hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. a number of people are killed in a series of shootings in israel. officials say a suspected gunman killed five people in a suburb of tel aviv before being fatally shot himself. after peace talks in turkey, russia says it will "drastically reduce combat operations" around ukraine's capital kyiv and the city of chernihiv. but america says it will be judged by its actions. there is what russia says, and there is what russia does. we are focused on the latter. and what russia is doing is the continued brutalisation of ukraine. in other news, 20 police fines for breaking lockdown rules in downing street and at uk government events. borisjohnson hasn't received one,

but police say there could be more. and the queen attends a memorial service for prince philip, accompanied into westminster abbey by prince andrew. let's get more now on that breaking news now from tel aviv now. officials say the five people have died in shootings there. the gun man has been reported to be shot dead. the attacks happened in a suburbs of tel aviv, israel's most populous city that sits on its coast. it's an ultra—orthodox town. according to police, the shooter targeted people in three separate places. he was shot by officers who were nearby. we earlier heard a report of a separate attack in a neighbouring town. there's been no more information on that. israel s ambulance service

information on that. at several scenes in bnei brak. it's worth mentioning that in the past week, there have been two deadly attacks that were carried out by people who said they have links to islamic state. and in response, israel's government ordered a wave of arrests. let's cross to our middle east correspondent yolande knell. i know you spent the last few minutes try to get the latest, what more can you tell us? the minutes try to get the latest, what more can you tell us?— minutes try to get the latest, what more can you tell us? the picture is still a bit confused _ more can you tell us? the picture is still a bit confused but _ more can you tell us? the picture is still a bit confused but i can - more can you tell us? the picture is still a bit confused but i can say - still a bit confused but i can say at this stage this is the most deadly attack of its kind in israel in years and unfortunately it is only a week since i last said that. we had an ultra orthodoxjewish neighbourhood of bnei brak to the east of tel aviv finding victims spread out at intervals along the street. some a bit on foot and one had been in a car. and there were some reports from witnesses in the neighbourhood saying they had earlier heard gunshots being fired

towards apartment balconies. there is some video footage that appear to show the man dressed in black walking with a rifle on the street. what is really media are saying at the moment are quoting security official saint this attacker who was shot that was from a northern occupied west bank, affiliated it seems with the palestinian militant group. that is different from the attacks we have seen, the two other ones in the past week, which have been associated with israeli arab citizens who were actually linked in some ways it seems to so—called islamic state. figs some ways it seems to so-called islamic state.— some ways it seems to so-called islamic state. as you are talking, we have seen _ islamic state. as you are talking, we have seen some _ islamic state. as you are talking, we have seen some of _ islamic state. as you are talking, we have seen some of the - islamic state. as you are talking, l we have seen some of the pictures that have come in. tell us more about the neighbourhood that has been targeted police. bnei about the neighbourhood that has been targeted police.— about the neighbourhood that has been targeted police. bnei brak is a very crowded _ been targeted police. bnei brak is a very crowded neighbourhood, - been targeted police. bnei brak is a very crowded neighbourhood, an . been targeted police. bnei brak is a l very crowded neighbourhood, an ultra orthodox jewish very crowded neighbourhood, an ultra orthodoxjewish neighbourhood and sort of a place for my people really are religious. so it seems that the attacker went there knowing that thatis attacker went there knowing that that is very much the appearance and he was a people dressed in

black—and—white wearing hats walking along the street, at the time of day this happened, early evening, lots people would have beenjust this happened, early evening, lots people would have been just out and about. now the pictures that we are getting from their are quite chaotic was that you can see lots and lots of emergency vehicles rushed to the scene, ambulances, police cars and that has sort of added to some of the confusion over what exactly has been going on. find the confusion over what exactly has been going on— the confusion over what exactly has been going on-_ the confusion over what exactly has been going on. and finally you were alludin: to been going on. and finally you were alluding to the _ been going on. and finally you were alluding to the fact _ been going on. and finally you were alluding to the fact that _ been going on. and finally you were alluding to the fact that just - been going on. and finally you were alluding to the fact thatjust a - been going on. and finally you were alluding to the fact thatjust a few l alluding to the fact that just a few days ago, you were saying a serious attack for some time had happened and now you are saying it again. is it too soon to put those two events together and say perhaps there is a more considered escalation in attacks in terror in israel or is it to conclude that?— to conclude that? this is the most serious wave _ to conclude that? this is the most serious wave of _ to conclude that? this is the most serious wave of attacks _ to conclude that? this is the most serious wave of attacks there - to conclude that? this is the most serious wave of attacks there has| serious wave of attacks there has been certainly in several years. this does seem to be distinct from those other attacks who have been

because of different motivations perhaps of the attacker was about to say that the hamas* militant group has praised the attack. we are entering a period where the holy month of ramadan and of course passover and the christian holiday of easter and this puts a lot of pressure always on the contentious holy sites in the old city in jerusalem and really adds to the tensions and there have been a lot of efforts diplomatically going on behind the scenes to try to make sure we don't have a recurrence of the violence that we have seen last year inmate during ramadan. thank ou ve year inmate during ramadan. thank you very much _ year inmate during ramadan. thank you very much indeed _ year inmate during ramadan. thank you very much indeed was _ year inmate during ramadan. thank you very much indeed was a - year inmate during ramadan. thank you very much indeed was a do - year inmate during ramadan. thank you very much indeed was a do come back to us if you get any further information. there appears to have been at least some progress in the latest round of talks to secure a ceasefire between russia and ukraine. russia says it plans to reduce combat operations close to chernihiv and the capital, kyiv. this is the russian

deputy defence minister. translation: the ministry of defence of the russian federation has taken . the decision to drastically reduce combat operations in kyiv and chernihiv areas in order to boost mutual trust and create the conditions for further negotiations and signing of the agreement. moscow's lead negotiator was quick to add a caveat to that development. the talks are taking place in turkey. it's the first time the ukrainians and russians have met face—to—face in more than a fortnight. these are the latest pictures we have from that meeting, during which ukraine repeated its offer to adopt neutral status. translation: we will not join any military and political unions. - military training on our territory will take place if every country agrees.

let's take a closer look at what neutral status would entail. as you heard there, the main element would be notjoining any military alliances, nato being one. as you can see, russia already shares a small part of its border with nato countries, so it's long been opposed to ukraine joining nato. ukraine also wouldn't be allowed to host any military bases orjoin conflicts elsewhere. there's a catch, though, which is that the ukrainian president says this would all have to be put to a referendum first. this is one assessment of that. the offer of neutralisation is very attractive to the russians since l i that was part of their original. demand as we got into this war. - but they can't bank it if it then . depends upon a ukraine referendum. so there's still quite a long way

in sorting out that sort of detail from any decisive progress. in the last few minutes, president biden has been speaking about the talks. here's what he said. we'll see. i don't read anything into it until i see what their actions are. we'll see if they follow through on what they're suggesting. there are negotiations that have begun today, or not begun, continued today with turkey and others. i had a meeting with the heads of state of four allies in nato, france, germany, the united states and great britain. and there seems to be a consensus that let's just see what they have to offer. let's get some analysis from our correspondent in moscow, jenny hill. my since here is that, particularly as we've also heard from the leader of the delegation, that he said that, you know, again, the positions aren't particularly close. so i'm starting to wonder whether actually the kremlin

is holding back on any kind of sense of optimism. and one of the reasons i say that is that we heard earlier from the spokeswoman of the foreign ministry here after it had been announced that russia was going to pull back a little bit on its military activities around kyiv and chernihiv, and she was still coming out with the same kind of narrative that we've heard all along that the aim still for the kremlin is to denazify ukraine. you know, we are hearing the same belligerent language again and again here. and i think it's really important to remember that the kremlin's aims in ukraine haven't changed. they don't want ukraine tojoin natp. while we've seen there might be some agreement on that from the government in kyiv. they want those territories in eastern ukraine recognised as independent. or you could read that coming under russian control. they want crimea recognised as russian. and then there are vladimir putin's broader aims. he has consistently cast ukraine as a country and its government, nato and the west as the

enemies of russia. and i think we have to bear that in mind when we look at what's happened today. we've also heard that while ukrainejoining nato is a red line for russia, european union membership is not. joining the eu has been a longstanding goalfor ukraine. as far back as 2020, president zelensky said... i've been speaking to our diplomatic correspondent paul adams about this. when you put nato and the eu side by side, you look at two very - different institutions. one is a political and economic body, the other is a military. i alliance with certain provisionsl that would allow for and require a military response in the event of an attack on a member - in the case of nato. that simply doesn't exist in terms of the eu. - yes, the eu has foreign and defence ambitions as it were, _

but it is not a military alliance in that sense. _ and so, from moscow's point of view, doesn't pose that rather— fundamental threat. and so, if the idea of neutrality is not completely unacceptable to president zelensky, certainly this week he has given the impression he is open to that idea, why was that signal not sent to russia many months ago or perhaps it was? well, who knows? and maybe we will learn a lot when this is all - over about what signals - were and weren't transmitted. i think what we have learned is that russia was working under a set - of ideas or prejudices about ukraine that simply did not reflect _ ukraine's contemporary reality. i think the sense we get is that- somehow vladimir putin thought that by exerting a sufficient military might against ukraine, - he could bend zelensky i and the entire government to his will.

and that has clearly been . proved to be fundamentally a flawed perception. he thought perhaps he could do to ukraine what he did in 2014 i and force ukraine to submit. well, that has simply not been the case. i ukraine is a very different place from what it was back in 2014. i there is a sense of commitment, national identity, a desire tojoin| nato which is at an all—time high. largely as a result i of eight years of war. and so, we're looking - at a fundamental misjudgment, a military misjudgment- and a political misjudgment, with moscow now rather. scrambling both militarily and politically to make the best iof what is basically a bad job. i also at the talks, russian billionaire roman abramovich. he says he had symptoms of poisoning after the previous meeting earlier this month.

mr abramovich appeared to be in good health on this occasion. this is what the kremlin's had to say on all that. translation: these poisoning reports are part of an information war, - and we should see it in this way. we should carefully filter all the information that is disseminated. this is what we know about the alleged poisoning. last month, roman abramovich was involved in talks about securing humanitarian corridors to allow ukrainians to leave. this ukrainian lawmaker, rustem umerov, reportedly also fell ill after the meeting. the investigative site bellingcat news said... we should also note that the us has downplayed the incident, saying the symptoms were caused by environmental factors. and this is the assessment from a former uk intelligence officer. it's difficult to tell. there's not enough information.

if we look at the reports that have come out, some have come from those that are close to abramovic. well, putin is close to abramovic. some have come from unknown american sources and there just isn't enough information to make a call when they or the other. you have to look at who would benefit from trying to poison roman abramovich, who was acting as a go—between between zelensky and putin. and it's difficult to work out what the real reason would be behind it. for its part, ukraine's foreign minister has advised the delegation in istanbul... elsewhere on tuesday, we've also heard about conditions on the battlefield. the uk ministry of defence says... the ukrainian ambassador to the uk has been speaking to the bbc, and he had this message for moscow.

we want to have a ceasefire and we | also want to have the humanitarianj corridors to be opened to be able to evacuate civilians _ and to bring food and supplies to some of the besieged - cities like mariupol. unfortunately russians also understand it and use it - as their advantage to bend our will, to bend our delegation's _ will, to show the weak- points and press on them. so, we also have to discuss - with them how they will get out of our sovereign territory i and how our future system of architecture of our. security will be rebuilt. central to all this is the donbas region and specifically two areas, donetsk and lu ha nsk. they're in the east of the country. and remember, russia has recognised them both as independent. in recent days, we've been told that russia is planning to focus their attentions there. this is the defence minister speaking today. translation: the first stage -

of the operation has been completed. the combat potential of the ukrainian armed forces has been reduced, and we can focus efforts on achieving the main goal, the liberation of donbas. i've been speaking tojeremy bowen in kyiv about the developments in those talks between russia and ukraine. a lot more came out of the talks than was expected in terms of positive vibes, discussions about a possible meeting between president zelensky and president putin, a lot better atmosphere than they had when they met a couple of weeks earlier. so that's a plus, but there is an awfully long way to go before there can even be an effective ceasefire, let alone any kind of peace agreement. so this is really early days, but it does show that a diplomatic process has commenced and they are finding things to talk about. and part of that process,

part of the statements we're hearing concerns the capital, kyiv, where you are at the moment, and whether russians will be prioritising it. have you noticed, can you tell a difference in how russia is operating around the capital? in the last couple of minutes, as i've been waiting to talk to you, i've heard distant rumbles coming from the battlefields to the north—west of the city. i don't know who is firing and i don't know what is going on there at the moment, but something is going on, so certainly, as of now, there is military activity out there. i think that what's happened is that the russians have got as far as they can get without a massive infusion of men and equipment to this particular battlefield which they may not even have. they have tried to get into the city, they've failed very decisively, and in the last few weeks, they've got nowhere close to it. in fact, the ukrainians are saying consistently that they're pushing them back at a cost.

i was at a military funeral today of someone who was killed trying to push the russians back. so, it's not without costs, severe costs for the ukrainians, but i think what's absolutely clear is that the russians are going to do is what they've said in the last couple of days, which is concentrate on what is happening in the east. and speaking of the east, and you may not have discussed this at that funeral because people are mourning, but are ukrainians in any way open to the idea that part of their country to the east may be lost in exchange for a peace, in exchange for not seeing more of their loved ones die? the official position of the government and of all the ukrainians who speak you to, or i've spoken to anyway, is, "look, we cannot possibly give away any of this territory. " but the reality has been

that since 2014, those territories in the east, as well as crimea, have been very much controlled by russia. so that's something that perhaps people have got used to. i think what they cannot agree to, though, is that any territory that has been taken in the last 4—5 weeks, since the invasion, that that stays with the russians. jeremy in kyiv talking about the conflict and let's go to washington and listen tojohn kirby was a giving a briefing at the pentagon and set a little while ago that russia is repositioning forces, not withdrawing them. let's listen to what else he has to say will stop and that pressure was appreciated and that pressure was appreciated and welcomed and has been alleviated in concert with discussions with fema and civilian health practitioners.— fema and civilian health ractitioners. ~ ., practitioners. we all deemed collectively _ practitioners. we all deemed collectively that _ practitioners. we all deemed collectively that now - practitioners. we all deemed collectively that now is - practitioners. we all deemed collectively that now is the l practitioners. we all deemed i collectively that now is the right time _ collectively that now is the right time to— collectively that now is the right time to pull— collectively that now is the right time to pull back— collectively that now is the right time to pull back that _ collectively that now is the right time to pull back that support, i collectively that now is the right i time to pull back that support, but i time to pull back that support, but iwant _ time to pull back that support, but iwant to— time to pull back that support, but i want to stand _ time to pull back that support, but i want to stand again— time to pull back that support, but i want to stand again as _ time to pull back that support, but i want to stand again as i - time to pull back that support, but i want to stand again as i sit - time to pull back that support, but i want to stand again as i sit in - time to pull back that support, but i want to stand again as i sit in my| i want to stand again as i sit in my opening— i want to stand again as i sit in my opening statement, _ i want to stand again as i sit in my opening statement, northern - i want to stand again as i sit in my- opening statement, northern command stands _ opening statement, northern command stands ready—

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of its inquiry into downing street parties that broke covid rules. they will not be saying who's fined or which events the fixed these penalty notices relate to. number 10 says it has not been told that the prime minister is among them. at the start of december, borisjohnson responded to the first report of parties in number 10 that broke covid rules. all guidance was followed completely during number 10. more details soon emerged. and six days later, the prime minister responded again. what i can tell you is that all the guidelines were observed. but guidelines weren't observed at some events. we know that because the metropolitan police has confirmed that "20 fixed penalty notices are to be issued for breaches of covid—19 regulations." these breaches were "in whitehall and downing street". and they come with a fine for breaking the law, which means this. whatever happens next, one fact has been established today —

the police think that covid laws were broken in some of the very buildings where they were being set. now, we don't know who's being fined, though number 10 says it's not been told borisjohnson is among them. but this is not the end of the matter. the met says... those referrals may connect to any of the 12 events police are investigating. and while the met continues its work, we also wait on sue gray. she's the senior civil servant who's investigating the same gatherings, plus another four. her initial findings already note "failures of leadership and judgment by different parts of number 10 and the cabinet office". and herfull report may bring more detail. it is likely, i'm told, - to name certain individuals and the role they played at some of these events. _ and while we wait on that report, it is borisjohnson's mps who control his immediate fate. some called for him to go injanuary — a few have since withdrawn that demand. most of his mps, though, have stood by him throughout.

the prime minister has taken steps to rebuild confidence. so we've seen him apologise, he's changed several members of his senior team to boost that operation around him, and also i think he's shown really strong leadership on the world stage when it comes to ukraine and russia. boris johnson's supporters are rallying round, but the opposition wants him to resign. i mean, the prime minister has completely lied about this situation. the police have issued fines, so therefore lockdown rules have been breached and the prime minister has to go _ but to be clear, borisjohnson has not been fined. we don't know whether he attended events which have led to fines or if he was aware of rule—breaking. but, injanuary, he did apologise to the public. i know the rage they feel with me and with the government i lead, when they think that in downing street itself, the rules are not being properly followed by the people who make the rules. as for the initial statements from the prime minister, number 10 continues to insist that...

..though we now know, at some times, that understanding was inaccurate. and number 10 was less categorical on another question. here's pippa crerar, who broke the original story, tweeting that... but whether number 10 accepts this or not, the police say that is what happened. and as we consider that, consider too these comments earlier this month from cabinet ministerjacob rees—mogg. he suggested that in the context of the war in ukraine, the parties story was "the disproportionate fluff of politics". that of course is disupted. what is clear is that the reason this story's had impact is because of what borisjohnson told the country as the virus surged. our plan does rely on all of us continuing to make sacrifices to protect those we love, so please, please continue to follow the rules. but the police now say the rules weren't followed in downing street and whitehall

at a time when obeying them was presented as a matter of life and death. and so that's now led to these fines. we don't know if there's a political cost to be paid too. it has been colder today but it's going to feel colder in the next few days. the really cold currently is across the far north of scotland but as we develop this northerly wind, we'll bring down this colder arctic air which leads to some sleet and snow. although there shouldn't have too much of that. we already had some snow falling in the far north of scotland, and this is a sign of what is to come. the colder air comes behind this band of cloud here. it's bringing mostly rain with some sleet and snow over the hills. that is moving away from scotland into northern parts of england and northern ireland, and behind that we get snow and ice in scotland and frosty conditions. not as cold elsewhere, we could have some mist and fog patches forming across england and wales and the south. we should get some sunshine in the south west.

this is the main band of cloud and rain with sleet and snow over the peaks and pennines, and following that some sunshine and also some wintry showers even into the north east of england. temperatures only around 5 degrees in the afternoon, not much better than that in birmingham and norwich. the last mild air in the far south of england. the wetter weather continues to push its way south and as we dig in colder air behind that, it leads to sleet and snow even across southern parts of england. we start off with some widespread frost and icy patches. the last of the sleet and snow clearing away from the south east on thursday and then sunshine and wintry showers, some of those heavy for northern parts of the uk blown in by a stronger wind coming in from the north or north—east. and these are the temperatures we're looking at, not bad out in the west, but in eastern areas 6—7 degrees and with stronger winds, feeling quite a bit colder than that.

probably more of a short sharp shock because the weather calms down a bit on friday as high pressure reduces the number of showers. the winds probably not as strong, but we start widely frosty with some icy patches. some wintry showers, butjust not as many friday. cloud in northern ireland and in scotland, where we have some rain, sleet and snow over the hills. temperatures typically 8—9 degrees and not quite as chilly this weekend.

hello, i'm ros atkins. this is outside source. a number of people are killed in a series of shootings in israel. local reports say a suspected arab gunman killed four people in a suburb of tel aviv, before being fatally shot himself. after peace talks in turkey, russia says it will "drastically reduce combat operations" around ukraine's capital kyiv and the city of chernihiv. but it will be judged by its actions. there is what russia says, and there is what russia does. we are focused on the latter. and what russia is doing is the continued brutalisation of ukraine. but on the front lines near kyiv,

ukrainian forces are not dropping their guard and are confident of victory. we are stronger and we will win. and the queen attends a memorial service for prince philip, accompanied into westminster abbey by prince andrew. since russia began its invasion of ukraine, the capital kyiv, has been a key target. but its forces have not got past the outskirts of the city. now russia says it will drastically reduce its offensive around the capital. the ukrainian general in charge of defending kyiv has told the bbc that russia is suffering heavy losses and can't win. our international correspondent orla guerin sent this report from a key frontline,

north of the capital. keeping watch on a critical front line to the north of the capital. the russians now say they will drastically reduce attacks around kyiv. these ukrainian troops will not be dropping their guard. the man in charge of defending the city, colonel general oleksandr sirsky, was handing out promotions and medals today. he has been fighting the russians in eastern ukraine since 2014. now, they are on his doorstep. the russians are four kilometres from here. is it painful for you that they have come so far on this soil? it is painfulfor me. especially here because i fight against russia during eight years.

so i would like to say together we are stronger. he told me his men are being shelled constantly but are on the offensive in some areas. and he insisted the russians would never set foot in kyiv. and inside the city there is vigilance, night and day. territorial defence units out on patrol. through deserted streets now lined by checkpoints and roadblocks. their mission, to monitor any movements and search for the enemy within. saboteurs passing information to the russians. after being stopped

and searched, this man was allowed to go on his way. but in the past month in this area they have detained about 30 alleged informants. a sudden threat over our heads. they spot a russian gun. and follow its path. i'm working on it, says this fighter, nicknamed chechen. blasts. well, it was quite tense here in the last few moments with that russian drone overhead. it has now disappeared. but members of the unit say this is happening as often as ten times a night. the russians are sending their drones to try and gather intelligence from above.

then, incoming fire. russia says it will cut back its offensive around the capital. but fighters here remember it also said it had no plans to invade ukraine. orla guerin, bbc news, kyiv. ukrainian authorities are investigating video footage which has been claimed to show ukrainian soldiers shooting russian prisoners of war in the legs. these are stills from the grainy video which is too gruesome to show you. it's been circulating on social media after first appearing early sunday morning. since then, it's been widely reposted by pro—russian accounts on various platforms. ukrainian armed forces say that russia was filming staged videos to discredit ukraine's treatment of russian prisoners. however, an adviser to ukrainian president zelensky, said there would be an immediate

investigation and added: "i would like to remind all our military, civilians and defence forces that abusing prisoners of war is a war crime." the bbc hasn't been able to independently verify the video yet, but bbc reality check�*s daniele palumbo has been analysing it. so, we have used a mix of open source tools, and we have also studied satellite images for the area and what has happened in that area in the last few days. of course, we have been able to establish the location of the video, which is a dairy farm southeast of kharkiv. we are able to recognise the shape of the farm and also some elements of the landscape, especially the buildings, the ground, the position of the chimneys and the windows of the place and also the position of the sun and the fact

that the weather condition on saturday morning were actually a clear sky. as you said, the video went viral on sunday, and this also an indication. and that specific area has been hit by areas of heavy fire in the weekend, in fact. the ukrainian forces have been re—appropriating the territory from the russian troops. and in terms of the people we see in the video, is there any way of establishing whether they are ukrainian soldiers? well, in this video,also, they are seen wearing blue streaks on their weapons, and this is an indication marker that we have often seen being used by the ukrainian soldiers. the voices in the video all speak russian and some of them with ukrainian accents. it is consistent from being ukrainians from

the east of the country. however, it is impossible actually to say that they are 100% ukrainian, as we can't see any battalion badges and we can't see any tags. most of the soldiers are also masked, so it is impossible to have a definitive id. it remains possible that they could be pro—russian authorities from the region. and finally, is there something else that you would like to know? what would be helpful in establishing if this is real or fake? the video has been widely shared on social networks, and of course this has a huge influence on the veracity of the footage. many users have question the video and expressed the opinion that it has been staged to discredit the ukrainian army's force. and these users refer to elements such as the lack of blood and that

some of the prisoners actually do not scream when they are shot. we have shown this footage to military experts and doctors specialising in combat traumas. one of them has said, it is his opinion that the footage cannot be configured right as fake, purely based on the image, and another doctor said it appears to be genuine and this meets the description. so, at the end, it is actually really difficult to say something that would be definitive. experts think the video is genuine, but of course there are still questions and there is an investigation that has to be carried out. we're going to talk more about the humanitarian situation generally in ukraine. the number of people who have been displaced by this war keeps growing, making this the fastest—growing refugee crisis since the second world war. more than 10 million ukrainians — that's almost a quarter of its population 7 have fled their homes.

most have been internally displaced — staying in other areas of ukraine believed to be safer. but more than 3.9 million refugees have been forced to flee across its borders. and this map shows where they're going. you can see that poland has taken in a huge amount — romania has taken in the second most. the refugees are mainly women and children, while the men stay and fight. our correspondent met ukrainian iryna and her child, now living in a romanian monastry. she described what it's been like separating from her family. sihastria. the name of the monastery means a place of retreat, of prayer and meditation, away from the turmoil of the world. and that's what it means now for iryna, her mother—in—law natalia, her best friend ira, and theirfive children. iryna drove them all here

in her old ford transit from kharkiv in eastern ukraine. my lovely car, my lovely van. i'm so glad that here i have a part of home, a part of my husband. sometimes i... she sighs. i want to sit in there just to smell — just to smell my husband. just to smell my house. some have decided to go back, so they can be with family again. this is a bus station in the polish capital, warsaw — and this bus is heading back to ukraine. this woman explains why she's getting on it. translation: i'm going back home to west ukraine. - i'm going back because my husband is there, he is in the army. it is not possible for us to stay here for a long so we have to go back. my mum, my dad, and family are there.

there is kindergarten, work, everything. all our life is there. we have stayed here for some time now and i don't know what will happen, but we have to go home. the un says the war is creating a child refugee almost every second. more than half of ukraine's children have been displaced. the who says this is what these children need. a few support for any psychological trauma that people have been through, 50% of the refugees be it in the czech republic or any other country a wet to moldova just now our children. this is very traumatic, most of them had to leave theirfathers behind. another issue here is that refugees aren't necessarily safe outside ukraine either. the un secretary general warned: for predators and human traffickers, the war in ukraine is not a tragedy. its an opportunity —

and women & children are the targets. the region already has established trafficking networks in place, and there's a fear traffickers will use the war to increase business. this refugee is from kyiv, and decided to stay and help others arriving at the polish—ukrainian border. she says traffickers have been approaching refugees. we caught three persons who searched for beautiful women to sell them for sex work. it's horrible. and this refugee, now in norway, told our europe editor katya adler it happened to her. fake ngo workers approached me and my children after we fled ukraine. they looked at us sleazily. they told us to get in a van with other women and said they would take us to switzerland. they got angry when i asked for their ids. so i grabbed my children and ran. the eu is launching an anti—trafficking plan — as part of a wider plan to protect ukrainian refugees, that was approved last night. in it, the eu says it will create a platform

for registration for asylum seekers entering europe. create what they call transport and information hubs for those arriving. and provide targeted support to member states dealing with refugees. this eu minister explains more. the numbers of arrivals are going down. at the peak, we had 200,000 arrivals per day. now it is down to 40,000 per day. but one of the things that i mentioned here was the importance of developing contingency plans because we don't know what will happen tomorrow. and the war is still going on and the next step from putin, we don't know, and we have to be prepared for many more millions that might need to flee from ukraine. so numbers are going down and the eu says it has a plan, but is there enough help for the the millions of refugees already there now. volunteers say people need beds, meals, medicalsupplies, psychologists, interpreters, teachers. that will all require funding.

we're going to look at poland — as you know it has the highest number — over 2 million. the government says it's doing its bit. one outlet reporting that's not the case is politico — which reports that polish volunteers accuse government officials of "doing too little to help organize the relief effort and instead free—riding on the goodwill efforts of the population." i spoke to a volunteer injaroslaw, that's a town in poland, near ukraine's border. he's called kamil prusinowski, and has set up a local start—up charity there called poland welcomes, to help refugees. first, he told me how it all started. 30 days ago we were not existing as organisations. my friend patrick it was his office where i'm sitting right now. he just cold me and asked me to help with some gusts from ukraine.

i thought i will drink coffee and move to beds and in this office for the last 35 days so he gave his office and his grandmother's houser passed away last year and also he gave his other house and we saw the scale of the whole activity. it's so huge. the help is needed so we started organising the shelters and currently we have got more than 500 women and children who are staying with us to whom we deliver accommodation and who deliver food, hot meals, and education. and we needed to build an organisation because we were a group of friends and it's what we are doing. it's a remarkable effort and you and your friends are putting in huge amounts of time by the sound of it but are you getting the support you need from local government or from the national government?

i need to say that this institutional help is always delayed and there is no proper reaction to that and i'm not seeing bad railfor anybody but seeing straightforward to you there is zero help to now. we have a very promising meeting today with international organisations for migration which is part of the un and they said they may help us with what we are trying to do because the request from us because there are a couple of people who are trying to get the shelter for 1100 people in our shelters and faith people cannot do that, even ten people cannot do that. the people who are volunteering so after 18 hours of shift which i've got to deliver the goods to our gusts, i need to go for the night shift in the shelter to receive the refugees and ambulance are fine the doctor if they're in need. it sounds like you are completely committed to this as are

your friends. if you all had to stop here jobs that you are doing before in order to do this? absolutely. i am on annual leave right now with my organisation and my annual leave is being ended on this friday, thursday in fact. so there is a huge conflict in my heart to be honest. what i should do to deliver thejob or i should deliver the rescue for thousands of mothers and children who are staying with us and this is a huge deal and not of course the priority is obvious. it is owned by an unnamed russian businessman who is not currently sanctioned by the transport secretary said he had close connections to president putin. my economic editor takes a look now at

how effective the sanctions are in hampering russia's war effort. a super yacht more than london's financial district now detained under new laws aimed at the russian elite. taste under new laws aimed at the russian elite. ~ .. ., under new laws aimed at the russian elite. ~ ., . . , , ., elite. we cannot have any benefit to these oligarchs _ elite. we cannot have any benefit to these oligarchs with _ elite. we cannot have any benefit to these oligarchs with close _ these oligarchs with close connections to putin while that terrible war is going on in ukraine and so many people are suffering. it and so many people are suffering. it reflects a new approach to russian money after the invasion of ukraine and other western nations doing the same as the us minister coordinating president biden's economic hit on russia told the bbc. taste president biden's economic hit on russia told the bbc.— president biden's economic hit on russia told the bbc. we are going to come for your— russia told the bbc. we are going to come for your resources _ russia told the bbc. we are going to come for your resources and - russia told the bbc. we are going to come for your resources and make . come for your resources and make sure we are in a position where we will use our authorities to ensure your resources are not able to be used to support the kremlin's in legitimate activity in ukraine and we are watching you.— legitimate activity in ukraine and we are watching you. there are fears that they are — we are watching you. there are fears that they are beginning _ we are watching you. there are fears that they are beginning to _ we are watching you. there are fears that they are beginning to run - we are watching you. there are fears that they are beginning to run out. that they are beginning to run out of steam. the russian currency has for example of a covered most of its

sharp losses from the record level is reached after sanctions against its central bank. as russian bombards ukraine and tries to seize its territory the west responds by detaining assets links to russia and cutting russia off from the global financial system which has squeezed the russian elite but has not yet changed president putin's mind and he will see the rouble is starting to recover because of the flow of hard currency back to russia to pay for its oil and gas. it's effectively filling up again and they can defend their economy. the truth is the — they can defend their economy. ike: truth is the money they they can defend their economy. ii9 truth is the money they are taking in today is no longer filling in their war chest, they are using that money to buy roubles to try to prop up money to buy roubles to try to prop up their economy. we are forcing the kremlin to make choices to choose between supporting the domestic economy and their domestic needs rather than being able to support the war in ukraine. the rather than being able to support the war in ukraine.— the war in ukraine. the russian government _ the war in ukraine. the russian government complains - the war in ukraine. the russian government complains of - the war in ukraine. the russian government complains of total| government complains of total economic war against it but the

message from ukraine's allies is that more financial retaliation against the kremlin is on the way. the queen hasjoined other members of the royal family at a service commemorating the life of her husband the duke of edinburgh, who died last year. the queen arrived arm in arm with prince andrew. this was seen as a public show of support for her son. it was prince andrew's first public appearance since he paid several million pounds to virgina giuffre to settle a civil case she brought against him alleging sexual assault, which he denies. he no longer undertakes royal duties. there was plenty of reaction on social media to this. the huffington post tweeted: "the duke of york had a prominent role in the day's events, just weeks after he settled a sexual abuse lawsuit for millions of dollars." kevin maguire, associate editor of the daily mirror said: "allowing shamed prince andrew to escort the queen was a colossal mistake — my take on using a memorial service to rehabilitate a shunned royal". and the chief political commentator at the i newspaper,

paul waugh, tweeted... "given how carefully planned these events are, it looks like a very deliberate choice by the monarch." here's katie nicholl, royal correspondent for vanity fair, on the significance of the queen choosing prince andrew to escort her into westminster abbey. this was a family service of thanksgiving. of course with an official element too. but, you know, some might say it would look very wrong for his son to not be there. and actually, there was a logistical advantage, i suppose, to andrew being there, in that he was the one who was actually able to help his mother to a seat. but of course any member of the royal family could have done that, and i think a lot of people are asking questions as to why he did have such a high—profile role. what do i think personally? i think it's probably the queen's way of showing what she has shown us up until now, two things, really. she will do things her way, and she is going to stand by her son. for more reaction to the service, here's our royal correspondent sarah campbell. we weren't sure really right up until a couple of hours beforehand whether the queen herself

would arrive at all. it's worth remembering that she had to pull out of a service at westminster abbey two weeks ago, and that's because she'd been suffering these issues of comfort. so, not an illness, but comfort, these mobility issues which have really slowed her down over the last six months. so, it was really only when we saw a picture of the queen leaving windsor castle in a car with prince andrew around about nine o'clock that we knew that she was definitely on her way to the service. and as your commentators were saying there, it was prince andrew who she arrived with. she was walking with a walking stick and she took her seat with him by her side. and then he waited at the end for her to get up to walk out, and he walked her out again. and i think as your commentators were saying, it's been sort of read two ways. there is genuinely the practical element that both of them were coming from windsor castle, so arriving together in a car, you could see a sense of that. and also the fact that he, unlike all the other

members of the family, didn't have a partner to accompany him, didn't have any young children to bring in, which most of the other members of the family did, so there was a certain sense from that. however, i would also say that it wouldn't be surprising that the commentators would put this as being the queen showing support for her son in a very public manner, and if she didn't want to do that, then she wouldn't have had to have had prince andrew walking her up because any other member of royal family could have done it. so i sort of agree that this would've been the queen's decision. there would have been other members of the family who could have done it. so, they would have been well aware of the coverage and interest that would generate, but of course, this memorial was focused on one man, prince philip. tell us more about what we heard about him in the service. absolutely right, and worth saying again that this was very much a family event and it was an event that couldn't have happened last year. so, his funeral last year under the covid restrictions in the country, so the numbers inside the chapel

were limited to just 30 people. whereas this was is 1800 people in westminster abbey. there were members of the duke's wider family and his friends. there was pretty much a representative from every european royalfamily there apart from the king and queen of norway, because the king was diagnosed of covid so they could not be there. and then of course, members of the family, so there four generations of the queen and prince philip's family, all of her children, all of her grandchildren with the exception of prince harry and meghan who had already made public that they weren't going to make it over for this service. and there were five of their great—grandchildren as well. it was a short service. if you want more analysis from outside source, a good place to find it is on twitter — i'm @bbcrosatkins. follow me, you'll see all of our videos, they're usually

quite short with lots packed in. we're posting new material all the time. it has been colder today but it's going to feel colder in the next few days. the really cold currently is across the far north of scotland but as we develop this northerly wind, we'll bring down this colder arctic air which leads to some sleet and snow. although there shouldn't have too much of that. we already had some snow falling in the far north of scotland, and this is a sign of what is to come. the colder air comes behind this band of cloud here. it's bringing mostly rain with some sleet and snow over the hills. that is moving away from scotland into northern parts of england and northern ireland, and behind that we get snow and ice in scotland and frosty conditions. not as cold elsewhere,

we could have some mist and fog patches forming across england and wales and the south. we should get some sunshine in the south west. this is the main band of cloud and rain with sleet and snow over the peaks and pennines, and following that some sunshine and also some wintry showers even into the north east of england. temperatures only around 5 degrees in the afternoon, not much better than that in birmingham and norwich. the last mild air in the far south of england. the wetter weather continues to push its way south and as we dig in colder air behind that, it leads to sleet and snow even across southern parts of england. we start off with some widespread frost and icy patches. the last of the sleet and snow clearing away from the south east on thursday and then sunshine and wintry showers, some of those heavy for northern parts of the uk blown in by a stronger wind coming in from the north or north—east. and these are the temperatures we're looking at, not bad out in the west, but in eastern areas 6—7 degrees and with stronger winds, feeling quite a bit colder than that. probably more of a short sharp shock because the weather calms down a bit on friday as high pressure reduces the number of showers. the winds probably not as strong,

but we start widely frosty with some icy patches. some wintry showers, butjust not as many friday. cloud in northern ireland and in scotland, where we have some rain, sleet and snow over the hills. temperatures typically 8—9 degrees and not quite as chilly this weekend. some wintry showers, butjust not as many friday. cloud in northern ireland and in scotland, where we have some

hello, i'm christian fraser. you're watching context on bbc news. turkey's president hails "signficant progress" at face—to—face talks between russia and ukraine. in istanbul, russian officials said they will "drastically reduce combat operations" around kyiv and the city of chernihiv. it as a redeployment, not a withdrawal.