic to be just productive while the destruction continues on the ground. find while the destruction continues on the ground-— the ground. and the destruction riaht the ground. and the destruction right across _ the ground. and the destruction right across the _ the ground. and the destruction right across the country, - right across the country, particularly in the south? terrifying for civilians, says the un secretary general, who is usually known for much more restrained, or diplomatic language. now he's started calling on russia to stop shelling residential areas, hospitals, schools, orphanages, the situation is worst of all in a country which of course is darkening by the day, but worst of all in mariupol, in the south of the besieged southern city where efforts

yet again to get a convoy he said to be 100 tonnes of desperately needed food, water and medicine was again blocked, not able to make it to the city. some private vehicles made it out, about two dozen, but we understand they are experiencing shelling and threats along the way. we also have reports from the ukrainian authorities that hundreds have been taken hostage in a hospital. the situation is dire and getting worse at times by the hour. thanks for that. these are where the explosions took place in kyiv — there were also large explosions being heard in the borshchagovka district. and so kyiv�*s mayor has announced new city—wide rules. translation: today is a difficult and dangerous moment. - according to the decision of the military command, from 8pm,

a curfew is established in kyiv. movement through the city is prohibited without special passes. so that curfew started at 8pm local time, an hour or so ago. at the start of this war, vladimir putin said civilians and cities wouldn't be targeted. now, we know that's not true. the mayor's brother, former boxer vladimir klitchko, told the bbc this. yes, the bombs are falling, but the city will not fall. - no matter what, no matter how strong the russian army is. _ this is our home. and every citizen of this city, the capital of ukraine, - the city of kyiv, understands l it's their home and will defend and protect the city from any army — which in this case is the russian- army, trying to kill us, destroy our infrastructure, our houses. - people just stand strong.

and i want to pay lots of respect to ukrainian women. _ of course, the mayor called the men | to come back and defend the city — i but women are standing in arms, in defence, standing strong - and showing they will fight. |they will fight for their homes, | for their families behind them — and i have to tell you, - millions of people are still in kyiv, and they won't leave no matter what. | let's talk about what's going on in the southern port city of mariupol. it's been under siege for over too weeks now. in one hospital, authorities say russian troops are holding 400 people, including doctors and patients, quote, "like hostages".

one human rights group accuses russian soldiers of threatening to shoot anyone who leaves the hospital, and anyone who has tried to get out has been shot and wounded. this is what the city looks like. earlier, some people successfully evacuated from there, but thousands are still stuck. many are trying to survive in underground shelters. it's been 13 days any electricity, gas or water, and heating, and it's below freezing at night. around 2,400 civilians have been killed. there are now two mass graves. it's been 13 days without any electricity, gas or water. so no heating — and it reaches minus five degrees celsius at night. this is one ukrainian mp�*s take on it. we are witnessing the mass murders of civilians. that's exactly what we expected, and unfortunately, it is happening. and unfortunately, it's the same as russia did to chechnya, in georgia, in syria, and it is the way that russians are conducting military actions when they start losing on the ground, they start to attack civilians. and now, in mariupol city, in the south of ukraine,

we have i think at least 15,000 killed innocent civilians. let me show you these pictures from ukraine's second—biggest city kharkiv — that's in east ukraine. three weeks ago, a thriving city, now reduced to rubble after heavy bombardment. officials say hundreds of residential buildings have been destroyed. and these from the sumy region — that's in eastern ukraine — also under constant shelling. their troops have advanced through crimea, aiming to cut ukraine off from the sea as heavy fighting for control in the south, many places. the city blocks the russians�* route to the strategic black sea port of odesa. let me show you these pictures, of a maternity hospital there. the women have had to give birth in the basement, which is less well—equipped, to avoid being killed by shelling. this is just one bomb shelter — residents have been told to go underground.

it's mostly made up of children, women, and the elderly. officials say seven bodies were found in the rubble of a school building in the region, that was hit on the weekend. we can now speak to the region's governor, vitaliy kim. thanks for coming on the programme. can you outline the state of play where you are? i can you outline the state of play where you are?— can you outline the state of play where you are? i didn't understand the question- _ where you are? i didn't understand the question. what _ where you are? i didn't understand the question. what is _ where you are? i didn't understand the question. what is the - where you are? i didn't understand the question. what is the state - where you are? i didn't understand the question. what is the state of. the question. what is the state of the question. what is the state of the military _ the question. what is the state of the military situation _ the question. what is the state of the military situation where - the question. what is the state of the military situation where you l the military situation where you are, you versus the russian troops? in our region, we have a stable military situation, and now we are attacking. we are not defending. now we are in an attacking position. what do you mean by attacking position? are you advancing? the? position? are you advancing? they are running — position? are you advancing? they are running from _ position? are you advancing? they are running from us. _ position? are you advancing? they are running from us. you - position? are you advancing? they are running from us. you said - position? are you advancing? they are running from us. you said the. are running from us. you said the russian troops _ are running from us. you said the russian troops are _ are running from us. you said the russian troops are running - are running from us. you said the russian troops are running from i are running from us. you said the i russian troops are running from you — yet they have a lot of control very nearby. how do you feel about

that? i very nearby. how do you feel about that? ., �* ., , ,, ., ., that? i don't have permission to tell ou that? i don't have permission to tell you about _ that? i don't have permission to tell you about the _ that? i don't have permission to tell you about the situation - that? i don't have permission to| tell you about the situation right now, i think you will know about it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow from official reports. but now we have the military situation very stable. 50 have the military situation very stable. �* , have the military situation very stable. �*, , ., stable. so it's stable, and you say ou are stable. so it's stable, and you say you are ready _ stable. so it's stable, and you say you are ready to _ stable. so it's stable, and you say you are ready to advance. - stable. so it's stable, and you say you are ready to advance. what i stable. so it's stable, and you say - you are ready to advance. what help, if any, from anyone do you need? i need help to cover this guys, because all major injuries to civilians are from rockets and bombs from the air. it will help us to minimise victims, civilian victims. this help i need, we all need this help. this help i need, we all need this hel. �* , ., ., help. but you mentioned the civilians there, _ help. but you mentioned the civilians there, how - help. but you mentioned the civilians there, how much . help. but you mentioned the - civilians there, how much damage has been done to the region and to lives

lost? ., , , ., ,., lost? from the very beginning, about 300,000 lost? from the very beginning, about 300.000 in — lost? from the very beginning, about 300,000 in infrastructure _ lost? from the very beginning, about 300,000 in infrastructure was - 300,000 in infrastructure was destroyed, about 230 wounded people, i remember about 20 kids wounded, and about 30—a0 we have killed, dead people, civilian people. find and about 30-40 we have killed, dead people, civilian people.— people, civilian people. and given those awful— people, civilian people. and given those awful numbers _ people, civilian people. and given those awful numbers and - people, civilian people. and given those awful numbers and of - people, civilian people. and given those awful numbers and of that l people, civilian people. and given i those awful numbers and of that loss of life, that tragic loss of life, you are still confident that you have got russia and the russian troops there potentially defeated? of course i do, because we are fighting for our freedom, and we

will damage... the russian army is demoralised, they don't want to fight, they were fooled by their government when they came to our country and they saw that we had no vendettas, nothing, we left quietly and everybody speaks russian, there are no problems in our country. and all they were told by the tv was lies. , ., , ., ., all they were told by the tv was lies. , . , ., ., ., ,, lies. given what you are talking about there. — lies. given what you are talking about there, i _ lies. given what you are talking about there, i sense _ lies. given what you are talking about there, i sense that - lies. given what you are talking about there, i sense that the i lies. given what you are talking - about there, i sense that the reason to fight coming through there, so people in ukraine have a reason to fight and defend their country — how much are you relying on and using those volunteer soldiers, people who just three weeks ago reliving their normal lives and are now fighting? they're not asking if i want them to fight or not. we have civilians, we

have hunters, everybody has weapons and are fighting for our freedom. some people are leaving, they've moved their families abroad or to the west of the country, and then they came back to fight.— the west of the country, and then they came back to fight. thank you ve much they came back to fight. thank you very much for— they came back to fight. thank you very much for sparing _ they came back to fight. thank you very much for sparing the - they came back to fight. thank you very much for sparing the time - they came back to fight. thank you very much for sparing the time to l very much for sparing the time to give us that update from that, thank you. give us that update from that, thank ou. ., �* . ., ukraine's president appears to have made a significant concession after saying his country should accept that it won't become a member of nato. this was a key russian concern that moscow used to justify its invasion. this is what mr zelensky had to say during a video conference with military officials. translation: ukraine | is not a member of nato. we understand that. we are adequate people, we have heard for years that the doors were open — but we also heard that we could notjoin. it's a truth, and it must be recognised. i'm glad that our people are beginning to understand this, and rely on themselves

and our partners who help us. on a day of multiple video conferences, this was mr zelensky�*s reception as he was introduced to deliver an address to the canadian parliament by that country's prime minister, justin trudeau. democracies around the world are lucky to have you as our champion. applause. earlier, mr zelensky called for more sanctions against russia and more military help for his own country as he addressed a meeting in london of a group of northern european and baltic countries. he also expressed frustration with nato over the refusal to impose a no—fly zone. he said nato was "the strongest alliance in the world," but "some of its members had been hypnotised by russian aggression". and he said it was in europe's interests to help ukraine. mr zelensky was speaking through a translator. translation: we all are the targets of russia, and everything _ will go against europe if ukraine won't stand.

so i'd like to ask you to help yourselves by helping us. you know the kind of weapon we need, everyone knows, you know what kind of defence measures we need. you know that we need fighterjets. this was uk prime minister borisjohnson�*s response to mr zelensky�*s address. what the world is seeing is the return in ukraine to the kind of brutality, the kind of absolutely indiscriminate bombing of civilian centres, of great cities that we last saw in the european continent 80 years ago. this is quite unbelievable, what's happening now in our continent. and we need to make sure that we build the strongest, widest possible coalition to ensure that vladimir putin does not succeed, that we wean ourselves off russian hydrocarbons, and that's what the uk

is hoping to do. mrjohnson didn't address mr zelensky�*s fresh appeal for a no—fly zone. but the uk did announce fresh sanctions against russia in coordination with the european union. among those close to vladimir putin who've been hit with asset freezes and travel bans — former russian president, dmitry medvedev, and the current prime minister, mikhail mishustin. others include mr putin's press secretary dmitry peskov and foreign affairs spokeswoman, maria zakharova, both of whom the uk government called "russian propagandists". ministers also announced a ban on exports of high—end luxury goods to russia, while hitting hundreds of key russian imports, such as vodka, with an extra 35% tariff. here's the chancellor rishi sunak. the treasury has been hard at work working with our international- partners to put in place the most comprehensive set of economic. i sanctions that this country has everl done and russia has of experienced. and i'm very proud of|

the job we have done. russia's foreign ministry has banned president biden and a dozen other top us officials from entering the country, in retaliation for us sanctions. the measure also applies to us secretary of state antony blinken and defence secretary lloyd austin. in a statement, the foreign ministry says it's "the consequence of the extremely russophobic policy pursued by the current us administration". it comes after washington banned president putin and russian foreign minister, sergei lavrov, from the us and adopted sanctions which have largely cut russia off — financially — from the rest of the world. in a fresh sign of western coordination over russia's invasion of ukraine, the eu says president biden is to travel to brussels next week. he'll attend an eu summit, at which the war is expected to top the agenda. here's the white house press secretary. here's the white house press secretary-— here's the white house press secreta . , , ., secretary. the president will travel to brussels. _ secretary. the president will travel to brussels, belgium _ secretary. the president will travel to brussels, belgium later- secretary. the president will travel to brussels, belgium later this - to brussels, belgium later this month, where he willjoin a nato summit on 2a march to discuss

defence efforts in response to russiaunprovoked and unjustified attack on ukraine, as well as to reaffirm our ironclad commitment to our nato allies.— our nato allies. within the past hour, president _ our nato allies. within the past hour, president biden - our nato allies. within the past hour, president biden has - our nato allies. within the past l hour, president biden has signed our nato allies. within the past - hour, president biden has signed a spending bill which includes $13.6 billion in security assistance to ukraine, on top of what the us was already contributing.— already contributing. we've been -rovidina already contributing. we've been providing armour, _ already contributing. we've been providing armour, taking - already contributing. we've been providing armour, taking out - already contributing. we've been i providing armour, taking out tanks and air— providing armour, taking out tanks and air capabilities directly to ukrainian forces. also the shipping of security— ukrainian forces. also the shipping of security systems from our ally partners — of security systems from our ally partners to ukraine. with this new security— partners to ukraine. with this new security funding in this bill, we are moving urgently to further augment — are moving urgently to further augment the support to the great people _ augment the support to the great people of ukraine as they defend their country. meanwhile, ukraine and russia resumed virtual talks on ending almost three weeks of fighting, with both sides signalling some progress. here's a tweet from a senior ukrainian negotiator, saying...

well, here's the assessment on the apparent progress of the negotiations of sir tony brenton, a former uk ambassador to russia. obviously the campaign is going much more slowly than they initially hoped. and the russian army, in the way that it does, is turning to increasingly brutal bombardment of civilian areas as a way of achieving such progress as it is. and actually, as far as i can see, it's making slower and slower progress. they haven't taken a major city since the beginning of the war — which encouragingly, i mean, it's a very bad war and lots of very nasty things are happening, and even worse good things could happen — but encouragingly, that means the russians are first of all, looking to their home front, they have strengthened control on the information and other things in russia itself — not that i think it's a very significant threat there, the latest polls show 60% of the russian populace support for the war. but also, they are engaged in negotiations — not very successful negotiations so far, but negotiations with the ukrainians themselves, and also talking

to the french and germans. which rather suggests that they may be beginning to think about it way of bringing this thing to a close in a way that saves their face, but without expecting to go the whole way that putin originally set out, which was originally to take over the whole of ukraine. joining me now is emily harding, senior fellow at the centre for strategic and international studies think tank. thanks very much for coming on the programme. {iii thanks very much for coming on the programme-— thanks very much for coming on the programme-_ so - thanks very much for coming on the programme._ so let's - thanks very much for coming on the | programme._ so let's start programme. of course. so let's start with these recent _ programme. of course. so let's start with these recent comments, - with these recent comments, seemingly from president zelensky, ruling out ukrainejoining nato. what's the significance of that, do you think? i what's the significance of that, do ou think? ~ �* , what's the significance of that, do ou think? ~ 3 , you think? i think it's very interesting _ you think? i think it's very interesting that _ you think? i think it's very interesting that he - you think? i think it's very interesting that he chosel you think? i think it's very - interesting that he chose today to say that at the same time that we are hearing these positive signs out of the potential peace talks. the way he said it was interesting to me, it sounded like he stated it is a fact rather than concession, which may be important to the morale of his people. but it should be a

pretty clear sign to moscow that may be discussions are bearing fruit. 50 be discussions are bearing fruit. so discussions may be bearing fruit, let's run with that a little then — how constructive, what state do you think these talks are in casilla i think these talks are in casilla i think it's encouraging that they're happening at all, not because i expect they will come to happening at all, not because i expect they will come- happening at all, not because i expect they will come to some kind of conclusion _ expect they will come to some kind of conclusion in _ expect they will come to some kind of conclusion in the _ expect they will come to some kind of conclusion in the near _ expect they will come to some kind of conclusion in the near future, . of conclusion in the near future, but as president putin understands that his inoffensive is not going well, the war is going poorly for his military, his definition of success will change. i think we will see him back down from his maximalist goals, and perhaps that will lead to an actual piece discussion. and when that happens, this channel will be very important. so you say backed down from his goals — what then do you think he would be happy with? i goals - what then do you think he would be happy with?— goals - what then do you think he would be happy with? i mean, that's a very difficult _ would be happy with? i mean, that's a very difficult question _ would be happy with? i mean, that's a very difficult question that - would be happy with? i mean, that's a very difficult question that only - a very difficult question that only he knows, and i think that's probably evolving as we speak. last week the director of the cia was

talking about putin's definition of success changing. i think when he went into it ukraine, what he expected was the ukrainian military would fold, that nato would fight amongst itself, and this would be very easy for his military to take kyiv, two do — a ridiculous claim to begin with — but i think he realises this will be a very long and difficult fight —— denazify. so perhaps he's coming to understand that this war is not going well, and may be looking for a face—saving way out. that might be something along the lines of settling for donbas as an independent region. he may be looking for ways to say he's protected the russian speaking members of ukraine, then call that a victory, and leave. bud members of ukraine, then call that a victory, and leave.— victory, and leave. and if that does come to pass. _ victory, and leave. and if that does come to pass. or— victory, and leave. and if that does come to pass, or even _ victory, and leave. and if that does come to pass, or even if— victory, and leave. and if that does come to pass, or even if it - victory, and leave. and if that does j come to pass, or even if it doesn't, it is your prediction that before that anyway, this bombing continues?

unfortunately i think so. the russians, we've seen them operate this way in syria — when they are frustrated with their advancements, they turn to these brutal tactics. russians are not well known for their concern about human rights and civilian casualties. they do seem to be doubling down on some of these really harsh tactics. bud be doubling down on some of these really harsh tactics.— really harsh tactics. and is very ruickl really harsh tactics. and is very quickly because _ really harsh tactics. and is very quickly because we _ really harsh tactics. and is very quickly because we are - really harsh tactics. and is very quickly because we are very - really harsh tactics. and is very i quickly because we are very nearly at the end of the programme, i want your thoughts on these prime ministers arriving in the capital for talks with president zelensky. it sounds very risky. i for talks with president zelensky. it sounds very risky.— it sounds very risky. i think it is very risky _ it sounds very risky. i think it is very risky but — it sounds very risky. i think it is very risky but worth _ it sounds very risky. i think it is very risky but worth it. - it sounds very risky. i think it is very risky but worth it. these . it sounds very risky. i think it is i very risky but worth it. these are three brave heads of state heading in to show their support for president zelensky. i think it would be a huge morale boost for him and the ukrainian people, and i would hope the russians are taking very careful know and also being sure that they are engaging in excellent command and control with anything they are firing towards kyiv right now. , ., ., , . now. emily harding, thanks very much for cominu now. emily harding, thanks very much for coming on — now. emily harding, thanks very much for coming on the _ now. emily harding, thanks very much

for coming on the programme. - you can reach me anytime on twitter. this is outside source, bye—bye. hello. a beautiful sky behind me with yellow, orange and pink hues. and across other parts of europe, orange skies of a different kind — in fact, caused by this storm system you can just see off the coast of morocco. that's brought wind and rain, but also stirred up the air currents across the sahara desert, and has also pushed the saharan dust deeper into spain, france, and other parts of europe. here's an example — the sky in alicante just in the last day or so, almost like a martian landscape. and that dust, which is spreading into france here, mayjust about clip the southeast of england over the next day or so. but for many of us, that will not be the case — in fact, a weather front is going to keep things fresh in the northwest of the uk, infact, colderairsetting

in through the early hours of wednesday morning. so perhaps a touch of frost in western scotland and northern ireland. but to the east and south of that weather front, it'll be a frost—free night. seven celsius in london, no lower than around 5—6, for example, in hull or newcastle. now, the weather fronts on wednesday will be right across england and wales — that spells a lot of cloud, but also outbreaks of rain. i don't think it's going to be raining all day, the rain will wax and wane through the course of wednesday and, if anything, there could even be a little bit of brightness coming through, but we should be prepared for some heavier outbreaks of rain, i think, particularly later on in the afternoon across the south, southeast, perhaps east anglia, as well. the best of the weather, again, in scotland and northern ireland, but here, fresher, ten celsius in belfast, edinburgh and maybe only around seven in aberdeen. now, the weather map for thursday shows a new weather front moving into northwest and parts of the uk, so again, rain and an

increasing breeze here. whereas across england and wales, high pressure starts to build here — so things will settle down, light winds, really a very pleasant day the further east and south you are with temperatures around the mid teens. but colder with atlantic winds, so for our friends in the western isles, only seven celsius, wouldn't even rule out some wintry showers across the hills. but i think beyond that friday and into the weekend, the weather looks absolutely fine, high pressure builds and, in some spots, temperatures could even get into the high teens. that's it from me, bye—bye.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is outside source. in ukraine, the mayor of kyiv says this is a difficult and dangerous moment his city. more residential buildings are hit by russian strikes and more lives lost. a 35 hour curfew has now come into effect. there is a real sense that the danger, the conflict, is coming closer, and a feeling here now nowhere is safe. despite the compartment of kyiv, european ministers travel to the city in solidarity with ukraine.

zielinski says ukraine should he said not being a nato member. and a russian court finds a russian journalist to protested against the war live on state tv news. i journalist to protested against the war live on state tv news.- war live on state tv news. i don't like russia's _ war live on state tv news. i don't like russia's invasion. _ war live on state tv news. i don't like russia's invasion. it- war live on state tv news. i don't like russia's invasion. it was i like russia's invasion. it was really terrible. welcome to the programme. russian forces are continuing to bombard ukraine — despite peace talks continuing. in the capital kyiv, the mayor has warned that the city is facing a difficult and dangerous moment after four people were killed in russian air strikes overnight. residential buildings were hit, along with a metro station. a 35—hour curfew has been imposed, with residents of the city asked to stay at home for the next two days and only leave if air raid sirens sound and they need to reach bomb shelters. our international correspondent orla guerin has the latest, and a warning some viewers may find

this report distressing. it is starting to feel like the new normal, buildings burning after russian attacks overnight. it was too much for some here. this is a city living on its nerves. people wondering if their neighbours were safe in the shelter, wondering if they might be next. for the second day running, kyiv has woken up to this. this is a residential building. there is no sign of anything else around except blocks of flats. there is a real sense that the danger, the conflict, is coming closer and a feeling here now that nowhere is safe. two people were killed here in their own homes.

svetlana, who is russian herself and horrified by the attacks, is worried for her friend. "i saw from my window the building was on fire. "my friend lives on the 14th floor. "i assume she's dead because she was bedridden. "many people lived in the building," she says. "some left. "i'm very sorry i didn't leave this place earlier." and this is also part of ukraine's new normal, the funeral of a soldier killed resisting the russians. colonel valeri was mourned in his home town outside kyiv. there is grief over

the losses in battle. still, ukrainians are standing firm, united in sorrow. behind the death tolls here, there are agonising personal stories, like that of marina and her husband. their daughter's apartment in the town of irpin was shelled by the russians. the whole family was here at the time. marina survived with her grandson because her husband and son pushed them to safety. sergei, her only son, was 32. marina, who fled to western ukraine, tells me about his final moments. translation: my son was screaming,

"mum, don't come in here, _ run away from here." he was begging me to save his sister and his nephew. he was still conscious. he was in so much pain that he kept saying, "mum, kill me now, i can't stand it." sergei died in her arms and she also lost michaela. marina says he was everything she could have dreamt of in a husband and he adored his grandson. one russian shell destroyed this happy family. father and son remain in the rubble. no—one has been able to bury them. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv.

around 20,000 people have been evacuated from the besieged city of mariupol in southern ukraine. but in many areas of the south, people have been trapped by the fighting. russia says it's now in control of the entire region of kherson, also in the south. our correspondent andrew harding reports. in a city under russian occupation, another display of public fury. the citizens of kherson hurling insults at russian troops. we are against the russian invasion. we can't reach the city right now, but a local teacher agreed to film for us. look, the entire city is here. describing what it is like to confront russian soldiers. i was crying to them, "go home, go to your mum." and did they reply?

two were laughing. i was really furious, so then ijust cried out some curse words to them. usually, i don't. away from the protests, empty shells at some local supermarkets, but for now there is still food to be found here. a russian flag flies over the local police station, but there is no sympathy for ukrainian officials who bow to the kremlin. if they cooperate and want to make our city russian, i don't know the word, it is treason. remarkably, ukrainians are still in control of the mayor's office, for now. "you can hear shelling outside," says the deputy mayor. "but we're getting used to it.

"the russians have allowed us to keep working, "but it is not clear how long that will last." not surprisingly, a lot of the people we are in contact with inside kherson do not want us to identify them, but they tell us essential drug supplies are running out and russian forces continue to arrest and to interrogate and to scare people. are you worried that by speaking out like this to me, to us, that you might put yourself in danger? a bit, because... i am not an activist. i want people to know what is happening here. i am in my homeland, i am not doing anything wrong. i am trying to protect my daughter. outside, the protests continue, amid reports that ukrainian forces are now trying to seize back control of kherson. andrew harding, bbc news, in southern ukraine.

russian journalist marina ovsyannikova left a court in moscow, where she was fined 30,000 roubles — that's around 280 us dollars. that's after she burst on to a live tv news programme to protest against the war in ukraine. we first showed you these images on outside source on monday night — when ovsyannikova, an editor at state—controlled channel i, ran on to the set holding an anti—war sign. here she is leaving the court on tuesday. she was charged with organising an unauthorised public event. here she is speaking outside the court. it was my own anti—war decision. yeah, i made this decision by myself. i don't like russia's targeted invasion. it was really terrible. the bbc�*sjenny hill is in moscow. here's her take on it. an independent website here is saying that she was actually fine for the video address she made separately before she actually

conducted that process live on television —— made that protest. in a separate video, she called on people to protest against the war. so it is a far more lenient charge and sentence than many had expected. it is not yet clear whether more charges might be applied to her, but at this stage, she has been find. it is possibly also worth noting that, here in russia, women who have children, which she does, are often spared a jail sentence, because they are expected to care for their children, so that may have played a part here too. we will have to see what happened, but a far more lenient sentence than expected. i wonder if the authorities perhaps thought they did not want kind of resistance to coalesce around her —— did not want some kind of. there were people thinking she might become rather a symbol of the protest, having made such a hip i

—— sucha —— such a high—profile slash. this was an astonishing moment on live television watched by goodness knows many russians across the country. but that is the latest from the court, a fine of about 280 us dollars. next, over the past 20 days, we've witnessed russia's devastating military tactics in kharkiv, mariupol and kyiv in ukraine. this strategy of total destruction is not new to putin and has been witnessed in syria and grozny before. ros atkins has been looking into this. as vladimir putin tries to seize ukraine, heavy bombardment is part of his plan. in the capital kyiv, residential buildings have been attacked. in mariupol to the south, a hospital was bombed. whole neighbourhoods have been targeted. and the city is besieged, with hundreds of thousands trapped and no supplies getting in. then to the east, attacks on ukraine's second biggest city kharkiv have been relentless. and nato sees putin's approach in these terms. targeting civilians is a war crime.

and it's totally unacceptable. across ukraine, putin is notjust trying to take cities — he appears willing to destroy them in the process. last week, the bbc�*s quentin sommerville documented this in kharkiv. his report starts with him driving through the city's deserted streets. and as quentin shows us what putin is doing to ukraine, he had this thought for all of us. and if these tactics are unfamiliar to you, then you haven't been paying attention, because this is the russian attack playbook, perfected in over ten years of war in syria. the "russian attack playbook". and as quentin notes, it's been in plain sight in syria. back in 2011, a peaceful uprising against president assad began. a crackdown followed, and then a conflict that's claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and which still continues. but bashar al—assad remains syria's president. and arguably he owes that to vladimir putin. here are the two men together in moscow.

this was back in 2015. and vladimir putin decided russia would become far more involved in the war. russian planes provided aerial support for the syrian government. and one focus was aleppo, the largest city in syria and a rebel stronghold. by 2016, this was eastern aleppo. with russian controlling the skies, the city below was devastated, as this rescue worker describes. translation: syrian and russian l warplanes carried out more than 150 air strikes on aleppo last night, causing so much destruction. they're bombing civilian neighbourhoods, hospitals are full of wounded and civil defences are overwhelmed. a un inquiry the next year concluded civilians were targeted by all sides and said that... that was syria. and it wasn't the first time we'd seen putin's willingness to destroy cities. in the south of russia is grozny.

it's the capital of the russian republic of chechnya. and in the �*90s, a decade of war began between russian forces and separatists. in 1999, putin was prime minister, months away from replacing boris yeltsin as president. and it was putin who sent the troops into grozny again. this was the result — obliteration... ..so much so that the un declared it "the most destroyed city on earth". putin's response to ongoing resistance was overwhelming force. the bbc�*s andrew harding witnessed it. lords of the rubble. russian troops drive into grozny, the city they destroyed in order to capture. in the suburbs, we saw mile after mile of total devastation, not a single house or cottage intact, giant craters everywhere. now, as always, we need to be careful with historical comparisons. as the associated press reports...

and it's true that despite the horrors playing out in ukraine, this is not yet on the scale of aleppo or grozny. but it is — as quentin sommerville said — from the same russian playbook. it's this approach. if you don't have the manpower to take a city street by street, then they simply besiege it and starve and bombard people while conducting strikes on particularly hospitals, to make life unlivable in those cities and force a capitulation. this is particularly relevant because if putin was hoping for a quick victory in ukraine, that's not happened. they continue to be frustrated by a very stiff ukrainian resistance, and they're not making the kind of progress on the ground that we believe they thought they would be making by this point. one of president putin's closest allies effectively agreed with this... and when things don't go as fast as putin would like in war, in the past, he has increased the bombardment. and so he faces a choice.

the bbc�*sjeremy bowen covered the war in chechnya and the one in syria — he now is covering the war in ukraine. he notes... now, putin's justification for this invasion is that it is to protect ukraine from the west and from nazis, just as grozny and aleppo were, in his eyes, about offering protection too. but as we've seen in all three wars, putin's protection takes this form — with civilians killed and cities made too dangerous to live in. 0k. let's turn to the refugee crisis caused by russia's war on ukraine. according to the un, more than three million people have now fled ukraine since the russian invasion began. by their figures, by far the most have crossed into poland, over 1.7 million. roughly another 1.2 million have fled to other european neighbours to the west. 143,000 have fled into russia. conditions are often harsh. this is the siret border crossing in romania. last night saw tempratures of —2 degrees celsius as women and children continue theirjourney on foot. shelter, food and medical assistance are all required.

this un official on the romanian borders says not enough is making it through. it's a crisis. we have currently, officially, 5000 refugees in our area, a small town, and there's just no way we can provide food and aid for all of them. so i'm here with my small team, trying to deal with this crisis, and it's really dire, dire needs. the un says almost half of those who have made it across the border are children. this image from poland is a common sight. according to unicef, on average, 70,000 children a day have left ukraine since the invasion began. the majority of them have been separated from their fathers. here, a ukrainian man says goodbye to his wife and daughter in bucharest, before heading back to ukraine to fight. this is olga — she made it to the spanish capital madrid with the help of a spanish taxi driver who volunteered to help refugees.

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confirmed that a 19—year—old ukrainian girl had been kidnapped. they said polish authorities had now heightened security. here, they describe what to look out for. translation: it is the way certain --eole translation: it is the way certain people look. _ translation: it is the way certain people look. the — translation: it is the way certain people look, the way _ translation: it is the way certain people look, the way they - translation: it is the way certain people look, the way they pull i people look, the way they pull people look, the way they pull people outside, and people who don't register as refugees as soon as they come. we identify those kind of people and we immediately direct them to the restricted area, and then we call the police. those in the most immediate danger are those trying to leave ukraine. earlier, the international red cross said... the more that make it out of the east, the more pressure there is on authorities in the west. there is

live train station. sitting on the polish border, the region has been responisble for housing people who are internally displaced, and making sure people can safely travel to the west. here's yalda hakim. i was just at lviv train station yesterday, and you see mothers carrying small babies, and whatever they can bring with them, their worldly possessions, a small bag, enough clothes to be able to put on their children to take them out of this city, because the mayor of lviv has been saying, we are complete the overwhelmed, we are completely overstretched. i was just speaking to someone from the atlantic council who said, if this war continues and continues to rage on, some of the worst affected areas like mariupol and somebody other places, they are expecting upward of 10 million people who will be leaving, fleeing this country, will be a mass exodus —— and so many other places. let's take a few moments to talk about yemen. while much of the world

is focused on ukraine, the violence in yemen is some of the worst seen in its eight—year war. monitors say the past four months have seen more than 800 air raids. millions face hunger. this war began in 2015 after houthi rebels ousted the sunni government from the capital, sanaa. saudi arabia became alarmed by the rise of a group they believed to be backed militarily by regional shia power and rival iran. as a result, saudi arabia and eight other mostly sunni arab states began an air campaign aimed at defeating the houthis. the coalition is backed by the us, uk and france. many atrocities were committed, including a coalition air strike on a schoolbus in 2018 that killed at least 26 children. the war has also created a humanitarian disaster. bbc arabic�*s special correspondent nawal al maghafi has this report. 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. nawal al maghafi, bbc news. i will have more of the top of the

hour. i am lewis vaughanjones. i will have more of the top of the hour. iam lewis vaughanjones. this is outside source. hello. a beautiful sky behind me with yellow, orange and pink hues. and across other parts of europe, orange skies of a different kind — in fact, caused by this storm system you can just see off the coast of morocco. that's brought wind and rain, but also stirred up the air currents across the sahara desert, and has also pushed the saharan dust deeper into spain, france, and other parts of europe. here's an example — the sky in alicante just in the last day or so, almost like a martian landscape. and that dust, which is spreading into france here, mayjust about clip the southeast of england over the next day or so. but for many of us, that will not be the case — in fact, a weather front

is going to keep things fresh in the northwest of the uk, infact, colderairsetting in through the early hours of wednesday morning. so perhaps a touch of frost in western scotland and northern ireland. but to the east and south of that weather front, it'll be a frost—free night. seven celsius in london, no lower than around 5—6, for example, in hull or newcastle. now, the weather fronts on wednesday will be right across england and wales — that spells a lot of cloud, but also outbreaks of rain. i don't think it's going to be raining all day, the rain will wax and wane through the course of wednesday and, if anything, there could even be a little bit of brightness coming through, but we should be prepared for some heavier outbreaks of rain, i think, particularly later on in the afternoon across the south, southeast, perhaps east anglia, as well. the best of the weather, again, in scotland and northern ireland, but here, fresher, ten celsius in belfast, edinburgh and maybe only around seven in aberdeen. now, the weather map for thursday shows a new weather front moving

into northwestern parts of the uk, so again, rain and an increasing breeze here. whereas across england and wales, high pressure starts to build here — so things will settle down, light winds, really a very pleasant day the further east and south you are with temperatures around the mid teens. but colder with atlantic winds, so for our friends in the western isles, only seven celsius, wouldn't even rule out some wintry showers across the hills. but i think beyond that friday and into the weekend, the weather looks absolutely fine, high pressure builds and, in some spots, temperatures could even get into the high teens. that's it from me, bye—bye.

hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. in ukraine — the mayor of kyiv says this is a "difficult and dangerous" moment for his city. more residential buildings are hit by russian strikes and more lives lost. a 35—hour curfew has now come into effect. element from eight p:m., a curfew is established in keir. movement through the city is prohibited. despite the bombardment of kyiv, the polish, czech and slovenian prime minister travel to the city, in a show of solidarity with ukraine. as peace talks with russia continue, a key concession

from president zelensky, saying ukraine should accept that it will not become a nato member. and a court in moscow fines the russian journalist who staged a protest against the war, live on state tv news: was i, wasi,i was i, i don't like russia's targeted invasion and it was really terrible. twenty days after russia's invasion of ukraine — and its capital kyiv still stands. but kyiv — and dozens of other ukrainian cities — are still under sustained attack. hundreds of civilians have been killed. this is where russian troops are in control. they're still only in command of one major city — that's in the south, where most of their advances are. there's heavy fighting there, and in the north and east — as russia attacks strategic cities with airstrikes. the capital is one of those under heavy bombardment. despite that bombardment, the prime ministers of poland, the czech republic and slovenia

are in kyiv. these pictures were posted by poland's prime minister morawiecki — the fourth man is his deputy prime minister. they came from poland by train to meet president zelensky. with russian forces closing in, that might seem risky, but it's intentional. the czech republic's foreign minister said: let's talk about what happened in kyiv now. in the past 24 hours, russian strikes have killed five people. this shows the aftermath of one of those attacks. five places were targeted — including a metro station, and two residential blocks on flats. this is one of those blocks. the buildings burnt for hours. those whose homes were destroyed watched on as the fires were put out. the bbc�*s abdu—jalil abdu—rasulov is in kyiv. you will make this place is quite close to the area where the fi-nhtin close to the area where the fighting is going on. claiming that russian

forces are about ten or 15 km away from this location. and we can see several outgoing fires as well. artillery fires. suggesting that the front line is not that far. we can hear again the artillery fire, this sounds like an outgoing fire but ukrainian forces firing at the the russian military. for the past few days, the number of buildings are hit in the site like to suggest that russian troops are ready to use brutal force that russian troops are ready to use brutalforce in that russian troops are ready to use brutal force in early take kyiv. this is where the explosions took place in kyiv — there were also large ones being heard in the borshcha—govka district. and so kyiv�*s mayor has announced new city—wide rules. todayis today is a difficult and dangerous moment. according to the decision of the military command from eight p:m., a curfew is established in

kyiv. movement through the city is prohibited without special passes. so, that curfew started at 8pm local time — and hour or so ago. at the start of this war, vladimir putin said civilians and cities wouldn't be targeted. now, it seems — that's not true. the mayor's brother, former boxer, vladimir klitchko, told the bbc this. yes, the bombs are falling but the city is not going to fall. no matter what and no matter how strong the russian army is, this is our home. and every citizen of this city, the capital of ukraine, the city of kyiv understands that they are home and will defend and protect the city from any army. during this case, russian army is trying to kill us, destroy our infrastructure, destroy our houses, peoplejust destroy our infrastructure, destroy our houses, people just stand strong and i want to pay lots of respect for ukrainian women. of course, the

mayor called the men to come back and protect the city, but women are standing in arms and defence, standing in arms and defence, standing strong in showing the will that they will fight. they will fight for their homes, their families behind them and i have to tell you, millions of people are still in kyiv and they will not leave, no matter what. our chief international correspondent lyse doucet is in kyiv. there's just been too very loud explosions. people still on the outskirts of the city, you may hear them now. but they get louder and as we have been reporting in as you have heard from my colleague, there were attacks in residential areas in different neighbourhoods of the city early this morning and yes, curfew

has come into force an hour ago with warnings that no one should go out into the streets unless they have special passes and there are indications that the authorities are expecting heavy attacks in the next 35 hours which is why they're not taking any chances. yes, as the war intensifies, so too does the diplomacy of many capitals, including the fifth round of talks we can see an extension of the fourth round between ukraine and russian negotiators and it's important that the talks are taking place, even more important that both sides of saying that they are constructive in the two sides are engaging and thieving speak of something within the days. the message we get from spokesman and the kremlin and those who speak to president putin directly, they are not so optimistic and so, there is always this worry that it is a tactic to be constructive and talking about this all the

destruction continues on the ground. the destruction on the ground right across the country, particularly in the south. , ., across the country, particularly in the south-— the south. terrifying for civilians and since the _ the south. terrifying for civilians and since the un _ the south. terrifying for civilians and since the un secretary i the south. terrifying for civilians and since the un secretary is i the south. terrifying for civilians i and since the un secretary is known for much more restrained, more diplomatic language and started calling on russia to stop shelling in residential areas, hospitals, schools, orphanages. the situation is worst of all in a country which is worst of all in a country which is darkened by the day but in the south of the besieged southern city, efforts yet again to get a convoy set to be 100 tonnes of desperately needed food, water and medicine was again blocked. not able to enter the city. some private vehicles did make it out, about 2000. but we understand that they are

encountering obstacles, shelling, risks, threats along the way. his reports from the ukrainian authorities were still waiting for details. hundreds of been taken hostage in a hospital. the situation is dire and getting worse at times by the hour. mary we heard lyse telling us about mariupoljust now. a port city, in southern ukraine. let's talk more about what's going on there — under seige for over two weeks now. lyse mentioned the hospital under seige, we understand it's this one — in the west of the city. one human rights group accuses russian soldiers of shooting and wounding anyone who has tried to leave. authorities say russian troops are holding 400 people, including doctors and patients, quote, "like hostages". this is what the city looks like. we've just heard from officials that around twenty—thousand people have been evacuated — out of a city of about four hundred thousand. those who are stuck are trying to survive underground. it's been 13 days without any electricity, gas or water. so no heating — and it is below freezing temperatures at night. around 2,400 civilians

have been killed — this shows where there are now two mass graves. this is one ukrainian mp's take on russia's bombardments. we are witnessing the mass murders of civilians, that is exactly what we expected and unfortunately it is happening. it's same that russia did in georgia and syria and it is the way how russians are conducting military actions when they start losing on the ground, they start to attack civilians. and now in mariupol in the south of ukraine, we have 15,000 killed innocent civilians. now, let me show you these pictures from ukraine's second biggest city kharkiv — that's in east ukraine. three weeks ago — a thriving city. now reduced to rubble after heavy bombardment. officials say hundreds of residential buildings have been destroyed. and look at the

destruction here too — also under constant shelling. we're going to talk more about southern ukraine now. russia says it now has control of the entire region of kherson. their troops have advanced up through crimea — aiming to cut ukraine off from the sea. there's heavy fighting for control in the south — in places like mikol—aayiv. you can see why. the city blocks the russians�* route to the strategic black sea port of odessa. let me show you these pictures, of a maternity hospital there. the women have had to give birth in the basement, which is less well equipped, to avoid being killed by shelling. this is just one bomb shelter — residents have been told to go underground. it's mostly made up of children, women and the elderly. earlier, i spoke to oblast governor vitaliy kim about the military situation in mykolaiv in our region, we have a stable grasp of the situation and we are

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there potentially defeated michelle of course i do because we are rare there potentially defeated michelle of course i do because we are we are fiuuhtin of course i do because we are we are fighting for — of course i do because we are we are fighting for freedom. _ of course i do because we are we are fighting for freedom. and _ of course i do because we are we are fighting for freedom. and russian i fighting forfreedom. and russian army is demoralised, they don't want to fight, they were fooled by the government when they came to her country, they saw that we had no, we left quietly and everybody speaks, there's no problem and there are no problems in the country and they were told by their tv. he is lying. given what we were talking about, i sense that the reason to fight through there, people and ukraine to fight and to defend the country, how

much she relying on it and using those volunteer soldiers some people just three weeks ago are living their normal lives are now fighting? they're not asking me and whether or not they want to fight, we have a great defence and he have everybody who is fighting for our freedom. some people are leaving, that they move their families to the west of the country. and they come back to fight. ukraine's president appears to have made a significant concession after saying his country should accept that it won't become a member of nato. this was a key russian concern that moscow used to justify its invasion. this is what mr zelensky had to say during a video conference with military officials:

ukraine is not a member of nato. we understand that. we are adequate people who have heard from years that we were allowed but we were told that we could notjoin. it is a truth and it must be recognised. my people understand this and rely on themselves and our partners who help us. on a day of multiple video conferences, this was mr zelensky�*s reception as he was introduced to deliver an address to the canadian parliament by that country's prime ministerjustin country's prime minister justin trudeau: democracies are lucky to have you as our champion. earlier, mr zelensky called for more sanctions against russia and more military help for his own country. as he addressed a meeting in london of a group of northern european and baltic countries. he also expressed frustration with nato over the refusal to impose a no—fly zone. he said nato was "the strongest

alliance in the world" but "some of its members had been hypnotised by russian aggression". and he said it was in europe's interests to help ukraine. mr zelensky was speaking through a translator: everything will go against europe if ukraine runs through, i want you to ask of yourself by helping us the kind of weapon, we meet everyone else you know what defence and other leaders. this was uk prime minister borisjohnson's response to mr zelensky�*s address: the road is seeing is the return of ukraine to the kind of totality, the kind of indiscriminate bombing of civilians, great cities, and less on the european continent 80 years ago, it's quite unbelievable what is

happening in our continent and we need to make build the strongest possible coalition to ensure that vladimir putin does not succeed in weaning us off russian carbons and thatis weaning us off russian carbons and that is what the uk is something to do. mrjohnson didn't address mr zelensky�*s fresh appeal for a no—fly zone. but the uk did announce fresh sanctions against russia in coordination with the european union. among those close to vladimir putin who've been hit with asset freezes and travel bans: former russian president dmitry and the current prime minister mikhail mish—oostin. others include mr putin's press secretary dmitry peskov and foreign affairs spokeswoman maria zakharova, both of whom the uk government called "russian propagandists". ministers also announced a ban on exports of high—end luxury goods to russia. while hitting hundreds of key russian imports, such as vodka,

with an extra 35% tariff. here's the chancellor rishi sunak: the treasure has been hard work working with their international partners to put in place the strongest set of economic sanctions that this country has ever done and we are very proud of the job that we have done. russia's foreign ministry has banned president biden and a dozen other top us officials from entering the country, in retaliation for us sanctions. the measure also applies to us secretary of state antony blinken and defense secretary lloyd austin. in a statement, the foreign ministry says it's "the consequence of the extremely russophobic policy pursued by the current us administration". it comes after washington banned president putin and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov from the us and adopted sanctions which have largely cut russia off — financially — from the rest of the world. in a fresh sign of western coordination over russia's invasion of ukraine, president biden is to travel to brussels next week. he'll attend eu and nato summits at which the war is expected to top the agenda.

here's white house press secretaryjen psaki: ella met the president will travel to brussels belgium to discuss deterrence and defence efforts to respond to russia's unjustified attack on ukraine. in our ironclad commitment to nato allies. within the past hour, president biden has signed a spending bill, which includes 13—point—6 billion dollars in security assistance to ukraine, on top of what the us has already contributed: we've been providing antiarmor, taking out tanks and air capabilities directly to ukrainian forces. we are facilitating shipments of security from our allied partners to ukraine. with this new security funding and read authorities in this bill, we are moving urgently to further augment the support to the great people of

ukraine as they defend their country. meanwhile ukraine and russia resumed virtual talks on ending almost three weeks of fighting, with both sides signalling some progress. here's a tweet from a senior ukrainian negotiator, saying "negotiations are ongoing, with consultations on issues including a ceasefire and the withdrawal of troops from ukrainian territory". well, here's the assessment — on the apparent progress of the negotiations — of sir tony brenton, a former uk ambassador to russia: the campaign is going more slowly than we would've hoped and the russian army is turning into increasingly brutal bombardment of civilian areas is way of civilian areas is with achieving such progress as it is and as far as i can see, speaking slower and slower progress, they have not taken a major city since the beginning of the war which encouragingly commits a very bad war and that's a very nasty things are happening and really worse things could happen, but encouragingly, that means the

russians are looking at their home front of the information and other things and russia itself, not that i think it was a very significant threat there, the latest polls show 60% of the support. there engaged in negotiations with ukrainians themselves and talking to the french and germans. we suggest they may be beginning to think for bringing this to a close and says the face that without expecting to go the whole way that flynn reboots that was to take on the whole of ukraine. joining me now is gabrielle bardall, parliamentary centre in canada — it's a non—governmental organisation supporting democratic institutions. we are hearing there is room for compromise between the two, any idea what this compromises could be crucial it's been much harderfor

the rest of them was anticipated unfortunately, in terms of negotiated solutions, they can become more difficult to arrive at a compromise. i become more difficult to arrive at a compromise-— become more difficult to arrive at a compromise. i fear that diplomacy is unlikel to compromise. i fear that diplomacy is unlikely to be _ compromise. i fear that diplomacy is unlikely to be the _ compromise. i fear that diplomacy is unlikely to be the immediate - unlikely to be the immediate solution but it might become the ultimate solution. to solution but it might become the ultimate solution.— ultimate solution. to pick up on that, that _ ultimate solution. to pick up on that, that is _ ultimate solution. to pick up on that, that is an _ ultimate solution. to pick up on that, that is an interesting i ultimate solution. to pick up on. that, that is an interesting point, why does it make it more difficult? what do we know about vladimir putin can predict the likelihood of accepting such a solution. we know he's the king of this information and russian is at extremity success in disrupting american further afield and putin may be a victim of some success in that regard. he may have thought that he had greater supported home and with the strips needed and the resistance of troops

feeling and demoralised, business is leaving the country, especially educated technically trained individuals in a plane -- rain —— rain drain. the outbreak groups that his fostered in canada in the us over the last few years is also not materialised. the king of the situation, we are not seeing the rallies here in canada flying the russian flags and even donald trump earlier said this is a smart move on his part, he started to say that this is a crime against humanity and so, that support is not there. is absolutely fascinating processing the support is not there, that he has believed his own hype was duped by his own misinformation, is that

right? by his own misinformation, is that ritht? , �* ~ , right? yes. and i think these failures of — right? yes. and i think these failures of its _ right? yes. and i think these failures of its infrastructure | failures of its infrastructure machine vulnerabilities for the success the peace process. let’s success the peace process. let's “um success the peace process. let's jump straight — success the peace process. let's jump straight onto _ success the peace process. let's jump straight onto the _ success the peace process. let's jump straight onto the peace process. what kind of compromises do you think now are on the table? it's very hard to get in her head what kind of thing we should be sitting down and willing to compromise on? again, we need to compromise with who this man is in any compromise that reflects negatively on his ego on the separate masculine image that is created for himself will fail. anything that prison system zero game in that regard will be flawed from the outset. and so, when looking at possible solutions, it's not a question of if but more of when this will come about and the devil is in the details on how we get there. when does this take

place, where vladimir putin will be whatever�*s more date dangerous impulses in check. it's really decisive year. if anything that vaguely reflects a loss of this image that he protects of himself that he is, he needs to safeguard every future in the country they could be destined. so, i'm very reassured by we have seen on sanctions throughout the country because i believe the positive pressures that can bring a successful outcome of the new stable can come from his peers i believe greatness lies in seeing the population in the culture of the economy successfully integrated into a free world. economy successfully integrated into a free world-— a free world. thank you very much for coming — a free world. thank you very much for coming on _ a free world. thank you very much for coming on the _ a free world. thank you very much for coming on the programme i a free world. thank you very much for coming on the programme and j for coming on the programme and talking us through.

don't forget. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lvaughanjones. hello. a beautiful sky behind me with yellow, orange and pink use. because other parts of europe, skies of a different kind caused by the storm system that you can see of the course of morocco and the product wind and rain and stirred up the air current across the desert and also push the so horrid brings pain from europe and the sky in the next day or so. europe and the sky in the next day orso. in europe and the sky in the next day or so. in martian landscape which is spreading into france here and be just about clipped the southeast of

england. it will not be the case, for the weather front is going to keep things fresh in the northwest of the uk as the coder sets into the early hours of wednesday morning so perhaps a touch of frost in scotland and northern ireland but to the east and northern ireland but to the east and south of that, it's going to be frost free night. 7 degrees in london, no lower than five or 6 degrees in hall or newcastle. to be right across england and wales. that's because a lot of cloud and also outbreaks of rain and will also be raining all day and that lacks way to the course of wednesday and we could appeal of the greatness coming come we should be prepared for heavier outbreaks later on across the sons of the east of east anglia as well. temperatures in ireland but still fresher and better for us, and grow and aberdeen. this tissue is a new weather front moving

into northwestern parts of the uk. rain and increasing degrees here where it england and wales, high pressure starts to build here and so things will start to change to very pleasant day east side through war in liberty court atlantic when

russian forces are continuing to bombard ukraine — despite peace talks continuing. in the capital kyiv the mayor has warned that the city is facing a difficult and dangerous moment after four people were killed in russian airstrikes overnight. residential buildings were hit, along with a metro station. a 35—hour curfew has been imposed, with residents of the city asked to stay at home for the next two days and only leave if air raid sirens sound and they need to reach bomb shelters. our international correspondent orla guerin has the latest, and a warning some viewers may find

this report distressing. it is starting to feel like the new normal, buildings burning after russian attacks overnight. it was too much for some here. this is a city living on its nerves. people wondering if their neighbours were safe in the shelter, wondering if they might be next. for the second day running, kyiv has woken up to this. this is a residential building. there is no sign of anything else around except blocks of flats. there is a real sense that the danger, the conflict, is coming closer and a feeling here now that nowhere is safe. two people were killed here in their own homes. svetlana, who is russian herself

and horrified by the attacks, is worried for her friend. "i saw from my window the building was on fire. "my friend lives on the 14th floor. "i assume she's dead because she was bedridden. "many people lived in the building," she says. "some left. "i'm very sorry i didn't leave this place earlier." and this, too, is part of ukraine's new normal, the funeral of a soldier killed resisting the russians. colonel valeri was mourned in his home town outside kyiv. there is grief over

the losses in battle. still, ukrainians are standing firm, united in sorrow. behind the death tolls here, there are agonising personal stories, like that of marina and her husband. their daughter's apartment in the town of irpin was shelled by the russians. the whole family was here at the time. marina survived with her daughter and grandson because her husband and son pushed them to safety. sergei, her only son, was 32. marina, who fled to western ukraine, tells me about his final moments. translation: my son was screaming,

"mum, don't come in here. _ "run away from here." he was begging me to save his sister and his nephew. he was in so much pain that he kept saying, "mum,

we're going to talk more about southern ukraine now. russia says it now has control of the entire region of kherson. in a city under russian occupation, another display of public fury. the citizens of kherson hurling insults at russian troops. we are against the russian invasion. we can't reach the city right now, but a local teacher agreed to film for us... look, the entire city is here. ..describing what it is like to confront russian soldiers. i was crying to them, "go home, go to your mum." and did they reply? two were laughing. i was really furious, so then ijust cried out some

curse words to them. usually, i don't. away from the protests, empty shells at some local supermarkets, but for now there is still food to be found here. a russian flag flies over the local police station, but there is no sympathy for ukrainian officials who bow to the kremlin. if they cooperate and want to make our city russian, i don't know the word, it is treason. remarkably, ukrainians are still in control of the mayor's offers for now. he says, we're getting used to

it. the russians have allowed us to keep working but it is not clear how long that will last. not surprisingly, a lot of we are in contact inside kherson don't want us to identify them, but they tell us that essential drug supplies are running out and that russian forces continue to arrest, interrogate and scare people. are you worried that by speaking out like this to me, to us, that you might put yourself in danger? a bit, because... i am not an activist. i want people to know what is happening here. i am in my homeland, i am not doing anything wrong. i am trying to protect my daughter. outside, the protests continue, amid reports that ukrainian forces are now trying to seize back control of kherson. andrew harding, bbc news, in southern ukraine. russian journalist marina ovsyannikova has been

fined 30,000 rubles — that's around 280 us dollars. she'd been detained after bursting on to a live tv news programme on monday night to protest against the war in ukraine. the editor at state—controlled channeli ran on to the set holding an anti—war sign. (00v)here she is leaving the court in moscow earlier on tuesday. she was charged with organising an unauthorised public event. she said this to reporters. it was my own anti—war decision. yeah, i make this decision by myself because i don't like russia starts this invasion and it was really terrible. the bbc�*sjenny hill is in moscow, here's her take on it. an independent website here is saying that she was actually fined for the video address she made separately before she actually conducted that protest

live on television. you'll recall in that separate video statement, she actually called on people to come out and protest against the war. so it is a far more lenient charge and sentence than many had expected. it's not yet clear whether more charges might be applied to her, but at this stage, she has been fined. it is possibly also worth noting that, here in russia, women who have children, which she does, are often spared a jail sentence, because they are expected to care for their children, so that may have played a part here too. we will have to wait and see what happens, but certainly a far more lenient sentence than we were expecting. i'm also tempted to wonder whether the authorities perhaps thought that they didn't want some kind of resistance to coalesce around her. you know, there were people thinking that she might become rather

a symbol of protest, having made such a high—profile splash, if you like. you know, this was an astonishing moment on primetime television, watched by goodness knows how many russians across the country. but that is the latest from the court, a 30,000 rouble fine, about 280 us dollars for the rather low—level charge of organising an unsanctioned mass event. now, over the past 20 days, we've witnessed russia's devastating military tactics in kharkiv, mariupol and kyiv in ukraine. this strategy of total destruction is not new to putin and has been witnessed in syria and grozny before. ros atkins has been looking into this. as vladimir putin tries to seize ukraine, heavy bombardment is part of his plan. in the capital, kyiv, residential buildings have been attacked. in mariupol, to the south, a hospital was bombed. whole neighbourhoods have been targeted and the city is besieged with hundreds of thousands trapped and no supplies getting in. then to the east, a on ukraine's second biggest city, kharkiv, have been relentless. and nato sees boot in's

approach in these terms. —— putin's approach. targeting civilians is a war crime and it is totally unacceptable. last week, the bbc�*s quentin sommerville documented this in kharkiv.

russian plane cipro —— had provided aerial support for the syrian government. by 2016, this was eastern aleppo, with russia controlling the skies, the city below was devastated, as this rescue worker described. translation: warplanes carried out attacks on a letter last night, causing so much disruption. they bombed civilian neighbourhoods, hospitals are full of wounded and civil defence is overwhelmed. a un inquiry the next year concluded civilians were targeted by all sides and said that syrian and russian forces carried out daily strikes, claiming hundreds of lives, and reducing hospitals, schools and markets to rubble. that

was s ria, schools and markets to rubble. that was syria. and _ schools and markets to rubble. that was syria, and it _ schools and markets to rubble. that was syria, and it was _ schools and markets to rubble. that was syria, and it was in the first time we have seen putin's willingness to destroy cities. in the 90s, a decade of war began between russian forces and separatists in chechnya. in 1999, putin was prime minister, months away from a replacing boris yeltsin as president, and it was putin who sent the troops into grozny again. this was the result — obliteration. so much so that the un declared at the most destroyed city on earth. the bbc�*s andrew harding witnessed it. lords of the rubble. russian troops drive into grozny, the city they destroyed in order to capture. in the suburbs, we saw mile after mile of total devastation, not a single house or cottage intact, giant craters everywhere. now, as always, we need to be careful with historical comparisons. as the associated press reports...

and it's true that despite the horrors playing out in ukraine, this is not yet on the scale of aleppo or grozny. but it is — as quentin sommerville said — from the same russian playbook. it's this approach. if you don't have the manpower to take a city street by street, then they simply besiege it and starve and bombard people while conducting strikes on particularly hospitals, to make life unlivable in those cities and force a capitulation. this is particularly relevant because if putin was hoping for a quick victory in ukraine, that's not happened. they continue to be frustrated by a very stiff ukrainian resistance, and they're not making the kind of progress on the ground that we believe they thought they would be making by this point. one of president putin's closest allies effectively agreed with this... and when things don't go as fast as putin would like in war, in the past, he has increased the bombardment. and so he faces a choice. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen covered the war in chechnya and the one in syria — he now is covering

the war in ukraine. he notes... now, putin's justification for this invasion is that it is to protect ukraine from the west and from nazis, just as grozny and aleppo were, in his eyes, about offering protection too. but as we've seen in all three wars, putin's protection takes this form — with civilians killed and cities made too dangerous to live in. let's turn to the refugee crisis caused by russia's war on ukraine. according to the un more than three million people have now fled ukraine since the invasion began. by their figures — most have crossed into poland. over 1.7 million. roughly another 1.2 million have fled to other european neighbours to the west. 143,000 have fled into russia. conditions are often harsh. this is the siret border crossing in romania. last night saw tempratures of minus 2 degrees celsius as women and children continue theirjourney on foot.

shelter, food and medical assistance are all required. this un official on the romanian borders says not enough is making it through. it's a crisis. we have currently officially 5000 refugees in our area, which is a small town. and there isjust no area, which is a small town. and there is just no way that we can provide food and aid for all of them, so i'm here with my small team trying to deal with this crisis and it is really dire dire need. the un says almost half of those who have made it across the border are children. this image from poland is a common sight. according to unicef, on average 70,000 children a day have left ukraine since the invasion began. many of them have been separated from their fathers. here is a ukrainian man says goodbye to his wife and daughter in bucharest, before heading back to ukraine to fight. this is olga, she made it to the spanish capital madrid with the help of a spanish taxi driver

who volunteered to help refugees. but with safety comes uncertainty. icanfind i can find a job, work,. i canfind ajob, work,. we i can find a job, work,. we don't know if our homes will be there and i have two children to think about. children dontjust need food and shelter. they need education. poland says it has already enrolled 30,000 polish children in its school system. these images are from a school near naples in italy, where seven ukrainian children received a warm welcome. their new classmates singing and waving ukrainian flags. those who had to leave pets behind were even presented with goldfish. these benefits are being provided under the eu temporary protection directive. it was agreed on unanimously for the first time ever last week, and it gives displaced individuals up to three years residency rights. that means access to employment — to housing to welfare and medical treatment and education.

here's the eu commissioner for home affairs. that time actually i was the responsible minister in sweden that was the country with the highest number of arrivals per capita. and my impression then was that the eu was totally absent. we were so alone. and nowi was totally absent. we were so alone. and now i am the responsible commissioner i am so committed that this time the eu should be there immediately and we should act together. countless people in hosting countries have offered support and opened their homes to refugees since the crisis began. but there are concerns that traffickers could take advantage of the situation. as bbc special correspondent katty kay writes... earlier, portuguese officials

at a refugee center in poland confirmed that a 19 year old ukrainian girl had been kidnapped. they said polish authorities had now heightened security. here they describe what to look out for. translation: it is the way certain people look, the way they put people outside and the way they put people outside and the way they put people outside and the way people don't register as refugees as they come. we identify those kind of people and we direct them to the restricted area and then we call the police. those in the most immediate danger are those still trying to escape ukraine — particularly the east. earlier, the international red cross said that more than 100 buses transporting civilians had made it out of the city are travelling in two different convoys, a joint operation with ukrainian red cross the more that make it out of the east — the more pressure is put on civil authorities in the west. here's lviv train station. sitting on the polish border, the region has been responsible for housing people who are internally displaced,

and making sure people can safely travel to the west. here's yalda hakim i was just at lviv train station yesterday and you see mothers carrying small babies, whatever they can carry with them, a small bag, enough clothes to put on their children, to take them out of the city. because of course the mayor of lviv has been saying that we are completely overwhelmed, we are completely overwhelmed, we are completely overstretched. i've just been speaking to someone from the atlantic council who says if this war continues to rage on, some of the worst affected areas, and so many other areas impacted in the same way, they are expecting upward of 10 million people who will be marching out, leaving, fleeing this country. it will be a mass exodus. let's take a few moments to talk about yemen. while much of the world

is focused on ukraine, the violence in yemen is some of the worst seen in its eight—year war. monitors say the past four months have seen more than 800 air raids. millions face hunger. this war began in 2015 after houthi rebels ousted the sunni government from the capital, sanaa. saudi arabia became alarmed by the rise of a group they believed to be backed militarily by regional shia power and rival iran. as a result saudi arabia and eight other mostly sunni arab states began an air campaign aimed at defeating the houthis. the coalition was back by the us, uk and france. many atrocities were committed including a coalition airstrike on a schoolbus in 2018 that killed at least 26 children. bbc arabic�*s special correspondent nawal al maghafi has this report. 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. that is it from me. this is outside

source. goodbye. hello, beautiful sky behind me stop and across other parts of europe orange sky is of a different kind. in fact caused by the storm system you can see off the coast of morocco. that has brought wind and rain but also stirred up the air currents across the sahara desert and has pushed the saharan dust deep into spain, france and other parts of europe. here's an example of the sky in alicantejust of europe. here's an example of the sky in alicante just in the last day or two, sky in alicante just in the last day ortwo, it looks sky in alicante just in the last day or two, it looks like a martian landscape. that dust which is spreading into france here mayjust about cleared the south—east of england over the next day or so but for many of us that will not be the case. in fact a weather front is

going to keep things fresh in the north—west the uk. colder air setting in through the early hours of wednesday morning so perhaps a touch of frost in western scotland and northern ireland. but to the west and east of that it will be a frost free night. 7 degrees in london, five or six in hull or newcastle. the weather fronts on wednesday will be right across england and wales, that spells a lot of cloud but also outbreaks of rain. i don't think it will be raining all day. the rain will wax and wane throughout the course of wednesday and if anything they could be a little bit of brightness coming through but we should be prepared for some heavier outbreaks of rain. i think particularly later on in the afternoon across the south, south—east, perhaps east anglia as well. the best of the weather again in scotland and northern ireland. but here fresher, 10 degrees in belfast, edinburgh maybe only around seven in aberdeen. the weather map for thursday shows a new weather

front moving into north—western parts of the uk, so again rain and an increasing breeze here. across england and wales high pressure starts to build here, so things will settle down, light winds and a really pleasant day the further south and east you are with temperatures in the mid teens. our friends in the western isles only 7 degrees. wintry showers across the hills. beyond that, friday and into the weekend the weather looks absolutely fine. high pressure builds and in some spots temperatures could get into the high teens. that's it from me. goodbye.

i'm laura trevelyan in washington and this is bbc world news america. the mayor of keev warns that ukraine's capital is facing a dangerous moment. six powerful explosions hit a metro station and residential buildings in kyiv. a curfew lasting 35 hours has now begun in the city. there is a real sense that the danger, the conflict is coming closer and the feeling here now that nowhere is safe russia says it's now in control of the entire region of kherson, to the south. we hearfrom people living under russian occupation