this is sky news at 11:00, here are the headlines. closing in, on kyiv, the latest intelligence with russian ground forces now just 25 kilometers away. the capital woke to the sound of gunshots as news they're being encircled. but ukraine calls for more help and a no-fly zone, rejected once

more, by the u.s. president. >> just understand, don't kid yourself, no matter what you all say, that's called world war three. >> also ahead, a new stage of terror in ukraine yaes president accuses russia of kidnapping a regional mayor. and the song of defiance in the city many fear could be overtaken. good morning, latest bridge intelligence suggests ukraine yaes capital of kyiv could soon be encircled by russian troops. the ministry of defense says that a huge convoy of russian armored vehicles that was approaching the city have now disbursed in an attempt to

surround. it the bulk of the ground forces are now reportedly just 25 kilometers away. these are the latest pictures this morning, which reportedly show the aftermath of a russian rocket attack near kyiv. the local mayor in the region says an air base was destroyed. and as dawn broke, over the ukrainian capital, gunshots and explosions could be heard. well, let's have a look at today's kyiv developments for the u.k. ministry of defense, russian ground forces are now around 25 kilometers from the center of the capital. this morning, ukraine said that russia had shelled a mosque that was sheltering more than 80 people in the besieged city of mariupol. it comes as the ukrainian foreign minister accused russian

forces of kidnapping a mayor. and what the ukrainians want is a no-fly zone, but the u.s. president joe biden has reaffirmed his intention not to impose one. well, we have the first report. >> evidence russian forces are getting closer to the capital, look no further than these bombed apartments and homes east of kyiv. six people were injured in the strike here. dozens more have lost simply everything. newly-released images have shown russian advance on kyiv once again in the last 24 hours. u.s. satellite company maxar say they captured troops actively firing artillery towards residential areas. and in what's thought to be the first kidnap of an official, ukrainian authorities say the mayor has been abducted by russian troops this. cctv shows a man being led away

by force, from this city's registry office. >> the invaders captured the mayor of the city, a man courageously who defends ukraine and the people of his community. obviously, this is a sign of weakness of the invaders. they do not find any support in our land, although they counted on it. they have switched to you a knew 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 on in horror. but the west failed to retaliate. russia repeatedly blamed terror groups for the atrocities. and the u.n. security council has voiced concerns russia is creating a similar false pretext ahead of a chemical attack in

ukraine. >> russia asked the security council for today's meeting for the soul 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 is once again ruled out enforcing a no-fly zone. >> just understand, and don't kid yourself, no matter what you all say, that's called world war three, okay? >> the inescapable truth in all of this is the west can't protect the ukrainian people from this pain and suffering. unwilling to confront russian militarily, the fear of a wider war in europe. it is unclear at what point nato would step in, but putin hell-bent to test this to its limits. sky news. >> well, despite russia's advances, its army has suffered

some high profile loss, in particular, the military generals. and we can get more on this, from our correspondent in lviv. good afternoon your time to you, tell us more. >> yes, three russian generals killed in just over a week of fighting, and that's been confirmed by western officials, and it begs the question why, and what they were doing at the front line, i mean it is pretty unusual at times of intense fighting to see senior military commanders like that go direct to the front line, they tend to be much further back overseeing the strategic advance or lack of advance, as sometimes has been the case with the russian invasion, and maybe that in part explains it. we don't know what they were doing there. the theories are that they were trying to unblock some of the troops that were bunkered down in various different places and trying to change the tactics to get the russian momentum back

again, other theories suggest they were there to raise morale and push some of the younger troops that were pretty demoralized forward. either way a big coup for the ukrainian armed force, taking ous senior commanders and what that does for the command structure and also in the propaganda war and don't underestimate the value of the propaganda war, and to that end, we must, whenever examining claims of small victories and small scouts on the other side, be aware that you do have the propaganda of war that can sometimes mask the reality. but it does seem as those three commanders these three generals have been killed and i suspect if any vladimir putin has any dissatisfaction of the way his invasion is going, that will only add to it. >> meanwhile, the city of odesa in the south of ukraine is

thought to be one of russia's next strategic goals, a large scale assault predicted there within days. but rather than say they will defend the city, they're making representation preparations to slow any russian attack. well, the historic old city is now being heavily fortified. we have more from odesa with reports on the defiance and fears of the city's residents. >> on the big part of odesa they are preparing to defend themselves. the russians are not far away. and who could have predicted this. a choir provides a war time serenade to volunteers. everyone here just wants to survive. odesa a major port on the black sea, strategically important to vladimir putin.

his invasion though has brought life to a standstill here. and precious monuments are now shrouded in sandbags. >> just a little over three weeks ago, it was bustling here, you know, odesa's famous for the cafes and restaurants and boutique shops but now it is absolutely deserted and the one thing that strikes you on every street corner are the barricades, and behind me is the famous opera house here in odesa, the last time it was protected like this, was the second world war. history really is repeating itself. >> on the street, we meet an elderly couple and i want to know what they think about russia's chances here. >> they'll not get through. only back in russia. >> daniel was born in odesa and his wife and children have fled and he's staying to flight.

>> you think you can hold back this russian offensive. >> sure. >> we have already shown since the 24th that we are holding back, and we kicked some ass, sorry, but we kicked some ass. >> in odesa's trendy food court, they turned it into an aid station and in there, a lawyer is organizing the effort. what's your message to vladimir putin? >> to go away. just do anything with your russia, everything you want, but you can't get ukraine, we don't need your support. >> and then a reminder of the dangers here. while we were here about, to do an interview, the air-raid sirens have gone off so everyone is asked to go down into the shelter so they're leaving this area now. >> a guide grabs a guitar, and begins to play.

>> no one here knows what's going to happen next. >> well, mick joins us now from odesa. how strategically important is the city? >> it's huge. it's huge. you have to think of odesa like one of the big ports in the u.k., dover or felixville, it is where goods come, in and it's where goods leave, trade is key here, and which is why it's no surprise that it has been high up on vladimir putin's list, hit list if you like, it hasn't happened yet, but we've seen ports along the black sea here, attacked, just 100 kilometers northeast of here, under heavy shelling now. and in fact, they had a bad night last night, thanks to russian shells. and the reason for that is these ports are very important. strategically, for the economy, militarily, there were

unconfirmed reports that the russian navy were out on the black sea here, just up the coast of here. i personally haven't seen it. but people in the west of ukraine for example reported seeing amphibious boats heading this way. that could draw a conclusion that that could lead to russian invasion from the beaches here, which is why the people of odesa have been trying to defend themselves pretty significantly, when we were walking in the town yesterday, it was clear that they are preparing for a fight, and they know that the fighting isn't that far from here, already the barricades are just a sight to behold to be honest, it looks like a film set. there are sandbags everywhere, soldiers, tanks, streets all quiet, the shops are being boarded up and like you saw in that report there, some of their prized cultural buildings are now being protected because i think there is an expectation here that it is just a matter of time before the invasion reaches

odesa, as it has in other key cities. and of course, people here have seen what has happened in kyiv, in kharkiv, in other towns and city, and they know they are potentially in the firing line. but what i think i've seen here is a huge spirit as we've seen across ukraine, of people trying to just think of ways to protect themselves, and ultimately survive this. >> thank you. we have seen in sally lockwood's report earlier at the top of the hour, the fears that chemical weapons could be deployed as part of this conflict. how likely is that? might it provoke a tougher military response from nato allies? well, joining me now is ralph, an independent consultant in chemical and biological weapons, arms control, and disarmament. good morning to you, mr. trap. >> good morning. >> do you think a chemical weapon attack in ukraine is inevitable?

>> i hope the answer is no. at the moment, all we see is an increasing campaign from the russian side, accusations about what is happening in ukraine about the possibility of ukraine using chemical weapons against russia, but of course, the track record we have, both in terms of the possible use of chemical anythings by russia, it points in the other direction, so it is a possibility that this could cause indeed a false flag attack, a false flag enterprise, and that some people in the russian military are planning for such operations. >> what do we know about the russian capabilities here? we know certainly that they have developed novichok. what else have they got? >> in legal terms russia should not have any chemical weapons,

and in fact, it has destroyed stockpiles. we don't not know if there are hidden stockpile ors whether there are remnants of programs, but these novichok agents on two occasions, against navalny and another, are indications that there are capabilities that have not been dismantled as they should have been. >> president biden has said that if the russians use chemical weapons, in ukraine, they will pay a severe price. what do you think that could look like, because you could understand that president putin might say, well, last time, western powers said that chemical weapons was a red line, and nothing significant happened. >> yes, and it is unfortunately true that the chemical weapons by syria, it has not really seen the sort of massive sanctions

that one would expect in case of a violation of the treaties in arms control and disarmament that we have. i cannot speculate what the united states is planning in such a situation and how they will respond to such an act, but let me clearly state that this is, it would be a breach of one of the basic international treaties in arms control and humanitarian law and law of war, so this has not been a trivial thing that would happen, even if it is a limited attack. so something serious has to happen afterwards in response to such an incident should it ever happen. >> and as somebody who has studied these kind of weapons of deployment, deployment of them in the past, are there clues to look for which would really send up an alert that it were about to happen? >> i don't think you would see other significant advances of the incident other than the

actual incident itself. but we've seen in syria that users of chemical weapons were preceded by allegations about other group, terrorists, and so on, attempting to use these weapons, so this is really part of the situation. and we've also seen in syria that these weapons can be very effective against civil populations to break their resistance and their will to resist. >> that's the key point, isn't it, because while they clearly cause a lot of atrocities where they are deployed, they have a wider psychological effect, don't they, and what the russians have perhaps not anticipated is the resilience and the defiance of the ukrainians. >> well, that's precisely it. we have seen in syria that the chemical weapons used by the regime were most effective when they were used against the civilian populations and when they were used to break the resistance, and to break the

alliance of the civilian population, and the groups fighting in those areas. so i can see that some analysts may well think that the chemical weapons in the face of resistance, russia is now facing in ukraine, might be a temptation. >> from what you've observed, do you think that if the chemical weapons are deployed in ukraine, that they could be deployed in the capital in kyiv? >> i cannot speculate about any plans about specifically what might happen. i cannot be assured of russian tanks. we are at the moment addressing a threat that is there and whether this is just a part of a propaganda warfare in an attempt to create uncertainty, terror, fear, in the population, or whether in fact the russian army would go that one step further and breach international law, i can't say. >> good to get your thoughts and analysis on sky news. thank you very much. >> thank you.

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within. >> well, what we're not seeing is any progress across this map. and i think what we can, what we can deduce from here is that this russian military machine is like now spent, the bowl has been shot, and the logistic backup is now spent, just to preserve what they have at the moment, and i suspect therefore, what we're moving towards is plan b, which looks like it is shaping up to put pressure on these towns, which are now effectively under siege. >> and the fact that odesa is still not taken, despite it being very close to crimea, which of course has been occupied by russian forces since 2014, why not? >> let's look at some real distances here. and even though there are some forces in here, these are stretched to hold this ground, you still have 120 miles through the town to get to odesa, which is a town of around a million people and we just said, we think the russian military

machine is now pretty much exhausted so to open up another logistic supply line, to supply, to move and then keep supply the force, that could invest in a town like odeas i think now a bridge too far. >> let's take a look at the north of ukraine then and the capital of kyiv and that movement down from russia, from the northeast, that's quite significant. that seems to be quite mobile. >> perhaps. certainly mobile when compared to the convoy we talked about last week that was stuck, the 40-mile convoy that was stuck for day, but once again, this is yet another land line of communication, as the train is getting ever boggier and muddier as the temperatures will rise through march, through forests, and that is ambush country. >> and if you take a look at the kyiv region, we're seeing in the gateway towns, quite active

russian movements there, bravery came under a lot of attack yesterday, and it looks like they're now beginning to encircle the capital. >> these would be the tips of those two thrusts that you showed on the last map, and yes, what you could see now is trying to ring the capital, to put pressure on it, and form a siege. once again though, that's a huge number of forces around such a big area, they have to be resupplied. >> and we've got some images, if we take a look at first of all, it looks like that is a residential area. what do you see there? >> yes, very much. and what we would need to do, a proper analysis on it but the fires and the strikes that, these are destroyed buildings, a residential area where a significant amount of the homes, civilian homes are now being destroyed by russian artillery fire. >> and a look at the next one. this is maxar, the satellite company, says this is artillery being fired to the southeast and it is only residential areas in

the direction of those shells. >> absolutely. that's now pointing towards the center of kyiv. and to a range, this is a typical piece of russian artillery, of approximately ten miles, 16 kilometers could reach into the center of kyiv and this is now what is being used to, let's be blunt, terrorize the civilian population of kyiv. >> and we can see from the next one, the civilian population, traffic heading west, out through the center, and now out to the west side, fleeing the area but the civilians are trying to get out of the way. >> indeed. and we could have shown pictures, you have exactly the same, and this seems to be a pattern now of activity, civilians fleeing area, the battle has now gone into the residential areas. >> thank you very much indeed. that is a hugely significant movement within the kyiv area. and it is likely to develop in the coming hours and days. thank you. >> indeed. >> thank you, thomas. there are calls on the governments to help 14% of u.k.

households who are offgrid, without access to main gas, as the war in ukraine causes further volatility in the energy market. rural parts of the country could face a tsunami of policy, because they're reliant on alternative energy sources which are not covered by the new energy price cap that's coming in next month. our west of england correspondent dan whitehead reports. >> once a week, holly has to scrub the mold off her walls with bleach. keeping the damp and cold away, in this old miner's cottage, it is a constant challenge. >> as you can see here, mold starts here, on the door, all around, it's bad in the bedroom. i'm show you. >> with no main gas available, she's at the mercy of rising electricity bills. >> i can't afford to heat my home. not properly. not to keep the mold at bay. not to keep my feet from not going numb, so i can't sleep at

night. and worrying, it is debilitating, i've been there, with electric providers. i'm tough and many aren't and that's why we are talking today, to look after the vulnerable here. >> holly isn't alone. 47% of homes in cornwall are off grid. the gas pipes simply don't reach down here. it means families are reliant on oil, bottled gas, and wood, to heat and cook. the problem is, those sources aren't covered by the new price cap. and the war in ukraine is pushing up the cost for these communities. >> hi, how are you doing? come in. >> robert and lorraine lynch have multiple fuel sources, it's part of life in rural britain. but the rising cost is putting them close to the edge. >> if all else fails, or if prices go so high that we can't,

we have an oil burner and there is a kettle, where we can boil. what else do you do? prices are going up and it could double for us. it has gone up 100 pounds just had this last year and that was before everything got bad. >> in rural parts of the country, being off grid is not the only problem. lower wages, an older population, an aging housing stock could all make the cost of living even harder. >> the increase in energy costs have created a new problem for rural food banks. having to help with people's bills. >> there is a tsunami of poverty. people having to choose whether to pay the rent or put food on their family's tables, or to heat, there is no point to send out food to people who can't heat it. >> a new bill is going through parliament. aimed at protecting offgrid communities. for now, rural parts of the country are facing a unique

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>> translator: good morning. as people start gathering, our citizens, for another process against the russian troops, against the efforts to bring the city to its knee, and more than 2,000 people on the square. if 2,000 people come to the square, in mariupol, how many people in russia, how many people should come out to the square in russia? so it should be fair. the city mayor was taken prison yesterday and we continue to demand his release and i'm grateful to all of the people in mariupol for their position. the occupying foreigners, they will try to land everywhere in ukraine, and it will never be accepted.

during the night and into the day, we talk constantly with our partners about the situation, and what we can achieve. we talked to the leaders of france, germany, israel, also spoke to schultz and spoken to the french president macron, we have talked to everybody, so that our people will be released, to show the world leaders, to show how they can influence the situation, what they can do, they can do their job, just to release one person, such a person who is part of the whole community of mariupol and the ukrainians. our armed forces are doing everything to deprive the enemy of their desire to fight with ukraine. and the russian troops are

losing, are suffering great losses. so we can even now talk about the greatest number of russian troops in year, they have never lost as many troops in just several days. the russian troops give up, not just in individual numbers, but whole units, whole groups are trying to return home from ukraine. their loss, and their equipment, more than 360 tanks, and that doesn't, that doesn't even count the process over the last night and morning, they lost 60 planes, helicopters, hundreds and hundreds of units of other equipment. the latest equipment so far, the

russians have lost so much equipment that many areas of the world don't have such equipment. ukrainian, please don't misunderstand me, we are scoring successes, we have already looking at what is history, and we shouldn't let up our resistance. we have no right to let up in our energy, in our defense. the enemy brings new columns to our country and they keep looking for reinforcements, reservists, and mercenaries, they're trying to defeat us with their numbers, the numbers of troops and equipment, they are using terror to break us, to break our faith in victory in ukraine. i'm convinced they will fail.

this will not give them any results. we will have to fight. we have to be, all of us, all ukrainians, have to continue in a focused way to defend our country, together, without any internal splits. we have to support each other. everywhere in ukraine. just the same way as we have been doing for 17 days of war. we have sent another humanitarian group, and trying every day to save our people, and grateful to every driver who tries to perform a difficult mission, i am grateful to representatives of the church who are defending the areas from

shelling. we guarantee safety along the routes, food, water and medicine for the soldiers, for civilians, so that those who can leave the city for safety. and we have corridors, from areas, in the kyiv region. the russian site must impose a cease-fire along all of those routes. otherwise, we can't guarantee any talks. we continue working with the europeans, along with their direction, and first the ukrainian and european union, we are working with streamlining all of the procedure, all of the

procedures for our movement. we are working on sanctions. there will be a new package of sanctions to force russia to accept peace in ukraine. we must understand that their economy will not survive this war. the cabinets of the ministers of you a crane have approved -- ukraine have approved several decisions, and we have excises on the fuel, on the petrol and diesel and this is done to ensure the soviet campaign, which has to be done urgently. and also to support all of the citizens in ukraine, to avoid shortages of fuel in ukraine. the government has done what it has to do, it's up to the mps you in, they have to urgently approve this decision by voting. the head of the parliament is

already organizing the necessary partners to accept with internally displaced residents, and you have to compensate their local budgets to pay for the residence of those people. certain regions of ukraine will receive money from the central authorities to provide everything necessary to the internally displaced persons. ukrainians will have to be effective, even in every day matters, we have to do our work, 100%. we have to help our colleagues, we have to look up to our friends and relatives, and we have to do everything that we need for the defense, and for the army, for our defenders, men and women. this is a patriotic war. this is a people's war.

this is our war. this is a war for our independence. not just our country. but the whole, everything ukrainian, that we have, we have, we will have in the future. glory to ukraine. >> president zelenskyy there, really a rallying cry for the people of ukraine. says that the russian troops are seeing great losses and that he is convinced that the russians will fail. let's get more now from inside ukraine, joining me is ylila, a former ukrainian diplomat. good afternoon to you. >> good afternoon. >> when you hear president zelz speaking like that, saying he is convinced that the russians will fail, is there still a sense amongst ukrainian, i know you are talking to us from the west of the country, that you can win this war? >> definitely.

when we're talking about the public feelings and the sense about the outcome of this war, it's worth mentioning, it's not just inspiring speeches from the president, encouraging everyone to build their confidence in the ukrainian people, and looking at the polls and the social group, saying that over 96% of ukrainians are confident that this war will be won by ukraine. and that the president and his team are doing a great job. so the confidence, the faith here, that the russian invaders, it is extremely high in ukraine, and definitely in western ukraine right now. i can sense that there is a strong sense of unity among ukrainians regardless of where you're coming from, eastern territories, or western, and all of this refugees, internally displaced persons, that are traveling from east to western territories, are warmly welcomed

by the west. offering them hot drink, some food on their way, and offering some shelter, and a way to stay overnight, so it is extremely a growing sense of unity in the country right now, i'm really proud of my country. >> that's the sentiment that's come across very strongly from everybody that i've spoken to in the ukrainian, within the country, the ability of people to move, and to get to safety depends on those humanitarian corridors working. and the talks between ukraine and russia have not been fruitful, have they? and those humanitarian corridors are becoming more and more perilous. >> yes, you are completely right. and i would rather assess the negotiations, shaped from the russian side, because the meetings with the foreign minister, from russia, produced

very brutal response from the russian side. they are saying that all of the issues should be discussed on the local level of teams, and talking about belarus and the russian side repeated again the ultimatum. so this means that they are not ready to answer negotiations. they are just trying to take some time and to do another wave of attacks on ukraine. >> you probably heard from a conversation between president lukashenko and president putin yesterday, talking about the sanctions on the country, and describing it as a time of opportunity. now, if western nations still have in the locker is some punitive sanction, it doesn't seem that vladimir putin cares very much. >> well, you have to bear in mind the russian mentality and

those belarusians, they are pretending to sound very cheerful and optimistic, but this is not the case in realtime. and we should wait around a week or so, for russians to just recognize the effect of these sanctions. and what i have to say here, we don't see our western partners produce entire and comprehensive sanctions so far, so those sanctions are still keep on rolling, and also, it is coincided with the international boycott of international businesses and different companies within russia. so all together, the cumulative effect of these actions will be very drastic for both countries and for belarusians as well. they pretenned to sound optimistic, but it was just a very good face with a very bad game. >> part of the problem of course is that president putin can't afford to lose, can he? he can't afford to look weak in

all of this. what do you think is going to happen next? because it doesn't appear that the diplomatic channels are yielding anything. >> yes, that's true, but he has already shown his weakness, and the strong image of invincible russian army was disowned by the actions of the ukrainian army forces, so we expect putin to raise the stakes further. and this is very important here, with our partner, we're talking about using tactical nuclear arms, or chemical or biological, pretending that this was ukrainian side who started this. so this is something to be kept in mind by the western countries. and you have to understand that you can't isolate from these developments in ukraine, regardless of where you are entering conventional war with russia or not, but once they make some type of ecological

catastrophe at the nuclear power plants or pretend to use, possibly use chemical or other types of weapons, against international conventions, this would be felt, the after-effects will be felt on the entire european continent. >> all right, yulia, thank you very much for talking to us on sky news. stay safe. >> thank you. you're watching sky news. coming up, the unity in ukraine, and the protesters making their opposition to russian rule known to the world. my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis... ...the itching... the burning. the stinging. my skin was no longer mine. emerge tremfyant®. with tremfya®... ...most people saw 90% clearer skin at 16 weeks. the majority of people saw 90% clearer skin even at 5 years. tremfya® is the first medication of its kind also approved

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thousands of ukrainians have watched russian forces take control of their towns and cities in the last fort night but many are not willing to cooperate with president putin's troops and using social media to make sure the world knows it. a warning this report from victoria elms includes footage of a man who has been shot in the leg. >> reporter: in parts of ukraine, normal people are now living under russian military occupation. despite the might of vladimir putin's forces, protesters are taking to the streets every day to make themselves heard. ♪♪

and they're capturing it on their mobile phones. novopskov eastern ukraine, a small town of 10,000 people but hundreds are out in the streets. ♪♪ residents here have been gathering daily risking their lives to convey their message to the occupying troops. "we don't expect you here. you only bring war. go away" she shouts. but after days of demonstrations, last weekend their chants were met with violence. [ sound of gunfire ] even as they treat the woman is defiant. the town's mayor confirmed that nobody died but said three

people were injured in the shooting and one was beaten. there was a similar scene at a protest in the southern town of melatapol last week. [ sound of gunfire ] but russian soldiers at demonstrations have largely watched on. and here, people continue to take to the streets. ♪♪ they meet daily in the city's victory square. ♪♪ in this live stream, protesters line up along the road across from the square. the crowd chants "go home" and later "death to enemies" at the russian troops.

we see soldiers handing out packages to a group of people. it's all for show. the people they're helping are actors working for russian tv. pay attention. it's still ours in the square, she says. street demonstrations are now a regular occurrence in the portcy of berdansk. ♪♪ like melatapol, russian troops arrived early on in the conflict but that hasn't dampened the spirit of the people. in this video, taken outside the city hall in yednosti square, dozens of protesters crowd a car with the letter zed painted on it. we don't know who the vehicle

belongs to but the letter originally marked on russian military vehicles has become a symbol of support for the russian demonstration. the response is clear "go home while you're still alive" shouts the man filming. scenes like these are playing out in occupied towns across southern ukraine every single day. normal civilians congregating in the thousands making their message clear to their invaders. ukraine is their country. victoria elms, sky news. >> now for a quick look at the weather. there's more unsettled

weather to come this weekend with one area of rain clearing north and another spreading in from the southwest. mild again but a strengthening wind in the south will make it feel quite chilly. the uk will mostly have sunny spells and a scattering of showers. drying southwest of britain and the south of the island will turn wet and windy. you're watching sky news. coming up we'll bring you the latest developments on the war in ukraine, as russian forces edge closer to the capital. (vo) right now, the big switch is happening across the country. small businesses are fed up with big bills

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breaking news on msnbc, ukraine officials say russian forces shelled a mosque where dozens of people were taking shelter. plus new intelligence says russian ground troops are trying to surround the capital of kyiv making progress overnight. we will get a firsthand account from the ground. president zelenskyy say russian captured a mayor and he's demanding release and the eu is fast-tracking ukraine's membership. today the refugee crisis in eastern europe intensifying. >> no way t,