it's 8:00, this is sky news breakfast, and these are top stories. moving towards kyiv, new intelligence suggests the bulk of russia's ground forces are just 25 kilometers from the ukrainian capital. as russian forces head closer to kyiv, six people are injured, during missile strikes east of the city. [noise] well this was the scene,

as the sun rose over the capitol earlier, gunfire and explosions echoing around the city. ukraine says russia is transitioning to a new stage of terror as president zelenskyy accuses truce of kidnapping the mayor of the city of -- as ukraine continues to call for a no-fly zone, and more help from the west, president biden issues a stark warden about what's happens. >> just understand, don't kid yourself, no matter what y'all say, that's called world war iii. >> bids for chelsea fc go into extra time, with potential buyers given an extra three days to get their offers in, as a roman abramovich was sanctioned. and at quarter to will have a final run through the papers, with the anthropologist mary-ann ochota, and the former editor of the daily star, don eastman.

morning all, it is now more than two weeks into vladimir putin's invasion of ukraine. new intelligence suggests that the bulk of russia's ground forces, are now just 15 and a half miles from the capital, kyiv. satellite imagery from the u.s. camp company maxar suggests that they are actually fire military through residential areas, as they move tanks through the ukrainian capital. all this, as president zelenskyy who suggested vladimir putin is advancing to a new stage of terror. accusing russian forces of kidnapping the mayor of the city of mariupol. >> the -- 25 kilometers, 15 and a half miles from the center of the capital. 's heavy fighting in the northwest of the city continues. it comes as the ukrainian foreign ministry accuses russian forces of violating

international law. and kidnapping the mayor of melitopol, president zelenskyy says it vladimir putin is trying to enter into a new stage of terror. it also claims of the efforts to deliver aid to the deceased -- corridors. those who ukrainian forces will try again today to deliver food and medicine. of course, with the ukrainians want, is a no-fly zone. president biden has reaffirmed his intention not to impose one, warning that a direct confrontation between nato and russia, is world war iii. skies sally lockwood reports. >> for evidence russian forces are getting closer to the capital, look no further than bomb departments and homes east of kyiv. six people were injured in the strike here, dozens more have lost simply, everything. newly-released images has shown russian advance on kyiv, once

again, in the past 24 hours. u.s. satellite company maxar, say they captured troops actively firing artillery towards residential areas. and what is thought to be the first kidnap of an official, ukrainian authorities say the mayor of melitopol, has been abducted by russian troops. this cctv shows a man being led away by -- from the city's registry office. >> in melitopol, the invaders capture the mayor of the city, even for adolf, -- and the people of his community. obviously, this is a sign of the weakness of the invaders. they did not find any support in our land, although they counted on it. they have switched to a new stage of terror. >> while russia's attacks across the country are widening, the kremlin has a track record of using chemical weapons, and concern is growing that could

be next. when the nerve agent sarin was used against people in syria, the world watched all in horror. but the west failed to retaliate. russia appear repeatedly blamed terror groups for the atrocities, and the un security council has voiced concerns that russia is creating a similar false pretext, and head of a chemical attack in the ukraine. >> russia asked the security council for today's meeting for the sole purpose of lying and spreading disinformation, and that is exactly what you have heard from the russian pr this morning. the pressure is now on president biden to respond, but he has won state gavin ruled out enforcing a no-fly zone. >> just understand, don't kid yourself, no matter what you all say, that is called world war three. >> the inescapable truth and all this, it is the west cannot protect the ukrainian people

from this pain and suffering. unwilling to confront russia militarily, for fear of a wider war in europe. it's unclear at would point nato would step in. but putin seems hell-bent to test this to its limits. sally lockwood, sky news. >> well, as russian troops edge ever closer, kyiv has woken up once again to the soundtrack of war. [noise] >> as dawn broke, gunshots and explosions could be heard, fighting a certainly intensified in the city suburbs, between ukrainian and russian forces. so let's get ourselves the very latest on the crisis from on the ground. joining me from the eastern ukrainian city of lviv, alistair bunkall, from the southern port city of odessa, nick martin, and in the polish capital of warsaw, a hub for

refugees fleeing the conflict, lisa holland. good to see all of you, but alistair let's turn to you first for an overview of what we have seen overnight. certainly, the latest information suggesting that it could be a slow advance of russians looking to circle kyiv. >> yes, i think that's absolutely right. they have, in their morning update, outside the it in from his column, about 40 kilometers long, they got bogged down for many days. now that the weather has cleared a little bit, new satellite imagery has been obtained that looks like that column has dispersed somewhat, which means the russians have probably successfully taken out some of the vehicles and redistributed them around the ukrainian capital. nonetheless, the ukrainian armed forces have done a very, very good job, not only so in that column down, but destroyed many of the vehicles within it. but, it speaks, really, to what looks to be the russian

strategy at the moment, and that is to encircle the capital, as it has done with other cities like mariupol, and probably strangle it over a number of days, and use rather than ground forces that have been pretty effective thus far, things like artillery barrages to pummeled towns and cities into submission. and, errol raid sirens in the middle of the night, waking outs up here and across the country, as the fear of more russian airstrikes still persists. and, so the grinding war goes on, but it is a grinding war that is seeing russia solely advancing, for now, despite the very brave ukrainian resistance. >> alistair, thank you, let's move on to a dustup where we will find nick martin. nick, odessa clearly a strategic target for -- preparing for them. >> yeah, that's right, odessa is and always has been high on

the list for vladimir putin. it is a keyport on the black sea. it used to be the jewel in the crown of the soviet union, and it would be strategically and mitt militarily a very key city for vladimir putin, and his military forces to seize, because it would effectively cut off ukraine from the sea. it would give the russians a lot more power over what comes in and out of this country. we know that there is fighting. two or so hours up the road east, and mykolaiv, they have been constantly shuttling that city for a few days now. we know that there has been shelling overnight. that, again, another key port city. and so that effort to try to cut off from the black sea is well underway. and they are preparing, unfortunately, for a similar thing here at odessa. yesterday, we are down on the beach and watching volunteers filling sandbags. they filled 350,000 of them in

the last two weeks, and they are now fortifying shop fronts and buildings and cultural sites. the opera house. and there are barricades on all of the streets. those big hire and crosses that are designed to stop the flow of tanks coming down the street. there are soldiers everywhere, and they are very resilient, they're saying that the russians won't even come here, i spoke to an old man on the street who said that we will send the russians back. but the fact is, that odessa is on vladimir putin's list, and we know that the fighting and the shelling is getting closer. and people here are just bracing themselves, here in the humanitarian aid station yesterday, a place that just three weeks ago was a kind of trendy food hall, is now preparing itself to bring casualties, food, first aid kits. when we were filming, the air raid sirens went off, we were assured down into the basement, and a lot of young people and volunteers sat there for about

half an hour listening to a guy playing on a guitar, well eager to grow in the corner was crying. there's a lot of uncertainty here, and so the city, i have to say this morning, it is very quiet. but when you take a walk around, it is quite unbelievable to see the barricades, and the fortifications, and the troops in the tanks, preparing for what might come to odessa, potentially in the next few days. so we have unconfirmed reports of russian warships, just off the coast here in the black sea. there are some sightings from western crimea, not far from here, the suggested they'd seen mvp as boats off the coast. that could suggest that the russian army would mountainous sold from the beaches, here, which is why they are being very cautious, and they are looking out to the black sea, wondering whether those russian forces will attack from their, or possibly from the east. >> let's leave a counselor now, and a head over to the polish

border to warsaw, we will find lisa holland. lisa, you are speaking yesterday about the huge number of refugees that were pouring over the border, and the problems that's creating. i suspect in the 24 hours since we last spoke, things haven't gotten any better? >> no, and in fact, while there is actually no doubt it tall as two there been a warm welcome here, and real empathy for what people are going through, those who fled across the border. the authorities are not trying to trust it up as anything else, other than the fact that they are under a huge amount of pressure. in fact, the mayor have been tweeting, saying things are getting more and more difficult by the day. and that just about sums it up, really. this is not a crisis that is just kind of happened, and now they're dealing with the aftermath. this is ongoing, this is an emergency, and more and more people are arriving. it's almost kind of difficult to keep track of the numbers. we know that two and a half million people have poured over the borders into neighboring countries, and the lion's share have come here to poland. and what that means is that,

along with volunteers, and the authorities in warsaw, they need to literally kind of pick up the pieces of people who are getting off and trains, and buses, absolutely exhausted, crossing the border, you've got people coming over on cars, walking over. so they literally kind of need something to eat, something to drink, somewhere to sleep. so that's kind of the initial emergency couple of days, but then it's only just begun, because most of the people that i've been talking to here, don't want to go on to another country. it's not like a kind of normal migration crisis, or people say, right, i want to rebuild my life and end up in the uk, because i've got relatives there, or something like that. some people, of course, do have relatives, but most people just kind of wanted to stay put here, so they can get back home as quickly as possible. the key thing, of course, is as we all know by now, the men, the husband's, the brothers, the fathers, they have stayed behind. so, women and children, here, this is a women and children

refugee crisis. they want to get back home, and they are absolutely frantic and worried sick, and just trying to get a text message or something, which says to them. look, we're okay, our house is okay. we've spoken to a lot of people who had a message to say, our house is gone, i can't get a hold of my husband, my husband is in the army, etc, etc. it goes on and on. so in a nutshell, the authorities here or having to kind of pick up the pieces with all of that, to the point now that there is talk of trying to bust people to other cities, and inevitably there will be questions from the polish government, for what the rest of europe can do now to support poland. >> lisa holland in warsaw, and of course alistair bunkered in -- let's speak now to the shadow education secretary, brigitte phillips and. good morning to you miss phillips and, and of course plenty to talk about, and indeed as regards your brief. i hope you don't mind if we talk about ukraine just for a few moments.

looking at what we have witnessed over the past 24 to 48 hours, vladimir putin starting to talk up the use of chemical weapons, and artillery bombing in clearly residential areas, attacks on maternity wards. do you see this coming to a conclusion, other than a very very bloody one, anytime soon? >> what we see is shocking and horrifying, seems that we're seeing of civilians being targeted, of women and maternity hospitals being targeted. it's horrifying to watch. we do stand behind the government and providing all necessary support to the ukrainian government. be that military or practical support. we do think it's right that we do need to see further action when it comes to sanctions, because we do think that will be an effective means of bringing pressure to bear on putin and his cronies. for too long, we've allowed money to be pushed through london and through britain, in a way that is not completely unacceptable. so we welcome the steps the

government has taken to bring that to bear, the economic sanctions that are necessary. we think they need to go, further and we need a much more straightforward and simple process to support those people fleeing war. >> just on sanctions, of course, the most i can shake over the past couple of games from roman abramovich. the prime minister misspoke about a week ago when he announced roman abramovich had falsely been placed on the sanctions list. why, in your mind, has it taken so long. >> this is been going on for years, all of this, and we've been calling for actions for years, it shouldn't have taken the invasion of ukraine in order for the government to acts. but, we recognize where we are, we will work with constructively with government around that. but there are still steps that should be taken, right now, we're still lagging behind, with the legislation passing through parliament, it must be toughened up. we want to see greater transparency around shell companies, around ownership of property, where it's hidden, where it's been directly connected to putin's regime.

that will be an effective means of bringing pressure to bear, and hopefully, but we all want to see, is a de-escalation of the conflict, and the way to get to a settlement. >> what with the labour party to, with regards to these situations. you report this morning that there are logjam of applications moving through the system? what is labor's position on that. you are not suggesting, as some countries have done elsewhere in europe, that we open the borders. >> we need a simple sanctuary order for those who have family members in the uk, but also those who need to make their home here temporarily. i think we've all seen the people being forced to flee war in conflict, and i know just at the british people will want to help, and provide support during that time. we can do simple checks to make sure we are monitoring, and clear about the people of arrived, so we have the right support put in place. but i'm not the only member of parliament having been contacted by people, and family members, stuck in poland, desperately trying to navigate

what is still a very bureaucratic and slow process, to bring loved ones across to the uk, for a limited period of time, as we just heard from your report, there, most people do want to stay closer to home, in the hope that they can go back as quickly as possible. but, what we need right now, in the midst of this terrible conflict, it is a simple, straightforward sanctuary city. >> last one on this. i do promise. i'm asking cabinet and shadow cabinet, and minister i speak to at the moment. would you be prepared to open your doors, the doors to your home have and have a ukrainian family stay with you. >> we're not asking individuals to do that, i don't think it comes down to that individual responses, about the wider action we need to see from all of them. we've seen amazing generosity from people right across our country, whether that's raising money off of handing donations, in order to help those who are fleeing the conflicts. that's why the government has to step with their side, and make sure we have that simple sanctuary scheme, so those flame can get the support they

deserve. >> let's move on to your brief of course, your first speech a little bit later to today, as a shadow education sector. it's all about putting education at the heart of our ambition for britain. as the son of two teachers, i'm always open to talking about ways we can improve our schools. whether you're in government or opposition, at the moment, getting schools back on track is a mammoth task. >> it's incredibly important. and today i'm setting out how labor will make sure we put education at the heart of our vision for britain. we've seen the terrible destruction of the pandemic, and the impact that has had on children's learning and development. that is why we've got a really ambitious program for children recovery, that will have mental health support, tutoring, and schools open breakfast clubs for children. the government of brought forward an antiquated offer, that doesn't match the scale of the challenge that we faced. it really is a question of supporting a generation of children, who have already gone into the pandemic was living behind, but the pandemic really

risks exacerbating all those problems, and that inequality within the system. we want every child a new person to be able to go to a local state school, have a range of opportunities and experiences, and abroad curriculum, that's what i'll be say more about today. >> it sounds like you had us secondary education level is similar to mine. i just said, this is normal school, subsequently i look back, and my local comprehensive was absolutely fantastic. but given what we have seen, with covid, with the destruction to lessen, plans to exams, the stress that everyone has been under. and we're right in the middle of a war in europe, for goodness sick. is it at all possible, that we can bring schools back up to a level that they once were at, anytime soon? >> one of the great things about the liberty to be shadow education minister, all the time i get to speak with children and young people in the schools, and meeting our fantastic teachers, supports

staff, and school leaders, and they're really ambitious about the future for our children, but what we need is a government that will match that. i had a brilliant education, a degree of local state school. i went to accept every child, i want all children have that range of experiences, a real focus on the basis. we need to get them right, but also art, music, and culture. i think, also, greater emphasis on supporting children's mental health and well-being coming out of the pandemic. that is what parents told me they want us to be focused on, and that's why the government is failing our children with the inadequate plans they put forward. whereas labor has a clear plan as to how we are going to support all of our children to thrive and prosper. it is vital to the success of our country, as well as being right for our children. >> bridget phillips and, nice to see this morning, thanks for joining us. time for a quick look at the weather. >> look forward to brighter skies, the weather, sponsored

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, sky news understands the bidders for chelsea fc have been given extra time to submit offers, following the british government's decision to sanction roman abramovich. all this following another turbulent day a strand for bridge, reports of the club had several of its bank accounts temporarily suspended. our sports presenter jacquie beltrao, is here to take us through exactly what is going on to the moment. as far as i understand, it chelsea are incredibly limited in what they can do, until the sale goes through. >> absolutely, it's often like they've had handcuffs put on them, they've got a huge wage bill that is 28 million pounds a month, with which they've gotta meet that wage bill, they've been told that the players will be paid. but they can't sign you take it, so you can get revenue from that, they can receive money from tv companies, so they can receive their premier league money, and their champions league money, but they're not allowed to use that to pay the

players. you can't even sell match day programs, they made match day programs for tomorrow, but they can employ any sellers to sell them, so that doesn't bring that much money. everything is infected, i'm not even sure if you'll be able to buy a pie there tomorrow. we will know soon enough. very much hamstrung, i think the sail needs to go through quickly, will a buyer get it for a bargain price, abramovich put a three billion found price take on this club. and now we're talking around just over two billion. for offers. i think they'll also have to get a special permit from the government to make this sale go through, but the players must be worried. you've got players that are contracted at the end of the season, and those negotiations will be happening about now. you've got people like we cesar azpilicueta, out of contract, the widows players do, they assume they're not gonna get you one, did they just move on? but about people who had youth

contracts, do they move on and get their worth somewhere else. what about the youngsters who have come to the academy, who might have gotten a professional contracted into the season? and what about the academy? that costs money to run, it's an excellent academy, really sort of set up by abramovich. what happens to that, if they've got no money. will this club go into the ground? it's not in the interest of the government to do that. it's a big part of society, it's been there for a very long time, chelsea, nobody wants to see it go to ground. apart from the rivals, whom by one of the one of those top four places, that chelsea currently occupy, but there's a lot of uncertainty around the moment. even thomas tuchel, who seems unflappable, is in a state of i have no idea what is going to happen next. >> to understand the situation, it's very difficult to see where it's going, where it's headed.

it's maybe impossible so in the end we stick to the mantra, to live in the moment and where we are. it's not easy but it's out of our control. it makes things sometimes more difficult but sometimes also maybe easier to accept that we cannot do anything in the moment. and to wait and constantly adapt. >> so, the investment -- on the preferred buyer there are several airlines. was good to see about that match tomorrow in newcastle home is the fans are told not to chant -- which they did when they're meant to be clapping for ukraine last week. and thomas to call was not very happy about that at all. we told him not to chances name, i wonder if they will because to a lot of fans he has rescue their club. and they're not gonna forget that very easily. no one forgets five premier league titles -- they're not gonna forget that

overnight. >> yeah, i don't think a either of us or wondering whether there meant to be. safe >> is it tainted now, everything they've won? is it now tainted because of the money used to get those successes? >> -- jacqui thank you very much indeed. meanwhile, as the war in ukraine heads into a third week, can you believe it? global companies to cut their ties with russia. just the latest, the cigarette maker brush american tobacco. they said they're leaving their country due to concern about the safety of their employees. charlotte -- who's been following the story for us, she's in the newsroom. morning again, charlotte. just walk us through the decision-making process by which -- big company, big market, they just don't think it's worth it anymore. >> absolutely, actually just two days ago they stopped short of saying they were going to halt sales in russia. but it seems as if they change their mind. they've done a u-turn. and they have said that they will be withdrawing the company from russia.

and the reasons they've cited for this decision is that is for their ethos and their values. and that the operations can continue in the current environment. and they join the likes of nestle a, but mcdonald's, coca-cola have also quick russia. and british american tobacco wouldn't have taken this decision lightly. ukraine and russia to account for about 3% of its revenue, it's a smaller percentage of its profits. while that might not sound a lot, russia really is a key growth market for many of these global firms. and russia, for its part, has said well i don't think it's gonna make it easy for these international firms. they are planning to be able to try and seize western companies assets. they said that they are looking at plans which could find legally viable ways to seize international firms. >> charlotte, thanks very much indeed. still to come on sky news will.

have much more on the latest from ukraine, the ministry of defense warning that russian forces have moved even closer to kyiv. yeah

>> welcome back. a reminder, to our stop story's, moving towards kyiv the new intelligence suggests the bulk of russians ground forces are just 15 and a half miles from the ukrainian capital. ukraine says russia is transitioning to a new stage of terror. presidents ellen ski accusing troops of kidnapping the mayor of -- and president biden says an intervention and a new fly zone over ukraine results in world war iii. but with russian troops

repositioning and moving closer to the center of kyiv, fighting and shelling is increasing across the country. from the outskirts of kyiv, our special correspondent alex crawford reports. >> russian tanks and other armored vehicles in an eastern suburb of kyiv, now abandoned and damaged by gleefully driven by the ukrainians who have ambush them and push the troops into retreat. but this is demonstrable evidence the russian ministry is on the move and trying several different routes to get into the capital. ukrainians are grasping this as an opportunity to emphasize just how capable they are of defending their main city. the drone footage for these by ukraine's armed forces is now being lauded as a tremendous military defense. in the footage, the russians come under repeated attack with soldiers running for cover. rockets frantically fired in this built up area. it's the main eastern highway lead it directly into the

center of the capital. the battle has left military debris scattered all over the unity five road which may also help in hindering russian progress. you can still see smoke in the distance where the russian tanks managed to get to. they're trying to hold them back but they're very worried that they're gonna try to make a push from here or again try down this main road into ovary. but the activity around the capital's outskirts has definitely picked up over the past 24 hours. [noise] these pictures film by journalist with ukrainian soldiers appear to show the troops under fire as they engage their russian counterparts. apparently in the village in the greater kyiv area. we were invited to see some of the casualties in grover, a number of them children. including a 14 year old girl shot walls playing in a car with her family. the bullets hit her hand and shoulder.

she's only a teenager and was with her four-year-old brother, grandmother, and parent. we were driving down the main road from my grandmother, she says. and they just started shooting at us. her father surigae had part of his hand blown away. he and his family are lucky to survive. he told us that the russian troops he seemed very panicky. to me they were scared, he said. and they shot everything that moved. there is increased tension around the capitol and soldiers are wary of everyone. they suspected russian saboteurs maybe posing as journalist. >> he's russian journalist. >> and they're on the hunt for one in particular. the hospital staff are edgy two and a found themselves treating some soldiers, but overwhelmingly their patients or civilian casualties. it's very hard physically and emotionally, he says. to see young people being crippled and dying for no reason.

satellite pictures appear to show the huge russian military convoy repositioning, apparently regrouping to encircle the capital before launching a prolonged attack on the city center, probably within days. but the man with hero status in ukraine for raising millions to to support their armed forces insist the ready. >> we will fight from every window. we will fight from every basement. we will have enough -- thanks for our allies from united kingdom, from the united states. so, they will lose tags every street, every block, every crossroad. >> there are more and more barricades going up in and around the capitol. they are digging trenches. and this is in the middle of the city. although we're not showing the location for security reasons. either way, soldiers and civilians are preparing for either attack or siege.

they have created a whole network of these trenches. as much as protection, but also from where they can mount fighting positions. [noise] they've been taken on russian troops around several points on the edges of the capital, but there is a growing expectation that the city is headed into a very grim few days or weeks. alex crawford, sky news, kyiv. >> a live music venue in london has launched an appeal aimed at raising money for the british red cross working in ukraine. here to tell us a little bit more about it tristan mott fit, the operation director at the piano works. good to see you this morning, tristan. it must be an early start for you. tell us just a little bit about the appeal and why the hospitality industry is getting behind the efforts to support those in ukraine. >> thank you for having me on. yeah, good morning. basically, like millions of

people across the country and thousands of business, we are -- for the people of ukraine for the that i've had their lives turned upside down by this terrible situation. so the piano works is a business spearheading campaign where we're calling on all -- hospitality industry to come together to raise money for ukraine. in short, the piano works were going to be asking our guests to donate an optional one pound per dining -- to ukraine and we will match their donations. pound for pound. so we're hoping to raise about 4000 pounds a week. and if that's just too venues and we unite the whole industry together, imagine with thousands of venues could do. and so, we're really trying to do our bit to show support and solidarity for the people of ukraine. and we've also released a

charity single and all of our donations and streaming of the charity single, which is our cover, are very talented musicians did, a cover of marrow by mariah carey or money raised will go to the british red cross and their fantastic efforts to help poor people of ukraine. >> yeah, i mean tristan, calling on everyone to donate that would be great enough, but a charity single as well, that would be great. you've also invented to cocktails. this is right up my alley. tell me a little bit more about those. >> yeah, we've invented to cocktails which we are going to charge eight pounds of pop, and we're gonna give -- >> am i gonna have to reconsider now, sorry. the scotsman kicks in. >> so we are gonna donate two pounds of every cocktail to charity as well. and we've called one sound flower power, because that's the national flower of ukraine.

and we called the other one sky above brain, because their flag is obviously blue and yellow which represents blue skies and freedom. and also the grain, the wheat fields, that characterized our country. they're blue and yellow cocktails and we're going to be selling them and donating the proceeds towards the piano works ukraine appeal. >> tristan, we wish you well with the fund raising efforts and i certainly hope that much of the hospitality does fall in behind you. i wonder if i can be slightly cheeky and ask you a more general question about what has been going on in ukraine. we obviously understand with covid and so on, the hospitality industry has been through the wringer of late, but i'm particularly when it's come to staffing and staff retention, we have millions of people literally millions of people fleeing ukraine at the moment, trying to make their way to various parts of europe and the world. they would be welcomed here,

wouldn't they, with welcome arms to come and work and not just hospitality but the help service. many many other industries where they're kind of staff shortages. >> exactly. well we wish to support the people of ukraine suffering in their own country as refugees and people who hopefully be allowed into the uk. we want to give them light, we want to give them income, hospitalities a great environment to learn english. it's a great informant to learn service skills. and you know, we want to help these people rebuild their lives. because there is a staff shortage crisis not just across our sector but across many sectors in industries in this country. and i believe that we can help these people who come to the uk rebuild their lives and get their dignity and pride back. tristan mott it, i two pianos, at the piano works. thanks so much for joining. us >> thank you very much.

all the best. >> the rarely spotted double piano. we're fast approaching quarter to nine, coming up after the break, we'll have a final run through the papers, with the anthropologist mary-ann ochota, and the former editor of the daily star. of the daily star since i left for college, my dad has gotten back into some of his old hobbies. and now he's taking trulicity, and it looks like he's gotten into some new healthier habits, too. what changes are you making for your type 2 diabetes? maybe it's time to try trulicity.

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the daily papers, mary-ann ochota, and the former editor of the delhi, started donna newsom. let's start with you donna, a story inside the male. as a picture story, it's pretty decent. all of the yachts, the super yachts and i'm just having -- none of the ships are called dignity, surprisingly enough. >> i've chosen this, because it is the ultimate boy's toys

spread, and funny enough, all the billionaires from russia, roman abramovich, two weeks notice that we're gonna confiscate everything, they moved all their planes and yachts out of the country. who would've thought that would be a thing? last night, even, abramovich his two biggest job yachts are worth a billion pounds, just two of them. now heading towards the eastern mediterranean, where we absolutely got our hands on -- one of these is 445 million super yacht called solace, it has its own missile detection system. it's quite astonishing, when you look at but these yachts -- i know the rich, of course i know the rich, but some of the things are absolutely astonishing. this is a male special investigation, and they said 1.8 billion pounds in private assets have been spirited away, not just by abramovich, but

there is one chap who managed to fly his private jet out of an airport in germany. literally, 24 hours after they banned any russian jets taking out for landing, so i'm not sure how that happens. it is quite an astonishing tally of ultimate boy's toys, that they've gotten away with this, so that we can't sanction them really. how do we give him that much notice, i don't understand. that >> i think several people, including myself, have been struggling with that for quite some time. but it does appear, marianne, that there is other news available. technically, this is news. i'm accepting it, because it's not ukraine, what is going on in the sun. >> to be honest, neil, that's why i'm accepting it to. it's not really news, is it? apparently, everybody, everybody? is up in arms about harry, prince harry, not coming back for prince philip's service of

remembrance, but it's going to be held at westminster abbey on march 29th. and it's because he feels unsafe in the uk. now, this follows the legal proceedings, where harry has had his own police protection that he would've had if he was a full member of the royal family. that has been moved, and he's apparently offered to pay for it for private. and the police that, you can really by the police, that's not how it works. understandable, perhaps. but, the kind of question is, is he, as it describes in the sun, a child stamping's feet? or, i think probably, i'd give time for him to explain why he might feel that he and his family's life may be in danger, if they don't have complete protection for the full duration of their stay. because, he's had royal protection standing next to william or camilla, but he would've perhaps maybe when he was at the airport, or going to his hotel or whatever he does

when he's here. and so, i've got a lot of time for us being a little bit more reasonable, rather than just dismissing him as a younger brother who is throwing his toys on the cut, because i've got children as well, and i wouldn't get on a plane and go to a country, where i thought maybe murderous kidnappers would get their hands on my little one, i wouldn't do that. >> i let you away with that one. we've got another royal story as well. fantastic, great. take us to the front of the male. i think, actually, to be fair, this is a story of significance, given her majesty's current relation with the commonwealth. >> yeah, it is, again, the queen announced last night that it was gonna miss the commonwealth service of westminster abby. she said, look, she cares so much about her, work this must of been a very difficult

decision for her. evidently, it's to do with her mobility, she's been traveling from windsor to the abbey, it could be uncomfortable for her. rather than the fact that she had covid recently, and has evidently fully recovered from it. she's carried on working, she's carrying on some people in windsor. it's just us shoveling expert there was causing concern for people. she's coming up on her 96th birthday, it's pretty incredible she's doing anything, to be honest with you. prince charles and camilla are taking her place on monday. but there is a memorial service for philip at the end of the month, coming up. march 29th. and the queen is very very hopeful that she will be fit enable, to attend that, which is obviously going to be incredibly close to her heart. this is a jubilee milestone month, so many things coming up to celebrate, how incredible the dedication to this country, and to duty. but we all can only wish her well on the saturday morning.

>> yes, we do. why don't we have skipped a couple of stories and stick with this kind of, slightly more positive in on ukrainian angle. , mary and, there are still stories in the telegraph about children painting prehistoric art. >> this is a nice one. the other big news stories the cost of living crisis, which is much less upbeat than this. so basically, this is some archaeologist we have done a study of ancient rock art in a number of caves in spain. now, this rock art, dates to about 20,000 years ago. so, this is the paleo lifted period, when people were hunter gatherers, there were william of miss ramirez, and but ultimately becomes the british isles. and, there were people putting their hands on the sides of the cave, wall and then using basically something that you can use like a straw, like a hollow read, or a little bone, and you blow red oak or over your hand, so that you get this

hand stencil print, -- >> are you telling me that cavemen, had to deal with their kids awful aren't, just as much as we all have to? >> yes. >> fantastic. brilliant. >> the kids hands. >> don, i want to ask you about the kids, you've got 30 seconds, i know you love a front page. >> and finally, this is a little bit of light relief from ukraine, kind of. north korea are preparing to launch a brand-new shiny monster missile, to mark the birth of kim young woman's grand father, in april. at the same, time we have a trainer in india, accidentally firing a missile into pakistan this week. so, just when you thought, things were getting better, along come north korea and india. >> makes you pine for the days of donald trump and kim john on,

knocking lumps over each other on twitter. guys, lovely to have you on the program, really appreciate your company, we will see you again soon. the rest of, you stay where you are, after the break we will of course have the very latest from inside and around ukraine. d around ukraine this is an athlete. 20 reps deep, sprinting past every leak. in our softest, smoothest fabric. she's confident, protected. her strength, respected. depend. the only thing stronger than us is you.

it is 9:00. this is sky news breakfast. and these are our top stories. moving towards kyiv. intelligence suggests that the bulk of russia's ground forces are just 15 miles from the ukrainian capital. russia continues its bombardment from the air. reportedly launching a russian attack on an air base just south of kyiv. as russian forces edge closer to the capital, six people are injured in a missile strike on homes east