this is bbc news. i'm samantha simmonds with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. on the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky hails his nation's "year of invincibility" and said it would "do everything to win". translation: it's important for everyone to focus, _ and then we'll have victory because the righteous is on our side. solemn ceremonies are taking place all around the world marking the day — including in the uk, where a minute's silence has been observed. as the fighting continues with no end yet in sight, we report from the front line to assess the impact the conflict has had on ukraine. and the us announces new sanctions and an additional $2 billion support package aimed at helping

the ukrainians in the fight. hello. russia's aim, one year ago, to overwhelm ukraine and take the capital city of kyiv within days, failed. ukrainian resistance has been fierce. and whilst ukraine has lost some ground to russia, it's also defended large parts of the country and on occasions been able to recapture territory which russia has seized. that's come at an immense cost, though. many have died on the battlefield and accusations of war crimes committed by russian troops have shocked the world. president zelensky says the country has endured a year of pain, but that victory is inevitable, with continued western support. our kyiv correspondent, james waterhouse,

reports on how the one—year anniversary was marked. the morning war rained down on ukraine. air raid siren. a shadow with haunting consequences. the once unthinkable playing out as the world looked on. 150,000 russian troops moving in from three directions. ukraine's leader had offers to leave. but he stayed... ..and is still here. this is a bittersweet day for ukraine, a reminder of remarkable survival and extraordinary loss.

i kindly ask everyone to observe a minute of silence in memory of the victims of the aggression. i thank you, mr president. russia doesn't see this as a day worth marking. at the united nations, even a moment of reflection turned into an argument. "we're standing to honour all victims," said the russian ambassador. in kyiv, ukraine's leader is trying to add to his long list of supporters. if victory hasn't arrived to you by this time next year, what do you think the most likely reason for that would be? i don't want to think about it, and you forget all your words. we have to be sure together we are partners. we will win.

where are our aircrafts typhoon? he means the ones britain said it might send. please ask my friend rishi. an unusually long press conference for president zelensky, three hours with the international media. his message — that he is fighting a war for the world, and that he needs their continued support in order to win it. the first promised tanks have been delivered to ukraine from neighbouring poland. it's this kind of hardware which kyiv says it needs to seize the initiative before russia does. james waterhouse, bbc news, kyiv. fierce fighting continues in the east of the country, with heavy losses of troops on both sides. at least 8,000 civilians have been killed, according to the un, which says the true number is likely to be much higher, and ia million ukrainians have been forced to flee. one of russia's key targets is the strategic town of vuhledar

in the donbas region. the latest russian attempt to take the town earlier this month ended in humiliating defeat. from the town, our senior international correspondent, 0rla guerin, with camera operator goktay koraltan, sent this report. deep in the forest near the town of vuhledar, we get a close—up of the war. the daily battle to hold off the russians, who aren't winning, but aren't giving up either. inside the town, ukrainian troops lobbing mortars and obscenities... bleep you, russia! ..moving fast to avoid being targeted themselves.

a once prosperous coal—mining town is now a wasteland. we head towards the front line, with soldiers at the heart of the battle. their commander, codenamed beast, has been up all night fighting. how far away are the nearest russian positions? 0ne kilometre. we move forward carefully. the russians have no line of sight here... ..but they have eyes in the sky. plane. get down, goktay! we've just been told to duck down here now and take cover at the wall. the troops have heard something, possibly a russian drone. the front line is about 500 metres away. they say russian troops

are trying to advance, but they're holding them back. a few hundred souls remain in this broken place, without light or heat, without peace or safety. solace comes in the form of 0leg tkachenko, an evangelical pastor in camouflage gear who braves the shelling to deliver aid. "it's a matter of life or death", he tells me. "we bring bread and water. "the risk is huge, but so is the reward — "saving people's lives." "hang on", he says. "it's one loaf per person." valentyna waits her turn. she's 73 and says she has

nowhere else to go. "we are frightened, of course, but what can we do? "we live with it. "you can't say don't shoot. "they have theirjob. "we have our lives." what was life like here before the invasion? how were things before? "it was good. "the town was quiet, calm and clean. "people worked. we had money. "what can i say? "it was a good town." and there was a good life for many in ukraine, like ruslan and denys, nine—year—old twins, the stars of this family video.

they were side by side always until russian shelling tore them apart. their mother, anastasia, takes me to the park in central ukraine where denys was hit by shrapnel last september. "he was lying next to my legs," she says. "why didn't it hit me? "ruslan was screaming, �*denys, get up!”' on his grave, this photo, taken two days before his death. ruslan cannot accept his best friend is gone. he sends himself messages from denys�*s phone. that piece of shrapnel will follow him through life... ..and follow her.

0ne family, one loss, one year of russia's war. 0rla guerin, bbc news, eastern ukraine. melinda haring, senior fellow at the atlantic council, outlined how the conflict will play out in the coming months. look, ukraine can win and ukraine has the will to win, but it's really a matter of how long the west will continue to supply the ukrainians with the arms they need. george barros at isw said it very well today. he said 2023 will be the year of ukrainian counteroffensive and it will be a series of counteroffensives if the west provides the weapons that the ukrainians need. but all eyes are really on artillery. many people are concerned that the ukrainians will not have enough artillery of the year goes on.

how much do they need and where will it come from? we've seen the us commit huge amounts of money and resources. is the us now key to them winning this? the us is absolutely key. the us is the biggest supplier of assistance, supplier of assistance, so what we do others will follow. but don't diminish the role of britain and poland in particular. the brits and poles have really stuck their necks out and led the coalition in particular on tanks, i think they will lead the coalition on fighterjets as well. it's not right to call it a stalemate yet. one of the generals calls it a slugfest. it's really about getting ukraine weapons they need because. because the russian forces are not very strong. your defence ministry assesses that 97% of the russian army is deployed in ukraine already.

there are not a lot of reservists ukraine can call upon. president zelensky has been asking forjets since the start of this. president biden appeared to have ruled it out. request for f—16 fighter jets. how keen is superiority to defeat russia? ukrainians need jets. the russians still don't have air superiority, so ukraine so ukraine is a large country and it needs more air defences. experts will say you can't have enough systems to cover the entire country. they really need jets and long—range rockets in order to finally push russia out. president zelensky appears to be welcoming china's talk of putting forward a proposal for a cheese fire.

do you believe china could ask as an honest broker? absolutely not. the chinese are playing a double game. if the chinese are playing a double game.— the chinese are playing a double game. if you look at what they — double game. if you look at what they put _ double game. if you look at what they put forth. - if you look at what they put forth, no one is an aggressor, and they're echoing kremlin talking points. we know that the chinese have been giving a number of non—lethal assistance to the russians and they're considering giving legal assistance as well. so, no, they are not a neutral actor at all. russia is facing another round of western sanctions, a year after the invasion of ukraine began. the european union announced a tenth round of measures shortly after the united states imposed further restrictions on more than 100 russian individuals and businesses. leaders of the g7 group of richest economies have warned they'll punish any countries that help russia evade sanctions, with the united kingdom announcing export bans on every item russia has been found using on the battlefield to date. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, addressed the united nations. here's what he had to say.

members of this council should not fall into the false equivalency of calling on both sides to stop fighting or calling on other nations to stop supporting ukraine in the name of peace. no member of this council should call for peace while supporting russia's war on ukraine and on the un charter. in this war, there is an aggressor and there is a victim. russia fights for conquest. ukraine fights for its freedom. if russia stops fighting and leaves ukraine, the war ends. if ukraine stops fighting, ukraine ends. meanwhile, in moscow, there has been a distinct lack of coverage in the russian media marking the anniversary of the war. 0ur russia editor, steve rosenberg, has been keeping across things. it was really interesting today that the one—year anniversary of the war didn't make the headlines, really. in the news bulletins — i was watching russian state tv earlier today — and they talked about

the situation in ukraine and the war there, but they didn't really mention the anniversary. they sort of glossed over the fact that this special military operation that vladimir putin launched one year ago did not achieve its original aim, which was a swift victory for the kremlin. it did not go according to plan. it's resulted in heavy russian military casualties — the kremlin�*s had to mobilise people, dropping hundreds of thousands of russian citizens into the army — and that wasn't mentioned today on tv. this is bbc news. the headlines. 0n the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky hails his nation's "year of invincibility" and said it would "do everything to win". rallies have been held across the world in support of ukraine. one has taken place in berlin at the brandenburg gate. 0ur correspondent

jenny hill was there. here in the centre of berlin, a symbol of the brutality of this war. behind me, you can see a tank which has been brought here by demonstrators. they say it came from just outside of bucha and they've positioned it right outside the russian embassy. its gun is pointing at the front door. there's a very sombre atmosphere here — people coming, standing, very quietly staring at the tank, taking pictures on their phones, of course, but also having their own quiet moments of reflections. a little earlier, i saw a woman, her hands clasped apparently in prayer. this year, this war has profoundly changed germany. first of all, 1 million people fled ukraine and came here as refugees, many of them still living here temporarily, waiting for the day when it finally safe when it's finally safe for them to go home. but secondly, germans themselves have, for many,

felt a really profound shift in attitude. this is a country which has long considered itself to have a special responsibility because of the atrocities committed in its name during the second world war. its leaders in many of its people believe that a pacifist its leaders and many of its people believe that a pacifist foreign policy is important, that the policy rather than that diplomacy rather than involvement in wars should be the priority. a year ago, it would've been unthinkable for germany to send weapons into an active conflict zone. and yet, after admittedly a great deal of hesitation and soul—searching, that's exactly what this country is now doing. a little earlier, the german president gave a speech, in which he condemned vladimir putin's actions, saying that they were an attack on the lessons learned from the first and second world wars. frank—walter steinmeier said that vladimir putin had already lost — a man who killed people,

had already lost — a man, he says, who kills people, who bombed cities, who kidnapped children and left his own soldiers to die senselessly could never go down in the history books as a victor. elsewhere, there were protests, too. people gathered in the spanish capital madrid waving ukrainian flags and lighting candles to show their solidarity with the people of ukraine. in denmark, people gathered in front of the russian embassy in copenhagen to protest against the war. demonstrators gathered in front of the united nations headquarters in new york. they said they wanted to remind the un leaders that they must end the war of russia against ukraine. 0ksana mishchanchuk was one of the refugees from ukraine who attended the demonstration at the un. i feel very, very sorry, because in this year there was a lot of tears, a lot of cry, a lot of died people. of cry, a lot of died people, a lot of refugees, millions of refugees,

and a lot of horror. but, i also want to state that this year, also, it's a lot of support from all the world. let's get some of the day's other news. the number of people killed by the catastrophic earthquakes in turkey and northern syria has risen above 50,000. civil defence workers in syria have called for more international help to save children injured in the disaster. large parts of southern california are being hit with wintry weather as a storm system moves through the region. a blizzard warning for ventura county and los angeles county mountains remains in effect until saturday afternoon. a flash flood warning has also been issued for much of the la area. floods and landslides in brazil are now known to have killed at least 5a people, with about 30 still missing. most of those killed were in and around sao sebastiao in sao paulo state. more than a month's worth of rain fell in 2a hours last weekend. there are fresh hopes that a new deal on post—brexit trade rules for northern ireland

could be announced in the coming days. it follows a call between the british prime minister rishi sunak and the european commission president ursula von der leyen which was described as positive. back to ukraine now, and it should have been hosting this year's eurovision song contest — the world's largest music event. for the first time, a black male — who's originally from nigeria — has been chosen as part of the group who will fly the blue and yellow flag at the competition, hoping to bring glory to ukraine for the second year running. 0ur eurovision reporter, daniel rosney, reports. tvorchi! tvorchi, the ukrainian electronic music duo made up of andrew and jeffrey. their song, heart of steel, inspired by the resilience # tell you how i feel...#

russian soldiers bombarded the complex, taking control. trapping around 1,000 ukrainians for weeks. the band say the song is about knowing when to stand up for yourself and showing strength. you are not the typical ukrainian act, so what was that like, then, to get the public vote and the support from ukraine to say you two, we want you to be our representative at the world's biggest stage? we did not even expect to win, you know, wejust kind of went jeffrey moved from nigeria to ukraine about ten years ago and met andrew at university. so i came like hey, like i tapped his shoulder and said you know what? let's talk, i would like to check out my english skills and i can help you improve your ukrainian ones

if you're interested in, so that is how our friendship started, from just the tap on the shoulder. i did this once in my life and now this is one decision that i even cannot explain. in december, a drab metro station turned bomb shelter was transformed into this brightly lit tv studio the competition that tvorchi won. we definitely had fun, but you know, at the same time, we were pretty sick because of how cold it was down there and the trains were passing by as well. kalush orchestra's victory at last year's eurovision brought pride at a time of pain. in may, when the united kingdom hosts the competition on behalf of last year's winners, tvorchi are hoping to show the 160 million watching at home a different side to ukraine. it's really a huge opportunity, of course, you know, to showcase what ukraine is about, what our music is about, but, you know, like i said,

we're just there to have some fun and do the best we can. we will see you in liverpool. we are coming for you. # cos i've got- a heart of steel #. daniel rosney, bbc news. in the year since the russian invasion of ukraine, those displaced by the war have had to deal with the trauma of leaving their homes and their country. for one group of women, a way of coping with that is through embroidery. 75 of them have spent nine months creating a huge tapestry— which tells the stories of what they have experienced. when you're doing it, you're concentrated on the colours, on the textures. it calm me down. it was a kind of meditation. give me opportunity not to think about the problems, and what is going on at home.

it is healing. this should be made as an embroidery because, to me, it almost looks like it's 3—d. we've created a 100 panel tapestry based on paintings of maria prymachenko, famous ukrainian artist. this project found me in the most difficult times. this project found me - in the most difficult times. i felt broken. - i felt disappointed. i felt angry. l i felt scared. when you're abroad, l you miss your country. you miss your culture. you miss your people. j and, of course, this beautiful art, it just connects you. - embroider, it's really our culture and tradition. so, we studied how to do that at school. we saw how our grannies did it. i have done two pictures, the lark and also the flowers. and that's give you such a good feelings, you know, some hope for the future. and this project

unite all of us. this artwork, the people who created it are incredibly strong, creative and resilient. quite often, they were staying in temporary accommodation, somebody else's kitchen or a hostel or a shelter. and to look at this work and to think of how they've done it, it's just mind—blowing. the women who've spent months stitching memories about the war in ukraine. ukraine has unveiled a new postage stamp to mark the one—year anniversary of the war. the stamp depicts a boy defeating a adult man injudo — the image draws from putin, who's a black belt in judo, and the young fighter is ukrainian. �*get lost putin�* is added to the lower, left part of the stamp. kyiv residents queued at post offices to purchase the new stamps. you can reach me on twitter —

i'm @samanthatvnews. that's it for me at the moment. thanks for watching. hello there. on friday, we had some sunny spells that worked southwards across the uk through the day. lovely end of the day in cumbria. see the blue skies and the setting sun here. wasn't like that everywhere, though. across northeast scotland, we certainly had a lot of cloud, and that cloud thick enough to bring some showers. now, i'm talking about this cloud here in aberdeenshire. that cloud is actually from this cloud sheet you can see here in the north sea. now, this cloud sheet is really very extensive, and if i put on the winds that are blowing that cloud long, those winds will take that cloud sheet in across eastern areas of the country. the big problem is the computer models really aren't doing very well with this cloud. you can see it's nowhere near extensive enough. but i think over the next few hours, we are going to see that cloud sheets come in across northern and eastern scotland, eastern areas of england, running right up

to the pennines, i think, and probably across the east midlands and into parts of east anglia as well. that will keep the frost at bay for these areas. but, further west, we are looking at clear skies and it's going to be a cold night with temperatures down to about “4. now, bear in mind, i think it will be a cloudy day across northern and eastern scotland, and for much of the day, eastern england. a cloud thick enough for an occasional shower and there'll be a cold northeasterly wind as well. the best of any sunshine will be further west, so, will be further west, so west england, wales, northern ireland and west scotland not faring too badly. temperatures, perhaps, actually, close to average or a little bit below even, but it will feel chilly in those cold northeasterly winds. now, heading into the second half of the weekend, the area of high pressure bringing this relatively quiet weather is here to stay. the winds not quite as strong, but they'll be coming straight up the thames estuary, adding to the chill in london. and, once again, there will be extensive cloud across these eastern areas tending to work

inland at times. but again, it's the western side of the british isles that will have the best of the breaks in the cloud and the best in the day's sunshine. temperatures 7 or 8 celsius. now, into next week, this area of high pressure isn't going to move very far, very fast. the winds change direction a little bit and that will kind of tend to change where the sunny breaks are, but again, i think probably western england, west and wales will have some of the best breaks on monday, perhaps a little bit more in the way of cloud filtering through the central belt of scotland. and the largely dry and quiet weather continues for most of next week, with temperatures running more or less near average for the time of year. that's the latest.

this is bbc news. the headlines. 0n the first anniversary of russia's invasion of ukraine, president zelensky has praised his nation's �*year of invincibility.�* he insisted that dispite, thousands of deaths on the battlefield — and accusations of war crimes by the russian troops that have shocked the world — victory was inevitable. a series of ceremonies took place around the world to mark the anniversary — including in the uk where a minute's silence was observed. ukraine's western allies have again pledged to help kyiv repel the russian invasion. with another two billion dollars�* worth of weaponry. in moscow — there was a lack of coverage of the anniversary — or any acknowledgement that russia is facing a further round of western sanctions.