this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories... ten million people have now fled their homes in ukraine since the start of the war, more than a quarter of the population. among them children who escaped from besieged mariupol but are left with life changing injuries. all of these are victims of russian attacks. it isn'tjust the physical injuries though, many of these children have deep psychological trauma that they will perhaps never get over. russia has confirmed the first death of one of its senior naval commanders, in the southern port of mariupol. ukraine's president tells the israeli parliament his country is facing the threat of destruction and compares russia's actions to those of hitler in the 1940s.

translation: they are speaking these words again, the final solution - in respect to us, to the ukrainian question. defiance in kherson, currently occupied by russia. demonstrators wearing ukrainian flags telling moscow's forces to "go home" and the information war, hackers says they have manged to interrupt russian tv networks to reveal the horrors of the conflict. hello. ten million people in ukraine, or around a quarter of the entire population, have now been forced from their homes by russia's attacks. those figures, from the united nations, show the extent

to which more than three weeks of invasion and bombardment have devastated people's lives. most of the displaced are still within ukraine's borders, but more than three million have escaped to other countries. in the latest reports from mariupol, which has been under intense attack, an art school where 400 people had been sheltering, is said to have been destroyed. among those who have made it out of the city are children some of whom have been left with severe injuries. that's just life now to ukraine and the western city of lviv where james reynolds is. thanks very much and good to talk to you and good evening from lviv in western ukraine where the curfew is approaching. this is a city of fractured families, you mention that figure of 10 million displaced. what it means in practical terms is that families are separated, some are

across the border in poland, some are here in lviv and some have brothers, husbands, fathers fighting on the front lines in the east. a lot of attention here is turning to the south of the country and the south—east of the country where the shelling and the attacks have been heaviest, particularly mariupol that has been perceived for several weeks and also zaporizhzhia. that is where our correspondence reports from. you may find some details in his report distressing. this is what vladimir putin's war has done to the children of ukraine. in his hospital bed, little artem stares into emptiness. the russian shell that blasted shrapnel into his belly also wounded his parents and grandparents as they fled from mariupol. a victim of the war and not yet three years old. next to artem, 15—year—old masha, also from near mariupol. her right leg amputated after being torn apart by the blast

from a russian shell last tuesday. she and artem, in some senses, are lucky. they've been evacuated to the city of zaporizhzhia. 0ther victims, adults and children died where they fell in the streets. these are just some of the hundreds of casualties of what's been happening in mariupol and the surrounding region. all of these are victims of russian attacks. it's notjust the physical injuries, though. many of these children have deep psychological trauma that they will perhaps never get over. these doctors and the children's surviving relatives asked us to tell their stories. the head of the children's hospital, can't hide his contempt for what russia has done. translation: i hate russia. the girl who lost her leg was so traumatized she wouldn't eat

or drink for days. she couldn't mentally handle it. we had to feed her intravenously. another boy, a six—year—old with shrapnel in his skull, described without tears or emotion, watching his mother burn to death in their car after it was hit. he then said, "dad, buy me a mum, i want someone to walk me to school". what is happening in mariupol is a humanitarian disaster, even perhaps a war crime. 90% of the city's buildings have been damaged or destroyed in blanket russian shelling. after last week's destruction of a theatre where more than a thousand people were said to be sheltering, reports that an arts school with more than 400 people inside has also been attacked. at the hospital, vladimir wanted to tell me about his daughter, natasha, and his granddaughter dominika, whose picture he almost caressed on his phone. they were both killed by a russian shell inside mariupol.

"i ran up to my granddaughter and i'm screaming, dominika, dominika, "but there she lies", says vladimir. "i then rushed to natasha, grabbing whatever i can find, a scarf "to bandage her legs. " vladimir, whose other daughter is still in a serious condition, knows he has to try and stay strong. "god, why would you bring this all upon me?", he says. "my lovely girls, i failed to protect you." wyre davies, bbc news, zaporizhzhia. the effects of this war in the south

of the country and those effects are felt right across the country. here in lviv in the last few days, i've been struck by one thing, the rituals, the normal rhythms of life really matter, in particular during a war. they give people a sense of structure. 0n a war. they give people a sense of structure. on friday in the hours after a black plume of smoke rose in the horizon after a series of explosions, i spoke to one man who said he had a couple of cups of coffee with his wife and then they took their dog for a walk. when you go into a grocery store here, you put your mask on, you remember that as a pandemic, you put your bag in a locker, the city was give people the sense of normality they might hope for. that is whatjeremy bowen has been finding in kyiv. the roar of ukrainian air defense missiles reverberates through the main cemetery. rest in peace. not here, nt now.

explosions have felled trees and broken headstones. alexander, an army volunteer, was killed fighting the russians five days ago, just before what would have been his 27th birthday. almost no—one at the funeral knew alexander, not the guard of honour or the priest in army green. his commander was the only one from his unit, dressed to go back to the front line only a few miles away. he said they all had to honour him because alexander's family is not here. his father's in the besieged city of mariupol. they can't reach him to say his son is dead. before the war, alexander was a children's entertainer and illusionist. he went to the front with no real training and was killed less than two weeks after he signed up. close by, graves of people killed

fighting russian backed separatists since 2014. these days, the sirens feel routine. it's been quieter the last few days here in the city. the analysis, fear, perhaps, is that the russians are gathering their strength, resupplying, trying to reorganise, getting ready to do something else to push again at kyiv. relative quiet does not mean peace or ceasefire. st volodymyr�*s ukrainian 0rthodox cathedral was heavy with incense and the pain of war. the orthodox church here broke with moscow in 2018. it was a blow for president putin, who insists that ukrainians

and russians are one people in one country who should be in one russian church. jeremy bowen reporting from kyiv there. we have heard the steady toll of church bells on the hour every hour which remind us that some rhythms do continue but that is one figure that people here can back two, ten million. 10 million new cleaners have been displaced, 6 million of them have sought shelter within the borders of their own country. i met a few of them at on a distribution centre, 190 nero had a couple of islands and his backpack, he is hoping to become a professional musician. another woman was travelling with her mother and her daughter, she says she can only cry when the door is shut. she had to stay shut —— strong for them. 3 million new cleaners have made it

into neighbouring european countries. their stories have been told to my colleague. the river danube cuts ukraine in the north from romania to the south. so many people are fleeing ukraine, it is easy to miss the few returning by river ferry. you still need a ticket if you are going the wrong way. it is a romanian ship flying the ukrainian flag as a courtesy. irina is one of the passengers, a lawyerfrom kyiv. she hasjust taken her twin children to safety in germany. now she is on her way back to fetch her mother. ukraine was a great country but now everything is ruined and i don't know will stay my house in safety. i don't know when i can come back to ukraine. the ferry docks and a dozen

or so people disembark. barely an hour later, the ferry fills with refugees. irina and her mother natalia are among them. many are from 0desa, but there are also some from mykolaiv, a city further east still blocking any russian advance along the coast. in romania, the ukrainians get a warm welcome. she was crying, she thinks that we will never see each other again. i will feel happy when i return to ukraine. i will be happy. as the sun sets, another ferry embarks from the romanian shore to bring more ukrainians across. nick thorpe, bbc news, in izakcha in the danube delta. earlier i spoke to jan egeland, the secretary—general of the norwegian refugee council about the 10 million

people who are estimated to have fled the fighting. we are beginning to grasp the extent of this catastrophe in europe. we have to go back to the second world war to have anything comparable and i don't think even at that time you would see more than 3 million people were displaced per week. it is three and a half weeks since this started and now 10 million people have had to flee their homes, flee all that they hold dear. it is mind—boggling. still, of course, there are more than 30 million people left behind and many of them are in the crossfire, many people in mariupol in the east of the country cannot leave the devastation. it is just beyond belief. what lessons have you drawn from the refugee experience in syria, which has experienced 11 years of civil war

and what lessons might be useful for this crisis? there are many similar lessons really. unfortunately, from these two wars, the first one is it is madness to take the war into the cities. this war is now fighting street by street in urban areas which means it becomes a bloodbath, really. there are civilians filled to the brim in these places. you cannot, you must not take the war to the cities. the second lesson is that because it is so difficult to take a city fighting street by street and basement by basement, we may see many more besiegements like the one we have seen in mariupol. in syria may need the besiegements took years and in the end people

will starved to death. this madness has to stop, there has to be progress in the negotiating table in the first thing they have to agree on is a ceasefire so that our relief can get into the cities and the civilians can get out. you have worked for many, many decades on the subject of refugees and you will know as well as anyone else that these people weren't always refugees, in no conflict do they begin as refugees. they were accountants, book—keepers, salespeople, sportspeople, singers, ordinary people who have had to take on that title of refugee. what do you say to someone who has just become a refugee from all the experience you have had? they must not lose faith and hope, that they can return and that they must keep their dignity.

i have a poster in my office saying, the refugee is notjust bringing a bundle of belongings along with him or her. einstein was a refugee. the refugees are incredibly resourceful, they are like you and me and they need to be integrated when they came, they need to be welcomed, need to have a right of protection need to be help to help themselves so that one day they can return, which the ukrainians want to. they want to return to this ancient civilisation which is ukraine. the secretary general of the norwegian refugee council there. here in lviv, in a0 minutes' time, an official curfew will start although just looking around, most people have started to obey yet

anyway. there will be curfews and other major towns and cities in ukraine, may leave the capital kyiv, in kharkiv and in mariupol. in zaporizhzhia, people will head to their shelters, they will hunker down and they will hope to see in war at night, time seems to go much more slowly. that is it from me, back to in london. thank you very much, james. we will catch up with james a little later on. the russian governor from sevastopol in crimea has confirmed that the deputy commander of russia's black sea fleet, captain andrei paly, has been killed in mariupol where some of the fiercest fighting has been taking place. he is the first high—ranking russian naval officer to be confirmed as killed in ukraine. ukrainian forces have claimed they have killed several high—ranking russian military officers during the war, but this is only the second high—ranking death to be confirmed by official russian sources.

let's get more on the wider context of the war. i am joined now by a former us ambassador to nato, ivo daadler. given the state of the fighting, the underperformance of russian forces so far, where do you think where we are? where do you think the next move is? we are? where do you think the next move is? ~ . ., , are? where do you think the next move is? ~ . . , , move is? we are in a different place than president _ move is? we are in a different place than president putin _ move is? we are in a different place than president putin thought, - move is? we are in a different place than president putin thought, he . than president putin thought, he thought this was going to be a cakewalk whether russian soldiers will be greeted by liberators and instead they have been greeted by stingers and javelin missiles and extraordinary tenacity on the part of the ukrainian people, many have left, many are continuing to fight. president putin has to ask the question, what does he do next? this he salvage as much as he can through negotiations but will he double down

and inflict even further harm on the people of ukraine? perhaps notjust with conventional munitions but chemical or biological agents or even nuclear weapons which is what has been threatening given that is the assessment and that is your worry, what should need to do with that information? i think we have to be pretty clear there are certain lines we don't want to be crossing and if we are talking about chemical agents being used or an industrial facility being bombed, we need to reassess where we are in this conflict. at the worse in the escalation, we should give serious consideration to helping the ukrainians to defeat the russians a nuclear click —— injury claim. ukrainians to defeat the russians a nuclear click -- injury claim.- nuclear click -- in'ury claim. there is a history _ nuclear click -- in'ury claim. there is a history of— nuclear click -- injury claim. there is a history of drawing _ nuclear click -- injury claim. there is a history of drawing red - nuclear click -- injury claim. there is a history of drawing red lines - is a history of drawing red lines and then not being backed up and

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weapons and get away with it. whether that is done publicly or privately is different, there are plenty of reason to do it privately in order to make sure everybody knows what is happening. there are conversations not only with nato leaders and vladimir putin but conversations with us leaders in russia and those give plenty of opportunity to make clear where lines are and what happens if they are crossed. lines are and what happens if they are crossed-— lines are and what happens if they are crossed. ., ,, , ., , . ., are crossed. thank you very much for comini on are crossed. thank you very much for coming on the _ are crossed. thank you very much for coming on the programme. _ the anonymous hacktivist collective has been bombarding russia with cyber—attacks since declaring "cyber war" on president vladimir putin in retaliation for the invasion of ukraine. several people operating under its banner spoke to the bbc about their motives, tactics and plans. let's speak to our cyber reporterjoe tidy. this group anonymous, many people would have heard of them, this

collective that carry out cyber attacks, what have they been doing? anonymous have been around since about 2003 and they are illegal is stuck to less organisation, they are more of a collective, anyone can join anonymous, you just have to hack and use their branding and be aligned with their motives and their targets. they go after, in their view, organisations or people or institutions are to power and they say vladimir putin is doing just that but they have waged a cyber war. we've seen low—level stuff, this is a form of hacking where you flood a server with information with too many requests and it brings the website down. posters have put up on websites against russia and against putin on websites that are run by the military in russia. what we have also seen, the most eye—catching and significance of the hacks, is something, broadcast signal intrusion where it is early on in

the invasion and also last week, they attacked a tv provider in russia and they managed to create a system whereby the over lots of the tunnels. people in britain would have seen the usual programme is interrupted by images of the war, —— people in russia. the kind of video is russia don't want its civilians to see. those were broadcast. they were broadcast for about 12 minutes. i was sceptical but i've managed to track down the original poster, the eyewitness, and that video has gone viral. that is something we are seeing that isn't new but is significant. seeing that isn't new but is significant-— seeing that isn't new but is siinificant. . ,. ., , , significant. that is clearly helping with the propaganda _ significant. that is clearly helping with the propaganda war - significant. that is clearly helping with the propaganda war or- significant. that is clearly helping i with the propaganda war or counter putin propaganda war. what are the targets? are they attempting to generate genuine military intelligence on things like that?

yes, they have done some hacking and leaking is breaking into the media regulator in russia and releasing throws in two rows of data. that kind of stuff is very embarrassing and destructive of those organisation but it doesn't change anything there has been an interesting shift with anonymous, there are lots of other groups around the world who have rallied to not only the anonymous banner but of the ukrainian cause, it is the biggest and chaotic in terms of cyber conflict i've ever seen many experts would agree. what we're seeing is shift, they are not about disrupting their victims but trying to directly speak to the russian people and that is why we are seeing real heavy blows in terms of the information war from anonymous and other groups, they are trying to read —— reach out to russian people not by the facing website but we've seen another initiative to allow

people to directly text message and what's up message run demolitions using a system they've built on the internet, all of these things are if not illegal, they are immoral and intrusive but all the groups say their actions are justified because in their view people are being massacred in ukraine. absolutely fascinatini massacred in ukraine. absolutely fascinating stuff. _ massacred in ukraine. absolutely fascinating stuff. thank _ massacred in ukraine. absolutely fascinating stuff. thank you - massacred in ukraine. absolutely fascinating stuff. thank you very | fascinating stuff. thank you very much for bringing us up to speed. that is it from me, i will be back in a couple of minutes' time. this is bbc news. hello. here's the good news, the weather is going to stay settled and sunny all week long. that is, if you like settled and sunny weather. the high pressure, which is centered around poland and lithuania, has really spread right across the continent. around it, you can see the clouds are rotating.

they've just been clipping western fringes of the uk, so skies at times have been hazy. but for most of us, it's a case of clear skies through the night. so that means a cold night's on the way. a frosty start to monday, but it will be mostly sunny. here are the temperatures in most towns and cities, it will be around freezing or even below and in rural spots of northern england and scotland i wouldn't be surprised if it falls to minus six degrees, but that's going to be the exception. so chilly, chilly start across many areas, sunshine right from the word go. there will be a build up of a little bit of cloud through the afternoon, but very pleasant temperatures across southern and central britain. temperatures of around 15 or 16 degrees, still a little cold on the north sea coast there off aberdeen, around ten degrees. now, in the days ahead, it's actually going to turn warmer. we'll see much warmer weather spreading in from the southern climes all the way from spain, the mediterranean, across france, and i think temperatures are likely to hit 20 degrees. we've already had 20 degrees this

weekend in western parts of scotland, but that was a very, very local effect. i think the high teens and 20 degrees will be more widespread across this portion of the uk. and in fact, the temperatures may spark off one or two showers, particularly across central and northern england, come tuesday. so a really pleasant, warm, sunny day. but mind you, these temperatures are above the average for the time of the year. now wednesday, spo, the difference, maybe give or take a degree here and there, again really pleasant weather. the winds should be light as well, and it will start warming up on the north coast 17 degrees, for example, in hull. so the high pressure is then centred around the uk on thursday, just light winds blowing around it. much of the country will find itself in the centre of that high, so it means hardly a breath of wind with those sunny skies. and you can see we keep that fine weather into the whole of the week. and then the weekend looks at least bright or sunny as well. it will turn more unsettled end of the month by.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories... the united nations says ten million ukrainians have now been displaced by the invading russian forces since the war began. they have either fled abroad or moved to safer parts of the country. president zelensky has addressed the israeli parliament, comparing russia's actions in ukraine to those of hitler in the 19a0s. he said the kremlin was talking about the final solution to the ukrainian issue. boris johnson is facing angerfor comparing ukrainians resisting russia — to people in britain voting for brexit.

also in the programme — how the power of flowers is boosting morale for those who've chosen to stay in ukraine's capital. more now on our top story — the united nations' high commissioner for refugees says ten million ukrainians have now fled their homes because of devastation caused by the war. in just over three weeks since russia invaded, nearly three and a half—million people have left the country, while the rest have sought refuge elsewhere within ukraine. the total figure is about a quarter of the population. almost three and a half million people have fled ukraine since the start of the war, according to the united nations. more than two million of which have gone to neighbouring poland. one of those who made it to warsaw is 0ksanna yevzikova. thank you forjoining us on the

programme. thank you for “oining us on the programme.— programme. thank you for the attention- _ programme. thank you for the attention. can _ programme. thank you for the attention. can i— programme. thank you for the attention. can i start - programme. thank you for the attention. can i start by - programme. thank you for the l attention. can i start by asking, could you _ attention. can i start by asking, could you tell— attention. can i start by asking, could you tell is _ attention. can i start by asking, could you tell is where - attention. can i start by asking, could you tell is where you - attention. can i start by asking, | could you tell is where you were before you left and what the conditions were like in the first days before you decided to get out? so, initially, iwas relieved days before you decided to get out? so, initially, i was relieved as this is a city in the south of ukraine and we decided to leave on the 6th of march because the kind of things got hotter and hotter, we are living under shelling and so we had artillery and from 3—5 air raids every day and the conditions meant

we did not have a bombproof shelter so we had to hide in a cellar, in a shared where we can potatoes, so actually it isn't very safe as a space to hide anyway and we spent they are so much time, almost half a day or sometimes more underground, sometimes during the day, sometimes at night so we could hardly eat or sleep, so it was not suitable. ila. sleep, so it was not suitable. no, not suitable _ sleep, so it was not suitable. no, not suitable is _ sleep, so it was not suitable. no, not suitable is an _ sleep, so it was not suitable. no, not suitable is an understatement. given the array, you took the decision to try and leave, how did you escape?— decision to try and leave, how did you escape? decision to try and leave, how did ouescae? a . , . , you escape? actually, i encourage my husband to do — you escape? actually, i encourage my husband to do it. _ you escape? actually, i encourage my husband to do it. unfortunately - you escape? actually, i encourage my husband to do it. unfortunately he - husband to do it. unfortunately he is not very experienced driver but we decided to take our chance, so

you know are city... temperatures are normally raised to protect the city from the invasion, from russian tanks, but during several hours a day, they can operate and people could use them to leave the city if they want, so we had to stand in if you have cars, there was a huge trafficjam and slowly country but i cannot say that the road was really safe and easy. flit cannot say that the road was really safe and easy-— safe and easy. of course not. i'm very pleased _ safe and easy. of course not. i'm very pleased that _ safe and easy. of course not. i'm very pleased that you _ safe and easy. of course not. i'm very pleased that you are - safe and easy. of course not. i'm very pleased that you are out - safe and easy. of course not. i'm| very pleased that you are out now and are safe. cani can i ask, are you in touch with

your husband and as he say. he can i ask, are you in touch with your husband and as he say. he is in mykolaiv because he had to stay - mykolaiv because he had to stay with the army to protect the country. i call him every day. we stay in touch via viber and i hope he is fine and our country will wind and i'm very thankfulfor the support our country will wind and i'm very thankful for the support we get from ourfriends, from different countries, especially i am grateful for polish people for welcoming us and of course it would bejust perfect if european countries would close the sky. i do think we would be able to wind this war. haste close the sky. i do think we would be able to wind this war.- be able to wind this war. we are deli . hted be able to wind this war. we are delighted you — be able to wind this war. we are delighted you managed - be able to wind this war. we are delighted you managed to get . be able to wind this war. we are i delighted you managed to get out and of course we wish you and your husband very well and thank you again for husband very well and thank you againforfinding husband very well and thank you again forfinding the husband very well and thank you again for finding the time to talk to us here. thank you.— again for finding the time to talk

to us here. thank you. earlier my colleague james reynolds spoke to matt saltmarsh, from the unhcr who is organising relief for refugees. in terms of speed and colleagues i've spoken to in crisis places, they say they've never seen this many people moving so fast so certainly in terms of need, if you talk about absolute numbers, you can talk about syria in recent memory and that obviously is still ongoing where the numbers are comparable but of course syria has been at war or conflict for many years now, so certainly in terms of the combination of, speed and scale, it is quite unprecedented. what can you tell is about the un's efforts to both find out what is going on in mariupol and getting into mariupol. there is no presence in the city at the moment,

from hcnr, we are observing events very quickly and other actors within the un system are trying to negotiate what we call safe passage so to try to ensure both the civilians can leave safely and get to safety, but also ensure that vitally needed humanitarian aid and assistance can get in to the city. just looking at it, how much aid do 10 million people need? it is very hard to quantify huge amount of assistance. i think the primary need right now is for shelter, so to make sure people have somewhere to stay, they have a mattress, a blanket, they have food and water, it is really within the country we are talking about very basic assistance, we've been running convoys as have other agencies across the border from the neighbouring countries in the case of poland, we got 35 truck

over the border so far, many more planned and are bringing equipment to the country. it is about is finding safe areas where people can they to shelter from the storm. —— stay to shelter from the storm. how difficult are the negotiations that the un has to have with russia in order to secure safe passage to places which are coming under russian assault? we are not direct involved. unhcr. i know from speaking to colleagues whose colleagues have been working on this, it is difficult, there are many factors that need to be taken out. they need to then find the right roots, manage the logistics, it is verity and make sure things are safe to proceed.

as we know from looking back over the past week or weeks, there have been many attempts that have been unsuccessful, if you making it fortunately but many have been unsuccessful so far. —— a few people have made it. i know you have been out, what did you see when you went? i was on the border of poland and what i saw when i first arrived was a huge number of people crossing, primarily the congestion was on ukrainian side and things are moving much quicker on the polish side and in the last couple of days and i was there, the numbers declined and you are looking at a0,000 coming across, that is well over 100,000, but —— that is down from well over100,000, but there's no complacency here, there are expectations that the numbers may well rise in the coming days or week and that depends very much

on what happens around lviv where we know a number of people are hunkering down, it's been very hard recently but if that changes, the situation on the polish border will change, too. poland itself has taken aroundtwo million people, does it have enough resources on its own? the polish authorities are now calling for more support, a number of mayors have said they have reached saturation point, what they are doing now is looking to other regions, other municipalities to step up and find reception centres. the way the model has been working is refugees crossing the border will generally stay a night or two around the border near the border and then they will recuperate, gather information and then move on a longer term accommodation or structure somewhere else in the country, the country is managing very well now but it does need

support, it's calling for more support and unhcr and its partners are ready to provide that. one of the things we are doing now is providing cash to refugees, that is very important because it gives them flexibility and means they can spend money on what is needed the most. a ukrainian mp has warned that russian forces could make another attempt to get from the outskirts into the capital, kyiv, in the next few days. kira rudik — who is the leader of the opposition golos party — told my colleague sean lay that residents are doing everything possible to keep them out. i am on my way right now because an hour ago there has been another rocket hit and we getting there together with my team to see if anyone needs help and what is going on on the ground. we are about to arrive right now. we think that putin definitely changed tactics. he tried to take kyiv by the ground last week but the attempt failed on the outskirts of the city,

and his forces were pushed back in all directions. and right now he just keeps bombarding the peaceful city, the residential areas, the homes of people, and just hopes that this will break us. well, again, the point that we do actually need is a no—fly zone or something similar. we need an ability to protect our skies, otherwise he willjust be bombarding our cities, destroying the homes of people, destroying lives, just with us watching it. nato said no to no—fly zone, it doesn't mean that my country and my people stopped needing it. it doesn't mean that our homes stop being bombarded. and presumably the fear

from what will come from the skies is the reason that numbers of people are leaving the country or forced to be displaced within the country. that 10 million figure, almost a quarter of the population of ukraine, have basically left their homes because of this fighting. that must have huge implications for the country's stability, ability to feed itself, for the future. right, this is a matter of people's lives. as a citizen of kyiv, what can i tell you? i can train myself to be able to protect from what comes from the ground, i can sustain siege, but there is absolutely nothing i can do to protect myself or a loved one is from the air. and this is the most important point and why people are fleeing, because we as a simple people cannot do anything. and as for the country and the people who fled and the ability to sustain, i think this will be a question not only for ukraine, it will be a question for the whole world, because ukraine is top three producer of grains, of sunflower oils and tomatoes, and not this year, the world will face a shortage of all these produce in the next couple of months.

i don't have any idea of when it will be able to recover. indeed, kira rudik, can i ask you about the announcement from the presidency earlier? -- matt —— matt thanks to kira rudik there. —— thanks to kira rudik there. in an address to members of the israeli parliament, ukraine's president volodymyr zelensky has questioned why some countries officially appear to be indifferent to russia's invasion of his country. israel — which has ties to both ukraine and russia — has taken a somewhat neutral position during the war. let's have another listen to some of what he said. listen to what the kremlin are saying, simply listen to that. they

even knew such terminology that we are mentioned, then, when the nazi party was marching through europe and wanted to destroy everyone and everything to subjugate peoples and to destroy ours and you completely without even a word, they were calling at the final solution for the jewish calling at the final solution for thejewish question, you remember that. and you will never forget that. and you will never forget that. you are hearing what they are speaking these words again, the final solution. 0ur israel correspondent yolande knell was listening to that speech. he was her assessment. yellow we've seen him trying to rally support when speaking to lawmakers around the world. he is seemed very _ lawmakers around the world. he is seemed very skilful _ lawmakers around the world. he is seemed very skilful at _ lawmakers around the world. he: 3 seemed very skilful at honing his message are truly targeting the people he is talking to so when he spoke to the british parliament, he brought glickman brought up winston

churchill, when he spoke to the israeli parliamentarians on this mass zoom call, he brought up golda meir, the israeli prime minister brought up in israel and he quoted herfor brought up in israel and he quoted her for famously speaking about how we intend to live but our neighbours want to see is dead, that does not leave much room for compromise. then he went on comparing the actions and words of russia as you are hearing to those of nazi germany in the second world war and this was a very short speech really, only about 15 minutes but quite strong and to the point, and really he was questioning israel's position of official neutrality, if you like, because israel has those to both ukraine and with russia, it has tried to watch walk a diplomatic tightrope during this war, notjoining many western countries imposing sanctions on russia while the foreign minister has renounced the russian invasion of ukraine, the israeli prime minister has been very careful not

to do so, positioning himself as a mediator, a go—between of the sides and two weeks ago, even though it was the jewish sabbath and two weeks ago, even though it was thejewish sabbath and he is jewish and religious, he has taken multiple calls from both leaders and water is also at stake here for israel, what makes it a very dave that my delicate situation is its vested interests, the fact that russia remains its very important military player in the middle east —— mac remains this very important military player. when it comes to syria, there is an unofficial security coordination israel has been carrying out repeated air strikes against its sworn enemy his brother. —— against its sworn enemy hezbollah. russia gives that they freehand so long as troops are left untouched.

nearly two million people have fled the capital kyiv in the past few weeks as russian forces approach and launch artillery strikes on the outskirts of the city. but many have stayed to help in whatever way they can. 0ur chief international correspondent lyse doucet met two people joining the effort to boost the city's morale. in the heart of kyiv, in st sophia's square, thousands of tulips. a trident takes shape, a three—pronged spear. it's our symbol, the symbol of ukraine and once more symbol of peace and of our country. for one side we want to stay in peace but for another, all of us are ready to stay and to defend our country. and so many people have left kyiv, especially women and children. why are you still here? i don't want to go anywhere. my grand—grand—grandfathers, mothers were born and died in my city and for me kyiv is my heart. i understand and i am

absolutely sure that people who have small children, they must leave because it's not possible to stay when bombs will come, putin, i don't know, on the land. when you see what's happening to mariupol and kharkiv and so many other parts of the country, does it worry you this could happen here? it's a very big pain in my heart. daytime i am a restaurateur and daytime we are cooking for our people. in the night time i'm praying. it's my way how to support these people. also i do a lot of volunteer work with people who come from mariupol, from bucha, from irpin, from chernihiv, from kharkiv, everyone doing the best what you can

do from their place. people from across the city are being drawn to this intriguing installation including a very popular rock star, 0leg skrypka. why are you here? a lot of ukrainians left the country but i think we have to stay here to support our land, to support ukrainians and support our warriors and it's my country, it's my city and now we are in the war but mostly important is the culture, and it's the action installation with flower because the flower is the symbol of freedom. so are you fighting this war with your culture, with your music? i found the channel to support emotional for people. you try to inspire them? because music can't stop russian tanks.

absolutely, we'll do it. he sings ukrainian national anthem # shche ne vmerla ukrainy # ni slava, ni volya # shche nam, brattya molodiyi # usmikhnet'sya dolya. slava ukraini! that's the power of music. he claims it can stop russian tanks but certainly it does inspire ukrainians and they are looking for inspiration at this time of devastating war, now in its first month and no sign it's going to end any time soon. leaving ukraine for the moment... the uk's prime minister boris johnson has been criticised at home and abroad after drawing a parallel between ukraine fighting the russian invasion and britons voting for brexit. here's what he said to the conservatives' spring conference.

and i know that it is the instinct of the people of this country, like the people of ukraine, to choose freedom every time. i can give you a couple of famous recent example — when the british people voted for brexit in such large numbers, i don't believe it was because they were remotely hostile to foreigners, it's because they wanted to be free. let's pick through those comments. then writers with me. what has been the reaction those words? —— ben wright is with me. he the reaction those words? -- ben wright is with me.— the reaction those words? -- ben wright is with me. he knew what he was sa ini wright is with me. he knew what he was saying and _ wright is with me. he knew what he was saying and this _ wright is with me. he knew what he was saying and this is _ wright is with me. he knew what he was saying and this is an _ wright is with me. he knew what he was saying and this is an audience l was saying and this is an audience that wants to hear about brexit and borisjohnson that wants to hear about brexit and boris johnson clearly think that is good territory for him to be in but the link you made between the 2016 referendum vote and ukrainians fighting for their lives now because

a lot of people to be very angry, so the opposition parties here said it was distasteful, insulting, that's what labour said, the sn he said there were crass comments, even a number of tories have distanced themselves from those particular words and the chancellor rishi sunak was asked about it and he fell the uncomfortably tried to defend what boris jensen was uncomfortably tried to defend what borisjensen was trying to say or at least that's what boris johnson was saying or said he was at least trying to not make a direct link but a number of european leaders have been angry about this as well and i should say the ukrainian embassy in britain has tweeted approvingly of borisjohnson britain has tweeted approvingly of boris johnson saying britain has tweeted approvingly of borisjohnson saying he is our good friend, congratulating him, praising him for standing friend, congratulating him, praising him forstanding up friend, congratulating him, praising him for standing up with ukrainian people and ukraine's ambassador here was actually at that so clearly does not share the interpretation some have taken from those words. interesting, another politicians

and... pointing out that ukraine wants tojoin the and... pointing out that ukraine wants to join the eu. and. .. pointing out that ukraine wants to join the eu.— and... pointing out that ukraine wants to join the eu. wants to 'oin the eu. yes, there's lots of wants to join the eu. yes, there's lots of reasons _ wants to join the eu. yes, there's lots of reasons why _ wants to join the eu. yes, there's lots of reasons why this _ wants to join the eu. yes, there's lots of reasons why this upset - lots of reasons why this upset people and the fact that ukraine wants to join the european union people and the fact that ukraine wants tojoin the european union but fundamentally it's the fact that they are such totally different things, the brexit referendum was a democratic vote to leave a group of democratic vote to leave a group of democratic countries. ukrainians are dealing with the illegal invasion of their country by russia, so i think it is the fact that itjars as a comparison so much that it has caused so much upset. lets comparison so much that it has caused so much upset. lets move on to prime minister borisjohnson and a phone call with zelensky. yes. a phone call with zelensky. yes, they speak _ a phone call with zelensky. yes, they speak quite _ a phone call with zelensky. yes, they speak quite a _ a phone call with zelensky. yes, they speak quite a lot _ a phone call with zelensky. yes, they speak quite a lot but - a phone call with zelensky. is: they speak quite a lot but number ten has said there was a call this afternoon and that borisjohnson was asking really what kind of support they want to see and this was a part of a diplomatic week because in brussels, we will see a meeting of

people which borisjohnson has not been invited to. yesterday, he said we will certainly not be going to that but there is a nato meeting as well. a g7 meeting and joe biden, us president, will be coming over as well. borisjohnson clearly president, will be coming over as well. boris johnson clearly wants president, will be coming over as well. borisjohnson clearly wants to know more about the situation on the ground, expressing solidarity with the appalling scenes we have seen over the last few days in particular and the situation in mariupol uk actually giving a lot in terms of anti—tank missiles at the moment, that assistance could be increasing. thank you for talking to me about that ben wright. more coming up on that. as always, there was more on the website and remember to download the website and remember to download the app as well and are online and social media, you get in touch with

on twitter at @lvaughanjones. i am lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. hello, here's the good news, the weather will stay settled and sunny all week long, that is if you like settled and sunny weather. the high pressure which is centred around poland and lithuania has really spread right across the continent, around it you can see the clouds rotating just clipping western fringes of the uk so skies hazy at times and there is a case of clear skies through the night with all night on the way, a frosty starting monday but it will be mostly sunny. here are the temperatures in most towns and cities, around freezing or even below and in rural spots of northern england and scotland, it would not be surprised if it falls to minus six celsius but that is the exception.

a chilly start across many areas, sunshine right from the word go, there will be a build—up of a bit of cloud through the afternoon and then pleasant temperatures across central and southern britain, 15—16 c, a bit cold on the north sea coast there off aberdeen, 10 celsius. in the days ahead, turning warmer, much more warmer weather spreading in from the southern climes all the way from spain, the mediterranean, across france and i think temperatures are likely to hit 20 celsius. we've already had 20 celsius this weekend in western parts of scotland but that was a very, very local effect with high teens and 20 degrees will be more widespread across this portion of the uk and in fact temperatures may spark off one or two showers across central and northern england come tuesday. a really pleasant, warm, sunny day with temperatures above average for the time of year.

0nce spot the difference, a degree hero they are. the high pressure is then centred around the uk on thursday. light winds going around in most of the places themselves in centre of that high and you see it to the whole of the week and then looked bright and sunny with are turning more and settled towards the end of the month. goodbye.

this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughanjones. our top stories... 10 million people have now fled their homes in ukraine since the start of the war — more than a quarter of the population. among them, children who escaped from besieged mariupol — but are left with life—changing injuries. all of these are victims of russian attacks. it isn'tjust the physical injuries though, many of these children have deep psychological trauma that they will perhaps never get over. in mariupol itself, the bombardment is said to be constant — many are believed to be trapped in shelters below destroyed buildings. russia has confirmed the death of one of its senior naval commanders.

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